One thing you might overlook in the Stampin’ Up! catalog is the Note Cards & Envelopes on page 168 so I thought I would showcase them by making these Floral Essence Note Cards. These note cards are handy to have on hand for just doing some quick stamping and writing a short note to someone. They are a mailable size so that is not a problem!
I wanted to try out the flowers from the Floral Essence Stamp Set. I stamped the larger flower in Flirty Flamingo Ink first down in the lower right-hand corner on the bottom card and then the smaller flower in the upper left. I wanted to keep these note cards very simple. I took a chance stamping the leaves in Granny Apple Green, not sure how they would look or fit on a small card. I almost left the leaves just with the outline stamped, but then I used my Blender Pen and the lid of the ink pad to very lightly color in the leaves. The flower center is stamped with Crushed Curry. Not leaving well enough alone, I used the tip of the Blender Pen to just dot some green around the flower centers. The greeting comes in the stamp set.
For the second card, I ended up stamping the flower three times across the front of the notecard. Everything was the same as the other card except I wanted to use just a strip of designer paper on the card. The one from the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper that looked the best was this strip of green, kind of looking like a vine, that I cut rather narrow and just glued to the bottom of the notecard. I thought I would leave the card plain and not put a greeting. This way the notecard can be used any way you like!
The Note Cards & Envelopes are rather inexpensive and come in Whisper White and Very Vanilla for you to choose which color you prefer or use the most. You could cut and make a small card around the same size out of cardstock, but these come with the envelope that is just the right size. These are very handy to have around!