2 new Card Ideas for Happy Hibiscus

Stampin Up! Happy Hibisucs card with Plaid Embossed background colored with Stampin' Blends markers by Patty Bennett

I can’t seem to stay away from flowers, even though I should probably be making Christmas gift card holders…. so I hope you don’t mind a little floral inspiration today featuring the Happy Hibiscus bundle! Above: I had this Granny Apple Green plaid embossed background on my desk for a couple months and was waiting …

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Watercoloring Tips Video with Patty

Watercoloring tips with watercolor pencils by Patty Bennett. Stampin' UP! Nature's Paintings kit #164982

Thank you so much to everyone who joined live yesterday to chat about watercoloring tips using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor pencils and the Nature’s Paintings kit. If you missed it, no worries.. the replay is below in this post. All supplies I’ve used are also available by clicking images at the bottom of the post. For …

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Watercoloring Tips Video

Watercoloring tips live video with Patty Bennett using the Stampin' Up! Nature's Paintings kit, watercolor pencils and water painter

Hi Friends! I hope you can join me live today if you are around.. I love chatting with you and answering your questions live as I craft on Fridays! Join Me Live or watch the Replay I’ll be sharing my method of watercoloring with watercolor pencils today using the Stampin Up! Nature’s Paintings Watercolor kit. …

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Happy Hibiscus Slimline Card

Stampin UP! Happy Hibiscus stamp set and hybrid embossing folder, slimline card with embossed background by Patty Bennett

After I shared 3 ways to use the Stampin’ Up! Happy Hibiscus hybrid embossing folder bundle with you during my previous live video, I created a few more cards with the left over die cut hibiscus flowers. I love how this slimline card turned out! Card Details: Happy Hibiscus Bundle (English) – 164880 Price: $59.25 …

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Nature’s Paintings Watercolor Kit

Nature's Paintings Stampin' Up! watercolor kit with pencils and water painter. Samples by Patty Bennett

Wow friends.. I am in love with this Nature’s Paintings Watercolor kit!! You know I love flowers, and I love to color, (and I TRY to do my best at watercoloring), so when you put the 2 together.. I’m in my happy place! This kit comes with a 24 page coloring book of printed images …

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Fitting Florets Collection Available today!

Thank you card idea with Stampin' Up! Fitting Florets designer paper #161814 www.pattystamps.com/shop

Yay!! Today is the day the Fitting Florets Collection is available AND a Free Gift Offer from me!! This amazing new collection includes 2 stamp sets, a set of dies, a gorgeous set of designer paper and some beautiful Gold gems.  PLEASE scroll down to see the items that are a limited time offer… when …

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Slimline Card Idea for Gnomes!

Slimline card idea featuring Kindest Gnomes bundle from Stampin' UP! - so fun to make Gnomes with designer paper, like paper dolls. Santa Express paper background.

  Playing with these adorable Gnomes is way too much fun!!  Do you remember THESE Gnome CARDS I shared with you last week?  Well, I had 2 gnomes left over, and this piece of Santa Express paper (in the background) on my desk, and I had this idea to make a slimline card with those …

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Are you Ready for World Card Making Day??

World Card Making Day: Stampin' UP! www.PattyStamps.com Warm Welcome bundle shop now

World Card Making Day is an awesome global event that happens the first Saturday of October every year, in fact it’s been happening since 2006! Stampin’ Up! is hosting an amazing FREE event today!!   Join the event At 2:00pm, MT, click here, then click JOIN EVENT   Prep Your Supplies.. . Above: CLICK HERE do …

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Easy Tulip Birthday Cards with Blending Brushes

Stampin' Up! Birthday Card ideas featuring Abigail Rose tulip print designer paper and Blending Brushes by Patty Bennett

QUICK TIP!!  Need a really quick way to add color to the Abigail Rose designer paper!?  This is it!  Grab your Blending Brushes, ink pads and designer paper and have fun making these pretty birthday cards!!!    See the quickie video! Doesn’t that simple bit of color make this paper just pop!?  And you won’t …

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Playful Piggy dies card ideas Part 1!

Stampin' Up! Playful Piggies dies card idea featuring Celebrate Everything designer paper - available as a Host Reward.

  Isn’t it fun how much cuter these piggies are when they are die cut with the new Playful Piggy dies!?  I think they are just adorable!  Stampin’ Up! has released dies to coordinate with previously released stamp sets and this is one of them!  Perfect Partners Bundles Only available for a limited time!!     …

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Perfectly Penciled Flower Cards

Simple handmade cards featuring Stampin' Up! Perfectly Penciled designer paper and Art Gallery stamp set. by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Thanks for your feedback when I posted this card on my Instagram account!  So happy you enjoyed the card!  I initially posted the Perfectly Penciled paper with my stamped Art Gallery flowers, then I posted the video for it.  Tip!  use watercolor pencils to add shading to your solid stamped images.. don’t the flowers look …

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Abigail Rose Tri Fold card with Masking Paper Tip

Abigail Rose designer paper / Cottage Rose stamp set tri fold card idea with Stampin' UP! supplies, by Patty Bennett

  I am very excited about this gorgeous tri fold card today, featuring the Abigail Rose suite in the new Stampin’ UP! catalog!!  It’s really worth of a quick video, so I’ve got a quick video for you at the bottom of this post!!  See the Abigail Rose suite online or on pages 56-57 in …

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