Watercoloring Lesson Live with Patty

Facebook Live cardmaking video with Patty Bennett featuring Stampin' Up! Kindest Gnomes - watercoloring lesson.

Live: Watercoloring with Kindest Gnomes! Please join me live (and be sure to comment so I know you are there!).  Lives are each Friday at 11am PT, on my Business Facebook Page.  Can’t catch the Live? No worries, please watch the replay here on my blog tomorrow, or on my YouTube  Channel.   Holiday Catalog …

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Watercolor Tips for the Hibiscus stamp

Timeless Tropical bundle from the Stampin Up Tropical Oasis suite hibiscus flower stamped with Brown StazOn ink pad and colored with watercolor pencils. www.PattyStamps.com

I made these Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards MONTHS ago, when the Brown StazOn ink pad was first introduced in the Stampin’ Up! Jan-June 2020 catalog.  I wanted to share my Watercolor Tips for the Hibiscus stamp in the Timeless Tropical bundle.   THEN, the ink pad was so popular it sold out super quickly …

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Grace’s Garden Card inspired by Watercolor Painting

Grace's Garden stamp set from Stampin' Up! - watercolor card by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Many of you know that my dad, Jim Burns, is a watercolor artist… wait.. I mean an AMAZING watercolor artist, and I recently used one of his paintings as inspiration for my card featuring the Grace’s Garden stamp set.  This painting happens to be hanging in my stamp loft, so I used it for inspiration …

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Tropical Oasis Memories & More Card Ideas

Tropical Oasis Memories & More card ideas featuring Stampin Up Timeless Tropical hibiscus flower watercolored with Wink of Stella. www.PattyStamps.com

Warning.. TONS of card ideas featuring Stampin’ Up! Tropical Oasis Memories & More cards, to use with your April Customer Thank You Gift card kit from Patty!   I am so excited to share dozens of tips and ideas with you today so that you have plenty of card ideas to create with your free …

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Watercoloring on Flowering Foils Designer Paper

Flowering Foils designer paper - Sale-a-Bration gift choice from Stampin Up while supplies last. Watercoloring with Aqua Painter and reinkers by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

I know you are loving the Flowering Foils Sale-a-Bration designer paper as much as I am, because I’ve been tracking your Sale-a-Bration gift selections on your orders since it released on March 3rd, and it’s been the most popular item out of the 5 new Sale-a-Bration gifts!!  Whohooo!!  So here is a watercolor idea for …

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Wild Rose card with Pigment Sprinkles

Floral Card created with Stampin' UP! Pigment Sprinkles featuring the To a Wild Rose stamp set and dies. By Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Have you played with Stampin’ UP! Pigment Sprinkles?  They create the most vibrant, gorgeous colors for your papercrafting projects!     I combined the “To a Wild Rose” stamp set with Pigment Sprinkles and was thrilled with the results!!   When creating a background with Pigment Sprinkles, my preference is to get the watercolor paper …

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Noble Peacock with Pigment Sprinkles

Stampin' UP! Noble Peacock bundle card idea featuring Pigment Sprinkles watercolor technique and Noble Peacock Rhinestones, with Heirloom Frames dies / embossing folder, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

Have you ever had a card in your head and you just had to sit down and create it?  That’s what happened with this Noble Peacock card! I had already created the watercolored peacock with Pigment Sprinkles, and I just new I wanted to combine it with this gorgeous Noble Peacock foil oval die cut, …

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Humming Bird & Hibiscus Watercolor Card

Humming Along Stampin' UP! set card idea, featuring watercolored hummingbird and hibiscus flower by Patty Bennett, www.PattyStamps.com

    Can you believe this gorgeous hummingbird and hibiscus stamp set is on the RETIRING Stamp Set list!?  I love this set and had so much fun coloring the images!!  I gold embossed the outline images and then watercolored with Stampin’ Up! ink and an Aqua Painter.  Find the RETIRING Humming Along stamp set …

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Butterfly Beauty Cards with Brusho Watercolor Video

Please enjoy my video today with all the details about creating a Brusho Watercolor background and then watch how I used it to die cut the Butterfly Beauty thinlit dies from Stampin’ UP!  You’ll see how I made these cards which also feature the Sale-a-Brtation Butterfly Elements! How to Create a Brusho Watercolor Background:  To …

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Waterfront stamp set with Brusho – video tutorial

  I was feeling kind of "artsy" and I took inspiration from some of my dad's watercolor paintings when I was creating these cards featuring Brusho Crystal Colour and the Stampin' UP! set called Waterfront.     I have a FREE VIDEO TUTORIAL for you at the bottom of this blog post so you can …

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Video Tutorial for Brusho / Waterfront sunset card

  Thank you so much for your kind comments about the Waterfront stamp set sunset, palm tree card I posted last weekend here.  It features a watercolor background created with Brusho Crystal Colour and a water spritzer!  So easy!   I hope that you will enjoy this free Video tutorial below with all the info …

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Waterfront Palm Tree Card

  Are you ready for summer?  I hope my Waterfront Palm Tree Beach card idea helps set the mood for summer!  I had the best time creating this after being inspired by an Instagram post by @tamihewlett.  Is it ok to say that I'm totally in love with this card?   I created the background …

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