Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I couldn’t resist crafting a Halloween-themed card with the new Penny Black In a Row die cut (51-001).
I used the same card design as the one I shared in yesterday’s post, stamping the sentiment from the Penny Black Hoot of a Time (40-152) stamp set on a slightly larger die-cut circle. The purple panel has been stamped with the Penny Black Indian Wheel (40-202) background stamp in dye ink.
There are so many possibilities for creating with the new Penny Black In a Row die cut (51-001)!
I added the die-cut birds to the top of a panel stamped with the Penny Black Indian Wheel (40-202) background stamp in dye ink. The card base is stamped in Versafine ink with the Penny Black Moment of Joy (4303F) sentiment stamp. I added a die cut circle for both design and color balance.
I absolutely adore the stamp images in the Penny Black Sunny Days set. I’m sharing a card in which I have paired the soccer-playing dog with a sentiment from the Friendship set.
After stamping with Versafine ink and heat embossing, I colored the dog and soccer ball with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils (there’s just a bit of white pencil on the soccer ball). With advice from Elizabeth Allan, I used Ink Potion No. 9, rather than water, to blend the watercolor pencil. I stamped the image on cardstock, rather than watercolor paper, as I didn’t want my cardstock to pill. I’m happy to report that the Ink Potion did the trick. I also tried a version with my Prismacolor pencils, but I preferred the vividness that I achieved with the Inktense pencils.
I finished the card off with some clouds cut with Memory Box dies and adhered the blue panel to a woodgrain-cardstock card base.
There were some fabulous cards shared in the final class of the Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2. I CASEd Amy Kolling’s lovely card.
I stamped one of the stamps from the Penny Black Floral Applique set four times and embossed with white embossing powder. I colored the leaves with Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress Inks and the floral image with Spun Sugar Distress Ink. The sentiment is stamped with Versafine from the Hero Arts Truly Appreciated set. Amy had another mat (behind the kraft mat) and used a die by Lil’ Inkers that gave a nice border to the mat stack. I added a few pearls and some May Arts twine to finish the card off, all the while I was thinking “I really need that Lil’ Inkers product”! The pink card base is Memory Box cardstock.
The past three weeks have been a whirlwind of cardmaking – I’m really going to miss this class! The instructors, guest artists and classmates have provided wonderful inspiration and made it a lot of fun. It’s been nice meeting new people and reconnecting with those of you I already know from previous classes.
Have a fabulous weekend!
There were some fabulous creations shared by the the guest artists in today’s Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2 class. I chose to CASE Shari Carroll’s beautiful card.
I was intrigued by Shari’s use of the geometric shapes with the butterfly, which shows up better in real life. In this photo, it gets a bit lost with the white background. I eliminated a bow Shari had below the sentiment because I ran out of room at the bottom. I suspect that the entire circle was higher up on her card, but I wasn’t going to move it as it was adhered with dimensional tape! And ideally I’d have smaller sequins, or sequins in a couple of different sizes, but alas I don’t!
Supplies: A Muse Studio sequins; Spellbinders circle die; Penny Black Pointile stamp; ColorBox white pigment ink; Penny Black Penny Black Tagged die cut (small hexagon); Stampin’ Up cardstock (dark brown); twine
    |