Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
After making this card, I decided to make a similar one inspired by this gorgeous color-blocked card by Maile Belles for the CLASSroom at Ellen Hutson’s. Maile Belles is a phenomenal cardmaker/stamper whose work never ceases to inspire me!
I played around with the ratios of the colors a bit and found that the card design was most appealing when the three colors were used in different amounts.
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The sketch at Retrosketches this week presented a terrific design challenge of balancing pattern and color.
The ever-so-slightly longer days here in the Pacific Northwest have me thinking about spring and led to my choice of bright-colored cardstock and a floral motif for my card.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (yellow); Colorbox white pigment ink; May Arts twine; My Mind’s Eye button
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Today I’m sharing a card inspired by two cards – one by Kelley Eubanks and the other by Kelly Rasmussen. The two cards were featured side-by-side in the March/April 2012 Paper Crafts magazine.
As the holiday cardmaking season comes to a close, I’m reflecting on some of my favorites from this year. To begin with, I find inspiration on a regular basis from the Paper Crafts magazine! I’ve reached for the Hero Arts music background again and again. (In the card shown above, I stamped it with VersaMark ink.) I’ve already mentioned how much I like the “Warm Wishes” sentiment from the Hero Arts/Studio Calico set. And the color combination of light blue, red and kraft always makes me happy!
Supplies: Stampin’ Up embossing powder; ColorBox ink (white); VersaColor ink (bamboo)
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As soon as I saw the new Hero Arts stamps, I knew exactly the card I wanted to make first! I revisited the tag I’d made for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge based on Jennifer McGuire’s tag. At some point I plan to stamp the bird onto watercolor paper and color with paint. For this card, I simply stamped the image with Versafine ink on kraft cardstock and heat embossed it.
I combined the poinsettia die’s center section as a flower with the branch die.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock; Fiskars border punch
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Today I’m sharing my take on the Day 11 Tag by Carolyn Peeler for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge. I drew inspiration from Carolyn’s soft color palette and glitter border.
For my first attempt with the tag, I created a gold tinsel glitter, but I decided that silver would look better with the light pink and blue that I had used to color the stamped skater. Unfortunately, I don’t have any dry silver glitter. I drew a border with a Versamark pen (although I think I’ve been storing it wrong, as it seemed to be dry) and heat embossed some American Crafts Zing silver glitter embossing powder. I then added a line of Ranger Silver Stickles to fill in some empty spots. I’ve added silver tinsel glitter to my wishlist! The sentiment was created on my computer.
Copics: R11 (coat); B21 (mittens); B0000 (white sections on hat and mittens); N1, N3 (skates); E00 (skin)
Supplies: Recollections ribbon (Michaels)
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