Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Today, I have a card to share for the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge where I’m a guest artist.
For my card, I paired die-cut stars with a heat-embossed Stampin’ Up sentiment.
I was inspired by the geometrical feeling of the crisscrossed “x” shapes. I cut the stars in three different shades of blue to create an ombré effect.
Be sure to visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the Design Team inspiration and to play along!
Today I’m sharing a card made entirely with Penny Black dies that would be appropriate to celebrate a variety of events such as a birthday or a promotion.
For the background, I made a stencil with the smaller cloud in the Penny Black 51-033 Silver Linings set. I used a sponge dauber to apply white pigment ink through the stencil onto blue cardstock.
I created the skyline with the 51-017 Downtown die. I backed the die cut with white cardstock.
I cut the balloons with the Penny Black 51-004 Uplifting die set. I cut each color twice (for extra depth) and attached thread to their backs. I taped the threads to the blue panel and then attached the skyline over them.
I cut the sentiment twice using 51-038 Hooray. After adhering the sentiment to the skyline, I added some Wink of Stella for a bit of shimmer.
Today, I’m playing along with Mojo Monday 378 and ColourQ 273. I like that tropical-feeling color combo so much, I had to play along again!
The card width is around 4″ and it’s a tad taller than 6″. I almost always make tent-fold cards, but I wasn’t able to for this card due to its height. I used the Paper Smooches Flower Dies and a Stampin’ Up sentiment stamp. The Poppy Parade banner was stamped with a Stampin’ Up background stamp for tone-on-tone texture.
I created a “hello” card to play along with Retrosketches #146.
I paired Penny Black’s 30-237 Dazzlers with a sentiment from the 30-230 Sunny Hello stamp set. I’m really enjoying crafting with colors inspired by sunnier weather!
Hope you’re having a “sunshiny” day!
Today I’m sharing another CAS holiday card created with Penny Black supplies. And again the Branching Out die cut takes center stage.
To begin, I stamped the background with 40-350 Tree-Lined on green cardstock in a green ink. The panel was trimmed and attached to a white cardstock panel.
By placing my acrylic plates and die on the cardstock to create a partial cut, I cut out the tree with the 51-081 Branching Out die. I then cut the sides of the snowbanks from the remaining cardstock. It took a couple of times to get this right!
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment (from the Penny Black 30-257 Joy Filled set).
Hope your week is off to a terrific start!