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Sunday, January 5, 2020

Countdown to Confetti: Day 1

Hello there! Welcome to day 1 of the Countdown to Confetti with Reverse Confetti! All of the new goodies that the Confetti Crew will be showcasing over the next few days will be available on January 8th at Reverse Confetti and at your favorite retailers!

Today, my card features the new All the Love stamp set, coordinating All the Love Confetti Cuts dies and the fun new Hearts Confetti Cuts dies. To create my card, I started off with a piece of Polar White cardstock cut to 4" x 5.25". I used the Hearts Confetti Cuts dies to diecut the striped heart in the center of the panel, then splattered the panel with gold watercolor before backing the heart with a piece of patterned paper using the new Sweet as Sugar paper pad. I stamped Hugs & Kisses from the All the Love stamp set in Midnight ink and diecut the sentiment with the coordinating All the Love Confetti Cuts dies. I popped the sentiment up over top of the diecut heart opening using foam tape.

To add a bit more red to the card front, I used the row of hearts die from the Hearts Confetti Cuts die set, and cut it twice from Salsa cardstock to frame the sentiment. I added white gel pen accents and a scattering of gold sequins before popping the entire panel up on an A2 white card base.

Be sure to hop along to see what the rest of the Confetti Crew has to share with you, and comment along the way for your chance to win a Reverse Confetti gift certificate! Hope to see you again tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by! :)

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Audrey Tokach - **you are here**

Pam Sparks

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Paper Smooches January Challenge #1

**This is my second post of the day! Scroll down for the Seasons Giving Blog Hop!**

Hello there! Happy 2020! I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful New Year's Day! I have some happy news to share! I am over-the-moon excited to be joining the gang at Paper Smooches as a challenge team designer for the first quarter of 2020! Paper Smooches has been a long time favorite of mine and I am just SO thankful and excited to have been chosen!

Challenge #1 for January is anything COLD! This challenge will run from January 1-14th, with the winners being announced at the end of January!

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a background using Distress inks in the shades Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire. After the watercolor was dry, I splattered on some watered down white acrylic paint. I stamped and colored some of the adorable snowmen and the tiny bird from the Cool Dudes stamp set, and diecut them with the coordinating Cool Dudes Icons dies. Before adhering them, I diecut a variety of snowflakes using the Snowflakes dies, and placed them over top of the watercolored area. The snowmen and bird were popped up with foam tape. To ground them, I used the Bannerific dies to cut a piece of Rainbow Sherbet patterned paper. The sentiment, from the Winter Sampler stamp set, was stamped on a hand cut banner. To finish off my card, I added some white gel pen accents and iridescent sequins to the centers of a few of the snowflakes.

We hope you will be play along with us! There will be two winners chosen! Here are the two prizes up for grabs:

One winner will win this awesome prize pack:

And another winner will receive a $25 Paper Smooches gift certificate!

You have until January 14th to enter! You can get all of the challenge details on the Paper Smooches Blog! We can't wait to see what you create! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Seasons Givings Blog Hop

Hello there! My first post of 2020! Today, I am participating in year 8 of the Seasons Givings Blog Hop. The purpose of this hop is to thank YOU, my loyal blog readers, for all of your love and encouragement and kind words this year! I value each comment. I get excited to share my excitement with you over new projects and product releases. I am so thankful that you come to visit me here on my blog and spend some of your valuable time making my day brighter with your sweet words.

To say thank you, I am giving away a prize package of stamps and dies from some wonderful companies. I have been blessed with more supplies than I have time to use, and I want to share with you!

To enter this giveaway, leave a comment sharing your favorite ice cream flavor! (Due to high postage costs, this giveaway is open to US residents only. I'm so sorry to my international readers :( )

When you're done, hop along, leaving comments along the way for more chances to win!

The winner of my giveaway will be announced on January 10th!

I'd love it if you would follow me on Instagram too! I share lots there that you won't find on my blog! ;)

Here is the rest of the hop listing:

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook & Cards Today

MFT Stamps

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Reverse Confetti

Paper Smooches

Sweet & Sassy Stamps

The Gray Muse

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Sugar Pea Designs

Ink Blot Shop

Stamp Simply Store

Scrapbook Update

Indigojade Art

Kelly Creates

Cathy Zielske

Becca Feeken

Laurie Willison

Nichol Spohr

Latisha Yoast

Lydia Fiedler

Lori Craig

Chari Moss

Jenn Shurkus

Wanda Guess

Vera Yates

Audrey Tokach - **you are here!**

Dina Kowal

Jessica Frost Ballas

Elise Constable

Dana Joy

Caly Person

Amy Tsuruta

Cindy Lawrence

Janette Kausen

Amy Rysavy

Debi Adams

Judy Hayes

Jill Hawkins

Marcie Sharp

Tracey McNeely

Lisa Henke

Beth Pingry

Margie Higuchi

Julee Tilman

Cheiron Brandon

Mona Toth

Karen Hightower

Karolyn Loncon

Caren Bartholomew

Dana Tatar

Connie Mercer

Yvonne Van Der Valk

Tracy McLennon

Debbie Seyer

Karen Boyce

Deborah Saaranen

Ceal Pritchett

Pocono Pam

Shellye McDaniel

Patti Gilliam

Here's to a happy and healthy 2020!! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Reverse Confetti December Blog Hop

Hello there! It's the 8th of the month, and that means it's time for the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop! This month, we have a special surprise for you! The gorgeous Snowflakes stamp set and Snowflakes Confetti Cuts dies, available exclusively at Reverse Confetti! For all of the details, be sure to visit the Reverse Confetti blog!!

I created a set of gift tags using this fun set! I chose the most whimsical snowflake of the bunch, perfect for coloring! I diecut the Topped Off Tag three times from white cardstock, and topped each with the Big Stripes Tag Layer cut from Midnight cardstock. I stamped the snowflake three times in Midnight ink, and colored them with copic markers before diecutting them with the coordinating dies. They were popped up with foam tape.

I stamped sentiment from the set onto black diecut banners, and heat embossed them with white embossing powder then popped them up with foam tape at the bottom of each tag. To finish them off, I added some white gel pen accents and some black and white twine.

Be sure to visit the rest of the team to see their Snowflakes creations too! You're sure to love them! :)

Reverse Confetti Blog

Sunday, November 24, 2019

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Lawn Fawn

Hello! Welcome to another day of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, hosted by my sweet friend Tracey McNeeley! All of the tags shared today will feature products from one of my favorites, Lawn Fawn!

To create my tag, I started off with a Zig Zag Circles Stackables diecut from Chili Pepper cardstock which I stamped with the Gingham Backdrops with Jet Black ink. On top of that, I layered a piece of kraft cardstock, diecut with the Snowy Backdrops die, which I backed with white cardstock. I used the Forest border to add a snowy tree line, and stamped and diecut the adorable snowman and his birdie friends from my very first Lawn Fawn stamp set, Making Frosty Friends. His scarf and hat were paper pieced from the same gingham paper that I created for the tag backer. I stamped a sentiment from Say What? Pets onto a Winter Tiny Tags snowflake and added some peppermint twine to finish things off.

Be sure to visit Tracey's blog to see lots more adorable tags using Lawn Fawn products! Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Reverse Confetti Favorites & a SALE!

Hello there! Happy Saturday! I have lots to share with you today! First, Reverse Confetti is having a SALE! From now until December 1st, use code RCTHANKFUL25 for 25% off of your entire order!

I have a new card to share with you using the new The Best Days stamp set! I started off by diecutting a piece of Polar White cardstock with the Stitched Burst Cover Panel Confetti Cuts die. Then I added a strip of patterend paper from the Winter Wonder 6x6 paper pad and a strip of sand cardstock. I stamped the bouquet from The Best Days in Midnight ink onto sand cardstock, and colored it with my Polychromos colored pencils before diecutting it with the coordinating The Best Days Confetti Cuts dies and popping it up with foam tape.

I tied a tiny bow of jute twine around the bouquet and stamped a sentiment from the set onto a sand cardstock banner cut using the Flowers For Mom Confetti Cuts dies.

I have a few 2019 favorites to share with you too!

You can read more about this card using the amazing Peony stamp set in this blog post:

A distress inked watercolored sky is the background for this fun scene, another one of my favorites from this year!

And finally, a Super Duper card using this adorable little super hero!

That's all for me today! I hope you will take advantage of the awesome sale going on!! Thank you for sharing part of your day with me!! :) Happy Thanksgiving to all those that celebrate! :)

Friday, November 8, 2019

Reverse Confetti November Blog Hop

Woohoo!! It's the 8th of the month, and that means that it's time for the Reverse Confetti blog hop! All of the new products that we have been sharing with you over the last few days are available for purchase now in the Reverse Confetti store and at your favorite retailers!

I have one more card to share with you today using the new Birdie Buddies and Snow Stars Cover Panel Confetti Cuts die. To create my card, I diecut the Snow Stars Cover Panel from Polar White cardstock and used an ink blending brush and Mist ink to add a tiny hint of color on the background. I adhered it to an A2 card base careful to keep all of the stars intact. I added a snowy ground to the bottom of the panel using the grass border die from the Nuts About You Confetti Cuts die set. Then I stamped and colored images from the Birdie Buddies stamp set and diecut them with the coordinating Birdie Buddies Confetti Cuts dies.

I adhered the branches and music notes with a glue pen and popped the birds and their cute little house up with foam tape. The sentiment was stamped in Midnight ink onto a strip of white cardstock. To finish off my card, I added some white gel pen accents.