Friday, April 6, 2018

Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent

I participated in Pretty Postal's tropical mail swap in February. I thought the swap theme was fun - here are the tropical-themed items I included in what I sent to my swap partners.

To see what I received from my swap partners: Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Received

Fuse Tool Pineapple Shaker

Using the We R Memory Keepers Fuse tool, along with pineapple clip art I found online (as a guide) and colorful sequins, I made these pineapple shakers:

Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog - Pineapple Shaker with We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool
Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog - Pineapple Shaker with We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool

Tropical Mini Card

This mini card is made from tropical-themed patterned paper, plus a few sequins and a stamped sentiment. The card is only about 2 inches square, and the card base is from a basic card and envelope pack I bought a while ago from either JoAnn or Michael's. The nice thing about buying a basic card set is that it comes with envelopes already, and all I needed to do was to decorate the front of the cards.

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Pineapple Washi Tape

The clear tag is made from transparencies that I trimmed down and set an eyelet in using a Crop-a-Dile. I'd previously gotten some pineapple washi in different colors from Freckled Fawn, and was glad that I had a perfect reason to share the washi.

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Monstera Card

These clean and simple monstera leaf cards were made using the Silhouette Cameo, along with a design from the Silhouette design store.

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Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog
Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog

Clear Envelopes

I intended to use these clear envelopes, but the post office worker told me that they couldn't be mailed. I found out later that you could pay a bit more to have the envelopes cancelled by hand, but by then, I'd already popped the snail mail into different (plain) envelopes in order to get them sent off.

Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog
Pretty Postal Tropical Swap 2018 - Sent | shirley shirley bo birley Blog

And all together . . .

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