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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Pretty Purple Color Combo!

Stampin' UP! pretty purple color combo using analogous colors from the color wheel. Card by Patty Bennett

As we are nearing the end of July and our Analogous Color Combo card inspiration this month, I thought I’d share the color combo I came up with for purples.  I used Berry Burst, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath on this pretty floral birthday card! Remember, Analogous colors are found next to or …

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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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Sweet Carnival Treats donut Birthday Card

Stampin' Up! host rewards set Carnival Treats donut card with Sweetest Cherries set by Patty Bennett

Some Stampin’ Up! customers may not know this, but if you place an order of $150 or more, you can select this Carnival Treats stamp set as part of your Stampin’ Rewards!  I did, because I just had to have it (donuts are one of my weaknesses!!).  I combined the Sweetest Cherries set with the …

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All Set for December Birthday Cards

December Birthday Card idea featuring STampin' Up! snowflakes by Patty Bennett

    I have several friends and family members with December birthdays each year, so I thought these would make great cards to send in December!! Not sure what it is about the font in this birthday stamp from the Year to Celebrate Stampin’ Up! set, but I just LOVE the font!!   You can …

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Handmade Circle Fun Fold Birthday Card

Circle Fun Fold card with the Stampin' UP! Bright & Beautiful suite of card making products including Memories & More cards, by Patty Bennett

  I love this circle fun fold card design so much, I just kept making them after sharing the instructions with you in THIS VIDEO several weeks ago!! This great birthday card idea features products from the Bright & Beautiful suite paired with a stamp from the He’s All That set. Above & Below: as …

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Cute Squirrel birthday card Idea!

Stampin' Up! Greatest Journey bundle paired with the squirrel and bird in the Friendly Gnomes set. Stampin Blends coloring by Patty Bennett

If you follow my personal FB account you may have seen from time to time that I post funny pictures of the squirrels in our backyard.. I love them, they are cute, funny, friendly and love all the goodies we feed them!!  I made this card with my buddies in mind. 🙂 Here are a …

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Amazing Milestone Birthday Card Idea and Video

Milestone birthday accordion card idea featuring Stampin' UP! designer paper, by Patty Bennett

  Need a fun idea for a milestone birthday card??  I think you’ll love this idea with 75 and 50 candles!! Be sure to WATCH THE VIDEO at the bottom of my post today to see how I made them!   I made these cards for Joy and Marcee and they loved them!! They are …

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Cute Slimline Birthday Card with Wrapping Paper!

Slimline birthday card idea featuring wrapping paper! "Carrot" image from Thanks a Bunch creates cute stamped grass!

    Check out this very fun idea I had when making a slimline birthday card for our buddy Andrew!!  After I wrapped his gift, I thought… those doggies would be so cute on a card.. so I grabbed my Stampin’ UP! paper snips and fussy cut 4 doggies to use on his card and …

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Super Cute Birthday Card you can Make!

Easy birthday cake card you can make with Stampin' Blends markers and the Best Day stamp set.

Simple, colorful, happy and super cute birthday card idea… this one features the new Stampin’ Up! set called Best Day, and I colored it with my Stampin’ Blends Markers! As you can see on this card, using very simple shading with the dark & light color combo in each Stampin’ Blends pack, creates the perfect …

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Fall Birthday Card idea with NEW Delicate Desert paper

Stampin' UP! Fall Birthday card idea featuring Delicate Desert designer paper and Ghost Stamping Technique by Patty Bennett

    Do you remember the Ghost Stamping Technique I shared with you earlier this month?  As I demonstrated this technique during our live video, I created this fall leaf tag with the Ranunculus die cut, and then after the video, I created this card.  It’s a fall birthday card featuring 2 patterns from the …

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Super Cool Swap from OnStage

Adventurous Journey Kayak card from Stampin' UP!

I was so excited to be gifted this amazing swap card at the recent Stampin UP! Anaheim OnStage event last month!!  It features the Adventurous Journey stamp set and Layering Diorama Dies. Thank you so very much Diane B. for this amazing card!!  It’s fabulous and a lot of work went in to all of …

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