Cat Lovers Hop 7 - Flat Mail Envelope

Hi, everyone!  This is the seventh post of my blog blast of cat-themed projects for the Cat Lovers Hop!  A special thank you to Janis at Her Peaceful Garden for hosting this wonderful event to celebrate our love of kitties!  The hop runs until tomorrow so there is still time for you to join in the fun!  I'm excited to be joining this hop for the fourth year!  For an update on my husband's health, please see my first post here.

In May I made some happy mail / flat mail for one of my cat-loving blog friends (you know who you are!).  I watched a YouTube tutorial to create the flat mail envelope, which measures about 8 1/4 inches by 5 1/4 inches.  The idea of flat mail is to keep the envelope flat and within the size and weight range for international mail to save on postage costs.

The precious kitty face image is a digital from Free Pretty Things for You, which I fussy-cut.  I made a gathered crepe paper strip and added a border die-cut (MFT Squiggle Border), a gold doily die-cut, a doily from my stash, and some punched butterflies with gems. The tiny tickets were fussy-cut from a My Minds Eye paper pad, and the little blue kitty rectangle is a small magnetic bookmark that I made.  The double-sided patterned paper is from K and Company, and I outlined the entire envelope with a gold paint marker.

I also decorated the back.  The precious kitties are a digital from Free Pretty Things for You, which I fussy-cut and layered on a blue doily from my stash.

I would also like to support the following challenges:  Butterfly Challenge Spin the Butterfly Wheel with the Letter G (Gold, Glitter, Gems plus Butterflies) 3/3; Crafts Galore Encore October AG 3/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October UE; Hiding in my Craft Room Freestyle 3/3; Just Keep on Creating AG UE; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 4/5 wk1

Thank you for looking at my happy mail / flat mail envelope! Wishing you a joyful day and Happy Hopping!