$1 6x6 Paper Pack Turns Into 23 Cards + Maybe Another 1 or 2 more

Picked up this cute 6x6 Stduio G printed paper pack for $1 at one of the local craft stores a few weeks back. With the OWH inspiration from Kristie's 6x6 tutorial and the 1 sheet wonder idea, I set out to see how many cards I could make with this package of 15 sheets and some coordinating cardstock sheets.

Studio G
6x6 Printed Paper Pack
15 Sheets

My approach was a little different that Kristie's in her tutorial. I made every card different rather than making several the same. That's just how my creative brain works. I get bored if I repeat the same card multiple times.  :)  This did not happen overnight. I worked on this occasionally over the past couple of weeks.

Here are the results - 23 Cards......so far..... 

Part 1

Part 2

These are the last scraps remaining.  Maybe I can wrangle another card or two with these pieces. 

To put the scrap pieces in perspective, they are on an 8.5x11 piece of paper. The strips on the left are max. 6 in. long.

One 12x12 Printed Page Equals 14 Cards

Inspired by one 12x12 piece of printed scrapbook paper, I set out to make some cards for personal use and some for Operation Write Home.

Yellow Grey Plaid
Reflections (Michaels)

The result was 14 cards. Only one card was duplicated - one from the Part 2 group. That was because I smudged the first attempt. Otherwise I would have had at least one additional card.

My favorite two are the ones in the upper left corner of each picture. I really like the yellow grey color combination. Michaels has the same plaid pattern paper in other color combinations. I will complete a similar exercise with a couple of those, but I think that this will be my favorite color.

Assorted Cards - Part 1

Assorted Cards - Part 2 

OPERATION WRITE HOME - Sketch Challenge #211

Today's Sketch #211 at Operation Write Home Blog, Stars and Stamps is a very simple one. I have several ideas that I will try using this basic layout.

They are predicting some winter weather for us again this week.  Yesterday was like a spring day reaching the lower 60's.  By tomorrow evening, or Tuesday morning, we are supposed to have some frozen precipitation.  It is too early for the 'experts' to call what form the precipitation will fall. It is a big deal for those of us in the south.

So .... in pursuit of spring, I decided to make a spring card featuring a cute bunny die cut.

Some bunny loves you

Die cut image: Imaginisce Die Cut package #003763  (picked this up at a local $1 store !)

Pattern paper: Paper Studio Mirabelle Plaid

Card Stock:  Scraps from my stash

Embossing folder: Darice Basket Weave (5x7)

Sentiment:   I created the sentiment attempting to copy one that  I had downloaded on line quite a while back but could no longer find in my computer files. The fonts are not exactly the same, but they work.

OWH Skwtch #211

OWH CARD BOWL - Sketch #210 - Card #3

It's me again.  Card #3 for today's OWH SKetch #210.

Miss You All the Time

Pattern Paper: Kaiser Craft - Sears & Son Colletion - two sided
Sentiment:  Hero Arts - LP279 You're Always in My Heart
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Brads:  Eyelet Outlet

OWH Sketch #210 - Card #2

This is my second card for OWH Sketch #210:

Lucky Stars

Pattern Paper: Sandy Lion - Blue Stars, Bo-Bunny - Regatta Stripe

Brads: Hampton Art - Ki Shaped Brads

Sentiment: Hero Arts - #CL582 Year Round Sentiments

Ink: Memento Paris Dusk

OWH CARD BOWL 2014 - Sketch #210

Today's OWH Sketch #210 inspired several ideas for me right away.  So far I have two cards completed using this sketch.

Here is card #1:

Call Me

Pattern paper: The Paper Studio - Call Me

Textured paper: DCWV - Woven Paper Stack, 6x6

Sentiment and telephone stamps:  Hero Arts - #CL502 Just Saying Hi, Clear Stamp Set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

OWH Sketch #210

OWH Sketch #210

Stay tuned, card number two is coming up. :)

OWH CARD BOWL CHALLENGE #2 - Sports Shaped Cards

The OWH CARD BOWL Challenge for Saturday is sponsored by Our Daily Bread Designs. Based on the number of cards entered, ODBD will fund the shipping charges of some OWH Cards sent to the deployed Heroes.

The challenge is to make a masculine card using brown as the main color.

I made this shaped card using a Football Cut File from Silhouette.  I created the shaped card base using the main football shape and duplicating it twice; inserting a small rectangle between the two football shapes and welding them.

I used the same technique for all of these sports shaped cards.

I kept the size of all of these cards under the A2 size so they are definitely going in the box to OWH.