World Card Making Day

Oct 11

What is World Cardmaking Day?

A day to make cards for loved ones & friends of course (hint…and send them)!!

I was not certain what I wanted to do for World Cardmaking Day, as I had never heard of it before 2020 (there are a LOT of holidays I have never heard of until social media took over our news… lol). Somehow I saw a post about Operation Gratitude, a non-profit that makes up care packages for our Troops, Veterans, First Responders and others. I found their Facebook group, Operation Gratitude In Action and saw they needed hand-made cards for the troop care packages for Christmas… and I thought to myself, “I can do that”. I happen to have 20 sheets of this particular design of 6”x6” Flower For Every Season DSP I knew I could never use up, and decided I needed to explore those one-sheet-wonder patterns I have seen so much of on Pinterest (All layouts below were CASE’d)!

What is a “One sheet wonder” you ask? Why… a miracle in the card making world!! Read more about it below!

**One Sheet Wonder #1**

The first 6”x6” one-sheet-wonder I cut out was the one to the right. Go to **THIS LINK** for the PDF with the measurements. This pattern of cuts gave me lots of options on card designs. This layout can make at least 4 cards. I had 6 sheets of this cut, so made 24 cards with this one-sheet-wonder.
For this set of cards, I used my **Poinsettia Petals Bundle**, as the poinsettia is a close match. I used **Poppy Parade**, **Just Jade** & **Flirty Flamingo Ink** and **Flirty Flamingo Blends** on **Whisper White** cardstock and layered the **DSP** with **Just Jade**, **Pool Party**, **Poppy Parade**, and **Flirty Flamingo** cardstock. *The cards made are below…*

**One Sheet Wonder #2**

The second 6”x6” one-sheet-wonder I cut out was the one to the left. Go to **THIS LINK** for the PDF with the measurements. This pattern of cuts again gave me lots of options on card designs. This layout can make at least 4 cards. I had 6 sheets of this cut, so made 24 cards with this one-sheet-wonder as well. These first two were all finished on October 3!! 48 cards!! Whew!!!
For this layout, I used the cute **Gift Wrap Bundle** for the adorable bows. I also used **Just Jade** ink on the **Banners Pick A Punch** for the verse label. I layered the **DSP** on **Flirty Flamingo**, **Just Jade** over **Pool Party** and **Whisper White** cardstock. I used a number of different embossing folders for added interest, such as **Dainty Diamonds**, **Subtle 3D**, and **Meadow Moments**. *More pics on the layouts and resulting cards below…*

**One Sheet Wonder #3**

This third 6”x6” one-sheet-wonder I cut out was the one to the right. Go to **THIS LINK** for the PDF with the measurements. This pattern of cuts once again gave me lots of options on card designs. This layout can make at least 6 different cards. I had 8 sheets of this cut, so made 48 cards with this one-sheet-wonder layout. That makes for a grand total of 96 cards!! WOW!!
For this layout, I used **Just Jade** ink for the verses from a number of current and retired stamp sets for the sweet sentiments. I layered the **DSP** on **Poppy Parade** over **Just Jade** and **Whisper White** cardstock. On all the cards for this post, I used the **Sequins For Everything**, as the cards for the troops cannot have pearls or rhinestones. I also used some current & retired ribbon.
*More pics on the layouts and resulting cards below…*

I want to apologize for the lack of quality for the photos. By the time I realized how bad they looked, the cards had already been packaged for shipping.