Carta Bella Space Academy Kit

Carta Bella Space Academy Kit

I purchased this kit last year at the Scrapbook Mega Meet.  It was getting late on the last day of the event and a vendor was running a sale.  So, I picked up 10 kits for $4 each.  Not a bad deal since I’ve seen them retail for 3 times that amount.  This wouldn’t normally be a kit I’d buy but…   The charity where I donate most of my cards has said that children’s cards are very popular and I thought this kit might work.

The kit included 12 double sided sheets of paper and a sticker sheet.  Since this was a scrapbook kit, a few of the prints were too large for cards but luckily the prints on the reverse sides were usable.  I was also able to trim down some of the cut-aparts to use as well.  In fact for the first card I trimmed down a cut-apart and used the rocket as the focal point.  I don’t have any specific space themed stamps but I did find an older Recollections set with robots.  I was able to use a couple of the sentiments like “Blast Off” and “Zap” but for most of the cards I just went with a generic birthday or hello sentiment.

Because the paper was 12×12 size, I was easily able to make at least 2 of each card.  I used Recollections black cardstock for all the matting and Versafine Onyx Black ink for any stamping.  Here are a few of my favorites.

I ended up with a total of 34 cards.  I kept the cards fairly flat so that they can be mailed without the need for extra postage.  Most embellishments were either cardstock or the included stickers.

Here’s a picture of the rest of the 34 cards.

There were 2 full sheets of 12×12 paper that I didn’t use.  The prints on 1 side of each sheet weren’t specifically space themed and I figure I can use them with other papers in my stash.  I was able to use most of the stickers although there were a few that were too big to fit on A2 sized cards.

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