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Santa's Workshop Christmas Card Ideas

 Cute and Easy Santa's Workshop Christmas Card ideas featuring the Stampin' UP! Buffalo Check background stamp and the Memories & More card pack!!  You'll find these products in the Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday catalog, pages 21 and 38, or at the bottom of today's blog post.

 

Handmade Christmas card idea featuring Stampin UP! Santa's Workshop Memories & More card pack, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

I have 3 adorable Christmas cards to share with you today!!  These cards were created with the Memories & More Card pack, the Buffalo check background stamp, and Real Red cardstock.  They are super easy to create!  For the card above and below, Cindee and I die cut the Santa Bag Memories & More card with the Layering Ovals oval framelit, then added the cute Santa cap to the elf (it's a sticker in the package), layered that onto a Garden Green Scalloped Oval die cut, and then added an addition elf and stamped greeting. The stamp is from the Farmhouse Christmas stamp set and die cut with the Farmhouse Framelits (order them as a bundle at 10% off!).  Find the bundle on pg 13 in the Holiday catalog or below in this post with a link to my online store!

The bow is punched out with the Candy Cane punch and the Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper.

Dimensions for cutting and scoring the Real Red cardstock for the Gate Fold:

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Did you see the totally adorable Gift Card holder I made with these Santa's Workshop Memories & More cards?  If you missed it, CLICK HERE to see that post!

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For the card above and below, I cut off 1/2 of the front of a standard fold card and so it opens like a dutch door.  The Buffalo Check is stamped in Coastal Cabana ink on all of the cards, onto Whisper White cardstock. 

The Merry Christmas greeting is found in the Festive Farmhouse stamp set, stamped in Real Red.

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Below: we die cut one of the Memories & More cards with the Stitched Shape Square framelit die in the Big Shot, and layered it onto a Scalloped Square framelit die cut in Real Red.   The greeting is one of the Memories & More cards die cut with the Festive Farmhouse framelit.

 

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 These preprinted cards are really amazing.. if you missed the video WATCH IT HERE to see more about these great little cards! The pack is only $10 !!!

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Christmas Gift Card Holder Idea & Video!

 If you are like me, you are always looking for a fun Gift Card Holder idea at the holidays!

You can make this with me!! I did a Facebook Live presentation on Tuesday and I have the Facebook Live video tutorial for you below.. so that you can create one too!

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I saw this fun fold out idea online a few months ago, and was eager to create this and turn it into a gift card holder.  I made one and then this VERY popular Santa's Workshop Memories & More card pack went on backorder.. so I decided to wait to show this to you until it was available again to order!  Get one HERE in my online Stampin' Up! store. It's only $10 and you are going to have SO MUCH fun creating with it!!

 

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 This cute gift card holder is created with 6 of the Memories and More cards and 2 pieces of cardstock! Watch the video below to see how easy it is!

Above: folds up to put into a standard size envelope

Below: be sure to decorate the back, too!

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Above: create a little pocket for the gift card!  Decorate with some of the stickers from the Memories & More pack.

Cutting and Scoring dimensions for the DIY Gift Card Holder Idea featuring Stampin' UP! Santa's Workshop Memories & More card pack, by Patty Bennett www.PattyStamps.com

 

Watch the VIDEO BELOW to see how easy and fun this is to make!!

 

 

 

The "Elf Thing" gift card holder is the one I made on the video above.. see photos below for the details :) 

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Above: Gift Card Holder opened to show gift card pocket in the center section

Below: the back side

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Sneak Peek: 4x6 cards & envelope packs!

 

Can you Guess what I am really excited about??  In the new 2018-2019 Stampin' Up! catalog, we will be able to purchase large note cards with envelopes, sized perfectly for the 4x6 Memories & More cards!!!  yay!  (find them on pg 194)

COMING SOON!!!

Large 4x6 Petal Garden note card with detailed die cut image from the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack. by Patty Bennett

So why might this be so exciting?  I have been wanting to use the beautiful detailed die cut image (below, from the  Petal Passion Memories & More card pack), but there is just no way to cut it down and keep the entire image on a regular size card! But since I was able to preorder these 4x6 cards as part of my demonstrator preorder earlier this month, I am excited to be able to create a card with this die cut!

 

Large 4x6 Petal Garden note card with detailed die cut image from the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack. by Patty Bennett

 

Above:  I cut a piece of the Petal Garden 6x6 designer paper down to 4x6 with my Stampin' Trimmer, and then just used my fine tip glue pen and my silicone craft sheet, to add glue to the detailed die cut and put it right on top of the 4x6 designer paper!  Isn't it so pretty!?  Then, it fits perfectly onto the new large note card!!

 

Tip! Use Stampin' UP! Fine-Tip glue and your silicone craft sheet to add adhesive to a fine / detailed die cut!

How simple! How beautiful!  How quick and easy!  yay!

Large 4x6 Petal Garden note card with detailed die cut image from the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack. by Patty Bennett

As you can see, the Large cards are sized to provide a border around the 4x6 card, and then they fit right into the envelopes in the pack!!

Whohoooo!!

  144168 Petal Garden dsp paper stack from Stampin' UP!  shop online www.mystamporder.com

RETIRING Petal Garden paper, found HERE!

RETIRING Petal Passion Memories & More card pack found HERE! Sold Out!

LARGE cards & envelopes coming on June 1st in the new 2018 catalog!

 

The thank you image is from the Label Me Pretty stamp set.. I performed a little "stamp surgery" on the stamp with an Xacto knife, and then punched it out with the 1-3/8" scalloped circle punch.  :)

 

I performed stamp surgery on my Label me Pretty stamp, using an Xacto knife!

 

Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek of these new Large cards / envelopes!

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Easy Petal Passion Greeting Card Ideas

 

I am so sad that this beautiful Petal Passion designer paper is retiring!! 

It's ONLY available while supplies last!!  Click to order!

Petal Passion designer paper floral cards colored with Stampin' Blends by Patty Bennett

I colored this paper with my Stampin' Blends markers and then added the "smile" and "hello" die cuts from the (now retired and SOLD OUT) Petal Passion Memories & More card pack.  Check out my tip below for sponging the vibrant color onto the die cut and butterfly!

 SPONGING TIP!

Have you tried this?  I got a small bottle of glycerin at the drug store and mixed 1 drop with 1 drop of Rich Razzleberry reinker with my sponge dauber, then dabbed on the color to the die cut and the butterfly and WOW.. so vibrant and it goes on so smoothly!

CRAFT TIP: mix 1 drop glycerin with 1 drop reinker - it makes sponging on color so much smoother and more vibrant!

Retiring Petal Passion Paper available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST here!

Petal Passion designer paper floral cards colored with Stampin' Blends by Patty Bennett

The butterfly is from an upcoming new catalog stamp set called Painted Glass.  I also added some Wink of Stella to the sponged image above, but it didn't photograph super well.. it's very pretty in person! :)

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Graceful Garden floral cards

 I'm sure you know I love roses!  I don't have any purple or lavender roses in my garden, but I colored this one with my Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends markers!  I stamped the beautiful rose image from the Graceful Garden stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock using my Memento black ink pad, then colored them!

 

Graceful Garden rose card, colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  Layered onto Petal Passion Memories & More printed acetate card and Blackberry Bliss folded cardstock card base by Patty Bennett

 

I layered the colored rose onto an acetate sheet from the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack!  It's preprinted with the lovely white flowers.  Both pieces are layered onto a top fold Blackberry Bliss card base.  YES, Blackberry Bliss is coming back!! You'll be able to purchase it on June 1, 2018!!

 I sponged the edges of the Whisper White cardstock with a sponge dauber and the Rich Razzleberry ink pad.

 

Graceful Garden rose card, colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  Layered onto Petal Passion Memories & More printed acetate card and Blackberry Bliss folded cardstock card base by Patty Bennett

 I love the Petal Passion Memories & More card kit!!!! I love fun surprised like this printed acetate sheet!! What a GREAT pack of crafting supplies!!

Stampin' Blends coloring tip:  Add some yellow (Daffodil Delight) to leaves, and then add green (old Olive).. it helps brighten and add highlights to leaves.

Graceful Garden rose card, colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  Layered onto Petal Passion Memories & More printed acetate card and Blackberry Bliss folded cardstock card base by Patty Bennett

Sneak Peek!

Did you see that sweet little corner detail above?   That's the NEW Detailed Trio corner punch!! :)

  

OH NO!! SOLD OUT!!!!

You will find this beautiful printed acetate sheet in the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack!  It's retiring and available ONLY While Supplies Last!  Get it here!

145592 Memories & More Petal Passion card pack - retiring! Available while supplies last!

Graceful Garden rose card, colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  Layered onto Petal Passion Memories & More printed acetate card and Blackberry Bliss folded cardstock card base by Patty Bennett

 

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Here is a quick peek at my garden.. all in bloom in April!!

Patty's garden, April 2018. Roses and Alstromeria.

Patty's rose garden and 1st bouquet of April 2018.

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Retiring Petal Passion Memories & More Card Ideas

 

I was totally inspired by a fun technique Cindee Wilkinson recently shared in her blog, and I made all of these cards with the flower and butterfly stamp from the Beautiful Day stamp set!! The flower and butterfly images are stamped with black ink (any ink will do) onto the Stampin' Up! Painted with Love designer paper, then fussy cut with Paper Snips!

 

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly and flower images from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett
 

For the background of most of these cards, I used the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack!  There are 72 total cards in the pack and i used the 4" x 6" cards and I cut them down to fit onto regular 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" cardstock bases.   I used a couple of packs to make these.

For the cards on the bottom row I made 4x4 cards, and I used the Petal Passion designer paper.

These are pretty quick and easy.. just stamp your Beautiful Day flower and butterfly image with any black ink onto the Painted with Love printed designer paper (or any designer paper of your choice) then cut them out with Paper Snips!

 

Stamp flower and butterfly images from the Stampin' UP! Beautiful Day stamp set onto the Painted with Love designer paper, then cut out for beautiful images on your handmade cards!

Retiring products available online WHILE SUPPLIES LAST:

Petal Passion Memories & More card pack HERE

Painted with Love designer Paper HERE

Petal Passion Designer Paper HERE

Picnic with You stamp set HERE

 

Non retiring stamp sets available here:

Beautiful Day stamp set HERE

Ribbon of Courage stamp set HERE

  Stamp images onto designer paper and cut out with Stampin' UP! paper snips - great way to add a pre-colored image to your handmade card!

 

I used my Paper Snips to cut out the flowers and butterflies .. I was thankful that the TSA didn't take away my handy dandy Paper Snips!!  I was cutting them out on the plane on the way to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago.

Thank you again Cindee, for this amazing idea!  You can see her cards here.

 

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly and flower images from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

I used a variety of coordinating cardstock bases for my cards: Powder Pink, Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum and Berry Burst.  The first 3 colors listed here are RETIRING, so if you love them, get them now!  See all retiring products HERE.

 

 

145592 Memories and More Petal Passion Card Pack from Stampin UP!.. shop online at www.MyStampOrder.com

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly and flower images from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

I stamped the butterfly onto the card, and then put the cut out butterfly on top of the stamped image.  That way I didn't have to cut around the antennae.  I stamped the faith greeting from the Ribbon of Courage set in Berry Burst ink onto a die cut stitched shape circle.

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the flower image from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

Above & Below:  the greeting is from the Picnic With You set (here) and I colored in the black and white flowers that were printed onto the Memories & More cards with my Stampin' Blends markers.

 

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly and flower images from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly image from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

Petal Passsion Memories & More card ideas featuring the butterfly image from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

 

Crafting tip: stamp images onto preprinted designer paper like this Stampin' Up! Painted with Love paper, then punch or die cut!

Above:  Tip! Don't forget, it's fun to stamp greetings onto printed designer paper and punch them out.. it can really change the look of your project!

Below:  These 4x4 cards do not use the Memories & More card pack, but instead, I used the Petal Passion designer paper (um, only about the best paper pack EVER!) :)

Petal Passsion designer paper card ideas featuring the butterfly image from the Stampin' Up! Beautiful Day stamp set, stamped onto Painted with Love designer paper, by Patty Bennett

 I hope you enjoyed these card ideas!  Bless you for hanging in with me for the whole blog post!

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Embossing folder backgrounds - Sweet Soiree card ideas

Sometimes I forget to use my embossing folders, but I should use them more often! They add great texture and interest to handmade cards and crafts!  I decided to get out 3 of them, Garden Trellis, Simple Stripes, and Polka Dot Basics, and I embossed a piece of Berry Burst Cardstock with each of them.   Then, I added a cut out piece from the Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack (a free Sale-a-Bration 2018 item!) and created cards with them!

  

Sweet Soiree Memories & More card idea featuring Stampin' UP! embossing folders, by Patty Bennett

 

Each of these card bases is created with a piece of the Sweet Soiree Designer paper, cut to 4-1/4" x 11" and folded in half (side fold card).  Since this designer paper is pretty thick, it stands up to being a card base all by itself!  Then I added the floral pieces I cut out from the Sweet Soiree Memories & More pack, and a couple elements from the Sweet Soiree embellishment kit... done!

 

Sweet Soiree Memories & More birthday card idea featuring Stampin' UP! Polka Dot Basic embossing folder and Perennial Birthday stamp set, by Patty Bennett

 

I added a stamped birthday greeting from the Perennial Birthday stamp set on the card above.  I know the polka dot background is hard to see in the photo, but it's cute in person!

 

Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit Washi Tape from  Stampin' UP!. Card by Patty Bennett

 

Since I was using the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit for these cards, I decided to use the washi tape from that kit inside the cards, as well as the 1" strip I cut off from the 12x12 to make the card bases!!  I added a piece of Whisper White cardstock to the inside as well, since the paper has patterns on both sides and it would be hard to write on the inside!

 

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There are only 3 weeks left to get this 72 piece Memories and More card pack FREE!  See page 11 of the Sale-a-Bration brochure for more details and ideas!  Select it as your free item when you place a $50 or more order in my online store here.

 

Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack - 2018 Sale-a-Bration gift from Stampin' UP!

Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack - great preprinted designs for memory keeping or card making!

Sweet Soiree Memories & More card idea featuring Stampin' UP! Garden Trellis embossing folder, by Patty Bennett

ABOVE: the Garden Trellis embossing folder background

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BELOW: the Simple Stripes embossing folder background

Sweet Soiree Memories & More card idea featuring Stampin' UP! Simple Stripes embossing folder and Hello Friend stamp set, by Patty Bennett

After I stamped the hello greeting from the Hello Friend stamp set, I used my Basic Black Stampin' Write marker to "shadow" the left and bottom side of each letter... that takes me back about 45 years to doing that same thing in Jr. High.. anyone else remember doing that? 

 

145578 Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit from Stampin' UP!

ABOVE:  click to view the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit online

BELOW:  click to view the Sweet Soiree designer paper online

Sweet Soiree designer paper from Stampin' Up! #145564

 

 

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Bird Banter Note Cards colored with Stampin' Blends

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 Did you catch my Facebook Live video on Monday?  I had so much fun sharing these cute handstamped Bird Banter cards with you! 

Fun handstamped cards featuring Stampin' Up! Bird Banter stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers.  Backgrounds are easy with the Sweet Soiree Memories & More cards - free choice during Sale-a-Bration 2018

Watch the Facebook Live Replay below if you missed it.. it will give you all the tips for creating all of these Bird Banter Cards!

 

 

As I mentioned in the video, I used a couple of the Sale-a-Bration products:

 I loved using so many of the Sweet Soiree cards.. with 72 in the pack, there are lots of designs to select from!

 

All Bird Banter birds are stamped with Memento Black ink on Whisper White cardstock and colored with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

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Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Sweet Soiree Memories & More card background, and Petal Passion Memories & More flower sticker (#145592).  Hello Friend from the Fruit Basket stamp set (#144833). Branch die cut from Seasonal Layers thinlits in Chocolate Chip cardstock.  Oval Stitched Shape framelit.

 

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Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Sweet Soiree Memories & More card background, Sweet Soiree Designer paper silver dot paper, and die cuts from: Petals & More thinlits (#145655), Sunshine Wishes (#141489), and Flourish thinlits (#141478).  Subtles (Calypso Coral) hearts and flower center: Enamel Shapes #141679),  Branch die cut from Seasonal Layers thinlits in Chocolate Chip cardstock.  Peekaboo Peach crinkled seam binding ribbon. Oval Stitched Shape framelit and layering oval scalloped mat.

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Fun handstamped cards featuring Stampin' Up! Bird Banter stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers.  Backgrounds are easy with the Sweet Soiree Memories & More cards - free choice during Sale-a-Bration 2018

 Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Sweet Soiree Memories & More card background, and flowers cut from Sweet Soiree Memories & More card. Hello Friend from the Fruit Basket stamp set (#144833).  Starburst Punch.

 

Fun handstamped cards featuring Stampin' Up! Bird Banter stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers.  Background paper: Tutti Frutti designer paper stack. shop for supplies at www.MyStampOrder.com

Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Tutti Frutti designer paper background, and Lovely Words thinlits (#143733), and Flourish thinlits (#141478).  Calypso Coral Ombre Ribbon (#144233). Hello Friend from the Fruit Basket stamp set (#144833).  Stitched Shape Oval.  See video above for "ombre" hugs die cut info.

 

Fun handstamped cards featuring Stampin' Up! Bird Banter stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers.  Backgrounds are easy with the Sweet Soiree Memories & More cards - free choice during Sale-a-Bration 2018

Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Sweet Soiree Memories & More card background, Sweet Soiree Designer paper, and embellishments from the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit (#145578). Hello Friend from the Fruit Basket stamp set (#144833).

 

Fun handstamped cards featuring Stampin' Up! Bird Banter stamp set colored with Stampin' Blends markers.  Backgrounds are easy with the Sweet Soiree Memories & More cards - free choice during Sale-a-Bration 2018

Above: Bird Banter birds colored with Stampin' Blends markers, Sweet Soiree Memories & More card background, die cut branch from: Petals & More thinlits (#145655).  Love and small hearts stamped with Berry Burst ink using the Apron of Love stamp set (#145835).  Berry Burst metallic edge ribbon #145489.

 

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Heart Happiness and Stampin' Blends

 

Today's card is brought to you by the Petal Passion Suite and the Heart Happiness stamp set in the Stampin' UP! Occasions catalog!  The floral heart stamp image makes my heart happy, so I think the stamp set it apply named!! :)

 

Heart Happiness card idea featuring floral heart stamp colored with Stampin' UP! Stampin' Blends markers. Petal Passion Memories & More card and Petal Passion desgner paper complete this black and white card idea.

I stamped the floral heart image from Heart Happiness on Thick Whisper White cardstock, with Memento Black ink, then colored it with a couple shades of Stampin' Blends markers (Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, and Old Olive).  Then I decided to color all the white area around the flowers and leaves with my light Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends.  I die cut it with the Sweet & Sassy heart framelit before mounting it to my card.

 

Heart Happiness card idea featuring floral heart stamp colored with Stampin' UP! Stampin' Blends markers. Petal Passion Memories & More card also colored with Stampin' Blends

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The "love life" sentiment and flower are preprinted onto a Petal Passion Memories & More card.  I just colored over the black print, then also die cut it with the Sweet & Sassy heart framelit before adding it to my card.

 

145769 Heart Happiness stamp set from Stampin Up - shop online at www.MyStampOrder.com

Above: shop for the Heart Happiness set here in my online store, see it on pg 20 in the Occasions catalog

Below:  shop for the Petal Passion Memories & More card pack here in my online store, see it on pg 24 in the Occasions catalog.

 

145592 Memories and More Petal Passion Card Pack from Stampin Up - shop online at www.MyStampOrder.com

 

My card base is a Smoky Slate folded card, and I layered a 4"x5-1/4" piece of Petal Passion designer paper onto the card base. I tied 2 layers of ribbon around the card:  Whisper White Organza ribbon (pg 23 Occasions catalog) and Basic Gray Shimmery ribbon (pg 9 Sale-a-Bration catalog).  The ribbon is part of a 3-pack, and can be your FREE GIFT with $50 purchase!!  Click for more Sale-a-Bration info!

 

Heart Happiness card idea featuring floral heart stamp colored with Stampin' UP! Stampin' Blends markers. Petal Passion Memories & More card and Petal Passion desgner paper complete this black and white card idea.

 

Below: Petal Passion designer paper in my online store here, or see pg 23 in the Occasions catalog.

145589 Petal Passion designer paper from Stampin Up - shop online at www.MyStampOrder.com

 

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Sale-a-Bration Sweet Soiree card ideas

 

Whohooo! The 2018 Stampin' UP! Occasions catalog and Sale-a-Bration rewards brochure are live!  I love the wide selection of product offerings for cardmaking and DIY crafting projects, and I love combining products from both publications in my projects!

Today I am sharing floral note cards I created using the Petal Palette flower stamp (and bundle) and some Sale-a-Bration Sweet Soiree Memories & More cards... this is a pack of 72 double sided preprinted cards that you can use for Memory Keeping, card making, tags, notes, and more! 

 

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration Sweet Soiree Memories & More note cards featuring Petal Palette flower stamp colored with Watercolor Pencils by Patty Bennett

 

Each handmade card has a watercolored floral image from the Petal Palette set featuring the watercolor pencils (see THIS post) and is layered onto a folded Whisper White note card with the Memories & More cards.  With 72 cards in the Memories and More pack to select from, you can see that I created LOTS of variations!

Get the Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack FREE with your $50 order during Sale-a-Bration.  See page 11 in your Sale-a-Bration brochure for more details about this card pack.

 

  147353 Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack from Stampin' Up! - Free Sale-a-Bration gift choice for your orders Jan. 3 to March 31, 2018.  shop: www.MyStampOrder.com

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Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration Sweet Soiree Memories & More note cards featuring Petal Palette flower stamp colored with Watercolor Pencils by Patty Bennett

 

I also stamped and colored the birds to add to a few of the cards, and added some of the die cut pieces, both from the Petal Palette bundle, on pg 23 in the 2018 Occasions catalog.

 

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Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration Sweet Soiree Memories & More note cards featuring Petal Palette flower stamp colored with Watercolor Pencils by Patty Bennett

 I stamped greetings on the cards from these Stampin' UP! stamp sets:

  • Ribbon of Courage
  • Picture Perfect Birthday
  • Petal Palette
  • Happy Wishes (Sale-a-Bration set)

 

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Thank you for joining me today! I hope you will enjoy the Sweet Soiree Memories & More card pack as one of your FREE Sale-a-Bration items this year!

  

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Watercoloring on Petal Passion Memories & More Cards

 

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Check out page 24 in the 2018 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog for these amazing preprinted Petal Passion Memories & More cards!!  Use them for memory keeping, card making, tags, mini albums and more!

How to watercolor on Stampin' UP! Memories & More Petal Passion floral cards by Patty Bennett

 

I love these beautiful floral cards... the pack includes 72 double sided preprinted cards, and I grabbed my Stampin' Up! reinkers, a clear block and my Aqua Painters and just started coloring them in!!  How easy, and how pretty!

You can leave them black and white, or color them in with Stampin' Blends, markers, sponge daubers, watercolor pencils, Brusho, or watercolor them like I did here.

 

Stampin' UP! Memories & More Petal Passion floral cards watercolored by Patty Bennett

 

 As you can see, I used these cards to tuck into the Prize Patrol gifts I'm mailing to my Luv 2 Stamp Group team this month.  I stamped them with a stamp that my niece, Holly, made for me.  You can check out her Etsy store here.

How to Color the Petal Passion cards:

Simply drop a couple drops of each color you want to use onto a clear block, then pick up some color with your wet Aqua Painter and start coloring in!   DO NOT USE too much water, as these are not watercolor paper, but you can still very easily blend and shade with more than one color like I did here.

 

Stampin' UP! Memories & More Petal Passion floral cards watercolored with Aqua Painters and reinkers  by Patty Bennett

 

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Petal Passion Memories & More cards available on Jan. 3, 2018!

 

Thank you for joining me today! I hope you will create some of these great watercolor cards!

  

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Embossing Paste Fall Leaf Cards

 

As we are officially heading into Fall now, I thought I'd share these Seasonal Layers fall leaf cards that I made many months ago, but saved for the fall.  These cards feature Stampin' Up! embossing paste colored with reinkers, and die cut with the Seasonal Layers leaf thinlit dies on my Big Shot.

 

Seasonal Layers fall leaf cards featuring Stampin' UP! embossing paste and brick wall mask from the Pattern Party mask set. by Patty Bennett

 

I die cut my own mask with a Window Sheet, Seasonal Layers leaves and the Big Shot.

I used that mask to create beautiful embossing paste leaves in fall colors!

 

Make your own leaf stencil with a window sheet and Seasonal Layers leaf thinlits, then use with Stampin' UP! embossing paste.

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Make your own leaf mask for embossing paste with Stampin' Up! Seasonal Layers thinlits.

 

The colors of Stampin' UP! reinkers I used with the embossing paste are:  Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Old Olive.
 

The Brick Backgrounds were created with embossing paste and the Pattern Party Decorative masks.

 

Stampin' UP! brick embossing paste background ideas.

 

Tip! When using embossing paste, use Washi Tape to hold your mask in place!

Craft Tip!  Use Washi Tape to hold down your mask / stencil when using Embossing Paste

 

After I created the leaves on the pieces of Color Theory paper, I decided to die cut them and use some of them on these cards.

 

Seasonal Layers fall leaf cards featuring Stampin' UP! embossing paste and brick wall mask from the Pattern Party mask set. by Patty Bennett

 

The Seasonal Layers thinlits are one of the best investments in the Stampin' UP! catalog... I love these leaves!!

 

Seasonal Layers fall leaf cards featuring Stampin' UP! embossing paste and brick wall mask from the Pattern Party mask set. by Patty Bennett

 

The Crisp and Cool circle was punched out of one of the Color Theory Memories & More cards, found on page 193 in the Stampin' Up! catalog.  I used the Starburst punch, then added some 1/4" copper trim behind it.

 

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Quick and Easy Tags with Memories and More cards

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Do you ever just need to jot a quick note, or stamp a quick Thank You or Happy Birthday? 

I have a fabulous solution for you! Grab a box of Memories & More cards from Stampin' Up! and stamp or write a quick note, perfect for a last minute gift, a tag on a bag, a note in a lunchbox or backpack... so quick, colorful and fun!

View all of the 4 Memories & More card packs HERE online!  They are for so much more than just memory keeping!

In today's blog post I am sharing a fun way that I incorporated the Color Theory Memories & More card pack and lots of different Stampin' Up! ribbon to dress up prizes for my Luv 2 Stamp Group team of demonstrators.

 

Memories and More card pack "Color Theory" from Stampin' UP!, great for quick stamped thank you, birthday, love you or other note, such as these Luv 2 Stamp Group Prize Patrol tags, by Patty Bennett

 

In June I mailed out lots of fun Stampin' Up! product goodies to the Luv 2 Stamp group members who earned a prize patrol, or met a specific sales or recruiting goal in May.

 

Memories and More card pack "Color Theory" from Stampin' UP!, great for quick stamped thank you, birthday, love you or other note, such as these Luv 2 Stamp Group Prize Patrol tags, by Patty Bennett

 

I stamped the Color Theory Memories & More cards with a personalized stamp that my niece Holly hand lettered for me!!  You can check out her Etsy Shop here: Burns Nest Designs. She'd be happy to create a personalized stamp for you!

 

Memories and More card pack "Color Theory" from Stampin' UP!, great for quick stamped thank you, birthday, love you or other note, such as these Luv 2 Stamp Group Prize Patrol tags, by Patty Bennett

 

Each card was decorated with Glitter Enamel Dots - one of my very favorite Stampin' Up! Accessories!

 

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Memories and More card pack "Color Theory" from Stampin' UP!, great for quick stamped thank you, birthday, love you or other note, such as these Luv 2 Stamp Group Prize Patrol tags, by Patty Bennett

Each package was also wrapped up with pretty ribbon.

Memories and More card pack "Color Theory" from Stampin' UP!, great for quick stamped thank you, birthday, love you or other note, such as these Luv 2 Stamp Group Prize Patrol tags, by Patty Bennett

 

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Memories & More Seasonal Card Set

 

I hope you enjoy these amazing 4 Seasons cards created with the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack!

 

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I love to create sets of note cards, especially something with a theme like these 4 seasons cards featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories & More Color Theory card pack!!   Many Thanks to Cindee for sharing this amazing idea with me!  These remind me of the Sheltering Tree 4 seasons card set I blogged HERE.. it's one of my most repinned projects on Pinterest!

 

Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack available in my online store. click shop online at www.pattystamps.com and order #144210

 

 This fabulous box of Memories and More Color Theory 72 double sided preprinted cards can be found on page 193 in the new 2017 Stampin' Up! catalog or HERE in my online Stampin' Up! store item #144210. You'll receive 2 sizes of cards in the box, plus overlays and stickers, so that you can make a wide variety of projects, from memory keeping pages, to cards, to mini books, to tags and more!

 Cindee and I also used the coordinating Color Theory 6x6 paper stack, matching cardstock, and the Seasonal Layers thinlit die set to create our set of 4 cards.  Shop for all of these products at the bottom of this blog post.

 

Spring cherry blossom bloom card featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack and the Seasonal Layers thinlit dies!  Glitter Enamel dots are the perfect accent.

 Above: Berry Burst Card, and the branch and flowers die cut from the Seasonal Layers thinlits, each with a Glitter Enamel dot in the center.  Sentiment stamped using the Colorful Seasons stamp set, pg 147, also available in a money-saving 10% discount bundle!  The background paper is from the Color Theory 6x6 paper stack.

You can see by these 4 sample cards that we used the wonderful thinlit dies from the Seasonal Layers set and the coordinating Colorful Seasons stamp set.. it is an amazing bundle!!  If you could only buy one new set from this 2017 Stampin' UP! catalog, I'd recommend this one.. I've used it dozens and dozens of times!!

 

145348 Colorful Seasons Bundle from Stampin Up! - click shop online at www.pattystamps.com and order #145348

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Lazy Summer Days card featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack and the Seasonal Layers adirondak chair thinlit dies!  Glitter Enamel dots are the perfect accent.

Above: We diecut the adirondak chair using the Wood Textures paper stack and adirondak chair die from the Seasonal Layers thinlits.  The base card is Crushed Curry, and we used 2 cards from the Color Theory card pack for the background.

 

Autumn Colors Fall Card featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack and the Seasonal Layers leaf thinlit dies!  Glitter Enamel dots are the perfect accent.

Above: Base card is Old Olive, and  we added 2 fall cards from the Color Theory card pack for the background.  The leaves on the right are stamped using the Colorful Seasons stamp set. The leaves on the left are die cut from the Seasonal Layers thinlits (buy them together in a bundle!  #145348).  I splattered Soft Suede marker on the finished card for extra interest and finished it off with Glitter Enamel Dots.

 

Bring on the Snow snowflake card featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack and the Seasonal Layers snowflake thinlit dies!  Glitter Enamel dots are the perfect accent.

Above/Below:  The base card is a thick Whisper White folded card, with 2 of the winter/snowflake design cards from the Color Theory card pack.  We added die cut snowflakes from the Seasonal Layers thinlits dies and Glitter Enamel Dots to the centers of each one.  We used Whisper White, Dapper Denim and Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper for the snowflakes.

 

Bring on the Snow snowflake card featuring the Stampin' UP! Memories and More Color Theory card pack and the Seasonal Layers snowflake thinlit dies!  Glitter Enamel dots are the perfect accent.

 

Create your own set of 4 seasons cards by purchasing the products shown at the bottom of this blog post, and let me know if you have any questions.

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Memories and More fold out Anniversary Card for Eric - Video Tutorial

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We celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary on 6-28-17 and of course I had to make my sweet hubby a special card! 

I opened up the Stampin' Up! Memories & More card pack box called "Perfect Life" and found over a dozen cards in the box that were PERFECT for an anniversary card... way too many to put on a traditional folded card.. .so... I created a 6 panel fold out card!! :)  (he liked it!) :)

 

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

 

You can find these fun Memories & More card packs on pages 190 to 193 in the new 2017-2018 Stampin' UP! catalog.  I used the "Perfect Days" card pack on page 192, #144209, and 6 note card size envelopes to create my project!

You can see all of the Memories & More products HERE online as well.

 

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

 

Please WATCH THE VIDEO below to see how fun this Memories & More card is!

 



 

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"Perfect Days" card pack on page 192, #144209

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

 

As I mentioned in the video, I used a 3-1/2" x 5" piece of either Pool Party or Lemon Lime Twist cardstock on each of the envelopes as the base of each panel, then added the Memories & More Perfect Life cards and embellishments to them.

 

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

 

I hope you enjoy these close up views to give you inspiration for making one of these fun fold-out cards!  I incorporated a few punches and the Large Numbers framelits. I'll have all those product links at the bottom of this post. Just click on any one of them to go right to the online store. 

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

Stampin' UP! Memories and More "Perfect Days" card pack used to create a 6 panel fold-out anniversary card, by Patty Bennett www.pattystamps.com

 

The Memories & More product line from Stampin' Up! is just what is says.. You can use these cards to preserve memories in your albums, or, create "more" projects with them like cards, tags, mini albums, and more!

 

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