Shopping Cart or a Shopping Basket?

Attention Shoppers cart or basket card featuring Stampin' Up! Blends markers and Full of Life patterned paper stack by Patty Bennett

So… question of the day… do you call it a shopping cart? or a shopping basket?  I think I’ve shared this before but I grew up doing to Market Basket in our neighborhood in Pasadena, so we always called the cart a basket, or the shopping basket, because of “Market Basket”.  But I think most …

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Bonus Cards: Changing Leaves with Thoughtful Journey

Stampin 'Up! Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder bundle with Thoughtful Journey patterned paper, Card by Patty Bennett

During my live video on Friday, I shared that a really easy way to make a beautiful card quickly is to use the Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder and emboss a piece of the gorgeous Thoughtful Journey patterned designer paper.  I die cut them first with the Deckled Rectangle die, then embossed them. Each one …

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Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder

Stampin Up! Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder bundle video tutorial featuring Thoughtful Journey DSP by Patty Bennett

See my Bonus Projects in the Video in addition to How to Use the Changing Leaves Hybrid embossing folder bundle!! Check back tomorrow for more of the cards from the video yesterday! (replay below) If it sounded like I had a million ideas and WAY too much to share with you yesterday, I kind of …

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Leaf Hybrid Embossing Folder Video Live

Changing Leaves Hybrid embossing folder bundle card ideas live video with Patty Bennett

  Changing Leaves Embossing Folder Video Welcome friends! Today I have tons of BONUS projects to show you but I also want to just make sure you know HOW to use the Stampin’ Up! Changing Leaves Bundle with Hybrid Embossing Folder!  Join me live today or watch the replay! So we’ll go over the basics …

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A Throwback Photo card for “Mom 2”

Stampin' UP! Full of Life friend card with photo for mom 2 by Patty Bennett

I came across this OLD photo from a Stampin’ UP! Convention .. .gosh… maybe 20 years old??  of Shirley and I … I call her Mom #2 because she’s been like a 2nd mom to me for about 20 years, and I love her so much!!   Anyway.. I found this photo and decided to die …

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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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