Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Die-cut Stars – CAS(E) this Sketch 276

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS card created for the CAS(E) this Sketch #276 Challenge.

I love stars (and have since I was a child) and set out to make a CAS and bright card, using two of my favorite techniques — die-cutting and heat-embossing.

I cut the stars from Gina K cardstock with the MFT Stacking Stars Die-namics die set (now retired).
I heat-embossed the Seeing Stars sentiment on black cardstock and cut it with one of the Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners.
I dry-embossed the card base with the Stampin’ Up Simple Stripes embossing folder.
I arranged the stars on the card base and picked them up with Press’n Seal. I added adhesive to the backs of the stars and attached them to the card base. The sentiment strip was added with foam adhesive.

Super Hero DAD – TE Father’s Day Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing one more Father’s Day card created with Taylored Expressions products. I combined the My Super Hero Stamp & Die Combo set with the Caps Lock – Dad die to create a Super Hero DAD card.

Before stamping the Twinkle Twinkle Background in Earl Grey ink, I put down a small strip of masking paper on the Sugar Cube cardstock where I wanted to add my sentiment.

The Super Hero figure was colored with Copic markers to match the red/yellow/black/grey color scheme. I used the Label Stacklets 10 set to create the background under the Caps Locks – Dad letters.

Newton’s Book Club – Colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brushes

Hello! Today, I am sharing a “just because” CAS card created with the Newton’s Nook Newton’s Book Club stamp set. You can see the other two cards I created with the same stamp set here (Copic-colored cat) and here (watercolored cat).

I stamped the cat with Intense Black ink on Mixed Media paper and colored him (her?) with a combination of Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens (list below). It is easy to blend the colors on this paper, and I did so with almost no water. For the background, and the accent strip, I used patterned paper from a Echo Park pad (from several seasons ago) that complemented the reading/book theme.

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TE CAS Patriotic Card – Freshly Made Sketches 340

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS patriotic card created with Taylored Expressions products that I am entering into the Freshly Made Sketches 340 challenge.

To create the card:

I die-cut the Caps Lock – USA (Sugar Cube cardstock) and the two stars (Cherry Pop and Blue Corn cardstock).
I did a repeat stamping in Blue Corn ink of one of the phrases in the TE Land of the Free set on Sugar Cube cardstock, which I matted with TE patterned paper, to go behind the die-cuts.
I dry-embossed the Sprinkles cardstock card base with the Fireworks folder.
I assembled the pieces, popping up the USA with foam adhesive.

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Taylored Expressions June 2018 Release

Hello! Welcome to the Taylored Expressions June 2018 Release! All of the products that we have been sharing this week are now available in the TE store! Before you head off to shop, I have several more projects to show you.

For my first project – a 4th of July card – I have combined the just-released Freedom & Fireworks stamp set with several TE die-cut sets.

I stamped and heat-embossed the Freedom & Fireworks images on Watermelon cardstock.
I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment on Sugar Cube cardstock.
I cut the Downtown Border from Blue Corn cardstock and the Underlay from Sugar Cube cardstock.
To finish the scene, I added a die-cut Little Bits – Flag.

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I have returned to the Tropical theme for my final project that showcases the Do the Hula Stamp & Die Combo with a watercolored Flirty Florals Background. There is more information about the TE Liquid Watercolors promotion at the end of my post.

I stamped and heat-embossed the Flirty Florals Background and watercolored it with several of the new Liquid Watercolors.
I stamped and heat-embossed the hula girl and colored her with watercolors.
I stamped the Tropical Florals sentiment on vellum which I framed with a die-cut circle, created with the Stitched Frame Stacklets 2 set.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! To see more projects with the new release and new product information, head over to the TE Blog for a complete list of the participating designers!

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