Saturday, 18 January 2025

Stash Busting Saturday - 12 Ways to use 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone, for this week's Stash Buster I have made 12 cards using 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper.  I used one sheet of patterned paper from the Mediterranean Blooms 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper Pack, which I cut into 3" x 4" pieces, along with the Lemon images from another sheet of patterned paper in the same pack.

I set myself a little challenge to see how I could adapt the 3" x 4" pieces of Designer Series Paper to make full sized cards.  All the card bases are the metric 10.5cm x 14.85cm.  All the other measurements are in imperial as I found it easier to measure and cut using imperial so that I did not have any small scraps.


I have used the same embellishment layout for each card to make things a little easier for myself.  The sentiment is from the Citrus Blooms stamp set, the ribbon is the Daffodil Delight 3.2mm Satin Ribbon which is available in the new January-April 2025 Mini Catalogue and the little bit of bling is from the Tinsel Gems Four Pack.

Card 1


On the 4" side (this is the long side) from the bottom measure up 1" on the right hand side and 1 1/2" up on the left hand side.  Cut on the diagonal from the 1" mark to the 1 1/2" mark.

Adhere these pieces to a cardstock mat that measures 3 1/8" x 4 7/8".  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 5" x 1 1/8" and emboss this.  Adhere this across the card front on the diagonal to cover the gap between the two pieces of Designer Series Paper.  Trim off any excess on either side.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 2


On the 4" side cut at 2 3/4" so you have two pieces, one measuring 2 3/4" x 3" and 1 1/4 x 3".  Adhere these to a cardstock mat cut at 3 1/8" x 4 7/8".  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1" x 3 1/2" and emboss this.  Adhere to the cut from over the gap between the 2 pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 3


On the 4" side cut at 1" and 3" so you have 3 pieces, 2 measuring 1" x 3" and 1 measuring 2" x 3".  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 1 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 2 1/4" x 3 1/4".  

Adhere these pieces to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 4


On the 4" side cut at 2 1/4", 3 1/3" and 3/4" so you have 3 pieces, 1 measuring 2 1/4" x 3, 1 measuring 1" x 3" and 1 measuring 3/4" x 3".  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 2 1/2" x 3 1/4", 1 1/4" x 3 1/4" and 1" x 3 1/4".  

Adhere these pieces to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 5


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 3 strips that measure 1" x 4".  Then cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom edge of these 3 pieces.  You will have 3 pieces that are 1" x 2 1/2" and 3 pieces that are 1" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 1" x 2 1/2" pieces to the top of the 1 1/8" x 5 7/16 cardstock mats and the 1" x 1 1/2" pieces to the bottom of the cardstock mats. Adhere these to the card front.  

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1 1/2" x 3 15/16" and emboss.  Adhere to the card front covering the gap between the pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.
 
Card 6



Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 2 strips that measure 1 1/2" x 4".  Then cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom edge of these 2 pieces.  You will have 2 pieces that are 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" and 2 pieces that are 1 1/2"" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces to the top of the 1 5/8" x 5 1/8" cardstock mats and the 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" pieces to the bottom of the cardstock mats. Adhere these to the card front.  

Cut a cardstock strip that measures 1 1/2" x 3 7/8" and emboss.  Adhere to the card front covering the gap between the pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.
 
Card 7


Cut a 7/8" x 4" strip from the left hand side of the 3" x 4" (cut on the 3" edge) piece of patterned paper.  You will have 2 pieces, 1 that measures 7/8" x 4" and 1 that measures 3 1/8" x 4".  Adhere these to the cardstock mat cut at 4 1/8" x 4 1/4" (or 10.5cm x 10.3cm).  Adhere to the card front.

Cut a strip that measures 1 1/2" x 5" and emboss.  Adhere this to the card front covering the gap between the 2 pieces of patterned paper.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 8


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1 1/2" x 2" rectangles, you will have 4 pieces.  Adhere these to cardstock mats cut at 1 5/8" x 2 1/8" and adhere to the card front

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 9


Cut the 3" x 4" piece of patterned paper on the 4" edge at 1 1/2" and 2 1/2", you will have 3 pieces, 2 that measure 1 1/2" x 3 and 1 that measures 1" x 3".  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" (2 mats) and 1 1/4" x 3 1/4".

Adhere to the card front and add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 10


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1" x 4" strips, you will have 3 pieces.  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 1/8" x 4 1/8" and then adhere to the card front staggering them to create the step up look.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 11


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 1" x 3" pieces, you will have 4 pieces.  Adhere these to the cardstock mats cut at 1 1/8" x 3 1/8".  Adhere these to the card front.

Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

Card 12


Cut the 3" x 4" piece into 2 strips, 1 measuring 1" x 4" and 1 measuring 2" x 4".  Cut up 1 1/2" from the bottom of these two strips so you have 1 piece at 2" x 2 1/2", 1 at 1" x 2 1/2", 1 at 2" x 1 1/2" and 1 at 1" x 1 1/2".  Adhere the 2" wide pieces to the cardstock mat cut at 5 1/8" x 2 1/8" leaving a gap in the middle and adhere the 1" wide pieces to the cardstock mat cut at 5 1/8" x 1 1/8" leaving a gap in the middle.

Cut a strip of cardstock that measures 1 1/2" x 3 7/8", emboss and adhere to the card front covering the gap between the patterned paper.  Add your embellishments and sentiment to finish.

I hope you enjoyed this week's Stash Buster projects.

If you live in Australia

    you can get all the supplies you need 
for this project from me.

You can place an order online or Contact Me and place an order. 


Thank you for visting.
Carolyn

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