STAMPtember Exclusive - Reverse Confetti

Simon Says Stamp has collaborated with Reverse Confetti for their STAMPtember celebration and the result is this adorable stamp set, FOREST FRIENDS!

I know, SO CUTE, right?!!  I couldn't wait to play with this stamp set and create something adorable!

In addition to the adorable new FOREST FRIENDS stamp set I used some new products that were released from Reverse Confetti this month.  I started my card by adding the leaf patterned paper from the Fright Night 6x6 Pad to a card base, and I topped it with the leafy die cut which I cut using Lime Green Cardstock and Leaves Cover Panel Confetti Cuts.  I stamped the fox twice, one time on Cloud White Cardstock and one time on Tangerine Cardstock, then I fussy cut and paper pieced it.  I stamped the clouds and leaves on Cloud White Cardstock, colored the leaves with Copic markers, and fussy cut the pieces.  I die cut the large scallop from Circles 'N Scallops Confetti Cuts, and a smaller circle which I added some Iced Aqua Dye Ink to using an ink blending tool.  I popped up the fox, clouds, and leaves on this piece.  The sentiment is from FOREST FRIENDS, I used white embossing powder on black cardstock to make it.  I finished the card with a bit of black twine.

Be sure to snag this adorable set while you can, once they're gone they're gone for good!

Celebrate Fall

Hello there, friends.  I'm so excited today because it's time for our first challenge at Where Creativity Meets C9, the Concord & 9th challenge blog!

The theme for our challenge this month is "celebration".  There are lots of directions you can take this theme; birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, babies, holidays, just to name a few.  My card celebrates something that I really look forward to every year, Fall!

To make my card I started by doing some watercoloring on a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper using Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Barn Red, and Rusty Hinge).  Next, I took another piece of watercolor paper and die cut a bunch of the heart shaped leaves from Layering Leaves Dies in a random fashion.  I added lots of foam tape to the back of the die cut piece and placed it on top of the watercolor piece.  Next I added some paint splatters to my card.  I took some of the die cut leaves and placed them over some of the leaf openings, gluing them down with a little bit of Ranger Multi Matte Medium.  I love the intricate design of these beautiful leaf dies!

To make the sentiment I embossed the word "celebrate", from the Eat Cake & Celebrate Stamp Set, in gold on vellum.  I also used the Sophisticated Script Uppercase Stamp Set and Sophisticated Script Stamp Set to spell out the word "Fall".  I love designing with these beautiful script letters, it allows me to create any word I desire!  I added some gold embossing around the edges of the vellum by brushing the sentiment panel on my VersaMark ink pad and then dipping the edges in some gold embossing powder and heating it with my heat gun.  This is a great way to "frame" a sentiment and add a bit more emphasis to it.

I hope that you'll pull out your Concord & 9th stamps and dies and play along with us for our first challenge.  One winner will be invited to be a guest designer with us, and another winner will be chosen through random.org to win a $25.00 gift card to Concord & 9th!  You have until the 29th of September to enter.   Please pop over to the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog to see what the other design team members have created to inspire you, and don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook!

Reverse Confetti September Release Blog Hop!

Hello!  I hope you've enjoyed seeing all of the new Reverse Confetti products over the past few days!  Everything is now available for purchase in the Reverse Confetti store, woohoo!  The Confetti Crew and our special September 'Fetti Friend Ruby Naz are going to be hopping along showing you even more ideas for using the awesome new products that have been released this month!

My first card uses the beautiful Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts and Leaves Cover Panel Confetti Cuts.

To make my card I started by using the Leaves Cover Panel Confetti Cuts to emboss a piece of Cloud White Cardstock.  I love the gorgeous, subtle impression this adds!  Next I cut several layers of Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts from brown cardstock and glued them together to give dimension.  I used Tangerine Dye Ink and an ink blending tool to color the circle in the center of the card, and I have to tell you that the new Reverse Confetti inks blend beautifully!   I matted the white panel with some Tangerine Cardstock, and mounted that to a brown card base.  I finished the card with a few gold sequins.  I think this is a very elegant look, don't you?

My next card uses the pretty flowers from Blooms 'N Buds.  I went with a fall color scheme here.  I stamped the flowers using Tangerine Dye Ink on Cloud White Cardstock.  I stamped the flower accents using brown ink, and the leaves using Lime Green Dye Ink.  I die cut the pieces with Blooms 'N Buds Confetti Cuts.

I cut a piece of the Fright Night 6x6 Patterned Paper (the green polka dot), using one of the Lacy Scallop Frame Confetti Cuts dies, and arranged my flowers on that, popping some of them up with foam dimensional tape.  Next I cut the orange gingham paper from Fright Night using Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts.  I die cut the word "blessed" using Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts from brown cardstock and placed it on the gingham flag.  A few gold and clear sequins finish this card.

 My last card uses the adorable ghost die from Halloween Bits Confetti Cuts!

I don't know what it is about these cute little ghosties, but they tickle my funny bone :)  For this simple card I used some of the patterned paper from the Fright Night 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.  The sentiment is from Treat Yo' Self.  I die cut 3 of the ghosts, popped them up on my card with foam dimensional tape, and tied some white twine around the card.  Quick and easy, but oh so cute!

I hope you've enjoyed this release as much as I have, it's been such a pleasure creating with these wonderful new products!  The next stop on the hop is LISA HENKE, I know she'll have something to delight you so be sure to hop on over to her blog!

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Audrey Tokach http://pinkinkoriginals.blogspot.com/... 

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Countdown to Confetti : Day 3

Hello there!  It's day 3 of the September Reverse Confetti sneak peeks and we have something extra special to share with you today, just in time for your Halloween and Fall gift giving!

The new Treat Tubes and Treat Tube Topper Confetti Cuts will make giving adorable gifts a snap!  The Treat Tube Topper Confetti Cuts comes with 6 of the Treat Tubes, and packs of 6 Treat Tubes will be available for purchase separately.

As you can see I decided to make 2 tubes, one with a Halloween theme and one with a harvest theme.  The possibilities with these tubes are ENDLESS!  Can you imagine how cute these would be for wedding or shower favors?!

To make the Halloween tube I die cut 2 Cloud White Cardstock toppers using the Treat Tube Topper Confetti Cuts.  You can make these toppers with just cardstock, but it's also possible to add patterned paper as I did here, using paper from the Fright Night 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.  The die is longer than a sheet of 6x6 patterned paper, but if you cut the patterned paper twice it's possible to piece it together.  That's what I did, gluing the patterned paper down to the white cardstock.  I hope that makes sense. 

Next I stamped the scalloped edged white sections of the tube toppers with some of the tiny stamps from Best Witches.  The quickest way to do this is to place all the stamps on a block, as I did above, that way you can stamp them all at once.  I quickly colored the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers.  To make the Trick or Treat tag I die cut one of the smaller frames from Lacy Scallop Frames Confetti Cuts and glued it to a piece of Grape Soda Cardstock.  I stamped the "Trick or Treat", from Treat 'Yo Self, using 3 of our new die inks, Tangerine, Grape Soda, and Lime Green.  I also stamped the same cluster of candies and stars that I'd stamped on the tube toppers, on the tag.  I used one of the dies from Hang Ups Confetti Cuts and some black twine to top off my tag and tie it to the treat tube.  This tube is filled with some Hershey's Special Dark Kisses, yum!

For my next tube I used Lime Green Cardstock to cut my tube toppers and added the cute tangerine gingham patterned paper from Fright Night to decorate the scallop edges.  I used the new Wheat Confetti Cuts and Happy Harvest stamps and Happy Harvest Confetti Cuts to decorate my tube.  I filled my tube with some mixed nuts and tied the ends with twine.  One cool thing about these tube toppers is that they fit snugly onto the ends of the tubes and don't need to be glued on.  This way the recipient can simply pull off the ends, open the tube, and enjoy their treat!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing the new products today.  All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store tonight at midnight EST!  You still have time to leave a comment on all of the design team blogs and on the Reverse Confetti Blog for a chance to win a 15.00 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store.  There's also a 15.00 prize up for grabs on the Reverse Confetti Facebook page so be sure to visit there too.  Please join us tomorrow for the September release blog hop where we'll be sharing more ideas for using the new products!  See you then!