Hello friends!  I hope you’ve had a good week and looking forward to a great weekend ahead!  The weather has been unseasonably cool for this time of the year and I’m able to get my windows open the last few days and enjoying it!  Unfortunately, it’s going to warm up again, so I know that the air will come back on.

Today I’m sharing something that is a bit different and new to me, but I think it will come in very handy for the future as my “goal for next year” is to use up those old card kits that have been stored in my stash for WAY too long!  I’m hoping to start this on my blog next year each month and focus on a card kit each month so I can clear things out from my stash!  Stay tuned!

I found a fellow crafter Call Me Crafty Al and I decided to give her “Sheetload of Cards“ a try for this month and see how it goes!  It would probably have been much easier to do it the way she did, but I challenged myself to use my card kit items instead:

Here’s the set of all eight cards using the same sketch from Crafty Al’s Sheetload for this month.  You may not recognize the card kit that I’ve used as it’s an old one from Simon Says Stamp.  The box had November 2015 written on it, and the paper inside had “Here’s Looking at You” card kit on it.  I know that I have pulled it out and used a few things out of it, but there was still plenty to use!

I was looking to make some uplifting/inspirational cards so this all worked out great.

Click on the photos above if you’re on my website so you can get a closer view of them.

I’ve used all of the cardstock except one sheet of kraft, all of the 6×6 papers were used except two sheets and I’ve also used up some of the journaling cards that were included as well as the stamp set and thread.  The reason why some of the edges are rounded is because the journaling card inside the kit had rounded edges.  I just decided to incorporate that into the design and I think it worked out okay.

Honestly, I don’t know weather to be proud of myself for using up my extremely old card kit or feel embarrassed for having such an old card kit still in my stash!😂

Regardless, I hope you’ve enjoyed my play with the “Sheetload of Cards” for August 2024 utilizing a very old card kit!  How about you?  Do you still have some card kits or stashes of something from 2015…er older?  Would you like to use them up too?  Follow along with me next year each month as I attempt to use up those old old old stash items and have a session of “Crafting to the Oldies“!  This is me holding myself accountable!  Let’s do this!

• Thanks so much for dropping in today and have a great weekend!❤️