Fresh Cut Stems Flower Cards with Masks

Stampin' UP! flower cards with Fresh Cut Stems dies colored with Stampin' Blends markers and Blending Brushes by Patty Bennett

    Did you do what I did? Looked through the annual catalog earlier this year, saw the Fresh Cut Flowers stamp set on page 65 and said, Oh, Pretty, but… I’m not fussy cutting all that out!! So, imagine my delight when I saw the offer for the Fresh Cut Stems dies this month!! …

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Candy Cane Stripes and Snowflakes

Adorning Designs decorative masks from Stampin Up! creates a cute candy cane note card for Christmas. www.pattystamps.com

Make your own backgrounds with Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes!  I made cute candy cane stripes and snowflakes for my backgrounds!   Using the Adorning Designs Masks from Stampin’ Up!, Blending Brushes and ink pads, I created cute backgrounds for these note cards!    Decorative masks from Stampin’ Up! are 6×6 and are available in …

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How to Use the Seasonal Decorative Masks – video tutorial

  Have you tried out the Decorative Masks from Stampin' UP! to create custom backgrounds? Watch my VIDEO TUTORIAL below in this post to see how easy it is!     The background I created with the Seasonal Decorative masks for my Cookie Cutter Scarecrow card is Crushed Curry ink on Crushed Curry Cardstock. I …

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Summer Smooch Decor Stencil – limited time only!

Kits & Tutorials available from Patty Bennett Shop online for Stampin' Up! Supplies 24/7 How to get the NEW 2012/2013 Stampin' Up! Catalog in May! ———– It's hard to believe the availability of this pretty Summer Smooches Decor Stencil is almost over.. it's only available until April 30, 2012 and then it's NEVER TO BE …

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Luv 2 Stamp Group – Stamp a Rama June event, part 1

One of the activities I offer my direct recruits and our Power Team (supervisors and above) is a quarterly Stamp A Rama event – it's a shoebox swap.  We each bring a finished card or 3-d project with enough supplies for the rest of us to go around and make each project.  We always have a …

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Elegant Trio Stencil Class – part 1

This week I taught a class than featured the ELEGANT TRIO stencil pack from the Definitely Decorative brochure from Stampin' Up! (see below for ordering codes). We made  4 different cards.. below is card #1 and card #2 for you .., tomorrow I'll feature cards 3 and 4.   Join my LUV 2 STAMP GROUP and …

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Guest Book Simply Scrappin’ meets Elegant Trio Stencil

I had a great time playing with my Elegant Trio Stencils.  I combined the stencils with the GUEST BOOK Simply Scrappin’ Kit to whip up several thank you notes.  The GUEST BOOK SS kit has a wedding theme, but you certainly don’t have to be making wedding invites or a wedding scapbook to use this amazing kit! …

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Elegant Trio Stencil THANKS cards

Seems I'm always stamping Thank You cards… it's lovely to have a reason to give thanks! 🙂 I created these last week.. I love my new Elegant Trio Stencils from the Definitely Decorative Catalog insert (pg 11).. watch for a tutorial on this soon… and if you are coming to my June stencil class, you'll make …

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Elegant Trio Stencils from Stampin’ Up!

I've been PLAYING !!! I LOVE my new ELEGANT TRIO stencil pack from Stampin' Up!  You'll find it in the new Definitely Decorative catalog supplement. More details and close up photos to come in a week or so…. Elegant Trio Stencil Class – June 15 and 16 at 7pm .. don't miss it!  Reserve your spot today! …

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Jason’s Birthday Card with Stampin’ Up! Stencils

Yesterday was Jason's birthday.. and he likes the fleur–de–lis symbol, so I thought why not make him a card with our fleur-de-lis stencils! You'll find these stencils on pg 11 of the newest Definitely Decorative catalog supplement. I ripped a page out of an old dictionary and stenciled right over it using sponge daubers and …

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Framed Christmas Gifts – Stampin’ Up! style!

I made a few of these for gifts.. I think they turned out pretty!!  Special Thanks to Mary Rager for the idea to use the "Kind Thoughts Brocade" Stencil from Stampin' Up! with the ornament stencils! The ornaments are stenciled with SPONGE DAUBERS and the following colors of Classic Stampin' Up! ink: Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay …

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Vintage Ornaments II stencil card

One of the cards we made at Linda's workshop was this one, using the Vintage Ornaments stencils in the Stampin' Up! Definitely Decorative Catalog!  We sponged Rich Razzleberry using the ornament portion and Platinum Shimmer paint sponged over that using the detail portion of the stencil - (the stencil is on pg 29 of the Definitely Decorative catalog).  …

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