Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Enjoy the Ride – Spellbinders May 2019 Small Die of the Month

Hello! Happy May! Today, I am sharing two CAS projects created with this month’s Small Die of the Month die set “Enjoy the Ride” from Spellbinders.

For my first card, I created a sky/road scene with a pink scooter using letters in the set for the “Ciao” sentiment and balloons (die in the set) tied to the back of the scooter.

I dry-embossed the roadway piece (gray cardstock) with the Beach Towel Embossing Folder.
I cut the “Ciao” sentiment from white cardstock and adhered it to the roadway with liquid adhesive using the dry-embossing lines as a guide for the letters.
I cut the scooter out and assembled it with liquid adhesive and tape.
I added embroidery floss to the balloons, cut from several shades of pink, and attached them to the sky background with dot and foam adhesive. I taped the strings to the sky background making sure that they would be covered by the back of the scooter. I attached the scooter to the scene with dot adhesive.

I love using color and repetition on card designs, so for my second project, which measures 6 1/2″ x 3 3/4″, I created three scooters in bright colors.

I created the Go sentiments on my computer and printed them on white cardstock.
I cut and assembled the scooters from brightly colored cardstock.
I added a strip of washi paper to the right side of the card base to emphasize the road/transportation theme.
I adhered the scooters to the scene with dot adhesive.

Thanks for stopping by! Vroom!

Die-Cut Tea Cup Bouquet

Hello! I’m sharing a CAS card on which I have combined several Spellbinders products. While I had Mother’s Day in mind when creating the card, it would also work as a friendship card.

I stamped the Vacation Time sentiment on to a 4″ square piece of white cardstock .
I created a card base with Sea Glass cardstock dry-embossed with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Stampin Up’.
I cut the tea cup with the Stack O’ Cups die set from teal cardstock and adhered it to the white panel.
I cut the blossoms with dies in the April 2019 Small Die of the Month set, Layered Sweet Birdie Thanks, and A Little Birdie (a previous Small Die set now available for separate purchase).
I arranged the blossoms in the teacup and adhered them with foam adhesive. I initially had some blossoms adhered without foam adhesive and they looked too flat!

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Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Thanks card featuring the Rounded Alphabet die set from Simon Says Stamp. It’s easy to change this design – use a different sentiment (like “Hello”) or different colors.

I began by cutting Orange Creamsicle cardstock with a die in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stacklets set. I dry-embossed the rectangle with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Stampin Up’.
I cut 80 lb. white cardstock with the Rounded Alphabet die set and trimmed the piece into a rectangular shape smaller than the orange rectangle. I removed the letters as I would be using it as a guide to place the letters on to the orange cardstock.
I cut 100 lb. white cardstock with the Rounded Alphabet die set.
I cut turquoise cardstock with the Rounded Alphabet die set.
I placed the white cardstock piece from which I removed the letters over the orange rectangle and held it in place with washi tape. I adhered glue to the letters cut from the heavier-weight cardstock into the frame, skipping the letters where I would be adding the turquoise THANKS. Once all of the letters and symbols were added, I removed the frame.
I adhered the THANKS letters into the open places on the orange rectangle.
I created a card base with Sea Glass cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

Buffalo-Plaid Coffee-Themed Friendship Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a card created with Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey supplies, including the Fun Stampers Journey Buffalo Check stencil, generously provided to me by Spellbinders. I’ve crafted a coffee-themed friendship card using the stencil to make the background paper.

To begin, I inked red cardstock with Walnut Stain Distress Ink through the stencil.
I cut the Coffee Brewing coffee pot using the Coffee Brewing die from silver cardstock and backed the openings with white cardstock.
I cut the coffee cups, cup handles, and coffee beans with the Cup and Beans die set.
I adhered a patterned paper strip to the base of the Buffalo Check background and added the coffee pot, assembled coffee cups, and coffee beans to the scene.
The sentiment (from “Coffee Break” MFT Stamps set) was stamped with Walnut Stain ink and cut using a long, skinny rectangle die in the Matting Basics B set.

I’ll definitely be pulling out this stencil again!

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Die-Cut Nautical Scene – Two Takes

Hello! Today, I am sharing two nautical-themed cards with similar designs.

For both cards, I cut the sailboat (Poppystamps Marina Sailboats die) from white cardstock and red cardstock. I trimmed off the sails and added them to the white boat body. The red sail on the card with the window is SU Real Red and the other sail is SU Poppy Parade.

On both cards, I cut the sky and ocean from cardstock using the wave die in the sailboat set. For the card without a window, I taped the sky and ocean together on the back and cut the cardstock with a Lil’ Inker rectangle die. For the card with the window, I simply trimmed the piece down to fit behind the window. The card without the window has a sky and ocean that are more green/teal than the card with the window. I don’t have the names of those colors as I pulled the cardstock out of a scraps bin. (I have a lot of paper scraps that I need to either put back with the full reams or at the very least sort!) The sky and ocean colors for the card with the window are SU Balmy Blue and SU Blueberry Bushel.

For the card without the window, I dry-embossed the background with the My Favorite Things Geometric Grid stencil. As I have mentioned previously, I am boxing up my supplies for an upcoming move. Most of my embossing folders are packed up. I have several wave embossing folders which I might have used if they’d been handy. Luckily, it’s easy to dry-emboss with a stencil!

For the card with the window, I added embossing paste through the English Brick stencil on kraft cardstock.

For both cards, I added a heat-embossed sentiment (My Favorite Things You Float My Boat stamp set) which I cut with the MFT Horizontal Hearts in a Row banner.

Thanks for stopping by!

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