Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Seemingly overnight, the Pacific Northwest is in bloom! I’m celebrating with a card created with two new stamp sets from Penny Black’s Bloom Release.
I stamped the floral images and leaves from Petal Power [#30-225] in pigment inks and added a sentiment, stamped with Versafine, from the Friendship Flowers [#30-223] set. The Petal Power set includes multiple floral solid stamps with outline stamp companions – lots of possibilities with this set!
Today I’m sharing a CASE of Jill Foster’s lovely card featuring Penny Black Poppy Pattern [#40-290] paired with a sentiment from Truly Great [#40-309].
Jill used paint on her background whereas I used a combination of Memento inks. I applied the inks to the stamp, misted the stamp, and then pressed watercolor paper onto the stamp, using a brayer to really soak up the ink. The sentiment is heat embossed on an ATC-size Art Square. I really like the dimension that the Art Square adds.
Using the same design, I created a monochromatic background by stamping with orange ink on orange paper.
For this version, I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and attached it to the poppy background with dimensional adhesive. I trimmed the background so that the card would have a white border.
Seeing Jill’s card using paints, I can’t wait to give that technique a try as well!
Today, I’m sharing an Easter-themed project combining several Poppystamps dies.
I die cut the Fluffy Bunny from white cardstock. Using an embossing folder, I added some texture to the bunny. I die cut the Fresh Cut Grass, a die from the new release, from two shades of green cardstock. I cut the Brighton Flower Border, also from the new release, in green, as well as in several colorful hues. I adhered the flowers, which I cut off of the stems, to the green cardstock Flower Border. Next, I cut the border into several pieces, placing them within the grass borders. The sentiment, on a white cardstock frame, was created on my computer.
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Today I’m sharing a card created with the Penny Black First Dance [#4383K] stamp from the Happy Everything release.
I dabbed a selection of Distress Paints directly onto the stamp and stamped onto a white cardstock panel. I tried a number of color combinations and settled on one with golds and reds. Once the paint was dry, I distressed the edges of the panel with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I then inked up the Penny Black Fleur De Lys background [#40-204] with the same ink, wiping away some of the ink before stamping. I found this technique on Jill Foster’s blog and really like how it adds a subtle pattern to the background of the panel. I adhered the panel to a cardstock base over a dry-embossed rectangle with dimensional adhesive. To finish, I added a sentiment from Fashion Tweet [#30-233].
I’m over in the Ellen Hutson CLASSroom today with a review on spray mists. I’d love to have you visit.