Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Rainbow Balloon Birthday Card

In the realm of crafting, sometimes less is more. Today, I’m excited to share a CAS birthday card that embodies the beauty of simplicity while packing a punch of joy and color. Following Christmas cards, birthday cards are the type I send most frequently.

- Using the Lawn Fawn Balloons stencil, add balloons and strings on to white cardstock. (Inks used: Distress Wilted Violet, Memento Love Letter, Memento Tangelo, Memento Dandelion, Distress Salty Ocean).
- Cut panel with A2-size stitched rectangle die. Add to card base.
- Cut white glitter foam with Cole’s ABCs to create the sentiment. Add letters to the panel. Embellish with stars cut from white glitter foam. (I used star dies in the Build-A-Barn and Forest Backdrop sets.)

In this post, I shared a collection of birthday cards that I’ve crafted over the years.

Waddle You Know? Friendship Card

Hello! I am delighted to share a friendship card created with the Sunny Studio Stamps Puddle Jumpers stamp set with coordinating die set. With watercoloring, I brought the images – a girl in a ducky raincoat, her froggy umbrella, duck, and ducklings – to life.

- Begin by covering an A2-size card base with patterned paper in the DoodleBug Design Gingham and Linen pad.
- Stamp the Puddle Jumpers images in Versafine on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper and heat set. Color the images with watercoloring mediums of choice. Once dry, cut with coordinating dies.
  Zig Pale Pink (28), Light Green (41), May Green (47), Scarlet (23), Summer Sun (503), Bright Yellow (52), Orange (70), Lemon Yellow (51); Tombow Light Apricot (850), Tan (942), Dusty Rose (772).
- Cut an oval from white cardstock (I used the retired Spellbinders Fancy Edge Ovals die set). Create a sky and base by sponging on Distress Inks. Stamp the Puddle Jumpers sentiment. Mat the oval with a scalloped oval (same die set). Add oval assembly to card base.
- Add the watercolored images with dot and foam adhesive.

Looking for more spring-themed card inspiration? I recently posted a round-up of spring-themed cards HERE.

Art Impressions Whimsical Friendship Card

Hello! Today I am stepping into a world where imagination takes flight with a friendship card showcasing the Art Impressions Mushroom Cubbies stamp and die set. It has been awhile since I had the time to watercolor stamped images, and I found myself immediately absorbed in the activity! I have written about my journey with watercolor stamped images HERE.

- Create the background with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Cloud Backdrop from Sea Glass cardstock. Add to an A2-size card base.
- Heat-emboss the Mushroom Cubbies “Lots of Bugs and Kisses” sentiment on Noble Fir cardstock. Cut with the grass die included in the Sunny Studio Stamps Picket Fence Border die set. Add to card base.
- Stamp the images in the Mushroom Cubbies set with Versafine on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper and heat set. Color the images with watercoloring mediums of choice (I used Tombow + Zig markers). Correct any mistakes with Copic Opaque White, which I used on the mushroom cap white spaces. Tombow Markers: Poppy Red (856), Dark Jade (177), Light Green (195), Saddle Brown (977), Redwood (899), Process Blue (452), Navy Blue (528), N95 (Cool Gray 1), N65 (Cool Gray 5), Light Apricot (850), Tan (942), Sand (992), N15 (Lamp Black), N25 (Black); Zig Markers: Yellow (50), Bright Yellow (52).
- Once dry, cut the images with the dies included in the set. The die for the mushroom house cuts the windows and door. I backed those with yellow cardstock. Add images to card front with dot and foam adhesive.

Spring-Themed Window Scene

Hello! I am sharing a spring-themed friendship card featuring several Sunny Studio Stamps die sets. This scene captures the essence of the spring season with charming elements like window box flowers and garden tools. The sentiment “You Brighten My Day” encapsulates the joy and warmth this card aims to convey. I recently posted a round-up of spring-themed cards HERE.

- Dry-emboss A2-size Sea Glass cardstock with the Burlap folder. Add to the card base. Cut a strip of green cardstock to represent grass and add to the card base. (Alternatively, you could use a grass die to cut the top of this piece.)
- Cut the window, window box, and shutters from a variety of cardstock colors with the Wonderful Windows die set. Assemble. Back window with yellow cardstock. (I previously used the Wonderful Windows set on a card HERE.)
- Cut flowers, garden pots, and gardening tools with dies in the Spring Garden Dies set from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
- BetterPress the sentiment in Leaf ink with the Always and Forever Press Plate. Cut with coordinating die.
- Add window assembly, sentiment, flowers, pots, and garden tools to the card front, using foam adhesive where appropriate.

Fairy Tale Castle Birthday Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a birthday card that combines the Deluxe Caboodle Value Club exclusive “Fairy Tales” die set with the Spellbinders March 2024 Large Die of the Month Club Kit “Classic Tales.” You can see my first card created with the Large Die of the Month Club Kit – “Classic Tales” – HERE.

Each month, Deluxe Caboodle Value Club members receive a bonus item. The March bonus item is the exclusive Fairy Tales die set, which is ONLY available to members of the Deluxe Caboodle Club.

- Dry-emboss an A2-size cardstock panel with the Stargazer folder. Add to card base.
- Cut castle and book pieces with the “Fairy Tales” and “Classic Tales” die sets from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
- BetterPress the Let’s Celebrate sentiment in black ink on Pomegranate cardstock. Trim with the book outline die in the “Classic Tales” die set.
- Add castle, book assembly, and stars to the card front.