Make some Birthday Cards for the New Year!

Perfectly Penned Stampin' UP! designer paper birthday card idea, colored with Sponge Dauber by Patty Bennett

    Do you remember the fun idea I shared with you a couple weeks ago? Those Perfectly Penciled birthday cards were so pretty I decided to make more cards with the same designer paper after coloring it with the Sponge Daubers!     You can make up a whole batch of these cards to …

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Birthday Club Cards for Customers

Perfectly Penciled black and white designer paper from Stampin' UP! colored with Sponge Daubers. Birthday card idea by Patty Bennett

    I created birthday cards to send with the Birthday Club postcards I mailed out over the weekend.  The Perfectly Penciled designer paper from Stampin’ UP! just begs to be colored, and since I had dozens of cards to make, I thought about this quick and easy technique, coloring with sponge daubers and ink …

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Creative Ways to use the Sweetest Cherries Bundle

Creative Ways to Stamp and punch the cherry from the Sweetest Cherries bundle from Stampin' Up!, by Patty Bennett

  I decided to experiment making some different looking cherries with the Stampin’ UP! Sweetest Cherries bundle.   Aren’t they fun when you use different colors, patterned paper, glimmer paper, and, look how fun they are when you stamp red ink onto red cardstock!!     I know I shared this idea with you before – …

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Perfectly Penciled Flower Cards

Simple handmade cards featuring Stampin' Up! Perfectly Penciled designer paper and Art Gallery stamp set. by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Thanks for your feedback when I posted this card on my Instagram account!  So happy you enjoyed the card!  I initially posted the Perfectly Penciled paper with my stamped Art Gallery flowers, then I posted the video for it.  Tip!  use watercolor pencils to add shading to your solid stamped images.. don’t the flowers look …

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