Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
I was captivated by this week’s Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge image. It took awhile for me to get my creative juices flowing, however, because I just wasn’t sure where to start.
I was especially drawn to the colors and to the yellow birds, so I focused on those in my card. I added glossy accents to the birds (from the Paper Smooches “Hang Ups” set) for some shine.
Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (gray, yellow); Spellbinders circle die cuts
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I recently read the Happiness Project and Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin. (I highly recommend both titles.) Rubin mentions how she enjoys children’s literature aka kidlit, and I realized how much I do as well. As a result, I’ve recently been rediscovering children’s picture books.
This card, featuring the owl from the Paper Smooches “Spookalicous” stamp set, is inspired by such illustrations. As you can see I’ve added origami to the card, for which the Hero Arts newspaper background stamp works well to create a textured sail.
Supplies: Bazzill gray cardstock; Hero Arts pirate digital kit (pirate’s hat); Echo Park Letter stickers; origami paper
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Happy Monday, everyone! I’ve got some scrapbooking news and some stamping news!
I’m over at Simple Scrapper today talking about how you can “pre-plan” some layouts. My scrapping productivity was considerably improved by thinking about my layout ahead of time.
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This is another “just because” card. I had the most fun picking the colors for the stockings. I really like all sorts of holiday decorating schemes – from traditional, to modern, to country/cozy (see Benita Larsson’s “Holiday Theme Poll” for examples of different styles). At the moment, I’m enjoying bright, non-traditional holiday colors like turquoise, lime green and dark pink!
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I’m over at Neat & Tangled today with some Halloween treat bag toppers created with the Halloween Scene and Graveyard Shift stamp sets. Please head on over to check out my project – I even share a way to streamline the process of creating these in quantity.