Simple Card with a New Stampin’ Up! set

Simple card with Stampin' Up! Umbrella Days stamp set and Stampin Blends coloring by Patty Bennett

I wanted to share a very simple card I created featuring the brand new Umbrella Days bundle.  I stamped the 2 cute images with the Memento Black ink pad and colored them with my Stampin’ Blends markers. BUT.. the fun part about this card is die cutting the umbrellas with pieces in the Full of …

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Don’t tell, but I was using up Scraps for these!

Royal Caribbean cruise tip / gratuity envelopes with Stampin' Up! Full of life and Splendid Autumn paper by Patty Bennett

Each time we cruise, we love to bring extra treats for our cabin steward, and additional crew like waiters, concierge, etc.  This year I brought decorated envelopes to place cash in for these treats. I ended up with loads of strips of Splendid Autumn paper from the cards I made during my Oct. 4th weekly …

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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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Colorful Accordion Fold Card Idea

Full of Life designer paper card, accordion fold design for a friend.

You’ve probably made one of these fun fold accordion cards before, but look how CUTE it is with the Full of Life designer paper from Stampin’ Up! We made this card during our Summer Soiree event a couple months ago and I just love it.. .probably because I totally love this paper, too! Full of …

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Shopping Cart or a Shopping Basket?

Attention Shoppers cart or basket card featuring Stampin' Up! Blends markers and Full of Life patterned paper stack by Patty Bennett

So… question of the day… do you call it a shopping cart? or a shopping basket?  I think I’ve shared this before but I grew up doing to Market Basket in our neighborhood in Pasadena, so we always called the cart a basket, or the shopping basket, because of “Market Basket”.  But I think most …

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I Can’t believe I forgot to Take Photos!

Ice Cream Swirl bundle ice cream cones with Stampin' Up! Full of Life designer paper by Patty Bennett

I don’t know if this has ever happened to me before… but I totally forgot to take photos of the finished cards before I mailed them to customers!! BUT.. these ice cream cones turned out WAY too cute not to share.. so I’m sharing the idea and hope you will make some to put on …

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Tune In for a Cute Card

Stampin' Up! Tune In bundle is so retro and cute for fun cards!

  Wishing my hubby a happy Father’s Day was a very important message 🙂  This was the card I made for him earlier this month!   This card features these fun products: Tune In stamp and die bundle Country Woods DSP Friends for Life DSP Thoughtful Journey Memories & More cards Die from the Bistro …

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