Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
With the door shut on October, I’m making holiday cards! I wanted to create a card in one sitting, so I turned to some of my favorite winter-themed die cuts.
I had this finished with a plain background and sent a photo to my eldest son. He responded with “Shouldn’t there be some snow?” That was valid input, so I dry-embossed the card base with an embossing folder to give some texture and the allusion of snow.
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!
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Living in the Pacific Northwest, surrounded by evergreen and mountains, I’m afforded some gorgeous views. I wanted to create a scene illustrating the landscape, specifically of those times when there’s snow at the top of the hills that’s not yet reached the lower elevations.
I cut three panels with the Fremont Pine die in three colors to depict the different elevations. I then played around with the pieces, adjusting them horizontally, until I had a staggered landscape. I masked the bird from the sentiment stamp, which I heat embossed on the bottom panel.
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Today, I’m sharing a quick, fall-themed card created with die cuts and a panel of patterned paper.
I wanted to make a card that felt like Halloween, without being too specific to the holiday. I die cut the tree, stopping just short of the base, so that I could have a section to go behind the “hello” die cut. I first tried the bird, which is really too cute to feel spooky, in black cardstock, but changed it out for the glitter paper for a little something extra!
Happy Halloween! This month has flown by.
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Often when I make cards, I create a story behind the card, as was the case with this one using the Penny Black Whooo’s Wishing [30-190] stamp set (now discontinued). As the card began to come together, I pictured this as Rudolph’s portrait on the wall at the North Pole.
I heat embossed the “Rudolph” stamp with white embossing powder. The sentiment, from the Whoo’s Wishing set, was heat embossed with red powder. I really like the versatility of the Decadence background stamp [40-254] which I stamped in a dark grey. While it brings a formal component to the card, it’s not so formal that it doesn’t play well with the more casual elements on the card, such as the craft store pom pom and the baker’s twine.
With each lesson of the Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class, we received a download of inspiration cards and projects based on the techniques. Today, I’m sharing a card I created based on one that Debby Hughes contributed to the class.
I replaced some of the elements on Debby’s card with supplies I owned. I die cut the leaves from Craft-a-Board and painted them, before adding the Distress Glitter, in a matching color, to a Glossy Accents coating. On the card background, I applied embossing paste through a stencil. I watched several videos on the application of the paste, and honestly, it couldn’t be easier! I used a plastic disposable knife to spread the paste through the stencil.
Supplies: Technique Tuesday Go Outside stamp set (sentiment); Tim Holtz Mini Tattered Leaves Die Set (smaller leaf)
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