ANOTHER "JUST A NOTE"

 

Many years ago--before the computer and internet age--there was an office supply store in Charlotte, NC . . . Bush Stationers.  I was a young, single, fresh-from-college-to-my-first-real-job-living-in-the-big-city girl who really didn't have the extra $$$ to spend on frivolous office supplies and stationery, and yet my '72 Camaro (BTW, it was several years old but not yet considered vintage) would just pull into the parking lot of Bush Stationers because it somehow knew that I needed a unique looking pen that was filled with an unprofessional color of ink.  I don't remember anything about my favorite pens other than their shape and fun colors, but I loved those pens that I could only find at Bush Stationers!  Would love to be able to buy them now, but they have truly become a part of history.  I wasn't fully aware at the time that not everyone had a great fondness for unique papers, pens, and other fun office-related gadgets, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I have always had more ink pens (piles and piles of them) than many people own in a lifetime.  Give me all the office and stationery supplies!  Fast-forward to 2025 with the USPS always releasing new postage stamp designs, and I can say with certainty that my fascination has only expanded.  And now Stampin' Up! brings us the "Just a Note" bundle, which I used to design the cheery and colorful card that I'm sharing today:

My card features Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and a piece of Full of Life designer paper.  The front of the card was stamped with images from Just a Note stamp set.  The postage shape was cut and detailed with Perennial Postage dies and stamped with a sentiment from the Perennial Postage stamp set.  A scrap of Silver Foil was used to cut the paper clip, which held the postage shape onto the "file folder" pocket.  Inside the pocket was a piece of cardstock that was decorated on the front with space on the back for writing a message.

Just a few strips of cardstock made the front of this piece colorful, and I used a die-cut heart to let the recipient know to pull this layer out of the pocket.  Don't you love how sparkly the Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins look on the front of the file folder?

The Just a Note dies include a heart-shaped clip, which I cut from Pool Party cardstock and placed in the corner.  Notice how it decorates a corner on the front and back of this layer?

The die-cut arrow was left from a previous project and seemed like a perfect addition to my card, as did the Pool Party Pompom Ribbon across the front of the file folder.  This project seemed to have it all . . . texture, dimension, surprises, sparkle and, of course, CHEER!