Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Hello! Today, I’m sharing a “just because” card created with the Mama Elephant Up and Away set.
I have had this stamp set for several years, but I have barely used it! It was fun to break out the set and color the images (especially the umbrellas) with Copic markers and colored pencils. I created the background with the My Favorite Things Cloud stencil (newly acquired) and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.
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Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Easter card showcasing one of the cute bunnies from the Mama Elephant Honey Bunny set.
I stamped the bunny and colored him (her?) with Copic markers, as well as colored pencils. To create the cloud background, I made a stencil from vellum using the cloud die in the Landscape Trio set and two of the cloud dies in the Build a Scene – Rolling Clouds set. I sponged white pigment ink with a sponge dauber on to Memory Box cardstock (now retired). For the bottom half of the card, I stamped the Hero Arts Five Line Background (retired, but still available in a couple of stores online) in Celery ink on Memory Box cardstock (now retired).
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Today’s Online Card Classes Background Check lesson focused on card designs using backgrounds created in the first two days of lessons. I followed one of the designs shown by Jennifer McGuire. To create the background, I followed the same techniques as on my Day One card.
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Today, I’m sharing a card based on one shown by Jennifer Rzasa in the Online Card Classes Stretch Your Dies class. The idea of today’s class is to use smaller dies effectively on a card.
I cut the balloons and heart from Ranger watercolor paper colored with Distress Inks. This is definitely a technique I’ll be using again! These colors make me happy.
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There’s a brand-new challenge over at Stamp Nation – to create a one-layer card. It’s been a while since I’ve done any masking, so it was fun to get back at it! I’ve created a card using one of my favorite Mama Elephant stamp sets.
To mask the hot air balloon, I stamped the balloon a couple of times on a large sticky note and fussy cut it. The teal balloon is stamped with VersaMagic. The VersaMagic has a bit better coverage than the VersaColor, which was used for the orange balloon. I have an assortment of both in Dew Drop pads that I pull out occasionally. Ideally I’d have an entire set of pigment inks!
Have a fabulous weekend, and may it be one full of sunshine!
Supplies: VersaColor Orange, Blue, VersaMagic Teal inks
