Retiring True Love designer paper

Butterfly Brilliance card idea with True Love Designer paper mat layer by Patty Bennett

Don’t miss the amazing True Love Designer paper that is retiring this month!!!  I used it for a pop of black and white as a mat layer for my Butterfly Brilliance card!   Butterfly Brilliance bundle tip:  Stamp butterflies (I actually used Night of Navy, but any dark color works), then die cut and sponge …

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Don’t Miss the Wild Roses Background Stamp

Wild Roses background stamp card idea featuring white embossing powder on Melon Mambo Stampin' Up! cardstock by Patty Bennett #154363

  Want to hear something funny?  When I started this blog post, I thought that this gorgeous background stamp was not in the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog, thus the title Don’t Miss the Wild Roses Background stamp.. . but.. .guess what.. it IS in the new catalog!! yay!!  It’s one of my favorite stamps and …

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Stampin’ Blends Background Coloring with True Love paper

Stampin Blends marker background coloring technique with True Love Designer paper. Stampin' Up! card ideas by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Background Coloring with Stampin’ Blends markers is so easy and doesn’t require any blending at all!!  Just select a color and have fun!     I cut a piece of True Love Designer paper and only colored the background with my Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blends marker.  Leaving the flowers in black and white is …

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Thinking of You True Love Designer Paper Card Idea

Coloring on True Love designer paper with Stampin' Blends markers, to create a Thinking of You card. Stampin' UP! card making supplies. Cards by Patty Bennett

Thinking of You cards… I always think of flowers (of course!) when I think of making one.  I used the Stampin’ UP! True Love Designer paper, and colored the flowers with my Stampin’ Blends markers to create this handmade card.     Above: I colored the floral print in the True Love designer paper with …

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Together Always Specialty Foil Floral Card

Stampin Up! Love You Always specialty foil paper card featuring flowers colored with Blending Brushes from True Love DSP by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  Do you make a special card each year for someone really special?  I think this would make a GREAT anniversary card, wedding card, or, really, just an I Love You forever and always card!!!  I used the Love You Always suite from Stampin’ Up! and highlighted the Love You Always Foil Sheets and Specialty …

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Embossed Wild Rose Background Stamp

Wild Rose background stamp with clear embossing over stamped image. Color True Love DSP with Blending Brushes and fussy cut with Paper Snips. Card by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  I tried something different with the Wild Roses background stamp!! I stamped it in Seaside Spray ink onto Basic White cardstock, then I “smooshed” the Versamark pad all over the cardstock and poured clear embossing powder on it, then heated it.  The whole floral background is glossy!!  Really pretty in person, hard to capture …

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Simple True Love Card

True Love Designer paper card - quick and simple. Color flowers with Purple Posy Stampin' Blends marker. www.PattyStamps.com

  Before they retire and go away forever, you’ll want to grab the Purple Posy Stampin’ Blends markers to color the floral outline images in the True Love designer paper.  It’s so quick and a great way to make this simple True Love card!  NOTE:  The Purple Posy cardstock I used for the base card …

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True Love Designer Paper Note Card Set

3 Ways to Color on True Love designer paper and make a set of note cards with the Sweet Little Valentine cards & envelope set. By Patty Bennett www.pattyStamps.com

You might remember a few weeks ago I was using a variety of Stampin’ Up! coloring mediums to color the flowers on the True Love Designer Paper.  I used my Paper Snips and fussy cut the flowers and created a really fun True Love Designer Paper Note Card Set with the Sweet Little Valentine note …

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Love You Always Specialty Foil Card

Love You Always specialty foil card idea featuring Stampin' Up! card making supplies, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

  I hope you love this Anniversary card idea featuring Stampin’ Up! Love You Always Specialty foil paper!!  I combined 3 different papers from the Love You Always suite on this clean and simple card.     The card base is a standard 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ folded in half, and I cut the True Love …

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How to make 5 Different Treat Boxes – Video

5 Treat Box ideas featuring Stampin' Up! papercrafting supplies, for birthday, Valentine's and St. Patrick's day, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  Thank you for joining me live yesterday on my Facebook Business page for our weekly live crafting video! What a fun time I had sharing these 5 Different Treat Boxes with you!!  Love You Always Treat Boxes available online, in an pack of 10. Decorate them for any occasion, party, holiday, birthday, etc.  Watch …

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How to Use Blending Brushes on True Love Paper

How to use Blending Brushes with Stampin' UP! True Love designer paper to create softly colored flower cards, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

  Oh my GOODNESS I love the Stampin’ Up! Blending Brushes SO much!!  Yesterday in my live video, I shared How to Use the Blending Brushes on the True Love Paper.. it’s the perfect paper to try them out on if you want a quick and easy way to make softly colored flowers and backgrounds!  …

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3 Ways to Color on True Love Designer Paper

3 ways to color on the Stampin' Up! True Love designer paper #154281 www.PattyStamps.com Blending Brushes, Stampin blends markers and watercolor pencils.

Black and White designer paper is so versatile, and one thing I love to do is color on it!  Today I am sharing 3 ways to color on the True Love Designer Paper from Stampin’ Up!   True Love Designer Paper is available in my online Stampin’ Up! Store HERE #154281     3 Ways …

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