Doodlebug’s At the Zoo – 47 cards from one 6×6 paper pad

Once again, Doodlebug Designs released some darling 6×6 paper pads. I’ll admit I simply can’t resist their papers. They make such cute stuff! I decided to use my 6×6 Paper Pad Tutorial with the At the Zoo collection. I just love all the sweet zoo creatures in the paper pad. I did have to hide the 6×6 from my 7-year old daughter, since she LOVES giraffes and may have swiped the giraffe papers from me. No worries though, I did buy her a couple 12 x 12 sheets of the giraffe paper.

Usually, Doodlebug 6×6’s have a nice mix of pattern and tone on tone papers. For my style of card making, I like to use the tone on tone papers for the background of my cards. But I noticed there weren’t as many tone on tone designs in this paper pad. Because I mostly used solid colored cardstock for the backgrounds, I ended up with quite a few cards. A total of 47 cards were made using one 6×6 paper pad.

I recorded my entire process of disappearing the 6×6 paper pad. The video is sped up 8 times since the full recording time was around 5 1/2 hours, not including any of my planning, prep, or die cut time. I have been asked several times if I record my 6×6 videos all in one day. And the answer is no. It usually takes me about 3-4 days. It just depends on how busy my life is that week. (While watching the videos, you may notice my shirt sleeves change a few times. ?)

In addition to using the 6×6 paper pad, I also used 17 sheets of 12″ x 12″  and 16 sheets of 8 1/2″ x 11″ solid colored cardstock. Here are all the leftover scraps.

Here are the 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’s At the Zoo 6×6 paper pad. 

Sketch – Sketch Saturday #459

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Stickers – Doodlebug

Stitched hill die cut – Lawn Fawn

Banner die cut – American Crafts

Ink – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Mojo Monday #493

Stamps – Reverse Confetti

Embossing folder – Cuttlebug

Brads – The Eyelet Outlet

Ink – My Favorite Things

Sketch – Operation Write Home #170

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Stitched background die cut – Lil Inker Designs

Embossing Folder – Sizzix Stampin Up

Brads – The Eyelet Outlet

Ink – Lawn Fawn and Memento

Sketch – Mojo Monday #491

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Stitched circle die cut – Lil Inker Designs

Scallop circle die cut – Spellbinders

Small circle die cut – Lawn Fawn

Embossing folder – Sheena Douglass

Ink – Memento

Sketch – My Favorite Things #261

Stamp – Paper Smooches

Embossing folder – Cuttlebug

Stitched square die cuts – Lil Inker Designs

Ink – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Operation Write Home #219

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Circle die cuts – Spellbinders

Small circle die cuts – Lawn Fawn

Ink – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Freshly Made Sketches #207

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Oval die cuts – Spellbinders

Epoxy stickers – Recollections

Ink – Lawn Fawn

Sketch – Operation Write Home #154

Stamp – Paper Smooches

Stitched background die – Lil Inker Designs

Circle die cuts – Spellbinders

Banner die cut – American Crafts

Ink – Memento

Some of my favorite and commonly used crafting tools:

Tonic Studios guillotine paper trimmer

Scotch ATG (Advanced Tape Glider) glue gun

Sizzix BIGkick die cut machine

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

Tombow Xtreme Tabs

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*All card sketch images used with permission.