Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Today, I’m sharing a card created for two current challenges – Retrosketches #147 and ColourQ #274 – using Penny Black dies.
I’m enjoying fresh color combinations. We’ve got a heavy fog that hasn’t lifted for several days so I’m dreaming of someplace warm and colorful!
Penny Black Supplies – 51-038 Hooray, 51-032 Pennant, 51-016 Dancing Leaves, 51-002 Leaves and 51-050 Tweet Things.
Today I’m sharing a card made entirely with Penny Black dies that would be appropriate to celebrate a variety of events such as a birthday or a promotion.
For the background, I made a stencil with the smaller cloud in the Penny Black 51-033 Silver Linings set. I used a sponge dauber to apply white pigment ink through the stencil onto blue cardstock.
I created the skyline with the 51-017 Downtown die. I backed the die cut with white cardstock.
I cut the balloons with the Penny Black 51-004 Uplifting die set. I cut each color twice (for extra depth) and attached thread to their backs. I taped the threads to the blue panel and then attached the skyline over them.
I cut the sentiment twice using 51-038 Hooray. After adhering the sentiment to the skyline, I added some Wink of Stella for a bit of shimmer.
I created a “hello” card to play along with Retrosketches #146.
I paired Penny Black’s 30-237 Dazzlers with a sentiment from the 30-230 Sunny Hello stamp set. I’m really enjoying crafting with colors inspired by sunnier weather!
Hope you’re having a “sunshiny” day!
A little sparkle and shine today with the Penny Black 51-062 Leap of Joy die cut taking center stage (again!). The deer is cut from a brushed gold cardstock. This has certainly been the “year of the deer”!
To the patterned paper card panel, I added snowflakes cut with the 51-066 Crystal Trio set (cut from gold and white glitter cardstock). I cut the Merry sentiment from the 51-021 Love & Joy set and attached it to a banner cut with the 51-027 Triple Banner set.
Today I’m sharing another CAS holiday card created with Penny Black supplies. And again the Branching Out die cut takes center stage.
To begin, I stamped the background with 40-350 Tree-Lined on green cardstock in a green ink. The panel was trimmed and attached to a white cardstock panel.
By placing my acrylic plates and die on the cardstock to create a partial cut, I cut out the tree with the 51-081 Branching Out die. I then cut the sides of the snowbanks from the remaining cardstock. It took a couple of times to get this right!
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment (from the Penny Black 30-257 Joy Filled set).
Hope your week is off to a terrific start!