Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Today I was inspired by a card shared by Jennifer Rzasa, a guest instructor in Online Card Class Pattern Play.
The flowers are fussy cut and layered with some dimensional adhesive. Let me tell you, that “Thank you” sentiment on the side took me several tries to get straight! I used my Fiskars stamp press after several failed attempts using an acrylic block.
Supplies: Hero Arts “Hearts & Flowers,” Hero Arts Studio Calico “Oh Snap,” Lawn Fawn papers, Versafine ink
Today’s the beginning of the Online Card Class Pattern Play. My card is based on one shared by Kristina Werner.
Supplies: October Afternoon paper, Technique Tuesday stamp; Simon Says Stamp heart die, May Arts twine, Fiskars scallop punch
As long as I had the Fiskars stamp press out to make my Inspired by…Color card, I decided I’d make another card using border stamps. As I was pondering color schemes, I came across an image in a catalog I received with coral, blue and khaki. (It happened to be an ensemble in an outdoor clothing catalog.) I knew I didn’t want to make another rainbow color scheme card, and the color combination felt fresh, but not in a traditional sense.
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Maybe it’s the rain, or maybe it’s because I’m ready for more color in my surroundings, whatever the reason, I’m gravitating towards cards with bright colors right now. I really liked the Pinspired Challenge #5 image. So I made another card with that colorful quilt in mind.
In fact, I bought the Mama Elephant “Trifecta” stamp originally for the challenge, but then went a different direction at the last minute. To season the triangle border stamp, I inked it with Versamark each time before inking with the various dye and chalk inks. I don’t know if this gave me better coverage or not, but my experience is that Versamark “gums up” the stamp and helps ink stick to it.
Supplies: Inkadinkado border stamp
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With hints of spring visible, I decided to “paint” a spring scene with distress paints. It will be a few months before I see this kind of color out of my windows!
The “Blooming Meadow” stamp easily lends itself to stamping with paint. After the image dried, I added tumbled glass to the sky and peeled paint towards the bottom.
I recognize that these birds aren’t particularly realistic, but I wanted to give the “Resting Birds” die a try!
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (blue for birds)
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