Countdown to Confetti: Day 3

Welcome back to the 3rd and final day of the June Reverse Confetti sneak peeks!  The release will be available for purchase in the Reverse Confetti store tonight at midnight EST!

Today we're sharing a versatile new sentiment stamp set that I really love called BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE, along with some new dies that pair beautifully with it, SEEING STARS Confetti Cuts.

What I love about this stamp set is that there are wonderful, patriotic sentiments in it, but there are also several sentiments like the one I used above that can be used for other occasion, making it very versatile!  I started my card with a white card base to which I added the blue striped die cut which was cut using Big Stripes Cover Panel Confetti Cuts.  The stars were cut using the new SEEING STARS Confetti Cuts.  There are various shapes and sizes of stars in this set, I think you'll agree it's a must have item!  Using my Misti I stamped the sentiment first with the center red star in place, then I removed the star and stamped it on the white base in the exact same spot.  I placed the star back in the center and everything lined up perfectly.  Gotta love Miss Misti!  I tied some twine around the top of my card.  This is another new item for this release, FIRECRACKER TWINE.  I added a few white enamel dots and my card was finished.  I love this simple, crisp design!

So what do you think?  I absolutely love the products being released this month and I hope you do too!  Be sure 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 June release blog hop, we'll have lots of wonderful ideas to share with you!

Countdown to Confetti: Day 2

Welcome back to day 2 of the June Reverse Confetti sneak peeks!

Today we're featuring a new inspirational sentiment stamp set called MY HEART TRUSTS.

I paired the sentiment "love never fails" from MY HEART TRUSTS with another new product, the SUNBURST COVER PANEL Confetti Cuts.  To make my card I cut one panel using white card stock, and then I cut a rainbow of colors for the inserts.  This card is very simple, but I do love me a rainbow, and I think the rainbow pairs beautifully with the sentiment.  I also used Detailed Circles Confetti Cuts to make the stitched line around the circle.  The card is finished with a few clear sequins.

Hope you're enjoying everything we've shown you so far!  Be sure 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.

Countdown to Confetti: Day 1

Hello, friends!  It's time for the June Reverse Confetti peeks to begin, yahoo!!  I promise you, you are going to LOVE this months release!

We're peeking 2 awesome new stamp sets today, MERMAID KISSES and SEASIDE.

 

I absolutely love this sweet little mermaid and the other fabulous images in this stamp set!  The sentiments are really wonderful too!  To make my card I started with a piece of watercolor paper and I used various shades of blue and blue green Distress Inks to cover the piece with ink blending.  Next I added some water splatters.  I used the new SCALLOPED COVER PANEL Confetti Cuts to die cut the piece.  This die is such a fun accompaniment to any nautical themed stamps, but I can also see it working with lots of other types of cards too.  I used my Zig Clean Color watercolor pens to color the mermaid, fish, and ocean plants, and die cut them with MERMAID KISSES Confetti Cuts.  I used a couple of shades of green Distress Inks to ink blend on another piece of watercolor paper and stamped the sentiment on that.  The card is finished with a few clear sequins and tiny blue and green gems.  Now on to my next card, which uses the new stamp set SEASIDE.

This is another sea themed stamp set with lots of great images and sentiments!  For my card today I used the whale and anchor.

To make this card I began by using one of the QUICK CARD PANELS which I placed on a navy and white card base.   I used a piece of silver specialty paper from my stash behind the panel and then I placed some die cut waves which I cut using Doin' The Wave Confetti Cuts, on top of the panel.  For the tag I used the new SCALLOPED TAG LAYER Confetti Cuts which I cut from white card stock and placed over a white Topped Off Tag Confetti Cuts tag.  I also used Top O' The Tag Confetti Cuts to make the blue topper.  The whale was stamped using Wplus9 Silver Lining ink, and the anchor was stamped using Wplus9 Ocean Drive ink.  I cut them out with the new SEASIDE Confetti Cuts.  To make the sentiment I cut the "whale done" sentiment in half so I could easily bend it to follow the curve of the waves, and embossed in white.  I finished the card with a few silver sequins and some ribbon and silver twine for the tag.

So there you have it, we're off to a great start with this fabulous release!  Be sure 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.

Pineapple Kisses

Hello!  I'm up on the Drive By Crafts blog today with some pineapple goodness using the Hero Arts Paper Layering Pineapple Die and Elle's Studio: Little Moments 6x6 Paper Stack!

For details of how I made my card please pop over to Drive By Crafts!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Hello

Greetings!  Today I have a sweet little card that I'm entering in the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge!  I used the adorable The Tweet Life stamp set from Reverse Confetti to make my card.

To make my card I first sponged some Tumbled Glass distress ink over a punchinella stencil to create the background.  I stamped the bird from The Tweet Life with Tea Dye distress ink and used my Zig Clean Color pens to watercolor.  I stamped the word "hello", and drew some strings with a black pen to make it look like the bird is holding the word.  I used The Tweet Life Confetti Cuts to cut out the bird, branches, and leaves.  The little flowers are from Bear Hugs, and I colored them the same way I colored the bird.  I think this card would brighten anyone's day, how about you?

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

The Challenge #75

Hello and Happy Memorial Day to my US friends!  It's the 5th Monday of the month which means we have a wild card sketch for you this week at The Challenge.

For my card today I used some of my favorite stamps and dies from Concord & 9th.  To make the card base I stamped the flowers and berries from Wildflower on watercolor paper and colored with my Zig Clean Color watercolor pens.  I used a 4" doily (folded in half), as my semi-circle element, and wrapped some gold cord around the card just above that.  I cut the butterfly from Floral & Flutter Die from shiny gold card stock.  I also cut a butterfly from Reverse Confetti's Butterfly Dreams Confetti Cuts from vellum to place underneath the gold butterfly.  The word "beautiful", from the Beautiful You Dies, was also cut from shiny gold card stock.  "Be your own kind of" is from the stamp set Beautiful Words; I stamped it on black card stock and embossed in white.  I added 3 black sequins to finish my card.

I hope that you'll play along with this week's sketch.  This will be the last challenge at The Challenge until September, we're taking a summer vacation :)  Be sure to drop by Lesley's blog to see what the rest of the design team created!

Smile, the sun is out!

Hello from hot and sunny PA!  When I saw that the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge was called "Summertime Fun" I decided to pull out an old SSS card kit that I hadn't used yet (June 2015) and play along.  This kit is full of smiles and bright, happy, Doodlebug Design products and I just love it!  I also used the current Freshly Made Sketches sketch to design my card so I'll be entering it there too!

The bicycle/frame was cut from a piece of paper from the kit (Doodlebug Sunkissed Collection).  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Happy & Smile.  The sun and 3 little flower epoxy stickers are also from the Doodlebug Sunkissed Collection.  This card was absolutely FUN to make, and I love how it turned out.  It's a bit more CAS than my usual style, but sometimes my CAS cards turn out to be my favorite cards :)

Thanks for stopping by today, and for my friends in the US, have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!