Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I’m playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch #128 for which my starting point was patterned papers from the recently released Echo Park Homegrown Collection.
After establishing a garden theme, I used the Memory Box die to cut a watering can, which I filled with flowers cut with punches and dies in my stash. The Hero Arts sentiment, which I heat embossed, is from a set whose fonts I especially like.
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I’ve had these penguins and snowbanks on my worktable for several months! We’ve had a particularly chilly couple of days, so I thought it was time to put this card together.
I had been playing around with different backgrounds, and the Taylored Expressions embossing folder gives just the right scale snowfall for the rest of the scene. I dry embossed the cardstock with my Big Shot extended multipurpose platform on Tab 1. This gave just a bit more depth to the embossing. I cut the penguins twice and adhered them together for extra depth. The front two penguins and front two snowbanks are attached with dimensional adhesive as well.
Supplies: Memory Box Playful Penguins; Papertrey Ink die cut and sentiment; Taylored Expressions Snowfall embossing folder; Taylored Expressions Build a Scene – Rolling Hills
I’m playing along with colourQ challenge #263 this week with a Halloween-themed card.
The Taylored Expressions Neighborhood reminds me of a nearby neighborhood to which I like to walk. It’s not far away from a park in which there’s a “Fright Night” held each year, and tonight is their opening night.
After heat embossing the SU sentiment, I backed the windows with orange and yellow strips. I added a strip of polka-dot patterned paper at the bottom for a bit of visual contrast.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight; Stampin’ Up Ghoulish Greetings; Taylored Expressions Neighborhood Border; Memory Box Ghost Trio
Playing along with the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches with a Halloween card.
I used a Memory Box die set – Trick or Treaters – for the focal point, pairing it with a Stampin’ Up sentiment and patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers. I particularly like how this sketch uses pattern. (I have a lot of patterned paper and often look for ways to use it.) Hope you’re having a terrific weekend!
I’m playing along with the Merry Monday #128 Challenge – to use stripes or polka dots.
I pulled out my patterned paper pads and found a combination of stripes and dots that worked with the Pine Border die against a die cut stitched rectangle.
It took a couple of tries with various holiday sentiments to find one that I felt balanced the rectangle. ultimately choosing a sentiment from the My Favorite Things set. Naturally, I took a break during the cardmaking process to look at new holiday releases and add some sentiment sets to my wish list!
Supplies: Lil’ Inker stitched rectangle, MFT Stamps Cheerful Christmas Greetings, Memory Box Pine Border Background
