Yesterday the Stampin’ Up!© Designer Series Paper and Cardstock sale began with 15% off select papers during the month of August! I made this Subtles Painted Patterns Hello Card with a fun pack of paper. It’s the Subtles Painted Patterns Designer Series Paper, but you can also buy it in any of the other Stampin’ Up! color families, like the Brights or Regals. I just love the different artsy patterns – stripes and polka dots in various sizes and widths, which all have such a fun look! It makes you happy just to look through the paper! And it’s one of the many designer series papers discounted 15% during this sale! Be sure to check it out!
To make this card, I started with a card base of Basic White. The layer of Balmy Blue cardstock is 4″ x 5 1/4″. Instead of just putting a full layer of the polka dot designer paper layered on top, I cut the Subtles Painted Patterns DSP into three strips. Each of these polka-dotted pieces is 1 1/2″ wide by 3 3/4″ long in order to leave that Balmy Blue showing through on all the side margins.
Then I added a strip across the three pieces, the pattern with the large Balmy Blue polka dots, and layered it on a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock. This scrap piece happened to be 1 3/8″ wide and I cut it at 4 7/8″ long to end at the edges of the polka dot pieces. I layered it on a piece of Balmy Blue, 1 5/8″ wide and 4 7/8″ long. For the center, I diecut two of the Scalloped Blooms Dies, one in Balmy Blue and one in Basic White. You can stamp whatever greeting you want, and that fits in the small white scalloped piece. I chose “hello” in the retired Simply Said Stamp Set, stamped in Balmy Blue ink. I popped the whole scalloped blossom up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I wanted to add some kind of gem, jewel, or dot, and I found these Muted Palette Dots (retired) that had Balmy Blue in them, albeit only 2 small and 2 large dots. At first I thought I would have to maybe use some Cloud Cover dots instead in another package. Still, once I placed a large and a small on the right side of the scalloped blossom greeting, it made perfect sense to do the same on the other side, rather than sticking with the “rule” of using an odd number. I like the way it turned out.
You could make so many kinds of cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects with any of these Painted Patterns Designer Series Paper color families. They just have that “happy” look to them!