Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Happy Solstice – whether you’re North or South of the equator!
My husband, Ginger and I spent the day on Whidbey Island. If there’s a heaven for dogs, this is Ginger’s version. It was truly a special day.
In terms of cardmaking – I have an In Detail review of 11 black stamping inks over in Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom. And there’s still time to “comment to win” over at The Cutting Edge Challenge blog.
Enjoy your day!
I’m pleased to announce that Kay Miller and Gayatri Murali will be Guest Designers for upcoming challenges at The Cutting Edge! And there’s a Comment Contest over on The Cutting Edge blog – head on over for the details on the prizes and how you can enter to win.
Today, I’m sharing a card inspired by the CASE Study Challenge #196 with the colors from Color Throwdown #297.
I’ve had this Seattle skyline die, purchased at Impress, a local stamping store, for quite awhile. I had my son, who is in Boulder for the summer, in mind when I crafted the card. It is sunny in Seattle in the summer. 
Supplies: Neat and Tangled Sunburst and Everyday Labels stamps
Today I’m sharing a card created with Penny Black stamps and die cuts featuring the combination of coral and turquoise.
I created the card background with Distress Inks which were applied to watercolor paper, spritzed, and dried and then more color was applied. Once the panel was dry, I heat embossed it using the Penny Black Dotted Fusion [#40-278] background stamp. I die cut the dragonflies with the Flutters [#51-006] set from watercolor paper that had been similarly colored with Distress Inks in shades of blues. The circle was cut from watercolor paper and stamped with a sentiment from the Amazing [#30-243] stamp set.
I’ve had the pieces for this card sitting on my worktable ever since starting the In Detail post on die-cut card making sets. As I mentioned in that post, I’ve been using the Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die a lot!
I dry embossed Bazzill cardstock with the Memory Box Wave stencil and cut it with the stitched rectangle. I played around with a variety of colors for the boat, the letters, the banner, the sails and the sailboat flag. It took longer than you would imagine to evaluate colors for the hull, letters, a sails, …. before settling on this combination!
I’m entering this card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.
Speaking of die cuts, there’s still time to enter The Cutting Edge Guest Designer Challenge! Head on over for details.
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