New Stampin’ Blends Markers

 Have you checked out the new Stampin' Blends marker colors available in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog?  Find them marked with an "n" on page 205 in your 2018-2019 Stampin' UP! catalog.  See them all HERE online. If you love to color, you are going to love coloring, blending and shading with these!      I …

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Guest Artists share Rainbow Pad Card Ideas

  I always have a monthly challenge / Prize Patrol for my Luv 2 Stamp group (team of demonstrators), and for the month of July, I challenged them to use a Stampin' UP! Spectrum / Rainbow pad .. ink it up with 5 different ink refills and create at least 4 projects.  Once they shared …

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Blended Season Stamp Set Thank You Card idea

  I love this gorgeous new LIMITED TIME offer bundle from Stampin' Up!: Blended Season stamp set and coordinating Stitched Season framelit dies!   I also LOVE the amazing samples I've seen online, but I needed over 100 thank you cards, so I had to make something quick!!   I knew I wanted to use the …

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Wild about You Animal Outing Birthday Card for Eric

  Hello!! I have another Birthday Card Idea for you today .. this was another card I made for my hubby to celebrate his big day. I used the Stampin' Up! Animal Outing stamp set and the fun Animal Expedition designer paper for this cute "wild about you" card! Because you know… I'm kinda wild …

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Rainbow Spectrum Pad birthday card for Eric

   HI friends!!  On our recent Stampin' Up! cruise to Alaska, we got to celebrate a very special birthday ALL WEEK LONG!!  My hubby, Eric, turned 60 and we took advantage of each special opportunity, adventure and restaurant as a way to celebrate his milestone!!  I'll be sharing more of his birthday cards over the …

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Tropical Chic treat ideas & 4×4 card

   Follow along on our Seattle/Alaska Cruise adventure HERE See Patty's 2 week special offer HERE Today I am sharing 3 fun projects with you, all featuring the SUPER popular Tropical Chic bundle and Tropical Chic designer paper!!  Reminder!! The Tropical Chic paper is currently part of the July paper special!!! CLICK for details.   …

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Bokeh Dots Rainbow background Birthday Card idea

Follow along on our Seattle/Alaska Cruise adventure HERE See Patty’s 2 week special offer HERE   Hello! Thank you for joining me today for another handstamped card idea!  Today I am featuring the Stampin’ Up! Bokeh Dots background stamp as well as the Spectrum Rainbow pad that I inked with my Stampin’ Up! ink refills! …

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Stampin’ Up! Alaska Cruise Swap Card by Patty Bennett

 See Patty's 2 week special offer HERE   I hope you have had fun following me on our Alaskan Cruise Adventure this week! I've been posting from Seattle and the Cruise ship whenever I can!!  You can see those posts HERE. While we are on the ship, one of the Stampin' UP! activities is a …

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Zippy Summer Color Combo for Varied Vases bundle

Follow along on our Seattle/Alaska Cruise adventure HERE See Patty's 2 week special offer HERE   The Stampin' UP! Varied Vases bundle paired with the thick Whisper White note cards can create a very Clean and Simple card design with just a bit of stamping and some punched vases! I used the Vase Builder punch …

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Broadway Bound Suite “Make a Wish” birthday cards

Follow along on our Seattle/Alaska Cruise adventure HERE See Patty's 2 week special offer HERE   If you love fun, bright and bold cards, you are going to love this birthday card idea!!  I used the Broadway Bound suite of Stampin' Up! products on pages 68-69 in your 2018-2019 catalog, or HERE online.  Take advantage …

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Spectrum Rainbow Pad Direct to Paper Background

  I have been enjoying using my custom Spectrum pad, that I inked with Stampin' Up! ink refills (see this post).  Today I am sharing a different way to use your rainbow pad… I used "direct to paper" technique with my watercolor paper, spritzed it, added more ink with my refills and blended with the …

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Stampin’ Blends coloring on Petal Palette flowers

  Today I am excited to share these Petal Palette flower stamps from Stampin 'UP! .. I LOVE this rose image!!  I colored these stamped roses with my NEW Stampin' Blends markers (live last week on video) and then die cut the images and added them to this card!!  I hope you enjoy this idea!  …

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