Carta Bella’s Spring Market – 34 cards from one 6×6 paper pad

Spring officially starts next week here in the United States. I really don’t mind winter since it’s usually pretty mild in Western Washington. But I’m ready for some sunshine, warmer temperatures and pretty blossoms. The new release, Spring Market collection from Carta Bella is full of lovely floral designs and rustic wood accents. It reminds me of visiting a farmers market and buying a lovely bouquet of fresh cut flowers. 

There are included sentiment/image cut aparts, but I didn’t use any this time because they didn’t work for what I need. The cards are being donated to a local charity. They use a lot of Thank You and Thinking of You cards, so I focused on those themes for this set of cards.

I used my 6×6 Paper Pad Tutorial and one paper pad to make 34 cards.

Because it takes many hours to use up a 6×6 paper pad, this video has been sped up 7 times. The real time recording was just under 5 hours, not including any of my planning, prep, or die cutting time. Watch the video below or click HERE to see it on YouTube.

In addition to using the 6×6 paper pad, I also used 26 sheets of  8 1/2″ x 11″ and 4 sheets of  12″ x 12″ solid colored cardstock. 

Here are close up pictures of the cards I made, including sketches and measurements. Operation Write Home sketches are the only ones that already provide measurements. For all the other sketches, I simply figure the measurements out on my own, for what works for me. All of my cards are A2 size. Go HERE to see my video explaining how I determine card sketch measurements. All cards are made using Carta Bella’s Spring Market 6×6 paper pad.

Sketch – My Favorite Things #368

Sentiment stamp – MFT

Stitched rounded rectangle die – MFT

Stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Small circle die – Paper Smooches

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Glossy Accents

Sketch – Sweet Sunday #203

Sentiment stamp – Paper Smooches

Stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Small circle die – Paper Smooches

Embossing folder – Cuttlebug

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Operation Write Home #192

Image stamp – Inkadinkado

Sentiment stamp – Lawn Fawn

Oval dies – Spellbinders

Ink – Versafine

Sketch – Sweet Sunday #220

Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts

Stitched background – Lil Inker Designs

Stitched circle die – Lil Inker Designs

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Stitched banner die – MFT

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Freshly Made Sketches #311

Sentiment stamp – Lawn Fawn

Stitched circle die – Lil Inker Designs

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Stitched banner die – MFT

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – My Favorite Things #346

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Stitched rounded corner rectangle die – MFT

Stitched circle die – Lil Inker Designs

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Flower dies – MFT

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Operation Write Home #183

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Stitched background die – Lil Inker Designs

Stitched square die – Lil Inker Designs

Small stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Operation Write Home #231

Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts

Small stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Operation Write Home #154

Sentiment stamp – Paper Smooches

Stitched background die – Lil Inker Designs

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Banner die – American Crafts

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – My Favorite Things #375

Sentiment stamp – Lawn Fawn

Stitched rectangle die – MFT

Flower dies – MFT

Embossing folder – Darice

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Some of my favorite and commonly used crafting tools:

Tonic Studios guillotine paper trimmer

Scotch ATG (Advanced Tape Glider) glue gun

ATG tape refills from Tapejungle.com

Sizzix BIGkick die cut machine

Scor-Tape

Tombow Xtreme Tabs

We R Memory Keepers brad setter and piercing tool

We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper

Scotch Mounting Tape 3/4″

Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive liquid glue

MISTI stamping tool

Accent Opaque Digital 100# cover weight paper for card bases

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*All card sketch images used with permission.