cardmaking - Right as Rain

Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti Day One

It’s Countdown to Confetti time at Reverse Confetti! There are FIVE stamp sets, SIX Confetti Cuts and “Let’s Celebrate” Quick Card Panels in the May “Birthday Release”!! Today, Reverse Confetti introduces two awesome stamp sets – Monkey Business and Party Hats – both with coordinating Confetti Cuts!

My first project features the stamp set Monkey Business, with its coordinating Confetti Cuts set.

I used one of the dies in the Shakers ‘n Frames Confetti Cuts set to cut the windows in the polka-dot panel. I stamped the monkey three times and colored the images with Copic makers. The sentiment is heat-embossed.

My next project features a stamped image from Party Hats cut with its coordinating Confetti Cuts set. I combined two of the dies in the Shakers ‘n Frames Confetti Cuts set to make a frame for some Star Garlands. I added Distress Stickles to the stars for a little more sparkle and shine.

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CASology Flight

Today, I’m playing along with the CASology Challenge whose theme is “Flight.”

I added several different Distress Inks to a watercolor paper panel, which I cut with the Penny Black 51-132 Flights of Fancy butterfly and antennae die. I created the back panel with the Penny Black 51-136 Stitched Edges die. The sentiment was cut twice (once from metallic cardstock and again from white cardstock) with the Penny Black 51-108 Envision die.

colourQ challenge #288

I’m playing along with colourQ challenge #288 with a card showcasing several Penny Black sets.

I don’t believe this is color combination I’ve used before. I stamped the balloons on patterned paper to add some pattern to the design.

Penny Black Supplies:
#51-033 Silver Linings
#30-283 Snippets
#30-289 Live It Up!
#30-233 Fashion Tweet

Avery Elle What’s Canoe With You?

Today, I’m sharing a CAS “just because” card featuring the Avery Elle Happy Camper stamp set framed with the Finished Frames Elle-ments.

I chose colors that I felt were outdoorsy – I tried a number of combinations before settling on this combination. I really like the texture that the Finished Frames die provides, like a whip-stitch around the edge.

While one-layer cards can intimidate me, in this case, the stamping area was relatively small so it wasn’t too overwhelming!

Supplies:

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Happy Camper

Avery ELLE-ments Dies, Finished Frames

Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Powder Blue & Teal

CAS(E) this Sketch #119

Today, I’m playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch #119 Challenge. This is a really versatile sketch I can see using again and again.

I heat-embossed an Avery Elle sentiment pairing it with balloons, cut with an Avery Elle Elle-ments die set (there are a lot of balloon sizes in the set!), and a wood veneer bike (I glued two bikes together for extra depth). To balance the reverse-type sentiment, I trimmed the edge with black-and-white striped Shape ‘n Tape. The balloon strings were cut on my Silhouette.