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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Reverse Confetti/ May Release Countdown Day 3

Hello Fetti Friends! I am so excited about the May release from Reverse Confetti! I am loving all the new Dawn Machel, Birthday vibes and stripes..... cute cute stuff. We are celebrating Reverse Confetti's 6th Birthday!! We are on the final day of the Countdown, that means TOMORROW is Release Day!! So let's jump into our last day of the Countdown to Confetti. All the new stamps, dies, and paper will be available for purchase on May 8!

You Could Win!!! Two Ways to enter......

In addition to having a chance to win just by leaving a comment on the sneak peek posts, we are also running a Facebook promotion. After you are done checking out the sneak peeks, head on over to OUR FACEBOOK PAGE and look for this graphic pinned to the top of our feed…

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On Facebook, simply leave a comment under the graphic. One person that comments on the graphic by 1pm EST on May 7th will be randomly chosen to win a $25 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store. Winners for both the blog comments and Facebook comments will be announced here on the Reverse Confetti blog as well as on Facebook.

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Today we wrap things up with this amazing set that included multiple reasons to celebrate, it's called Cake & Champagne. I colored up the cake and added some floral images to top it off. I started the the Square & Circle Frame Confetti Cuts, cut from Polar white card stock and I created a festive shaker card. I added the pretty striped paper from Sweet Stripes 6x6 pad and stamped the sentiment in Midnight ink.

With some foam tape, clear acetate and a handful of pretty sequins, I added them to the card base. I then adhered the finished cake to the outside of the card with some liquid adhesive.

Mmmmmm. Look at that cake. I would love to dive into that! I used the coordinating Cake & Champagne Confetti Cuts to cut it out. Here's a closer look at the pretty details.

Here is a list of team members sharing projects today!

Reverse Confetti Blog

Tomorrow is the Release Day! We have a blog hop planned, so don't miss it!

Monday, May 6, 2019

Reverse Confetti/ May Countdown Day 2

Hello Fetti Friends! I am so excited to get things started with the May release from Reverse Confetti! We are on day 2 of our Countdown to Confetti!! I am loving all the new Dawn Machel, Birthday vibes and stripes..... cute cute stuff. We are celebrating Reverse Confetti's 6th Birthday!! It's time for Countdown to Confetti.....the May release sneak peeks start today. All the new stamps, dies, and paper will be available for purchase on May 8!

You Could Win!!! Two Ways to enter......

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I am giddy about how this card turned out. I started with the Split Circles Cover Die and I used it as a stencil. I love being able to stretch my supplies, I am sure you do to. Having more than one use for a product, helps justify the spending. I simply cut it from some Polar White card stock. Remember I warned you yesterday....my projects are ink blending heavy. I used Baby Blue ink (my favorite Mist, was just a tad too light for the look I wanted, so I switched to Baby blue) and the Life Changing Blending Brushes and created this fun background. I then combined the two sets, Rainy Day Fun and So Many Sentiments to create the focal images for my card.

So the boots might be my favorite part of this card. Who doesn't love a great pair of wellies (I like to sound fancy, lol) I colored them up with my copics and added some clear Crystal Effects to my puddle. I cut all the little bits out with the coordinating Rainy Day Fun Confetti Cuts. That sentiment if from the So Many Sentiments stamps set. I LOVED the Word Up set that was released last month, so I was super happy to see more of these small font, straight line sentiments joining the line up this month. They are just so great for adding to so many cards. I stamped this one in Midnight ink along the bottom.

This next photo shows off the remaining bits of the scene I created. The umbrella, clouds and sun are all from the Rainy Day Fun stamp set and after I colored them with copics, I cut them out with the Rainy Day Fun Confetti Cuts and popped them up with foam dimensionals.

I have one more detailed shot of some random Cyrstal Effects dots I added to my card. I wanted to give an illusion of rain.

I was inspired to create a pretty RC rainbow with more ink blending and the other new Cover Panel, On the Curve. I started with Magenta ink and then blended in Coral, Lime Green, Iced Aqua and finished with Wisteria. I love how it turned out. Do you?

The sentiment is from So Many Sentiments and I heat embossed it in white and then added in a gorgeous sun and clouds from the new Over the Rainbow Confetti Cuts. A staple to any stampers supplies for sure!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to leave comments along the way for a chance to win!

Here is a list of team members sharing projects today!

Reverse Confetti Blog

See you back here tomorrow.

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Reverse Confetti May Release/ Day 1 Countdown

Hello Fetti Friends! I am so excited to get things started with the May release from Reverse Confetti! I am loving all the new Dawn Machel, Birthday vibes and stripes..... cute cute stuff. We are celebrating Reverse Confetti's 6th Birthday!! It's time for Countdown to Confetti.....the May release sneak peeks start today. All the new stamps, dies, and paper will be available for purchase on May 8!

You Could Win!!! Two Ways to enter......

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Today we are jumping in with these two fun and playful sets, Ice Cream Social & Party Animals! Ohemgeeeee! I can't tell you how much I looooove this ellie! He is sooo cute and easy to color up. I used some grey tone (C1, C3, C4) Copic markers and then decided to do a little fun paper piecing. That ear, was just asking for it and the new beautiful paper pad, Sweet Stripes, was the perfect fit!

I guess it's only fair to tell you know, this release from me is ink blending HEAVY. I think most of my cards I did some ink blending to create my backgrounds or custom stencil work. I was struggling to blend the RC inks and I was determined to make them work....well, with a little more practice and a lot of patience (and my favorite new Life Changing Blending Brushes) I had success!! Here it is simple background with Premium Polar White card stock and Bumblebee ink. I used a strip of blue painters tape to create a line for my ground. After I blended on the yellow ink, I moved the tape up and blended on some Stone and a touch of Sand ink. I added in some dots with my copics to give a bit of texture (AKA dirt/stones).

I stamped the sentiment from Party Animals in Midnight ink and added the sweet little Star Balloon image from the same set and used the coordinating Party Animals Confetti Cuts to cut them out.

Up next is a sweet birthday card with another new new set called Ice Cream Social. This bun is my favorite, but there are many other sweet little critters to choose from. I colored him up with Copics and added him to the top of a new Confetti Cut duo, Party & Celebrate. I cut it three time from three different Sweet Stripes colors and alternated the colors to make an ombre of letters.

Don't worry....you'll see how I didn't let the negative space go to waste....I'll be sharing that later this week. I finished off the sentiment with a greeting from the Ice Cream Social set in Midnight ink. I added a duo of card stock strips in Navy and RC Aqua.

Here is a list of team members sharing projects today!

Reverse Confetti Blog

Thanks for stopping by today. See you here tomorrow.... same time, same place.

Friday, May 3, 2019

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with Lil' Inker Designs

Hello! I am so excited to be linking up with the Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. It's always a great event and full of so many amazing sponsors. Lil' Inker Designs is one of them and I'm so thrilled! I pulled out some dies and stamps and was inspired by the graphic for this hop. The cactus and coffee cup really caught my eye, so I created my version with paper ink.

The cool thing is, Laura is giving away a $25 gift Certificate!

Here is my card for the hop. I just love the playful, fun feel of it. I used the So Prickly Dies and added them to the Coffee Talk 2 Dies, mug cut from polka dot pattern paper.

In the background I used the Quilted Stitched Spirals Cover plate die. I love the whole line up of those dies. They are always my favorite and add such great detail to any card. I picked this one to use because the swirls reminded me of latte foam or the steam coming up from the mug.

The sentiment is from Coffee Talk 2 and I tucked in a few sprigs of greenery from the Jar of Flowers set. I quickly cut them out after I stamped them with the help of the matching Jar of Flowers dies. The sentiment cracks me up, and it's totally true.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to check out the full hop and all it's details over on the Coffee Lovers Blog. You can also shop all the LID products over at the store HERE or from the affiliate links below. I appreciate any and all purchases made through my links. It's at no extra cost to you.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Color Throwdown 541-Friendship Bear

Hello May! It's a new month and it's one of my favorite times of year. We are wrapping up the school year, days are busy, the weather is beautiful more days than not. There just seems to be a buzz in the air. It's also Wednesday so that means it's time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge card.

Hello everyone! Amy Rysavy is our host for week's Color Throwdown challenge! She was SO inspired by the design of the space in this pic (I loved the pale pink walls with those curtains and the wood tones!). The colors for this week are to use pale pink, brown, black and white. Remember we just use generic colors (so any brand/type/whatever you have will work) and you can always feel free to add in neutrals (white/black/etc) to make your creation pop!

If you upload your creation to a public gallery, please use the keyword CTD541, and please use #CTD541 and #colorthrowdown on social media so we can find your gorgeous creations! When linking up your creation using the linky tool below, please be sure to link syour specific post, not a general link to your blog. All of the "rules" are in the right sidebar, and you can always check there to be sure!

One last detail to remember, no digital designs. Only digital images that are printed off and colored will be allowed. Totally digital designs will be removed from the link up.

I inked up the sweet little Honey Bear set from Reverse Confetti today. I started with some ink blending on my Polar White card stock with a Life Changing Blending brush and some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink. I then used a piece of blue painters tape to mask off the bottom so I could blending in some ground with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide. I stamped the sentiment in Midnight ink along the bottom.

I colored up the Honey Bear with Copics and then used the coordinating Honey Bear dies to cut him out along with his basket of apples. A few clouds to the top and my card was complete. I did want to add a bit more black to help balance the design out so I matted the finished panel with some Midnight card stock.

The Challenge info is here!

Check out the beautiful creations from the team this week! They are sure to inspire you, they always inspire me!! Have fun creating, we cannot wait to see what you come up with using these colors!

Please stop by and check out our May Guest Designer

Amy Rohl

Now let's see what you can do with these colors!