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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Hibiscus Embossed Background Cards

Secret Garden Chevron card featuring Hibiscus Hybrid embossing folder by Patty Bennett

  After I created all of THESE trifold cards with the Secret Garden card making kit, I had lots of 1″ strips left over, so I created these Chevron cards!  Instead of stamping and die cutting the flowers, I fussy cut these flowers from the designer paper.   The Secret to these Cards: I used …

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Chevron Fold Cards

Chevron fold cards with Stampin' Up! Frames & Flowers designer paper

I found this fun Chevron Fold idea online somewhere several months ago, and tracked down a video (link below) so that I could learn how to make it!  It’s pretty easy and the beauty is seeing both sides / patterns of the Stampin’ Up! designer paper! I used 1″ x  2-1/2″ strips, per the video …

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Coffee Gift Card Holder Live Video

Coffee Gift Card Holders fun fold card idea by Patty Bennett with Stampin' Up! More than Autumn bundle

  Did you enjoy the live video tutorial yesterday?  I hope you were able to join me to see how to make these fun fold cards that hold a gift card.  I was inspired by several Stampin’ Up! crafters and combined lots of ideas to use the More than Autumn bundle with the A Little …

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Coffee Gift Card Holder Live Video

Join me live to create a fun fold coffee gift card holder using Stampin Up! More than Autumn bundle

Join me live today or watch the replay, as I show you how to make these cute fun fold coffee gift card holders! Great for holiday stocking stuffers, for the mailman, UPS or Amazon delivery people, maybe your favorite hair dresser or bank teller could use one, too? I’ll be using the Stampin’ Up! More …

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Beautiful Secret Garden Kit 30% off!

Secret Garden Trifold card by Patty Bennett - Stampin UP! sale while supplies last!

You know me.. I love flowers and floral prints.. so I fell in love with the Secret Garden cardmaking kit and supplies in the Stampin’ UP! online store!  And I love that the Secret Garden supplies are 30% off right now!!  I recreated this fun and easy trifold card (see video link below) using the …

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Stampin’ Blends Coloring Filled With Cheer

Stampin Up! Filled with Cheer stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers. cards by Patty Bennett

  I created lots of cards on our crafting cruise, but other than that, last week was spent playing catch up with my business (customers and team), so I didn’t get to stamp or create any cards.  Over the weekend I looked at the Stampin’ UP! supplies I had not used yet, and this fun …

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In Case You Missed World Card Making Day

Stampin Up! cards from World Card Making Day Oct 2024 Ephemera

  Did you watch the Stampin’ Up! Video on World Card Making Day? If you missed it, I’ve got the replay for you below.  It includes sneak peeks, behind the scenes and fun card making live!   Stampin’ Up! featured the Mix & Match papercrafting supplies during the card making presentations.  You can click any …

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Crafting Cruise Recap & Samples Video

Crafting Group Stampin Up! crafting cruise to the Caribbean - Adventure of the Seas Royal Caribbean ship

Welcome to my crafting cruise recap post and video today!!  I hope you will enjoy my stories and all the projects we made by watching the video at the bottom of this post.   Above: Patty Bennett (that’s me), and Kurstan del Rosario, co-hosts of our annual crafting & cruising adventures! Below: happy stampers in …

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Crafting Cruise Recap & Card Samples

Crafting Cruise to the Caribbean 2024 news, recap and card samples live with Patty

  Join me live today if you can, or watch the replay later… let’s discuss: Crafting Cruise Recap & News Why I couldn’t go live from the ship – it’s probably not what you think Gifts & goodies for our cruisers Card samples we made on the ship   Watch Live or Watch the Replay! …

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Simple Cards featuring Nests of Winter DSP

Stampin' UP! Nests of Winter designer paper card idea featuring Stampin' Blends coloring

Sometimes a fun fold is fabulous. Sometimes a new technique is amazing… and sometimes we just need quick and easy cards!!  Today I’m sharing 2 quick and easy cards with the Nests of Winter suite. I created these a few months ago while participating in a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator online event called Creativity Now. Although …

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Splendid Autumn Pumpkin Spice card

Stampin Up! more than autumn bundle pumpkin spice coffee card featuring Splendid Autumn 6x6 paper stack by Patty Bennett

When you are trying out lots of new products all at once, you add 5 new things onto one card.. wait.. 6!! The star of the show is of course the Pumpkin Spice latte drink, from the adorable More Than Autumn bundle in the new Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog. I also added the piece of …

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