Mini Notes - works of heart!

Mini notes designed by Sharon M. Reinhart May 2020

We all have days where finding your creative muse, mojo, inspiration, whatever you call it sometimes eludes you. I too have times like this. Rather than give up and get upset because I didn’t create anything - I choose to create my works of heart! Miniature note cards that can provide joy to others while giving my heart a creative release. These mini notes are a perfect way to let someway know you are thinking of them, appreciate them, thank them for their kindness or gift or to let them know that they simply make you smile! These little works would also make perfect random acts of kindness notes! You could also make occasion specific ones such as Birthday and anniversary and tuck them
into the gift or bag. A supply of these little gems are great to have on hand. The point is, is that it is a smaller canvas and allows you to complete it quite quickly. If you wish to make them the same or create them all different, that is also fine. Remove the perimeters and the expectations! Sometimes these even serve another purpose and unexpectedly kickstart your creativity and allow your muse to fly right in!
Pull out your scrap papers, leftover stamped images, die-cuts, etc., which also gives you that warm fussy feeling of putting things to good use rather than discarding. I have stamped sentiments ready to go, typically just stamping on white card-stock with black ink. This will usually go with most mini notes you make however if you wish to customize just sponge a colour onto the sentiment.
You may wish to create a little station or tub where you have cut, scored and folded card bases to go along with your sentiments and other pieces. Most of my mini works of heart are 3-1/2 inches square. You may be worried about envelopes, don’t be! Just take a business size envelope (4-1/8 x 9-1/2), seal the flap then cut in half at 4-3/4 inches, score at the 4 inch mark at the open end. Cut the two corners at the open end on diagonal (mitre). Fold the front flap down and trim away the back flap. A
couple pieces of scor-tape (sookwang) on the flap and this envelope is ready for a work of heart! I hope you have been inspired to create!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon