4 Pocket Card from 2 Gift Bags

A handmade floral card features red and pink flowers with green leaves on white backgrounds, layered over black and white leafy paper. The card is tied with white ribbon and accented with a strip of red. The words “THINKING” and “Patty Bennett pattystamps.com” appear. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

4 Pocket card features 2 Gift Bags! This handmade birthday card features 2 Stampin’ Up! Gift Bags decorated with the Textured Botanical paper. It creates 4 pockets that are filled with fun notes and tags! The Hole Punch assortment includes 3 punches, I have used 2 punches (shown above) that are perfect for this project. …

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Live Video today: 4 Pocket Card

A promotional graphic for a “4 Pocket Card” Facebook Live crafting event with Patty Bennett, showing floral handmade cards. The event is on April 25 at 10am PT/1pm ET. Facebook and Live icons, heart, and Patty’s branding are also featured. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

4 Pocket card features 2 Gift Bags! Join me to see how amazing this card is!! It features 2 Stampin’ Up! Gift Bags decorated with the Textured Botanical paper. It creates 4 pockets that are filled with fun notes and tags! This project was inspired by a swap from Amy Combs. Join me Live or …

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Tiled Technique Explosion Cards

Explosion cards featuring the Tiled Techniques stamp set from Stampin' Up!. #164829 By Patty Bennett

If you watched my Explosion card video yesterday or on Friday, you saw these fun Tiled Technique cards. They use the same 6×6 paper and card making supplies as the other explosion cards I shared, but have a little different vibe. The Tiled Techniques stamp set is on the LAST CHANCE LIST so don’t snooze …

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Easy Explosion Card Video Tutorial

Inside of Stampin' Up! explosion card featuring 6x6 Mixed Media Florals paper, by Patty Bennett

Thank you to everyone who joined my live card making video yesterday as I shared tips for making easy Explosion cards with Stampin’ Up! 6×6 paper! If you missed the live, no worries.. find the replay at the bottom of this post!!! yay! Supplies & Dimensions: You’ll want to save or pin this image if …

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Learn How to Make Easy Explosion Cards

Learn how to make an easy explosion card with Stampin' Up! Mixed Media Floral paper. Video tutorial by Patty Bennett

Join me live today or catch the replay if you’d like to learn how to make an easy explosion card featuring 6×6 patterned paper that fits into a regular A2 size envelope!! I’ll be using the Stampin’ Up! Mixed Media Floral paper and showing you other examples using the Full of Life paper and Bokeh …

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Everyday Skies Patterned Paper Card

Use the STampin' UP! Everyday Skies 6x6 patterned paper stack for a great background on this Umbrella Days card colored with Stampin' Blend markers. Handmade card idea by Patty Bennett

I had a thought.. and love how it turned out. The beautiful cloudy sky patterns in the Everyday Skies 6×6 paper stack seemed a perfect fit for the Umbrella Days stamp set!! I combined them for this card. After stamping the image on Basic White cardstock with Memento Black ink, I colored it with my …

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New! Botanical Textures Suite!

Stampin' Up! Botanical Woven Textures DSP patterned paper card idea

Do you love the natural look, the subtle shades found in nature? This Botanical Textures suite has SO much to offer with TWO sets of designer paper, a stamp set and the AMAZING Textured Notes dies, and of course an embossing folder, ribbon and embellishments! All items can be purchased separately as well! NEW Feature …

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Ink Blending on Full of Life paper!

Ink blending with STampin' UP! Thankful Garden bundle. Cards by Patty Bennett Stamp flowers and blend ink on Full of Life paper

You might remember this technique from my video last month.. I shared ink blending on the Full of Life patterned paper with flowers stamped from the new Stampin’ UP! Thankful Garden stamp set. What I didn’t think about when I shared that with you live, was stamping the image in Granny Apple Green on the …

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Simple Handmade Birthday Cards

Simple handmade birthday cards with patterned paper and precolored die cut images from the Stampin' UP! Wildflower Birthday paper pack, by Patty Bennett

Do you love “done for you” cards, kits, or embellishment pieces? Have you tried out the Wildflower Birthday patterned paper pack yet? The sheet below has great preprinted tags and elements that are amazing for creating quick and fabulous handmade cards for birthdays or celebrations. Not sure how to cut this 12×12 piece? I previously …

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Gorgeous Handmade Floral Cards

Remember this Moment Memories & More cards from Stampin' Up! make a great card front! Combine with patterned paper like this Timeless Plaid paper.

You might think it’s unexpected but I love this combination of the floral Remember This Moment Memories & More 3×4 card with the Timeless Plaid patterned paper background! Why Memories & More? The Memories & More card pack provides 54 double sided preprinted designs to spark inspiration for your projects. Both experienced crafters or new …

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Beautiful Bokeh Balloon Birthday card

Use the Beautiful Bokeh paper for stamping balloons from the Arches Wishes Stampin' Up! set, combined with Everyday Arches dies. Card by Patty Bennett

Birthdays are the perfect occasion to let your creativity shine and create and send a colorful handmade card! Today, I’m thrilled to share two stunning Beautiful Bokeh Balloon Birthday Cards using Stampin’ Up! products. They combine vibrant colors, a playful balloon and cupcake theme, and the dreamy bokeh printed paper to make any birthday extra …

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Stampin’ UP! OnStage tags & gifts

Stampin' Up! OnStage 2025, Raleigh NC, Luv 2 Stamp group gifts, cards and bag tags from Patty Bennett. Cards featuring Mixed Florals stamp set.

You may have heard that this week I am in Raleigh, NC, with a few thousand of my Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends, and we are enjoying several days at the OnStage event (formerly known as Convention). What do we do at OnStage? We get to see the new catalog… that really is the MOST exciting …

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