Merry Christmas with Stampin' Up! Take A Bow 6x6 Designer Series Paper

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Get ready to dress up everything for Christmas with the Take A Bow 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper. This paper features festive designs of candy cane stripes, holly, plaids, polka dots, and stars in red and green.  Perfect for Christmas cards, scrapbooks, Christmas ornaments, bows, gift packaging and more!

Card Details:

• White Cardstock card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded in half
• Take A Bow DSP: 5 1/2" x 1" and 5 1/2" x 3" with a small strip (1/8") cut off and reversed
• The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from the Nests of Christmas Oct 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit. I stamped the greeting on Real Red Cardstock with Versamark Ink and embossed with White Embossing Powder

 

Stampin' Up! Nests of Winter 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper

Friday, November 8, 2024

You can make some wonderful cards and scrapbook pages with the Nests of Winter 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper.  This paper is so sweet with adorable hand-sketched Christmas birds perched on winter trees and detailed nature elements.

Card Details:

• Shaded Spruce Cardstock: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded in half
• White Carsick: 5 1/4" x 4", embossed with Fern 3D Embossing Folder
• Shaded Spruce Cardstock: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4"
• Nests of Winter DSP: 4 1/4" x 3" 
• The "happy holidays" sentiment is the Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit Oct 2024

Stampin' Up! Splendid Autumn 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Birthday Card

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Have you seen the Splendid Autumn 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper? This DSP is Brilliantly breathtaking with scenes of autumn with a hand-painted impressionist art style.  I paired the DSP with Wild Wheat Cardstock for this Happy Birthday card.

Card Details:

• Wild Wheat Cardstock card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded in half, cut off 1"
• Splendid Autumn DSP: 5 1/4" x 3"
• The "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Magnolia Mood Stamp Set is stamped in Early Espresso Ink on White Cardstock.  Trimmed and layered with Wild Wheat Cardstock

 

So Happy To Celebrate You with Wildly Flowering DSP

Monday, October 21, 2024

I love the Wildly Flowering 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper.  The best part are the two patterns on this card...the floral side and the Crumb Cake pattern side... they are opposite each other. I paired the DSP with the "so happy to celebrate you" sentiment from the Layering Leaves Stamp Set.

Card Details:

• While Wheat Cardstock card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded in half
• Basic Beige Cardstock: 5" x 3 3/4"
• Wildly Flowering DSP: 4 3/4" x 3 1/2", cut off 1 3/4" and reverse the pattern

 

Stampin' Up! Monthly Card Swaps

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

How about these wonderful cards from my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator friends.  This month's theme was cards using "Bug, Butterflies, Animals and More".  Hope these samples creatively inspire you.

Mena Green

Debbie Modrowsky

Laura Davis

Amy Cumings

Lilly Ruiz

Vicki Wu

Elaine Considine

Carol Barbati

Stampin With Scraps: Cheerful Daisies Dies

I was playing around with some retired Country Gingham Designer Series Paper scraps and came up with this Birthday card. You can recreate this card using any current DSP.

Card Details:

• Balmy Blue Cardstock base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded in half
• I had a bunch of square DSP scraps so I laid them out on White Cardstock
• Used Cheerful Daisies Dies to create the daisy