Band Together Celebrate Card

Stampin' Up! Band Together stamp set card idea featuring coloring with Stampin' Blends markers and script designer paper background by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

I have enjoyed sharing card ideas for the Band Together stamp set with you this week.  I hope you’ve enjoyed all 3 flower cards colored with the Stampin’ blends markers. This Celebrate card features Poppy Parade and Mango Melody which pair nicely with the Basic Gray script background paper.   I stamped the floral image …

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Florentine Lattice Background for Petal Palette cards

Stampin' UP! Florentine Thinlit die - perfect lattice background for the watercolored Petal Palette flowers on my handmade card. By Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

I really wanted to try a garden lattice effect with the Florentine Thinlit die, so I die cut it in Whisper White cardstock and layered it over 2 different patterns from the Garden Impressions designer paper from Stampin’ Up!.  I added watercolor die cut roses from the Petal Palette stamp set – they look like …

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Garden Impressions Z Fold / Double Easel Fold cards

  Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comments on the Double Easel Fold / Z Fold Tropical Chic cards I posted a few days ago (here)!!  Today I am sharing the Garden Impressions floral cards that inspired my Tropical Chic cards!! Cindee gave me one of these cards for my birthday in May, and …

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Retiring Lovely Words and Heart framelits

  I really can't believe that the Sweet & Sassy Heart framelits are retiring.. if you don't have them.. you NEED them!!  I used them to create these sweet floral Petal Garden 4×4 note cards!   RETIRING – Available While Supplies Last! Petal Garden Designer paper stack 6×6 HERE Sweet Sugarplum cardstock HERE Lovely Words …

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Daisy Delight In Color Thank You Card Set

 I created these sweet little Thank You Note Cards featuring the Stampin' Up! Daisy punch a couple months ago, but since the punch has been out of stock for so long, I was waiting to share these with you!!  The Daisy punch is now back in stock (here), so… I'm sharing! :)  Did you hear …

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When you can’t decide which Stampin’ Up! ribbon to use…

  I was making a stack of Note Cards with the Stampin' Up! Petal Garden paper stack (pg 187, #144168) and realized how many of the new ribbon designs coordinated with this designer paper!! I could not decide which ribbon to use, so, I used 7 different ribbons!! 🙂     Find all of the …

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Free Download – Stampin’ Up! Designer Paper Chart

  My Gift To You!     Click to download your free Stampin' Up! Designer Paper Reference Chart with Coordinating Colors! Download 2017 2018 Stampin Up DSP Reference Chart   ————- A few of you have asked if I made charts for past years.. you can find the last two HERE  and   HERE ————- This …

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Sending Love Valentine Cards for the Office Guys

  Valentine's Day can be special for many reasons.  One of my favorite memories was exchanging Valentines with my classmates when I was a little girl, so of course I always made sure that our son Jason had special Valentines to exchange when he was in school.  Now he's 25 and since I can no …

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Love Sparkles Valentine with Window Box Heart die cut

  Thank you for your kind comments about this Valentine card idea in my previous video (see it here), featuring the Window Box thinlit die as an accent piece!  I wanted to share a few more details about this card today.     As you can see from the little heart piece I'm holding above, …

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Serene Scenery Note Card Video Tutorial

  Scroll down for a Video Tutorial on my Serene Scenery Note Cards!  These cards are made using the wonderful new paper stack from Stampin' Up! and in my video tutorial, I'll show you how to cut the paper to maximize the number of Note Cards you can get from one 48 sheet paper stack!  …

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2 Terrific New Stampin’ Up! Products!

  You are sure to find hundreds of fun new Stampin' Up! products in the recently released 2016 Annual Catalog, and today I'd like to share 2 new favorites with you! The Serene Scenery 6×6 paper stack – a MUST for amazing cards, tags, small gifts and crafting projects, and the new Ombre Ink Pads! …

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Blog Candy Winners – Pretty Petals Paper Stacks

  Announcing the 3 Blog Candy Winners on PattyStamps.com!     Thank you to everyone who entered to win the 3 Stampin' UP! Pretty Petals Paper Stacks in this blog post from last week!   Congrats to Terry, Kathy and Angie!   Please email me at pattystamps@comcast.net to give me your mailing address so I …

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