Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I’m playing along with ColourQ Challenge #279 – red, black, newsprint and a neutral. While my card isn’t specifically Valentine’s Day themed, it works well as a friendship card and could still work as a Valentine.
I wanted to add a border around the newsprint so that the off-white of the newsprint wouldn’t rest directly against the white card base. The black border also ties in the umbrella handle and the boots.
Supplies:
I’m playing along with ColourQ #277 with a Reverse Confetti sentiment stamp and RC Confetti Cuts.
I’m a big fan of red and gray together. The addition of the pink and coral was a combination I’ve never considered!
I combined one of the sentiments from the Reverse Confetti Sugary Sweet Sentiments set with a soda bottle shape I cut on my Silhouette and embellished with hearts from the Donut You Know Confetti Cuts set. The large heart on the bottle was cut with Love Note. I cut a few hearts with the die then put the cut piece back into the die and cut again, which cleanly cut off one of the hearts.
I’m playing along with ColourQ #275 with a Reverse Confetti sentiment stamp and RC Confetti Cuts.
I really like stretching my color preferences with these challenges. The navy and pink combination feels preppy to me (Lily Pulitzer), and it was those two colors I wanted to use most on the card.
I added accents of the Wisteria Wonder with the hearts and the tag circle. I cut the hearts by first cutting five hearts with the Love Note die, then putting three hearts into the die and cutting again, which cleanly cut off two of the hearts. The arrow was cut in half and taped to the back of the tag.
The card measures 4 1/4″ square.
Today, I’m sharing a card created for two current challenges – Retrosketches #147 and ColourQ #274 – using Penny Black dies.
I’m enjoying fresh color combinations. We’ve got a heavy fog that hasn’t lifted for several days so I’m dreaming of someplace warm and colorful!
Penny Black Supplies – 51-038 Hooray, 51-032 Pennant, 51-016 Dancing Leaves, 51-002 Leaves and 51-050 Tweet Things.
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.
