Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
A few weeks ago at StampNation, the Dream Team shared fabulous cards created with Altenew stamps. After reading more about the Simple Shapes set on the Altenew site, I stamped a tangram boat.
The Simple Shapes stamp set has dozens of possibilities. I paired the boat with a border stamp and sentiment from Neat and Tangled.
I’m popping in to share the winner of the giveaway of the Stretch Your Stamps 2 class at Online Card Classes. The winner is: Angela Bowie!
Today, I’m sharing a card suitable for a variety of celebrations, (graduations, birthdays, and first days back-to-school come immediately to mind), created with Penny Black die cuts and stamps.
I die cut the balloons with the Penny Black 51-004 Uplifting die set and used dimensional adhesive to create depth with the balloons. The number frame is cut with a die from the 51-056 Picture This set. I stamped the sentiment, from the Penny Black 30-171 Cupcakes set, onto the card base. I drew the balloon strings with a ruler on a sky blue cardstock panel with a Faber-Castell PITT artist pen.
Hope you’re having a special day!
Even though the StampNation Beach Vacation week has drawn to a close, I’m still thinking about beach-themed cards! I particularly like the recently-released My Favorite Things “Sea Life” set for the beach theme.
I used the Sea Life die set to cut the fish and the coral plant. I used Stampin’ Up inks for all of the stamping – the coverage of this ink with the solid image stamps is fantastic.
FYI: The winners from the StampNation Beach Vacation Blog Hop have been announced on Catherine’s blog.
Supplies:
I’m delighted to be one of the guest artists in the upcoming Stretch Your Stamps 2 class at Online Card Classes, and I have one seat in the class to giveaway.
Here’s a bit about the class:
Look at your stamps in a whole new way! Back by popular demand, join Online Card Classes for another great installment of Stretch Your Stamps!
Join instructors Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, Debby Hughes, and friends (including me!), to discover just how far you can stretch your stamps—whether you’re an expert stamper or just getting started. In Stretch Your Stamps 2, you’ll learn how particular styles of stamps can be used in a variety of creative ways to expand your card-making skills. Over the course of this two-week session, you’ll be introduced to techniques and concepts through expert instructor videos, and then build on your new knowledge with the help of inspiring guest artist examples. Stretch Your Stamps 2 includes over 30 videos and 40 card ideas, along with instructional PDFs, a forum, galleries, shopping discounts, prizes and more.
For more information Stretch Your Stamps 2 from Online Card Classes, click HERE. Class starts August 4, 2014, but you will have lifetime access to the content.
In order to enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment here on my blog. You have until 11:59pm EDT on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, to enter.
