Special Stationery

I had a bit of down time today, so I started a very minor clean up of my creating space.  Several years ago (more like 13 or 14), someone gave me a bunch of card blanks and other interesting card bases.  A lot of them are odd shapes or even have cutouts or embossed sections.  So, a lot of them I've struggled to use and they've just been sitting beside my desk.  This creation came from that stash--it was a pack of stationery and envelopes that I guess are designed to be embossed.  The sheets of paper are much too flimsy to use to create a card, but I decided they would be perfect for creating a little stationery set for myself.  I just wrote an actual letter yesterday and ended up tearing 8x11 sheets of paper in half.  Well, no more!  Now I have this pretty little set to write letters on.  There are 10 sheets of paper, but unfortunately, there were only 3 envelopes in the package.  Anyway, here's what I came up with:

 At the top they say "From The Desk of" with my initials.  I stamped two decorative finials on the end  of the sentiment and a pretty mum in the background.  On the front of the envelopes I stamped the same mum and on the back flap, I stamped two decorative circles and the initial of my last name.

I think it turned out quite elegant and professional looking.  AND I managed to do something with some of my stash!!  I have a few more letters I need to write, and I will definitely be using these!

Supplies:
Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Simply Stationery", "Fresh Alphabet" and "Mum's the Word"

Challenges:
Art Impressions #238--card and envelope (I know it's not exactly a card, but they do go together)
Through The Purple Haze #147--make it CAS
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #25--anything goes
Dare2B Artzy--anything goes
Creative Craft--no patterned paper
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #304--CAS
Southern Girls--stamp your mark on it
Crafty Friends--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #218--CAS