happiness is ... you

Just a sweet Reverse Confetti card today, a little something to show someone how much he or she means.

The sentiment is built from Arrows 'N Elements ("happiness is ...") and either Dream in Color or I Like You (both sets have the word "you" in that font). The papers are by Crate Paper, and the layout is from Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday #102. I've been itching to play along with this one for almost 2 weeks!

Here's a detail shot, which sure does magnify a wee mis-stamp on the letter "h" (hopefully not too noticeable). I'm not 100% sold on the overhanging "you," but I didn't find any other arrangement I was happier with, so it stays. I've got a little vellum addiction going on at the moment -- that's what the torn strip under the sentiment banner is.

Thanks for visiting me today!

Reverse Confetti One-Day Sale!

The fabulous Jen del Muro is celebrating her birthday today

with a one-day sale at REVERSE CONFETTI! 

Enjoy a 20% discount, today only, with coupon code:  RCBDAY20

(limited to in-stock product, online retail customers only)

Happy Birthday, Jen!

Good Times - Card Mania Challenge Guest

The talented designers at the Card Mania Challenge Blog kindly invited me to join them as a guest designer for their current challenge, which also happens to be their one-year anniversary. Congrats on the milestone, CMC! They are celebrating with lots of prizes, so be sure to head over there for all the details.

The theme this time is super easy and fun: Your Favorite Embellishment. No doubt about it, embellishing is my favorite part of making cards! While I love the trendy enamel dots and mists and sequins, I picked the one staple embellishment that nearly always makes its way onto my cards: buttons.

The darling image, Madeline Sat Night Fever, was graciously provided by the challenge sponsor, Milk N Coffee. I've been itching to color again (my Copics have seen precious little action for nearly a year), so working with one of their sweet images was a bonus! My coloring is quite rusty, though - forgive me.

Hope you'll head over to the Card Mania Challenge blog to view their amazing design team creations and, most important, to play along.

Thanks for visiting!

Reverse Confetti August Blog Hop

Hello August and Hello REVERSE CONFETTI Fans!  It’s the 8^th of the month – Blog Hop time! Are you ready to savor some sweet inspiration?  Grab a cuppa and take some time to enjoy this month’s creative Blog Hop from Reverse Confetti.  Last month’s release was fantastic and today we are inspiring you with projects and cards using those stamps and any other previously released stamps from Reverse Confetti.  Along with the Confetti Crew (our fabulous design team), we’ve also invited some extra friends to join in on the action!  

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you should have made it here from Amy Kolling’s blog. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using all of Reverse Confetti’s amazing stamp sets!

My card features the adorable CELEBRATE CAKE set. I stamped the ice cream scoop four times in various shades of pink and peach, then trimmed them out and stacked them on a kraft-colored cone. Oh, and I also stamped each cone with one of the polka-dot backgrounds in WHOLE LOTTA DOTS. For the sentiment, I ended up stamping it three times, once on the background, once on the cone, and once on the scoop, then lining everything up during assembly. Behind the sentiment, I added a few extra stamped images for interest: a single row of the large polka dot background from WHOLE LOTTA DOTS and the notebook lines from ARROWS 'N ELEMENTS. 

My layout is based on the current CAS(e) this Sketch challenge, #39, and the color palette is, once again, inspired by the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Watermelon Wonder.

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s time to hop on over to Amy Tsuruta’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers over on the Reverse Confetti blog. 


How would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own?  Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to REVERSE CONFETTI. Comments are open until Monday night, August 12^th at 11pm CST, and the winner will be announced on the Time for a Card Tuesday post on the 13^th over on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

A few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT)—Play along with us each month for your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list. 

‘FETTI FINDS—Link your REVERSE CONFETTI creations to the link list posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday.  (Note:  Reverse Confetti stamps are required for ‘Fetti Finds.)  A ‘Fetti Fave will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that months’ entries.  The ‘FETTI FAVE will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list.

Celebrate the creative side of you!

Stamps: CELEBRATE CAKE, WHOLE LOTTA DOTS, ARROWS 'N ELEMENTS

Paper: Neenah white card stock, Stampin' Up Sahara Sand card stock

Ink: Stampin' Up Cameo Coral and Soft Sky, Papertrey Melon Berry and Berry Sorbet,

white pigment ink

Accessories: Stampin Up markers, Tombow markers, air tool, embossing folder, foam adhesive, vellum, 

MFT notebook edge die, corner rounder, linen string, enamel dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate Your Inner Rock Star

Put your sunglasses on, I have a very out-of-character bright card to share today. I combined a few different Reverse Confetti sets: INNER ROCK STAR, ARROWS 'N ELEMENTS, and I LIKE YOU. 

The sentiment, guitar, star (stamped in yellow, behind the sentiment) and music notes (stamped in watermark ink on the green tag) are from INNER ROCK STAR. The red diagonal striped flags are from ARROWS 'N ELEMENTS. Last, I accented the edges of the orange panel with a row of tiny dots using a stamp from I LIKE YOU.

I love, love, LOVE this sentiment! 

Stamps: INNER ROCK STAR, ARROWS 'N ELEMENTS, I LIKE YOU

Paper: white, black, and grey card stock, orange textured card stock

Ink: VersaMark, yellow dye ink, black and red pigment inks

Accessories: green shipping tag, yellow tickets, yellow baker's twine, 

pennant border die, open circle border die, washi tape, corner rounder, foam adhesive

Thanks so much for stopping by!

For the Record, You Rock!

Just playing around with some scraps and Reverse Confetti's new INNER ROCK STAR set. 

I stamped and trimmed out the guitar and the two records. The white polka dots in the background are done with a stamp from WHOLE LOTTA DOTS. On the kraft card base, I used an old air art tool to mist some pink ink (hard to see), and then I flicked some Earl Grey Maya Mist on top of that. I thought a teensy bit of grunge would suit the rock theme.

The other elements are just a ribbon scrap, a pleated paper scrap, and a Jillibean Soup sticker. Easy-peasy.

Stamps: INNER ROCK STAR, WHOLE LOTTA DOTS

Paper: kraft card stock, My Mind's Eye scrap, Jillibean Soup sticker

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black. Stampin' Up White craft ink and Pixie Pink classic ink, Pixie Pink marker

Accessories: circle die, ribbon, Maya Mist, air art tool

Be sure to check out the Reverse Confetti blog. Jen has added some fun new features that you won't want to miss:

Wednesday in the Works -- not really about one thing in particular, but rather "the works" of a stamped card or project. This week's topic: Getting Published.

Confetti Camera -- In this weekly segment, one of the Confetti Crew designers will have the camera on both themselves, a a designer, and on their Reverse Confetti creations. You'll get a dose of Reverse Confetti inspiration, as well as get to know each designer a little better through some interview questions that we have prepared. This week, the camera is on ... Susan Liles! 

Thanks for visiting!

Card Kitchen - July Cards

I know we're all in the same "time flies" boat, but wheeee, summer sure is passing quickly! I can't believe I was actually silly enough to think I'd sit the by pool all of July and catch up on correspondence (hanging head in shame over some Christmas thank-you's that have yet to go out!). There's been no sitting at all this summer. It's all good -- an abundance, though!

I realized I haven't yet shared the cards I made using the July Card Kitchen kit. This kit is one of my favorite kits so far. I love the whole veggie theme!

The Card Kitchen - general info

July Kit

Card Kitchen blog (where peeks of the August kit have begun)

Card Kitchen on Facebook

See you again soon!