Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Hello! I recently created three cards for the Spellbinders blog using products from the Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Collection by Sharyn Sowell. What an amazing collection combining some of my favorite things – coffee, tea, and die-cuts!
The projects were shared over on the Spellbinders blog here, here, and here. Grab some coffee (or tea!) and head over to the blog posts for more details.
Hello and fa la la! Today, I am sharing my first Christmas cards of the season featuring die sets from Spellbinders A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feekan.
My first card showcases the Cinch and Go Poinsettia die set.
I cut the flowers from Stampin’ Up cardstock in Real Red and the leaves from Garden Green. The center circle piece was cut from Taylored Expressions Gold Foil. I secured the die-cut pieces with a gold brad.
I stamped a Stampin’ Up sentiment on Echo Park patterned paper which I cut with one of the dies in the Vintage Stitched Squares set. I added sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and Kelly Purkey.
My next card features the Charming Christmas Boughs die set.
I cut the swirling wreath from Neenah white cardstock. I also gold heat-embossed the sentiment from the Technique Tuesday Twinkle On set (retired) on to white cardstock; I cut that cardstock with the swirling wreath die and placed it into the wreath.
I cut the ornaments from American Crafts glitter paper in red and silver and Taylored Expressions Gold Foil. I added bows made from May Arts gold metallic twine. The background paper is Lawn Fawn Let’s Bokeh in the Snow (retired) patterned paper.
Thank you for visiting! I am totally smitten with this collection of timeless Christmas dies!
Hello, crafty friends! Today, I am sharing a Halloween candy container created with the Spellbinders Hexagon Petal Box from the Blooming Garden Collection by Marisa Job. The set contains eight dies to create a six-sided box. While I kept my Halloween-themed container simple, there are many variations possible with this set (as you will see on the product link).
I used one of the set’s dies to cut the base from orange cardstock, another die to create the side pieces (also from the orange cardstock), and a third die to cut the decorative pieces (cut from the polka dot paper). I applied the decorative pieces before attaching the side pieces to the base. The side piece die scores and cuts, making the creation of the box extremely easy! Trick or Treat!
Hello! I am back crafting after a break to the Mojave Desert to visit family. Today, I am sharing a birthday card created with the Swirl Happy Birthday Frame, part of the Blooming Garden Collection by Marisa Job at Spellbinders. I previously shared a card created with another die from this collection here.
The Swirl Happy Birthday Frame set includes the birthday sentiment, the background swirl panel, and a die to cut a rectangle which fits inside the background swirl. I used the dies to cut white cardstock with the swirl designs.
I cut both the sentiment swirl and the background swirl twice to create depth. I initially cut the sentiment from gold foil and from black cardstock, but after playing with a variety of patterned papers for the card base and the rectangular panel, the most elegant and striking combination was the one using the white cardstock. I wanted the swirls to take center stage!
Hello! I recently created four cards for the Spellbinders blog using products from the Special Moments Collection by Marisa Job.
The projects were shared over on the Spellbinders blog here, here, and here. Head over to the blog posts for more details.
