Transport It

 

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  LET'S PAINT  Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

Many thanks to Thom for sharing is wonderful creations with us this month. Definitely looking forward to more, Thom! 

This week the challenge is: TRANSPORT IT

I am taking a different approach to transport. I am thinking of all the cards I make that get transported through the mail, so to represent that, I've created an altered envelope. A very special card could fit inside, or it is sturdy enough to hold chipboard or embellishments. 

I began by deconstructing the envelope. Then, I sued this as a template to cut out my patterned paper. 

Once I taped the paper in place, I scored the envelope again.  

THEN, I messed up big time! I attached my second sheet of patterned paper onto the other patterned paper, not on the envelope where it was supposed to go. Needless to say, trying to pull it back off, I ripped a lot of the pretty paper. So, to try to fix it, I smooshed some ink over the biggest parts.

A bit of collage for the front... 

...and a bit for the back... 

Detail... 

I stamped "Just for you" and added a heart and "stamp" to the front. 

Just for You envelope, ready to be filled with something special and transported to you! 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Stamperia 12x12 Klimt Collection

Stamperia  Klimt 12x12 Background Papers

Stamperia Klimt 6x6 Collection

Simon Says Stamp Holiday Greens stamp set

Art by Marlene Paper Elements Edition 2

Simon Says Stamp Mocha and Citrine Pawsitively Saturated inks

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

 Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Bone Folder

3M ATG tape

Bearly Art Precison Glue

Ranger Mister Bottle

6x9 envelope

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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Recycling Envelopes

Here is another tutorial that probably uses items already in your stash. No need to buy anything new. I made this little accordion mini book with regular business sized envelopes.

You can use those return envelopes that come with the junk mail because you will be covering up any lettering, or you can use new ones (like I did because that was all I had. If you're more patient than me, you can wait and save those junk ones).

Start by sealing 5 envelopes and then trim off 1/2" on each end so that the envelope is 8 1/2" long and has 2 open sides.

Then score them in half at 4 1/4".

Fold them in half and crease well. Now, line them up-accordion fashion-open end at the bottom, next one has open ends at the top and so forth.

Where the two sides overlap, is where you are going to adhere them together so that you end up with an accordion. Set aside. Now I cut 2 chipboard pieces to 4 3/4" square for the covers and adhered patterned papers.

Glue one end of the accordion envelopes to one cover and the other end to the other cover. It should look like this.

Now, you will need 10 pieces of patterned paper cut to 4" square to decorate the envelopes. This leaves just a bit of the white still showing as a border. You can distress the squares, or ink the edges at this point and then adhere them to the envelopes. Then you will want to punch out a half circle as such right in the middle of the pocket.

Continue with all 10 pieces. Now it should look like this.

Then I cut out solid colored cardstock to fit each pocket (approximately 4" square) and stapled on a little piece of ribbon so it is easier to pull them out of the pockets.

You can keep it closed a bunch of different ways depending on what look you are going for--attach ribbons to the covers before adhering the envelopes to tie it closed with ribbon, add a large rubber band around it, use a Tim Holtz grungeboard hinge, add a button on the front and tie closed with twine, etc.

There is a lot of room for photos and journaling when finished.