Around the World on Wednesday--You've Got Mail!

Hello friends! Welcome to another Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! This month our theme is You’ve Got Mail so I made a card with a design on the outside, inside and a coordinating envelope! I am currently living in a polar vortex in Edmonton, Alberta. Today’s temperature as I write this is -48 with the wind chill. So gross. Luckily my card is bright and cheery and makes me think of warmer weather!

The Snail Mail Suite was the perfect choice for this theme. I have had so much fun creating with it lately as I find coloring very therapeutic! I love that it has dies and a coordinating punch (Rectangular Postage Stamp), plus some amazing Resin Heart embellishments and twine! So thankful Twine is back in our line up!

Isn’t the back of this envelope so cute and fun? I added a bit of Tombow glue to the bottom and let it air dry. This allows the glue to become tacky so you can use it to close something but it can also be lifted up! Its a fun tip if you have never used the glue in that way before!

My card is also a bit of a fun fold card too! The dimensions are 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and you score the base at 3 1/4 and 7 1/4. It makes the fun little flap on the front that you can embellish with Designer Series Paper. I used the Snail Mail paper on my card with a Coastal Cabana card base.

The flap is going to want to hang open so you need to find a creative way for it to stay closed until you want to open your card.

I used a 2 1/4 DSP circle and added a 2 inch Basic White circle on top that I stamped the fun mushroom image from the Snailed It stamp set. I used my Stampin’ Blends to color him in with some Wink of Stella on the main mushroom.

The inside panel is Basic White cut to 3 3/4 x 5 1/4. I stamped my cute snail and created a mask so that I could use my Blending Brush around him to create a Coastal Cabana halo. I then stamped Hello across the background. The snail is also colored with Stampin’ Blends. I created a little polka dot pattern on his present and added in a red Resin Heart! LOVE!

Remember our theme? Well I knew I needed to dress up the envelope a bit so I pulled out a very very old retired die that cuts an envelope liner and I added it to the inside of our Basic White envelope. You could always trace one of our envelopes on your Designer Series paper to achieve the same idea.

I had alot of fun with this theme and was so happy with what I was able to create! If you haven’t played with the Snail Mail Suite I hope you will give it a try, it is alot of fun!

I can’t wait to see what the other design team members have created this month. I am sure you will be truly inspired as you travel around the world with us! You can click on Next Blog to see what Tricia Butts from the United States has created!