Reverse Confetti Blog Hop - Party Like There's No Tomorrow

Hello! It's the 8th of the month, which means it's Reverse Confetti blog hop time *AND* all the goodies we've been showcasing for the past few days are now available! Yaaas! :) 

To create my card, I started by first die cutting a piece of Stone card stock using the Squared Off Cover Panel Confetti Cuts, and adhering a piece of 6x6 Under the Umbrella patterned paper behind it.  I then turned the die cut on an angle and adhered it to a Cloud White card base.  Next, I cut two 1/4" strips of Baby Blue card stock and adhered them to the card front above and below the die cut.

The dinosaur and leaf images from No Tomorrow were stamped in Versafine ink onto watercolor paper before heat setting with clear embossing powder.  The images were then die cut using the No Tomorrow Confetti Cuts and colored with watercolor markers.  Once the images were dry, they were adhered to the card front using foam tape.  To finish up, the sentiment was stamped in Midnight ink onto the smallest Pierced Round Top Layers Confetti Cuts, adhered to the card front with foam tape, then black enamel embellishments were added for extra interest.

I hope you've enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of every month for more Reverse Confetti inspiration! 

Here's the full list of today's hop participants:

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

Tricia Barber

Heather Pulvirenti

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Deanne Kuntz

Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Therese Calvird

Have a great one!

RC Sneak Peek Day 2 - Hope Your Day is Magical

Hello! It's the 2nd day of sneak peeks for the Reverse Confetti July Release, and today I'm sharing this sweet card created with the new Magical Day stamp set & coordinating dies, the 6x6 Under the Umbrella paper pad, and the Pierced Round Top Layers Confetti Cuts.

To create my card, I started by first adhering a piece of floral Under the Umbrella patterned paper to a Stone card base.  Next, I stamped the princess, dragon and wand images from Magical Day in Versamark ink onto watercolor paper, then heat set the images with clear embossing powder.  Once the images were heat set, they were then colored with Zig Clean Color markers and set aside to dry.

While the images were drying, I die cut a rainbow and clouds using the Weather it Together set, adhered them together and attached them to the card front.  A piece of Cloud white card stock was then die cut using the Pierced Round Top Layers Confetti Cuts, then stamped with one of the sentiments from Magical Day.  The princess and wand images were adhered to the white panel, which was then adhered to the card front with foam tape.  To finish up, I adhered the dragon to the card base and embellished with red enamel dots.

Would you like to be entered for your chance to win one of two gift certificates to RC (one for blog commenters, and one for Facebook commenters)? To enter, simply leave comments on the RC DT blogs, then hop on over to the Reverse Confetti Facebook page. (Full details can be found over on the RC Blog.)

Have a great one!

Prickley Pear Blog Hop - Bigger Than Your Fear

Hello! CardMaker Magazine has teamed up today with Prickley Pear for a blog hop to showcase some of their adorable products. :) Hopefully you've reached my blog by way of Lisa McGushion's blog, but if you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please click HERE.

To create my card, I first started by cutting a piece of watercolor paper to 4 x 5.25", and stamping it with the Let Your Faith Be Bigger stamp set in Versafine black ink.  I then stamped the remainder of the panel with the Petunia stamp set in Versafine black ink.  Once the images were stamped, I then heat set them using clear embossing powder.

The images were then colored with watercolor paints, and zapped with the heat gun to reduce dry time.  Once the panel was dry, a coral ribbon was adhered to the front, and the panel was then adhered to a light orange card base using foam tape.  To finish up, I embellished with yellow enamel dots.

Want to be entered for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate? Head on over to the Prickley Pear blog for full details... :) Thanks for stopping by today, next up on the hop is Michelle Pearson's blog. (To see the full list of today's participants, please click HERE.)

Have a great one!

Countdown to Confetti - Birthday Bash Kick-Off!

Hello! It's the first day of Reverse Confetti May sneak peeks, and in celebration of RC's 4th birthday, we're kicking things off with a blog hop with the lovelies from CardMaker Magazine. :) Hopefully you've reached my blog by way of Susan's blog, but if you're just joining in and would like to start from the beginning, please click here.

Today I'm sharing a card created using the new Miso Happy stamp set, and the Vertical Stripes Cover Panel Confetti Cuts and Hello Thanks Label Confetti Cuts dies.

To create my card, I started by first adhering a piece of patterned paper from my new 6x6 paper pad, Pattern Play, to a white card base.  I then die cut a piece of Cloud White CS using the Vertical Stripes Cover Panel Confetti Cuts and adhered it to the card front.  Next, I used the Tall Triangles Confetti Cuts on a piece of Iced Aqua CS, and adhered some of the die cut pieces to the card front.  

I then used the Hello Thanks Label Confetti Cuts on Stone and Cloud White cardstocks, nestling the two pieces together and adhering them with washi tape.  The sentiment from Miso Happy was stamped in black ink.   I then added foam tape to the back of the die cuts, trimmed off the edge and attached the stamped panel to the card front.  Next, I stamped the pandas in black ink, colored in their noses and die cut the images with the Miso Happy Confetti Cuts.  I stamped two bamboo images onto watercolor paper, heat set them using clear embossing powder and then die cut them out.  I then colored the images using watercolor markers and attached them to the card front once they were dry.  To finish up, I adhered the pandas to the card front with foam tape and embellished with black enamel dots.

Thanks for hopping with us today... Here's the full list of participants:

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

‘Fetti Friend, Tricia Barber

Lisa Henke

Melissa Phillips

Amy Rohl

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Amy Sheffer

Leigh Penner

Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Heather Pulvirenti

Heather Hoffman

Kat Benjamin

Katie Gehring

Melissa Bickford

Rebecca Keppel

Stephanie Gold

CardMaker

Have a great one!

Birthday Tweetings

Hello! I'm popping in to share a card I created using Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, including another one of my favorites illustrated by Dawn Machell, Toucan of Friendship.

To create my card, I started with an Iced Aqua card base and topped it with a piece of Stone cardstock that had been die cut with the Leaves Cover Panel Confetti Cuts.  Next, I stamped a bunch of the images from the Toucan of Friendship stamp set in Versafine black ink, then heat set them with clear embossing powder.  The images were then colored with Zig Clean Color markers and die cut with the Toucan of Friendship Confetti Cuts once they were dry.

A white circle was die cut using the Scallops 'n Circles Confetti Cuts, and then the toucan, flowers, and leaves images were adhered to the circle using foam tape and liquid adhesive.  The embellished circle was then attached to the card front with foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped in black ink onto a piece of RC Aqua cardstock, and the ends were trimmed into flag shapes and curled before adhering it to the card base.  To finish up, I embellished with silver enamel dots.

Have a great one!

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop - I'm So Glad We're Friends

Hello! CardMaker Magazine has teamed up today with Pretty Pink Posh for a super fun blog hop showcasing some of their awesome products. :) Hopefully you've reached my blog by way of Rebecca Keppel's blog, but if you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please click HERE.

One of my favorite things to do is look for ways to use stamps other than for their originally intended purpose.  The flowers on this card were actually created by using the tiny vase image from the Friends Forever stamp set.  A little repeat stamping in a circle and BOOM, now you have flowers.  Lol, I love that! :) 

To create my mini-card, I started by first using one of the edge dies from the Stitched Notes on the top and bottom of a piece of white cardstock.  One of the sentiments from Friends Forever was then stamped in Versafine black ink onto the white die cut panel.  Next, I stamped one of the fox images from Fox Friends in Versafine black ink onto watercolor paper, then heat set it with clear embossing powder.  The image was then die cut and colored with Zig Clean Color markers and set aside to dry.

I then stamped the tiny vase outline image from Friends Forever in Versafine black ink onto white cardstock in small circles to create the flowers.  Next, I went back and offset stamped the solid images onto the flowers before fussy cutting them out.  The sentiment stamped panel was adhered to a sea glass cardstock card base (3.5x5") with foam tape, and the flowers were adhered on top.  To finish up, I adhered the fox to the card front and embellished with silver enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by today, next up on the hop is Kat Benjamin's blog. (To see the full list of today's participants, please click HERE.)

Have a great one!

RC Sneak Peek Day 3 - Wool Always Be Friends

Hello! It's the final day of Reverse Confetti March sneak peeks, and today I'm sharing a card created using the new All About Ewe stamp set and Striped Frame Cover Panel die.  Isn't that sheep adorable??! I am a sucker for Dawn Machell's illustration style, I think she has such a unique eye and the perfect amount of whimsy!

To create my card, I started by die cutting a piece of Cloud White cardstock with the Striped Frame Cover Panel Confetti Cuts die.  I then adhered a small strip of striped pattern paper from the Free Spirit paper pad behind the frame, and adhered the die cut to an Iced Aqua card base.  I then stamped the sheep, bird, fence, grass patches and flower from All About Ewe in Versafine ink onto watercolor paper before heat embossing the images with clear powder.  The images were then colored with Zig Clean Color watercolor markers and set aside to dry.

Once the images were dry, I cut them out using the coordinating All About Ewe Confetti Cuts, then adhered them to the card front using adhesive or foam tape.  The sun and clouds were stamped and die cut from the Weather it Together set, then adhered to the card front with foam tape.  To finish up, I stamped the sentiment in black ink directly onto the card front before embellishing with silver enamel dots.

Would you like to be entered for your chance to win one of two gift certificates to RC (one for blog commenters, and one for Facebook commenters)? To enter, simply leave comments on the RC DT blogs, then hop on over to the Reverse Confetti Facebook page. (Full details can be found over on the RC Blog.)

Have a great one!

Lawn Fawn Blog Hop - Be My Valentine

Hello! CardMaker Magazine has teamed up today with Lawn Fawn for a fun blog hop showcasing their products. :) Hopefully you've reached my blog by way of Kat Benjamin's blog, but if you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, click HERE.

To create my card, I started by first stamping the adorable octopus image from Octopi My Heart in Versafine black ink onto watercolor paper, then heat setting it with clear embossing powder.  I then did the same thing with the coordinating itty bitty bow and the largest heart from the set.  Once I had all my images heat embossed, I colored them with Zig Clean Color watercolor markers.

While I was waiting for the images to dry, I cut a large strip of black and white houndstooth patterned paper, and adhered it to a light gray card base using foam tape.  Next, I die cut a piece of yellow cardstock using the Be My Valentine Border die, and adhered it to the card front.  Once the stamped images were dry, I fussy cut them out (though coordinating dies are available) and adhered them to the card front with foam tape.  Quick, easy, and super cute! :)

Thanks for stopping by today, next up on the hop is Stephanie Gold's blog. (To see the full list of today's participants, please click HERE.)

Have a great one!

W&W January/February Release - Precious Baby

Hello! It's the final day of previews for the January/February Winnie & Walter Release, and I hope you've been enjoying the products we've been showing thus far.  All the items we've been sharing will be available for purchase on Friday, February 3rd at 10pm.  I have been on a bit of a neutrals plus a punch of color kick lately, and today's card is no exception.  I also decided that giraffes don't need to be their normal color, they can be gray and have coral spots.  Yes, yes, they can. :) Haha

To create my CAS card, I started by first adding two strips of varying width gray cardstock to the bottom of a white card base.  I then stamped this uber cute giraffe from the Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs stamp set in Versafine black ink, then heat set it with clear embossing powder before coloring it with Zig Clean Color markers.

Next, I die cut the B A B Y letters from coral cardstock using the Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways, then adhered them to the card front.  I then used the In a Word: Precious Script Cutaway on a strip of silver foil cardstock, and adhered the die cut to the card front slightly overlapping the other die cut letters.  Once the giraffe was dry, I cut it out using the Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs Cutaways, and adhered it to the card base with foam tape.  To finish up, I embellished with orange enamel dots.

Would you like to be entered for your chance to win some of the goodies revealed today? Please hop over to the Winnie & Walter blog for more details! :)

Have a great one!

W&W January/February Release - Sending Hugs

Hello! We're back again with another day of fun previews for the January/February Winnie & Walter Release.  

To create my card, I started by first die cutting a piece of blue textured cardstock with the Lana Cutaways.  I then stamped a piece of white cardstock with two of the striped stamps from Scenery: Stripes 2 in black and teal ink.  Next, I stamped the uber adorable polar bear image from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs in Versafine black ink, then heat set it with clear embossing powder.  I then die cut the image using the coordinating die and colored the image with Zig Clean Color markers.  To add a little bit of texture to the focal panel, I used embossing paste and the Scenery: Big Bang Circle Creative Screenings stencil.

Once the image was dry, I adhered it to the stamped panel using foam tape.  One of the speech bubbles from Sketchy Thoughts was stamped in light gray ink, die cut, then stamped with a sentiment in black ink before being attached to the main panel with foam tape.  To finish up, I assembled my card, then embellished with light teal enamel dots.

Would you like to be entered for your chance to win some of the goodies revealed today? Please hop over to the Winnie & Walter blog for more details! :)

Have a great one!