2021 Favorites - Make Your Own DSP

This post is going to be very busy!  I made SO many of these "Make your own DSP" cards.  I still want to make more, but I just have other things that need to get done!

How do you make your own DSP?  You need a stamp set that can make backgrounds.  It should have lots of elements to make a scene or grouping.  Use ink colors that work with your stamps.

For example, for these cards I used:  Crumb Cake and Early Espresso for the pinecones and Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent for the pine needles.  I used either the browns or some Real Red for the dots.

Read down a little further - there's a special technique.

These two cards were made using the Split Card technique.  Cut your background twice as long as a card base: 10.5 inches.  Draw a very light pencil line vertically at 5 1/4 inches.  Concentrate your stamping to cover the line at the center of the card.  When finished, cut the card at 5 1/4 inches, and you have two cards!

I added a lot of other stamping to fill the space - I just kept going!  

Click on any of the products below to purchase materials to make this project.

If you don't currently have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I'd be thrilled to talk with you about furthering your crafting pursuits!

Product List

Christmas Season Photopolymer Stamp Set [156293] $22.00	Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $22.00	Holly Jolly Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English) [156362] $21.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $7.50	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $7.50	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $7.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574] $8.75	Evening Evergreen 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155573] $7.00	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776] $8.75	Soft Succulent 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155780] $7.00
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $8.75	Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon [151155] $7.50	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75

Meadow Flowers

The wildflowers are die cuts from a set called "Meadow".  I did not order the stamp set, just the dies.  We made this at our club 2 weeks ago.  I cut a bunch of the wildflower dies from white cardstock, and we used sponge daubers to color the flowers!

We embossed the background with the 3D painted texture folder, added a double-double bow from the Pierced Blooms die set, and the Thank You is from Flowers of Friendship stamp set.

I also added some of our new jeweled accents and Wink of Stella to let the colors stand out.

Technique:  Emboss, and use the blending brushes to swirl Pool Party ink as a background towards the top.

For the wildflowers, we used these colors:  3 greens for stems; Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, and Mossy Meadow in smaller amounts respectively.

To color the flowers, we used the following:  Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Highland Heather, and Gorgeous Grape

Click on any of the products below to purchase materials to make this project.

If you don't currently have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I'd be thrilled to talk with you about furthering your crafting pursuits!
Product List

Meadow Dies [155852] $38.00	Pierced Blooms Dies [154312] $37.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $9.00
Flowers Of Friendship Cling Stamp Set [155358] $21.00	Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials [155567] $9.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00

New In-Color "Nothing Card"

A "Nothing Card?"  What's that?  I call these Nothing Cards because it takes almost nothing to make them!

Pale Papaya is one of our new In-Colors and works absolutely beautifully with this DSP.  The back of the paper coordinates, so I just folded over a corner, added a tag, glue dot and bow...  Voila!  Pretty card.

See below for the very short supply list.

You may have seen my DSP series of making 72 cards from one 12x12 pack of paper.  This paper would be absolutely gorgeous as a set of 72 cards.

I want to thank fellow Demonstrator Robin Smith for the fabulous idea of double stamping the Biggest Wish stamp set!  It would have completely passed me by if she hadn't said something.  That's a very special Happy Birthday!

 

Click on any of the products below to purchase materials to make this project.

If you don't currently have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I'd be thrilled to talk with you about furthering your crafting pursuits!
Product List

Hand Penned Suite Collection (English) [155503] $66.25	Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English) [155492] $46.75	Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155499] $11.50	Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $7.50
Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $7.50	Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155668] $8.75	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $21.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $17.00
Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00