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Pocket Page Flip Book Tutorial

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Pocket Page Flip Book Tutorial

 Hello loves!  Serena here and today I have another Christmas Craft tutorial! I had this idea ruminating in my mind since 2016 when I started 9x12 project life. I had so many left over plastic sleeves from cutting up 12x12 page protectors and got the idea of creating a pocket page flip book! For this happy mail project I used my Creepy Xmas Collection and Creepmas Sequins mix! Watch full tutorial below!  Here are some more up close pictures of my pocket page flip book! If you want to give this project idea a try, please tag me on instagram...

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Mixed Media Pop-up Card Tutorial | Halloween Craft Series Episode #7

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Mixed Media Pop-up Card Tutorial | Halloween Craft Series Episode #7

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...

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Mini Pocket Letters By Dani | Vera Lane Studio + Papercakes Collab!

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Mini Pocket Letters By Dani | Vera Lane Studio + Papercakes Collab!

Hi friends! Dani from PopFizzPaper here and today I'm sharing a pair of creepy cute mini pocket letters that I created using Papercakes October Nights papers and Vera Lane Studio digi images. I filmed a process video and also included some close up pictures below! Have you ever made a mini pocket letter? With fewer pockets to worry about, they come together really quickly. It's also really fun to decorate the outside of the pocket letter. Below you can see I added orange glitter washi and a cute banner. For all of the pockets in my mini pocket letters, I layered Papercakes papers on top of plain...

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Halloween Memory Web + Tag Tutorial | Halloween Happy Mail Series

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Halloween Memory Web + Tag Tutorial | Halloween Happy Mail Series

Hello lovelies! Welcome to episode #6 in my Halloween happy mail series. Today I share this Halloween memory web inspiration/vision board and tag tutorial.  This project is perfect for Halloween vision boards or inspiration boards for your costume or October daily. You can even switch it up weekly based on your favorite Halloween movies like Hocus Pocus or Nightmare Before Christmas. It's also such a great idea to display fun goodies you receive from your pen pals! Watch the tutorial here:   Unfortunately the picture portion of my video did not work so here are some up close pictures of...

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JUMBO Halloween Loaded Flip Bag | Halloween Happy Mail Series

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JUMBO Halloween Loaded Flip Bag | Halloween Happy Mail Series

Hello Lovelies! I'm back this week with another episode in my Halloween Happy Mail series. I took last week off to catch up on some work and projects and today I'm excited to share my JUMBO loaded flip bag!! I used a holographic gift bag found at my local dollar store and I made sure to keep a large border around my pattern paper to showcase the holographic pattern. I didn't want to cover it up because it's the main focus of this bag flip! You can watch the full tutorial here:  Here are some more pictures! Thanks for stopping...

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