Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I couldn’t resist crafting a Halloween-themed card with the new Penny Black In a Row die cut (51-001).
I used the same card design as the one I shared in yesterday’s post, stamping the sentiment from the Penny Black Hoot of a Time (40-152) stamp set on a slightly larger die-cut circle. The purple panel has been stamped with the Penny Black Indian Wheel (40-202) background stamp in dye ink.
There are so many possibilities for creating with the new Penny Black In a Row die cut (51-001)!
I added the die-cut birds to the top of a panel stamped with the Penny Black Indian Wheel (40-202) background stamp in dye ink. The card base is stamped in Versafine ink with the Penny Black Moment of Joy (4303F) sentiment stamp. I added a die cut circle for both design and color balance.
I absolutely adore the stamp images in the Penny Black Sunny Days set. I’m sharing a card in which I have paired the soccer-playing dog with a sentiment from the Friendship set.
After stamping with Versafine ink and heat embossing, I colored the dog and soccer ball with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils (there’s just a bit of white pencil on the soccer ball). With advice from Elizabeth Allan, I used Ink Potion No. 9, rather than water, to blend the watercolor pencil. I stamped the image on cardstock, rather than watercolor paper, as I didn’t want my cardstock to pill. I’m happy to report that the Ink Potion did the trick. I also tried a version with my Prismacolor pencils, but I preferred the vividness that I achieved with the Inktense pencils.
I finished the card off with some clouds cut with Memory Box dies and adhered the blue panel to a woodgrain-cardstock card base.
Today’s class in the Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2 was all about trying something new. I CASEd the lovely shabby chic creation by guest artist Debby Hughes. Shabby chic is definitely not a style in which I normally craft my cards!
I even broke out my sewing machine to add the stitching, as without it, the cut patterned paper just didn’t look right for this style. I distressed the panel and card base with Antique Linen Distress Ink and the tag with Frayed Burlap. It’s subtle, but the effect does make a difference. To be honest, I ended up enjoying this process much more than I thought I would! The card is still not full-on Shabby Chic, but it’s definitely done in a style different than my usual.
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Today, I’m sharing a project created for Poppystamps. For my card, I envisioned the rich, aquatic underwater world. Although I live in the Pacific Northwest, I’m drawn to tropical themes and colors, especially at this time of year!
I layered four strips of Key Lime cardstock cut with the Poppystamps Grassland Border die to simulate seagrass. I then added fish, cut with the Memory Box School of Fish die, in a multitude of tropical colors. I finished the card with a sentiment stamped from the Memory Box Wishing You stamp set.
This project is also posted on the Poppystamps blog. You’ll want to head on over there to meet the newly announced Poppystamps Design Team.
Supplies: Memory Box Currant cardstock; Memory Box Ocean cardstock; Versafine ink
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