Paper Highlight: Patterned Paper You Don’t Want to Miss
When it comes to paper crafts, the right paper can make all the difference. We created paper that is high-quality and beautifully illustrated by our in-house artists. Every detail of every product is meticulously examined, but our passion for paper crafting shines through our Designer Series Paper. Find out what we have in store for you and get inspiration for how to use some of our favorite collections!
Why Designer Series Paper Matters in Crafting
Paper is pretty essential in the world of paper crafting. Using a paper product that is strong, beautiful, and versatile matters. Regardless of your crafting skill, if you use poor-quality paper, your final project likely won’t meet your expectations. That’s why we’ve worked so hard to create high-quality and gorgeous paper. Many of our prints are hand-painted by our in-house artists and are acid and lignin-free. Every project is an opportunity to spread your creative wings and we want to make sure the paper you use is perfect.
Beautiful Designer Paper From Our Catalogs
We offer patterned paper, or Designer Series Paper as we call it, in inspiring colors, textures, and patterns. We have hand-crafted the designs of each page, ensuring that the details and colors coordinate and work with a wide variety of other Stampin’ Up! products. We’ve pulled together a few of our favorites to help you start your next project.
Nature’s Sweetness
The cacao plant inspired the Nature’s Sweetness Designer Series Paper and embodies the gentle, soothing tones of the natural world while adding a little whimsy and delicacy to your project. The simplicity of this series makes it universally useful, with neutral tones and brighter pops of oranges and gold to add some vibrancy. Of course, it’s easy to imagine how this set could be used for a fall-themed card or invitation, but this set has endless possibilities.
Perennial Lavender
One of our most versatile paper series yet, the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper adds delicate charm to every project. This set works beautifully as a background, full of texture and life that complements the rest of the project. Consider this darling set of cards made with the Perennial Lavender Designer Series paper, complete with Lavender Die Cuts. You could also use the Painted Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set to add pops of color with ease!
This set will brighten your next craft, perfect for spring, and easy to incorporate for invitations to weddings, showers, or spring events!
Country Woods
Add country charm or shabby chic elegance to your next paper craft with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. This delightful bundle includes wood textures of all types, from a deep rustic brown to a whitewashed oak. We’ve even created pages with multi-colored wood slabs to add a pop of color and texture to your project!
The wood pattern in this Designer Series Paper set lends itself beautifully to more rustic projects but don’t let that pattern fool you. A wood background works for so many projects, like the delightful bunting invitation. Without the texture and dimension of the background, the rest of the invite would fall flat and feel less intentional. The extra detail of the wood complements the cheerful colors and textures in the rest of the card.
Marbled Elegance
Marbled Elegance Designer Series Paper is a versatile and exciting paper to use in so many projects. Of course, what first comes to mind is a charming homemade Valentine, especially the depth of the colors and pops of gold. Because the paper itself is a mini work of art, this is a great paper for beginners to use. You’ll get a lot of detail and dimension from the paper, so you don’t have to use advanced techniques to get an impressive card!
Use this paper for an invite to a Galentine’s event or make a custom Valentine for a loved one who lives far away. When Valentine’s Day has come and gone, this paper can be used to create unique invitations, tags, and more!
Floral Delight
If you want the recipient of your handmade card to feel like sunshine is BURSTING from the envelope, boy, do we have a Designer Series Paper set for you. The bright florals and cheery graphic designs in classic patterns like gingham, polka dots, and canvas in the Floral Delight include yellows and oranges ready for cards, tags, and scrapbook pages for a touch of spring, summer, or autumn. You can even fussy cut the large flowers to create an eye-catching focal point on your card, as pictured below.
Beautiful Bokeh
Bokeh is a photography technique that blurs an image’s background to create a hazy and whimsical aesthetic. The Beautiful Bokeh collection of dappled paper is the perfect colorful palette to pair with butterflies and sparkles and can act as a showpiece to your cards.
The soft colors and patterns can be used for many occasions to make eye-catching banners or pair them with complimentary two-tone cardstock in Bubble Bath, Pool Party, or Petunia Pop for fun multicolored gift tags and scrapbook pages.
3 Creative Ways To Use Designer Series Paper
The possibilities for paper crafting are endless, but sometimes, a little inspiration can help get your creative ideas flowing. Here are three of our favorite ways to use Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!
Think Outside The Box
The Marbled Elegance Designer Series Paper lends itself easily to Valentine’s Day, but there are many ways to use this unique paper throughout the year. We created this adorable card that could be sent to someone who needs a little encouragement and an adorable reminder of how important they are to you.
Note that we used the marble effect to mimic whimsical ripples in water and added fish stamps to enhance the “water.” When you see the Marble Elegance Paper, you likely don’t think of an “adorable otter card,” but by thinking outside the box, you can create a unique and meaningful card.
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The Versatility of Paper!
One of the reasons paper crafting is so enjoyable is the ability to construct, bend, fold, and mold paper into whatever you want to create. For example, we used Christmas patterned paper as wrapping paper for a small gift and made a coordinating tag!
Layer With Abandon
Our designer Series Paper is beautiful on its own, but to truly express your full creativity, layering various patterned and solid paper is a great way to add depth to your card. Our paper was designed to be strong and easy to work with, making it easy to use in many unique ways.
Our Designer Series Paper sets include solids and patterns created to coordinate and complement each other. There are endless combinations and opportunities to layer papers creatively to add depth to your project—they are a paper crafter’s dream. An extra layer of coordination that we add to our products is ensuring we have ink collections that match the color palette for each set of Designer Series Paper. Our paper was designed to be strong and easy to work with, making it easy to use in many unique ways—like on the scrapbook page below. A full sheet of patterned paper from the Storybook Moments Designer Series Paper pack was torn and used for this scrapbook page full of other elements from the Storybook Moments Suite Collection.
Start Your Next Paper Project With Stampin’ Up!
When it comes to beautiful, versatile, and high-quality paper for cards, invites, scrapbook pages, tags, thank you cards, and other paper crafts, the only choice is Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper. Acid and lignin-free, with so many patterns, colors, and textures designed by professional artists, these pages offer as much creative freedom as possible. We love designing new paper and delight in watching your creativity soar with innovative ideas for each set. If you are ready to start crafting, you can contact a demonstrator to help you find the best Designer Series Paper for your next project. Want to become a demonstrator and have your hobby become your business? Find out how to become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator today!