Reverse Confetti Feb. Creative Blog Hop

We are so super excited for today's blog hop. Love is in the air and the Reverse Confetti Crew has a Creative Blog Hop for you featuring ABC Projects (anything but a card) with a LOVE theme. Please join us for the beautiful creativity by the team. 

I decided to update one of my frames with heart themed art work. It has been a long time since I have created something like this and it felt really good. Took be back to my scrapbooking days.....yeah, I should start that up again. Someday! 

Anyway, I have this 5x5 frame that has housed a sweet little felt piece I created a few years ago for another RC Hop. You can see that project HERE if you'd like. 

I was going to use felt again for today's project, but decided to stick with the gorgeous pinks and red Reverse Confetti card stock colors-Piggy Bank, Flamingo, and Salsa. 

I cut six hearts with the XOXO Hearts Confetti Cuts and topped those each with a white button with coordinating twine.

While I was initially searching for some felt, I DID run across this kraft corrugated card board paper and was inspired to use that. It's fun to dig through your stash and see what you have. It has been years since I have used this, too. I cut that to 5x5 and used it as my base for my framed project. I then cut the largest sized Scalloped Square Confetti Cuts in Premium Polar White card stock.  Before I layered that piece on, I stamped the Sentiment from Heart Filled Sentiments with Midnight ink onto a strip of vellum card stock. I hit it with some clear embossing powder to make it pop!  

I then got to work assembling my project. I layered the white scalloped frame piece down where I wanted it (DO NOT ADHERE YET) and then carefully figured out my heart placement. I added the hearts topped with buttons with foam dots, except the middle row, I just glued into place. I then carefully wrapped the vellum sentiment strip around the base and adhere it in the back with some strong adhesive (I used some Scor-tape). Once that was all put together I topped the whole thing with the white Scalloped Square frame and added the finished piece to the black frame. I love it and it is such a sweet addition to my living room.

Here is another look my finished project. I just love it. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team today! 

There is so much more to see! 

here is the list:

Reverse Confetti blog 

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Tricia Barber

Lisa Henke<---you are here

Amy Rohl

Laurie Schmidlin

Heather Hoffmann

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Deanne Kuntz

Jeanne Jachna

Susan Liles

Fetti Friends:

Wanda Cullen

Samantha Mann

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I love reading all your sweet words!

Catered Crop {heart of the Matter}

I inked up the sweet girl from SugarPea Designs's A Bushel & a Peck stamp set.  I see the next release is right around the corner, so I wanted to be sure to use this set. I reached for the hearts to put in her basket. 
It was perfect to combine for the Catered Crop, Heart of the Matter Recipe Swap. We are back in FULL force, so join us every two weeks for a new challenge and TONS of inspiration. 

 I used my distress markers to color her up. I really love the softer, watercolored look you get when coloring with these markers. It's a little tricky to figure out how to get those items in the basket, but once you do it's easy! 

You just need to do a little masking. Stamp the items first (I used the hearts), cover with a paper mask, and then stamp the girl with her bushel basket over top. The clear stamps make it easy to do. There is a quick tutorial Kim added to the Sugar Pea blog. Check it out HERE.

I used my Reverse Confetti Love Notes dies for the sentiment on the largest one. The banner bits and circle heart are from Blueprints 10 by MFT. The sketch is the Deconstructed sketch again (told You I loved it!). It's my second card I made, using it. 

I'm also linking it to the first ever Sugar Pea Designs challenge-Anything goes. 

Have a beautiful Wednesday. I hope you are somewhere warm.....we got hit with more snow and ICE!!!  I am so over this! lol!

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Unity.....make my heart happy

It's my week for some Unity  Blog Hop!!
We are celebrating looooooove!
So many stamps to choose from. I went with this week's  Stamp of the Week. 
Love these sweet little hearts. I have two cards to share,  both a little Clean and Simple Style. 
I have mentioned that I am  taking the onlilne class.....
Clean and simple Cards 2. 
I decided to finally dive in and give the chalkboard technique a try.  Here's a version of it, CAS style.

The stamp is called:

Smiley Hearts

There is still time to sign up for this

 week's Stamp of the Week Image!

and once you sing up....

you'll get a happy nugget of Unity

in your mail box every week!!!

 Here is a close up of the hearts.

I embossed them in white

and then added a touch of color with

my Prismacolor pencils. 

The next card is CAS, and this time I pieced up the little cute hearts.

Cutting them out, gives you more 

options when working with them. 

Instead of the straight line, I clustered them. 

The artwork makes them easy to manipulate, 

however 

you see fit. 

I added them to the top of a coffee filter Heart Doily (by MFT)  that I spritzed with a little glimmer mist. 
Robyn is up next!

and if you get stuck along the way you can find the  blog list on the
Unity Blog!