Paper Crafting Blog Hop: Last Chance Products

Welcome to Paper Crafting Blog Hop where talented Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all across the world create projects using current Stampin' Up! products.  This month we are featuring the retiring products from the Annual and Mini Catalogue. A chance to say goodbye to some favourites before they are gone for good. 

I often find that I horde my DSP, scared to use it up for some reason. Then at the end of a catalogue cycle I find myself regretting not using it!  So for this challenge I decided to focus on using some of the DSP I have been holding onto, and created a really simple One-Sheet-Wonder.  

Unlike a lot of OSW, this one doesn't make lots of cards, but it does economically use up your DSP.  The best part is that it works for metric (cm) and imperial (inches).  Piece 1 is a scrap piece that isn't used for the card fronts.  Piece 2 is the only piece you need to measure, simply cut it the same size as your card front; then cut it into two pieces using a diagonal cut.  Piece 3 is the same height as a card front, the width is not important.  Use the three large pieces (2a, 2b, and 3) to create a set of cards.  For my cards I used the soon to retire Pretty Prints, and while it is originally a 12"x12" DSP I cut it down to 6"x6" before starting my OSW.

Card 2a: For this one I decided to create a landscape orientated card, I paired the DSP with retiring stamp set Eden's Garden and embellished with a strip of Copper Metallic Foil and Pearls coloured with Dark Rich Razzleberry.

 

Card 2b: For this and the next card I used Nature's Prints stamp set which I am happy to say is not retiring.  For the base card and stamping I have used one of our retiring colours, Soft Suede. I used to use this colour quite often, but less so in recent times which goes to show Stampin' Up! do seem to know what is on trend!

Card 3: As you can see the strip of DSP doesn't have to be a specific size as it creates a feature panel on the card.  Again I have stamped using Soft Suede for the base and stamping.  I have also added some splatters of Wink of Stella which as always hasn't photographed well, it looks beautiful and sparkly in person

Happy Stamping
Monique