Make Something Monday - Guest Post the StampTramps

I want to toss the Stamp Tramps a big thank you!  There are some things going on in my life and help was really needed.  Unfortunately I asked last weekend during a craft meet-up so the pictures are a bit scant, but a huge thanks nonetheless!  I am also posting this a bit early, but when life gets crazy, you got to make it work!

Hello!
Here is an easy project for your blog. All your readers need are some black and some white paper.

I started with a piece of white cardstock, 11" x 4 1/4". I folded it in half to make a base
card of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". (You could also use black as your base, and write inside with gel pens.) I glued a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" on the front of my card. Cut a piece of white paper slightly smaller and glue it on the front, leaving a tiny black border all around the edge. I cut my keys from black scraps, they measure approx. 3" x 1/2". 

 I printed the "just a note....." on white paper using my computer. If you have great handwriting, you don't need to do that. Cut out your sentiment with scissors, and glue it on a piece of black, slightly larger, so that you have a tiny black border around it.
 I saw this card on Pinterest and totally copied it, so I can't take credit for thinking it up. But it is a perfect card for my main project, Operation Write Home.
We make handmade, blank cards, for deployed troops to write home on.  If any of your crafty readers are interested, they can get a lot of info on the website www.operationwritehome.org or on the Facebook page.

Happy crafting!
Nancy


 P.S. My personal thoughts were to use the black and white base but bright primary colored paper to make a Mondrian effect.  Just a thought!

Hoppy Easter!

Besides a problem with stationery, I cannot resist cute tins!  Why, you ask?  Well to hold my stationery collection of course!

This one hopped into work and has now hopped home and been filled with papery confections instead!

Hope everybody has a sweet Easter (if you celebrate) or just a great Spring day!

-b

 

Having Some Postcard Fun

I wish I had found these in my stack last week as I would have sent them to everybody.  On the inside I wrote, "little did he know Ohio would take him to heart".
And for those not from this side of the USA, on Feb 2 every year it is called Groundhog's Day.  They are large vegetarian rodents who actually do a lot of damage to crops.  Somebody decided, (and alcohol may have been involved), that the burrowing pests could predict Spring by seeing if they have a shadow.  If the groundhog sees it's shadow and goes back in his hole, than it will be winter for 6 more weeks.  But if he stays out, then we will have an early Spring! 
Well Puxatawny Phil (name of the resident soothsaying rodent) said we would have early Spring, but alas last week the Midwest was gripped by a snow storm. 
An Ohio city put out an indictment for Phil, but has since dropped the charges.  I think they left him off too easy!  But I guess we should probably find other ways to predict the future weather than asking a large rodent.  Just look at those beady eyes, I am not sure they are truthful! 

 

A Feast for the Eyes - Incoming

This should get me caught up awhile on the incoming, although it's early and I have yet to go to my post office box for this week.  Postcrossing tends to keep the letter box pretty full these days.

 Postcrossing from the Netherlands - a fishing village I am told.

A new SendSomething friend!  Think Spring is in the center, which my tulips are definitely agreeing with, but I am not so sure. . . .

 A nice letter from Melissa at Craftgasm

Above and below are from Tara at Hello Life (look at blog list to right)  She made some really nice stationery.  I liked the simple but pretty ink stippling she did.  I decided to take a close up!  Inspiration is everywhere!

 TMC sent me a nice note and a few stars!  I like the bling.  If only bedazzled items would mail well!

 A nice note from Patty at Letter Rip.  I showed her address here as a reminder to keep the Get Well cards flowing!  We could all use a daily cheerleader, even on days were life is running fairly smoothly.

 A wonderful package from my good mail buddy Ciara!  She started Scoutaroo Paper Company this year as an effort to make stationery she would love to buy, and I got to say, me likely!  Take a look for yourself.

Anne sent me a note and I like the Pin wheel stamp!  A great compliment to many letters.

 From the ever fabulous Giselle!  An epic letter and always a pleasure!

 Fun from JD!  Simple but pretty embellishments.

 Wolfey oh Wolfey!  How great art thee!?

 Plain but awesome, Matthew.

And another edition to my states collection, only a handful left and I have a feeling I know where I can get Nevada at!

Until we meet again, parting is such sweet sorrow!
-Becky

Put Your Hands Together for the In Box

I am trying to be more diligent about getting the received and responded to mail up on the blog.    As always, if you see it here, then a letter should have arrived or is on the way!

 A postcard from an old friend and one of my first supporters of this blog!

 A nice letter from Troy.  The paper was really very nice to behold.

 JK sent me a few postcards and a nice letter.

 A postcrossing from Japan

 Miss Hannah sent me a nice letter!

Malyss sent me some Carnival festivities from the French Riviera

 An interesting world travels postcard from Germany

 from the Piccadilly Post - getting green for St. Pat's!

 Postcrossing from Germany

 Postcrossing from Finland

 Postcrossing from China

 Postcrossing from the USA

And finally a postcrossing from Poland.

To get mail, you need to send mail!

-b