Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper Tutorial - Twenty One Card Designs

I needed a challenge using the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up! It took me over two weeks but I created at TWENTY ONE  card tutorial which also includes TWO note cards. Yes, that's right, my tutorial has TWENTY ONE cards using this beautiful paper.

The tutorial is only $13.95; well worth the money for creating twenty-one cards with no guess work.The tutorial is 43 pages long in addition to the diagrams. Check out below what is included in this tutorial. This is by far my BEST tutorial! The Buy Now Button is at the bottom of this post.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Cardstock colors
• Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Basic White, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Night of Navy, Orchid Oasis, Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam, Soft Suede and Soft Succulent 
• Embellishments
• Flowers
• Butterflies
• Dragonflies
• Stamp sets
• Various sentiments
• Butterflies, dragonflies, flowers and leaves
• Dies 
• Butterfly, Flowers, Leaves, Potted Succulents, Stitched Rectangle and Stitched So Sweetly
• Use what you have but you definitely will want the Stitched Rectangle dies because they are worth your investment. This die set will not be available in the 2023 - 2024 catalog; act now!
• Punches
• Butterfly, Dragonfly, Flowers, Leaves and Sentiment shapes

MORE THAN JUST AN ORDINARY CARD TUTORIAL

• Fun Fold Card Tutorials
• Bendi Fun Fold
• Gatefold Gone Wild
• Diagram download
• Leaflet Fun Fold
• Standing Step
• Diagram download
• Swing Arm
• Step by Step picture tutorial
• Tucked Gatefold
• Diagram download
• A Whole Lot of Love in a Tiny Card - Two Note Card Layouts
• Diagram downloads
• Bookmark and card
• Step by Step picture tutorial
• Detailed Cut Out
• Step by Step picture tutorial
• Diagonal Cut Sentiment Layouts
• Landscape
• Diagram download
• Portrait
• Diagram download
• Four-Quadrilateral Layout
• Diagram download
• Knockout DSP Frames
• Step by Step picture tutorial
• Masculine Birthday Card
• One Layout, Two Ways
• Perfectly Aligned Strips
• Includes guide for quick and perfect aligning
• Simply Elegant Card
• Stitched Rectangle Card
• Trio Layers Card
• Diagram download
• Window Pane Layout Card
• Diagram download

Birthdays - Definitely Qualifies to be in the Special Moments stamp set

I was inspired to create this card by Connie Stewart.  Check out her VIDEO and WEBSITE information.  Please take the time to leave a comment to Connie. I changed the measurements using various sizes of cardstock that I have that help me put together a layout. For my system, check out my post HERE, scroll down to Try Before You Make It.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Calypso Coral cardstock
• Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• 
  Scored at 4 1/4"
• Card layer measures 3" x 3 7/8"
• Dimensionals are placed under this layer
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer measures 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 3 3/8" x 3 1/8"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
  
• Special Moments stamp set
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Mossy Meadow Braided Linen Thread
• Gold rhinestones
• Dimensionals

Thank You with All My Heart

This is the perfect card to use up with your scraps. If you like this card, you will LOVE my Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper Tutorial, click HERE for more information.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Evening Evergreen cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
• Scored at 4 1/4"
• Calypso Coral cardstock
• Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 4"
• Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 4"
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• 
  Card layer measures 3 1/4" x 2"
  
• Card layer (inside) measures 5 1/4" x 4"
• Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper
• Card strips measure 7/8" x 4 3/16" (cut two)
• Card strips measure 2 15/16" x 7/8" (cut two)
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 4"
• Framed Florets stamp set
• Evening Evergreen ink
• Brilliant Wings dies
• Gold rhinestones
• Dimensionals

Knockout DSP Layering

Knockout DSP Layering

Introducing my newest card layout

This is the sample I made for my new Knockout DSP Layering. My soon-to-be-released Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper Tutorial will feature this layout with with instructions and measurements.''

The Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper Tutorial can be found HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Evening Evergreen cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• On the Horizon Designer Series Paper
• Beauty Abounds and Beauty of Tomorrow stamp sets
• Evening Evergreen and Pale Papaya inks
• Stitched Circle and Stitched Rectangle dies
• Dimensionals

The Four-Quadrilateral Layout

Stampin' Up! Products

• Very Vanilla Thick cardstock
• 
  Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• Scored at 4 1/4"
  
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Scrap for sentiment
• Flirty Flamingo cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Card layer measures 3 1/8" x 4 3/16"
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/4"
• DSP sections are attached to this piece
• Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
• Scrap for flowers and sentiment mat
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
  
• Scrap for sprigs
• Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/16"
• See diagram for cutting
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
• Beyond the Horizon stamp set
• Paper Pumpkin March 2022
• Mossy Meadow ink
• Sentiment die (non SU)
• Itty Bitty Accents punch
• Sprig punch (non SU)
• Rhinestone dyed black
• Dimensionals

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

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2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the Four-Quadrilateral Layout. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I do not have an email address. 

NEW FUN FOLD with a FREE TUTORIAL

Pull Out Z Fun Fold

Stampin' Up! Products

• Basic White cardstock
• Poppy Parade cardstock
• Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper
• Beyond the Horizon stamp set
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Brilliant Wings dies
• Sentiment die (non SU)
• Wink of Stella Clear
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

 

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step below.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

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Dainty Flowers Phrases

I LOVE Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper. This is their Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper and was FREE with any Stampin' Up! $50 purchase during SaleABration. It was a challenge trying to use this directional pattern. But....

This is perfect for the Designer Series Paper that has a directional design to it. This allows you focus on the pattern and keep the pattern throughout the sections. The tutorial can be purchased below.

For more examples, click HERE for more examples.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Old Olive cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper
• Flourishing Phrases stamp set
• Old Olive ink
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out the sentiment and sentiment mat.

Four-Quadrilateral Card Layout - Free Instructions

Stampin' Up! Products

• Sweet Sorbet cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 11"
• Scored at 5 1/2"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5/8"
• Scrap for flowers
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (beneath DSP) measures 3" x 4 1/4"
• Card layer measures 3 1/8" x 4 3/16"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Scrap for sentiment mat
• Shaded Spruce cardstock
• Scrap for leaves and sentiment mat
• Regency Park Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/16"
• Refer to diagram for cutting information
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 1/2"
• Nested Friends and Petal Park stamp sets
• Bumblebee and Shaded Spruce inks
• Oval and Petal Park Builder punches
• Pearl Basic Jewel
• Dimensionals

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded. This make look like a complicated card, but it isn't.

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3. EMAIL me asking for the Four-Quadrilateral Card Layout. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I do not have an email address. 

Happy Easter Showcase Fun Fold

I love this layout so I created an eight-page diagram along with a four-page instruction tutorial with pictures.  This tutorial is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! order using my Hostess Code (located at the top right side of my blog - Web Version).  The tutorial is also available to purchase for $3.95 through the link below.

The butterfly embellishment goes well with any flowered paper. Don't you agree?

Stampin' Up! Products

• Poppy Parade cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Petal Pink cardstock
• Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper
• Arrange a Wreath stamp set
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Brilliant Wings dies
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Sequins

Check out my post using the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper HERE.

Simply Stated - No Sentiment Needed

Stampin' Up! Products

• Thick Basic White cardstock
• Card layer measures 11" x 4 1/4"
• Scored at 5 1/2" and 6 3/4"
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer measures 2 9/16" x 2 9/16"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 4"
• Soft Succulent cardstock
• Card layer measures 1" x 4"
• Card layer measures 4" x 4"
• Card layer measures 2 15/16" x 2 15/
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 4"
• Ever Eden Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 3 7/8"
• Cut 1/2" x 3 7/8"
• Cut 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• Remaining measures 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"
• Lovely as a Tree stamp set
• Evening Evergreen ink
• Stitched square dies
• Embroidery Thread
• Dimensionals

Loving the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper

This fun fold design tutorial is available for FREE from me when you make a $50 Stampin' Up! purchase using my Hostess Code.  This fun fold layout, called the Bookbinding Triangle Fancy Fold, is NOT available for purchase. It is included in my Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper Tutorial HERE or in other tutorial which can be found HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper
• Various stamp sets
• Memento Tuxedo black ink
• Modern Label and Word Window punches
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

For more information on the tutorial, click HERE.

Z Front Panel Fun Fold Card

If you like the adorable Ladybug, you WILL LOVE my HELLO LADYBUG FUN FOLD SERIES. In this one tutorial you will make TWENTY different fun folds using the Hello Ladybug stamp set and Ladybug Builder punch. Click HERE for more information.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Real Red cardstock
• Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• Score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"
• Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/8"
• Scrap for ladybug and scallop circle
• Basic Black cardstock
• Card layers measure 4" x 5 1/4" (cut two)
• One of these is adhered to the left panel only
• Refer to diagram available below
• Scrap for ladybug
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
• Scrap for sentiment circle
• Petal Passion Designer Series Paper
• Card panel layer measures 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
• See tip below
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/8"
• Dahlia Days and Hello Ladybug stamp sets
• Memento Tuxedo Black and Real Red inks
• Layering Circle dies
• Ladybug Builder punch
• Rhinestones
• Dimensionals

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

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TIP

Cut the width of your 12" x 12" to 4" x 12" then cut a piece 5 1/8" x 3 7/8". If you are only making one, the left over piece width will be 4" which is a commonly used width.

Thinking of You Blooms

This design is my blog followers all-time favorite tutorial. I've created tutorials for years now and when I released this layout, so many supported my work by purchasing this unique layout that uses the DSP to create a continuous layout. Check out other cards I have posted with this layout HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Fresh Freesia cardstock
• Card base measures 8 1/2" x 5 7/16"
• Score at 4 1/4"
• Fold and trim card base to 4 1/16" x 5 7/16"
• Scrap for flower
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 3 13/16" x 5 3/16"
• Garden Green cardstock
• Scrap for sprig
• Highland Heather cardstock
• Scrap for flower
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Scrap for sprig
• Rich Razzleberry cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 3 13/16" x 5 3/16"
• Scrap for flower
• Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper
• Refer to tutorial for cutting directions
• Heartfelt Blooms
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Itty Bitty Accents punch
• Sprig punch (non SU)
• Pearl Basic Jewels

Easter Magnolia Showcase Fun Fold

I love this layout so I created an eight-page diagram along with a four-page instruction tutorial with pictures.  This tutorial is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! order using my Hostess Code (located at the top right side of my blog - Web Version).  The tutorial is also available to purchase for $3.95 through the link below.  For other examples, click HERE.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Always Artichoke (substituted for Mossy Meadow) cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Petal Pink cardstock
• Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper
• Arrange A Wreath stamp set
• Mossy Meadow ink
• Wink of Stella Clear
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dyed to match
• Dimensionals

Favored Flowers Thank You

If you like the Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper, you will love my tutorial featuring instructions and measurements for FIFTEEN cards, click HERE for more information

Stampin' Up! Products

• Blackberry Bliss cardstock
• Card base measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
• Score at 4 1/4"
• Card layer measures 3 1/8" x 4 3/8"
• Finished banner measures 2 3/8" x 5/8"
• Fresh Freesia cardstock
• Card layer measures 5 1/4" x 4"
• Use Stitched Greenery die
• 
  Card layer (inside) measures 5/8" x 5 1/4"
• Scrap for flowers
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Card layer (inside) measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Finished banner measures 2 1/2" x 1/2"
• Favored Flowers Designer Series Paper
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/4"
  
• Card layer (inside) measures 1/2" x 5 1/4"
• Everything is Rosy stamp set
• Flower stamp set (non SU)
• Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow inks
• Stitched Greenery die
• Flower and leaf dies (non SU)
• Happy Labels Pick A Punch
• Pearl Basic Jewels
• Dimensionals

Regency Park Window Pane Card Layout

Stampin' Up! Products

• Night of Navy cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Mango Melody cardstock
• Regency Park Designer Series Paper
• Happy Labels stamp set
• Flower stamp set (non SU)
• Bumblebee, Night of Navy and Shaded Spruce inks
• Flower dies (non SU)
• Pretty Labels Pick A Punch
• Pearl Basic Jewel
• Dimensionals

This pattern layout is available in the Fitting Florets Designer Series Tutorial HERE, the Rings of Love Designer Series Paper Tutorial HERE.

Four-Quadrilateral Card Layout

Stampin' Up! Products

• Poppy Parade cardstock
• Card base measures 4 1/4" x 11"
• Scored at 5 1/2"
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/4"
• 
  Attach DSP to this layer, refer to diagram
• Basic White cardstock
• Card layer measures 4" x 5 1/4"
• Card layer measures 3 1/8" x 4 3/16"
• Card layer (inside) measures 4 " x 5 1/4"
• Mossy Meadow cardstock
• Scrap for butterflies and sentiment mat
• Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper
  
• Card layer measures 3" x 4 1/16
• Refer to diagram
• Crafts by Beth CPP Sentiments
• Click HERE for more information
• Brilliant Wings dies
• Modern Label and Word Window punches
• Wink of Stella Clear
• Rhinestone
• Dimensionals

The diagram with measurements for the card is FREE, please FOLLOW each step.  These steps must be followed completely. Any email request without FIRST posting a comment on this blog post will be discarded.

1. Follow my blog
2. Post a comment on my blog. Comment link is at the end of this post.
3. EMAIL me asking for the Four-Quadrilateral Layout. If you post a "anonymous" comment on my blog you have to also state in the email that you commented. When you post anonymously I do not have an email address. 

Ladybug Showcase Fun Fold

I love this layout so I created an eight-page diagram along with a four-page instruction tutorial with pictures.  This tutorial is FREE with your $25 Stampin' Up! order using my Hostess Code (located at the top right side of my blog - Web Version).  The tutorial is also available to purchase for $3.95 through the link below. Click HERE for more inspiration.

Stampin' Up! Products

• Real Red cardstock
• Basic Black cardstock
• Basic White cardstock
• Botanical Prints Designer Series Paper
• Botanical Prints and Hello Ladybug stamp sets
• Memento Tuxedo Black and Old Olive ink
• Ladybug Builder punch
• Rhinestones
• Dimensionals

Leaf was cut using a Brother Scan N Cut.

Helpful Tips

Let's take a walk back memory lane and revisit my post on February 14, 2022 which my new subscribers may have missed.  These tips still hold true today! I have found the following the best tips I can pass on as a card maker.

• Die-cutting cutting pads, two pads + a little extra time = NO WARPING!
• Use one pad as the bottom pad - where the die cuts into the pad
• Use one pad that NEVER gets die cut into, label it DO NOT CUT
• Every other pass through your die cut machine, rotate and flip your pads. Don't switch pad positions, just flip and rotate the pads. 
• EVERY OTHER PASS THROUGH is the key.  Yes it takes time, but so worth the money. Now you have more money to spend on Stampin' Up! Products.  You're welcome!

• Cutting your 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper
• If you need a 3 7/8" layer for one card, cut the DSP at 4" x 12". It is more likely you will use the remaining 4" piece on another project.
• If  you need a 2 7/8" layer for one, cut the DSP at 3" x 12". It is more likely you will use the remaining 3" piece of another project

• Storing your Designer Series Paper with scraps
• Before opening your DSP, loosely apply clear packing tape as indicated here. Wrap it around the back just 2" on each side. This allows you to keep your DSP together along with the scraps in the original package. Keep the thicker white cardstock that your DSP comes in for stability while it is stored. I place scraps smaller than 12" x 6" pieces in the back behind the thicker white cardstock.
• I also tape my 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock this way
• Create a file type label with any punch you have.  Attach it to a 12" x 12" piece of heavy cardstock. My DSP is filed alphabetically in an armoire. 

• Color Combinations
• Check the back of a package of SU DSP, the colors that coordinate well are listed there. You don't have to use the DSP to know what colors coordinate.
• Color Coordinating for Dummies - my favorite website, Create, Ink, Color Lab
• Know What You Have
• Create a digital document with digital pictures of your stamps and dies
• Add in descriptions
• Use the "search" feature in that document
• Check out one page of my stamp inventory HERE

• Stampin' Up! now includes a reverse image of the stamp set on the inside of their cases. Make all your older stamp cases look the same!
• I use to save the left over rubber in the case so it was easy to make sure I had returned all the stamps to the case.  Doesn't work for the new stamps. I needed an easy way to insure that I placed all the stamps back.  I scanned the front of the Stampin' Up! image sheet and flipped the picture so I could insert it into the back of the case.  Added my stamps, and WOW I'm a genius! Some computer skills are necessary. The step by step picture tutorial can be downloaded HERE.

• Cling Mount Stamp Labels - Don't throw away the scraps.
• The new Stampin' Up! cling mount stamps now STAY on your acrylic blocks.  Why not make your older Clear Mount stamps STAY by using the scraps?! 
• Try Before You Buy Make
• Use some of your long forgotten DSP that you really don't like but can't part with, use it to create samples. 
• When I challenge myself to make fun fold cards, I also use scrap cardstock and pattern paper.  I design the layout and cut my cardstock.  If I like a style, I write down the card measurements and keep them together for future use.  Look at the messy way I keep this tip.
  
  
  
• Ribbon Embellishments - Do you struggle like I do making your ribbon embellishment behind a sentiment?
• I use Press'n Seal to create ribbon and flower layout designs.  Simply create your ribbon zigzag, with the sticky side down of the Press'n Seal, apply that to your ribbon.  Apply adhesive to where you want to place the embellishment and press your work onto your card.  Gently pull back the Press'n Seal and presto - truly a work of art.

 

• Getting it Straight
• Place a Silicone Craft Sheet on top of the  layer to prevent adhesive such like Dimensionals from being placed crooked on your card.  Move the craft sheet as you slowly attach the card layer