Another beautiful paper on the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale is the Beauty of the Earth Paper as you see in this Beauty of the Earth Friendship Card. You have nine select papers to choose from in this sale, all 15% off! One of the packages is the In Good Taste DSP which has 24 sheets in it! There are two each of twelve designs, all great designs for texture and background for cardmaking and scrapbooking. The rest of the papers are the usual size, 12 sheets, two each of six designs.

For this card, I copied the design I saw on Instagram from an Artisan Design Team member where she used horizontal strips of designer paper for the card front. I used a different paper and greeting, but used the same strip method. This is a great way to use up scraps of designer paper or you can even use regular cardstock too. You can stamp the cardstock first and cut it into strips. Lots of possibilities

I used the Beauty of the Earth Designer Paper, on sale now, for my strips. To match, I used Mossy Meadow Cardstock for the card base and then a layer of Cajun Craze. I tried out several different colors but I liked these the best at the time. I didn’t have measurements for the card so I just played around until I got something that worked. If you want wider strips, just use five strips or even four. Here is a card I made using three vertical panels of designer paper.

My designer paper strips on this card are 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. If you only had the card base, then you might make the length of the strip 4″ wide. I just eyeballed the placement of the strips, no measuring! You could also place them touching each other, not with a space in between. Do what you like!

The greeting is in the Beauty of Friendship Stamp Set. I think it’s a great sentiment and certainly true! I stamped it in Mossy Meadow Ink and die cut with a die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. Then I played around with various dies in the same set and colors of cardstock, finally settling on Mossy Meadow diecut with one of the long dies to go behind the greeting to help it stand out. And a couple of Gilded Gems on each end for a little pizzazz!

Try your hand at this paper technique! It’s fun and easy! Just eyeball everything and make minor adjustments if needed. Have fun!