Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Elizabeth Craft Designs Christmas Gnomes

Hello! I hope you are having a festive December thus far. Today, I am sharing a Christmas card featuring the Elizabeth Craft Designs Gnomes die set, which I just couldn’t resist.

I die-cut the Gnomes pieces including the packages from felt, cardstock, and glitter cardstock and assembled them. (The felt is from Taylored Expressions.) You can use the Farmer die set to cut the eyes.
I heat-embossed the Bitty Holiday Wishes (now retired) sentiment in Red Geranium and cut it with a banner die.
I added the Gnomes, with packages, and sentiment to now-retired Lawn Fawn patterned paper. Initially I had planned to die-cut a snowbank, however, this paper worked well with the bright felt colors.

Rubbernecker Santa in the Window

Hello! Today, I am sharing a Christmas card combining several Rubbernecker die sets and one of their stencils. I previously used the Santa die on this card.

I heat-embossed the Simple Sayings sentiment on to dark red cardstock.
I stenciled the card base with the Repeating Bricks stencil in dark red ink.
I die-cut the pieces for the window, Santa, the presents, and the tree, and ornaments (with a circle die in the Fishing Boat die set) and assembled them. (I actually made this card twice. The first time, I had no tree and I showed the card to my eldest son who asked, “Where’s the tree?”)
I added Santa, the tree, and the presents to a light-blue cardstock panel.
I attached the window with foam adhesive and added the assembly to the card base.

Penny Black Hello Winter

Hello! Today I am sharing a winter-themed card created with Penny Black supplies. Now is when I shift from making Christmas cards to winter-themed cards for the time of year between Christmas and Valentine’s Day. (I have noticed that every year this is a struggle; I enjoy making Christmas cards as I easily connect to the colors and themes.)

I die-cut the card frame with the 51-718 Slimline Medley die from light-gray cardstock.
I die-cut the snow strip from white cardstock with a die in the 51-717 Border Collection set.
I heat-embossed the 30-881 When Snow Falls sentiment on purple cardstock.
I die-cut the polar bears (from Stampin’ Up flock) and penguins with the 51-668 Festive Family die set.
I die-cut the snowflakes with the 51-708 Dancing Snowflakes, 51-268 A Blizzard, and 51-080 Around Town sets from Sugar Coated cardstock.

Spellbinders December 2021 Clear Stamp + Die of the Month Club

Hello crafty friends! Today, I’m sharing a Valentine’s Day card created with the Spellbinders December 2021 Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club – “Color Outside the Lines.” The letters also spell “Hello.” Read more about this club here.

I die-cut the Large Die of the Month diamond-shaped strips from Snowdrift and Brushed Gold cardstock.
I dry-embossed the red cardstock base with the Sun Rays folder.
I stamped the Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club sentiment letters in black ink, cut them with their coordinating dies, and colored the flowers with Copic markers.
I adhered the assembled strips to the dry-embossed base. I started with the center strip and worked up and down from there for a total of seven strips.
I die-cut a vellum circle to which I adhered the letters. I adhered the circle assembly to the card with glue behind the letters.

Spellbinders December 2021 Large Die Kit Club

Hello crafty friends! Happy December! I’m delighted to share two CAS cards created with the Spellbinders December 2021 Large Die of the Month “Layered Stitched Background.”

The versatile set includes six dies with which to create distinctive cards. While I created holiday cards, the set works for any season, simply change the floss colors and sentiment! (Find out more about this set here.)

My cards share the same design: a dry-embossed card base, centered stitched panel, and glimmer-foiled sentiment.

Dry-emboss card base with the Sun Rays folder.
Glimmer-foil Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips sentiment and cut with die in the set.
Die-cut the Large Die of the Month pieces and stitch the bottom layer. Assemble with top pieces and adhere to base.
Add sentiment with foam adhesive.

DMC Floss Colors: 700 (green), 728 (yellow), 321 (red), 815 (dark red)

DMC Floss Colors: 322 (medium blue), 3810 (teal), 700 (green), 726 (yellow), 824 (dark blue), 208 (purple), 603 (pink), 321 (red), 741 (orange)

Thanks for stopping by. May your December be filled with wonderful memories!