Weekender with Wanda – Happy Mail Letters!
Happy Saturday! Welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! And, happy first weekend of August! Are you getting your kiddos ready for school yet? I have a lot of friends who are in full on back to school mode already! Seems early to me, but I am ready for Fall to come! Because I’m always ready for Fall! Should be any day when we will see Halloween candy at Target! That always shocks me. I have been cleaning, organizing and purging in my studio for a couple of weeks and I feel like I can think again! It’s so nice to have a clean and tidy space. Hope you are having a great weekend so far.
Today I’m featuring some gorgeous and happy exclusive products from our very own Simon Says Stamp line of stamps, dies and inks. I used the Sending Happy Thoughts stamp set to create a sweet banner of happy love letters! Who doesn’t love happy mail? This card was really fun to create and I used the new Tiny Check paper pad from My Favorite Things to make my letters. The pattern is the perfect size and scale – and the colors are so fresh.
I started the card with a crisp white A2 card base. Then I layered a piece of Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock embossed with the beautiful Stitched Whirl Background Die. This die cuts into, but not through, the paper – giving this gorgeous pattern! I thought it looked like wind for this card! Then I die cut some fluffy Flat Bottom Clouds dies and adhered them to the Fog cardstock. I used Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and stamped the little envelopes onto the patterned paper. Then I cut them out by hand. I used the Stitched Heart Collage die to make some adorable little red hearts and glued them on the letters.
I stamped the sentiment onto a Stitched Banner Die and attached it to the card using foam squares.
For the letter banner, I first punched holes in the corners of all the letters. Then I wove the twine behind each letter to hook them together. I tied a bow at each end. The letters are attached to the card using foam squares so they pop off the paper!
I attached the bows with a touch of glue under each one. This let me get them in just the right place. One of my funny tips is that I use my clear stamping blocks to hold things down when waiting for glue to dry! You will often see a card on my desk buried under a little stack of clear blocks!
Hope you get some happy mail in your mailbox soon! Enjoy your weekend!
Great card! :)
Such a sweet card.
Super cute! Love those precious gingham papers! Sweet project!
Such a sweet card, love the colourful envelopes! And the background is really cool, too! Real happy mail :-)
Just too cute, love those sweet envelopes!!!
Just love the little envelop stamp. Very cute card.
I love this! I have this stamp set- you’ve inspired me to get it back out!!!
Such a sweet and totally cute card. Who doesn’t love happy mail?
I love everything about your card! This is definitely happy mail!
What a cute idea. I have to try this. Thanks for the sweet design idea. I love it.
Whoever receives this sweet happy mail will be wearing a mega-watt smile! I know I am! Love this!
~carol
This is adorable! I love the colorful envelopes. A bright start to my weekend!
This is so cute! You picked the perfect patterned paper for those envelopes. I love happy mail, and I love your card!
I love these super cute and happy, colorful envelopes, and the “clothesline” design is so clever, just beautiful!
Swoon – my favorite things. Gingham, small envelopes, and twine. So love this card.
This is so cute. I love the tiny checks and stitched whirl background.
Adorabel, sweet card =- who wouldn’t love to receive this :-)
*adorable
SOOOOOO CUTE!!!
Very cute idea.
Love the banner effect.
thanks for sharing.
Adorable cards. I love those little envelopes.
So adorable…love it!
I love the adorable envelopes!Super duper cute!
Cute card Wanda. Love the little letters and the background.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Love the cute gingham envelopes!
Think that this is a fun idea. I don’t have exactly what you have, but think I can jump off from this to create my own.
Adorable Wanda!
Love the checked envelopes on this cute card!
Fun card. So cheerful. Thank you!
Super adorable card. Love what you’ve done with the envelopes. So innovative.
Hi Wanda,
This card is adorable. I love the gingham and little hearts. Your color choices are awesome!
Cute card! Love the plaid envelopes!
Love how you strung the letters together like buying. Very clever and effective:)
What a sweet card!!! Thank you for sharing it!
Awesome card!
Great idea, lovely card!
Beautiful card, love the texture and dimension!
Such a cute card idea. A wonderful job on it.
So very cute!!!
Such a cute card, Wanda! I love happy mail!
Oh wow!!!! I would love to receive this kind of #HappyMail!!!!
Super cute card design! I’m blessed with frequent happy mail from my wonderful blogging friends!
Such a cute card!! Would love to receive this in my mailbox:)
Such Happy Mail for sure! So bright and cheerful!
Such an adorable card!!!
How sweet are those little envelopes! So very cute
This is great. Love the background and the cute envelopes! I’m sure someone would be HAPPY to receive this in the mail! :)
Love the gingham envelopes–so cute!
That Background Stitched Swirl die BG looks fabulous on your card, Wanda – who wouldn’t want to receive this happy mail?
Cute card. Love the paper pieced pattern paper and how colorful it is.