Birthday Card with A Rainbow of Cupcakes

A hand holds a colorful greeting card with a watercolor background in blue, purple, and pink. The card features six rainbow cupcakes, the phrases "it's a Big DAY" and "LET'S CELEBRATE," and the website PattyStamps.com. Craft supplies are seen behind. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

I was actually working on some other projects over the weekend and saw this beautiful rainbow of ink pads on my crafting desk.. I decided it would be so cute to stamp a rainbow of cupcakes for a fun and colorful birthday card!! The rainbow of ink pad colors I used are: Timid Tiger, Melon …

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4 Pocket Card from 2 Gift Bags

A handmade floral card features red and pink flowers with green leaves on white backgrounds, layered over black and white leafy paper. The card is tied with white ribbon and accented with a strip of red. The words “THINKING” and “Patty Bennett pattystamps.com” appear. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

4 Pocket card features 2 Gift Bags! This handmade birthday card features 2 Stampin’ Up! Gift Bags decorated with the Textured Botanical paper. It creates 4 pockets that are filled with fun notes and tags! The Hole Punch assortment includes 3 punches, I have used 2 punches (shown above) that are perfect for this project. …

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Beautiful Bokeh Balloon Birthday card

Use the Beautiful Bokeh paper for stamping balloons from the Arches Wishes Stampin' Up! set, combined with Everyday Arches dies. Card by Patty Bennett

Birthdays are the perfect occasion to let your creativity shine and create and send a colorful handmade card! Today, I’m thrilled to share two stunning Beautiful Bokeh Balloon Birthday Cards using Stampin’ Up! products. They combine vibrant colors, a playful balloon and cupcake theme, and the dreamy bokeh printed paper to make any birthday extra …

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Square Gift Card Holder

Attention Shoppers square card idea with gift card pocket. Coloring with Stampin' Blends markers, by Patty Bennett

Not sure if this happens to you, but I have friends and family with December and January birthdays and I seem to be in Christmas mode this time of year, so it’s always nice to have some generic / non-Christmas theme gift card holders on hand! I created this card with the Stampin’ UP! Attention …

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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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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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