Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Penny Black – Die-cut Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a die-cut Valentine combining several die sets from Penny Black .

I cut the pieces of the #51-501 Hanging Planters from colored cardstock and cardstock to which I had applied Distress Inks.
I cut the XOXO sentiment with a die in the #51-294 Filled with Love set from red cardstock.
I cut the hearts with dies in the #51-090 Little Ornaments and the #51-281 What’s in Your Cup? sets. (Finding these little hearts was a happy discovery.)
I cut the yellow frame with the square frame in the #51-422 Stitched Square and Circles set and a circle die.
I sponged Tumbled Glass ink on to white cardstock and added the panel to the back of the frame.
I added the assembled planters, tucking the tops of the macrame hangers under the frame.
I adhered the sentiment with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches – February LOVE Challenge

Hello! Today I am sharing a card which I’m entering into the Paper Smooches LOVE Challenge.

I’m going to start with what I like most about this card – it expresses love without being a traditional, romantic Valentine.
With the Paper Smooches Coffee & Tea die set, I die-cut the tea pot, tea bag, cups, and snowflakes. For the teapot, I cut the pot twice, the second time trimming off the bottom part to make the lid.
I stamped the Winter Sampler sentiment and blended the sky by masking off the lower area. I applied the ink from the top.
I embellished with snowflakes cut with the Snowflakes die set.
This card is 4″ square. I wanted the elements to be close together to feel cozy and warm.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Golden Dance

Hello! Today I am sharing a card featuring a watercolored floral image from the Penny Black stamp set #30-562 Golden Dance, cut with its coordinating die.

I stamped the #30-562 Golden Dance image with VersaFine ink on Cold Press paper and watercolored it with Distress Ink reinkers and Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Once dry, I cut the image with the #51-533 Golden Dance Cut Out.
I cut the floor with the #51-433 Wood Floors die from cardstock, which I had colored with Distress Oxide inks.
I blended Tumbled Glass ink on to the card base and stamped a sentiment from the #30-418 Stitched Flowers stamp set.
I adhered the floor (and its base board) to the card base and added the watercolored flowers with foam adhesive.

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Art Studio Botanicals – February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Hello and Happy February! Today, I am sharing two friendship cards created with the February Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Art Studio Botanicals.” The set includes seven dies with which you can create fun abstract art – three circle shapes feature botanical images, three circle shapes feature geometrical images, and a circle die (to cut the outline on the images and to cut a solid circle).

My first card features the assembled circles placed around a “hello” sentiment on an A2-sized card.

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from green, blue, and teal cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to the card front. I added enamel dots to help fill the “white space.”

My second card is sized 6 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and features the assembled circles in a row.

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from teal, blue, and red cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to a yellow cardstock rectangle. I heat-embossed the sentiment on to dark grey cardstock.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Floral Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a watercolored thank you card featuring Penny Black supplies.

I stamped the #40-682 Harmony image on to Canson Montval watercolor paper with Versafine ink and colored the image with Zig markers and Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Once dry, I stamped the panel with a sentiment from the #30-574 Special Sentiments set and trimmed it.
I added the image to a white linen-finish card base.

Supplies: Penny Black Harmony and Special Sentiments stamp sets; Montval watercolor paper