Hello again and welcome back to the Casually Crafting blog hop! This months we are showcasing Designer Series paper from Stampin’ Up!
The Casually Crafting Design Team are a group of Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators that want to share our love of crafting with you all. We will be sharing what we love every 3rd Friday of each month. Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team’s creative projects using the photo links at the end of this post.
Designer Series Paper Showcase
What better month to showcase the amazing Designer Series Paper that Stampin’ Up has to offer , than when they have a 15% off (selected designs). If you are anything like me you buy a pack or ten of designer series paper and open it, stroke it, show it love and then put it safely away because someone at sometime told you it was sin to cut it. Not today! It’s actually a sin not to chop it up and use it – or use a full sheet as is! There are so many uses for our gorgeous papers and for this months challenge I decided to create a couple of Christmas themed projects. With such a lot of papers it was a hard choice but I decided I’d go Christmas!
Don’t worry though these designs can be made with any papers and for any occasion or even just to display in your craft room because they are pretty!
Snowflake Splendour
So first off we have a gorgeous gift bag with an open top and ribbon handles. This bag is so simple to make and uses two full sheets of 12×12 paper, and the cut off pieces make two tags! I opted for the beautiful papers in the Snowflake Splendour Suite, this bad showcases both sides of the paper which you need to bear in mind before you do any scoring! I make these bags every year – it saves wrapping; just put your presents inside and stuff with some co ordinating tissue paper. Or if you want to get really crafty you can make your own shredded paper in co ordinating stampin up cardstock! I reinforced this wee bag with the card used to pack the designer series paper so it’s really strong!
I also made a job lot of cards using this gorgeous pack of paper. This is a bit of a ‘cheat’ card. I stamped the snowflakes onto the watercolour effect paper making it look like I’d spent a lot of time on the background. I finished this card with a simple stamped sentiment and some balmy blue glitter card snowflakes with blue embellishments in the centre. You will get six of these cards from one sheet of the paper.
Trimming the Town
I love this entire suite and I am delighted that this paper made it onto the sale list. I’ve ordered a couple of extra packs! The first two slimline cards are made with card and paper, there is no stamping or die cutting, the only thing I added to the card bases other than the designer series paper was some glitter to give a little Christmas Sparkle. I then made some tags using some scraps of paper that I had and again added a little glitter and some ribbon.
Poinsettia Place
The second gift bag I did using poinsettia place designer series paper, for the bag itself there is NO cutting and it also folds flat for storage. Once you’ve made one they are reasonably quick and easy to make. I wanted this one to have a more masculine feel so used one of the papers that didn’t have huge floral images. For this one I made a tag using the beautiful boughs dies in early espresso, soft suede, garden green and old olive. I added a little of the retired gold wink of stella to the pine cones to give a subtle sparkle. This bag was finished with sheer ribbon in real red.
I trimmed the top of the bag with some garden green card which also acted as a reinforcer for the punched holes. Again I used some card from the DSP packaging to strengthen the bottom of the bag.
I really hope that you liked my projects for this month and they inspire you to get making, I’ve listed all the products (including links) below – at the very bottom you’ll find the link to the Paper sale 😉
Don’t forget to click on the photographs below to continue hopping and see what the rest of the Casually Crafting Design Team have come up with!
Thanks again for hopping by! See you soon!
Love Me x
Casually Crafting Design Team Photo Links
Click on the photos below to continue along this month’s hop from the rest of the Casually Crafting Design Team and don’t be shy about leaving comments we would love to hear from you!
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Great projects Gillian. I need to make some tags and gift bags. So you’ve inspired me to use this paper. Thank you
Thanks Barry x
What fabulous projects Gillian. Its a great way to use up your DSP. Thanks for sharing x
Thank you!
I love the bag, can I find the instructions somewhere?
Hi Jeanette
Thank you! Are you happy for me to email you with the instructions? If so please email at littlethingsbyg@gmail.com and I’ll forward you the template / instructions.
Thank you Gillian x