Todayâs tea party is for the dad of one of my grade school classmates. She reached out to me to say that he has been down in the dumps lately and could use some cheering up. Susie is our hostess today and she has invited us all on a road trip to Lakeville. Youâre all invited to stop by my house for tea on the way.
Of course I was excited for an excuse to make a fishing card today and I decided to finally use this paper pad that Iâve had since I took up scrapbooking at least fifteen years ago. This fisherman bear is paper pieced. The bits were all separately printed out on a sheet, so I just took the sheet and scanned it through my ScanNCutâany guess why I never actually cut this out before I got my ScanNCut? I stuck him all together, but left off his fishing pole because it just didnât look right to me. Instead, I stuck a fish in his bucket, which I labeled with âWorldâs Greatest Fisherman Danâ. I used my address guide template and Crayola Supertip to hand-letter my favorite fishing sentiment. Then I created a faux wood grain sign post for the sign, a ground for him to walk on and die cut one little cloud to finish the scene. I also took Susieâs challenge of decorating the envelope and used another piece of the DP from that pad to make an envelope. Anyone have any experience with mailing patterned envelopes? How is the USPS going to feel about this?
Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 GMT Views: 1083
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Wed, Oct 02, 2019 @ 11:59 PM
In France it's forbidden to add address separately on the envelope but nobody listens I've send out several patterned envelopes and they all arrived, even in the States!! Your card is soooooooooooooo pretty Jen I love every little bit of it!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132005
Thu, Oct 03, 2019 @ 9:43 AM
What great paper. It's always fun to find a use for those scrapbook papers - and the matching envelope looks super. Darn, I totally forgot about that bit in my foggy-headed state the last couple of days. This just makes me smile .
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Thu, Oct 03, 2019 @ 6:59 PM
This is such a great masculine card Jen. What a fabulous paper pieced bear this is along with this great scene. The humor you use to personalize things is really fabulous and I know Dan will appreciate it too. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your card today! ~Karen.