Beary Cute Christmas Card

Beary Christmas card featuring Stampin' Up! Abundant Beauty Mask snowflake background

  Can you believe it.. I don’t think I had used the new Beary Cute bear punch yet!!??  I punched this fun bear out of the Beary Cute designer paper, and fussy cut a tree from the same paper for this card! I hope by the time this posts, the Stampin’ Up! Abundant Beauty masks …

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Tips for making a NOEL Christmas Card

Joy of Noel dies Christmas card tips and idea by Patty Bennett featuring textured paper.

  Need a quick and easy way to make a pretty background?  Try this!!  use the Stampin’ Up! Abundant Beauty masks (yes, I call them stencils), a blending brush and ink, and create a pretty snowflake background for your holiday card!! Step 1: Use Any color blue ink you wish, and add some color randomly …

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5 Ways to Make Cards with 6×6 DSP – video

Meandering Meadow fun fold card: design ideas for 6x6 Stampin' UP! paper from Patty Bennett. Triptych card design.

Warning… long post with tons of card ideas to help you use your 6×6 designer paper patterns with “scenes”!!  I’ve included instructions for 5 ways to make cards with the Meandering Meadow designer paper and a couple bonus cards with the One Horse Open Sleigh paper!  I hope you’ll have a little time to enjoy …

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Live Card Class: 5 Ways to Make Cards with 6×6

Facebook live with Patty Bennett 5 ways to make cards with 6x6 DSP - Meandering Meadow designer paper

Join me live today, during my weekly video, as we explore 5 ways to make cards with the 6×6 Meandering Meadow designer paper from Stampin’ Up!  I’ll show you how to maximize the scenes from this amazing designer paper pack!! Watch the Card Making Video today! Our cards today feature the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive …

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Shining Brightly Holiday Card Ideas

Stampin' Up! card idea for holidays or Christmas featuring Brightly Shining designer paper by Patty Bennett

  Stampin’ Up! has some beautiful paper in the current Holiday catalog, and among all the pretty paper is this Shining Brightly designer paper pack!!  All of the designs feature gold foil and some sheets feature Night of Navy.  It’s a gorgeous combo! Shining Brightly designer paper #162378     Today I am sharing 2 …

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Beautiful All About Autumn Card and it’s Back In Stock!

All About Autumn designer paper for fall cards and crafting, from Stampin' Up! Card idea from Patty Bennett

NOTE:  7am PT 10-10-23.  After sending a newsletter out yesterday and getting this post ready for this morning, it appears the paper sold out AGAIN!!  The report for demonstrators shows that it will be back in stock again, but I’m sorry if you experience another temporary out of stock notice when trying to order today.  …

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Heartfelt Hexagon Punch card for Halloween!

Halloween card with Stampin' UP! Them Bones paper and Heartfelt Hexagon punch by Patty Bennett

Over the weekend, I participated in our Luv 2 Stamp Group Holiday Catalog team event. We had classes on Friday evening and on Saturday.  The Friday Night Boo Bash Bingo and class featured the Them Bones paper for Halloween projects, and when we were done, I grabbed my Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, punched out a bunch …

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Beautiful Blue Floral Birthday Card for Tammy

Abundant Beauty mask blue sunflower card for Tammy by Patty Bennett

In August, I helped Tammy celebrate her birthday.. .and knowing that blue is her favorite color, I made her a card with blue flowers!  I used the new Stampin’ Up! Abundant Beauty Masks (stencils) and my blending brushes to create her card.     Instead of using the flower center mask that comes with the …

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Coffee with a Friend and Garden Walk Paper

Stampin UP! Coffee with Friends set card idea featuring Stampin' Blends marker coloring and Garden Walk designer paper, by Patty Bennett

Coloring with Stampin’ Blends markers is my “happy place”.  I loved coloring this fun image from my Stampin’ Up! Coffee with Friends set, and then using the new Garden Walk designer paper in the background and for the tiny flowers on this card!   Tip: since this stamp set does not have matching dies, I …

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Customer Thank You / Christmas Card Ideas

Stampin' UP! 3 in 1 Christmas Card idea featuring Joy of Christmas designer paper, by Patty Bennett

  Ok, I promise… last blog post with this 3 for 1 stack, slice and shuffle card design… but I just had to show you how pretty this new Joy of Christmas and Joyful Specialty Paper is (scroll down to see those). Wow… These fun cards really highlight the beautiful patterns that mix and match …

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Super Cute Haunted House Halloween Card

Color combo for: Stampin' UP! Tricks & Treats bundle: super cute haunted house Halloween card idea by Patty Bennett

How about a cute spooky Halloween card today, with my favorite Stampin’ Up! Halloween color combo!? The fun part about these cute haunted houses from the Tricks & Treats set, is that I stamped them 2x in each of the 3 colors, then start cutting them apart and kind of played “paper dolls” with the …

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Christmas Card Idea with a Walk in the Forest

Stampin Up! Christmas Card idea featuring A Walk in the Forest Christmas designer paper and the 3 in 1 card idea, with Patty Bennett

I’m sure by now you’ve learned how to make these fun cards, 3 at a time, or maybe you’ve already made some!!  This design is really perfect for mass producing your holiday or Christmas cards, whether you make a dozen or 12 dozen cards!   (if you missed the video, watch the instructions here). Today I’m …

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