Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Hello. Today, I’m sharing a Christmas card featuring Taylored Expressions Santa’s Helpers.
I followed a tutorial by Michele Boyer on the Taylored Expressions blog to Copic-color these cute images. Once I had Santa’s helpers colored, I created the rest of the holiday scene with Dashing Through the Snow, Jolly Old St. Nick (I used only part of the die-cut), Build a Scene – Rolling Hills and a heat-embossed sentiment from In & Out Christmas.
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I’m playing along with the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist – Day 7 at Ellen Hutson which is a sketch challenge. I really liked the colors Melania used and that was my starting point.
I used the Lawn Cuts Extra Sentiment Banners to cut the red strips, which I added to a Reverse Confetti tag, cut from brushed silver cardstock. Before cutting the strips, I heat-embossed a small sentiment from the Avery Elle Snow Much Fun set. The snowflakes are a combination of die-cuts from the Lawn Cuts Mini Snowflakes set and a Paper Smooches set.
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Hello. Today, I’m sharing a winter Christmas scene featuring the Elizabeth Craft Designs Holiday House.
I placed the house in a forest scene (trees created with the Memory Box Fresh Pine Forest die). I used a Simon Says Stamp stencil for the snow. I added Liquid Applique to the house trim to simulate snow, although I considered creating those pieces either from glitter paper or using Elizabeth Crafts microfine glitter. I used Elizabeth Crafts microfine glitter on the wreath. There are so many ways to cut out these pieces, and I can’t wait to try some more variations.
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Hello! Today I’m a guest over in the Ellen Hutson Classroom for the 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge. Paired with the talented Sharon Harnist, I’m sharing a tag created with the color scheme Classic White Christmas.
My tag features Taylored Expressions die cuts and a heat-embossed sentiment from the Season to Sparkle set designed by Julie Ebersole.
Head over to the Classroom for a full supply list and to see Sharon’s take on the theme!
Before you go, I’ve also got a CAS Christmas card combining images and sentiment from the Santa’s Flight set designed by Julie Ebersole with Taylored Expressions die cuts.
I heat-embossed the Santa and reindeer with WOW Metallic Platinum Sparkle embossing powder for a shimmering look. The card base was covered with American Crafts Glitter Paper.
Supplies: Taylored Expressions Build a Scene – Rolling Hills
Today, I’m sharing a tropical Christmas scene created with Taylored Expressions dies.
I combined elements from the Beach Cutting Plate and North Pole Cutting Plate sets to create the palm tree background with Santa’s suit on the line. I used one of the trees from the Do You Wanna Build a Snowman? die to attach to the top of the Surf Bus. For most of the die-cuts, I colored Watercolor Cardstock with TE inks (rather than cut from colored cardstock).
For the card’s interior, I created the sentiment, (the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka means “Merry Christmas” and there’s a Christmas song of the same name), on my computer and cut the printed cardstock with the largest die in the Stitched Rectangle Stacklets set.
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