Stamped Mail Art Envelopes for National Letter Writing Month

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing a set of mail art envelopes that I stamped up for National Letter Writing Month. I have a thing for handwriting, so I really appreciate it when I receive a letter or card in the mail. I have a box full of handwritten letters and cards that I have saved over the years. This is all that I have left from some of my relatives. I thought it would be fun to celebrate National Letter Writing Month by sending some love through the mail in a pretty stamped envelope. The selection of stamps in the Paper Wings Productions Store is amazing, and you're sure to find a great design for any recipient. I chose some of my favorite stamp sets for this project.

Whenever I get stuck with design, I like to go back to the basics. The Sacred Geometry 2 Clear Stamp Set has classic patterns that are super fun to work with. I chose the Fibonacci Spiral stamp for this envelope. I stamped up the left side of the envelope using black archival ink and then colored in the shapes with Distress Markers. I added a bit of decoration to the edge of the geometric design with the Lace Border Outline Clear Stamp.

I wanted to use a kraft envelope specifically with a white gel pen. I just love how the white ink really pops off the paper for a 3D-like effect. I used the Earth and Sky Mélange Cling Stamp Set to decorate the top half of this envelope. I added an address box using the inner frame of the polaroid stamp from the Snapshot Framer Clear Stamp Set.

I had to use a stamp featuring something with wings for my last design. The Bird Panel Clear Stamp Set is so beautiful and is an easy way to add a pretty scene using just one stamp. I used the Snapshot Framer Clear Stamp Set again to add an address spot, but this time I used the larger outer frame. After inking up the entire stamp, I removed the ink from the smaller frame using a wet wipe, and then stamped only the larger frame onto the envelope.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to send a friend or loved one some happy mail this month.

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espresso makes the world go round

Hi everyone! Ashley here today using the Frothy Concoctions stamp set! There are so many ways you can use this stamp set - it comes with 19 stamps - but one of my favorites is to make coffee themed thank you cards and then stick a Starbucks gift card inside. I did this for my medical assistants last year and they loved it.

PWP has a coffee ring stamp in the Art Textures red rubber cling stamp set that would go perfectly with the Frothy Concoctions stamp set too, as I'll show you!

First I stamped my coffee cup onto coordinating patterned paper and fussy cut the images. Then I grabbed the Art Textures stamp set and used brown embossing powder to heat emboss a couple of coffee ring images onto my card.

 My sentiment comes from the Earth and Sky stamp set. In its original form it says ' love makes the world go round,' but with a little masking, you can make it say anything you want! I masked off 'love' and heat embossed the rest of the sentiment. Then I used the 'espresso' stamp from the Frothy Concoctions stamp set with brown ink to replace 'love.' What do you think?

surely the stars danced

Hi everyone! Ashley here today and I'm sharing a card I made using the Earth and Sky cling stamp set. This is sort of a baby themed card, which I don't typically do a lot of, but my cousin just had a baby boy so it fits.

I used some white sparkle flocking on the cloud stamps. For the stars I grabbed a stencil and embossing paste and used a light blue shimmery blue embossing powder. The sentiment is stamped with white fine detail embossing powder.

This stamp set has many sentiments and can really be a versatile set to have in your stash. It's by no means a totally baby themed stamp set or I wouldn't get much use of it! In fact, I recently shared another card using a sentiment from this stamp set that has a totally different theme.

Here's one final look at my card:

Thanks for looking!

sunshine and black eyed Susans

Hi all, Ashley here! We have had the craziest spring I can remember. March was warmer than average and now we're having snow. That's Indiana weather for you, but I'm ready to see my spring flowers! This Black Eyed Susan stamp set was just what I needed to bring some color to my day!

I stamped my image with Versamark and used white fine detail embossing powder to heat emboss the image. Then I used my Copic markers to loosely color the stamped image and used some distress ink blending around the very edges of the base for the sky and the grass. I thought the colors of my flowers were too bright for a black center of black eyed Susans so I just colored the center the same color as the flowers.

My sentiment is from the Earth and Sky stamp set and I thought these flowers could definitely bring some sunshine to any day! I adhered my flowered base to the card base and tied on some twine.

Thanks for looking!

Stamped Angel Tags

Hello PWP fans and Happy Wednesday! It's Amber here today to bring you two stamped tags I created with lots of fabulous stamp sets from the Paper Wings Productions Shop! Check out the close up photos below along with all of the details.

The first tag I have to share is the pink and black angel themed tag, I started by stamping the larger angel from the Angles Cling Stamp Set right in the middle of my tag at the bottom. After I had the angle stamped I used an old sticker sheet to add some stenciling to the tag base. After my stenciling was done I went back and stamped the text and the swirls to the background. I only added a little bit of the text and I kept the swirls toward the outside edges. 

Here's a closer look at the stamped angel with the stamped and stenciled background. I colored in the squares with Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pink Madder Pen to bring out some of the pink in the patterned paper. For the sentiment I went with one of the stickers from 7 Dots Studios Illumination collection that reads " lets dance in the rain" and attached it with some mini staples.

I wanted to continue the pink and black color scheme, so I used the same patterned paper and ink pad that I used for the first tag. I started by stamping the angel at the top right off to the side and then I added the star right below her hand. After I had those two images stamped I went ahead and added the clouds and text to the background. 

Here's a closer look at the stamped text, star, and clouds. I thought it would be fun to have the angel reaching out for the star. I was going for a reach for the stars kind of vibe to go along with my 7 Dots Studio "Dream be yourself take a chance" sentiment. I hope you enjoyed my two stamped tags today!  Thanks for visiting!

Tag 1 Supplies: Patterned Paper- Fancy Pants / Paper Wings Productions Stamps- Angels Cling Stamp Set, Vintage Melange, Text Cling Stamp Set / CTMH Ink Pad- Black / Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pen- PINK MADDER / Sticker Sentiments- 7 Dots Studio Illumination Collection / American Crafts Mini Stapler / White String

Tag 2 Supplies:Patterned Paper- Fancy Pants / Paper Wings Productions Stamps- Angels Cling Stamp Set, Earth & Sky Cling Stamp Set, Text Cling Stamp Set, Hanging Stars Clear Stamp Set / CTMH Ink Pad Black / Sticker Sentiments- 7 Dots Studio Illumination Collection / American Crafts Mini Stapler / White String

Stamped Washi Tape + Mini Album

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Hey everyone, Katie here! This is my last post as part of the Paper Wings team. I'll definitely miss you guys, but hopefully I'll be able to guest post sometime in the future!

Today I wanted to share with you this mini album I made. I wanted to embellish it with some scalloped washi tape I had (by Hazel and Ruby) but I decided the tapes were a bit plain and so I grabbed my stamps and embellished them!

I used the Earth and Sky Melange stamp set with stazon inks.

I also use the Funky Lowercase alphabet as well!

Thanks for the wonderful opportunity to design for Paper Wings Productions!

Scrapbook Saturday

Hey everyone, Katie here! It's been a while since my last Scrapbook Saturday post, so I'm excited to share this with you!

Today I'm sharing a layout I created using the Funky Alphabet stamps and the Earth and Sky stamps! I love the fun font of the funky alphabet and I think it worked great on my layout.

I used it to stamp my title, "Swimming, Exploring, La Jolla, Ca." and then colored over it with watercolor pencils for a whimsical look.

I love the earth from the Earth and Sky stamp set, so I decided to use it to highlight the "La Jolla" part of my title. I colored in the earth with watercolors as well.

Thanks for stopping by, Let your creativity take flight!

-Katie

Funky Alphabet Clear Stamp Set

Earth & Sky Melange Cling Stamp Set

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Dancing Stars

Hello everyone its Amber here with this weeks Whats Up Wednesday post. This week I'm sharing this star studded button card.

I just love this sentiment that comes with the Earth & Sky Cling Stamp Set. I got the idea for my background from the sentiment. The mini button stars look like their dancing in the sky with all the clouds around. To make the clouds stand out against the pink cardstock I colored them with a white colored pencil.

We would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, Pinterest, Facebook, or leave a comment with a link to your project. Also Friday the Design Team hop kicks off at 7:00 am CST and we'll be giving away a $25.00 gift certificate to the online store and a few of  our designers will also be giving away a little candy along the way. Thanks for visiting today!

Supplies: Card Base- American Crafts / Cardstock -White & Pink / Paper Wings Productions Cling Stamp Set- Earth & Sky / CTMH Ink Pad- Black & Baby Pink / Colored Pencil- White / Mini Yellow Star Buttons- Favorite Findings / Ribbon- Black / Sulky Thread- Black / CTMH Edge Distresser

What's Up Wednesday - Hope in Colorado!

Hi everyone!  Tara C. here with a What's Up Wednesday post.  The big news around here has been the Black Forest Fire in Colorado.  This has hit super close to home for us.  We are 12 miles from the fire and about 4-5 miles from the closest evacuation area.  Lots of friends have been evacuated and sadly, many have lost their homes and everything they own. On a more happy note, the fire is almost completely out today!

This would be a perfect little card to go along with a care basket for the evacuees, filled with things they may have been too rushed to grab when they left home.  I knew this sentiment would be perfect  because the burn area looks like total devastation and when you lose your home you feel as if everything is gone. The bright colors and cheery sun will bring some light into someone's life.

For this sweet little collage I used a few different Paper Wings Productions stamp sets.  The Backgrounds set was used on the background, the large cloud and the sentiment banner.  The Double Dot Border set was used on the small clouds and the sun and sentiment are from the Earth and Sky set. I marked black "stitches" around the clouds and added some fun red rickrack and a few shiny white sequins.

The inside shows more of the background stamp, another sun and more happy clouds!

Thanks for visiting us today!  We would love to see what you create with Paper wings Productions stamps.  Show us on our Pinterest page, our Facebook page or our Flickr gallery.  You can also leave a comment with a link to your project.

The Paper Wings supplies used:

Backgrounds Cling Stamp Set Sky & Earth Cling Stamp Set Double Dot Border Clear Stamp Set

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Mixed Media Monday - Grad Shadowbox!

Hi everyone! Tara C. here with a graduation celebration Mixed Media Monday.  It's graduation season and today I have the perfect gift for this high school rite of passage. I will be attending a special young lady's graduation in a few weeks and I wanted to create a memento to help her remember this special day.  Not that she is likely to ever forget the final day of mind numbing classes, bad lunches, crazy teachers..... but hopefully this little gift will help!

I purchased the shadowbox at Archivers and left it black as it is one of her schools colors. I took her graduation announcement and cut it up to use as decoration in some of the boxes and then combined them with fabulous Paper Wings Productions stamps!  

The largest box has a gorgeous damask background from the Backgrounds Cling stamp set that I also embossed with a few flourishes from Flourish Fun One in glossy black.  It also features a sweet little banner embossed in silver and colored with Copic Markers and some poms from Happy Day stamped in lilac.  I added in a grad cap cut with my Cricut and some painted and glitter misted stars. The perfect sentiment is from the Earth & Sky set.

I wanted to showcase her school logo cut directly from the announcement.  I only added a couple of stamped flourishes from the Flourish Fun One set.

I had to girly this box up so I added some rolled flowers on a background of silver and purple confetti from Happy Day.

The final box again features more of the pretty poms embossed in silver and colored in shades of purple and more flourishes.  Plus a few clear crystals for a bit of bling!

Thanks for visiting today! I hope you enjoyed my Mixed Media Monday project and that it inspires you to create handcrafted gifts for the grads in your life. Check out all of these fabulous stamps at the Paper Wings Productions store and come back and visit on Wednesday and Friday to see what the other designers have created for your viewing pleasure.

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