Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I’m delighted to be guest designing over at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge today! The challenge? Use Neon Colors on your Christmas card.
For my card, I pulled out a Hero Arts Neon ink sampler and all of my snowflake stamps testing several combinations. I combined stamps from an old Hero Arts set as well as a Paper Smooches set.
To finish, I dry embossed the card base and added a few snowflake sequins.
Today, I’m playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch #95 with some products from the Essentials by Ellen release designed by Julie Ebersole exclusively for Ellen Hutson LLC.
My card uses dies from Home & Hearth paired with a sentiment from Christmas Scribbles and the smoke from Cozy Christmas.
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Welcome to the Essentials by Ellen Blog Hop! I’m delighted to be part of the unveiling of a brand-new line of high-quality Clear Stamp Sets and Designer Dies, designed by Julie Ebersole exclusively for Ellen Hutson LLC.
This collection reflects an eclectic mix of images, sentiments and art styles that are sure to appeal to a wide range of tastes! Just in time for holiday crafting, the entire release is available now at Ellen Hutson LLC. All Essentials by Ellen Stamp Sets and Dies arrive in signature packaging with a durable clear envelope and a labeled card stock backer for convenient storage and organization. Die packaging features an attached magnetic sheet, to ensure that even the smallest of your dies is stored securely! Enjoy and happy World Card-making Day!
I crafted my first card with the Twelve Days stamp set.
I stamped and heat embossed the twelve images on squares cut with a die from the Lifestyle Crafts nesting set. The sentiment is from ‘Tis the Season.
My next card features the Autumn Acorns stamp set. I stamped two of the leaves in the set in a variety of shadow inks, popping up some acorns with dimensional tape.
My final card, concealing a gift card, combines the Treat Yo Self die, the Zipper Panel die, and Christmas Scribbles. The snowflakes were stamped in gold ink, the die cut in gold and added to a die cut in the card’s red base color for extra dimension.
I’m playing along with the Merry Monday #128 Challenge – to use stripes or polka dots.
I pulled out my patterned paper pads and found a combination of stripes and dots that worked with the Pine Border die against a die cut stitched rectangle.
It took a couple of tries with various holiday sentiments to find one that I felt balanced the rectangle. ultimately choosing a sentiment from the My Favorite Things set. Naturally, I took a break during the cardmaking process to look at new holiday releases and add some sentiment sets to my wish list!
Supplies: Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle, MFT Stamps Cheerful Christmas Greetings, Memory Box Pine Border Background
Today, I’m sharing a holiday shaker card crafted with Penny Black dies and background stamp.
To begin, I cut the largest snowflake from the 51-066 Crystal Trio set out of a silver glitter paper. With the same die, I cut a snowflake out of a white panel into which I inlaid the glitter snowflake (adhering it on the back with tape). The front panel is stamped with the 40-350 Tree-Lined background stamp in a coordinating ink. I cut a circle out of the front panel. I cut a slightly smaller circle out of a white panel to which I adhered an acetate panel. I put foam around the circular opening and filled the enclosure with a mixture of sequins. The Merry sentiment from the 51-021 Love & Joy set was cut three times for added depth.
To recap the layers from top down – green stamped panel, white panel with circular cutout, acetate, white panel with inlaid snowflake, card base.
I’m playing along this week with Merry Monday #127 – Christmas Bingo. I’ve got sparkle, a die cut and red!