Use your nesting dies to create a designer paper window – video & free project sheet

August 5, 2024

On last week's Live video I shared a neat way to use nesting dies to create a frame with your double sided designer series paper.

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I chose to feature the Thoughtful Moments DSP with this neat technique. Simply choose two dies that are the same shape and about 1/4-1/2" apart. Die-cut and then flip over the narrow frame to reveal the opposite side of the Designer Series Paper. It's so neat!

**This Designer Paper and many more will be on sale starting Tuesday, August 6th! Details will be shared tomorrow.

The leaf die is from the Friends for Life dies. My nesting dies are called Countryside Corners and can be seen here.

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Tip – be sure the color of the opposite side of your paper coordinates with the front. I chose the card base to match the frame – Pretty Peacock. My greeting is in Fresh Freesia.

Here are both cards shown on the video; the second card on the right has a Lost Lagoon frame & card base. The White die-cut on the right card is from the Thoughtful Wishes bundle.

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Here's the free project sheet you can download or print: Download Thoughtful Journey Window card

The designer paper for these cards is 4" X 5 1/4" which leaves a 2" strip for another project. I wanted to share a quick card to use up that leftover piece:

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I simply added it to the card base with a coordinating card stock strip on the edge. Then added layering circles for my greeting.

If you're wondering about the ribbon, it's the pretty Iridescent 1/2" striped trim seen here. I cut it in half to get 1/4" thick trim. It has been unavailable for awhile but it's back now.

Here are all 4 cards I shared in the video you can see here.

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Here's the video below to see how this is done plus another card idea with the beautiful Thoughtful Journey designer paper. I'll share the second card Wednesday.

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Witty-Cisms Fun-Fold card

January 29, 2020
The Witty-Cisms stamp set is a great all occasions set with fun images and cute greetings to match. See it here. I created this cute card for a recent online card swap.

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It's a fun fold card with a double opening. The Real Red flap is scored and the scored edge is adhered under the inside White layer. The Granny Apple Green main card is standard size but 1" is cut off the right edge to reveal the White inside. The new Coastal Weave embossing folder was used on the front. This embossing folder is the one I'm giving to all online orders over $65 in January.

Sometimes with this type of fold I add the designer paper to the inside right edge so it shows from the front. This time I added it to the very front along with a stitched scalloped edge piece die-cut with the Stitched Be Mine dies seen here.

Here are the measurements:
- Granny Apple Green main card 7 1/2" X 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4".
- White inside 4" X 5 1/4"
- Real Red 4" X 2 1/2"
- Black 2 1/4" X 3 1/4"
- 1" X 5 1/2" Granny Apple Green gingham DSP; *from the Brights 6 X 6" DSP pack seen here.
And more details:
- I added a butterfly die-cut from the upcoming Nature's Thoughts dies. They'll be available in February in the Coordination Product Release.
- I stamped the main image three times; once on the White punch and again on Real Red for the strawberry and again on scraps of Green. These are cut out and popped up on the main image.
- White label is the new Label Me Lovely punch seen here. I love this new punch! A 1 3/4" circle punch fits inside it for layering. And oval shapes do as well!
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Honey Bee with Golden Honey Designer Paper

January 28, 2020
I know some people do not like yellow but I always have. When I was young I chose to a yellow and orange them for my bedroom! (The walls were yellow and the only orange were in accents so it wasn't too garish!)

When yellow is paired with Black and White it's a happy and striking color combination in my opinion!

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Here I used Daffodil Delight with the pretty Golden Honey Designer series paper. It's one of the free choices during our Sale-a-Bration promotion. I was thrilled to see another black and white designer paper in the offering this year! You can pair it with just about any color! It also has gold foil accents on many of the sheets. click here to see it.

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My gals made this card at my New Catalog Stamp a Stack this last Saturday. The new Honey Bee bundle coordinates with this paper beautifully.

Measurements:
- Daffodil Delight main card – 5 ½” X 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
- Black 3 5/8” X 4 ¾”
- White scrap for hive and for ‘thank you’ greeting
- Golden Honey left is 2 ½”X 3 ¼”, right is 2” X 3 ¼”
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Below are some projects made for display by Stampin' Up!

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Did you know you can get multiple products with just one ordering number? Yup; they're called collections or suites. You can get everything you need to create the above projects all at once. Here are the details on this one:

Honey Bee Project Collection – $103.50. Item #154225

The Honey Bee Project Collection gives you a coordinating selection of products to make the Honey Bee Cards. When you buy the project collection, you’ll qualify for the FREE Sale-A-Bration product you also need for these cards: Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper. After you add the project collection to your basket, click here to redeem the Sale-A-Bration product you need to complete the Honey Bee Cards.

The Honey Bee Project Collection includes:
* Honey Bee Bundle (10% off): Honey Bee Cling Stamp Set + Detailed Bee Dies
* Whisper White 8-1/2" x 11" Cardstock
* Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad
* Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad
* Jet Black StazOn Pad
* Daffodil Delight 1/4" (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon
* Stampin’ Dimensionals
* Multipurpose Liquid Glue
* Blender Pens

If you did order the collection above, besides the Golden Honey DSP you can choose one more Sale-a-Bration item FREE! See them all here.

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Fun Latch Fold card with Music From the Heart

January 27, 2020
I had to use my friend Dawn Olchefske's new stamp set for January club. It's the set she designed for her million dollars in sales achievement! It's a fabulous music themed set called Music From the Heart. Look!

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Look at this fun latch fold card!

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The Classic Label punch is perfect to create the 'latch' for this card closure. We did have to widen the opening a bit by punching off to the side an extra 1/4" on each side as I wanted a larger front layer than the punch allows for. If you watch the video below you'll see what I am referring to.

I decided to offer a choice of card themes for my gals; Valentines, Anniversary and Birthday. I used the Heart to Heart set for the Valentine's greeting. This pretty foiled paper is called From the Heart specialty designer paper. You can see it here.

Did you know that you can 'play or stamp' Happy Birthday with the individual notes in this set? Isn't that the best idea ever?! Although creating a 'guitar' from two stamps in this set is even more clever! If you have a musical person in your life you need this set!

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Be sure to watch my video to see how to make this fun fold card. It's amazingly easy!

Measurements:
- Real Red 4 1/4" X 8 3/4" scored at 5 1/2"
  White inside 4" X 5 1/4", front and inside flaps 2" X 3 3/4"
  Black 2 1/4" X 8" scored at 4"
  From My Heart Specialty DSP 3" X 4"
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1. All January online orders will earn a ticket in the drawing for a free Little Ladybug stamp set!

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2. All online orders will receive a 10 cards pdf tutorial in an email.

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3. And if your order is over $65 you'll get a free Coastal Weave embossing folder too!

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