In Color Strip Card

Using strips of In Color DSP make a quilt like card

    I loved revisiting this strip technique for making handmade patchwork cards!! Kurstan shared this idea at our Summer Stampin’ Soiree event in June.  Use 1/2″ x 6″ strips and glue them to your base card or a card front as shown. Keep building up your pattern, until the front is filled.  Flip it …

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Zinnia Card that looks like a Mum to me!

Stampin' Up! Simply Zinnia card colored with Stampin' Blends and colored pencils by Patty Bennett

I think I remember saying this during the live video when I shared this color combination for coloring the Simply Zinnia flower stamp… but this one reminds me of a Chrysanthemum (mum) from my mom’s garden in the fall!!   I used both Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers and Watercolor Pencils to color the stamped image.  Tip: …

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I Can’t believe I forgot to Take Photos!

Ice Cream Swirl bundle ice cream cones with Stampin' Up! Full of Life designer paper by Patty Bennett

I don’t know if this has ever happened to me before… but I totally forgot to take photos of the finished cards before I mailed them to customers!! BUT.. these ice cream cones turned out WAY too cute not to share.. so I’m sharing the idea and hope you will make some to put on …

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Final Monochromatic Monday Card: Green!

Monochromatic Monday card featuring GREEN: Stampin' Up! Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green with Leaf background and punch by Patty Bennett

  Well friends, we’ve come to the end of our Monochromatic Monday series!! This is the 4th card in our series that I’m sharing with you.  I hope I’ve inspired you to try out monochromatic stamping.  It’s easy, quick and uses fewer supplies than most of the cards I share, so great for beginners, or …

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Mediterranean Blooms Strip Card

Mediterranean Blooms Stampin' UP! strip cards by Patty Bennett

  Do you remember these fun strip cards I shared over a year ago? I loved them and was reminded of this technique recently at our Summer Stampin’ Soiree!  I wanted to give them a try with the beautiful blue patterns in the Stampin’ Up! Mediterranean Blooms designer paper!   How to Make the Strip …

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Poised Peony Square Card with In Colors

Poised Peony square cards featuring Stampin' Up! In Colors 2024 2026 by Patty Bennett

Somehow I cannot get enough of the New Stampin’ Up! In Colors this year!!  I did another card series with all 5 colors, this time featuring the Poised Peony stamp set.   After stamping and coloring several Peony images with Memento black ink and Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, I fussy cut some, and used a …

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Easiest Monochromatic Card Ever!

Monochromatic Monday Mediterranean Blooms blue card by Patty Bennett

Our next to the last Monochromatic Monday post…. and it’s the Easiest ever monochromatic card, for my fellow blue lovers!   Each Monday in June we’ve been chatting about Monochromatic Cards.  Today is the easiest one you will ever make… simply use 2 or 3 of the blue patterns from the Mediterranean Blooms designer paper …

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Embossed Strip Card with Lily Pond Lane

Lily Pond Lane 1' strip cards with Stampin' Up! Cute Crochet embossing folders, by Patty Bennett

These 1″ strip cards are a great way to use up extra DSP strips, and to experiment with combining different patterns and colors!  I hope you enjoy my Lily Pond Lane cards today! The Masterfully Made 1″ strip card idea was one of my most popular cards last year, if you missed it: click to …

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Monochromatic Monday: Red and Yellow Card Ideas

Monochromatic Monday red and yellow card ideas with STampin' Up! supplies, by Patty Bennett

  Thanks mounds for your kind comments on my Monochromatic Monday video last week featuring Stampin’ Up! Moody Mauve cards.  I am glad our video chat about the color wheel was helpful! Today I’m sharing 2 more ideas for Monochromatic cards… one for yellow, one for red. The yellow notecard features both Lemon Lolly and …

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Stampin’ Blends Coloring: Country Flowers Bundle

Stampin' UP! Country Woods DSP and Country Flowers stamp set colored with Stampin Blends markers - beautiful handmade cards by Patty Bennett

Did you know you can stamp and color on Designer Paper? Let me Show You How! I loved making these cards featuring the Stampin’ Up! Country Woods designer paper and the Country Flowers bundle!!  Hope you enjoyed watching the video yesterday.. if you missed it, please watch the replay below! Watch the Country Flowers Video …

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Country Flowers Cards Live Today!

Stampin' Up! Country Flowers bundle cards by Patty Bennett free cardmaking video tutorial

  Join me Live Today! On my weekly Friday Live card making video today, I’ll be sharing how to make these Country Flowers cards.  I stamped directly onto the Country Woods DSP and shaded the pots and jugs with my Stampin’ Blends markers!!  I’ll be live today at 11am PT, or of course as always, …

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New Thoughtful Designs paper for Card Backgrounds

Layers of Beauty STampin' Up! card with Thoughtful Designs paper background. Blending Brush coloring by Patty Bennett

    Wow wow wow .. this new Thoughtful Journey specialty paper from Stampin’ Up! on page 47, in the Thoughtful Journey suite is SO gorgeous!!!  I loved using it for the backgrounds on my Layers of Beauty cards! Color combo for ink blending flowers/leaves above: Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, …

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