Stampin' Up! recently hosted a demonstrator-only Craft Along event. If you turn to page 42 in the September - December 2025 Mini Catalog, I'll walk you through what we talked about.
We were all told to have a 12"X12" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) and the coordinating bundle. I had not yet received my Autum Toile suite of products, so I opted to use the Kintsugi Inspirations suite instead. A few of the techniques that were talked about I couldn't really do with the Kintsugi Inspirations paper. I'll mention why as we get to those cards.
In addition to these products, I used some retired gold ribbons on my cards.
CUT DSP INTO STRIPS:
So let's start with cutting our 12" X 12" paper. First cut strips at 4" wide. You'll have 3 of them. If you're using 6" X 6" papers, we were told to have 6-7 sheets.
CUT STRIPS DOWN FOR EACH CARD:
From 1 4" strip, cut 2 card base layers, at 5-1/4". (Card bases #1 and #2. Leftover is for card #5.)
From the second 4" strip, cut 3" from the bottom, then a 5-1/4" piece for a card base layer. (Card base for card 3. The 3" piece will be for card #6 and the 3-3/4" for card #4.)
From the third 4" strip, cut 2 pieces at 5-1/4". (Card bases for cards #4 and #5. Leftover is for card #5.)
Look at your 4" X 5-1/4" pieces. For their projects, Stampin' Up! selected one of these to die cut the large tree from for card #4. Here's one place my DSP didn't really work. I had die cut one full sheet of vases and used those.
Card #1: Technique: Add color to DSP using a Blending Brush.
This can make your DSP look completely different. It was fascinating to see how one of the DSP papers changed so dramatically. Each of the presenters used a different DSP and bundle. Here someone used the Mixed Media DSP. The photo shows the DSP without added ink, with Balmy Blue added and also with Daffodil Delight ink added. I am so inspired to try this with lots of different patterns!
Card #3: Fussy cut elements from your DSP.
Card #4: Use a large die and cut the shape from your DSP. Notice on the card in the catalog, they die cut the tree shape but didn't die cut one specific tree.
Card #5: Use the 2 pieces that are 4" X 1-1/2" and trim as banners. This is a fun technique when your DSP has coordinating front and back patterns. You could of course just use a different pattern from the DSP pack if the 2 sides do not work together.
Card #6: Use Blends and make your DSP into a plaid pattern.
Here are my versions of the cards. Again, I used the Kintsugi Inspirations DSP and coordinating products. Before the event, I die cut a full sheet of vases and flowers from the DSP to use on my cards.
Card #1: I added Petal Pink ink. I used the circle die from the Paper Pumpkin Add-on die set for this quarter, Circle of Seasons Dies.
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Card #2: My DSP didn't have images to color. I added interest to my card by embossing a Basic White cardstock rectangle with the Joined Together 3D embossing folder that is part of the Kintsugi Inspirations suite. If I knew ahead of time what we'd be doing, I would have stamped and colored some vases. However, I was crafting at a friend's house and wanted to keep up with creating.
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Card #3: I used the circle and 'hello' die from the Paper Pumpkin Add-on die set for this quarter, Circle of Seasons Dies.
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Card #5: I like the banners made with coordinating DSP! I used the Heartfelt Hexagon punch to create my banner ends. I don't do very well using my Paper Snips to create the ends myself.
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Card #6: I loved creating my plaid with Blends! And the stamping on the card base is a great addition.
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If you made it this far in my blog post, THANK YOU! I know I'll refer back to this post in the future myself. These techniques using DSP are something I'll return to again and again.
After I created my cutting guide above, Stampin' Up! shared this cutting guide with us. I liked that they created card sketches as well, so I'm including this, too.
Happy Stampin'!
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