Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Okay, I supposed we are actually supposed to pick just ONE…but I can’t because what I love about our Designer Series Papers is how well they work TOGETHER! Have you noticed this? I love that several of the colors and tones are present in multiple papers. This is fabulous and makes way more sense to be able to create with several options! So I have a hybrid project that includes my ‘favorites’…plural!

See what I mean? How outstanding do these Designer Series papers look together? And will make you want all 3—-mission accomplished!

I have been a Stampin’ Up! demo for 15 years and I got into stamping from a scrapbookers lense. So I have always been a big fan or our DSP…and dare I say it, this may be my favorite year yet!! There are honestly so many gorgeous options and so much design potential!

I started with the base of Pale Papaya for my page. One of the best new In Colors we have had in a while (in my humble opinion because it’s a yellow and it’s an orange). And if you poke through the catalogue you will notice this color in more than one Designer Series Paper—WIN!

Typically I do not design pages with out photos first, I don’t know why, it is just how my brain works. But I wanted to create a beautiful Mother’s Day page so I had it ready to go for the day. And this way I was able to tell my husband I needed pictures snapped in both directions, hahaha! He is pretty well trained though!

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day!

This layout uses the Hand-Penned, Pansy Petals and the hostess paper Pattern Party! Isn’t that amazing? If I was forced to make a single selection of my favorite, I guess I would say Hand-Penned. I just love the line art soft style of the florals and I am always a sucker for polka dots, stripes and scallops so it checks all those boxes!

The smallest strip of DSP in Misty Moonlight is from the Pattern Party DSP stack. I can’t tell you how happy I am that Stampin’ Up! has included a DSP as a hostess reward option. Whoever decided that should get a raise!

The large floral strip of DSP is from the Hand-Penned collection, along with the Pale Papaya polka dot tag (cut with the Tailored Made Tags dies). Seriously, add them to your list right now!

The gingham piece is from the Pansy Petals DSP and I think it’s awesome that there are gingham options in 3 colors in this collection. So brilliant.

The photo mat is Garden Green. I really love how the concept artist wove this color into the Hand-Penned DSP.

Can we talk about the Meadow Dies for a minute? I am having a love affair with them. They are AMAZING and seriously look good with any project—cards, scrapbook pages, box toppers, I can go on and on but if you follow me on Instagram @stampwithbrenda you will come to see what I mean as I can’t even put them away!

The “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment is from the Dressed to Impress samp set and is cut with a shape from the Meadow Dies. I then layered that on top of a shape from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.

For this side I decided to focus on the Misty Moonlight design from the Pattern Party DSP by making it the largest section of DSP. I added the same design from the Hand-Penned over top and if you look close you will notice that the circle behind the “Love You More” is from the In Color 6x6 Designer Series Paper stack. The sentiment is from the Measured with Love stamp set.

The other sentiment on this page is from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set.

The dies really stand out on this layout, especially with the floral image stamped direct to the page from the Quiet Meadow stamp set and then softly stamped in the background of the larger sentiments.

I hope this layout helps you think about combining patterns and designs from multiple DSP collections. Like I said, I really could not pick just one so I hope you enjoy this blending together of my favorites! You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed this week or you can go NEXT to see what Connie selected as her favorite DSP! Have a lovely Saturday and thank you for popping by! Please leave a comment and if you are in Canada and feel inspired by my layout, please chose to shop by online store! I am always happy to have a new stampin’ friend!

I recently hosted a Zoom bingo with some of my stampin’ friends and one of the items they got to take home is the new Rainbow Glimmer paper. Have you seen this in person yet? Its AMAZING and has endless potential! When I host a bingo I always make a fun tag of some sort to attach to their Swag, so this is how I used the Rainbow Glimmer paper and the Playful Alphabet dies. It can double as a name plaque on their desk or craft room.