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The Power Of 6×6 Paper

September 19, 2019 2 Comments

Are you frugal with your pretty patterned paper? I know I am. So this morning I set out to make a card with a coordinating envelope and gift tag from one 6×6 piece of paper. Why 6×6? Because Stampin’ Up! sell paper in 6″ x 6″ and 12″ x 12″ (which makes four 6×6 pieces). Either way this means you could make 48 cards and 48 tags from one pack of DSP. Here’s my first idea using paper that has a definite directional pattern.

Christmas ornaments card and tag made using a 6x6 piece of Brightly Gleaming patterned paper and the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

CUTTING THE 6×6 DSP

The one thing that I can’t change is the size of the envelope flap. So once I had my 6″ x 6″ piece of Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) I started with that.

From the square piece of DSP I cut 2-1/4″ off the bottom making sure that the direction of the pattern was correct. Then using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) I attached the DSP to the flap of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope. Finally using Paper Snips I trimmed the DSP using the edge of the flap as a guide.

From the remaining 3-3/4″ x 6″ piece I cut off two strips 1″ x 3-3/4″, leaving me with a 4″ x 3-3/4″ piece.

SIMPLE LAYERS

For each of my three DSP pieces I cut a mat from Night Of Navy Card 1/8″ bigger than the DSP. Then I mounted the DSP to the mats using liquid glue.

Inside of Christmas ornaments card made using a scrap from a 6x6 piece of Brightly Gleaming patterned paper from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

Once that was done I took the largest piece and attached it to a Thick Very Vanilla Card base with liquid glue. One of the layered strips was then glued to a layer of Very Vanilla Card which was fixed inside the card base.

The second layered strip was glued down the centre of a 2″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Very Vanilla Card. This was for my coordinating gift tag, so I shaped the top with the Delightful Tag Topper Punch.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

That just left me the Merry Christmas sentiment which I found in the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set. I took two pieces of 3/4″ x 2-1/4″ Very Vanilla Card and stamped the sentiment on each one using Celestial Copper ink. Then with liquid glue I mounted them onto 7/8″ x 2-3/8″ pieces of Night Of Navy Card.

Christmas ornaments card made using a 6x6 piece of Brightly Gleaming patterned paper and the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

With that done I completed the card by attaching one of the sentiments to the front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used more Stampin’ Dimensionals to fix the second sentiment to the gift tag. Then I finished off the tag with a piece of Linen Thread tied in a simple knot.

Christmas ornaments tag made using a scrap from a 6x6 piece of Brightly Gleaming patterned paper and the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

In no time at all I had a card decorated on the inside and with a matching envelope, plus a coordinating gift tag. Using the Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP and copper ink meant I got lots of shimmer and shine without the need for embossing.

And as for my wish to be frugal? This is what’s left of my original 6×6 piece of DSP…

Using one 6x6 piece of patterned paper I made a card, decorated the inside and envelope, then made a coordinating gift tag. #papercraftwithme

Not bad huh?

Next week I’ll bring you another option for using a 6″ x 6″ piece of DSP to create two more coordinating projects.

You can see another project I made using the Brightly Gleaming DSP in my previous blog post Our stormy outlook.

PRODUCT LIST

UPDATED 2020: Sadly the Celestial Copper Ink Pad has now retired and is no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper
Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Linen Thread
Linen Thread
Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En)
Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En)
Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad
Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad
Delightful Tag Topper Punch
Delightful Tag Topper Punch
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Filed Under: Cards, Christmas Cards, Gift tags, Simple Cards Tagged With: #simplestamping, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP, Brightly Gleaming suite, Christmas, Christmas Gleaming, Delightful Tag Topper Punch, simple, thread

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  1. geraldine says

    September 19, 2019 at 11:24 am

    How BEAUTIFUL! That DSP is just gorgeous! Great distribution of a 6 x 6 inch piece of it too! TFS Tracy!

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      September 19, 2019 at 11:39 am

      Thank you Geraldine

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