October 2023 – Peridot Cards

Recollections Pinkaboo 6×6 Paper Pad

October 29, 2023 Dawn

Do you ever feel like you have too many craft supplies? I didn’t think that was possible, but as I was thinking about my next project I realized I’m spoiled for choice. I have so many paper pads, card kits, collection kits, etc. that I struggle to pick something to work with. It would be easy to pull out something new, but I decided to challenge myself to finish something – a paper pad or kit. Since I needed Halloween cards that narrowed down my choices to a few paper pads. I picked the Recollections Pinkaboo 6×6 paper pad I had started a couple years ago. While not traditional Halloween colors, it does include ghosts, spiders and skulls, but in pretty pink and purple images.

I ended up making 12 cards, 2 of each design. This works well for me as I take 1 set of cards to my little antique booth and another set will be donated to Cards for Soldiers.

The first card uses papers from both paper pads. The background is a twinkle star print from the 12×12 paper pad and the metallic skull paper is from the 6×6 paper pad. The hombre ink used for the sentiment is from Recollections Backyard Table collection. The pink to purple color was perfect with the Pinkaboo papers. I stamped the sentiment on the left side of the panel and added a purple spider die cut. The spider was a bit flat but adding Bubble bling from Queen & Co. fixed that. I liked the look and decided to add a few more “Bubble spiders”.

The layout for this card is one of my favorites for featuring pattern paper – the gold foil spiderweb. I used a leftover strip of the skull print, edged with gold Love from Lizi peel-offs, for the horizontal panel across the card. I added a die cut spider, actually several die cuts stacked together, to give it some dimension. A few more Queen & Co Bubbles finished the card.

This is my favorite card from the set. The pumpkin image is from the corner of a sheet of the 6×6 paper. It worked great for the large panel and had room to stamp the sentiment without covering any of the image. For the smaller purple panel smudging some black ink around the edges softened the look and gave the panel a bit of age. The background paper is a spider print from the 12×12 paper pad. Not a lot of the background is visible, but it adds just enough pattern to offset the smooth look of the rest of the papers.

The focal panel on this card is another corner from a sheet of 6×6 paper. I was able to stamp and heat emboss the sentiment directly on the panel without covering any of the image. The skull background paper is one of the few full sheets of 6×6 paper remaining. The purple horizontal strip adds color and separation between the printed papers. A few Queen & Co Bubbles for dimension and this card is complete.

This card uses 2 of my favorite papers from the collection. A leftover scrap of the spiderweb print used for the top panel is paired with the pumpkin print. Both papers have a gold foil finish so the card is really shiny. A gold Love from Lizi peel-off separates the pattern papers. Recollections Backyard Table hombe ink was used for the sentiment. A spider die cut didn’t seem like the right accent so I added a few gold brads instead.

This was a fun card to do. It was all about the cutting. The background is from a 12×12 sheet that featured a full 12×12 image. I liked the spiderweb print along the edges and was determined to use it. The large panel with the cute ghost print covers any of the unwanted text from the 12×12 sheet. A scrap of the twinkle star paper is used for the fishtail tag. The sentiment is a cut-apart from the 12×12 paper pad that I was able to cut down using a Spellbinders circle die. A few purple bubbles on the right side balances out the card.

The good news is I finished off the 6×6 paper pad. The bad news is I still have almost the complete 12×12 version of the paper pad left. Yikes! I liked the challenge of using up some supplies but really want to use something new. Instead of breaking out another paper pad, I think I’ll use a partial 6×6 paper pad and try out one of the new Honeybee Stamps stamp and die sets I purchased recently.

Pebbles Woodland Forest 6×6 Paper Pad

October 12, 2023 Dawn

Although the last kit had a fall feel, I felt like I needed some more traditional fall cards to add in my antique booth. I have been alternating between kits and standalone paper pads, which has been working well for me. Since “standalone” was up next, I flipped through my 6×6 paper pads and settled on Woodland Forest by Pebbles. I had purchased this paper pad several years ago but hadn’t gotten around to using it. I like the colors and many of the prints and there were also a few cut-aparts that would work for cards. One thing I found “challenging” about the paper pad is the number of sheets. It’s a 36 sheet paper pad, but unlike most, there are not 2 of each print. As I planned to make duplicates of each card (one to sell, one to donate), I needed to select 2 paper combinations for some of the cards.

I did make several cards but these are a few of my favorites.

I have used this sketch before and quite like it, especially if I have something fun to use for the circle element. This “thankful”pumpkin sentiment was a rectangular cut-apart that I used a die to cut down to the perfect size for this card. I wasn’t sure about pairing the tiny tile-like background paper with the busy floral print, but I think the repetitive tile almost works like a tone-on-tone paper. I used a couple cardstock scraps for the banners which pick up the colors in the floral print paper. For sparkle, I pulled out some rhinestones that have been hanging out in my craft room for far to long.

This card was all about the paper. A fall floral background that matched the sentiment cut-apart paired with the acorn print as the focal panel. A brown satin ribbon tied across the card and a few rhinestones under the sentiment panel completed the card.

For this card I looked for a sketch that would work with the size of the cut-aparts. I liked that I was able to mix 3 different pattern papers – a tone-on-tone print for the background, a bright and busy pattern for the large panel and another tone-on-tone print for the smaller panel. Add in a few rhinestones and the cute hedgehog sentiment cut-apart and I think this card turned out well.

I did make duplicates of these 3 cards, along with several others. With 36 sheets in the paper pad there are still several sheets left and I do need a few more autumn cards.