Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Stampin Up sneak peek: Otterly Adorable Suite card and 12x12" scrapbook page

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

Do you love otters? Who doesn’t, right? I was so excited to see the new Otterly Adorable Suite Collection in the Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusives Collection. This is available to demonstrators to pre-order now, and goes live to customers on 5th November 2024.

The Otterly Adorable Suite Collection from Stampin’ Up!® comprises the Otterly Amazing bundle of stamps and dies, Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper, Lost Lagoon Soft Cording and Riverside Irregular Pearls.

I used the bundle and Designer Series Paper to create a 12x12" scrapbook page and a card.

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

The papers in the Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper pack are gorgeous, and feature a mix of watery patterns, fish, pond weeds and of course otters. The great news is that many of the otters can be die-cut from the paper using the Otterly Amazing dies. 

These Stampin’ Up!® dies also feature some fun weeds, rocks and more. 

Because I know many cardmakers are a little scared of 12x12 scrapbooking, I wanted to show you how the same design can be used for both a card and page.

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page
 

For the card, I used some strips of Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper to create a casual background, with torn edges. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

A punched circle creates the focal point, decorated with a stamped and die-cut otter. This is coloured in using Stampin’ Blends in skin tones and ivory. 

 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

The weeds are die-cut using Otterly Amazing dies on Pretty Peacock cardstock and also on white cardstock which I had coloured at random using various green Stampin’ Blends. I scribbled on white cardstock scraps to give the weeds a more natural look. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page
 

I did the same on some Smoky Slate cardstock with a couple of grey Stampin’ Blends – just some random scribbling which meant when I die-cut the rocks, they had a more natural look to them.

Finally I stamped “You are otterly amazing” on the circle to finish off my project. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page


As you can see from this 12x12" scrapbook page, I have used roughly the same design but on a larger scale. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page
 

I began by laying my elements out roughly on some new Two-Tone 12x12" in Pool Party. I’ve used the paler side, as you can see from the first photo of the two projects together. 

Once I had everything in position, I took this rough snap on my phone as a reminder. Trust me; once you start moving things to add glue, you will forget where they are supposed to go! I do this for any collage-style layout, whether for a scrapbook page or a card. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

As before, I began with three strips of Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper, each torn at the right-hand edge.

On top of this I placed a 6x6" photo, matted on to Pretty Peacock and Old Olive cardstock.

The title is die-cut using Mini Alphabet Dies (162934). I love that the entire alphabet is one die, which means you get at least one of each letter. This is also why I have used two colours for my title – I needed a second B but already had one in Early Espresso. Rather than die-cut again, I used what I already had and made a feature of it, tying in the browns of the otters around the edges of the page.

The journalling panel – yet to be filled in – is an old Memories & More card which is perfect for the job. I carefully tore the edge to match the Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper on the opposite side of the page. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page
 

Finally, I decorated the page with various otters. To show you the difference, this time I used otters die-cut from the Designer Series Paper, along with more leaves and rocks die-cut from cardstock. 

Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page
 
Stampin Up sneak peek otterly amazing adorable card scrapbook page

I hope you like my Otterly Amazing projects and will add it to your Stampin’ Up!® wish list for 5th November. I also hope you will embrace 12x12" scrapbooking as it’s so rewarding. Not only is it a great way to get those photos out of your phone, but unlike when making a card, you get to keep what you make!


Does your wish list come to more than £99? Please get in touch and I will help you get more for your money and unlock discounts all year round.  
 

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