Hi Everyone, Today I have a great project for batch making cards and making your designer series paper go much further. Just by careful cutting, I have managed to make 14 cards from just one sheet of the beautiful Brightly Gleaming dsp. Check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, click on the link below: YouTube video tutorial Materials 1 sheet of 12” x 12” designer series paper (Brightly Gleaming) 7 sheets of thick very vanilla card stock Copper foil card stock Scraps of contrasting card stock for mats (I’ve used night of navy, mossy meadow and pretty peacock) Scraps of very vanilla for stamping Stamp set for sentiments (I’ve used several, pictures below in the product list) Night of navy ink Pretty peacock ink Mossy meadow ink Punches and die cuts for sentiments (pictures in product list below) Trimmer Simply scored Bone folder Multipurpose adhesive Dimensionals Instructions The cutting plan is on this template but as you will see from the video, I didn’t use the pieces in exactly the way that I had planned. I adapted a couple of the sections as I was working through. Here is how to cut the 12 x 12: Cut 1 - cut a 2” horizontal strip, then cut this strip into 4 x 2" and 1 x 4" Cut 2 - cut a 2" vertical strip down left hand side of remaining paper and then cut this strip into 2 x 2" and 1 x 5 5/8" (tiny bit left) Cut 3 - cut a 2 1/2" strip from left hand side, then cut this into 1 x 4 1/4" and 1 x 5 5/8" (tiny bit left). These two pieces then need to be divided - the 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" cut diagonally corner to corner to make two triangles and the other piece split vertically in half at 1 1/4". Cut 4 - Cut a 3" strip from the left hand side and then split into 1 x 4" and 2 x 3". Then split the 4" x 3" in half at 1 1/2". Cut 5 - Final strip is 4 1/2", cut this at 2", 2 x 1/2", 1 x 3" and 1 x 3 3/4". The two larger pieces then cut on the diagonal, corner to corner to make triangles. All of the card bases are cut at 5 7/8" x 8 1/4", scored at 4 1/8", fold and burnish. There are three contrasting colours in this designer series paper, mossy meadow, night of navy and pretty peacock so I decided to do 4 of each colour originally but actually ended up with 6 pretty peacock ones due to changing up the design that I had originally thought of. You will see what I mean as I go through, for each card I will give you the dimensions of the layers and the colours and stamp sets, punches, dies that I have used. Card 1 Night of navy ink and mat layer (2 1/8" x 5 3/4") Dsp 2" x 5 5/8" Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set Card 2 Old olive ink (I don't have mossy meadow) and mossy meadow mat layers 1 3/8" x 5 3/4" x 2 Dsp 1 1/4" X 5 5/8" X 2 Mossy Meadow sentiment mat and very vanilla stamping layer die cut with Tasteful Label dies Perfectly Plaid stamp set Card 3 Pretty Peacock ink and mat layers 3 x 2 1/8" square DSP 3 x 2" square Gift Wrapped stamp set Card 4 Night of navy ink and mat layers, cut a piece 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" and then cut diagonally to match the dsp DSP 2 1/2" x 4 1/4", then cut diagonally, make sure that the dsp and card layers match (its a really easy mistake to make, ask me how I know??) Scraps of very vanilla and night of navy card punched out with 2" and 2 1/4" circle punches Itty Bitty Christmas and Festive post stamp sets Card 5 Mossy meadow mat layers 1 x 3 1/4" square and 1 x 2 1/8" x 1 1/2" Old olive ink Copper foil 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and I've used the Winter Snow Embossing Folder Rectangular Postage Stamp punch for the sentiment layer Perfectly Plaid stamp set Card 6 My original design as per the template was to use 1 large square and 2 small squares on this card but it didn't look right, the squares were too big. (This is where the extra pieces came from for card 13 and 14). Pretty peacock ink and mat layers 1 x 3 1/4" square and 1 2 1/4" x 1 1/8" DSP 3" square Very vanilla 2" x 1" for the sentiment Copper foil 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and I've used the Winter Snow Embossing Folder Arrange a Wreath stamp set Card 7 Night of navy ink and mat layer 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" DSP 1 1/2" x 4" Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set Card 8 Mossy meadow mat layers 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" and 2 1/4" square Old Olive ink DSP 1 1/2" x 4" and 2" square Perfectly Plaid and Gift Wrapped stamp sets Card 9 On the two pieces that are labelled 9 on the template, I have drawn some circles, my original idea was to punch out circles or Christmas trees or bows or something but I decided that wouldn't work for this dsp, so I left them as two rectangles. One I have used for this card, the other for Card 10. Night of navy ink and mat layer 2 1/4" x 4 1/4", scrap for the sentiment which I have fussy cut after adding the sentiment layer. DSP 2" x 4" Copper foil 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and I've used the Winter Snow Embossing Folder Very vanilla scrap Classic Label punch Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set Card 10 Pretty peacock ink and mat layer 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" (I've stamped stars all over this layer using pretty peacock ink and a stamp from Gift Wrapped stamp set). Copper foil mats 4 3/4" x 2 1/2" and 2 7/8" x 5/8" DSP 4 1/2" x 2" Very vanilla scrap for the sentiment Card 11 Mossy meadow mat layer 4 3/4" x 3 1/4" cut diagonally corner to corner DSP 4 1/2" x 3" cut diagonally corner to corner, make sure it matches the card layer Old olive ink Perfectly Plaid stamp set Card 12 Pretty peacock ink and mat layer 4 3/4" x 4" cut diagonally corner to corner DSP 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" cut diagonally corner to corner Poinsettia Petals stamp set Card 13 Using one of the 2" squares from 6 on the template DSP 2" square Pretty peacock ink and mat layers 2 1/4" square and 2 3/4" square Copper foil mat layer 2 1/2" square Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set Card 14 Using one of the 2" squares from 6 on the template Pretty peacock ink and mat layers 2 1/4" square and 2 3/4" x 4" Very vanilla mat 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Copper foil 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" (I haven't embossed this one) Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set On the template you will see that I cut 2 x 1/2" x 4 1/2" strips and I had these left over, I couldn't think of anything useful to do with them but maybe you can I do hope that you will give this a try, you don't have to follow my layouts, try your own, its fun and makes your designer series paper go a long way. 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Happy Crafting, Karen XXX Product List Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] Copper Foil Sheets [142020] 2" (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch [133782] 2-1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720] Classic Label Punch [141491] Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] Paper Trimmer [152392] Simply Scored [122334] Bone Folder [102300] Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150513] Perfectly Plaid Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [149418] Gift Wrapped Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153432] Festive Post Photopolymer Stamp Set [153460] Arrange A Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152587] Poinsettia Petals Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153475] Winter Snow 3D Embossing Folder [153577]