Doodlebug Back to School – 34 cards from one 6×6 paper pad

Teacher Appreciation week is celebrated from May 7 – May 11 this year. I volunteer at my daughter’s elementary school and see so many staff members go above and beyond, nurturing hundreds of young minds everyday. I’ve always made cards for my child’s teacher. But this year, I decided to show my gratitude to the entire staff. I set a goal for myself to make 70 cards. If you follow my blog, you’ve already seen many of the cards I’ve made so far.

I used the Back to School collection from Doodlebug Design to make the last of the needed cards and I exceeded my goal by a few cards. Hooray! It was fun to make so many school themed cards. Now I just need to include an thankful message inside each one.

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 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 16 sheets of  8 1/2″ x 11″ and 8 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 Doodlebug Design’s Back to School 6×6 paper pad.

Sketch – Reverse Confetti #59

Image cut aparts – Doodlebug

Sentiment die – Reverse Confetti

Brads – from stash

Sketch – Operation Write Home #146

Image cut aparts – Doodlebug

Brads – from stash

Sketch – Operation Write Home #23

Image/sentiment cut aparts – Doodlebug

Small stitched circle dies – Lawn Fawn

Twine – Doodlebug and Darice

Sketch – Operation Write Home #183

Image/sentiment cut aparts – Doodlebug

Small stitched circle dies – Lawn Fawn

Twine – Doodlebug

Sketch – Operation Write Home #162

Image cut aparts – Doodlebug

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Banner die – American Crafts

Bling – The Paper Studio

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Reverse Confetti #54

Image/sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Image dies – Reverse Confetti

Banner die – American Crafts

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – MFT #233

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Apple die – Reverse Confetti

Stitched frame die – MFT

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Mojo Monday #462

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Banner die – American Crafts

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Reverse Confetti #32

Image cut aparts – Doodlebug

Small stitched circle dies – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Sweet Sunday #216

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Circle dies – Spellbinders

Embossing folder – Cuttlebug

Brads – from stash

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Mojo Monday #251

Image cut apart – Doodlebug

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Apple brads – from stash

Ink – Reverse Confetti

Sketch – Operation Write Home #154

Image/sentiment cut aparts – Doodlebug

Embossing folder – Darice

Twine – Darice

Quilt cover up die – MFT Die-namics

Sentiment stamp – Reverse Confetti

Small stitched circle die – Lawn Fawn

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

Thanks for visiting my blog today! I appreciate your kindness and support!

*All card sketch images used with permission.