Today I opened my FREE Sale-a-bration 2024 Designer Series Paper (DSP) called Flight & Airy
This spring-themed designer series paper features little song birds and floral designs as well as watercolour washes and greenery patterns which offer a variety of creative options for projects that are more feminine and nature oriented.
There aren't any dies that coordinate with this DSP however I found the fussy cutting of the birds and flowers both soothing and easy to do. Here are the sheets I used for my first cards.
TIPS: - Just cut small sections of the designs and start fussy cutting the images, it will go faster.
- Use dies to out out focal points on the paper. Templates of your die cuts or punches help with selecting the right tool.
- The watercolour washes work beautifully as card backgrounds, or focal points the twig and flower designs.
- It's easy to mix and match the pattern designs.
Each package which is FREE with any Stampin' Up! purchase of $60.00 (before shipping and handling) of products comes with 12 sheets of 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) patterned paper, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs. This paper is acid and lignin free so is great for scrapbooking and archival purposes.
The suggested product colours this paper coordinates with are: Boho Blue, Bubble Bath, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia, Garden Green, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, Soft Sea Foam.
Here Are My Card Samples:
I've been having fun making a variety of cards featuring both the patterned designs and the watercolour wash papers. I made this card for one of my friends who is currently going through chemo treatments.
I began this layered card by creating a 4" x 5 1/4" template on a piece of cardstock. Three circles were randomly punched on the template using a 1 3/4" punch being careful not to overlap or go to close to the edge of the template.
Next I lined up the template on a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White cardstock and drew an outline through the circles, and punched the outlined circles out. Keep the circles for another project. A 5 1/4" x 4" piece of dsp was then cut in the same way. The white layer was run through the Big Shot and dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D (#161600) embossing folder. This layer was adhered to the card base with dimensionals. Adhesive was added to the back of each of the three circles and they were lined up with the holes and pressed through so they would adhere to the card base. To finish the card I fussy cut bird and branch images and adhered them to two of the circles with glue and dimensionals. The third circle was stamped with "Big Hugs" in Sweet Sorbet ink, before it was adhered to the base. The sentiment is from the Perennial Postage (162598) stamp set in the new Mini. I also stamped the inside of this card with the "I know you will get through this" stamp from the same set.
This card features two of my favourite dies. I used the second largest Scalloped Contours die (155560) to cut a layer from the watercolour wash dsp and layered that onto a 5 1/4 x 5" piece of Whisper White. I cut a stitched circle from this layer before adhering it to the Bubble Bath card base. The second favourite die is the Everyday Details dies (162864 pg 69 new mini) and I used it to cut the rectangle from the Flight and Airy patterned dsp as well as the Bubble Bath circle for the focal point. Love it!
I added a second patterned piece of dsp to the base of the inside layer as a finishing touch. The sentiment is from an old stamp set but I love it.
This next card is a fancy accordion fold card which really highlights the beauty of this designer series paper.
Well that's it for today, but I've made a lot more cards with this paper since I began writing this note, and will share those over the coming days. Being creative doesn't involve a lot of products, all you need is some great paper, some dies or punches and your favourite sentiment stamps.
I'd love to have your comments on these cards and whether you like them. They have a really old fashioned look which makes me happy. Look forward to hearing from you.
HAPPY STAMPING! PENNY TOKEN'S STAMPIN SPOT
Penny Hanuszak, CDN Independent Stampin' Up! Demo
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