What I made with the left over Splendid Autumn paper

Splendid Autumn chevron cards with left over scrap trips, by Patty Bennett

Remember the 5 different card designs I shared with you last week featuring the Stampin’ Up! Splendid Autumn paper?  (missed it?  click here).  After I was done, I had LOTS of 1/2″ and 3/4″ left over strips, so, I made a handful of these chevron cards! Above and below:  There is no right or wrong …

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Patchwork Background Squares on Cards

Patchwork background squares for cards featuring Stampin Up! Wildly Flowering designer paper

I didn’t want you to miss out on the sale pricing on this Wildly Flowering  patterned paper from Stampin’ Up! (Sale ends 8-31-24), so I was anxious to share these fun patchwork cards with you! To create the patchwork square background, I used 1/2″ strips, adding them to a piece of 12×12 cardstock, then cut …

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Stamping on Designer Paper for your Cards

Stamping on Stampin' UP! Country Lace designer paper with the Stippled Rose stamp, Thinking of you card by Patty Bennett

  Today I’m sharing 2 things you may not have thought of doing when you make handmade cards: Stamping directly onto designer paper (these roses are stamped onto Country Lace DSP) Stamping your image in 1 color and using a Blender Pen to blend out a little color I used the Stampin’ Up! Stippled Rose …

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Wildly Flowering Simple Layered Cards

Stampin' UP! Wildly Flowering designer paper card ideas featuring Fully Flowering Ephemera die cut pack by Patty Bennett

I used the beautiful floral patterns in the Stampin’ Up! Wildly Flowering designer paper to create these cards last month, and thought I’d share them with you now since this paper is ON SALE this month! On Sale This Month! Wildly Flowering patterned paper #163323 On Sale 15% off through Aug. 31, 2024     …

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Easy Flap Fold Cards Video Tutorial

Easy Flap Fold Cards with Stampin' Up! A Little Latte designer paper and Stampin' Blends coloring by Patty Bennett

After listening to Kylie & Bruno Bertucci last week (they did a special presentation for my team), I have promised myself to start USING UP my designer paper!!   This Easy Flap Fold Card is a GREAT way to showcase 4 to 5 patterns (or 6 if you include the envelope flap!)!!  If you have not …

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A Little Latte Free Live Video today

Latte Love bundle from Stampin' Up! - Stampin' Blends coloring tips with Patty Bennett - live crafting video

    Learn to make an Easy Flap Card today! I have embraced the #loveitchopit method of trying to use up my beautiful Stampin’ UP! Designer paper and I’m going to share lots of ideas with you for using your “A Little Latte” designer paper to make these super easy flap cards! BONUS:  I’m coloring …

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Nature’s Sweetness Card Ideas

Stampin Up! card idea with Nature's Sweetness designer paper by Patty Bennett

  Adding to my Nature’s Sweetness cards… (see note cards from last week here), today we have 3 full size card ideas featuring this beautiful new paper from Stampin Up!  Using the Lovely & Sweet dies to cut out portions of the designer paper (see above) is a great time saver.  Or, you can stamp …

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Ink Blending on Most Adored Designer Paper

Most Adored Sale-a-Bration designer paper from Stampin' Up! with ink blending and simple Stampin' Blends coloring, card by Patty Bennett

  Another Sale-a-Bration DSP card for you .. today we are featuring the Most Adored designer paper with gold foil flowers. Be sure to watch the video replay below! As I showed on my video (replay below), it’s easy to use your Blending Brushes to color this gold foiled paper. I used Lost Lagoon ink …

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Embossed Vellum Softly Stippled Card Idea

Sale-a-Bration Softly Stippled designer paper card idea with embossed vellum by Patty Bennett. Stampin' Up! card video tutorial.

I’m so very happy that you all are loving the idea of embossed vellum shared last Friday in my free video … I think it’s one of those “techniques” that gets revived every few years.  I LOVE how the Stampin’ Up! Cardstock Vellum looks with the new Layered Florals embossing folder.. isn’t it a pretty …

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Embossed Vellum Sale-a-Bration Card Idea

Sale-a-Bration Sunny Days designer paper card idea with embossed vellum by Patty Bennett. Stampin' Up! card video tutorial.

  Here is another one of my Sunny Days Sale-a-Bration cards from my Friday live video.  I love the pretty bold colors and floral pattern!!  Did you know you can select this package as your free Sale-a-Bration gift? Also, the Everyday Details dies are one of my favorites from this new mini catalog!! Be sure …

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Make a Flower from the Bee Punch!!

Stampin 'UP! Sunny Days Sale-a-Bration designer paper card - make a flower with the Bee Punch, by Patty Bennett

Thank you everyone! So happy you enjoyed this idea yesterday on my live video!!  How fun and versatile is this cute Bee Builder punch?  Oh my goodness!!  If you punch 4 hearts, you can add them to a circle (flower center) to create a cute flower for your card! Be sure to watch the video …

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A Les Shoppes slimline card for Sara

Fun Slimline card featuring Stampin UP! Les Shoppes designer paper, made by Patty Bennett for Sara Douglass

How fun to be able to create a card for Sara and hand it to her personally!!!  🙂  After watching her Les Shoppes video last week, I was inspired to create this for her and I was able to give it to her in person during her visit here for our Summer Soiree Stampin’ UP! …

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