I made this for my in-laws last Christmas. The idea was from a Somerset Memories article. The artist had altered a cigar box and made a mini album to do inside. I altered a pencil case and added postcards inside. The idea is to right memories and happy thoughts on the back of the postcards and keep them in the box. My MIL decided to display them so everyone could see them. Probably a better idea.
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| Flower from the dollar store. Old book that was headed for the trash. 'happy thought' cut with SCAL and cricut. Metal duct tape from home depot was embossed with cuttlebug and sizzix texture plate, then embellished with Sakura glaze pens. |
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| The box was painted with metallic gold and copper craft paint. |
Postcard dimensions are 4x6. I found it easiest to cut another piece of 4x6 or 3 3/4x5 3/4 to do my design on then adhere to the postcard. This allowed me to emboss with my cuttlebug and still be able to have a flat surface to write on the back. And as an added bonus it reinforced the cards which came in handy when my MIL displayed them. I used a lot of different things from my stash. Distress ink, Tim Hotlz stamps, M's dollar bin stamps, glitter, flocking, wet embossing, handmade primas, brads, various printables from Printable Heaven, Graphics Fairy, and Google search.
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