Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I’m playing along with Freshly Made Sketches again this week. I had fun combining several Penny Black stamp sets for the focal image, adding patterned paper, a strip of dry embossed cardstock and metallic twine to finish off the card.
I heat-embossed stamped images from three Penny Black sets: the cute scene is from 30-266 Gleeful; the sentiment is from 30-257 Joy Filled; and the snowflake is from the 30-255 Most Wonderful set.
Today I’m sharing a card created for the Merry Monday Challenge. The theme this week is Silent Night.
I was drawn to the lovely scene of houses in the woods. I decided to make just one house red (Home & Hearth by Ellen Hutson) so as not to overpower the tranquility of the scene. I used Lawn Fawn stitched hills for the snowbanks.
I really enjoy crafting to themes like this, especially during the holidays. There’s some great inspiration from the DT over at Merry Monday.
Supplies: Penny Black 30-257 Joy Filled
Today, I’m sharing a card I created using one of the October Cardmaps Sketches with Penny Black supplies designed by Becky Fleck.
I used 30-244 Bon Voyage for the focal image and sentiment. I stamped the balloons several times and paper pieced them. I stamped the ampersand from 30-247 Life’s Journals, cutting it with a circle punch. I die cut the clouds with 51-033 Silver Linings.
Today, I’m sharing a holiday shaker card crafted with Penny Black dies and background stamp.
To begin, I cut the largest snowflake from the 51-066 Crystal Trio set out of a silver glitter paper. With the same die, I cut a snowflake out of a white panel into which I inlaid the glitter snowflake (adhering it on the back with tape). The front panel is stamped with the 40-350 Tree-Lined background stamp in a coordinating ink. I cut a circle out of the front panel. I cut a slightly smaller circle out of a white panel to which I adhered an acetate panel. I put foam around the circular opening and filled the enclosure with a mixture of sequins. The Merry sentiment from the 51-021 Love & Joy set was cut three times for added depth.
To recap the layers from top down – green stamped panel, white panel with circular cutout, acetate, white panel with inlaid snowflake, card base.
I’m playing along this week with Merry Monday #127 – Christmas Bingo. I’ve got sparkle, a die cut and red!
Today, I’m sharing a holiday-themed card crafted with newly released Penny Black dies and stamps using a non-traditional Color Combo, which was shared last year on the Penny Black blog. The card design is from Scrapbook & Cards Today CardMaps Today Volume 4. I recently ordered the magazine, and I’ve earmarked quite a few sketches.
I stamped a light blue cardstock panel with the 40-350 Tree-Lined background stamp in a coordinating ink. I die cut the 51-066 Crystal Trio snowflakes nested within circle dies so that I could inlay the snowflakes. I also cut circles in white to put behind the inlaid snowflakes/circles. The sentiment is from the 30-257 Joy Filled set.