Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I’m over at the Neat and Tangled blog today showing some holiday packaging ideas using stamps from the September release.
I love dressing up gifts with little touches and decided to get an early start on my tag making. Danielle always includes lots of little extra on the stamp sets that can be used in all sorts of fun ways. Head on over to take a look!
Today’s Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class was all about alcohol inks. I don’t have any of the supplies he used, so I decided to work on more tags from things we covered during Days 1-3.
On the first day, he applied Black Soot Distress paint to foil that had been dry-embossed. I loved the look but only got the paint into my hands yesterday.
For my first tag, I embossed the foil sheet with a Sizzix embossing folder I bought through Stampin’ Up. I added Memory Box ghosts, cut from Craft-a-Board, as suggested by Ellen Hutson. The grunge board is too thick for the thin dies, but the Craft-a-Board cut just fine! I added Rock Candy Dry Glitter with Glossy Accents as the adhesive to the ghosts without coloring them in any way (the glitter isn’t easily visible in the photo). The Memory Box sentiment was heat embossed on a die cut label. I then stamped it with the new Hero Arts chalkboard background stamp to make it more grungey.
For my second tag with this technique, I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder. As you can see, this technique gives a masculine, industrial look. I’m still pondering what to add to the tag.
Headed back to the craft table to play some more with the stencils!
I’m sharing a card over on the Poppystamps blog today using supplies from the new release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.
There’s a fabulous window die in the release that cuts in a unique way — it’s designed to open outward. For my card, I envisioned throwing open the windows to a fabulous outdoor scene. Wouldn’t you love to look out on this scene?!
While you can use the die to cut the window with open shutters, I wanted to create backed panels from a contrasting cardstock. I dry embossed the card front, then I placed the die on the backside of the card front and cut the window. I opened the window panels to the front, and cut about half of the panel off. I then die-cut the woodgrain cardstock with the window die and cut out the two shutters. I backed these with a rectangular panel and adhered the panels to the cut-off shutters on the white card base.
I filled the sleigh with a mixture of greenery cut from Meadow and Dill cardstock using the Small Garden Sprig and Garden Sprig dies.
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Welcome! It’s time for another Pinspired Challenge. The photo is for you to interpret anyway you want. Be inspired by the colors, the style, the theme – it’s up to you!
This challenge is sponsored by Authentique who are offering a Halloween-themed prize pack.
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 along with the prize from Authentique. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Supplies:
Welcome! You should have arrived at my blog from Ira’s.
Using the theme of Friendship, I created a card using two of the delightful Poppystamps dog dies. Although it’s fall here in the States, I envisioned a sunny, summer day!
For the cloud background, I created a mask with the two new Poppystamps clouds and applied white pigment ink with a sponge dauber.
Be sure to leave comments on all of the blogs – there’s hidden candy along the way. There will be four winners, who will each receive a die. You have until midnight US EST on October 10 to leave comments. Winners will be announced on Friday, October 11.
Head next to Jeanne’s blog. And should you get lost, just head back to the Poppystamps Blog.
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