Fall Topiary Card with Basket Weave embossing Folder

Stampin' UP! Beauty & Joy topiary card idea featuring the Basket Weave embossing folder and direct to rubber ink technique. by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

    It’s so nice to feel fall in the air here in the San Francisco bay area!!  I’m almost done sharing my fall projects with you – hope you enjoy this Beauty & Joy Fall Topiary Card idea featuring the Stampin’ UP! Basket Weave embossing folder!!      I love the Beauty & Joy …

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New Stampin’ Blends Markers from Stampin’ UP!

New Stampin' UP! Alcohol Markers colors - Stampin' Blends: Rococo Rose, So Saffron, Gray Granite, Purple Posy, Seaside Spray, Pretty Peacock. www.PattyStamps.com

Do you love coloring?  You will love the Stampin’ Blends Markers from Stampin’ UP!   Find all of the Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Blends Markers on page 179 or HERE online.  The NEW colors are shown above.   Do you have a favorite new Stampin’ Blends marker color?  I love them all and I love how …

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Lovely Lattice stamp colored with Stampin’ Blends

Stampin' UP! Sale-a-Bration Lovely Lattice stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends. Card idea featuring Gingham Gala paper and Layered Leaves embossing folder by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Be Still My Heart.. I LOVE to color with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, and the Lovely Lattice stamp is the perfect image for that! I love flowers (you already know that), and I love to color (you probably know that), so this was the perfect match for me.  The Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration 2019 gift choice: …

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Winter Woods Layered Ink Technique Video Tutorial

 Coming Tomorrow, Sept. 5th!! 2018 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog! Winter Woods stamp set available starting Sept. 5, 2018! I hope you enjoy my Layered Ink Technique video tutorial at the bottom of this post, with info to create these cards featuring the Stampin' UP! Winter Woods stamp set!   As you will see in the …

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Floral Frames Note Card with Stampin’ Blends

   Grab your favorite coloring medium and join me to make this fun note card featuring the Stampin' Up! Floral Frames bundle!! My favorite coloring medium, hands down, is my collection of Stampin' Blends markers, so that's what I used to color these little flowers and the small leaves!   The Floral Frames bundle is …

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New Stampin’ Blends Markers

 Have you checked out the new Stampin' Blends marker colors available in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog?  Find them marked with an "n" on page 205 in your 2018-2019 Stampin' UP! catalog.  See them all HERE online. If you love to color, you are going to love coloring, blending and shading with these!      I …

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Celebration / Congratulations card idea – Stampin’ Blends

  A couple weeks ago when I received my New Stampin' Blends markers in my Stampin' Up! order, I grabbed this Beautiful You stamp set and stamped several images to try out the new marker colors.  This is a great set to use when practicing your coloring.    I stamped the lady image from Beautiful …

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Big on Birthdays Stampin’ UP! Card Set

  Stampin' Up! is Big on Birthdays!  Why?  Because we all have one, and we should all be sending birthday cards to our family and friends!  In this day and age of "click and like" (that's what I call it) on Facebook, we need to remember that a hand-stamped card in the mail means the …

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Stampin’ Up! Marker Duos!

  One of the questions I get asked quite often, as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator, is, "why can't I just buy a couple of the Stampin' Write markers that I need?".  Most crafters don't want to buy the whole set, and Stampin' Up! used to sell single markers, but stopped offering them that way with …

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3 Ways to use the Dove of Peace Stamp

  Have you seen this beautiful Dove of Peace stamp in the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog? It's at the bottom of pg 20.  Don't miss it… this catalog will end before you know it! I had fun creating 3 totally different hand stamped cards with this Dove of Peace stamp!   They each have a very …

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How to Video: Using Blendabilities on Black Cardstock

  Today I have another video tutorial for you! This video is part 4 in my Blendabilities Marker Series! (see previous Blendabilities Marker videos on my Youtube Channel Here) You are going to LOVE how easy it is to make these amazing cards with the Stampin' Up! Blendabilities Markers and the Indescribable Gift Stamp Set, …

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Blendabiilties Markers pulling Double Duty!

  Yep Double Duty!!  I used Stampin' UP! Blendabilities Markers both in the background (to color the black and white  Back to Black DSP) and to color in the outline images of the Vivid Vase stamp for a colorful focal point on my card!   BEFORE:  Back to Black Designer Series paper… use Blendabilities markers …

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