Good morning and welcome to another work week. I hope it will be a good one for all of you!
My card today is a Slim-Line one and I don’t usually do them. The lack of envelopes is a sticky point for me – but…I saw the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and I wanted to play along. And it occured to me that….regular business envelopes are slim-line-card-friendly. And – mine are the security-kind so…no one will be able to “peek” at my card! 😉
With that problem solved…I pulled out my Snailed It bundle – yes, FINALLY got it!!, the coordinating Snail Mail DSP and the Happy Thoughts stamp set to make a sort of thank-you-y sort of congratulations-y card. Take a look-see:

And here’s the challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.

I started with a long piece of Snail Mail DSP that I matted on Real Red for the card front. Then I looped some Blushing Bride twine from the Snail Mail Twine Combo twice around the panel – securing it on the card front under the decorations.

I used the square die in the Snail Die Set to cut two pieces of Snail Mail DSP – and adhered them both to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I stamped the Snailed It sentiment in Real Red on a piece of Whisper White (Basic White will work, too), cut it with the next-to-smallest Stitched So Sweetly rectangle die and popped it onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
There are two dies in Snail Die Set that cut adorable snails from a couple of the designs in the Snail Mail DSP – so I cut them out!

Using a combination of Liquid Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals, I adhered the two sweet snails to the card front.
Then I cut three hearts from Real Red – using the Snail Dies again – and adhered them with Liquid Glue.

I tied two pieces of Blushing Bride Snail Mail Twine in a bow and adhered it with a Glue Dot – and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a Happy Thoughts sentiment in Real Red on a Whisper White panel. In the corner, in Tuxedo Black, I stamped the cute Snailed It mushroom image. I also stamped that image again on the two DSPs I’d used in the front. Then I fussy cut some mushrooms and adhered them to the stamped image with Liquid Glue (gotta love a little Paper Piecing!). I added a couple three Resin Heart Embellishments, too!

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Real Red mat and into my Thick Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My white business envelope got a Real Red image from Snailed It on the front…

…and I added some of the Bermuda Bay Snail Mail DSP to the envelope flap.

Et Voila! Sometimes you just gotta think outside the box, huh? A business envelope – decorated, of course, cuz…#nonekkidenvelopes!…is a perfectly acceptable mailing vessel! Which is good – because this Snailed It-strewn card is too cute to hide at home!

The Snail Mail DSP is so much fun – and how perfectly perfect for piecing the mushrooms on the inside!

Happy Thoughts is the perfect set to have in your tool box – with sentiments that are ready for any occasion!

I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate these cards, all the products and card cuts are listed below!
TTFN
M

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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Thick Whisper White (or Basic White) Cardstock: 9 1/4″ x 7 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 3 3/4″)
Real Red Cardstock: 3 1/2″ x 9″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); Snail die cut hearts on front
Whisper White (or Basic White!) Card Stock: Stitched So Sweetly rectangle (sentiment); 3 3/8″ x 8 7/8″ (inner liner)
Snailed It DSP: 3 3/8″ x 8 7/8″ (card front); Snail die cut DSP shapes on front; Fussy cut mushrooms for Paper Piecing on inside; envelope flap
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