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Reverse Confetti April Sketch For You To Try: April

Good morning! Happy Monday! I have a new project for you today using Reverse Confetti’s April Sketch For You To Try (and this is the final SFYTT! Jen has some new fun challenges up her sleeve, so stay tuned for that!). Here’s this month’s sketch:

And here’s my take on it:

One of the things I love about sketch challenges is that it can challenge you to step outside of your normal comfort zone. I will be the first to admit that I like straight lines and things centered and symmetrical. But this sketch has given me a new love for diagonal lines! I started with the Fun Times patterned paper pack, choosing two very different patterns. Because they were going to be sandwiched next to each other, I wanted to make sure that they complemented each other nicely, so I chose a small, almost neutral mint pattern, along with a bold pink and white stripe. I trimmed them down to 4×5.5″, then trimmed them at a diagonal using my trimmer and mounted them on my A2 card base.

Next, I stamped and die cut several of the flowers from Tall Blooms, then colored them with Copic markers in shades of pink and mint and lavender! (I totally used the colors in the Fun Times paper pack as my color inspiration!) I trimmed a small rectangle of white card stock, then added a greeting from Tall Blooms using black ink. I arranged the flowers as though the white rectangle were the vase or flower box, then adhered them using dimensional foam adhesive. Because my Tall Blooms were, in fact, tall, I moved the focal point from the sketch from the center to the bottom right of the card front. I liked the balance better that way. 🙂

The final step was to add a few sparkly gems to help fill out my bouquet!

Well, that’s all for this project. Now, it’s your turn! Create your own project using the SFYTT and Reverse Confetti goodies, then link it up to the final SFYTT challenge for your chance to win a $20 Reverse Confetti shopping spree! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous week!


Practicing white flowers.

Hi there! Hope you’re having a fabulous day. I’ve finally succumbed, guys. I couldn’t wait anymore… I had to stamp and color that gorgeous Magnolia stamp from the newest Hero Arts catalog. I thought about coloring this pretty magnolia a pale shade of pink, but I thought I would get some practice in with my white flowers and my Copic markers. For this project, I wanted to create a frame, but I didn’t want to add the extra bulk of die cutting one, so I decided to use some creative masking and blending to create my frame. Let’s get started!

For this project, I began by stamping the beautiful Woodblock Magnolia from Hero Arts onto some white, Copic friendly card stock using Intense Black ink. I then added some shading to the magnolia with some shades of light and medium gray, liberally using my colorless blender to soften the edges to keep the flower looking mostly white.

After I had finished coloring my magnolia, I die cut a mask with the coordinating frame cuts from some masking paper. I also trimmed a rectangle of masking paper. I first adhered the mask over the magnolia, then added the rectangular mask over that in approximately the center of the card front. I then used my blending tool to evenly blend some Hickory Smoke Oxide Ink around the edge of the card front. When I removed the masks, I had a nicely framed, colored image with a white center. Masks=magic!

For the greeting, I used the new Smile Stamp ‘n Cut from Hero Arts. I die cut the die three times, once from black card stock, and twice more from white card stock, then adhered them all together. I also stamped the rest of the greeting on some thin strips of card stock. I adhered them to the card front, popping up the sentiment strips with foam adhesive and adding a little gem to the dot on the i. The final touch was to use my T-square and a fine black marker to draw black lines on the interior of the white rectangle.

 

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you enjoyed this project! I love using masks to create unique backgrounds on my cards. It’s seriously magical when you pull the mask back after doing your ink blending.

Have a marvelous day!


Reverse Confetti March 2018 Release- Day 2!

Good morning! Today is Day 2 of the Reverse Confetti March 2018 Release Sneak Peeks! Yesterday’s peek included some adorable Honey Bears and the cutest little seals…. if you didn’t see them, you need to check them out!!

Today’s focus: Tall Blooms. Right up my alley. I’ve made so many projects with these little blooms….

Aren’t they just lovely? Simple, but just enough detail to make them really pop. Gorgeous. Today, I’ve used just the greenery (I saved the flowers for another post!!) to create this serene, relatively simple sympathy card. Lots of white space, lots of leaves… just right for a sympathy card.

I die cut and stamped several of the foliage branches using Copic-friendly ink onto white card stock. I colored them in shades of green Copics (I will list all of the supplies at the end of this post.) I also stamped the pretty, appropriately simple greeting from Tall Blooms on a panel of white card stock.

I trimmed an A2 sized panel of green patterned paper from the brand new Fun Times patterned paper pack and mounted it on an A2 card base. I adhered my white sentiment panel in the center so that the pretty, subtly patterned paper was peeking out at the top and bottom. I arranged the foliage in a pretty swag beneath the greeting and added a simple twine bow to add a bit of texture.

Simple, classic, perfect for a sympathy card.

Well, that’s all for me today! I will be back tomorrow with more Reverse Confetti release goodies! In the meantime, be sure to leave comments on the Reverse Confetti blog, as well as the different design team members’ blogs (and the ‘Fetti Friends!) to be eligible to win a $15 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti shop! More comments=more entries in the contest! Enjoy all of the inspiration, and I’ll see you back here tomorrow!

Spellbinders Kit of the Month!

Good morning! I’ve recently had the opportunity to play with some super fun dies from Spellbinders… I showed you this project made with Spellbinders’ Poppies Card Creator, and today I have two projects using the Spellbinders Kit of The Month from November of last year.

I created a holiday project and a non-holiday project to share with you today.  (These beautiful filigree dies are really quite versatile, even though the kit is technically a holiday kit!) Let’s get started on the details!

For this first holiday card, I started by die cutting the lovely corner twice from some heavy duty card stock. I used a few scrap pieces of watercolor paper, but you could just use your heavyweight card stock as well. I then created a “molten” die cut by pressing my Versamark pad onto the die cut to make it nice and sticky, then dipping it in my gold embossing powder and heating it up. I repeated this process a total of 3 times to create a lovely, dimensional metallic die cut.

I added a watercolored holiday panel (from Papertrey Ink’s Botanical Blocks series) that I had colored for a Daily Marker 30 Day challenge ages ago, but it worked perfectly with the almost vintage feel provided by the metallic die cuts. Before adhering the die cuts and the watercolored panel, I adhered a strip of red foil card stock down the center of the card front. I then layered the die cuts and the watercolored panel over the red strip. I figured the holly berries on the watercolored panel was self explanatory enough that I didn’t need a greeting!

For my next project, I wanted to showcase the incredible detail on the large die included in the kit. There’s something so perfect, so classy about white on white, and it showcases the gorgeous intricate die cut just beautifully. I die cut the main die three times from plain white card stock and adhered them all together to create a dimensional die cut. I adhered them to the white A2 card base. It’s amazing how much detail you can still see, even without any color!

I heat embossed a simple “happy anniversary” onto a strip of white card stock using gold embossing powder and adhered it using foam tape over the top of the dimensional die cut. For just a smidge of detail to coordinate with the gold embossing, I added some gold jewels to the die cut.

Don’t they look pretty together? I love being able to use one product in several ways.

If you like receiving a monthly subscription of craft supplies (I know mine really spark my creativity when I’m feeling mojo-less!), you should check out the Spellbinders monthly kits! You can choose multiple price points, and they’re all fantastic value. Definitely worth checking out!

Have a marvelous day, friends!

 

Two Takes on a Trend with Ellen Hutson!

Good morning! Today, I am collaborating with Ellen Hutson on a special blog post called Two Takes on a Trend! Using this beautiful inspiration photo:

I came up with two totally different projects!

 

For this first project, I used several different Altenew inks and white pigment ink to create a bokeh background with the Essentials By Ellen Bokeh Dots. I started by blending Sapphire, Rubellite, and Deep Iris inks on an A2 panel, then used the same inks to stamp various solid and open circle stamps from the Bokeh Dots set across the blended panel. I also added some white stamped circles and bursts using white pigment ink.

I trimmed a strip from the center of the blended panel, then mounted it on an A2 card base using dimensional foam adhesive, sliding a strip of royal blue foil from my stash beneath it. I die cut and stamped the greeting from the United We Flourish Sending Sunshine using Sapphire ink and the same blue foil beneath. I added a few Sparkling Clear sequins to add some sparkle to the front of the card.

I loved the color combination so much that I couldn’t resist making another card with the same ink shades. I used Altenew’s Starlight, Persian Blue, Emerald, Deep Iris, Rubellite, and Sapphire inks to stamp the Blooms Fill In from Concord and 9th, then used the coordinating dies to die cut some individual flowers.

Next, I die cut the tag from the Blooms Fill In die set and stamped it with the greeting included in the stamp set. I arranged the greeting and flowers on the stamped front using dimensional adhesive and added a few Sparkling Clear sequins.

Two completely different looks from the same inspiration photo! What do you think? Which one do you like better?

Check out the Ellen Hutson blog for even more inspiration!

Have a marvelous day, friends!