Stamping with Barb: Turning My Simply Scrappin' Kit into a few cards...

I finally decided it was time to start writing my thank you notes for Christmas. I needed a bunch of cards and I didn't have a lot of time to spend designing them. I remembered seeing a demonstration by Patty Bennett on a Stampin' Up! video that showed how she took a Simply Scrappin' kit and turned it into a gazillion 4x4 cards (give or take a few). So, I pulled out an old Simply Scrappin' kit that I had gotten for free from the 2007 Sale-a-bration! sale and even had the coordinating Delight in Life stamp set to go with it! I got that free too as part of that Sale-a-bration! sale. I added a few supplies...coordinating ink colors, ribbon, brads, glue dots, dimensionals, marker, a couple punches and started making cards.

I cut the Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Very Vanilla cardstock into four 4x8 inch pieces with a 4x4 inch piece leftover. I cut the decorative edge strips that came with the Simply Scrappin' kit into 4 inch sections so they would be just the right size for the cards. I also cut the patterned cardstock into 2x4 inch pieces to go on the front of the cards. I cut a few too many so I had some leftover that could have been two more cards if I hadn't cut up all the cardstock!

I got 39 cards out of this Simply Scrappin' kit (I could have gotten 41...oh well). I had a lot of fun and now I have plenty of cards for my thank you notes! By the way the 4x4 cards fit into the regular medium envelopes for mailing. That way they aren't too small and don't require extra postage due to the shape of the envelope.