Happy Mail Challenge 5: Congratulations

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 5: Make a congratulations Happy Mail card and congratulate someone! (click here to read about Happy Mail).

Come play with us and link up your own creations of CONGRATS into your Happy Mail over on BPC website. Here's some ideas on what you could create.

Congrats by Sherry


I have been meaning to make my nephew's wife a card since she opened her own [dog] grooming business a couple of months back. Today's happy mail challenge to make a congratulations card was just enough to kickstart my creativity.

This cute wee pup from the doodlepop assortment was the perfect companion for my card.  I simply tied a doodle twine bow around his neck and added a sentiment sticker.

I can't wait to sent this along to B for being such a Tip-Top groomer.  Proud of her accomplishment!


Congrats by Melinda
Love that this cool card incorporates a really fun technique!

Congrats by Monique
This daring congrats card could work for any occasion.

 

Go take the challenge and send some happy mail!

Happy Mail Challenge 4: Twine

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 4: Tie some twine on your Happy Mail card and send it to someone you love (click here to read about Happy Mail). Come play with us and link up your own creations of incorporating TWINE into your Happy Mail over on BPC website. Here's some ideas on what you could create. 

Now you do not "have to" knit your twine like Melinda did, but WOW this is one way of incorporating twine on your Happy Mail!!

by Melinda Spinks

 Use it to accent around an opening to your card.

by Jing Jing Nickle

Sherry Cartwright created this fun holiday Happy Mail and told us, "I love sending and receiving something fun in the mail.  Bills or advertisements just don't cut it.  So, this year, I started sending some happy mail [a la Stacy Julian, Big Picture Classes and Doodlebug Design].   I used the Happy Mail challenge 4 -- tie it up with twine! as a starting point for this card.  I used white doodle twine and tied it in a simple bow.  Nothing fancy, but still delightful."

by Sherry Cartwright

Here's the card Monique created for this challenge. She made a Christmas card using the twine from the North Pole collection:

Go take the challenge and send some happy mail!

Happy Mail Challenge 3: Distress It!

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 3. (click here to read about Happy Mail). Come play with us and link up your own creations of distressing your Happy Mail over on BPC website. Here's some ideas on what you could create. 

Here's a great idea from Monique from our team. She embossed her cards and then sanded them...love it!! Check out her blog post about these festive cards...

CHALLENGE 3: Sand, scratch, stomp, and distress your Happy Mail card.

 

GIVEAWAY AND PRIZE DETAILS: To participate upload your Happy Mail card (using the inlinkz tool below) by 11/14/2012 midnight PST. Everyone that uploads their Happy Mail card is entered into the giveaway for the prizes below. Winners announced 11/16/2012 on Happy Mail challenge 4.

1. Doodlebug goody box
2. $20 BPC gift certificate 
3. Stamping Secrets eBook by Nichol, Ashley, Lea, Nancy, Shari, Robyn, and Shemaine

Play along and upload your Happy Mail card here before 11/14!

Use Circles on your Happy Mail Challenge 2

There's still one day left to submit your projects...let's all get crafty!! 

Welcome to Happy Mail Challenge 2. (click here to read about Happy Mail) You are invited to play along with us by following the challenge and uploading your card to this blog post using the inlinkz tool below.

 

CHALLENGE: Use two different sized circles on your HAPPY MAIL.

GIVEAWAY AND PRIZE DETAILS: To participate upload your Happy Mail card (using the inlinkz tool below) by 10/27/2012 midnight PST. Everyone that uploads their Happy Mail card is entered into the giveaway for the prizes below. Winners announced 11/2/2012 on Happy Mail challenge 3.

1. Doodlebug goody box
2. $20 BPC gift certificate 
3. Design Workshop eBook by Lisa Dickinson

POST YOUR CREATIONS HERE

ABOUT HAPPY MAIL

What is the Happy Mail Campaign?
Starting Sept 1 2012, I Stacy Julian , declare that I will make and send 365 handmade cards with handwritten notes. Now I do not want to do this along and I know with your enthusiastic support, we can do this. Join me in a pay-it-forward Happy Mail movement where people rediscover the joy of sending and receiving handwritten communication (with a stamp).

What is Happy Mail?
Happy Mail is a concept that we started with the launch of Big Picture Classes in 2005. We wanted to connect with our members in multiple ways. When you register for an account at Big Picture Classes we ask you some unusual questions, such as what is your favorite candy bar? your favorite color? Using those answers and with the help of our BPC team we randomly mail out happy mail to members. In fact when we celebrated our 5-year anniversary we sent out 500 happy mail packages to 500 Big Picture members all around the world. We continue to package and send happy mail out to our members throughout the world.