Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Today I’m sharing a Spring-themed card. I couldn’t resist combining bunnies from the recent Poppystamps Release cut out of a variety of pastel cardstock.
I finished off the card front with hand-drawn stitching. I really like how the colors pop out against the kraft. This card would work equally well with a “Happy Easter” or “Hello Spring” sentiment inside.
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Today, I’m sharing an encouragement card that combines two recently-released Mama Elephant stamp sets – “Honey Bunny” and “True Friend.”
I paper-pieced the bunny pair (blue and pink for boy and girl), and they sat on my work table overnight. I kept wondering how to anchor them to the card base without them getting lost. After resting on the problem, I decided to use the Poppystamps window showing a gray, rainy day as a metaphor for a “tough time” that the bunnies would be handling together. The “True Friend” set is fabulous, and I can see using those sentiments, both paired and alone, on a lot of future projects. For the raindrops, I used the stencil I recently created cutting the Crafter’s Workshop Blank Stencil material with the Memory Box “A Little Rain” die (I also used the stencil on this card).
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I’m sharing a card created with two dies from the newest Poppystamps release – Baby Kittens and Bijou Film Strip.
I added four of the five kittens from the Baby Kittens die to a panel that I adhered behind the film strip. I created the yarn ball from baker’s twine and completed the card with a sentiment I created on my computer.
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I’m sharing a card I created for the first challenge over on the AEI♥U Challenge Blog – the theme is Birthday.
I have a friend with a birthday in May, close to Cinco de Mayo, for whom this would be perfect! The bright colors against a kraft base make me happy (especially as it’s been raining here in the Pacific Northwest on and off for about twenty-four hours)! I invested in some of the new Avery Elle stamp pads to stamp the banners. I especially like the Aquamarine!
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With spring on my mind, I fashioned a card for the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge “Anything Goes” with things associated with spring — bunnies, chicks, and sunny skies!
Hope you’re having a “bright” day!
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