Inspiration — happy mail

Hello loves! Today I have a fun altered embroidery hoop tutorial to share. I was inspired by the lovely @becky_sher on instagram. I've seen her share some awesome altered hoops this past summer and I couldn't wait to try it out. I made some christmas hoops for my friends! The pattern papers are from my Feeling Grinchy and Snow Day Collections! Watch my full tutorial below!  Here are some more close up pictures: Thanks for stopping by! Happy Holidays! Serena 

Hey Babes!  Today we have a special guest designer! Her name is Vyvie and she shares her talents with the happy mail world on her Instagram page @rockabillyandcrafts.  Today she's sharing these adorable shaker pocket tags made using the Snow Day collection! I love how each have their own color combos! These shaker tags add the perfect finishing touch to add to pocket letters, flipbooks, loaded envelopes and they are even cute on their own! Thanks Vyvie for sharing your tags with us today. She'll be back soon with another fun Papercakes project, stay tuned!  

Hello frosty friends!  Over the weekend-and on my birthday- I kicked off my first ever Christmas craft series with a fun merry mail tutorial!  Full video tutorial down below! :) I created various envelopes using the Snow Day collection and added them on a binder ring to create cute flip mail. Watch full tutorial! So which one is your favorite envelope?! I love them all but i think my favorite is the first one :) If you make your own envelope flip mail make sure you tag me on Instagram @seresbee! I post a new tutorial every Saturday on my...

Hello everyone! It's Annie with another Papercakes project using the October Nights papers, October Nights 2016 Collection and digital stamps from Vera Lane Studios. For this project, I'd decided to use both the paper collection and Papercakes Spooky October photopolymer stamp, because I like the flexibility to create my own patterned backgrounds. I like the blend of kraft cardstock and the black, white, and orange of the October Nights collection, so I decided to incorporate both into this project. This pocket letter is basically an homage to what I love about October - so you'll see some of my favorite quotes, images, and...

Hey Loves! Serena here and I'm back this week with episode #7 in my Halloween Happy Mail series! In this tutorial I show you have to make a mixed media watercolor card using Tombow Dual Brush Pens in the Pastel Palette and the TwinTone Pastel Pens. I bet you didn't know you could watercolor with pens!  This episode is also part of a special collaboration with one of my favorite companies, Vera Lane Studio! All month long the talented VLS design team ladies will be making a project using my Spooky Pastel and October Nights Paper collections! That means there's going to...