Video Replay: Paper Cutting Tips

Watch the free video to see my favorite paper cutting tips for card making. Snowy Scenes Christmas Card ideas by Patty Bennett

I hope you enjoyed the tips I shared during my video yesterday: I answered one of the questions I get asked often, what is the best way to cut my cardstock and DSP layer for card making? Missed the live? Watch the replay below in this post and shop for supplies online! 6 Cards from …

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Paper Cutting Tips for Cardmakers

Paper Cutting Tips for making cards - live weekly video with Patty Bennett

One of the questions I get asked the most is: what is the best way to cut my cardstock and DSP layer for card making? Today, I am sharing my best tips for creating 4 different card designs with the least amount of waste with your 12×12 designer patterned paper. Join me Live or Watch …

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Stampin’ Blends Coloring Filled With Cheer

Stampin Up! Filled with Cheer stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers. cards by Patty Bennett

  I created lots of cards on our crafting cruise, but other than that, last week was spent playing catch up with my business (customers and team), so I didn’t get to stamp or create any cards.  Over the weekend I looked at the Stampin’ UP! supplies I had not used yet, and this fun …

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Simple Cards featuring Nests of Winter DSP

Stampin' UP! Nests of Winter designer paper card idea featuring Stampin' Blends coloring

Sometimes a fun fold is fabulous. Sometimes a new technique is amazing… and sometimes we just need quick and easy cards!!  Today I’m sharing 2 quick and easy cards with the Nests of Winter suite. I created these a few months ago while participating in a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator online event called Creativity Now. Although …

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Splendid Autumn Pumpkin Spice card

Stampin Up! more than autumn bundle pumpkin spice coffee card featuring Splendid Autumn 6x6 paper stack by Patty Bennett

When you are trying out lots of new products all at once, you add 5 new things onto one card.. wait.. 6!! The star of the show is of course the Pumpkin Spice latte drink, from the adorable More Than Autumn bundle in the new Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog. I also added the piece of …

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I love the Christmas Labels dies!!

Handmade card with the Stampin Up! Christmas Labels dies, Hexagon punch and Reindeer Days patterned paper by Patty Bennett

You may have watched my Unboxing Video where I showcased these great Christmas Labels dies and stamp bundle, but if you missed it, I will tell you again how much I love this bundle!! It’s so versatile and so amazing that the stamps coordinate so well on the dies!!! Low Inventory Alert! I was going …

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Adorable Penguin 12×12 Sampler from Tammy

Stampin Up! Snowy Scenes 12x12 Christmas penguin sampler

What a blessing to receive this adorable Christmas sampler from my friend Tammy!!!  She knows penguins are my favorite, so the Stampin’ Up! Snowy Scenes paper was the perfect choice!! Tammy used several patterns of the Snowy Scenes designer paper pack, concentrating on the penguin patterns (she knows me well).  🙂 Snowy Scenes paper pack …

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3 Panel Arch Cards with Splendid Autumn paper

Stampin Up! Splendid Autumn paper 3 panel arch cards with Autumn Expressions stamp set by Patty Bennett

Oh gosh. I hope this paper is still available by the time you read this.. the Stampin’ UP! Splendid Autumn paper is amazing and so perfect for making these 3 panel arch cards!!   What I learned when making these cards: I watched Jennie’s video here – what a great idea for these 3 panel …

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2 Ways to use this Frame Die

Stampin Up! Winterly Treetops bundle - use the frame die cut as a mask or stencil on your card with Blending Brushes and ink.

Today I’m sharing 2 fun ways to use the beautiful pine frame in the Winterly Treetops bundle.  This is a bundle we used during the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator only Creativity Now event earlier this year, and we were shown how to not only use the die cut piece as a frame, but use it as …

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Beautiful New Nests of Winter patterned paper!

new! Stampin UP Winterly Treetops bundle and Nests of Winter designer paper card by Patty Bennett

If you are looking for some beautiful new patterned papers to use on your crafting projects this fall and winter, I highly recommend the Nests of Winter designer paper from Stampin’ Up!  I’ve used 2 patterns on the card above, and also stamped the greenery swag image 2x to form a wreath on the Spotlight …

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What I made with the left over Splendid Autumn paper

Splendid Autumn chevron cards with left over scrap trips, by Patty Bennett

Remember the 5 different card designs I shared with you last week featuring the Stampin’ Up! Splendid Autumn paper?  (missed it?  click here).  After I was done, I had LOTS of 1/2″ and 3/4″ left over strips, so, I made a handful of these chevron cards! Above and below:  There is no right or wrong …

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5 Ways to Make Cards with Splendid Autumn DSP

Design #2 5 ways to use 6x6 paper to make card, featuring Stampin' Up! splendid autumn paper. tutorial by Patty Bennett

I decided to “revisit” the very popular post and video I shared last year featuring 5 ways to make cards with 6×6 designer paper. I used the Stampin’ Up! Meandering Meadow patterned paper for that, and wanted to recreate it with the Splendid Autumn paper! How to make these cards: Download THIS tip sheet with …

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