Category: CAS

Another Merry Monday #180 Reindeer

I’m playing along at the Merry Monday #180 Challenge with another reindeer card. Turns out, I have a lot of reindeer-themed supplies!

Hero Arts Reindeer Stencil

I used Bo Bunny Sugar Glitter embossing paste with the Hero Arts Merry Christmas Reindeer stencil. I allowed the red cardstock panel to dry overnight (the product seems to take longer to dry than other embossing pastes I’ve used before) and then added a heat-embossed sentiment from the Hero Arts Family and Friends stamp set. I used a Taylored Expressions stitched banner die to cut the sentiment. Other than the drying time, this CAS card came together quickly.

Penny Black Reindeer

I’m playing along at the Merry Monday #180 Challenge with a reindeer card!

Jean Manis Penny Black Christmas Reindeer

I colored Distress Ink watercolor paper with three shades of Zig Clean Color Brushes (for am ombré effect) and cut the paper with the Penny Black 51-147 a very merry die. I also used the die to cut white cardstock and attached the two die cuts with liquid adhesive. The reindeer (from the 40-258 dancing deers set) was stamped with red pigment ink. I added patterned paper from 80-012 wintertime to a square card base and finished the card off with twine.

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Penny Black Supplies:
40-258 dancing deers
51-147 a very merry
80-012 wintertime

Reverse Confetti November SFYTT

Have you seen this month’s Sketch for You to Try at Reverse Confetti?

I created a CAS holiday card in non-traditional colors using the sketch as my starting point.

Jean Manis Reverse Confetti November 2015 SFYTT

For the background, I cut garlands from brushed silver cardstock with the Circle Garland Confetti Cuts set and adhered them to a white cardstock base. I embellished the circles with a snowflake cut with the Let It Snow Confetti Cuts set and with a tree and branches from Branch Out. I heat-embossed a sentiment from Seasonal Sentiments on a teal blue cardstock strip. I attached the circles to the card base with dimensional adhesive.

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I hope you’ll play along! Head on over to link up your card on the Reverse Confetti Blog for your chance to win a $20 Reverse Confetti gift certificate and the title of ‘Fetti Fave!

Taylored Expressions Holiday Moose

Today, I’m sharing a holiday card featuring the Taylored Expressions Little Bits Moose.

Jean Manis Taylored Expressions Little Bits Moose

I couldn’t resist pairing the moose with plaid (patterned paper from American Crafts Deck the Halls). To create the moose, I used a combination of cardstocks: Woodgrain (to give him more texture), Oreo, Sugar Cube, Toffee and Chocolate Truffle. I cut the tag out of Sugar Cube. I heat-embossed a sentiment from Critter Correspondence on Cherry Pop cardstock and cut it with the tag die. To create the stitched strip of Sweet Basil cardstock, I used the Basketweave Cutting Plate to cut a narrow strip, then cut it again with one of the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets dies. I finished off the top of the tag with a reinforcement, cut from Cherry Pop with one of the Tag Reinforcements dies, and twine.


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Penny Black Simplicity – Magic of the Season

Today, I’m sharing a holiday card based on a design I used for a spring card which appeared on the Penny Black Simplicity site. While the spring card featured a butterfly, this interpretation showcases the wreath from 51-151 Whirl Wreath.

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I cut the wreath from brushed gold cardstock and the ribbon from watercolor paper I colored with Distress Ink spray. The balls were punched with a hole punch from the same watercolor paper. The green background was stamped in gold pigment ink with the 40-382 Blips background stamp and cut with the 51-136 Stitched Edges die. I added the wreath to the panel with dimensional adhesive. I stamped one of the sentiments from 30-310 Believe onto a white card base, to which I adhered the green panel. While my card was created in traditional red and green, it would be easy to change this up with any number of non-traditional color combinations!