Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate the holiday.
I’m sharing a card created with the same design and the same stamp set I used for Pinspired Challenge #22. The Fresh Squeezed subway artwork sentiment stamp has three sentiment sets — one for Halloween, one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas.
Our family’s Thanksgiving will definitely include a few of the items on this list! Have a wonderful day!
The winner of this challenge will receive a 2.5” Create-a-Sticker from Xyron.
I was inspired by the design of the image. On my card, I combined a Fresh Squeezed subway artwork sentiment stamp with a patterned paper background. After heat embossing the sentiment, I used my finger to smudge the black cardstock with ColorBox white pigment ink to give a chalkboard effect.
Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. The winner will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog, as well as the Xyron prize. We can’t wait to see your creations!
While I usually create holiday cards in traditional colors, I wanted to be a bit more whimsical with a card using Penny Black’s Dancing Deers stamp set [40-258].
I stamped the deer in a repeating pattern with a turquoise dye ink. I finished the card off with a heat-embossed sentiment from Yuletide Greetings [30-132] on pink cardstock. I can envision this card design in other color schemes – traditional or otherwise!
Today, Neat and Tangled is releasing the digital stamp “Warm Wishes.” It’s perfect for the holiday season!
I used the digital stamp in two ways. I created the sentiment rectangle by printing the stamp as white on a black fill layer. Next, I created a background paper with a repeating pattern of the mug part of the stamp. Once printed, I combined those two papers with a patterned paper banner and baker’s twine on a dry-embossed card base. This card would be easy to create in different colors! I think I need to go drink some cocoa and put on holiday tunes!
Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and get details about this digital stamp. The November release stamp sets are on sale today, November 22.
Today, I’m sharing a holiday card crafted in traditional colors from the Poppystamps release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.
I wanted to combine a homespun look with a little bling. To begin, I die cut a textured white cardstock strip with the Diamond Knit border. I only cut about 3/5 of the border on the left-hand side. I then rotated the die and cut the right-hand side. By this method, I was able to leave a background spot for the Fremont tree. I stamped the Comfort and Joy sentiment stamp, masking off the “to you” and the bird, directly onto the red card base to which I then adhered the knit border. I cut the Fremont Pine Outline from silver cardstock for some extra shine and glued it to the Fremont Pine Background with Glossy Accents. I adhered the tree, once dry, to the knit border with dimensional adhesive and finished the card off with a metallic twine bow.
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