Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
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Hello! Today, I am delighted to share a CAS Christmas card created with the Spellbinders Poinsettia die set, part of the Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken. This is my second card using this set, see my first card here.
To begin, I stamped Whip Cream cardstock with light gray ink using the Vintage Notes Stamp. The effect is subtle. I cut the poinsettia blossoms from the stamped white cardstock and the leaves from silver foil. I assembled the blooms using a silver brad.
I heat-embossed one of the Charming Tag Sentiments on a Candy Apple card base, which had been cut with a die in the Vintage Stitched Squares set. To finish off the card, I added Holiday Sparkles Gems.
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Hello! Today, I am delighted to share two projects created with this month’s Amazing Paper Grace kit from Spellbinders. The Christmas Village Vignette Frame Die Set is perfect for making holiday themed cards. It can be used to create stand-alone projects and coordinates with the previously-released Grand Cabinet 3D Card Etched Die Set. I was amazed at how easy it was to achieve elegant cards with just a few die cuts!
Let’s take a look at my first card.
On my first card, I used the large dies in the kit to create a frame for my holiday scene. I cut the sentiment panel from gold foil and attached Santa and his reindeer behind the panel. I taped the sentiment panel to the frame on the inside. I attached the die-cut snowbank panels and the patterned paper snow background to the back of the frame with dimensional adhesive. I attached the entire assembly to a back piece cut with the frame outline die.
I attached the assembly to the patterned paper base, which measures 5 1/4″ x 6″.
For my second card, I used the large frame piece to cut a shaped card base. I did not cut the shape on the left hand side where the fold is located. I used the same shape to cut patterned paper, with which I covered the base.
I used the large frame and detailed frame to cut the white cardstock background. I cut the two snowbank pieces and backed the assembly with glitter paper. I stamped the front snowbank piece with a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set. The church and trees were adhered to the scene.
There are dozens of ways to use these dies to create stunning holiday cards! Head to the Spellbinders product page to see more examples created with this kit.
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I am sharing two projects featuring Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders products. Let’s take a look!
My first card features the Adore Him stamp set with coordinating dies. I love that the sentiments have their own dies; it takes away all of the stress!
I stamped the wise men with a magenta ink. I heat-embossed, with gold powder, the buildings, the sentiment, and the star. I used Holiday Sparkles Gems to finish the scene. CAS, elegant, fast and easy!
For my second card, I added a little cozy to the card by dry-embossing Candy Apple cardstock with the Cozy Knit Embossing Folder.
I cut the Gingerbread Boy from Oatmeal Cookie cardstock and added Candy Cane Buttons. I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set.
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Hello and Ho, Ho, Ho! Today, I am sharing tags featuring Spellbinders Holiday Die D-Lites. I have used the Santa die set on one and the Snowman set on the other! Spellbinders has generously provided me with a Santa die set and Snowman die set to giveaway to one reader (US addresses only please). I have details on the giveaway at the end of the post.
On the Santa, the hat, the beard, the face, and the mustache were cut and embossed. I cut his hat from red cardstock and used a snow marker to add the white fur. Similarly, I cut his face from peach cardstock and used the snow marker to add his eyebrows.
There are lots of options on how to craft these sets. For example, I have seen examples where the hat and the face are cut from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers (in which case the fur pieces are left uncolored as are his eyebrows).
For the Snowman, I cut and embossed the hat, the face, the holly leaves and berries, and the scarf. I cut the hat and eyes from a black foil.
Using the die in the Happy Grams set, I cut patterned paper to create the tag bases. On both tags, I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set, which I cut with a die in the A-2 Matting Basics B set.
Now to the giveaway! I like all sorts of Christmas decorating styles and color combinations – whimsical, rustic/farmhouse, traditional, … and have decorated over the years in a number of different styles. To enter the giveaway (US addresses only please), simply comment on this post telling me your favorite Christmas decorating style by Thursday, October 25, 9 PM PDT. I’ll contact the winner on Friday, October 26.
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