Cute Lip Balm Gifts for our Crafting Cruise

Lip Balm gifts for our Royal Caribbean crafting and stamping cruise www.pattystamps.com

  On our crafting cruise this week, one of the gifts for our attendees is a lip balm packaged up  and decorated with the Full of Life designer paper!   I did see this idea somewhere online and I apologize, I did not write down a name.. so whoever inspired this cute packaging idea, Thank You! …

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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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Die Cutting with Foam Adhesive Sheets

Full of Life patterned designer paper from Stampin' Up! - happy birthday friend card with foam adhesive sheet die cut by Patty Bennett

  If you don’t feel like ink blending a background, or watercoloring a background, might I suggest the AMAZING printed backgrounds from the Stampin’ Up! Full of Life patterned paper pack!?  WOW!! All I did was cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece and emboss it with the So Swirly embossing folder to create this great …

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Start your Christmas Cards with This Idea

Stampin UP! Season of Green and Gold Christmas Cards with Heartfelt Hexagon punch by Patty Bennett

Get a start on Christmas card making early!  Change the greetings on these cards to Christmas and you’ll have a set of cards ready to mail in December!   I know many of you have finished your Christmas Cards.. some are planning, some are still enjoying all the fun of summer and putting off holiday …

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Faux Postage Stamp Card Idea

Faux Postage Stamp card idea featuring Stampin' Up! Attention Shoppers bundle and Postage dies. by Patty Bennett

  This cute and colorful faux postage card just makes me so happy! A faux postage stamp card is easy to make with 4 Perennial Postage die cut pieces decorated with any theme!  I elected to use the cute birthday cake stamp from the Attention Shoppers Bundle. How to make the Rainbow Background If you …

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Stampin’ Up! bundle Sale Starts Now!

Stampin Up extra 10% off bundle sale June 5 to June 30, 2024

If you missed my newsletter on the weekend, you may not have heard that the Stampin’ UP! Sale starts today!!   Stampin’ Up! always offers a 10% discount on all stamp and die bundles and stamp and punch bundles. From June 5 to June 30, 2024, you can get an EXTRA 10% off the already …

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Stampin’ Up! Sale Starts Tomorrow

Stampin Up extra 10% off bundle sale starts June 5, 2024

If you missed my newsletter on the weekend, you may not have heard that the Stampin’ UP! Sale starts tomorrow!   Stampin’ Up! always offers a 10% discount on all stamp and die bundles and stamp and punch bundles. From June 5 to June 30, 2024, you can get an EXTRA 10% off the already …

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Die Cutting & Coloring Tips for Magnolia Mood Flowers

Stampin' Up! Magnolia Mood book binding cards featuring Stampin' Blends markers and Thoughtful Designs designer paper, by Patty Bennett

I don’t often just craft on the fly with you, basically without a final plan in mind.. but that’s what happened yesterday during my weekly live video!! Thank you to everyone who stuck around for the full hour and encouraged me with your suggestions for finishing off the purple card, the poppy card and the …

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Magnolia Die Cut Coloring Tip – Live Video

Coloring Tips with Stampin' Blends for the Magnolia Mood die. Live video with Patty Bennett

  Join me Live Today! On my weekly Friday Live card making video today, I’ll be sharing tips for coloring and for die cutting the Stampin’ Up! Magnolia Mood floral dies! I’ll be live today at 11am PT, or of course as always, feel free to watch the replay on my Business FB page, my …

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Another Idea for Exploring In Color Cards / Envelopes

In the Grove dies overlay for Stampin UP! Exploring In Color cards & envelopes. Card ideas by Patty Bennett featuring Basic Beige Perennial Postage die cut.

  I hope you enjoyed my blog post yesterday with the Layered Card idea using the vertical version of these Exploring IN Color preprinted cards.  They are such a great deal and only available while supplies last!   Missed the post?  see it HERE. Exploring In Color cards & envelopes are only $5 per pack while …

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Flowers of Beauty Wreath Cards with Unbounded Beauty

Unbounded Beauty patterned paper from Stampin Up! with the Flowers of Beauty and wreath from Encircled in Nature stamp set. Cards by Patty Bennett

  I was SO pleasantly surprised at how beautiful these cards turned out… as I mentioned on Friday morning on my FB post, I don’t often “craft on the fly live” without having tried out the idea first, but I created these cards on my Friday live without knowing how they’d turn out!  Did you …

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Flowers of Beauty Wreath Cards

Flowers of Beauty wreath cards featuring Stampin' Up! Encircled in Nature set, by Patty Bennett

Please enjoy all of these  color combo suggestions for my Flowers of Beauty Cards today!!  I really enjoyed sharing this wreath card idea with you using the Encircled in Nature bundle. I hope you enjoyed the video yesterday, if you didn’t get to see it, please watch the replay! Watch the Replay! If you are …

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