Stationery Sets...for YOU

Edit to add: Jordy has new artwork in my Etsy shop. You'd think one of these days, good ol' Mom would get a signed piece. :)

Note: This is my second post for the day. Scroll down to read more. :)

In my quest to make and mail more cards this month, I had a fun little session in the Artsy Studio this week. As a young girl, the supplies to make hand made cards were definitely not as plentiful as there is today. But I do remember stationery sets. There were sheets of stationery paper that had matching envelopes and sometimes envelope seals.....all packaged up in a plastic folder of sorts. Remember those? It was a treat to get a stationery set so I hoarded them, never wanting to send out my beautiful papers with matching envelopes.

Nowadays, our stamping supplies are plentiful so I created something just as fun as when I was a young girl. Today I want to show you my stationery set, complete with notecards and matching stamped and lined envelopes. I'll take a moment with you to zoom in on the photo below.....just looking at little pile of pretties makes me sigh a happy sigh. Oh, the simple pleasures in life, right?

How 'bout I share how I created my stationery set. It's the perfect way to build up your stash of cards....or these would make fantastic gifts for birthdays, graduations, young girls, older gals, teachers, etc. I'm thinking a head start on teacher or Christmas gifts would be a great idea!

Let's head down to the Artsy Studio to get started, shall we? You'll need a nice, messy pile of delicious supplies.....including Papertrey envelopes, patterned paper, inks, twine/string, buttons, dies, pop dots, and Medium Parcel Tags from my Etsy shop, etc. Note: all of the colored parcel tags from my Etsy shop are medium in size so those would work as well if you desire colored tags. :)
Let's start with the fun tags that are on front of the cards. I used Papertrey's All About You stamp set, medium parcel tags in manila from my Etsy shop, Papertrey's Fillable Frames #5 die and coordinating Fillable Frames #5 Mini Stamp Set, Chartreuse Vintage Buttons, green and white twine and Terracotta Tile Bitty Dot Satin Ribbon.
Piece the tags together as shown below, using pop dots to adhere the tags to the card fronts. Inks used were Terra Cotta Tile, Chartreuse, Summer Sunrise.
For the card fronts, I used strips of patterned paper from October Afternoon. Cindy at Star Lit Studio has a great supply of OA papers here. For the notecards, I used Rustic Cream cardstock. The patterned papers were cut cut into 1" wide and about 1/4" wide strips by 5.5" long. I first stamped one strip of the Tin Types background onto the top of the cards using Summer Sunrise ink.
I used some of the same golden yellow patterned paper to line the Papertrey Rustic Cream envelopes. Note: For four cards and envelopes, I was able to use one sheet of 12 x 12 yellow patterned paper....and just a small piece of the rustic orange paper. To line the envelope, simple cut patterned paper from the Envelope Liner Die. It's a must have die for your paper crafting, I tell ya. Lined envelopes are awesome!! Maybe we can talk Nichole into making envelopes lines for all the envy sizes. :)
Next up, I used the Fillable Frames #5 die to make a mask from Eclipse masking tape. Simply stamp the image from the Fillable Frames #5 stamp set in Terra Cotta Tile ink....mask it.....then stamp the tin types border all over the front and back of the envelopes. Now does that look nifty or what? You could also mask an area for the return address if you want.....on the front or back of the envelope. I'll just slap on a return address label for my cards.
Here's a little shot of the card and envelope together. Now who wouldn't love to get this little gem in the mail? I must make more so that I don't hoard them in all their cuteness. Oh my, I think I see a little stationery fettish coming on.
Okay, I must say that shoving everything aside to make a 12" clear spot on my stamp table so that I can work......and pulling out just a few supplies.....oh my, it's the best therapy there is. Hope you enjoy!!