Thursday, October 21, 2010







This is a holiday slide mailer I made for the AlphaStamps Design Team. The Yahoo group is also doing an Angel Swap using some of these same materials.

Since I make slide mailers quite a bit I'm always looking for new ways to make their appearance look a bit different than the last one I made. This time I covered the whole front & back with modeling paste (the only part that wasn't covered was the double microscope slide indention on the inside). Once the modeling paste was dry on all sides I then took out some Rub-n-Buff in Antique Gold. (Sometimes I think that there are so many products out on the market these days, that you forget about certain ones that are really great to use.) I had not used the Rub-n-Buff for quite awhile and I was really happy with the outcome on this slide mailer. On the indention on the inside I cut the middle part out which separated it into two sections in order to make it one whole opening. I used the very beautiful stamp set by AlphaStamps called "Angels We Have Heard On High" for the background and then I cut out images from AlphaStamps collage sheets to put over that background. Added some German Scrap/Dresden, pearls and tinsel glitter by Martha Stewart to the inside. I then punched a couple holes in the slide mailer, added some eyelets and small binder rings, decorated the front panel and finally added some ribbon and brass embellishments and viola, I had a little slide mailer booklet.

5 comments:

  1. O M G !!!
    What a unique and so beautiful book.
    Absolutely perfect. Gorgeous gold. I love it.

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  2. Shannon, I love what you did with the modeling paste. It gave the mailer a completely different look. It looks like embossed metal. Love it.

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  3. Absolutely beautiful Shannon - everything you touch is magic!

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  4. Hi Shannon, it's Carrie from Pinkadoo! I just wanted to stop by and say THANK YOU for all your sweet comments! I've been looking at your blog this morning and your work is just STUNNING and BEAUTIFUL! Holy moly have you been a tons of magazines and I have most of these! Now I need to get them out and find your pieces! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! ~hug~

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