Using a 6x6 Paper Pad for Masculine Cards

There was a great tutorial on the OWH Stars & Stamps blog recently where Kristie M taught us how to use up those 6x6 paper pads. Count me among the numbers who have countless paper pads lying around, so I took this tutorial and immediately ran with it! A friend of mine who used to have an online store sent me a huge box of barely used 6x6 paper pads over a year ago, and in spite of sharing half of them with a friend, I still have most of them left.  I'm proud to announce that after seeing Kristie's tutorial, I used up an entire Basic Grey Granola paper pad to make all these cards for OWH! Here's a picture of the whole shebang of "Hello" and "Happy Birthday" cards.

I had some left-over strips of dsp that were too small to make anything substantial, so I trimmed them all down and created this herringbone background for the last card from that 6x6 paper pad. After I assembled it, I continued with the theme and embossed it with the CB herringbone ef and I was really happy with the way it turned out. The tan die cut shape was already cut and inside the paper pad when I received it, so I'm not sure which SB die was used to create it, but I used the SB labels four for the birthday sentiment, and added some mini brads for the finishing touch. I'm entering this card into the OWH Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown to create a masculine card.

That's one paper pad down, and 2 more shoe boxes to go! LOL I've won a lot of paper pads through blogging, and have bought quite a few of my own, but with this great tutorial, now I can finally USE them and clear out some much-needed space!

Have yourself a fabulous Thursday and keep smiling :)

Carol