One Inch Squares of Patterned Paper

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025Leave a comment

Welcome back! What can you do with scraps of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper as small as 1″ square? Try this tiled card technique:

These are the Sale-a-Bration Fruit Salad DSP squares left over from using an entire piece of 6″ x 6″ paper yesterday to create 2 cards, and as promised, we’ve used EVERY PIECE! You might have to trim down the pieces on one side to fit them all across the front of a 4.25″ card, but no one will notice if they aren’t perfectly square.

The fun thing about the tiled card layout is that you can move your focal point around, or use larger squares like the 1-1/4″ Cute as Can Bee pieces here:

Hope you find this solution for small scraps to be helpful!

Guess what else? NEW products were added today for Sale-a-Bration freebies! Now is the time to collect products you’ll love free with each $60 order (ends 2/28/25)…including the Bee Builder punch I used on the card above! Click image or “Shop 24/7” from the menu at the top of this website.

Cutting Map for 6×6 Designer Series Paper

February 3, 2025Leave a comment

If you create cards, you know the satisfaction of using EVERY. INCH. of patterned paper! Let me use the Stampin’ Up! Fruit Salad Designer Series Paper for Sale-a-Bration to show you how to quickly cut a sheet of 6″ x 6″ paper to make TWO cards!

The first cut you make will be 1″ off the side, then turn your DSP 90 degrees and cut an inch off the other side (you’ll have a 5″ x 5″ piece left over):

The third cut you make will be to cut your 5″ square into two 2.5″ sections. BEFORE YOU CUT, make sure you know which orientation you want your card to be, if there is a direction in the pattern! Watch the video below to see me explain.

The last cut is to take 1″ off the 6″ x 1″ strip, but DON’T THROW THAT TINY SQUARE AWAY!

Once you have your two sets of paper pieces, lay them onto a 4″ x 5.25″ card stock, leaving space in between them. Embellish, then mount the layers onto a card base:

Video instructions:

Here are the cards I created or showed using the Fruit Salad paper and the cutting guide. Add ribbon, a greeting, a focal point, a strip of card stock:

This pattern/layout is good for most double sided paper, especially when one side has a bold pattern and the back side has more subtle pattern. Try mixing up patterns from a package, like this card using the Sale-a-Bration Toadstool Gardens paper:

A sentiment stamp set and coordinating punch make finishing these greeting cards speedy, or create a scene (like the toadstools) on a 2″ x 3-1/4″ rectangle. Alternatively, fussy cut an image from the paper itself:

Don’t miss the chance to get some lovely paper free during Sale-a-Bration! Only 4 weeks left.

Come back tomorrow to see what you can do with all the last inches left over from your DSP!

Product List

Fruit Salad 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Hugs For Love Bundle (English)

Paper Trimmer

Bright Borders Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Labeled With Love Punch Bundle (English)

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pecan Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

Black & Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Large Check Ribbon

Terrific Toadstools Bundle (English)

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

New at SU! Fruit Salad for Sale A Bration

January 15, 2025January 14, 20254 Comments

Good to see you here again – or for the first time! We have an international group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators dedicated to bringing you “What’s New” at SU! each month and our January 2025 hop is all about Sale-a-Bration Coordination!

Sale-a-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest event of the year, where you can shop, host and join with EXTRA PERKS. We are focusing on the products you can choose FREE, and combining them with items from our other offerings to show you how they mix & match beautifully. I’ll show you how the Fruit Salad Designer Series Paper (a free Sale-a-Bration item with a qualifying order in your market) can be used with the Everyday Arches bundle just released in the Online Exclusives!

Yum…fresh pineapple takes the stage in this card! Isn’t it spectacular how the back side of this paper makes a mouth-watering background, while the pineapple fussy cut from the front stands tall as the focal point on the layered arches?

For card #2, I wanted to feature as much of the fruit as possible, so to make the mat a bit smaller, I traced the inside of the arch die just larger than the one I used to cut the patterned paper and hand-trimmed it so I could get one two on the front with the sentiment. Sure to bring sunshine to a friend:

Next, I created a trio of arches for this Thank You card using a few different fruits from the paper:

The last card shows the versatility of the dies ~ You can even create OVALS!

Living up to their name, you can mix up the fruits and patterns of this paper for a delicious, refreshing recipe every time. You’ll be seeing more of this paper from me as I squeeze the most out of my Creative Juice! Next, move on to Annette’s post featuring the “Dance with Me” Sale-a-Bration stamp set and remember to save or Pin your favorites along the way!