LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail winners!

A big thank you to those who played along with LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail! :) The winner is   

Charmaine who created this lovely Christmas card and matching envelope! :)

Congratulations Charmaine! You are the winner of LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail. Please send us an email so that we can make arrangements for your RAK!  [Please grab the winner badge from the sidebar!]

And here are the Top 3!

Mandy

Lynnda

Gisele

Congratulations ladies! [Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar!] :)


P/s: Don't forget to play along with our current challenge - LESSology Challenge #8: Frame of Life. The deadline for entries is Sunday January 8, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #7 Guest Designer: Sandi Taloumis

Our guest for LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail is Sandi Taloumis.

Thank you so much for this wonderful invite...such a honor! I had a lot of fun and I'm so pleased that I could be a part of your very talented DT's showcase!

For this challenge I decided to take a Priority mailing box, that I received in the mail, and pretty it up to send it back out as a gift to my sister at Christmas time.

I took the box, painted it with a sand color paint then when that was dry, I put on a thin coat of modeling paste, so that the scene would be pressed into it, so that when I mailed it nothing would be torn off the package. I then glazed over the entire scene with mod podge to seal everything. (please note, I left the back and left/right sides in it's original form for mailing purposes. The front and top/bottom side is painted).

Since I'm sending the box, I needed to put something in it so I created a mail holder. I thought that this would be a pretty way to store received mail until you're ready to go through it. Once again, I took another priority box, that I had received in the mail, opened it up and then cut it into the shape and length that could hold mail. Then I added some paint, sewed it, decorated it, put a button on the front for a closure, and added ribbon to hang it. Inside is something special...I took a birthday card that she sent to me, with a kitty on it, cut it and sewed it to the holder...she will love this because she's such a cat lover and it's a form of sharing an image that we both love!

Thank you once again LESSology for this wonderful invite! I can't wait to see what everyone creates for this fun challenge!

Isn't this a fabulous creation? Thank you for sharing Sandi! Please leave a comment for Sandi.

Hope you are inspired to play along with LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail! The deadline for all entries is Sunday December 11, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #7: Creative projects of Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders

 

Ready to check out what design team members Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders did for LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail?

'ello!

Amy T here with my "You've Got Mail" project.

I'm a big fan of taking the 'cover sheet' of a 12 x 12 Collection and fussy cutting items.

Today's projects uses the Crate Paper I Love Winter Collection:

I decided to decorate my 'rescued' note card set.  For those of you that follow my blog may remember me mentioning that a gal at work recycled a bunch of 5x5 note cards/envelopes to me!  They were headed into the recycle bin because of the change in stationery.

Here's the envelope:

The Trio of Snow Peeps and the "happy winter" sentiment were fussy cut from the collection 'cover page'. 

Here's the coordinating card:

See that Christmas Tree?  Yup, it was fussy cut too!  I cut it in the shape of a tree and did some stitching to make it seem like the pieces were stitched together:)

Here's the duo together:

Can't wait to see how the challenge inspires YOU!

I've made this for my Mum. She's been struggling abit lately. She's taking on too much and is really tired. Seeing as we don't live close I though I would send her this.

I've taken a plain 125x125cm envelope and stuck down the flap and them trimmed off the top so the envelope has become a pocket now. I've decorated the envelope and this Maya Road Chipboard Teapot and taken this Dr Suess quote.

I have a gift card for her local coffee shop to slide into the pocket so she can take some time out and have coffee and cake with her hubby : )

I shall pop it in the post and hopefully it will be a lovely surprise.

Are you inspired to create your own mail art for LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail? The deadline for entries is Sunday December 11, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #7: Creative inspiration from Angi Barrs and Julie Tucker-Wolek

 

Today we are showing you the creative inspiration from design team members Angi Barrs and Julie Tucker-Wolek.

Hi everyone! Angi here! I'm so excited about our new challenge. I love getting pretty packages and envelopes in the mail. I also love making altered envelopes. Here's my latest altered envelope creation.

I "dressed up" a Maya Road kraft envelope. I added some some recycled stretch canvas to the front then  layered it with paper & embellies from My Mind's Eye.

I loved this challenge so much that I made a second envelope that I'd also like to share. I designed a Christmas theme for this one. These envelopes are just the right size for adding gift cards too.

I can't wait to see your "You've Got Mail" projects for our fun challenge.

Hi everyone :)

With the holidays approaching fast - I wanted to make a mailbox that fits in with my Holiday decor :)

Here is my little mailbox that I started off with :)

And here is what I made :) I used Graphic 45's Christmas Emporium collection :)

Can't wait to see what everyone creates for this challenge :)

~~Julie :)

Aren't these just fabulous projects? We would love to see your entries for LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail! :) Please leave some love for our designers.

LESSology Challenge #7: Design team inspiration from Audrey Pettit, Kirsty Vittetoe and Yvonne Yam

Today we get to see how design team members  Audrey Pettit, Kirsty Vittetoe and Yvonne Yam interpreted LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail! :)

With the holidays just a few short weeks away, I am on the look out these days for good small gift ideas for all those folks on my Christmas list that I want to remember with a little something. One idea I really like is putting together a set of note-cards with matching envelopes. It's a gift made from the heart, and is useful and practical for most anyone on your list. Best yet, it can be quickly put together using supplies most of us already have on hand.

When creating a set of note-cards, I try to keep my design fairly simple and easy to replicate. I also like to keep the supplies to a minimum to keep cost down, and leave the design fairly flat so that it could be mailed. Here I used just two sheets of white cardstock and one piece of patterned paper to make four note-cards. To add interest to the design, I added a paper doily in the center, followed by a die cut label I cut from scrap paper. The circle in the center is leftover pieces of doily I've had sitting around forever. I added hand-stamped sentiment strips and vintage buttons, and Santas I fussy cut from patterned paper. Talk about an inexpensive way to get multiple focal images.

To dress up plain, ordinary envelopes, I simply cut a piece of patterned paper to size and adhered it to the front of the envelope. Since I had only one sheet of patterned paper to do all four envelopes, cutting a piece for just the front was a paper-saving solution. Print mailing labels, and these fancy envelopes can even go right through the mail. Wouldn't that be a fun surprise when you open up your mailbox?

For a gift presentation, I simply tied the note-cards and envelopes together with some Christmas ribbon and added a vintage-inspired postcard and a holiday quote that was leftover from my envelope project. My up-cycled item? The fun red mesh bow I added on top. It came from a bag of oranges I got at the grocery store.

Hi, it's me Kirsty here, sharing with you my project for LESSology Challenge # 7 - You've Got Mail

I don't know about you, but I love getting my scrapping supplies online, that end up with lots of this.... 

as you know at LESSology is all about recycling and I am going to show you how I altered this mailing box into a gift box....

gesso is what I used to cover-up all the unwanted text on the box...

now let's work with water colors....

remember that old book I altered? all the cut out pages now become green grass

green grass, blue sky, white clouds.... now let you imagination take flight......

now this little box is ready for a gift to get in, and then off it goes......

 

Hello friends! It's Yvonne! My mail project is an upcycled priority mail box! :)

 

I started off with this small little box which I covered with brown paper.

Added some paper scraps and stamping...

Are you inspired to create your own mail art for LESSology Challenge #7: You've got mail? We would love to see your entries! :) Please leave some love for our designers.