Is It Sneaking Up On You?

Shop Stampin' UP! 2019-2020 Annual Catalog Retiring products for papercrafting, card making and memory keeping. www.PattyStamps.com

Is it sneaking up on you?  Because it’s TOTALLY sneaking up on me!!!     The END of the 2019-2020 Annual Stampin’ UP! catalog is Monday, May 3, 2021!! Click to Shop the Retiring Products! As of the time I’m typing this there are still over 150 DISCOUNTED retiring products!!! Thank you for your orders!!  …

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Merry Merlot Prized Peony Gift Card Holder

Merry Merlot cardstock base and ink on Prized Peony flowers creates a striking card. Create a quick and easy gift card holder with Stampin' UP! papercrafting supplies. www.PattyStamps.com

I hope you have been enjoying the Prized Peony projects I’ve been sharing this week!!  All of the projects were inspired by an online class I participated in, created by Leticia and Christy.  For this project, I sealed one flap down and made it a gift card holder, but you could leave both flaps loose …

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Gray Granite & Petal Pink Peony Cards

Peony Garden designer paper features Gray Granite and Petal Pink - gorgeous combo for this 3D Prized Peony floral card! www.PattyStamps.com

  Before purchasing the Peony Garden designer paper this year, I never would have thought to combine Petal Pink and Gray Granite, but they are absolutely striking together!!   I think you’ll love these 2 card ideas inspired by Leticia and Christy!  Below: the square card is 4-1/4″ square, featuring Thick Whisper White cardstock and a …

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Fall Hostess Gift Idea with Punch Art Sunflower

Fall Hostess gift idea featuring Stampin' UP! Metallic Mesh Ribbon on wooden pumpkin. Treats in a jar decorated with sunflower punch art tag. www.PattyStamps.com

So here is my hope… by Thanksgiving, we’ll be able to get together with friends and family, and maybe not even wear a mask!?!? Wishful thinking?  maybe… but I’m ready.. I found this cute wooden pumpkin at Big Lots and thought I’d decorate it and pair it with a little jar of candy to give …

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Whiskey Business Birthday Card for Eric

Whiskey Business Birthday Card featuring coloring with Stampin' Up! Blends markers, Acetate Sheets and gold cards & envelopes by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  My sweet hubby, Eric, celebrated his birthday this week, and this was one of the cards I made for him.  This Whiskey Business birthday card features a new stamp set from Stampin’ UP! and the gorgeous In Good Taste woodgrain paper.  SNEAK PEEK:  the gold cards and envelopes are coming on Aug. 4, 2020 …

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Game On – Time for Chess

Chess pieces from the Game On set colored with Stampin' Blends markers from Stampin' Up! paired with the World of Good suite. www.PattyStamps.com

I think I learned how to play chess many, many years ago, but I don’t remember how anymore. Do you play chess?  I think this card featuring the Game On chess pieces from the Stampin’ UP! stamp set, will be a great card for anyone who enjoys Chess!     The Game On chess pieces …

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Mason Jar Shaker Dome with Sunflowers

Jar of Flowers Sunflower card with Mason Jar shaker dome. Colored with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  Shaker cards are just SO much fun to create and give, and of course even more fun to receive!!  I absolutely LOVE the mason jar shaker domes, new from Stampin’ Up!  Using the Sunflower image from the Jar of Flowers stamp set, I created this cute shaker card.  I also used the Flowers for …

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Time Saving Die Cutting Tip

Use Whisper White Scraps and Stampin' UP! label dies to cut lots of labels at once. Keep them in a container, ready to stamps and use! Die Cutting Tip from www.PattyStamps.com

I love my wonderful box of die cut labels, just waiting and ready for stamped greetings for my handmade cards!  I hope you enjoy this Die Cutting Tip!! 1. When you have scraps of Whisper White Cardstock, use them with all of the label dies you own, and die cut a ton of them at …

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Shimmery White Embossing Paste Background Technique

Stampin Up Shimmery White Embossing Paste background, colored with ink refills / reinker color, then spread on cardstock. Butterfly Beauty die cut on top. www.PattyStamps.com

  A year ago… yep, a whole year ago, I made this amazing Butterfly Beauty card with the Shimmery White Embossing Paste background!  This is a super fun and easy technique that you can recreate whether you are making cards at home, or teaching this to friends or at an event! Kurstan taught us how …

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