A Few of my Favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Products - Week 1 (Designer Series Papers)

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for stopping in. Today is the first post dedicated to my favorite retiring products. Why am I sharing these? Well I want to help crafters know how to have great products as well as getting the products that will be the best for the bucks and have lots of uses. I plan to focus on one category each week. 

The Last Chance Sale begins on April 9th. Many products have discounted prices, so be sure to go online to see what they are. I will also mention in my blog posts if the products I'm sharing are discounted or not. 

This brings me to my first topic. Designer Series and Specialty Papers. I know if you are a crafter, you love patterned papers. Stampin' Up! has gorgeous Designer and Specialty Papers. In my recent video, I mention how Stampin' Up! DSP stands well above the rest. 

• Beautiful and artistically designed
• Perfect color coordination
• Product Coordination

This card has two of the three things I mentioned above. It is beautiful and artistically designed and has perfect color coordination. This paper is called Forever Love. It is a 12" x 12" Specialty paper. This means that one side of the designer series paper has metallic features. In this case the metallic features are beautiful flowers and designs. 

When it comes to color coodination, Stampin' Up! is the best! It's an amazing process to the creation of the designer series papers. Artists sketch, paint, color the patterns and images. Then the art pieces are scanned into a computer and color matched to Stampin' Up! color offerings. It's amazing! This card features Pretty Peacock cardstock and ink. The Forever Love DSP is also in Pretty Peacock and it's a perfect match! I love this feature. The projects you create look so rich and just wonderful. 

Another reason to love Stampin' Up! designer series paper is how it coordinates with other products. This Bee Mine Valentine Bundle is so cute and using the Bee Mine 12" x 12" Designer Series paper creates great projects. 

This designer series paper is so cute! Pairing in with the Bee Mine Valentine Bundle for cards, memory pages, or treat bags is so much fun. The Stamp set and bee punch are carrying over, but this DSP is retiring. If you have the Bee Mine Valentine Bundle, you might want to stock up on this fabulous DSP. I know that I am for sure!

Another specialty paper I am going to suggest is Vellum. Vellum is a type of transulent cardstock. In this card, I used the Vellum Basics Specialty paper. This is Vellum that has some designs. There are diagonal stripes, dots, and leaves. You can die-cut and punch out Vellum. There are many ways to use Vellum too. The Vellum Basics will be 40% off beginning April 9th. 

There is one more type of paper products that I want to call out and tell you the couple that you need to put on your list. These are Specialty papers that do not have designs for the most part. 

• Soft Shimmer 12" x 12" Specialty Paper (not overly shimmery, just perfect)
• White Center 12" x 12" Specialty paper (great for techniques) Also going to be 50% off beginning April 9th.

I hope you take some time to check out the Designer Series and Specialty papers available. Take note of all the retiring papers. All the DSP retires each year with the exception of two. You can also check out my video for more details.

Thanks again for stopping in and Happy Stampin'

Mary Blocher

Mary's Stampin' Café