Embossed to ME

Have been doing some #mail2myself lately, and this is one of my creations from earlier this summer: 

Backyard Games stamp where I tried using the ball as the dot for the i. Didn't turn out that great. However, my embossing did! Love how my folded pen name turned out too.

After going through the mail.

Close ups of embossing.

Back to School! (Jean & Janet)

I love this idea I came up with!!

Thought it fitting, not only for back to school, but BOTH Janet and Jean are former teachers!

 

I've had these stickers for YEARS (probably for scrapbooking), and got the idea to use them for a Back to School theme. Worked out great with this yellow notebook paper!

 (And, as always, my heart stamps matched perfectly!)

I love the apple on both the front and back:

Hope she likes the "apple for the (snail mail) teacher!"

The insert went perfect too (colors AND quote). Gave Janet the original.

Zucchini to Janet

Lately, I've been tiring a bit with my magazine page envies, but at the same time, I see how creative and fun they can be, so I still decide to send them.

I thought this one perfect for end of summer. Plus I LOVE how the stamps colors match!

 

Scooby to Patty

Yes, I'm still using the Scooby stamps! And again, thank you to Janet for the idea!

Flower kinda failed. 

with insert.

Extra watercolor piece I turned into an insert. So pretty.

 

Crossword to Janet

When I did this idea for George last year (https://snailmailingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/08/crossword-to-george.html), I also go the idea to do one for Janet. I put it off, as I didn't want to make the grid (too much work), but then I came upon this old grid env. I'd been saving for decades!

It went perfect with the square toss bags in the stamp.

Wish I could share the clues, but then that'd give away her address. But here are others:

1 across: "Miss Jackson, if you're nasty"

1 Down:  French name (but I can't remember what I wrote what it means)

Also, just to be safe, I re-wrote the address in full, on one line at the bottom in black.

Insert I sent with it. (To go with the stamp theme, "play".)

Backyard Games: Badminton

 This is one where the sketch was better than the final product.

I wanted to use the shuttlecock as the A in her name, but not sure it worked.

I didn't draw free-hand, so that was one roadblock (too much work!), then when I tried embossing, it failed. So then I tried debossing and that didn't work very well either.

Then, I messed up the last name a bit with the r loop and the s. grrr.

Also, forgot to do a b-day theme, so I enclosed another small card.

Backyard Games: horseshoes (Carolyn & Cathy)

 Another clever idea, if I do say so myself!  ;D

When I decided to use this stamp, I immediately saw the horseshoe as a C, and I was lucky enough to have 2 PTEx recipient's this month whose names start with C!

Close up of stamp. Do you see it too?  ;)

The horseshoe turned out better on Cathy's. Wish I had done the y in a script hand vs. b-nib. And there was too much "white space" before her name, so I kinda wish I had added more horseshoes, but was afraid of ruining it.