Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
This week’s Lawnscaping Challenge is to make your own patterned paper with stamps.
I combined this challenge with the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #66.
It took me several tries to combine colors and stamped images. I don’t think I’ve ever used yellow and red together on a card before. I tend to associate the color combination with sports teams. The kraft, black, and white helped to neutralize the two strong colors.
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This week’s CAS-ual Fridays challenge is to create a Clean And Simple project that features banners or flags.
I’ve had a multitude of ideas swirling in my head ever since the challenge was announced last night. I’ve even been looking at nautical signal flags to see if I could piece together some on a card!
This card took on its own life and I kept it super-simple. I’m in love with the cottage in the Neat & Tangled “Sweet Home” stamp set. I wanted to create a scene of a summer home, someplace on a beach, late in the summer when it has become chilly enough to light a fire. The family living there is getting ready to head back to the city for the fall, but for one last week, they’ll hold onto summer!
Supplies: Neat & Tangled “Sweet Home” stamp set; Simple Stories patterned paper; Stampin’ Up + Neenah cardstock; Hero Arts dye ink; Sizzix embossing folder
Today I’m sharing a card I made for the Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #134, which is a new challenge for me.
With fall in the air and kids returning back to school, I wanted to create a school-themed card. I paired Copic-colored images from the Paper Smooches “Smarty Pants” stamp set with Basic Grey “Oxford” papers. I particularly love the colors in that collection, and the teacher in the stamp set reminds me of one of my college physics professors.
I also linked my card up on the Simon Says Stamp Back to School Gallery.
Supplies: Paper Smooches “Smarty Pants” stamps; Basic Grey “Oxford” papers; Neenah + Stampin’ Up cardstock; MFT tag die; Spellbinders circle die; circle punch; May Arts twine; October Afternoon button; Copic markers
Back with another CAS-ual Fridays Challenge card featuring something you might see in or at the ocean. I moved above the water for this card still using stamps from the Paper Smooches “Surf and Turf” set. I tied a square knot with nylon cord to hold the sentiment stamped on a punch-cut tag for a nautical touch.
Supplies: Paper Smooches Surf and Turf stamp set; Echo Park patterned paper; Hero Arts inks; Ranger dye ink; Stampin’ Up, Hero Arts Neenah solid cardstock; nylon rope; tag punch
The CAS-ual Fridays Challenge this week is to create a project featuring something you might see in or at the ocean. What a perfect challenge for the month of August. I love almost anything associated with the ocean – the colors, the animal and plant life, the sound of the waves crashing on the beach, … I could probably craft cards with this theme for weeks!
For this card, I paired Paper Smooches adorable “Surf and Turf” stamps with the newly released Avery Elle “Picture It!” stamp set.
Supplies: Paper Smooches “Surf and Turf” stamps; Avery Elle “Picture It!”; My Mind’s Eye, Echo Park, Little Yellow Bicycle, Basic Grey patterned papers; Hero Arts dye ink; Avery Elle kraft cardstock; Neenah white cardstock