Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Spellbinders – Christmas Cascade Collection

Hello! I am sharing a preview of two cards I created with the recently-released Spellbinders Christmas Cascade Collection. I would love for you to head over to the Spellbinders blog for all of the details! In the post, I share details of each panel and my design decisions.

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Reverse Confetti – Multi-Step Cacti

Hello! Today I am sharing a “Hello” card created with Reverse Confetti supplies. The Multi-step Cacti images are created with three stamps each: the solid image, the detail, and the outline.

For the cactus on the left, I stamped with Mowed Lawn, then Pine Needles, and finally Jet Black. I cut the image with the coordinating die.
For the middle cactus, I stamped with Peeled Paint, then Archival Olive, and finally Jet Black. I cut the image with the coordinating die.
For the cactus on the right, I stamped the solid image with Lucky Clover, the detail with Library Green, and the outline with Jet Black. I cut the image with the coordinating die.
The flower is stamped with two stamps: the solid image and outline.
For the pots, I cut stencils with the coordinating dies and colored cardstock through the stencils. I then stamped the images in Archival Black and cut the images with their coordinating dies.
For the background, I colored white cardstock with gray and blue inks (to create a horizon line). I stamped the Best Sentiments sentiment and cut the cardstock with a circle die.

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Elizabeth Craft – Halloween Bird

Hello! Today I am sharing a Halloween card created with Elizabeth Craft Design die sets.

I die-cut the Winter Bird from cardstock colored with Distress Inks and assembled it.
I die-cut the branch from the same set.
I die-cut the witch’s hat and bat with dies in the Halloween Accessories set.
I stamped the Taylored Expressions sentiment on to an ink-colored circle.
I added the assembled pieces to patterned paper on which I colored the corners.

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Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

I recently wrote a guest post for the Spellbinders blog in which I shared holiday cards that combine two of my favorite techniques–die-cutting and foiling–using products in the Sparkling Christmas Collection. For all three cards, I used a color scheme of red, green, and gold. With this collection, you’ll create elegant and distinctive holiday cards.

I created two cards with the Joyful Christmas Tree die set.

On the final card I created a plaid background with the Kaleidoscope Plaid die set.

I’d love for you to visit to read about the details and leave a comment!

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Spellbinders Spooky Car

Hello! Today I am sharing a Halloween card created with the Halloween Sunday Drive die set from Spellbinders. The set works with the previously released Sunday Drive set. (There’s a set for Christmas, too, which I plan to play with soon.)

I cut the pieces of the car, skeleton, witch, and accessories from colored and foiled cardstock.
I assembled the car with its occupants, fussy cutting a piece of vellum for the windshield.
I cut the bats from black glitter cardstock.
I added the car and bats to patterned paper which I darkened in the corners with Distress Oxide Black Soot ink.

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