# of cards from 1 paper pack collection

Well today is the day.  I will finally reveal the number of cards that I got from the Mad for Plaid 12x12 paper collection from Photo Play.  Here's what I started out with.

I even used parts of the front cover sheet to get the cards to go a bit further.  This was so much fun.  So lets take a look at what I came up with.  First let me say that I wanted to keep all of these super simple and no real dimension.  So I did not use bling or dimensionals on most of the cards.  The ones that I did I tried to use stickles instead and I used fun foam from the Dollar Tree for a slight dimension.

For  these first thirty I used a combination of matting and not matting.  I should also add that the only additional paper that I used besides the paper pack was red, green, black and white.  Most of the colored pieces were scraps.  All of these were the standard 4.25" x 5.5" cards.  Some have top folds some have side folds.  I did this because I like to change things up a bit to keep from getting bored.  lol

I was also able to get a few 5x7 cards.

Seven of these were planned and produced.  Later on I made a few with the scraps.  I'll show you those later.

Next..........and you know me, I had to make some fancy fold cards.  They were still 4.25 x 5.5 but a bit fancier.

I then moved on to some scrap cards.  Here I used up some of the bigger pieces of the designer paper and just fiddled a bit.  So this next set has no rhyme or reason so to say.  LOL

These 10 like I said were scraps.  The top left card with the little squares was actually a 5x7 card.  The bottom set of 4 I had tried to cut the paper a bit on the wavy side but by the time I added the squares on top you couldn't even notice my wavy line.  Oh well.

Next are some cards that I made using the front cover sheet from the paper pack.  Quite similar to the set of 10 I did above.

Not done yet.....there are still scraps.  My goodness I never thought I'd get this far.  Let's see........58 so far. Now here's another 10.

These were all made with the scraps.  Four of them are gate fold cards the others are just standard cards.  But wait I still have more scraps.  My total card count so far is 68....yikes 68!!  Can you believe it?  Well now the scraps are getting really tiny so I decided to switch to tags and I was able to whip up 16 of these little gems!  These measured 2.75" x 4.5"

Jump start for Christmas 2019.  I am so excited that I was able to get so much done with ONE paper pack!  

Now are you ready to see what scraps I have left???  Seriously....I guess I could try a couple more smaller tags.  Should I???

As you can see I made a pretty good dent in that cover sheet at the top.  Everything is nearly gone.  But what the heck a few more smaller tags may be able to come out of this stuff right?

So here we go.............................................

These little guys are 2" x 3.5 and I was able to get 9 of them.  I still have bits and pieces but I think it's time to "Let it go"!  LOL  Here's whats left.

I have to laugh because this picture looks just like the one above but I swear I was using the scraps.  heeheehee.

Well there you go 68 cards that included standard 4.25 x 5.5's,  5x7's, and Fancy Folds.  Then 2 different sizes of 25 tags.  That is quite a haul.  What a great jump start to the Christmas 2019 season.  Thanks for hanging in there for the final reveal.  Hope you try this sometime.  It will be rewarding for sure!

Til next time................................

HAPPY CARDING!