Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I made this card for Grayson and his brother Aydan with the help of some friends, who supplied the stamp set and the twine, at a crafty retreat I attended this past weekend.
I used the Avery Elle What’s Up? set combined with Memory Box die cut letters for a colorful “hello” card. The twine is from Timeless Twine. I’ve never used their product before, and I really liked how easily it tied. This is a large card – 4″ wide by 7″ tall.
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 Whisker Graphics. The winner will receive three large spools of Divine Twine™ Bakers Twine in blue solid, deep pink solid and green solid.
For my card, I was inspired by the quilting theme and the colors. And since it’s fall, I added some fall elements with the apple bucket and use of brown and woodgrain.
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 Whisker Graphics. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Supplies: WPlus9 Design Studio Happy Harvest stamp set; WPlus9 Design Studio Pinking Squares; WPlus9 Design Studio Filigreed Frames stamp set; WPlus9 Label Layers 1 die; Lily Bee patterned paper; VersaMagic inks
Welcome to Day One of the Neat + Tangled September Release! Today, I’m sharing cards created with the wonderfully versatile Simple Christmas set.
For my first card, I stamped the house (wouldn’t you love to live in this cute cottage?!) with dark brown ink on patterned papers from My Mind’s Eye Mistletoe Magic. I combined one of the sentiments from this set with a sentiment from another set (which will be shown on Friday). Finally, I decorated the card with stamped leaves (under the button) from the Simple Christmas set and wood veneer stars.
In traditional holiday colors, I used the garland-building stamps from the set to decorate above a die-cut door. Open the door to reveal the sentiment! The fussy cut candy canes are from Sweet Home.
Run, don’t walk, to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The September release stamp sets go on sale Friday, September 13.
Have you heard the news? Poppystamps has released a brand-new collection of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps just in time for holiday crafting. There’s a “blog blitz” over on the Poppystamps blog until September 17th – be sure to comment on the posts at Poppystamps for a chance to win a die or stamp.
There’s a whole set of forest trees (Fremont Pine) in the new release that “play well together.” As I’m surrounded by evergreen here in the Pacific Northwest, and deer as well, I couldn’t resist combining tree die cuts with the fawn in traditional holiday colors! I think this would be a fun card to send for the holidays or anytime in the fall and winter months. Comment on my post over on the Poppystamps blog for a chance to win the Woodland Fawn die.
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Today, I’m sharing a Halloween card crafted from a design of Kristina Werner’s from last year’s Online Card Classes Kickstart class.
Kristina’s card was rectangular and featured a single ghost. I replaced the single ghost with this trio from Memory Box, cut from glitter paper. I also decided to eliminate the bottom section of Kristina’s design – this card is 4 1/2″ square. I’ve used dimensional adhesive on the ghosts and on the panel with the circle cut out. Unfortunately, my photo doesn’t show the dimension particularly well.
I’ve got several newly released Halloween paper pads in my stash that I’m looking forward to using this month and next. Growing up, Halloween colors were black and orange. Now we’ve got the traditional colors, as well as purple and green. I like having the additional variety for crafting!
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