DIY // Snail Mail // Create an Impromptu Craft Kit // No. 2

This is snail mail I created last month for the Sweet Mail Exchange. I got a couple of questions about where to start, so I put together a snail mail tutorial. Today, I want to show you how I adapted the same basic methods to create this package for my pen pal, Mari.

|1| Anchors Away by Mari Koegelenberg |2| Traveler's Notebook Airlines Roll Stickers by Midori |3| Atlantic Sequins Pack by Studio Calico

Create A Layered Paper Layout With a Digital Template // Part 2 // Silhouette Tips & Tricks

Hybrid Project // Create a Layered Paper Layout Using a Digital Template // Part 2 // Silhouette Tips & Tricks

I hope everyone is having a great week! Today I want to share a paper layout I recently put together . . . the first paper layout I've ever created!

I've always loved paper crafting and I'm a huge fan of Project Life, but traditional scrapbooking has always been more of a challenge for me. When I discovered digital scrapbooking, I fell in love and, had it not been for the amazing Silhouette machine Ray gave me, my paper crafting may have permanently taken a backseat to Photoshop.

Well, I'm happy to say I was finally able to jump over that last scrapbooking hurdle. I've realized an important step in my scrapbooking work flow is creating a mock up before actually touching any paper. Here is the digital layout I made and I included my paper layout right underneath for comparison.

Sweet Mail Exchange // From My Pen Pal // A Little Preview

Sweet Mail Exchange // For Mari // Preview

Happy Monday! Remember when I mentioned the Sweet Mail Exchange? This is just a little preview of the parcel I sent to Mari. I'm putting together a detailed post like this one with a comprehensive list of supplies and more photos, but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy these little snippets. Also, make sure to check out the images below of the letter I received from Heather ♥

Project Life // Week 5

Project Life // 2013 // Week 5 // 2 Page View

Hello! Here with week 5 of my Project Life album. This one's a bit longer than usual because I decided to include a die cut insert.

Full supply list below ♥ ♥

For the Love of Paper // DIY Mini Album Gift Set

DIY Mini Album Gift Set

There are so many cute mini album designs at the Silhouette shop. This design, by Lori Whitlock, is really creative; inside each mini book, are 5 little boxes and the entire set is housed in a box with room for 3 mini books. I plan to include accordion albums in some boxes and little notecard sets in others.

Below are more detailed images and a full supply list, including a link to the cute album page template I used above (by Danielle Thompson) ♥ ♥ ♥

For the Love of Paper // Mini Album Preview

Preview // Boxed Mini Albums // Set of 3

Just a little preview of a project I want to share next week! I'm working on a little boxed set of albums and I'm just about done ♥

p.s. Isn't that the best dotted paper ever?
From the lovely 5th & Frolic Collection by Dear Lizzy . . .

DIY // How to Customize Your Die Cut Typography // Project Life Inspiration

Oh Hello // AW Conqueror Slab // & // AW Conqueror Inline // Diecuts

Yesterday, on the Sweet Shoppe Designs blog, Heather posted a really great entry with tons of font suggestions for die cutting. I was really inspired by the font family AW Conqueror, so I sent over some images of customized die cut typography to include in the post.

Below are the Project Life layouts I was playing around with and I've also included tips on how to access and utilize the many OpenType features available for AW Conqueror. I know there were a couple questions on the forum about how to do this, so let me know if I can explain anything else ♥ ♥ ♥

For the Love of Paper // Wordart Download // Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Not All Who Wander Are Lost // DIY Diecut // Silhouette

Because I work in such a small space, I can't always have my Silhouette out. Lately, I've been cutting out a bunch of shapes all at once using white cardstock so I can have embellishments on hand as I'm scrapbooking.

For the Love of Paper // DIY Valentine // To the Moon and Back

DIY Valentine // 16x20 // Hubble Telescope Image // Diecut Typography

This is the valentine I gave Ray using an actual image from the Hubble Telescope. ♥

After downloading the image here, I printed it B+W and attached a diecut message reading "I Love You to the Moon and Back". Some of the photographs in the Hubble gallery are super large and can be made into huge murals, but I just printed mine 16x20 using 4 letter-sized sheets of paper.