CAS(E) This Sketch #223 {Reverse Confetti}

Hello there!  Today, I have a card to share with you for the new CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge #223, using products from Reverse Confetti.  Here is the sketch:

This challenge pulls me out of my comfort zone because it calls for clean and simple cards. I love the style, and admire how others have perfected it, but it's hard for me because we all know how much I love my foam tape! LOL!  I decided while I was taking on the challenge, I'd take it a step further, and challenge myself to make a masculine card.  Another tough one for me.  Here is what I came up with...

To create my card, I started off by cutting a piece of patterned paper from the Warm Heart paper pad and adhering it to a piece of white cardstock measuring 4" x 5.25".  Following the sketch, I stamped the anchor image from the Seaside stamp set in Navy ink, followed by two star images from the Circle Wishes stamp set, in Stone ink.  I stamped a sentiment from the same set just to the right of that cluster using Stormy ink, and then added a few dark grey sequins before mounting the panel up on a navy card base.

Now believe it or not, this card took longer than some of my really layered cards because I was so unsure as it's not my usual style.  But, now I have an almost flat, masculine card, easy to mail!  That's not something I have a lot of in my card stash!

Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Stitched Cloud Backdrops

Hello, hello!  It's the final day of Lawn Fawn Summer 2017 release week!  All of the new goodies we have been showcasing this past week will be available for purchase tomorrow, May 18th!

Today, I have a card to share with you using the adorable new Plane and Simple stamp set and the new Stitched Cloud Backdrops!  To create my card, I started off by using the Stitched Cloud Backdrops die on a piece of white cardstock.  Then I ran that panel through my diecut machine again with one of the new Outside In Squares dies to create a window.  I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape, then took the negative piece of the window and inked it with Tumbled Glass distress ink.  I recessed that in the window opening by adhering it flat to the card base.  I stamped and colored several images from the Plane and Simple stamp set, then diecut them with the coordinating Plane and Simple dies.  I glued down some of the clouds flat with a glue pen, and popped others up, along with the cute little plane and banner.  For my sentiment, I diecut a piece of white card stock with the Puffy Cloud Borders dies, then stamped the sentiment, and popped that piece up under the focal point with foam tape.  To finish things off, I added some accents with a white gel pen.

That's all for me today!   Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog to check out the amazing creations from the rest of the design team!! Thanks so much for visiting with me this release week.  Don't forget, the new Lawn Fawn release will be available tomorrow!  What are your favorites?!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Wild For You

Hello there!  Today, I have a bright and colorful birthday card to share with you using the soon-to-be-released Wild For You stamp set by Lawn Fawn!  The design team is showcasing this adorable set, meant to be a companion set to the previously released Elphie Selfie stamp set.

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a background using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  When it was dry, I diecut it with the new Outside In Rectangles.  I added a strip of patterned paper from the Let's Polka in the Meadow paper collection, to ground my critters.  I stamped and colored a bunch of images from the Wild For You stamp set, along with the bunch of balloons from Bicycle Built For You.  I arranged everything where I wanted it, and popped everything up with foam tape.  Above the critters, I stamped a sentiment from the Wild For You stamp set.  To finish things off, I added some white gel pen accents and a scattering of iridescent sequins, then mounted the panel up on a white card base.

Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn Blog for lots more inspiration from the design team, and join me again tomorrow for another project using the summer 2017 release, available for purchase on Thursday, May 18th!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Duh-Nuh and Ocean Waves Accents

Hello there!  Happy Monday!  Today, Lawn Fawn release week continues with an adorable new mini set, Duh-Nuh!  A shark has been on my wishlist for a long while, and this one is so super cute!  He's definitely another favorite from the release.

To create my card, I used Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio distress ink to make an ink blended background.  I splattered it with some clean clear water to bleach out some areas, then I watered down some Salty Ocean and splattered that one top, alone with some gold metallic watercolor.  When it was dry, I diecut it with the new Outside In Rectangles dies.  I stamped and colored the shark and tiny fish from Duh-Nuh.  I pulled out my Life is Good stamp set, and stamped and colored the sand mound, and then used the Mermaid for You stamp set to stamp some seaweed in Freshly Cut Grass and Celery Stick ink.  I used the new Ocean Waves Accents dies to diecut some fun waves in the background, and tucked a shark fin from Duh-Nuh behind the wave.  For my sentiment, I diecut letters for my custom sentiment from Blue Jay cardstock using Louie's ABCs dies.  I mounted the panel on a Blue Jay card base, added some clear Nuvo Drops to create some bubbles in my ocean scene, and finally, some white gel pen accents.

Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog for lots more inspiration from the design team, and I hope you will stop back by tomorrow because I have another project to share with you! :)

Lawn Fawn Release Week: You're Claw-some

Hello there!  I have a super fun card to share with you using new products from the Lawn Fawn Summer 2017 release!  We are showcasing the new You're Clawsome stamp set.  It has a large claw machine as the main image, and when I first saw it, it immediately reminded me of a scene from one of my favorite movies, Toy Story.

I knew I wanted to recreate the scene when Buzz and Woody were at Pizza Planet.  Inspiration really does strike everywhere! LOL!  To create my card, I started with a piece of Blue Jay cardstock, diecut with the Snowy Backdrops die, and again with the Outside In Rectangles.  I also cut a piece of white cardstock to put behind it to bring out the starry sky.  I added a piece of Let's Polka in the Meadow patterned paper to ground my scene.  I stamped and colored the claw machine from You're Clawsome.  I pulled out my Pizza My Heart stamp set and stamped the pizza box, then I used the tiny planets and stars from Out of This World to decorate the Pizza Planet box.  I stamped the rocket ship from Out of This World and three little aliens from Monster Mash.  Then I stamped the Saturn planet from Out of this world, once on cardstock, and once on a post-it note.   I cut it out of the post-it, but used the negative of the mask to stamp the pizza toppings from Pizza My Mind since the body of the planet.  I added a sentiment from You're Clawsome on a hand cut banner, and added some white gel pen accents and shimmer with a Wink of Stella glitter pen before mounting the panel on a Chili Pepper card base.



I had so much fun with this one!  I hope you enjoyed it!  Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog for lots more inspiration from the design team!

I hope you'll stop back by tomorrow!  I will have another project to share with you using new Summer 2017 release products! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Upon a Star

Hello there!  Welcome to another day of Lawn Fawn Release Week!  Today, we are showcasing on of my favorite sets from this release, Upon a Star.  I love anything celestial/star themed and these images are so sweet!

To create my card, I started off by ink blending a night sky using distress inks.  I added some clean clear water to bleach out some spots, and added a spattering of gold watercolor as well.  When it was dry, I diecut it with the new Outside In Rectangles.  I cut a white hillside using the Stitched Hillside borders dies.  I stamped and colored adorable fox images from the Upon a Star, along with the heart shaped constellation and a few single stars from the set.  I heat embossed a few star clusters in the sky with white embossing powder, and added a shooting star using the Starry Skies dies.  I stamped a sentiment from the Upon a Star stamp set on the hill, then popped the foxes up with foam tape.  I finished the card off with a scattering of blue iridescent sequins.

Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog, and stop back by tomorrow for another project using products from the Summer 2017 release! :)

Have a great weekend! :)

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Magic Color Slider

Hello, hello!  It's day 2 of Lawn Fawn release week and today we are showcasing a super fun die set, the Magic Color Slider die!  This die allows you to create an interactive card with a sliding window that reveals a colored in scene!

For my card today, I used another new stamp set that will be featured later this week called Duh-Nuh,  This little shark might be one of my new favorite critters!

Here  you can see my Magic Color Slider, closed, then open.  So fun!  The possibilities are really endless with this one! :)

I started off with a Blue Jay card base, and used the new Outside In Rectangles dies to add a stitched edge to a piece of Let's Polka in the Dark patterned paper.  My slider is closed, with only part of my scene stamped on the acetate window.  I added a little shark fin from the Dun-Nuh stamp set to the pull tab, and used the banner die in the Magic Color Slider die set to stamp a sentiment.

Pulling the tab reveals my underwater scene.  I stamped images from the new Duh-Nuh stamp set along with images from Fintasic Friends and the sand mound from Life is Good.  I masked off those images, then used distress inks to create a blue and green ocean-like background.  I splattered on clean water to bleach out some areas, and though it's hard to see in the pictures, added some gold watercolor spatters for some fun shimmer.

Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog to see all of the other Magic Color Sliders featured today!  Stop back by tomorrow for a project using one of my favorite sets from this release!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Lawn Fawn Release Week: Ahoy, Matey

Hello there!  It's the day we have been waiting for!  Lawn Fawn's summer release is just days away!  There are SO MANY amazing products coming your way!  Just when I think it can't get any better, it does!  Just wait until you see! ;)

For my card today, I used several new products.  I started off by ink blending a sunset background on a piece of watercolor paper.  I diecut it once with the new Outside In Rectangles Stackables.  These dies will cut a double stitched edge, one inside and one outside of whatever you are cutting.  I used the largest die in the set to add a stitched edge to the panel.  Using the inside piece, you will get a medium stitched rectangle that falls right between the largest dies in the Small Stitched Rectangles and Large Stitched Rectangles.  The largest die in the Outside In Rectangles leave a 1/8" border on an A2 card base.  I have been wishing for this size forever! :)  Ok, so after I added my stitched edge, I ran the panel through again with the Stitched Cloud Backdrop.  Below that I inked a piece of white card stock with Salty Ocean Distress Ink and diecut that with the new Ocean Hillside Pop Up Add On die,  I used the Sun and Moon die set and the Simple Puffy Cloud Frames to add a little sunshine!! Then, I used the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders to add a sandy hill, and set the scene for the star of the show, the adorable little pirate and his feathered friend from the new Ahoy, Matey stamp set!  How cute is he with this treasure map and loot?!  To his left, I added a few palm trees using the new Palm Trees dies, and below him I added a sentiment from the same set onto a hand cut banner. To finish things off, I added some white gel pen accents and popped the panel up on a kraft card base.

Squeeee!  You all know how much I LOVE scene building, and this release is full of some amazing dies just perfect for that!

Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog for lots more amazing inspiration from the design team and stop back by tomorrow for more of the new products! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Reverse Confetti May Blog Hop

Hello there!  It's time for the Reverse Confetti May Blog Hop!  All of the new release products are available now in the Reverse Confetti store!

I have another card to share with you today!

To create my card, I started off with an Iced Aqua card base.  I used the Hello & Thanks Label Confetti Cuts to diecut a window in a piece of 4" x 5.25" white cardstock.  Under the window, I stamped a sentiment from the new Simply Sentiments stamp set.  For my focal point, I used the Vertical Stripes Cover Panel to cut yellow stripes from the new Bumblebee cardstock.  I stamped the bike from Rollin' and the clouds and balloon from Take Flight, and colored them with copic markers.  I popped the window panel up on the card base with foam tape along with the bike, clouds and balloon to finish my card.

Even though the Vertical Stripes Cover Panel is designed to have a vertical stripe orientation, it's fun to turn it horizontally or even at an angle for more versatility!  More bang for your buck!

Be sure to hop along to see all the rest of the design team creations!  There are also a few special guests joining us too!!:)

Reverse Confetti blog

Wanda Guess

Amy Kolling

‘Fetti Friend, Tricia Barber

Heather Pulvirenti

Lisa Henke

Melissa Phillips

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach **you are here**

Amy Sheffer

Leigh Penner

Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Jennifer McGuire

Countdown to Confetti - Day 3

Hello there!  Welcome back to day 3 of the countdown to Confetti with Reverse Confetti!  We are in the middle of a 4th birthday celebration!  All of the new products being showcased will be available for purchase on May 8th.

Today, I have a card and tag set using the new Think Pink stamp set and coordinating Think Pink Confetti Cuts, along with the new One Day at a Time stamp set and Sunburst Tag Layer.

Proceeds from the One Day at a Time stamp set will be donated to THE PINK FUND. "The Pink Fund provides 90 day non-medical cost-of-living expenses to breast cancer patients in active treatment for breast cancer, so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace.

To create the card, I started off with a A2 card base using the new Sunshine cardstock.  I used the previously released Sunburst Cover panel die, also cut from Sunshine cardstock.  I glued the diecut piece onto the card base, and colored each of the sun rays with copic markers before gluing those in place.  For the focal point, I used the Flowers for Mom Confetti Cuts set to cut a pinked circle from Rose cardstock, and some of the new Pattern Play paper pad to cut the inner circle.  I stamped and colored images from Think Pink with copic markers and then diecut them with the Think Pink Confetti Cuts die set.  I popped those up in the center of the card front with foam tape.  For the sentiment, I cut a strip of patterned paper from the Pattern Play paper pad, and stamped a sentiment from the One Day at a Time stamp set in black ink, and adhered that under the focal point.

To create the tag, I used the new Sunburst Tag Layer Confetti cuts, which I cut from Sunshine cardstock, and layered that over top of a diecut Topped Off Tag, also cut from Sunshine cardstock.

That's all for me today!  Be sure to visit the Reverse Confetti blog for lots more inspiration from the design team, and stop back by again tomorrow for our May blog hop!

Thanks so much for stopping by! :)