Dog Days of Summer Pocket Letter

Photos of dogs (had to include chihuahuas of course!), patterned papers, washi tape, and some fun summer stickers to top things off!

Lepidoptera Lollapalooza Pocket Letter

For my background I used a sheet from the Mariposa paper stack.  I printed out 3 butterflies and used Stickles to add some glitz and added them to the outside of the page so that I could bend the wings and add a touch of 3-D effect.

Postage Stamp Pocket Letter

I chose stamps portraying different clothing styles from Indonesia.  I thought it was fascinating to see the different styles all together and was so tickled that I found 9 different stamps from the same country, it worked out great.  I used patterned papers and lots and lots of washi tape, including some glitter washi.

Chicken Pocket Letter

Vintage images of chickens, patterned paper, and washi tape.

Collograph 3 - Geometric

 I used my big shot and embossing folders to emboss a bunch of cardstock.

I used my embossed papers along with peeled corrugated cardboard and  texturized wallpaper to create this design used geometric shape.

I decided to try printing this on a paper that I had already mounted another sheet of paper on.  This created more opportunity for color, another geometric element, and the ease of using only one color of ink.

6x6 Gelli Prints

I love how these 6x6 prints turned out and thought it would be a neat project for my younger students - I was thinking of something collaborative like a quilt design.

Hand Carved Stamp 2

Trying to think of ways to incorporate this into student projects and I came up with this ATC sized stamp idea.  I decided to try a jar of buttons since that would give me lots of options for changing colors with each print.

I just used Crayola watercolor markers to print these ATC's.

I probably wouldn't make students do 9 variations, perhaps just 3?