Napkin Fold Flipbook - Outgoing Mail

I love how my napkin fold flipbook turns out!

Yes, this is called napkin fold flipbook or card or something. 

The size of this flipbook is 4 3/4" x 4 3/4".

It's made of 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" cardstock.

I use soft green cardstock which I think that it fits with the spring colors.

The first step is to score at 2 3/8" each side (right, left, top, bottom) and fold it. Crease and crease.

After that, we will have a square on each corner and the size is 2 3/8".

Score one diagonal on each small square in the corner. Fold it again.

Mark the center of each edge at 4 3/4" and score diagonally from the top mark to the left mark, the top mark to the right mark, the bottom mark to the left mark, the bottom mark to the right mark.

We have new 4 longer diagonals. Fold again.

After that, we can easily move and play the card to be this napkin fold.

Embellish your napkin fold flipbook as you like!

 I use pattern paper that Nisa (Malaysia), my penpal sent to me. I make my own embellishment too, like paper bows. I use various die-cuts from my penpals and my collection.

I add vellum pocket inside the napkin fold to load with cards and a vellum band on the back to hold a die-cut. I adhere a "girl" that was given by my penpal, Judy (Sweden) on a vellum band. The band I use for the flipbook to hold the napkin fold is an optional.

 This is how it looks like inside!

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Pop up Twist Flipbook Workshop

Hello!

I was very happy that Emina Cosmetics Palembang sent me a message to teach in a workshop they woul have next week. Last year, a producer of a creative local TV messaged me to be their guest for their morning talkshow. Few days after that, an anchor sent me a message to interview me in the house to film the process of scrapbooking. It was such a nice experience. I didn't ask or pay them to have me in their shows like mostly people do nowadays in my country. Alhamdulillah, Allah has been giving me great opputunities. This January, I'm gonna teach and share about scrapbooking. The last time I taught scrapbooking was only in the house for maximum 5 people. This is gonna be lit!

I didn't even ask like big accounts in this city to promote the event. Alhamdulillah, they promoted it in their accounts. No endorse. I don't do endorse. I hope this is gonna go lit and fun! I have snailmail kit for sale as well hehe see you in the next post!

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Pop Up Twist Flipbook - Outgoing Mail To Kell (Belgium)

Hi! I already prepared a flipbook for my dearest penpal, Kell before I receive her letter hehe.

I made this pop up twist flipbook and I have the process video I'm gonna share (I guess?!) but don't expect too much on my video. I didn't record a nice process video and the lighting was not that nice either. I was inspired by Kay F on youtube. She shared a tutorial of this layering pop up twist mini album. I usually make just a normal pop up twist card with 4 panels but she did 12 panels. 

I love to make flipbooks for my penpals so here it is!

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What should I name this little thing?

Outgoing mail for a penpal in Belgium but I have no idea to name this little thing.

If you'd like to know the process, I'll be very happy to share the process on my youtube.

The editing process is tough. Really.

All I need for this:

- cardstock

- craft glue

- die cuts

- goodies

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The Time I Started Snailmailing

Hello! Are you curious how I started snailmailing? I've been receiving many questions about it like when | how | why | .... So, here it is.

When I was kid, I loved reading "Bobo", the famous kid magazine in Indonesia. I read every single word on it. The beginning page had reader letters which mostly looked for penpals. Penpals penpals penpals on each magazine. I finally asked my mom how to start snailmailing. She showed me the letters from her penpals she wrote to when she was young. I was so excited to have penpals like my mom. I loved hearing her stories how she wrote to her penpals, what she learned from them, learning new things, meeting new people, collecting stamps and many more that made me super excited.

She helped me to write reader letters to Bobo which I had sent more than 30 letters and mine was never noticed by them. I didn't only sending reader's letter to get penpals, but also at the same time I started sending letters to people who looked for penpals on the magazine. It was around 2004 and I got my first reply on 2005.

I didn't give up to send reader's letter to Bobo because I really wanted one of my "work" (writing from the bottom of my heart lol) got published on a magazine too. But,,,,, I decided to stop sending to Bobo because I already spent my parents's money to buy many stamps. Well, I got my reader's letter published I sent to another magazine when I was in Middle School but I sent it when I was in 5th grade or 6th grade. I finally got a longterm penpal, Alvi. FINALLY! I always asked to be their penpals and sometimes I heard nothing from them.

I had my snailmail break when I was in High School as the school schedule was pretty tight. I didn't disappear :D I "officially" told her that I needed to break for some time. We kept in touch. We keep in touch.

I only sent letters "nationwide" when I was kid. My first overseas letter I sent was to Russia on 2009. It didn't last long. 

Before I started snailmailing. My grandpa (mom's dad) bought me and my cousin a stamp album. My grandpa, my uncle (my mom's youngest brother) had many used stamps they collected. They gave them to both of us. My cousin, Iim wrote on the stamp album that she was in 3rd grade when we got the stamp album. So, it might be around 2003. Fortunately, she wrote it when our grandpa bought it for us. But now her stamp album belongs to me. I asked her if she really collected stamps or not. She didn't and she let me keep it until now :D Thanks cousin! hehe

Mine is absolutely green! ;) I stored them by years. They are all used stamps, domestic and international.

So, you know how I started snailmailing. Can you guess what I collect besides stamps?

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24-something

Oooohhh!! It's September 15th. Not many people know it.

As this is my first post here, I would like to tell you a bit what this blog will be about.

I'll share about my mail art - flipbook - scrapbook - craft projects. I would share about my daily life I guess haha we'll see. You need to stay tune ;)

So, I used to have a blog back then but I deleted it. I posted nothing though. I probably created the old one when I was in high school (around 2008) once I created my not-main-youtube channel as well. Sharing tutorials, techniques or anything that can help people who would like to know the process of my crafty projects truely makes me happy.

What will I post soon? Wait for 24-something...

See ya!!!

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