Pick of the Week ~ Fun With Postoid Stamps

This week I am the designer for our POTW (project of the week) here at The House That Stamps Built. I choose to work with Postoids - well what are postoids - they are a faux stamp - little but fun to work with in several ways.

Cute yes - will it get my letter to Wendy NO - one of us is going to have to pay postage, and more than likely it will be returned to me. I used the stamp postoid 4901-E Snail Mail Post.

So lets gather some supplies - card stock, stamps, ink, envelopes, a pair of postage style scissors (if you have them) and color medium of your choice.

My first example is a card using the same snail mail image I used above 4901-E Snail Mail Post. After stamping the image I used a stitched die cut to frame it out. Colored with copic markers and used on my card with some flower paper, twine and a little pink heart. If you look closely you can see the tiny elements I used on the snail “ears” or feelers, which I think just adds the perfect amount of bling.

For this example I used it on the back of my card as a “stamped by” and personalizing it with my hand written initials and the year. I used 4903-F Love Post.

Next up I used 7101-F Birthday Post on the outside of my envelope to wish the recipient a Happy Birthday before the envelope is ever opened. I put it in the left hand corner of my envelope and then colored it with colored pencils.

For my final project/card I used one of my favorite postoids - (I’m a dog lover) 8105-F Tail Mail and 8103-C Woof stamping three images, cutting around them with my postage scissors. I colored each dog a different color using copic markers. A bit of ribbon trim a sentiment and 2 little hearts and card complete.

Hope you have enjoyed my projects - I have several more postoids in my collection - and I bet you have some or will put a few of these on your next order.

~ Shirley

For this week only (April 8-14, 2019), get 20% Off the stamps used in Shirley’s creations above when you use the coupon code POTW4819