Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
This week’s Retrosketches sketch is fantastic, and I couldn’t wait to play along!
I combined a monkey and banana from a Hero Arts digital set with some of the newly-released Hero Arts stamps. The tweed background stamp is one I will be reaching for all year!
I’m also linking this card up with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge focused on “Thanks.”
Supplies: October Afternoon Midway Collection (orange-striped paper); Hero Arts Monkeying Around digital stamp set
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It’s time for the first Pinspired Challenge! The inspirational photo is for you to interpret anyway you want! You can take from the colors, the style or the technique! You can also make any kind of craft you want as well, whether it’s a card, layout or altered item!
This first challenge is sponsored by The Alley Way Stamps who are generously offering the winner one stamp set of their choice.
Here’s my take on the challenge image:
I wanted to capture the birthday theme, as well as the colors, from the pinspiration. I added a dry embossed background to replicate the polka dots on the cake.
Be sure to head over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” (aka Design Team) and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. A winner will also be chosen by the “Pin Heads” and will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog, as well as the prize from The Alley Way Stamps. We can’t wait to see your creations!
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Welcome! Today I’m sharing a single-photo layout I created with one of this month’s Simple Scrapper Premium Membership templates. I chose to play with the recently released Amy Tangerine Ready, Set, Go digital collection from American Crafts.
Want to win a one-month Simple Scrapper Premium Membership? Visit the team member blogs and look for the entry link. Entries will be pooled and one winner selected at 11:59pm CST on Wednesday, January 9. You may enter from multiple blogs. Use this link to enter the giveaway for a one month trial membership to Simple Scrapper: http://ow.ly/ctrlx.
Don’t forget to check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Simple Scrapper Design Team:
Julie Aldridge
Jeryn Carlisi
Lisa Corbin-Polak
Ronnie Crowley
Kim Gehring
Michele Holcomb
Margrethe Aas Johnsen
Amy Kingsford
Samantha Landay
Pam Lozano
Aimee Maddern
Melissa Priest
Sara Case Strickland
The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping.
It’s Day One of the January Release at Neat & Tangled Stamps. Danielle has knocked it out of the park with her “My Heart Sings” set! This stamp set would work equally well for Valentine’s Day, weddings, engagement parties, … you get the idea, anything connected with LOVE!
For my first card, I stamped the set’s pair of birds onto Teresa Collins’ musical notes paper and joined them with a stamped, die-cut heart.
For my second card, I colored one of the birds with Copics and added a touch of Ranger Stickles.
Head on 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 “My Heart Sings” stamp set! This week’s featured stamp sets will be available for purchase at the Neat & Tangled store, Friday, January 11.
This week’s CAS-ual Fridays challenge is to create a Clean And Simple Thank You card. I haven’t made a “CAS” card in awhile and every time I do, I’m that much more impressed by the designers who craft in the CAS style on a regular basis. They’re deceptively difficult!
I covered up the “you” of the “Thank you” sentiment with some Echo Park stickers for a punny sentiment.
Starting with this challenge, Ellen Hutson is going to be a monthly sponsor over at CAS-ual Fridays. How fabulous is that!
Supplies: Echo Park stickers; Stampin’ Up cardstock (grey); Divine Twine; Mossy Made button
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