Have you seen the Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper pack from Stampin’ Up!®? This is such a useful pack, which is ideal to help you get started in cardmaking or simply make quick and easy cards in a relaxing craft session.
The pack comprises three standard 12"x12" sheets of double-sided Designer Series Paper, plus three sheets of die-cuts, featuring frames, panels, borders, flowers, leaves and wreaths.
To keep your cardmaking really simple, just pop out the pieces, pop them on a card and finish off with a greeting.
I used this pack as the basis for a Summer Craft Day here in Derbyshire at the weekend. Everyone received a full pack in their kit, along with all the supplies needed to make 11 simple and relaxing projects using Stampin’ Up!® products.
At my events, everyone works at their own pace, which gives people time to chat, and skip any projects they are less keen on or think they won’t use. Guests can tackle the projects in any order, using the instructions provide. Read on to see all the projects, and read some tips for getting started in cardmaking in the UK.
One of the easiest ways to get started in cardmaking is to purchase this Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper pack from Stampin’ Up!® along with a pack of Stampin’ Up!® notecards and envelopes.
Then you can keep your cards and simple as you like, or step them up with more products as you build up your Stampin’ Up!® supplies.
This card is really simple, using a die-cut flower and leaf frame. I could have kept it even simpler by stamping in the centre square but instead stamped on some Basic White cardstock and popped it up for dimension.
Stepping things up for this card, I added a Petal Pink background embossed using the Timber 3D embossing folder. The frame has been popped out from one of the die-cut sheets in Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper and trimmed to fit the front of the note card exactly.
To finish off, a greeting was stamped using the Poised Peony stamp set and punched out using Labeled With Love punch, topped with a die-cut leaf and flower from the Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper pack.
This card is simply made using one of the die-cut frames, although I trimmed it slightly so the proportions were more suited to an A6 card.
On the white panel in the background, I stamped Oh Happy Day from Stampin’ Up!®’s Kindest Expressions stamp set, inking the stamp in Lost Lagoon, before sponging some Pretty Peacock around the bottom half of the lettering to create an ombré effect. You can do this with a sponge dauber from Stampin’ Up!® or even a small piece of bath, car or make-up sponge.
This is mounted onto Pretty Peacock cardstock then a Lost Lagoon card base.
This Pretty Peacock card base has a panel of Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper on the front, providing a subtle background for the large die-cut leaf arrangement.
Across the centre I stamped THANKS using Kindest Expressions stamp set, after masking off the words “so much” to make it fit.
All projects were labelled “quick and easy” or “slightly trickier”. This was one of the “slightly trickier” projects but really isn’t hat difficult, just a bit fiddly. I used some retired ribbon from the Clearance Rack as an extra gift in everybody’s kit. It’s Pale Papaya but goes well with the colours in Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper.
I was short of texture stamps but found this hatched stamp in the new (and gorgeous!) Expressions of Kindness card kit. It provided a little interest behind the greeting circle and arrangement of leaves.
This is another “slightly trickier” project but again not really. All the leaves are tucked in a slit cut in the white panel and secured at the back using tape.
The greeting this time comes from Sweetly Scripted, which is one of my favourite Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusive products. I love it!
I marked this project “slightly trickier” only because the centre of the Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper needs to be cut out using a Stampin’ Trimmer to create a border. This was backed with one of the panels from a die-cut sheet in Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper.
On top of this is a die-cut wreath with a greeting stamped in the centre using Poised Peony stamp set, finished off with some extra die-cut leaves and flowers.
This card uses the gorgeous Elegant Edge Tag Topper Punch, decorated with some Poised Peony stamping, and some torn scraps of Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper.
On top of this I added a stamped Thank You (Simply Said) and some die-cut elements.
For a bit of 3D fun, I showed the ladies how to make a really simple pouch using the Elegant Edge Tag Topper Punch. All you need is a 5cm (2") strip of Designer Series Paper, punched at both ends, and scored to create a base.
Then you can decorate the front how you wish.
Finally, here are two cards which I showed you before, when I first started advertising the Summer Craft Day.
I hope you enjoyed my projects made using Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!®
Frequently Asked Questions: How to get started in cardmaking
Is cardmaking for beginners?
Yes, everyone had to start somewhere, and it has never been easier to get started in cardmaking in the UK using Stampin’ Up!® supplies. Simply purchase one of our fun cardmaking kits. Your best resource will be a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator like me, so please get in touch if you are in the UK or Ireland as I would love to help you.
What supplies do I need to get started in cardmaking?
My top tip is to buy a Stampin’ Up!® cardmaking kit. Choose one which includes a stamp set. This will cost you around £22 and give you everything you need to complete the kit using your household scissors. By choosing a cardmaking kit featuring a stamp set, you will also get a small ink pad and a clear block, which means you can use your stamp set over and over again.
Once you have made the projects in your Stampin’ Up!® kit, I would buy:
a pack of Stampin’ Up!® notecards and envelopes (159232)
a product like the Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper (163765).
If your kit ink pad doesn’t doesn’t coordinate, order either a black ink pad (132708), a grey one (149165) or maybe a Classic Stampin’ Spots assortment (153183).
glue (154974)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (I like the Mini ones because they go further - 144108).
Then you’ll be good to go!
Do I need a die-cutting machine to get started in cardmaking?
Not necessarily. With a product like the Frames & Flowers Speciality Designer Series Paper (163765) from Stampin’ Up!®, all the elements are die-cut for you, so you can get started in cardmaking straight away and without any special equipment.
What tools do I need to get started in cardmaking?
You don’t need a lot to get started. You will need stamps, clear blocks to mount your stamps, ink, paper and glue at the very least. This is why a kit is useful because it gives you stamps, a clear block and ink, all at a very reasonable price. You can start out using your normal household scissors and invest in Stampin’ Snips and a Stampin’ Trimmer later on. Then you can build up your tools if you get the crafting bug.
Cardmaking with scraps – is it easy?
Yes! I love making cards with Stampin’ Up!® scraps, as you can see from one of projects above. Save all your little pieces from your first projects, then you can use them at the end of your craft session. Even torn pieces look great. Find more scraps ideas here.
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