cardmaking - Right as Rain

September Release Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti Day One

It’s Day One of the Countdown to Confetti at Reverse Confetti! Today, Reverse Confetti introduces Too Cute to Spook and Easy As Pie, both with coordinating Confetti Cuts, just in time for fall and Halloween paper crafting!

For my first project, I used one of the Fall Fun Quick Card Panels to frame the cat from Too Cute to Spook, which I heat-embossed on patterned paper and cut with its corresponding Confetti Cuts die. I colored in the nose, ears and stripes with a marker.

I added a heat-embossed sentiment from Spooky Sentiments cut with the banner in the Tag Me set, as well as some accessories from the Too Cute to Spook set.

For my next project, I created a fall-themed tag with the just-released Thanks Tag Confetti Cuts, along with the cat from Too Cute to Spook, the Easy As Pie Confetti Cuts and a coordinating sentiment.

I heat-embossed the sentiment and added the cat (heat-embossed on patterned paper and cut with its corresponding die) and pie to the tag. I created the hearts with the Shakers ‘n Frames Confetti Cuts set. I cut the top of the pie several times for dimension.

CAS Watercolored Autumn Die Cuts

It’s September, and with that, we begin the fall season! I know that the equinox, marking the beginning of fall, isn’t until later in the month. But to me, the season has arrived, and after a summer drought, the leaves here in the Pacific Northwest are already turning gold and red. My CAS card features the 51-072 Autumn Jewels die cut set from Penny Black paired with a sentiment cut with word die in the 51-040 Hello Frame set.

I painted watercolor paper with Peerless watercolors. Once dry, I cut out the leaves with the Autumn Jewels dies. I cut the Hello out of brown cardstock three times for additional depth. For additonal interest and texture, I adhered the leaves and sentiment onto textured cardstock and added twine.

AEI♥U Challenge #28 – Non-White Card Base

It’s time for another AEI♥U Challenge! This month’s theme is Non-White Card Base! Here’s my take on the theme:

AEI♥U Challenge #28 – Non-White Card Base

I stamped and heat-embossed the birds from Tweet Tweet on kraft cardstock and colored them with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment from Simply Said: You was heat-embossed white on black cardstock.

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!

Supplies: Avery Elle Tweet Tweet and Simply Said: You stamp sets

Watercolored Sunflower Die Cut Encouragement Card

Today, I’m sharing an encouragement card featuring the My Favorite Things Sunflower die set. I feel as if August is sunflower month, as the palette of flowers and foliage begins to turn to golds and oranges.

I colored the Distress watercolor cardstock with Peerless watercolors, and once dry, I cut out the pieces. In some cases, I added more paint after die cutting. Once dry, I assembled the sunflowers with dimensional adhesive. After adhering the sunflowers, leaves and flourish to the card base, I intentionally bent the petals and leaves for more dimension.

Supplies: Stampin’ Up sentiment, Stampin’ Up ink, My Favorite Things Sunflower, My Favorite Things Die-namics Leaf-Filled Flourish, My Favorite Things Die-namics Royal Leaves

Penny Black Simplicity Fronds Background

Today I’m sharing two CAS cards featuring the Penny Black #40-314 Fronds background stamp.

For both cards, I inked white cardstock with Distress Inks (Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron) directly onto the paper. I then stamped the Fronds stamp onto the inked paper with Versamark ink for a subtle tone-on-tone effect. This technique was shown by Jennifer McGuire in the Online Card Classes Background Check class. For the first card, I added a heat-embossed sentiment from the #30-286 Heartfelt set and a butterfly cut with a die in the #51-132 Flights of Fancy set.

For the second card, I added a sentiment cut with the #51-104 Hello die. I cut it three times for depth and cut off the extension of the “o.”