*** And sometimes you forget to push the Publish button!
I’m way behind in playing with all my new Spring Mini stamping products and Sale-A-Bration products I earned! This is the first card I made, the Sending Love Mailbox Card with the Sending Love Stamp Set in the Spring Mini on page 11. I did not purchase the dies, so I cut out the mailbox by hand with Paper Snips.
I had forgotten how long it had been since I sat down and colored with my Stampin’ Blends! I love to do that but it’s been awhile. I stamped the mailbox in Memento ink on Basic White and then colored it in with various colors of Stampin’ Blends. I used Pecan Pie for the post, adding a few lines for the grain of the wood which make it look a little more realistic. The top of the post has a little metal cap on it, colored with one of the grays.
The mailbox itself is colored with Smoky Slate in light and dark and the flag with Real Red. The envelope is in the stamp set and I stamped that in Memento Ink, then drew on a little red heart. To make it look like the letter is inside the mailbox, I used the point of my Paper Snips to cut along the inside line of the mailbox to make a little slit. Then I slid the envelope right in there! I think that’s very cute! The mailbox is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Before I adhered the mailbox, I added a strip of green grass with Garden Green cardstock with little cuts to make it look like blades of grass.
The card base is Pecan Pie, but I also considered Real Red and Pool Party. I decided to go with Pecan Pie to match the wooden mailbox post. The layer on the card is one pattern of the Sunny Days Designer Series Paper, one of the Sale-A-Bration choices. I also chose the sheet that has clouds and cut some out to add to the card for the sky.
For the greeting, I chose the little round postmark seal with two little hearts, colored in with Real Red Stampin’ Blends. There wasn’t a good space on the card for the greeting but I used a strip of Real Red cardstock to put behind the little seal. I placed it in the empty spot a little lower on the card.
This is a cute stamp set and not just for Valentine’s Day. One of my favorite things in my life has been getting the mail! Of course, mail was better in the “olden days” when people actually wrote letters and sent real cards! Check out this stamp set and even the dies if you like them and decide if you need this Sending Love Bundle during Sale-A-Bration or even just the stamp set.