Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

CAS Thanks Card – Two Takes

Hello! Today I am sharing two CAS Thanks cards (slightly different designs) featuring the My Favorite Things Simply Thanks sentiment die paired with the Flower Explosion stamp from Simon Says Stamp.

When I designed these cards, I envisioned wedding Thank You notes using the colors from the wedding (there is no significance to the gold and teal, it’s just a combination I like). One of my favorite things to do is look at wedding mood boards; I love to see the different color combinations and themes. The colors for my own wedding, a small affair held outside at someone’s home, were Cornflower blue and yellow.

For the first card, I stamped and heat-embossed the Flower Explosion background stamp with gold embossing powder on Robin’s Egg cardstock. I created a band on which to adhere the gold letters. I used the negative piece from diecutting the letters as a guide.

On the second card, I stamped and heat-embossed the Flower Explosion background stamp on Audrey Blue cardstock. I die-cut the panel the sentiment from the panel and taped the gold letters into the knockout (inlaid technique). I added the panel to a card base.

One of the reasons I chose this particular background stamp is that it doesn’t have a strong direction, (up and down or side to side), which meant that I didn’t have a strong vertical or horizontal on which I had to line up the letters. Die-cutting directly into the panel was stressful enough!

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Paper Smooches Water Wise – Take Two

Hello! Today I am sharing another card featuring the Paper Smooches Water Wise die set combined with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Vacation Time set. Last week I shared a card with the Water Wise dies and a card with the same Vacation time sentiment.

I created an ink blended background with Distress Oxide inks.
I cut the fish from cardstock to which I had applied Distress Oxide inks.
I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with a circle die.
I cut the circle frame from cardstock to which I had applied Distress Oxide ink.
I added the fish to the circle with foam adhesive and adhered the circles to the card base.

I’ve got just about all of my supplies packed for my upcoming move. I have not packed up my Distress Oxide inks or my white cardstock. Those will be the last thing I pack!

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Simon Says Stamp – Time for a Break

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS friendship card featuring Simon Says Stamp products – the Abstract Triangle stencil and a sentiment from the Vacation Time set.

I applied Distress Oxide inks through the Abstract Triangle stencil.
I cut the stenciled panel with a 4″ square die at an angle to the pattern.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a skinny die in the A-2 Matting Basics set.
I added the panel to a square card base and popped the sentiment up with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches – It’s O-fish-al!

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS friendship card on which I’ve combined the recently released Paper Smooches Water Dies with a computer-generated sentiment.

I cut the fish, air bubbles, and waves from colored cardstock.
I printed out the sentiment on white cardstock, which I trimmed.
I added dry-embossed cardstock (created with the retired Lifestyle Crafts Tide embossing folder) at the top and bottom of the panel.
I added the waves and air bubbles with liquid adhesive and popped the fish up with foam adhesive.

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Lawn Fawn Butterfly Kisses

Hello! Today I am sharing a card created with the adorable Lawn Fawn “Butterfly Kisses” set. I bought the set as soon as it was released. Recently I had some time to Copic color (something that always takes a lot less time than I think it does.) I figured it was time to use the set since Lawn Fawn’s summer release is just around the corner! (I can’t believe that we are already through half of May!) I combined two of the critters from the “Butterfly Kisses” set with other Lawn Fawn products.

I stamped and colored the fox, the bear, the butterfly net, and several butterflies from the Butterfly Kisses set.
I cut the Leafy Tree Backdrop from Paper Bag cardstock.
I cut Noble Fir cardstock with one of the Meadow Border dies. I trimmed the piece and attached it to the front of the Leafy Tree frame.
I cut Icy Mint cardstock with the Stitched Cloud backdrop. I attached the piece behind the Leafy Tree frame.
I stamped the sentiment and cut it with the short Extra Sentiments banner die. I attached it to the grass.
I cut the flowers with the Spring Sprig die set from cardstock colored with Copic markers (I find that Copic-colored cardstock goes better with the Copic-colored images than solid cardstock). I attached these to the tree with liquid adhesive.
I added the Copic-colored images to the scene.

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