Coming soon to a crafting project near you perhaps? That would be the 2024-2025 Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper (DSP). I won a pack of this ‘interesting’ DSP at Stampin’ Up!’s On Stage convention in Houston in March. I wasn’t quite sure about it at the time but I do think I’m truly beginning to like it. Today I decided to use this paper to (1) check it out and (2) to challenge myself when playing with Sharon Armstrong’s Monday Mystery Stamping. (Yes, today is Thursday! I’ve been busy.)
Here’s the DSP:
Sneak Peak: This DSP features Peach Pie, Petunia Pop, Shy Shamrock and Summer Splash 2024-2026 In-Colors. It will be available to the general public on May 1st*. I haven’t purchased the card stock or accessories — ribbon, some of the bling — yet so I used Basic White card stock and ribbon for today’s card. *You can get the DSP, card stock, classic ink/markers/blends/ribbon/bling, earlier by signing up as a demonstrator and selecting some of it as a part of your sign-up kit. Ask me about this if you’re interested! It’s definitely a win-win move.
What is MYSTERY STAMPING?
It’s fun. That’s what it is. You are given an initial clue for basic prepping of materials. No pictures. From then on until the card is finished you’re given clues only. No images. No photos. No sneak peaks. When the card is finished the host shares their finished card and you share yours. It’s always fun, interesting and enlightening to see what others have done with the clues.
My sister, who lives in Santa Rosa California, and I (Boise, Idaho) worked on Sharon Armstrong’s Mystery Card Thursday afternoon. Because we had both attended On Stage in Houston a few weeks ago and we both won this Designer Series Paper we decided we’d both use it for our cards. But we won’t and don’t show each other what other products we’re using until we’re finished. And we don’t share which sheet (front/back) of the DSP we’re using. We work ‘together’ via Zoom.
The base of today’s card is a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of card stock, scored at 5-1/2″. Then cut two pieces of that DSP strip to 5-1/4″ x 4″ and place them back to back. Cut a large corner piece through both pieces of DSP and turn them over exposing the front and back of the opposite pieces.
You can follow Sharon’s Mystery Stamping video for today’s card here. She gets down to the stamping at about 6:24 minutes. Sharon is a Texan and is quite chatty but lots of fun. She goes through page by page of the week’s project instructions and then, at the end, reveals her finished card.
Back to Today’s Card
I neglected to take photos as I was creating today’s card but I can definitely share the final card.
For the DSP layer of this card, using ONE PIECE of Designer Series Paper, I cut a 4″ wide, 12″ long strip. Then I cut the strip into two 5-1/4″ long pieces. Reserve the scrap for potential future use. Turn one of these pieces over and lay it on top of the other piece. Cut off a corner of the papers (you determine the size you want), going through BOTH LAYERS. Then swap the corners so each larger piece is featuring the ‘back side’ of the DSP.
Glue (I use “green glue” for most of my gluing) (Multipurpose Liquid Glue) these pieces to 5-1/4 x 4″ pieces of Basic White card stock. Lay a piece of coordinating ribbon over the seams of the two patterns, flip the card over, and secure the ribbon ends to the back side. Attach this DSP/Basic White layer to the prepared card base.
Create your greeting, die cut or punch it out and attach it to the card front using Dimensionals. Add some ‘bling’ and you’re done!
I did sponge around the edges of the DSP/Basic White layer using a stampin’ sponge and Petunia Pop Classic Ink. The greeting layer was stamped with either Petunia Pie or Summer Splash Classic Inks. Both colors are part of the 2024-2026 In Colors. The greetings were punched using the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch and then attached using Dimensionals. That bow was attach using two Mini Glue Dots.
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