Simple Stamping Expressions in Ink Cards

Expressions in Ink designer paper from Stampin' UP! - great background for simple stamping thank you cards featuring Thanks & Hello embossing folder.

    Sharing some simple and easy to make thank you cards today.. I thought this was kinda brilliant to emboss the Thanks & Hello embossing folder on die cut labels!!  Each label is mounted on a piece of Expressions in Ink designer paper and a Thick Basic White card base! Below: Thanks & Hello …

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How to use Blending Brushes direct to Rubber

Handmade birthday card idea featuring Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes and the Flowing Flowers stamp set, video tutorial by Patty Bennett

  Thank you for joining me live yesterday to see how to add ink direct to your rubber stamps with Blending Brushes!  I used the Flowing Flowers stamp set (one of my favorites from Stampin’ UP!) to create this colorful and simple handmade birthday card!     After stamping onto the Scalloped Contours die cut, …

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3 Favorite Stampin’ Up! Embossing Folders

Merry Melody music note Embossing folder from Stampin' Up! is amazing used with the Gold Foil paper! #156392 www.PattyStamps.com

  If you’re like me, you go through phases with your card making and crafting… some days you are all about flowers and coloring, some days you are experimenting with masks or embossing paste, some days you might be using watercolor techniques… but SOME days you are all about embossing folders… am I right?   Today …

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Quick and Easy Vellum cards with Expressions in Ink

Expressions in Ink designer paper background for card created with embossed vellum and Evergreen Forest embossing folder by Patty Bennett

  Another great use for that gorgeous Expressions in Ink designer paper!!!  Simply place a piece behind embossed vellum, and your card is done!!!     Emboss a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Vellum Cardstock with the Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder, and attach it over the pattern shown above from the Expressions  in Ink designer …

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Stampin’ Blends Coloring on Pretty Flowers embossing folder

Pretty Flowers embossing folder technique with Stampin' Blends Marker coloring. Card idea by Patty Bennett

  Thanks for all of your enthusiasm for my Pretty Flowers embossing folder projects last week on my weekly Facebook Live video!!  I think we all loved the Shimmer Vellum idea the most!  Missed it?  Click to watch the video!  Today we are exploring a Stampin’ Blends coloring technique I learned a few years ago …

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Pretty Flowers Embossing Folder with Vellum Video

Stampin' Up! Shimmer Vellum in new In Colors embossed with the Pretty Flowers embossing folder - card decorated with Expressions in Ink Suite. www.PattyStamps.com

Warning… this is a LONG post with TONS of samples and a video featuring the Pretty Flowers embossing folder and 3 ways to use it with vellum!! Enjoy, I think you’ll love these Stampin’ Up! card ideas! Vellum Idea #1 with Pretty Flowers Folder & Shimmer Vellum This is such a WOW but SO easy!  …

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Free Embossing Folder February Customer Gift

February 2020 Customer Thank You Gift from Patty Bennett: Free Embossing Folder with $70 online order. See blog post for details

    This is going to be a VERY exciting Month!!  This should be the month that I achieve the $2 million in personal sales milestone with Stampin’ Up!, so I wanted to offer you a special thank you gift for your online order with me to say thank you!!  Request a Free Embossing Folder …

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Garden Green Toile Tidings Enamel Dots!

Christmastime is Here suite from Stampin Up - designer paper die cut with Roses die, Christmas Card idea featuring Toile Tidings Garden Green Glitter enamel dots by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

I had a ton of Garden Green enamel dots from the Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel dots package left over (because I used the red ones for “berries” on wreaths and holly).. so, I paired up the Garden Green ones with the Christmastime is Here suite! Wouldn’t you agree that these Garden Green enamel dots look …

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Christmastime is Here Rose Card Ideas

Christmastime is Here suite from Stampin Up - designer paper die cut with Scallop Circle, Christmas Card idea by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

The Christmastime is Here suite is now available for a limited time only in my online store!  You can make these beautiful rose cards using the images in the designer paper! It is amazing and you can die cut one of the flower images with the Roses dies.  That will leave you with some other …

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How to Use the Heirloom Frames & Embossing Folder

Stampin' UP! Heirloom Frames dies and Embossing folder #152325. Card ideas and how to use this great papercrafting frame combo from the Woven Threads suite by Patty Bennett

Let’s start right at the beginning of the New Stampin’ Up! catalog!  These great new Heirloom Frames Die and Embossing Folder are part of the Woven Threads Suite, found on pages 12 to 14 in your new catalog, or HERE online. I created 3 different projects featuring the oval image for you today!   This …

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How to use the Stampin’ UP! Big Shot

  Whether you are cutting fancy shapes, basic shapes, or even just embossing, you'll need the Stampin' UP! Big Shot machine!!  I would say that I use mine almost every day! Create projects like cards, gift packaging, treats, home decor (like banners which are so trendy right now!) and most designs coordinate with one or …

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