Echo Park Back to School 6×6 Paper Pad
It’s been months since I last posted some cards. I’ve been making them, just not posting them. So, I figured I would try and get back on track.
With all the back to school ads on TV, I thought I’d pull out Echo Park’s Back to School 6×6 paper pad. I used a few sheets and cut-aparts last year and since it’s a double-stack, 48 sheets instead of the usual 24, I had plenty left.
Instead of trying to use up the entire paper pad I decided to pull out a few sheets and just make a couple of cards. For inspiration I pulled out an old Archiver’s card sketch book.
For the first card I decided to try a sketch I’ve never used before. All of my card bases have the fold on the longest side and for this card I needed to cut a new card base with the fold on the shortest side. I think this as referred to as a hotdog fold vs. a hamburger fold. Once I had the card base, I trimmed off the bottom 1 inch of the front flap and assembled the front of the card to match the sketch. I added Love from Lizi black glitter peel-offs between the star and alphabet print papers, a few a, b, c plastic letters (that I’ve had in my craft room for ages) and popped up the School Days cut-apart with foam tape. Once the card was done, I thought the white card base showing behind the front panel was too stark with the papers I had used so I added a small strip of black cardstock to the inside bottom of the card. Overall, I liked the card sketch but think it might work best if using colored cardstock for the card base.
The next couple of cards used the same layout, but different papers. The bottom strip on both cards are more cut-aparts from the paper pad. I popped up an “apple for the teacher” die cut, made using scraps from this paper pad, on both cards. For a sentiment I stamped Back to School and then using gel pens colored in the letters to coordinate with the paper.
For the next 2 cards I wanted to use the backpack paper, one of my favorites from the paper pad. Since the top panel on the sketch was 3 x 4 inches, I was able to get 2 panels from a single sheet of paper. For the bottom panels I used some of the partial sheets left over from other cards. Before adding the red strip to cover the seam between the 2 panels, I added a small flag cut from scraps of pattern paper. To finish the card I wrapped some black and white twine around the card and tied a small bow to the left of the flag.
I plan to add the cards to my booth soon for any back to school “well-wishers” — either kids heading back to school or maybe a parent who’s ready for their kid to head back to school. LOL.