Practical Scrappers March Scrapping Your Stash Blog Hop

It’s time for another blog hop with Practical Scrappers where we bust out our stash and try to use up as much as we can. You should have arrived here from Nicole Laha‘s blog but if you just stumbled upon our hop and want to start at the beginning then please start at the Practical Scrappers blog. I am the last stop on the hop this month so I thank you all for coming by! While we are not giving away a prize on the main blog, several of us are hosting smaller giveaways on our blogs so be sure to visit everyone and good luck!! I’ve got a small giveaway today too – details at the end of this post.

This month I decided to share with you how I used up an entire 6×6 paper pad to create a series of cards for a recent Craft Market.

I have quite the collection of 6×6 paper pads. I don’t know how it happened. One minute I had one or two and then next I had over a dozen! They just seem to jump into my shopping cart!! I swear! Anyway, I was determined to find a way to use them up so started playing and before I knew it I had a stack of cards in front of me.

Various cards by Alison Day

I used the Kate & Co Oxford Lane collection to make these. I just checked and Two Peas in a Bucket seems to be sold out of this one but some of the 12×12 papers are still available. And 75% off right now to boot!! The image below is taken from the Scrapbook.com website where you can pick up the 6×6 pad for $5.99USD but quantities are very limited!

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I added some coordinating card stock and a few items from my stash (doilies, buttons, etc) but in the end I used up every last piece of paper in that pad! You have no idea how good it felt to throw out the packaging (into the recycling basket of course!) Getting prepped for the Craft Market brought on a bit of a purge in general but that’s a whole other story!!

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I have a variety of cards in this set – Father’s Day, Birthday and Thank You mostly. I was given some stamps recently which I thought could benefit from some colouring so I even broke out my Stampin Up markers and got artsy!

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When I was down to just strips and leftover rectangles I glued them all to a scrap piece of card stock and used my Big Shot to die cut a large label shape. See, even those leftovers from your trimmer can be used!!

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The doily on this card (and some of the other ones) were super old Martha Stewart ones from my stash. They were so old the adhesive had given out so I used some Glossy Accents to keep them stuck down.

I had a lot of fun creating these cards and I am working on an Etsy store where they will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for details on that!! I’ve got plenty more 6×6 pads to create plenty more cards like these!!

But maybe you’d like to try your hand at making cards out of 6×6 papers? Would this help?

I have an unopened one of these that I will send to one lucky reader. Just leave a comment below to be entered to win. All comments received by midnight PST Sunday March 23rd will count. I’ll draw for a winner on Monday.

Good luck everyone and thanks for hopping with the Practical Scrappers Team this weekend!

 

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12 Responses to Practical Scrappers March Scrapping Your Stash Blog Hop

  1. Wendi R says:

    wow!!!! great batch of cards!!! I love when a 6×6 pad helps ya whip out the cards!!! and I just LOVE that MME line too!!!

  2. Jennifer Haggerty says:

    What great cards! Wow…you made a lot and they are all adorable! Love the colors!

  3. Wow! You created a lot of cards! 6 X6 paper pads are so great for cards!

  4. Erin says:

    I came to look at your cards today, and started scrolling through your blog. I decided to take a closer look at your page you did for your friend Beth, and read your story. I think most of us moms feel the same way about thoughts of leaving our children. It’s my biggest fear, that i’ll leave them too soon, and the thing that touches me most is children who lose their parents too early, or who are lacking loving caring people in their lives.
    I’m sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing her story.

  5. Marcia Dehn-Nix says:

    Wow! Love these cards and especially love the neckties.

  6. Lisa P says:

    You have such a fun way of putting patterns together. Love the Thanks so much card and how the label is blocked with the different patterns. Such cute flowers too. And that Father’s day card with the neckties?? Love it!

  7. Sue D says:

    What a great set of cards with this paper pad. I have some of the same stamps.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

  8. Jen says:

    Great use of your paper pads, wonderful cards

  9. Iris Soscia says:

    Love your cards and all the elements you added to them.
    isoscia at aol dot com

  10. Nicole Laha says:

    So many cards from one sitting! Lovely. I love the combination of masculine and feminine cards from the one paper pad.

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