Author: Jean Manis

Reverse Confetti October Release Countdown to Confetti Day One

It’s Day One of the Countdown to Confetti at Reverse Confetti! Today, Reverse Confetti introduces the Winter Word Coordinates stamp set with Winter Words Confetti Cuts, just in time for holiday paper crafting!

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For my CAS card, I used the Peace die from Winter Words Confetti Cuts and paired it with a wreath from the Wreaths Confetti Cuts set also being released this month.

I cut the Peace sentiment from gold foil paper. The wreath, flowers and bow were cut from paper which I’d watercolored with Distress Inks. The flowers are part of the Layered Snowflake Confetti Cuts being released and the bow is from the Tagged Tote Confetti Cuts set.

 

I placed a strip of vellum behind the Peace sentiment to give it a little more visibility.

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AEI♥U Challenge #29 – Think Pink

It’s time for another AEI♥U Challenge! This month’s theme is Think Pink! Here’s my take on the theme:

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I stamped Goldie onto white cardstock and colored her with Copic markers. I then cut her out with a companion die. I stamped the sentiment and grass tufts onto the mint blue cardstock and cut the panel with one of the Double Pierced Rectangle dies. The balloons were cut with the two of the dies in the Balloons Elle-ments set and colored with Copic markers. (I first tried using balloons cut from colored cardstock but the pinks didn’t match the color in Goldie’s outfit, and I decided that they needed to match! I also think that the Copic coloring adds a little oomph to the balloons, whereas the colored cardstock was a little dull.)

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There’s no limit to how you can interpret this challenge! Check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team over on the AEI♥U Challenge Blog!  You’ll also find the InLinkz tool to link up YOUR take on the challenge – we’d love to see your beautiful work in our gallery! There are two $25 Avery Elle Gift Certificates up for grabs for the two best entries!  You have until 12:01 AM on October 27, 2015 to link up your take on the challenge!

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Reverse Confetti Birthday Gift Box

Today, I’m sharing an easy-to-create birthday gift box project featuring several Reverse Confetti stamp and Confetti Cuts sets.

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I had in mind gift packaging for a child, and the monkey from Monkey Business was my starting point. To begin, I cut orange cardstock with a pillow box die and stamped on it repeatedly (and in a random fashion) with the monkey, using orange ink for a tone-on-tone background.

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I created a tag from two pieces of patterned paper with the Folded Tags Confetti Cuts (I cut both patterns with the die and adhered them together). I stamped the cake from Later Alligator, colored it with Copic markers and cut it with its coordinating Confetti Cuts die. I added it to the front of the tag and added a stamped sentiment from the Folded Tags Sentiments set to the inside. The tag is tied onto the pillow box with twine.

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Avery Elle Tweet Tweet Thanks

I’m sharing a Thank You card featuring the birds from Avery Elle’s Tweet Tweet set paired with a sentiment from Many Thanks.

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On a previous project, I colored the birds, stamped on kraft cardstock, with Prismacolor pencils. For this card, I stamped the birds and colored them with Copics, then used their companion dies to cut them out. I created a window with the partial die cut technique I used on this card, and then stamped the sentiment underneath. I cut the panel with the Pierced Rectangles set. To create the background for the window, I blended a combination of Distress Inks. Once finished, I felt that the colors overpowered the birds, so I covered the background with vellum.

Supplies: Avery Elle Tweet Tweet stamp set + coordinating die set, Avery Elle Many Thanks stamp set, Avery Elle Double Pierced Rectangles