belated pen pal replies

Yesterday I shared with all of you some of the sweet loot I picked up during my weekend trip to vancouver and guess what? I've already put some of it to good use! Nothing like a trip to main street to inspire my card making and just in time too - I'm very much overdue on some pen pal replies! Hurrah! I love mashing tons of different elements together to get some truly unique card creations that (hopefully) are appreciated. Here is my favourite of the bunch I whipped up:


Yup - quite the layering of stripes, stickers, a doily, and stamps for that completely handmade card look. But the fun didn't stop there - I actually ended up with six different cards:


Yay! Six cards for six pen pals! I'd love to have kept going but when I was trying to tally up how many letters I needed to write I came to the sad realization that of the dozen people that messaged me from indie fixx's pen pal project I only ended up with three pen pals which has dwindled down to a single loyal letter writer (and vix - I do enjoy your letters!). Alas. Good thing I've got five other buddies across the country who still send me mail! Hooray! I guess letter post isn't everyone's cup of tea but I am certainly a fan. In fact, I'd love to increase that pen pal list to more than six if anyone out there is dedicated to written correspondence. I guess that is the flaw of the age of internet - instant computer communication is just taking over! Anyone else out there manage to keep up with a pen pal or two? OoO! And what do you think of my cards? Which one do you like best?