Countdown to Confetti Day Two

Welcome back to Day Two of the Countdown to Confetti. Today Reverse Confetti is introducing the stamp sets Shine From Within and Color Me Happy, as well as the Hello Confetti Cuts.

My first card features a sentiment from Shine From Within heat-embossed over stamped brush strokes from Color Me Happy.

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For my second card, I’m showcasing the new Hello Confetti Cuts die cut paired with the Geometric Background Confetti Cuts.

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I cut the Geometric Background Confetti Cuts from white, turquoise, green, orange and red cardstock, piecing the colored pieces into the white frame. I cut the hello sentiment twice, placing it over a die cut vellum circle.

There are two $15 gift certificates up for grabs – one for blog commenters and one for Facebook commenters. Increase your chance of winning by leaving a comment on each sneak peek post for each designer. Comments will close at noon CST on April 7th and the winner will be announced at 5pm on April 7th on the Reverse Confetti blog and FB page.

Countdown to Confetti Day One

It’s Countdown to Confetti time at Reverse Confetti! There are FIVE stamp sets, EIGHT Confetti Cuts and “Piña Colada” Quick Card Panels in the April “Special Release”!! Today, Reverse Confetti introduces two awesome stamp sets – Leaping Lions and Pineapples Aplenty – both with coordinating Confetti Cuts!

My first project features the stamp set Leaping Lions along with its coordinating Confetti Cuts set, as well as one of the Piña Colada Quick Card Panels and the Double Banner Garland Confetti Cuts die.

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I stamped and clear-embossed the lion and his pedestal on watercolor paper and then colored both with watercolor pencils. I stamped the sentiment directly on the Quick Card Panel. The Double Banner Garland Confetti Cuts was cut in both orange and white cardstock and then glued together.

For my next project, I used the one of the die cuts from the Layered Banners Confetti Cuts set to create a birthday decoration.

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I added gold foil chipboard letters to banners cut from cardstock with the largest die in the set. I strung the banners with cord on two cardboard sticks (the type used to make cake pops). It’s an easy way to create custom birthday decorations!

There are two $15 gift certificates up for grabs – one for blog commenters and one for Facebook commenters. Increase your chance of winning by leaving a comment on each sneak peek post for each designer. Comments will close at noon CST on April 7th and the winner will be announced at 5pm on April 7th on the Reverse Confetti blog and FB page.

Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Today, I’m sharing a card created for the Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop. Fantastic sponsors are showing their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list on the post. If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog and any of the other blogs participating in today’s hop! Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Monday, April 6.

The theme for the cards and projects is “blue” and can be for any occasion. Here’s my “Thank You” card created with Reverse Confetti stamps and Confetti Cuts. Reverse Confetti is one of the blog hop sponsors.

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I stamped flowers from the Petals ‘n Posies set, as well as die-cut some with the Confetti Cuts set without stamping, in shades of blue. I also used the small flower in the The Tweet Life Confetti Cuts set to cut some smaller blooms. The watering can was cut with my Silhouette. I added a dry-embossed panel, onto which I stamped the sentiment from the Petals ‘n Posies set.

Head on over to the Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop post for all of the details.

AEI♥U Challenge #23 – Watercolor!

Here’s my take on the AEI♥U Watercolor Challenge:

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I did some faux watercoloring by inking my stamps with Distress Inks and then spritzing/misting with water before stamping onto watercolor paper. The stems from Petals and Stems were stamped directly onto the panel. The flowers, from the Fabulous Florals stamp set, were stamped onto watercolor paper, stamped again with a smaller flower, and then cut with their matching Elle-ments set. The die-cut sentiment was cut with the Thank You Elle-ments die from cardstock, which I colored directly with a Distress Ink pad.

There’s no limit to how you can create a watercolor project for the challenge – use colored pencils, Distress Inks, traditional watercolors, …

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 April 26, 2015 to link up your take on the challenge!

Supplies:

CAS(E) This Sketch #116

Believe it or not – this card for the CAS(E) This Sketch #116 challenge was going to include a butterfly! But once I started pulling out my dies, I realized that the house die from Penny Black 51-055 Shades would cut inside the Penny Black 51-057 Polaroid die.

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I cut the house within the Polaroid die, I also cut it again in kraft cardstock and red cardstock. I cut the Polaroid die in both white and light blue cardstock, and then I inlaid the pieces. I actually added a second layer of the house and heart so that there would be some dimension. I finished off the card with a sentiment stamped from the Penny Black 30-285 You & Me set and some twine.