Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Hello! I am sharing a card created for the Freshly Made Sketches #403 Challenge.
I mulled this design over and over and considered Christmas- and fall-themed approaches. However, I really wanted to make more Halloween cards and remembered the Candy Shoppe die set from Taylored Expressions.
The sentiment is from the SU Ghoulish Greetings (now retired). I dry-embossed the SU Lemon-Lime Twist (now retired) background for visual interest.
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Hello! Today I am sharing a fall-themed card featuring the Birds of a Feather and Birdhouse die sets from My Favorite Things. I have previously created cards with this same design and same two die sets: a spring-themed Congratulations card and one for the Fourth-of-July.
What I like about this card: the bird and birdhouse scene; the color combination of orange, olive green, navy, and gold; the dry-embossed, wood grain background.
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Hello! I am sharing a die-cut Halloween scene on which I combined several Spellbinders/FSJ die sets – “Eek-A-Boo” (this month’s Small Die of the Month), Haunted Manor, and Sweet Home Accents.
For this card, I wanted to capture a trick-or-treat scene. While there are a number of different trick-or-treaters that can be made with the “Eek-A-Boo” set, I crafted a devil. I liked the punch of red the devil provides. (See my first set of cards with the “Eek-A-Boo” set here.)
I also tucked the ghost, cut with a die in the “Eek-A-Boo” set, behind the door – the “Eek” being that it was a ghost who answered the door!
What I like about this card: the Halloween theme; the bold colors; the whimsy of it – a black cat in the window, a ghost at the door; it includes a home scene, which is one of my favorite types of scenes to make; and it’s made entirely from die-cuts.
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Hello! I am playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week.
I followed the sketch very closely. I found the patterned papers in my stash, which became the starting point for choosing colors. This card uses a lot of product I’ve had for many years, and many of the supplies are now retired. I bought the Stampin’ Up stamp set For All Things specifically for this sentiment!
I’m sure I sound like a broken record, but I really like these sketch challenges! It gives me a chance to pull something together in a different way, and I find myself using products that I might otherwise ignore.
What I like about this card: I like the combination of patterned papers and the manner in which the die-cut leaves and circles reinforce the colors in the patterned paper. Now if only it was this easy to find clothing in these colors!
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Tranquil Tide, Hello Honey, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Cajun Craze
Stamp: Stampin’ Up For All Things (retired)
Dies: Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves, Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves, Spellbinders Circle Dies (1.375″)
Ink: Espresso Truffle
Hello! I can’t get enough of the DCWV Happy Halloween patterned paper. For this CAS card I used several of the patterns with a combination of die-cuts.
The three-circle frame is a retired die (Peek-a-Boo Trio) from My Favorite Things (one of the first dies I ever bought). I used the SugarPea Hocus Pocus set to cut the witch’s hat and broom. I used the Spellbinders Haunted Manor set for the bats. I decided to use a sentiment from the patterned paper for the center window.
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