Card Donations: questions, resources, and sharing

Woohoo - 150 cards!
If you don't end up using Pirate Ship - if you're going through the usps postal calculator postcalc.usps.com/ you can choose shipping based on size and weight (not flat rate boxes) and Regional Rate boxes should come up as an option. It's in the list near the bottom after the flat rate boxes. They should also show up when you go through the USPS Click & Ship process.

Hey, it's all donations and decluttering And I know from experience that stamping a bunch of sentiments feels like WORK. 
If you're set up with Pirate Ship that's great. No need to use USPS. 

That is a new thing! This is the first year they have recommended using 5x7 or 4x6 cards.
I would guess that 80%+ of the cards they have received are A2 (half letter, folded) and will be this year too. It's much more convenient and efficient for people making their own card bases in bulk to chop a letter sized sheet into 2 card bases.  

They don't actually require them to be a specific size, they just have to come with envelopes of the correct size to match your cards so if you have A2 cards and envelopes you'll be fine to send them.
 
It could be because sponsor BearlyArt only sells A6 4x6 card/envelope sets. bearly.art/products/cards-envelopes-colorful-collection

for anyone curious about the guidelines: cardsforcubs.org/pages/guidelines 

The free phrase graphics look to be a single page pdf, sized to print on one letter sized sheet, and be cut out as a sentiment. I think they should work on any sized card.

I got the full access pass the first year they ran it and I'm sure they've improved things since then. It was worth it to me that year because I knew I was going to be busy/out of town when the classes were free. I got some ideas and techniques out of it, and found a few new crafters to follow. Some were pretty disappointing, either because they were beginner video makers or because they pitched their videos at beginners, but there were some neat ideas and some of them definitely stuck with me.

I would recommend setting up something in your email system (like a rule or filter) to catch all of the emails from them and corral them because they will be emailing you a LOT, as I recall. That drove me crazy, but that might just be me. And hopefully the ads at the beginning of the videos are more varied than the first year - I watched the same 3 or 4 dumb ads so many times... That's a good chance to go pour a coffee and get a snack! 

Ardyth is someone to prioritize, very professional and concise, and she makes lots of cards. I'll definitely watch her lesson. Justine Hovey is usually pretty good. Daniel West is good but I don't use copics so his lessons have a little less value to me. Crafty Al for sure. Tiffany Solario is not really my style but I think I liked her class last time. I don't recognize too many other names but a few were in the first one, just not my kind of makes.
 
Hope you have lots of fun!