Alcohol Ink Vellum Background with Iconic Dies

Alcohol Ink Background with Vellum and Stampin' Blends, featuring Artistic dies floral images and Tailor Made Tags dies. www.PattyStamps.com

Today, let’s check out the beautiful flowers in the Iconic Dies set from Stampin’ UP!!! I’ve added them to 3 different Alcohol Ink backgrounds to make 3 gorgeous cards!     Card #1 today, features the Iconic Dies die cut with the new Gold & Rose Gold Metallic Specialty paper, #156844, found on page 135 …

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Seasonal Basket Sunflower Card

Seasonal Basket dies and Encircled in Beauty dies pair up for a sunflower card idea by Patty Bennett

  The Seasonal Basket die from Stampin’ Up! is so neat.. doesn’t this look like a woven basket!?  I die cut it with Crumb Cake cardstock then sponged a little extra Soft Suede ink on it around the edges to create a pot for my sunflower!     The simple sunflower is die cut using …

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Biggest Wish Birthday Card Idea

Birthday card idea featuring Stampin' UP! Biggest Wish set, Loose Flower Flourishes and Shimmer Vellum, by Patty Bennett

  Happy Happy Happy birthday to you… whenever your birthday is!  🙂  Have you fallen in love with the Biggest Wish stamp set yet?  It’s my favorite new greeting set in the 2021-2022 Stampin’ UP! Annual Catalog!!  I’ve combined it with 3 different color combos here to create a cute, sweet, quick and easy birthday …

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Faux Alcohol Ink Backgrounds with Expressions in Ink

Expressions in Ink Suite from Stampin' UP! for floral cards with die cuts and faux alcohol ink backgrounds with ink blending direct to rubber, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  I am so thrilled that you enjoyed this idea of adding ink with a Blending Brush to the rubber of the flower stamp (see the video in this post).  I changed the colors a bit and inked in Pale Papaya then added the blending brush ink with a Calypso Coral pad for these faux …

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Biggest Wish stamp set with Artistically Inked Bundle

Biggest Wish stamp set and Expressions in Ink Suite from Stampin' UP! for floral cards with faux alcohol ink background, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  During my live video last week I shared these cards featuring the Biggest Wish stamp set.  I love the combo of the bold and script fonts!  I also love that you can combine the words however you’d like!!!  The Biggest Wish greetings are all added to cards I made with the Expressions in Ink …

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Expressions in Ink Cards – Video Tutorial

Expressions in Ink Suite from Stampin' UP! for floral cards with die cuts and faux alcohol ink backgrounds with ink blending on die cut, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  OOOH I hope you had fun watching my weekly live crafting video yesterday featuring these Expressions in Ink cards!!  I enjoyed sharing all the tips and ideas with you!  If you missed it live, you can catch the replay at the bottom of this blog post! Using a pack of Expressions in Ink designer …

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