Reverse Confetti Feb. Blog Hop {Love Banner}

Welcome to the February Reverse Confetti blog Hop. It's the 8th of the month and it's a non-release month, so we have a wonderful themed hop prepared for you. I think you'll "LOVE" it! wink wink

The Confetti Crew has created lots of beautiful projects with a Love Theme....we hope you fall in love and are inspired to pull out your RC goodies  (or order a few of the new products released last month) and and create something for your loved ones. Come join us. The fun starts on the Reverse Confetti Blog. Jen's got all the details there. Hopefully you just arrived from our wonderfully talented Guest Designer, Tara's Blog. 

Let's dive in. I created a Love Banner with 12 different Confetti Cut dies.....swoon! It is amazing how well all the dies coordinate together. I chose a classic color combo-red, black, white, and Kraft. I had so much fun creating this. 

I started with the Tagged Tote Confetti Cut and cut 5 of the rounded tag pieces from kraft cs. I decided I wanted to use ONLY RC products on this, so I made my own pattern paper thanks to the Whole Lotta Hearts and Whole Lotta Dots stamp sets. I then sponged each of the pieced with some walnut stain distress ink. I then pulled out most of my Pretty Panel dies and cut a stack of those, followed by lots of the small Heart to Heart hearts. I added in the large heart sentiments from Heart to Heart to make it bursting with love. 

This first Banner piece uses, Heart to Heart stamp set and coordinating Heart to Heart Confetti Cuts. I added the Arrow die and a duo of small Heart to Heart hearts. I added those on top of a black Pretty Panels-Diagonal Stripes.

Second banner piece has the Pretty Panel-Big Chevron in black as the base for my embellies. I added a white Heart to Heart large heart die and layered on the word "love" from Pretty Panels-Heart Love and the "you from Tag me, Too both cut from red card stock. 

My center piece started with the large scallop circle from Circles 'n Scallops. I added a Pretty Panel-straight stripes. More hearts and stamps from Heart to Heart. 

The next one is layered up with the Love Note scalloped die piece and topped with the Pretty Panel-Heart Love in red. I cut it again, from black card stock and added in the word "love" with the black card stock to make it pop. Another Heart to Heart duo. All these hearts are making me excited for the Valentine Holiday! 

My final banner piece is  layered with the Pretty Panel-Chevron and a stamped Heart to Heart sentiment, cut with the matching confetti cut die. I tucked in a row of mini hearts from Love Note in white card stock.  I also layered on two more small Heart to Heart hearts. I tied the whole banner together with some yummy bakers twine. 

Check out the latest release HERE.

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Be sure to leave comments along the way.....one lucky commenter will win an RC Gift Certificate for FREE shopping in the Reverse Confetti shop. 

Thank so much for stopping by. Hope you loved my LOVE Banner. Now I'll send you on your way. Jean Manis is up next.  Enjoy the rest of the hop and have a great start to your week! 

Simon Says Tag it {peachy flowers}

Happy Monday. I've got a pretty Spring card today inspired by the latest Curtain Call challenge-Perfectly Peach. Sadly, I missed the link up. With all my release week posts for Reverse Confetti this past week (New Stamps and Dies are NOW available), I had a hard time getting other things on my blog. That's ok. I'm not shy about sharing.....so here you go. **please note** all links are listed at the bottom of my post.**

I used the pretty new Petals 'n Posies confetti cut dies to accent my tag. I used some older MME papers to cut a variety of petals and layered them up, topping them with Pretty Pink Posh sequins. 

Sentiment is stamped on the fabulous new banner set, Beautiful Banners stamp set and then cut with the matching dies from Reverse Confetti. 

Here is the inspiration photo. A new inspiration photo and challenge will be posted this week. Be sure to stop by the Curtain Call Blog to check it out.

I am also linking this up with the current Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge-Tag it. I was happy to use my favorite tag die from Reverse Confetti-Tag Me. 

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MFTSCRAP5-{our boys}

Welcome back for another edition of the MFT Scrap Challenge. This month's layout is a fun one, with so many possibilities for awesomeness!!! 
I had photos of my boys taken back in the summer at an old train museum. My boys have always loved trains, so having pictures taken with these rustic, old engines and cars was such a fun backdrop. I used this month's layout to show off my handsome little ones. 

Here is the sketch to work with:

 Now I'll share some details shots and a bit about my process. Sometimes, for the new beginner scrapper, layouts like these (or layouts in general) can be overwhelming. They sure don't have to be. Remember this is supposed to be fun. 

This was one of my favorite photos taken of the day. I decided to accent this one with the awesome INSERT IT-INSTAFRAME DIE-NAMICS cut from Natural card stock. I then used my favorite Laina Lamb stamp set, Captured Memories . I stamped the sentiment with MFT KRAFT ink and then added a few a row of the cut out hearts from the LAYERED HEARTS BORDER DIE-NAMICS. 

My flags were created withs the FISHTAIL FLAGS STAX and FISHTAIL FLAGS LAYERS STAX. I don't think I could live with out those two Die-namics sets. I love having so many options for sizes. 

Another STAX set I can't live without are my CIRCLE STAX 1 & 2.  I used them to cut out my circle layers for the layout. On this one I added the beautiful rounded sentiment from BEHIND THE CAMERA and added a sweet, CUTE CAMERAS cut in Hot Fudge cs. 

For the tab at the top of the layout, I cut one from the ACCENT IT-LABELS AND TABS and topped it with the smallest, HEART STAX heart. 

I said I'd show you a bit of my scarpbooking process. So, here is how I worked this sketch. After figuring out what stamps and dies I wanted to use and once I had my pictures picked out, I go about laying everything out. I put it all the pieces in place and THEN go and tack them down. I used repositionable adhesive to my photos and foam dimensionals or liquid glue to my die cut and paper layers. 

 For this page, to create the banner look,  I added the pictures down first. 

Then I go ahead and add in my elements and embellies. 

Next I add a thin strip of liquid glue along the top of my banner pieces and photos. It is hard to see in this photo, but it's there. You don't need alot, just a thin strip to hold your twine in place. 

Next add a strip of cut twine. I used the pretty Buttercup Twine to bring out some yellow in my layout. 

I find it easier to add the bows, last. So cut a bunch, tie them up and then add them where you think you need a bow accent. 

Here is a close up of one of my bows added to the corner of my photo. 

Here is another look at the bottom right corner of my page. I used the captured Memories stamp set again to add the journaling details of my page. Love those little ovals. They look great stamped in Kraft Ink.

 I stamped the beautiful train image from INSPIRED BY TRAVEL onto a Natural cs circle. I added some subtle shading and coloring with a few Copics. To make it really stand out, I added it to the AWARD SEAL.  

I cut my title from Hot Fudge card stock and added my words (from BY THE LETTERS DIE-NAMICS set) to two different Jumbo Banner pieces. This first one was added to the JUMBO BANNER Stax DIE-NAMICS. 

For variety, I cut another banner piece from the JUMBO FISHTAIL BANNER STAX. I tucked in another sweet little heart for a pop of color and balance. 

I really love how I can cut many letters all at one time. I line them all up on my platform of my Vagabond. Then lay the piece of card stock over top and then run it through.  

With one swipe through your die cut machine, you can have one  a title done, depending on how many letters  are in your title. 

I have two sets of this alphabet, so I was able to cut out both of my O's at once. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Here is one more look at my completed layout. It sure makes me happy!

 Be sure to head on over to Kim's Blog to see who else is sharing their pages today. 

You'll want to play along.......There will be a random draw each month from all the participants who have uploaded their Scrap Samples to SCS using the proper keyword.  One winner will be chosen each month and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher.  If the winner used MFT stamps, they will receive $5 in bonus bucks, for a total of $20.  That is a way for us to encourage the use of MFT stamps. You have a whole month to create your page. 

Here is the shopping list with all my MFT products I used today:

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