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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Countdown to Confetti - Day Three - Kindness Cards & Something Wonderful

Welcome back to day three of the Reverse Confetti January Release! Today we are featuring two new stamp sets and coordinating Confetti Cuts: Kindness Cards and Something Wonderful. I decided to make a few cards and then a pocket card to store or provide to someone to hold the cards. For the pocket card, I used two pieces of A2 cardstock panels. For each panel you will trim from the top of the fold to the opposite corner and then adhere them together with the back panels. The trimmed diagonal flap will criss cross over each other and can be adhered to create the pocket.

I then added patterned paper from the Forever My Love paper pad to decorate the outside of the pocket. The pocket itself was made from Mist cardstock. Instead of a belly band, I just created a faux belly band with the patterned paper and added a stamped sentiment from the Circle Wishes stamp and Confetti Cut that went really well with this stamp set. I created three Kindness cards to put on the inside and used Abyss, Coral, Seafoam and Peach inks on the project.

To pair up with my Kindness cards, I thought a little gift would be cute to leave with the cards. I made a couple of goodie boxes using the Goodie Box, Goodie Box Additions and Tag Duo Confetti Cuts. I used Navy cardstock for the Goodie Box. To decorate my tag, I die cut the words from the Kindness Confetti Cuts. I had been off the week of Christmas on vacation and plan to use my cards and gifts right away to give to some of my coworkers that assisted me while I was out!

The thank you on the lower goodie box has been cut multiple times to create some dimension for the sentiment! I love the you can stamp and then die cut the words out to add some additional layering elements! The Thank You cuts the two words separately so you can position them anyway that you want. The tiny heart and hashtag come from the Kindness set as well. There is also a little arrow that I used on my card pocket above that is available in stamp and as a Confetti Cut.

Next up is the Something Wonderful Stamp set and matching Confetti Cuts. This set as a lovely floral image and then several beautiful sentiments that can be used for encouragement or to share love with someone. The floral image reminds me of antique damask linens and I made two cards today with that in mind. The sentiments look fantastic heat embossed. I used gold and platinum embossing powders for these cards.

I stamped with Stone ink onto Stone cardstock and made a background with the floral stamp. I then heat embossed one of the sentiments with gold embossing powder onto vellum cardstock and then wrapped it around my panel.

Here is a close up of one of the sentiments in the set, isn't it gorgeous! I love the font! I gold embossed some white cardstock and die cut three hearts out. The smaller heart came from the Kindness Confetti Cuts and the larger heart is from the XOXO Hearts Confetti Cuts.

The next card uses the same stamping process as above but this time I used Iced Aqua cardstock and Iced Aqua ink. I varied the card a little bit by putting the sentiment on a Lacy Scalloped Frame Confetti Cut.

This time I added a single Salsa red heart and love the pop it makes against the Iced Aqua cardstock.

Once again, that sentiment again embossed beautifully onto the cardstock.

I wanted to use all the sentiments in this set so I made one more card. This time I heat embossed the floral image with platinum embossing powder onto Stormy cardstock and die cut with the Something Wonderful Confetti Cut.

I made a frame with the Pierced Round Top layers Confetti Cut. I then stamped my sentiment in white embossing powdered onto some Lead cardstock and popped up the frame and the floral images.

I added a twine bow with a felt flower cut using the Berry Sweet Confetti Cuts and added a sequin the middle. I then spray some Perfect Pearls onto the entire card.

Again the floral image reminds me of antique damask linen. That is it for me today!

Reverse Confetti is giving away a $15 gift certificate to one blog commenter and also to one Facebook commenter. Here is a link for the Reverse Confetti Facebook page. Please leave a comment on each sneak peak post for each designer and 'Fetti Friends, below is a link list for each one!

Comments will close at noon CST on January 7th and the winner will be announced at 5pm CST on January 7th on the Reverse Confetti Blog and Facebook page! Please check out the Reverse Confetti Blog for all the details on the giveaways!!

Jen Del Muro has lined up some very special guest to participate in our New Release Blog Hop on January 8th. You don't want to miss this hop and see more great inspiration with the new products. I cannot wait to hop along! Remember, all products will be available for purchase on January 8th!

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Tricia Barber - that's me!

and 'Fetti Friends,

I just love the new Ink Color Chart!

You can also see the cardstock colors available with the *!

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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Countdown to Confetti Day Two - Heart Spots

It's day two of the Countdown to Confetti January release and today we are sharing the new stamp and Confetti Cuts called Heart Spots. This set is uber adorable and so much fun to color! The cheetah's have hearts for spots! AWWW!

For my first card, I stamped the images from Heart Spots on Premier Polar White and colored with my Copic markers. I used the matching Heart Spots Confetti Cuts to die cut them out and then layered them onto a panel created with the new Falling Hearts panel.

I die cut it from Rose and White cardstock and saved the negative peices to use on another card later in the release. I stamped a sentiment from Heart Spots onto the panel and white heat embossed it. I then layered the panel onto a Stone card base.

Here is a close up of those Heart Spots! Aren't they adorable!

For my next card, I used only one of the leopards and colored up the flowers from the Heart Spots stamp set and created a window and focal point for the images using the Scalloped Squares Confetti Cuts along with Rose and Stone cardstock.

For the card base, I used Mist cardstock and layered some of the new patterned paper called Forever My Love. I die cut it with the Pierced Round Top Layers Confetti Cuts.

I stamped the sentiment on the Stone card stock and trimmed it with the edge of the Pierced Round Top Layer Confetti Cuts to give it a decorative edge along with die cutting with the Scalloped Squares frame. I layered it with the Scalloped Squares using Rose and white cardstock and layered my images for a focal point. These cheetah's are just too cute!

I am adoring this new stamp set and that new Falling Hearts Panel - I think you will see these a lot more from me!

Please be sure to check back for more sneaks on January 7th! We will have a new release hop on January 8th that is going to be HUGE! All products will be available for purchase on January 8th!

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Tricia Barber - that's me!

and 'Fetti Friends,

I just love the new Ink Color Chart!

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Friday, January 5, 2018

Countdown to Confetti Day One -Heart Filled Sentiments & Congratulations

It's day one of the Countdown and sneak peek for the new release for Reverse Confetti that will be available for purchase on January 8th. Today we are featuring Heart Filled Sentiments stamp set, Congratulations stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts.

Heart Filled Sentiments is perfect for Valentine's Day treats but anytime of the year that you want to share some love! This stamp set will pair nicely with the previously released Tag Duo Confetti Cuts. I created some really cute Valentine Day treats that were super quick to make. If you need to make for a classroom or large group, these would be easy to whip up.

I took some small glassine bags and added a 3x3 square piece of the new patterned paper from Forever My Love. You can use any type of small bag, but I loved the glassine so that you can see thru it. You can find them on Etsy.

I added some Dove candies to the bag and sealed them with a small heart that I turned into a sticker on the back. I used the Tag Duo Confetti Cuts and die cut several tags from cardstock in Rose and Flamingo. I stamped with Versamark and white heat embossed the various sentiments from Heart Filled. I die cut an accent to add using the XOXO hearts Confetti Cuts in white cardstock using the positive and negative pieces. A small wooden clip was used to add them to the twine.

Next up, I used the new Congratulations Stamp set and Congratulations Confetti Cuts to create a graduation card. My son will graduate high school this year and I am sure that I will need to masculine graduation cards for him and his friends. This set is perfect and I love the accents that are in included in the set.

I decided to stamp my sentiment on an angle onto a die cut circle from the Fa La La Confetti cuts. I used several of the patterned papers from the new Forever my Love paper pad and cut several pieces and layered them onto a white card base.

I used the stars and flares and cut from some Glitter cardstock and Stone cardstock and then added them to the circle to frame it out. I love the flares! You can use these with many other sets!!! I think the blues, greens and grays are beautiful together and make for a great masculine card.

I created another card with the Congratulations set but added it to the new Congratulations Square Panel. I stamped the star, balloon and heart on the same colored cardstock (Bumblebee, RC Aqua, and Rose) and then die cut them with the Congratulations Confetti Cuts. I love the streamers that you can add! These are so much fun! I cut them from the same cardstock and added them to the card.

On the Congratulations Square panel there is a perfect space for the sentiments! I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Congratulations stamp set. There are balloon strings that you can add to the image and I stamped them on the white card base. I covered the balloon, star and heart with my Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen. This Congratulations Square panel makes for such a quick card!

Comments will close at noon CST on January 7th and the winner will be announced at 5pm CST on January 7th on the Reverse Confetti Blog and Facebook page! Please check out the Reverse Confetti Blog for all the details on the giveaways!!

Please be sure to check back with me for more sneaks on January 6th and 7th! We will have a new release hop on January 8th. All products will be available for purchase on January 8th!

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Tricia Barber - that's me!