GretchenV
gretchenvaughn.bsky.social
GretchenV
@gretchenvaughn.bsky.social
Postcrossing. Postcards to Voters. Markers for Democracy. Denver Democratic Party Precinct Organizer. Think globally, act locally applies to everything—especially politics.
📬 #Postcrossing post of the week.

💌 Post of the day lasted six days and then stopped for 14.
January 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
💌 Thursday afternoon #PostcardsToVoters party Zooms are the highlight of my week.
January 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
📬 #Postcrossing post of the day day 5

💌 Last @postcrossing.com
postcard sent in 2024.

🎶 I've had the holly and music ribbon for years.

(I missed yesterday because I wasn't feeling well so that's two happy posts today.)
January 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
📬 #Postcrossing post of the day 4

🚲 The first @postcrossing.com postcard of 2025 arrived yesterday!

🌷 Thank you to Deborah in the Netherlands for brightening up my mailbox.
January 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🌈 I AM GOING TO USE ALL THE PENS!

📬 #PostcardsToVoters headed to Virginia for @jacktrammell.bsky.social.

🌊 We gotta do this folks. Let everyone you know in VA to check and see if they have a Special Election on January 7 in their house and senate districts.
December 31, 2024 at 6:01 AM
📬 #Postcrossing post of the day day 3.

🐞 Holiday bugs headed to Germany because one family member loves them.

🐛 I just noticed that the hungry caterpillar got the candy cane. Did #lawnfawn design that on purpose?

#CardMaking #PaperCrafting #Postcards

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December 31, 2024 at 5:54 AM
I'm hoping I can start making more 'clean' cards with a strip or die cut as an accent.

I have some sunburst and collage type dies.

I ran scraps through different embossing folders and arranged on a gradient.

The inside pieces are pretty small so you wouldn't need much.
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 AM
💌 @postcrossing.com post of the day day 2.

😻 My #Postcrossing recipient said in their profile they love #HelloKitty.

😹 I was all out of Hello Kitty stickers so I made this card of kitties saying hello.

The stamps are Simply Celebrate critters from #lawnfawn.
December 30, 2024 at 1:32 AM
⛄ Et voilà!

🤗 The holiday hugs stamp was in my thrift store haul and gave me the idea that the snowman seemed to reaching out to give a hug.

🎄 Two of the trees are vellum so they would seem further away. I don't know if I succeeded.

✂️ Mounted on a 4.24x6 box panel.

#lawnfawn
#lawnfawnatics
December 30, 2024 at 1:13 AM
💌 I like the #Postcrossing postcard post of the day idea.

🎁 One of today's handmade cards in the mail.

🎨 Materials are from a thrift store purchase of someone's discarded and donated project—a sandwich mounted on a cut from an oatmeal box.

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December 28, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I've been writing #PostcardsToVoters for Virginia!
December 28, 2024 at 11:15 PM
😍!

I am starting in on my stamping and coloring using the Critters in the Desert #lawnfawn stamps and die cuts.

I didn't come up with the little dragon one last year in time but maybe he could be handing off to the snake somehow?

I assume a mythical lizard like creature could show up anywhere.
December 28, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I didn't know about postcards skipping mail quarantine. I've been sending mine to my local senate or rep office.

I also send thank you card to our Dem party chairs—especially after an event rhat they got a lot of grief over.
December 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Progress!
December 26, 2024 at 11:35 PM
🤪 After four days of planning, stamping and die cutting—the first layer is down!

🎄 I did get distracted by the die cuts I got at the '50% off all Christmas' at ARC.

🧱 The doll house wallpaper smoother was another find.

✋ What are your tips for washing glue off of your hands?
December 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM
🎨 This postcard was a disaster until the last minute. I'm glad I persevered—perhaps a metaphor in there?

🐞 Cute holiday bugs from @lawnfawn.bsky.social.

✂️ Papers and stickers from ARC thrift store on an upcycled medical supply box.

📬 I hope the #Postcrossing recipient stays worm and cozy.
December 26, 2024 at 6:32 AM
45 #PostcardsToVoters in 3 days is impressive!

I was out of the country mid-September to mid-October so I couldn't write.

So I sent a box of my handmade cards to @charlottewdc.bsky.social before I left.
December 26, 2024 at 6:10 AM
🌊 Help keep Virginia blue and vote for @jacktrammell.bsky.social in the 1/7/25 Special Election.

🙌 VA Senate 10 is a must win seat.

📬 I turned a half box of decades old blue file folders I found at my ARC thrift store into these #PostcardsToVoters.

✍️ Write with us! @tovoters.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 6:03 AM
📬 I spent a quiet day here in Denver writing #PostcardsToVoters for @jacktrammell.bsky.social in Virginia.

😀 Start the New Year off right by voting in the January 7 Special Election.

✍️ Not in VA? Volunteer to write postcards—as few as 4 addresses at a time.

Sign up at PostcardsToVoters.org
December 26, 2024 at 5:51 AM
✂️ It took an hour, but I finally found the right die cut 'sandwich' to conquer the glitter cardstock.

🎄 The patterned paper is from someone's discarded Christmas ornament craft project I found at the ARC thrift store.

⛄ I've been using every scrap with my #lawnfawn Build a Snowman dies.
December 25, 2024 at 4:47 AM
And...here's a few more Bee a Voter #PostcardsToVoters.

Plus my sad progression of learning to draw a little bee for dividers that match the washi.
December 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM
📬 Puns and puns of #PostcardsToVoters.

🐝 A sampling of my handmade Bee a Voter #postcards.

🌷How cute are the #lawnfawn stamps I used for the Thanks for Beeing a Voter cards?
December 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
It is heartwarming to review my 2024 #Postcrossing cards sent to friendly strangers all over the world—especially the handmade ones that take me several hours to create.

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#Postcards

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December 24, 2024 at 9:12 PM