Priscilla's Papercrafts: January 2023

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Celebration Sale-a-Bration with Dandy Designs

I'm showcasing projects made with Sale-a-Bration products all week long, and today is Day 2. I have been playing with the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper pack, which is a FREE offering with a $100 purchase. It includes 48 sheets of 12" x 12" paper in several colors to mix and match all year long.

Have you heard of the Stack & Cut method of creating cards? This is where you take 4 pieces of coordinating cardstock and cut them to 3-3/4" x 5". Then stack them together (you'll cut all four pieces at the same time) and cut 1-1/4" off of one side. Cut that strip into two pieces - one being 1-3/4 " and the other will be 3-1/4" long.

Now with the remaining 2-1/2" x 5" piece, cut it at 2-3/4", leaving you with a 2-1/4" x 2-1/2".

I've drawn this template on cardstock so you can see the size of each block.

Once you have all your pieces (you'll have 16 pieces altogether), you can start mixing and matching to make four cards. Yes! You get four cards out of this Stack & Cut method! Choose four colors of coordinating cardstock and cut your card bases. Then take four more pieces of a neutral layer (cut to 4" x 5-1/4") for your DSP pieces, and build your cards.

I used four patterns of the Dandy Designs paper in Fresh Freesia and Mango Melody, so I cut two card bases from each color. I chose to use Basic White for my layer for each card. Here they are:

I cut a circle with the Stylish Shapes dies, embossed it with the Brick embossing folder and added a greeting from Charming Sentiments.

This one uses a greeting from Framed Florets on Deckled Rectangles with Stampin' Blends-colored flowers.

This card uses the Conversation Bubbles stamps and dies for a fun thank you card.

And finally:

I decorated this one with the Sending Smiles stamps/dies and added a new Dragonfly Trinket:

These cards all use the same DSP, but with the different sizes of each piece, you can make all your cards look very different.

A quick and easy way to make 4 similar, but different cards. Give it a try!

Sale-a-Bration is going on now; don't miss your opportunity to pick up some of the wonderful paper packs available only while supplies last!

Product List

Charming Sentiments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159985]

$23.00

Charming Sentiments Bundle (English)

[158734]

$52.00

Framed Florets Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[161815]

$23.00

Framed Florets Bundle (English)

[162407]

$54.00

Conversation Bubbles Cling Stamp Set (English)

[160628]

$24.00

Conversation Bubbles Bundle (English)

[160637]

$46.75

Sending Smiles Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158701]

$22.00

Sending Smiles Bundle (English)

[158707]

$49.50

Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad

[155611]

$8.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

[147093]

$8.00

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

[155778]

$8.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155518]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$9.00

Dandy Designs 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[160836]

$30.00

Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146989]

$9.25

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$9.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Sentiment Silhouettes Dies

[158733]

$35.00

Framed Florets Dies

[160623]

$37.00

Deckled Rectangles Dies

[159173]

$30.00

Conversation Bubbles Dies

[160636]

$28.00

Sending Dies (English)

[159271]

$33.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Dragonfly Trinkets

[160520]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Monday, January 30, 2023

Celebrating Sale-a-Bration

How about a week of ideas using products from the Sale-a-Bration brochure? You ARE aware that Sale-a-Bration is going on now, right? And that for every $50 order made, you get to choose a FREE item from the brochure?

Well let's take a look at some of the products that you could choose with your qualifying order. I'll have samples all week using many of those products.

Starting with...drumroll...Dainty Flowers 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper! This beautiful paper is pretty enough to stand on its own for a card front. But it coordinates with the Dainty Delight Bundle in the January - April 2023 Mini Catalog. The bundle (stamps and dies) is $54.75 - enough to earn you the FREE Dainty Flowers paper!

For my project today, I only used the FREE paper, along with some cardstock and stamp supplies. The Dainty Designs paper is the star of the show:

For this set of notecards, I only used ONE sheet of the Dainty Designs paper. Just ONE! This particular piece has floral designs on the top and bottom edges of the paper - cut the paper in half at 6", then trim each half in 4" x 5-1/4" pieces and voila! SIX cards! Let's take a closer look:

Mounted on Mossy Meadow cardstock and stamped with Framed Florets in Mossy Meadow ink.

Another Framed Florets greeting, this time in Rich Razzleberry, and mounted to Blushing Bride cardstock.

This greeting, from Color & Contour, was stamped in Rich Razzleberry, which is also the card base color.

One more Framed Florets greeting, again in Rich Razzleberry on a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Not only is the paper from Sale-a-Bration, this card features a greeting from Beautifully Happy - a FREE stamp set during SAB with a $100 purchase! I used Mossy Meadow ink and cardstock.

Go To Greetings provides the sentiment, in Rich Razzleberry on Blushing Bride cardstock.

And then:

Each card has a matching envelope. I simply added a strip of the designer paper to the envelope flap and trimmed around the edges. It's a beautiful way to coordinate and finish off your card/envelope!

But I couldn't stop:

I created a box using Rich Razzleberry for the box bottom and the DSP for the to lid, tied it up with a Natural Finish Ribbon bow, and added a sweet tag: