Quick and Easy Notecards

I have such an easy project to share with you guys today.  

I've been wanting to make a set of notecards ever since I saw the little mouse writing in his notepad image from Colorado Craft Company's Wishing You Happiness set.  

I wanted these to be true notecards - just a piece of cardstock, no flap to open, but I also knew I wanted to color the image with Copics and I didn't want any of the coloring to bleed through to the back.

What to do?  I decided to back my cardstock with patterned paper which I think adds a fun whimsical touch.  I used Close to My Heart cardstock as well as a simple print from CTMH.  I chose CTMH because the white works well with Copics, and both the cardstock and the patterned paper are a lighter weight than the cardstock I usually use for my card bases as well my other scrapbooking patterned papers.

To make sure that the papers were well and truly stuck together, I went with a spray adhesive, spraying the back of the patterned paper and then immediately placing my cardstock over it and smoothing.  Because those papers are both 12" x 12" and I knew I would be cutting it down into A2 size pieces, I didn't need to worry about lining things up perfectly.

After trimming my pieces down, I used the MISTI to stamp the image and sentiment on each of my panels, and colored.  I used N0, N1, and N3 for the mouse, E0000 and E42 for the notepad, Y35 and E34 for the pencil, and W1 and W3 for the ground.

This was such a quick and easy project and makes a wonderful little set to give away.  It's a great way to use up some of that old patterned paper you might have lying around too!