Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

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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Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

Hello! Today, I am sharing fall-themed cards created with this month’s Small Die of the Month kit at Spellbinders – “Hello & Thank You.” The kit is named for the word and letter dies included in the kit, which also includes frame and floral element dies.

On my first card, I used the set’s more ornate frame piece with the “thank you” sentiment set against a dry-embossed background.

I dry-embossed the soft-blue background with the Changing Seasons folder.
I die-cut the frame piece (twice), the sentiment, and the flower pieces.
I created the frame, adhered the floral pieces and added the assembly to the dry-embossed background.
I adhered the sentiment in the center and small flowers around the frame, to which I added centers created with a hole punch.
I added the panel to a white cardstock mat which I adhered to a patterned-paper card base.

My second card uses the HELLO sentiment with the kit’s other frame set against a stenciled background.

To create the background, I stenciled the Four Layer Leaves Stencil with metallic inks and a deep orange ink.
I die-cut the frame from copper foil. I cut four pieces to make two frames. I die-cut the sentiment from cardstock colored with the same orange ink used on the background. I die-cut flowers from the orange cardstock and leaves from matte silver cardstock .
I traced a diamond shape on vellum and cut it with scissors.
I glued two of the frame pieces together and glued the vellum diamond to the back. I glued the second assembled frame at a slight rotation.
I glued the frame assembly to the stencil panel and glued the sentiment across the middle.
I added the flowers and leaves.
The assembled panel was added to a brown cardstock mat adhered to a matte silver card base.

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