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One more April Jillibean Soup card to share today. This one is all stamping! I love how Jillibean Soup and other scrapbook companies are adding stamps to go with their collections, and decided to let these beautiful florals stand on their own today. The majority of my stamping was done using the Bowl of Dreams stamp set. I filled in with smaller flowers/branches/leaves from the Latte Love stamp set (which is a stamp set in the Shaker Shakers line).

I first stamped everything onto a white A2 panel, then used Papertrey Ink's Double Ups stitched rectangle die to cut the panel into an inside piece and an outer frame (same die does the cut line as well as the inside and outside stitching.) 

I popped up the inside piece onto fun foam for some subtle dimension.

Last, I splattered some black ink and added some clear sequins.

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Hi! Thinking of You!

Here's another card I had over on the Jillibean Soup blog earlier this month. More feathers! This time, I stamped my own, using the feather images in the Bowl of Dreams stamp set. Very similar layout to yesterday's card as well!

I first stamped my pattern in white ink, then went back and stamped a second time in yellow, rose, and green inks, offsetting slightly for the shadow/highlight effect. I also splattered the background with kraft and white ink.

In the bottom right, I added a rose pink card stock flag, a stamped sentiment, puffy sticker, and wood veneer flower (all from the Bowl of Dreams collection).

Look for Jillibean Soup products at your favorite retailer or shop in the Jillibean Soup online store.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

XOXO I Love You More

Over the next few days, I'll be sharing a few cards that I had on the Jillibean Soup blog earlier this month. 

I just adore this feather print in Jillibean Soup's Bowl of Dreams Collection. Those colors -- sigh ...

I trimmed down a piece to create a wide center strip, then backed it with a blue print with torn edges. Then for the fun embellishment cluster in the bottom right! I used a mixture of Bowl of Dreams Puffy Stickers and Bowl of Dreams Coordinating Stickers. The wood veneers flowers are also from the Bowl of Dreams collection.

I tear vellum often, but haven't done paper in a while! 

The Kraft card base really shows off those colors, don't you think? Jillibean Soup and Kraft always go hand-in-hand, too -- love that!

Look for Jillibean Soup products at your favorite retailer or shop in the Jillibean Soup online store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love You - April SFYTT

Hello, hello, and happy Wednesday!

 Reverse Confetti's April SFYTT soon will be wrapping up. To play along, link up your entry HERE by noon on the 29th.

Here's what we're working with this month:

For the vertical rectangle sketch element, I used a Cloud White Dots Tag Layer Confetti Cuts die-cut, and for the circle element, I used a Swirlies Confetti Cuts die-cut in Sand card stock.

Next, I added a cluster of pretty flowers that I stamped with the Blooms 'N Buds stamp set and die-cut with the corresponding Blooms 'N Buds Confetti Cuts dies. I accented each of the flowers with some white gel pen. Don't you just love the flowers in that set? 

For the horizontal element, I stamped the "love you" Bitty Banners onto a Bitty Banners Confetti Cuts die-cut.

Along the top of the tag, I added a Hang Ups Confetti Cuts die-cut topped with some gold cord and a sweet little wood veneer heart.

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Spring Fling Blog Hop

Reverse Confetti is part of a huge collaborative Spring Fling Blog Hop today. I'm super excited to have the above project posted over on the Reverse Confetti blog as part of the hop. Head on over there to join in the fun!

Have a great week!

Pattern Building with Glitter Tape

Hi there! I'm over on the Queen & Company blog with a couple more washi tape creations, this time glitter washi. In case you missed it, Queen & Company is featuring washi tape projects all month long. So many unique and creative ideas have been shared. Check it out if your washi stash tends to stay stashed ;)

My first card is a graduation congrats card. With so many colors to choose from, including silver and yellow/gold, it's pretty easy to customize graduation cards to most school colors. The glitter tape adds a festive note, don't you think?

I especially like the wide Blue Lines Tape, which has a unique texture that reminds me of crepe paper!

For my next card, I created a simple thank-you card that incorporates some fun positive-negative design elements.

Stop by the Queen & Company blog for more photos and how-to!

Have a great weekend, my friends! I'm off to my daughter's first horse show of the season, and it looks like it's going to be a rainy one.

Stained Glass Inlaid Cross

Hi there, I'm over on the Reverse Confetti blog today with a new WEDNESDAY IN THE WORKS project and video. Hope you'll visit with me over there!

I got to play with my new Distress Oxide inks for the background, too, and well ... I love them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey Traveler's Journal Page Blanks

Hey there, so excited to be back with a Papertrey Ink post! It's been a while. In case you haven't seen, I changed roles at Papertrey Ink, and this upcoming year I'll be a team contributor for Heather Nichols's Traveler's Journal product line. 

It's a smaller role, which I really needed, and I'm so thankful to both Nichole and Heather for making room for me here. It's also a more specialized role, which I'm super excited about, as I fell in love with these notebooks back in the fall when the product line first debuted. 

So, let's jump right in. Today's focus is all about the Traveler's Journal Page Blanks. These come with enough supplies (white linen pages and kraft covers) to make three individual notebooks. I think what I love most about these is how adaptable they are. The journals I'm sharing today include a simple jot-em-down book, an everyday memory keeping journal, and a fitness journal. 

My favorite use, by far, is memory keeping. I haven't "scrapbooked" in several years, and even then, it was spotty at best. This small format has been just the spark I needed to start recording some of those everyday life moments.

I started by decorating the cover. The sentiment is from Wet Paint II and the accents are mostly from Two Toned (stamps and dies) and the Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover dies.

On the inside cover, I included a Traveler's Journal: Envelope for collecting any small memorabilia. For me, the booklets are just about the right size for a month, so I went ahead and customized this one for April using the Traveler's Journal: Dates stamps from last month's release.

I've done a few pages so far. On each page, I'm showing the date using the Traveler's Journal: Dates set. I added my photos, journaling, and title sticker, as well as a little more stamping.

This farm-theme spread documents my daughter's day doing spring cleaning at her barn.

And this spread combines a few days' worth of highlights.

Stamps: Wet Paint II, Two Toned, Traveler's Journal: Dates, Barnyard Sentiments, On the Farm, Monthly Moments: Mini Slide Frame, Moments Inked: Remembered

Dies: Wet Paint II, Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover, Two Toned, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, Traveler's Journal: Envelope, Minute to Make: Holliday Tags, Sentiment Splits: Horizontal Curve,

Ink: Versamark, Green Parakeet, Dark Indigo, True Black, Soft Stone, Americana, Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Cocoa Bean

Paper: Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Indigo, True Black, Soft Stone, Classic Kraft, White card stock; Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dot and Black and White All Over Patterned Paper; linen vellum

Other: Nuvo drops, white linen thread, jewel brads, white linen thread, wood veneer hearts, alphabet stickers, jute twine

I love the trim size of the individual notebooks, and have found them perfect to tuck into a purse, car console, bedside table -- wherever your ideas may come where you need to jot down some quick notes.

Everything in these pretty much gets moved to another place, so they're more just temporary holding tanks. For example, my phone ran out of battery at the orthodontist's office the other day, so when it came time to schedule the next appointment, I just needed a paper reminder to add the appointment to my calendar.

These pages don't need to be fancy at all, really you can just leave them totally plain. I find I like lines to write on, so I stamped some using the Moments Inked: Listed stamp set. And then added a little washi for color :)

I also recommend stitching them up with some kind of elastic cord, otherwise, the books won't stay closed. I used the black elastic cord from the Papertrey store.

Notes to Self Journal:

Stamps: Wet Paint II, Moments Inked: Listed

Dies: Wet Paint II

Ink: Aqua Mist, New Leaf, Dark Indigo, Versamark

Other: Traveler's Journal: Page Blanks, Scalloped Skinny Washi Tape, Traveler's Journal: Black Elastic Cord, white embossing powder

Last, I shared the beginnings of a fitness journal back in December for the December Release in Review post, and wanted to share a idea for tracking activity. Those dates in the Traveler's Journal: Dates set are handy! It's a fair amount of stamping, but if you do your pages all ahead of time, you can easily set up weeks, even months, in advance.

Stamps: Making Strides, Traveler's Journal: Dates, Moments Inked: Active Symbols, Pencilgrams

Dies: Fabulous Frames

Ink: Green Parakeet, Dark Indigo, Tropical Teal, Versamark

Paper: Tropical Teal

Other: Traveler's Journal: Page Blanks

Thanks so much for joining me today! Be sure to visit Nichole's blog today for lots more Traveler's Journal inspiration!

Reverse Confetti April Blog Hop

It's the 8th of the month and time for Reverse Confetti's monthly blog hop. As RC approaches it's 4th birthday next month, it's also time to clear out some old inventory to make way for the new. Be sure to visit Jen on the Reverse Confetti blog for a list of stamps and dies that have or will be retiring once currently inventory is gone. If something on the retirement list is also on your wish list, now might be a good time to pick that up! I've chosen a couple favorites from the retirement list and will highlight them later on in this post. But first, today's project!




I saw Rebecca Luminarias's gorgeous egg carton projects a couple of days ago, and once I read that she found the egg cartons at the Target dollar spot, it wasn't more than half a second before I hit the road to snag up some before they disappear! Go get these if you're anywhere near a Target!

I started by wrapping a band of spring plaid paper  and some turquoise seam binding around the carton, then added some layered circle elements, an Easter sentiment and some butterfly accents. Super quick and easy to put these together!

In the far back is a paper doily. Next is a lightly sponged Lacy Scallop Circle Confetti Cuts die-cut. The sentiment, from Easter Blessings, has been stamped in Piggy Bank ink. Next is a Swirlies Confetti Cuts die-cut in vellum. And last are three stamped butterflies.

I think I'm going to need more of these cartons! They're just too cute!

Stamps: Easter Blessings, Butterfly Dreams
Dies: Lacy Circle Swirles, ButterflyDreams
Ink: Piggy Bank, Lime Green
Paper: Photoplay patterned paper, white card stock, vellum
Other: seam binding, doily, egg carton

Back to that retired list ... some goodbyes are harder than others. But we're also making room for goodies to come, and retirement list items are discounted by 40%!

Fabulous Flamingo is one of my all-time favorites:

As well as Paper Crane:

Be sure to visit the Reverse Confetti team for lots more inspiration:

Reverse Confetti blog 
Amy Kolling

'Fetti Friend, Kathy Schweinfurth
Heather Pulvirenti
Lisa Henke
Melissa Phillips
Amy Rohl
Heather Hoffman
Amy Tsuruta
Audrey Tokach
Amy Sheffer (you are here)
Leigh Penner 
Jeanne Jachna
Laurie Schmidlin
Susan Liles

Have a great weekend, friends! Enjoy the hop!