In my shell again

I seem to have hidden in my shell again. Neither creating nor communicating. (in my shell)

I want out, I want to be inspired, I want to share. I don't know.

Am going to share this with my group and in doing so will force myself to communicate and once it is gone I will have to get creative again. Looks like a winner to me.

New idea

I see so many of the swappers complaining that the 9 pockets are too much to do. I found a fantastic video on YouTube by Little Hot Tamale. She calls them Mini Pocket Letters and they only use 3 pockets each time. I made up a couple.

2 pockets were filled with ATCs while the 3rd is a shaker pocket with cutouts, sequins, glitter and glass micro beads.

Because this was for a different group I didn't make ATCs, but used pretty paper front and back. It still had the shaker pocket.

And while I was on my butterfly kick I made some pretty envelopes from paste paper and stamped die cuts.

This is her video

Well it's not purple but....

I tend to make one-of-a-kind items. Even those based on the same instructions or dimensions have their own personalities. So here is another stationery folder and its contents. You can see the right pocket is deeper while the left became a corner strap. This one took only 2 sheets of 12 x 12 card stock.

She says she likes blue and cats.

New arrival

Babs arrived yesterday. The gnomes had set up watch for the Postman so they were there to greet her. They seemed very impressed with her shoes and spent the next hour or so arguing about gnome footwear (none) versus human footwear.

She will visit for about a week then travel on to some other swapper. During that time I need to take pictures to document her visit. Those pictures will later be e-mailed to the originator.

"Flat Me"

I started a new project through Swap Bot. We each created a "Flat Me" which we will send out to someone in the swap who in turn will send to someone else until "Flat Me" has made the rounds of everyone in the swap and will be sent back to me.

This is "Flat Me" meeting the gnomes.

Both Soren and Wally admire "Flat Me's" passport 

and she in return admires Wally's hat.

The whole idea is for each swapper to take each "Flat Me" out and about to photograph their visit.

Back to creating

                                                                       

I know you have not heard from me lately. I've been on a non creative bent but at 3 AM this morning that changed. For about 2 hrs. I worked on this furiously. Basically it is three sheets of 12 x 12 card stock. (with better planning I might have used just 2) The stationery and envelopes are leftovers from my daughter's Zumba® tickets. I still need to add a small envelope to the left insides for seals and stamps tuck into the almost invisible slot in the left pocket. I am so pleased with the results that I am off to make more. I have a purple paper in mind that is perfect for this.                                                                                                        

New look to an old favorite

Recently I joined a swap called 9 Little Pockets - Build Your Stash.
I love these sort of swaps because it helps shift things around. I get things I never had and get rid of things I have too much of.
While creating this I realized that if I made my standard Washi tape sample it would bulk up the pocket too much so I ended up making the whole page a Washi sample. After filling each pocket with an assortment of items for my partner to use on a future swap I wrapped Washi around the whole thing. Some tapes keep things in the pockets and others are just there for her to use. She gets an "18 sample and I know my pockets will not spill out in transit. I think it turned out rather cute. Hope my partner does too.