Mail - North Pole Express...

This is the card I made for my parents mail carrier. I pulled out the Post & Parcel kit - I really wish I would use this more often!

I placed a piece of Soft Stone pattern paper on a white cardstock card base. To create the mailbox, I die-cut Pure Poppy cardstock and put it together with scor-tape. I made a couple of score lines on the left and right side and used pearlescent texture paste and a stencil for the word Mail. North Pole Express is stamped in black ink. I added a piece of grey/white/red pattern paper for the mailbox top.

There's a postcard in the mailbox slot - it's die-cut with a postage die and stamped with Pure Poppy, Seattle and black ink. I carefully put it in the slot and added the lock, die-cut in True Black cardstock. The lock and the hole at the top both have Stone twine on them.

After I placed the mailbox on the card, there was too much space at the bottom so I added the ribbon and bow, die-cut in Pure Poppy cardstock. It's hard to see in the picture, but the ribbon is textured with stripes. 

The "postcard" in the slot:

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Post & Parcel, Postmarks
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Pure Poppy, True Black, Post & Parcel, Holiday Plaid
• Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy; Amuse Seattle; Versafine Onyx Black
• Dies:  PTI Post & Parcel, Simple Bow
• Other:  Pearlescent Embossing Paste; Twine; Foam Tape
• Size:  5.0" x 7.0"