Carta Bella Have a Merry Christmas – 34 cards from one 6×6 paper pad

It’s Christmas in July time. I used an older Carta Bella paper pad called Have a Merry Christmas. It’s been hanging out in my craft room for far too long and was begging to be turned into cards. I’m trying really hard to use up some older 6×6’s so I will have room for all the new Christmas papers coming soon. I always need quite a few Christmas cards every year. I’ll be donating some cards to a local charity and many will also be given to a local retirement home. Then, I’ll need a bunch of cards to personally give to my family and friends.

The Carta Bella collection has a very traditional Christmas look with lots of greens and reds. There aren’t any cut aparts included in the the paper pad so I used some Christmas stamps set for the images and sentiments. The Ink Road Stamps was so kind to provide me with their Fir Real stamp set. It’s a fun set with lots of sentiments and whimsical fir trees.

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 around 4 1/2 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 7 sheets of  8 1/2″ x 11″ and 12 sheets of  12″ x 12″ solid colored cardstock.

Cardstock colors – 

Scarlet – Coredinations

Fern – Corendinations

Black – Recollections

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 Have a Merry Christmas 6×6 paper pad.

Sketch – Freshly Made Sketches #317

Sentiment stamp – Technique Tuesday

Banner die – American Crafts

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – MFT #233

Image and sentiment stamps – The Ink Road Stamps

Stitched Frame die – MFT

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Small star die – Lawn Fawn

Ink – MFT and Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Freshly Made Sketches #160

Image and sentiment stamp – The Ink Road Stamps

Ink – Reverse Confetti and MFT

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Brads – from stash

Sketch – Sweet Sunday #292

Image and sentiment stamps – The Ink Road Stamps

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Ink – Reverse Confetti and MFT

Brads – from stash

Sketch – Operation Write Home #219

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Small stitched circle dies – Lawn Fawn

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – MFT #323

Image and sentiment stamps – The Ink Road Stamps

Ink – Versamark and Reverse Confetti

Embossing powder – Wow!

Oval dies – Spellbinders

Small circle dies – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Mojo Monday #440

Sentiment stamp – MFT

Stitched background die – Lil Inker Designs

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Enamel Dots – Doodlebug and American Crafts

Sketch – Mojo Monday #427

Sentiment stamp – The Ink Road Stamps

Stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Stitched rectangle die – MFT

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Bow brad – from stash

Banner die – American Crafts

Sketch – Mojo Monday #238

Sentiment stamp – The Ink Road Stamps

Stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

Scalloped circle die – Spellbinders

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Twine – from stash

Bling – from stash

Highlighted supplies

Below are links to some of the products used in this post. These are affiliate links that will help me offset the costs of creating these cards.  When purchased through these links, I receive a small commission that does not affect the price you pay.  I appreciate your viewing my blog and the support you provide.

Spellbinders dies – Standard Circles Small

Spellbinders dies – Standard Circles Large

Tonic Studios – guillotine paper trimmer

Scotch – Pink ATG (Advanced Tape Glider)

Mini MISTI Stamp Tool

Crop-a-Dile – Corner Chomper

Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts – Small Stitched Circle dies

MFT stamps – Hand- Lettered Christmas

MFT Die-namics – Stitched Rectangle Frames

Lawn Fawn – Glue Tube

Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy

Veramark – Watermark Ink Pad

We R Memory Keepers – Brad Setter & Piercing Tool

Scor Tape – 1/2 inch

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Disclaimer : I did receive some physical product compensation for providing card samples.

*All card sketch images used with permission.