Fun with Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper!

Aloha, all!

     I love sketch weeks at the Divas Coffee Break Design Team!  When I see a sketch, I almost always instantly see what I'm going to do with it – but not necessarily all the pieces.  In the case of this week's sketch, I knew I wanted to do an assembly of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Papers – I just didn't know which papers!  I did decide right off that, though this could easily be a layout for a scrapbook page, I was going to make it a card. 

I could just see me going through a pack of Designer Series Papers with my Scallop Square Punch and just punching away!  Once I got myself under control, I decided that I should probably be a little bit more discerning than that, and perhaps be a bit creative in the way I put this card together.  So I carefully went through all the papers I currently have in the craft room and decided to try to work with some papers that I hadn't had out on my work table for awhile.  Elegant Soiree it was! 

     And here is the card with which I ended up!

     What a treat – and a challenge – this was to make!  At first glance, you might just think that the paper layers and the embossed buttons (the top layer, made with the Stampin' Up! Exclusive Sizzix Embosslit, Sweet Buttons!) were randomly placed.  But they are actually in a very fixed design, and here it is:

     To begin, I selected three designs from the paper set, punched them with the Scallop Square Punch and arranged them with one design running down the diagonal from upper left to lower right, then arranged the other two designs on either side.

  

     I then selected three OTHER designs from the paper set, cut them to be 1-1/8" square, and arranged them with one design running down the diagonal from upper right to lower left and the other two designs on either side.

 

      Finally I made the buttons out of coordinating Stampin' Up! Card Stock – Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake (formerly Kraft) – using the same layout as with the scallop square layer.  I did mix up the button designs a bit just to make it look a lot more random that it was!

     OK – I'm so finished with this explanation!  I hope you understand it and will maybe even try a card of your own!  Let me know if you do, and I can even feature it here on my blog if you don't have your own!

     But whether you make this design or any other one this week, be sure to have fun with it!