Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
With the door shut on October, I’m making holiday cards! I wanted to create a card in one sitting, so I turned to some of my favorite winter-themed die cuts.
I had this finished with a plain background and sent a photo to my eldest son. He responded with “Shouldn’t there be some snow?” That was valid input, so I dry-embossed the card base with an embossing folder to give some texture and the allusion of snow.
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!
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With each lesson of the Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class, we received a download of inspiration cards and projects based on the techniques. Today, I’m sharing a card I created based on one that Debby Hughes contributed to the class.
I replaced some of the elements on Debby’s card with supplies I owned. I die cut the leaves from Craft-a-Board and painted them, before adding the Distress Glitter, in a matching color, to a Glossy Accents coating. On the card background, I applied embossing paste through a stencil. I watched several videos on the application of the paste, and honestly, it couldn’t be easier! I used a plastic disposable knife to spread the paste through the stencil.
Supplies: Technique Tuesday Go Outside stamp set (sentiment); Tim Holtz Mini Tattered Leaves Die Set (smaller leaf)
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This challenge is sponsored by SnakeTape who will be awarding the winner with a bundle of their adhesive products.
For my card, I was inspired by both the Halloween theme and the colors (specifically those bright yellow-green flowers) in the Pinterest image.
Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. The winner will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog along with the prize from SnakeTape. We can’t wait to see your creations!
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This card was one of those that came together as I was creating other Halloween cards. I made use of the patterns from the We R’ Memory Keepers “Bewitched” paper pad (one of my favorites this year) with the addition of a few stamped and die cut items.
Have you bought your Halloween candy? Last Halloween, we had trick-or-treaters for the first time in years (lots of new families with small children have moved into our neighborhood over the past year). I’ve got the candy stocked!
As for the title of this post – “Bewitched” – besides being the name of the patterned paper pad I used, it’s also one of my favorite childhood television series. The one thing I could never understand about that show – why didn’t Darrin let Sam use her powers to clean the house!
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We explored more distress techniques in today’s Online Card Classes Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 class including the application of Distress Stains with a brayer and the application of Distress glitter.
I definitely did not get the brayer technique with one roll! But I allowed myself to play, eventually finding a color combination I like (I don’t own many distress stain colors, and I’m trying to work with what I’ve got!).
For this first tag, I used Rusty Hinge as a base and added in some Broken China. I applied black Distress Glitter with Glue N’ Seal to some Memory Box die cut shapes which had been cut out of black cardstock.
For the second tag, my brayer roll application was more random. Next, I applied Vintage Photo distress ink through a stencil for more visual texture. After coloring the Savvy bird die cut with Distress inks, I applied Rock Candy Dry Glitter using Glue N’ Seal. The circle behind the bird was cut from one of my reject tags that I dry embossed with a wood grain texture.
My final tag was created by adding several different distress ink colors before I stamped with Archival ink. I used Glossy Accents to apply the glitter to these bats. While the Glue N’ Seal was a easier to use to apply the glitter, I actually think I prefer the hold that the Glossy Accents provided. Also, I only have a few dies that work with grungeboard. I’m definitely pushing the limit with the amount of glue and glitter I’m adding to these die cuts cut from cardstock!