Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
After making this card, I decided to make a similar one inspired by this gorgeous color-blocked card by Maile Belles for the CLASSroom at Ellen Hutson’s. Maile Belles is a phenomenal cardmaker/stamper whose work never ceases to inspire me!
I played around with the ratios of the colors a bit and found that the card design was most appealing when the three colors were used in different amounts.
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The sketch at Retrosketches this week presented a terrific design challenge of balancing pattern and color.
The ever-so-slightly longer days here in the Pacific Northwest have me thinking about spring and led to my choice of bright-colored cardstock and a floral motif for my card.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (yellow); Colorbox white pigment ink; May Arts twine; My Mind’s Eye button
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It’s been awhile since I’ve played along with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week’s sketch caught my eye, and I was in the mood to try something different.
I used the Stampin’ Up “Language of Friendship” stamp set that I received with a cardstock order several months ago.
Additional Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock; Versafine ink; Spellbinders dies; Echo Park patterned paper; May Arts twine; October Afternoon button; Fiskars punch; Sizzix embossing folder
This week’s Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge is to use the picture below as inspiration for a card that is VINTAGE.
After a lot of ideas swirled through my head, I became inspired by the vintage papers in Basic Grey’s “Paper Cottage” collection. I love the soft teal, gold, and dark gray. I imagined the snowman from “Freezy Fellas,” who I feel is vintage-y in his top hat, greeting spring by protecting himself with a parasol from the sun. Instead of hiding from the new season, he’s ready for it!
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (gray); Spellbinders oval die; Echo Park digital paper (background); Divine Twine
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It’s Day Four of the January Release at Neat & Tangled Stamps. Today, I’m showing three cards I created with “Party Dots” – an incredibly versatile set that includes a must-have “Let’s Celebrate” sentiment stamp. This stamp set lends itself to card making for a multitude of occasions – weddings, wedding announcements, birthday parties, graduations, …
For my first card, I heat embossed the background with one of the dots stamps using Versamark and American Crafts Zing! powder. I stamped the die-cut heart with silver pigment ink. The “Let’s Celebrate” banner and sentiment are heat embossed with Hero Arts silver powder. I guess when I think “celebrate” I turn to metallic colors!
My second card is similar – the die cut hearts are stamped with pigment ink and the “Let’s Celebrate” banner and sentiment are heat embossed with Hero Arts silver powder. I added a few rhinestones for some bling!
For my final card, I heat embossed the sentiment onto a die cut banner and paired it with an EK Success wedding cake. The background is dry embossed.
Don’t forget to head over to the Neat & Tangled Blog for inspiration from more of the design team and to enter today’s giveaway – the winner will receive the “Party Dots” stamp set! While you’re there, check out the posts from the rest of the week as well. You still have time to enter to win the sets revealed earlier this week. All of the January release stamp sets will be available for purchase at the Neat & Tangled store, tomorrow, Friday, January 11.