Pink stationery....stickers......cool pens

I was looking at this Karen Lockhart image called Writing Letters, wondering what I could do with it today, Jordan came into my stamp room. We started talking about stationery sets and how when I was a kid, there wasn't all these fun scrapbooking tools and papers. So to have an actual stationery kit, a fun sticker pack and cool pens(remember the kind that had 4 colors to one pen and you clicked on which color you wanted?).....well, it was pretty special.
So I ended up with all kinds of ideas to create stationery sets for the girls' friends and for my friends too. I'll be working on that some day but today I created some cards that would totally be suitable for any age girlfriend. Who doesn't love to get a letter in the mail? I have to keep teaching my girls that letter writing is a good thing. They don't do it much I at least have them write thank you notes and send out birthday invitations.

For my cards, I used some cute Doodlebug patterned paper for my color inspiration. I stamped the Writing Letters Lockhart image onto some plaid patterned paper and then paper pieced the envelopes/stationery portion using white cardstock colored with Copic markers. Tied Vintage Buttons and a Spellbinder's Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die cut finish off the focal images of the cards.

Such sweet accents and pretty colors....pink Papertrey ribbons and sentiments from Vintage Picnic Sentiments finish off the cards.

I have these cards sitting out because I think they're so cute. The memories that come back when I think how much I loved to write letters, have pen pals and get something new from the stationery section.......ahhhhhhh, heaven.