Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

My Favorite Things – Fall-themed Bird House

Hello! Today I am sharing a fall-themed card featuring the Birds of a Feather and Birdhouse die sets from My Favorite Things. I have previously created cards with this same design and same two die sets: a spring-themed Congratulations card and one for the Fourth-of-July.

I die-cut the birds, birdhouse, and floral pieces from solid cardstock and patterned paper in my stash.
I assembled the pieces with Tonic Nuvo glue and added them to a panel cut from SU Old Olive with a now-retired MFT Blueprints set. I dry-embossed the panel with the Wood Grain folder.
I stamped the sentiment from Sweater Weather in the Woods with Night of Navy ink on an off-white rectangular panel.

What I like about this card: the bird and birdhouse scene; the color combination of orange, olive green, navy, and gold; the dry-embossed, wood grain background.

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Spellbinders Trick-or-Treat Die-cut Scene

Hello! I am sharing a die-cut Halloween scene on which I combined several Spellbinders/FSJ die sets – “Eek-A-Boo” (this month’s Small Die of the Month), Haunted Manor, and Sweet Home Accents.

For this card, I wanted to capture a trick-or-treat scene. While there are a number of different trick-or-treaters that can be made with the “Eek-A-Boo” set, I crafted a devil. I liked the punch of red the devil provides. (See my first set of cards with the “Eek-A-Boo” set here.)

I also tucked the ghost, cut with a die in the “Eek-A-Boo” set, behind the door – the “Eek” being that it was a ghost who answered the door!

What I like about this card: the Halloween theme; the bold colors; the whimsy of it – a black cat in the window, a ghost at the door; it includes a home scene, which is one of my favorite types of scenes to make; and it’s made entirely from die-cuts.

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Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 402

Hello! I am playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week.

I followed the sketch very closely. I found the patterned papers in my stash, which became the starting point for choosing colors. This card uses a lot of product I’ve had for many years, and many of the supplies are now retired. I bought the Stampin’ Up stamp set For All Things specifically for this sentiment!

I’m sure I sound like a broken record, but I really like these sketch challenges! It gives me a chance to pull something together in a different way, and I find myself using products that I might otherwise ignore.

What I like about this card: I like the combination of patterned papers and the manner in which the die-cut leaves and circles reinforce the colors in the patterned paper. Now if only it was this easy to find clothing in these colors!

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Tranquil Tide, Hello Honey, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar, Cajun Craze

Stamp: Stampin’ Up For All Things (retired)

Dies: Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves, Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves, Spellbinders Circle Dies (1.375″)

Ink: Espresso Truffle

Three in a Row – Halloween Card

Hello! I can’t get enough of the DCWV Happy Halloween patterned paper. For this CAS card I used several of the patterns with a combination of die-cuts.

The three-circle frame is a retired die (Peek-a-Boo Trio) from My Favorite Things (one of the first dies I ever bought). I used the SugarPea Hocus Pocus set to cut the witch’s hat and broom. I used the Spellbinders Haunted Manor set for the bats. I decided to use a sentiment from the patterned paper for the center window.

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Two Takes on a CAS Halloween Scene

Hello! I am sharing two CAS Halloween-themed cards using the same two products – Penny Black’s Layered Scene die set and Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings stamp set – and same design. I’ve just switched the colors.

I recently reorganized all of my cardstock by color, so it was easy to compare oranges and purples for the cards. I didn’t want the purple to be too dark, given that I was stamping the sentiment with black ink. I used Bazzill Gummy Bear for the purple and SU Pumpkin Pie for the orange. I considered teal as well, but the purple just felt right! I used the largest die in the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die set to cut the card background. I like the finished edge it gives.

I previously shared cards (non-Halloween) with the Penny Black Layered Scene here. I just couldn’t resist using the dies for a spookier scene.

I’ve used the Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings set time and again for the past several years. It’s now retired, but I’ll probably never get rid of it!

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