Friday 13 September 2024
'Boat Pop-Up' Birthday Card
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Pair of Birthday Mini Slimline Cards
Monday 9 September 2024
Second Set of Birthday Cards
Today I'm sharing the second set of Birthday Cards I made using a 6x6 paper pad & coordinating ephemera. You can see the first batch HERE if you are curious! (So far, I've made 8 cards)
I took a couple of evenings, cutting down the papers in the package to work with the June 2021 Sheetload of Cards (a favourite). I chose ephemera to match and have them stored in a plastic bag. I know how busy things are going to get in the next couple of months, so I want to get a jump on my nursing home donation cards. This way I can just reach into the bag and pull out the pieces to quickly complete a couple of cards!
Friday 6 September 2024
'Let The Music Play' Pop-Up Card
The music notes come included with the Piano Keys Pop Up, but the treble cleft is from the Music Charms. You simply snip off the hanging hole to take it from a charm to an embellishment!
Wednesday 4 September 2024
First Set of Birthday Cards
I pulled out a 6x6" paper pad from my stash that had a coordinating ephemera pack. A couple of years ago I took advantage of an Echo Park sale when we were visiting Arizona and I'm realizing that I haven't used much of what I purchased (papers/stickers/ephemera).
Once I got flipping through the pad, I figured I could just work cutting down the paper pad until it was gone, so I chose a Sheetload that worked with 6x6" papers (the June 2021 is a favourite) and then started to choose paper combinations.
It took two evenings, but I got all the papers selected and cut down as well as the elements chosen and stored everything together in a clear bag. Now all I have to do is to pull out the pieces I want to work on to finish off the cards! These are my first ones, and they will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home.
For the horizontal border strip, the sketch shows the patterned paper going right to the outer edge, I did that on some and on others I left a border.
Monday 2 September 2024
September 2024 Sheetload of Cards
Well this is exciting - not only is it time for a new Sheetload of Cards, this month it is based on one of my video's AND I am the Guest Designer! I have a walkthrough of my cards on YouTube as well:
The original video is still one of my most popular, which makes me happy. You can find it HERE if you are curious. It makes three Mini Slimlines with three sheets of 6x6 patterned papers and NO leftover pieces!
The September 2024 Sheetload yields twelve cards and uses three 12x12" sheets of patterned paper. Again, there are no leftover pieces. I did change up the images and greetings so I wouldn't have twelve identical cards, and while most of the birthday ones will be donated to my Mom's old nursing home - I think they are cute and will be keeping one or two for my stash.Again, I'm holding onto summer because I am NOT ready for cooler weather. So I made my cards with a Bee theme. Some will be sent out for Happy Mail and the rest are birthday cards. (All the supplies are listed below.)
I had fun making these up and have some ideas for using this Sheetload again without the fold flap, instead using the left strip and the center strip combined on the card front. 🤷♀️
I hope you will check out the PLAYLIST and see what Alicia and the rest of the creative team made with this month's Sheetload. It is also linked in the description of my YouTube video.