Cut It • Craft It • Use It Zero-Scrap Challenge! (December 2025 Paper Crafting Challenge)

 Are you ready for a fun, motivating, and budget-friendly papercrafting challenge to finish the year strong? Welcome to the One Pack, Zero Waste DSP Challenge, running all throughout December at Stampin’ Among the Gum Trees. If you love cardmaking, scrapbooking, and turning pretty paper into beautiful gifts, this is the challenge for you.

Designer Series Paper is one of the most loved and most hoarded crafting supplies. We all do it — we buy a gorgeous pack, use a couple of sheets, cut a few pieces for a project… and then it sits on the shelf because we don’t want to “waste” the pretty patterns. The irony? Those leftover bits and half-used packs often don’t get used at all. This challenge flips that thinking on its head.

We’ll take ONE full pack of Designer Series Paper and for 31 creative, inspiring days use every single piece. Nothing goes in the bin. Nothing hides in a drawer. No scraps leftover. Every sheet gets turned into cards, tags, boxes, treat bags, scrapbook layouts, gift packaging, and even small embellishments. You’ll be shocked at how much you can make from one pack when you approach your crafting intentionally.

The challenge begins on 1st December, and the first thing you need to do is vote for the DSP pack we’ll be using as a group. Once voting closes, I’ll post cutting templates, project ideas, sketches, and tutorials throughout the month to keep you inspired and motivated. Whether you like clean and simple designs, scrap-busting layouts, or 3D projects, you’ll find plenty of ideas to keep your creativity flowing.

One of the biggest benefits of the challenge is learning how to maximise your paper. You’ll learn smart cutting strategies that reduce waste, ways to use leftover strips on cards, ideas for layering, and tips for turning even the tiniest off-cuts into embellishments and labels. The goal isn't just to use one pack — it’s to teach you a set of skills you’ll use all year long.

This challenge is perfect if you're:
• wanting to use up your stash before the new mini catalogue arrives
• looking for a daily creative prompt
• hoping to save money by using what you already have
• needing Christmas cards, tags and gift packaging
• wanting to build a card stash for birthdays, thank yous and occasions
• or just wanting to craft with a supportive creative community.

Join me on our YouTube channel every day at 2.30pm to see how I'm using up the whole pack of 12 sheets of 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper!

The jump over to our Stampin' Among the Gum Trees Facebook group to share your makes, track your progress, and cheer each other on. The Stampin’ Among the Gum Trees community is friendly, encouraging, and full of ideas — the perfect place to craft through December.

Let’s finish 2025 feeling inspired, organised and creative… one beautiful sheet of Designer Series Paper at a time.