Pocket Letter

Crafty peeps!!
As many of you have seen over the internet, there is a new, or at least new to me, crafty item known as a "Pocket Letter". It is made up of a 9 pocket page that is used primarily for storing your sport trading cards, or for you crafting enthusiasts, your ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). This was my first one, made for a friend of mine who loves Halloween.

Each pocket contains an ATC that I created using Graphic 45 retired paper, Happy Haunting.

From what I could gather on Pinterest and Instagram, not only do you create things to go into the pockets, but you can attach items to the outside as well.

I also used a few of my Halloween stamps to add that personal touch...

This was easy and fun to do. It gave me the opportunity to use my supplies and get the old creative juices flowing.
If you've been on the fence about trying to do one, or thought maybe they were too involved to create, I say jump in. Just think of a theme, dig through your stash and have fun with it!!

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting.

Julie Nutting Dolls

Bonjour my fellow crafters,

I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer.  Hard to believe that we are mid-August already.  I got back last week from a weekend scrapbooking retreat and it was a blast.

Just slept, ate and crafted for 2 1/2 solid days!  Awesome!!!  I'm going to start posting a few of the projects that I worked on while I was there.  Here is the first one using Julie Nutting Dolls by Prima...

I made a carry case from a tutorial video that I found on YouTube Mini Doll Cases Here is what the case looks like closed.  I haven't finished decorating the outside yet, so it's kind of underwhelming...

Here is what you see when you open up the case...

I was originally going to make her steampunk, but I was using the Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells paper and the halloween theme seemed to work better.  The drawers on the right are faux drawers, and here is a close up of the elements...

The gear is a sticker, the vial of "potion" is from Tim Holtz, filled with glitter while the clock is a charm I had lying around, now...

I free handed the hat, the flowers are from Prima while the word charms are Tim Holtz.

Now finally the cat is an old charm I've had for about 100 years and the hour glass is also a sticker.  These dolls are great to play with, I'm gonna try a beach themed one next also maybe play with a Christmas type carrying case.

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting,

Take care from Jodie - AKA The Caffinated Crafter!