Papertrey Hidden Notecards

I made this notecard ensemble for the Papertrey Ink contest a few months ago. I call these Hidden Notecards and you'll see why in a little bit. I packaged the notecards in a clear plastic stationery box that has the top 1/2" or so cut off. There's a big magnet on the back so that I can keep these on the side of my fridge and can reach for a notecard without having to open the box each time. All supplies are from Papertrey Ink.

Here's what the notecard looks like from the front. It appears that the oval accent is adhered to to the polka dot strip and that this is just a card front with all the pieces adhered firmly.
But actually the scallop accent is attached to the front of the notecard and then the notecard slips out from behind the polka dot strip of cardstock. This is where the hidden notecard comes into play. The base green piece of cardstock is 1/4 of a sheet of cardstock(no folds) and the white notecard is folded so that you can open it up and write in it. Here's what the notecard looks when out of hiding. You just slip it back to the card base when you're done with the writing part. I used Spring Moss for the card base, Aqua Mist for the polka dot strip, along with the Polka Dot Basics stamp set and white cardstock for the folded notecard. LOVE the polkadots!The polka dot strip goes all the way around the card but there will be a gap when you fold the two pieces on to the back of the base card. That gap is easily covered up by an oval cut piece of cardstock which makes the perfect *handmade by* accent. For the stamps on this piece I used Beautiful Blooms and Just Hatched. The cardstock strip is only adhered on the back, no adhesive is used on the part of the strip that is on the front of the card. Then on the front of the notecard, place 3 pop dots right above the cardstock strip. Then center and place the main scalloped oval accent piece on the pop dots. This precise placement of the pop dots will ensure the proper stopping point for you to slide the notecard into place.
I used three different oval Spellbinder's Nestabilities to make the main accent piece. The top white oval and the bottom scallop oval are also embossed which looks so professional. Stamps used are Beautiful Blooms and Spiral Bouquet with Aqua Mist, Spring Moss cardstock and ink, and also Palette Black Noir Ink.

I just love coming up with unique cards like this. Hope you enjoy!!!