Fairless Stampin' Flair: Full of Life Designer Series Paper

Friday, April 11, 2025

FRIENDS AND FULL OF LIFE

For my last card this week, I am using the Full of Life Designer Series Paper (DSP) which is probably one of my favorite DSP designs ever! This paper is part of the Full of Life Suite that includes the Friends for Life Stamp Set and Dies.

This paper is bright with colorful and fun patterns, and it just makes me smile. For today's card I used my FSF Sketch # 6.

I love combining sketches and designer series paper. Watch my Learning with Friends Template Time video to see other ideas for this sketch.

Sketches are a great source of inspiration when your creative mojo is in a slump. They are often also a great way to show off various patterns from a DSP collection because they frequently have multiple layers in different shapes.

For this card I used three different patterns from the Full of Life DSP. Now, remember! A sketch is a "guide"; an "inspiration". If you choose, you can use the sketch literally, or you can modify it so it better suits whatever stamps or paper you are using.

For my card today, I kept the same basic layout as is shown in the sketch, but I added Basic Black Mats to the rectangular element and the flag element. I also modified the size of the circle so my die cut heart would fit. With a larger circle, I needed to increase the size of the rectangle a bit, but that is OK. It is a sketch! It is not necessarily meant to be an exact pattern to follow.

The sketch above does show dimensions, but you can also download a free tutorial at this link to see how I modified them to better adapt them to my card.

For the inside of my card I reverted to my go-to solution -- a simple strip of DSP matted with the color of the card base.

I also wanted to use leftover scraps for my envelop flap, but none of the scraps of the designs I used were quite large enough to cover the complete flap. So rather than cut into a new piece of DSP (Yes, it is a favorite, so I'm hoarding it!), I used two scraps and added a narrow strip of black to cover the seam where they meet. It works, don't you think?

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Monday, July 29, 2024

FULL OF LIFE SCRAPY STRIPS

I have a really fun card to share today. It uses a technique that I first saw demonstrated by Bruno & Kylie Bertucci which Bruno called Scrapy Strips. It is a wonderful way to use up all those narrow little strips of cardstock or designer series paper that tend to collect.

Just cut all those little strips with whatever angles you want and adhere them to a piece of black cardstock -- or any color of your choice.

The Full of Life Designer Series Paper (DSP) is a current collection in our 24-25 Annual Catalog, and it is one of my favorites. I had been using it a ton and as a result was accumulating quite the collection of "scraps".

This DSP is so bright and cheerful that I couldn't bring myself to throw out any of the bits that had been collecting. And that is when I remembered Bruno's Scrapy Strips!

So, I cut my scraps into some random angled widths and made this card. Isn't it a fun card? I thought the sentiment from Wildflower Designs, Sending happy thoughts, was perfect for this cheery card.

A double bow of Basic Black Bakers Twine and three Basic Rhinestones which I colored with a Basic Black Stampin' Blend completed the card front. Oh, so simple!

To complete my card and envelope set, a few leftover strips of Full of Life DSP were added to a black strip for the inside of the card, and a black piece of cardstock for the envelope flap.

If you have not tried the Scrapy Strip Technique, I hope you will. Remember, it can be done with different solid colors of cardstock as well as designer series paper. And if you are a paper crafter, I'm pretty sure you have plenty of scraps that you are having trouble throwing away. Put them to good use and make a fun card for someone special.

Use this link to download a written tutorial with all the details.

Below is a list of products that were used.

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Friends For Life Bundle (English) [163365]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Full Of Life 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163357]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems [161288]
Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack [160386]	Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder [164049]	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]