Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
After creating this nautical-themed card, I had many lighthouses left over, as I had experimented with different construction techniques, as well as color combinations, when creating the lighthouses. So I put together a CAS card with the leftovers practicing the design principle of repetition!
Supplies: Taylored Expressions Little Bits – Lighthouse, Simon Says Stamp sentiment
In most cases, I create cards with the end in mind, or at least a vague idea. Such was not the case with this card, which grew to be quite tall!
My inspiration for this card comes from Dina Kowal. She’s both a designer for Impression Obsession and a member of their design team. She shared a card recently combining the Hollyhock and Mason Jar dies.
I cut white cardstock with the Hollyhock die several times, and colored the flowers with Copics. I’ve never colored die cuts with Copics before, but I have to say it’s certainly easy and you can get the colors you want! I used the Mason Jar die to cut a piece of patterned paper that I colored with a Copic to add shading along the sides. I added a shadow under the mason jar with an Amuse Studios set. The sentiment comes from the Hero Arts “All Occasion Messages” set. The sentiment says “Hello Friend.” I simply cut it in two, as I find myself frequently needing a little sentiment to fit onto tiny tags (this tag was cut with a punch). The background paper is Strathmore 140lb cold press watercolor paper. For this card, I wanted something off-white with a little bit of texture. I buy the Strathmore paper in a big pad and cut it down to size.
Supplies: Impression Obsession Hollyhocks and Mason Jar die sets; Hero Arts All Occasion Messages stamp set; May Arts Natural Burlap string; Copick Markers BG11, YG 13, R14, and R22; Distress Ink Pumice Stone
Today, I’m sharing another card created with dies from the new Poppystamps release.
I wanted to create a masculine birthday card with the Galloping Stallion as the focus. I used the Happy Birthday die for a tone-on-tone background. The “yee-haw” sentiment was created on my computer. I die-cut the Superstar Border several times to create a few accent stars.
Supplies: Poppystamps Galloping Stallion 996, Happy Birthday Background 990, Superstar Border 912