Countdown to Confetti: Gift Card Holder Tag, Hang Ups, With Love, Alphabetical

Hello, Reverse Confetti fans, welcome to Day One of our November release countdown. The November release includes two stamp sets, four Confetti Cuts die sets, and a new Quick Card Panels collection called Holly Jolly.

All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store at midnight on November 8.

Be sure to visit the Reverse Confetti blog for links to all the designers posting peeks today. Leave comments on each designer's blog for a chance to win a $15 Reverse Confetti gift certificate. Also, head over to the Reverse Confetti Facebook page for another $15 giveaway.

Today, we're featuring the Gift Card Holder Tag Confetti Cuts die set, along with the Hang Ups Confetti Cuts die set, the With Love stamp set, and the Alphabetical stamp set.

The shining star of today's featured products is the genius Gift Card Holder Tag Confetti Cuts die set, which includes a tag base, a nested rectangle layer (for turning the tag into a frame or for layering), a curved slit to fit a gift card, and two banner pieces to accent the curved slit.

For my tag, I've used the tag base die to cut two tags -- a back piece in white and a front piece from a Quick Card Panel (my apologies, this particular Quick Card Panel was part of last month's 'Tis the Season QCP collection, which has sold out, but many of the QCP's fit the Gift Card Holder Tag beautifully. You can place the gift card slit wherever you like, depending on your design and how much of the gift card you want showing. Adhere the two tags around the perimeter and you have the perfect little place to tuck a gift card.

I embellished with a vellum Wreaths Confetti Cuts die-cut and some sparkly silver sequins.

I tied the tag to a kraft pillow box. The snowflakes are stamped in white using an image from the Jolly Holiday stamp set from last month's release.

STAMPS: Jolly Holiday

CONFETTI CUTS DIES: Wreaths, Gift Card Holder Tag, Hang Ups

INK: white pigment ink

PAPER: Reverse Confetti 'Tis the Season Quick Card Panels, vellum, white card stock

OTHER: silver sequins, green stitched ribbon, black and white baker's twine, silver embroidery floss, kraft pillow box

 

  

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  Thanks so much for visiting today! Remember to head to the Reverse Confetti blog for more inspiration and links to today's design team posts.

Also, before I go, mark your calendars for another special online showcase event. Three days of over-the-top holiday crafting inspiration -- can't wait!

See you tomorrow for Day 2 of the November release countdown!

More Birthday Inspiration

Today is the second day of Papertrey's June release group posts, and we have some fabulous birthday products to share with you today. I'll be featuring the Enclosed: Cupcake stamps and dies, Party Hat and Trims dies, and an adorable Favor It: Cupcake Box die.

All of the May release products will be available in the Papertrey Ink store June 15 at 10 pm EST. Stop by Nichole's blog for product details, giveaway info, and inspiration.

We were challenged to find a photo to inspire our creations today, and I chose this adorable and festive fabric tutu from the Lullaby Bird etsy store.

I love the colors, the fabric strips, and the polka dots (the cowboy boots are darling too!)

And here's my ensemble:

The card features Dawn's Enclosed: Cupcake stamps and dies:

The white cupcake base is spritzed with aqua, lime, and gold mists, then layered with a Limeade Ice cupcake wrapper, and a Luxe Gold Adhesive frame. The numbers were die-cut out of Tropical Teal felt using the new Sew Stylish numbers dies.

In the background is a layer of of Sheer Basic Vellum in the star pattern, a Tropical Teal layer, and a Stitched Rectangle white layer.

For the Favor It: Cupcake Box, before assembling, I stamped a row of birthday candles in Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, and Harvest Gold using a candle image from Enclosed: Cupcake.  Along the bottom, there is an Eyelet Lace border in Tropical Teal felt, topped with a Harvest Gold button and some Black and White Baker's Twine. 

I added some small gold sequins above and around the candles. To the top, I adhered a Limeade Ice satin ribbon bow and a Tiny Tags die-cut stamped with "enjoy" from Enclosed: Cupcake.

The Party Hat die is so fun! I die-cut a hat out of Tropical Teal and Sheer Basic Vellum and layered them together. The scallop border along the bottom is part of the Party Hat Trims die set. A little pom pom trim seemed perfect for the bottom, as well as a white pompom for the top.

For the medallion piece, I first die-cut several layers of the fringed circle out of teal tissue paper, stitched them together, and ruffled the edges. Next I cut a fringed border out of lime tissue paper, formed it into a circle and adhered it behind the teal fringed circle. The word "birthday" was die-cut from white card stock and topped with gold tickles. 

That's it for me today! Aren't these new products fabulous?

For more inspiration, visit:

Nichole Heady

Ashley Newell

Betsy Veldman

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Laura Bassen

Laurie Willison

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips

Thanks for visiting today!

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Enclosed: Cupcake

DIES: Enclosed: Cupcake, Party Hat, Party Hat Trims, Favor It: Cupcake Box, Stitched Rectangles, Eyelet Lace Border, Sew Stylish Numbers, Tiny Tags

INK: Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, True Black

PAPER: white, Tropical Teal, Limeade Ice, Harvest Gold

OTHER: Sheer Basics Vellum, black and white baker's twine, Harvest Gold buttons, Luxe Gold Adhesive, gold embroidery thread, Tropical Teal felt, gold sequins, Limeade Ice Satin Ribbon, white pompom, yellow pompom trim, gold stickles, teal and lime tissue paper, sewing machine, metallic gold thread

Party Hat Pillow Box

Here's a sweet little embellished pillow box for today using some of the new Reverse Confetti products. 

The pillow boxes (kraft with metallic silver dots) came from the Target dollar spot back before Christmas. I wrapped some silver cord around the box and tied off in a bow.. Behind the cord, I added a Stars Pretty Panel die-cut in white. Now the fun part -- the party hat, which was done with Reverse Confetti's new Party Hats stamp set and Party Hats Confetti Cuts dies.

I love, love, love how Jen did the tissue paper fringe on her party hats last week, and couldn't wait to try! 

I layered a few Star Garland Confetti Cuts pieces and a Circle Garland Confetti Cuts die-cut for a little extra pizzazz.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Love Notes Mini Postal Drop Box

I've been having visions. Of something I want my Cricut to cut for me. I went looking for info on how to make a cut file (anyone? anyone? please, pretty please?), didn't find what I was looking for, but *did* stumble upon this freakin' adorable mailbox template over at SVGcuts.com. Love at first sight!

The sentiment (so perfect!) comes from Verve's Love Notes set. I let the Cricut do the hard stuff, then just assembled the box and added the stamped sentiment, some die-cuts and a few simple embellishments. Easy -- really!

 The front has a little pull-down door. I decorated the outside of it with some Stampin' Up houndstooth paper, a Spellbinders Labels Fourteen die-cut, the stamped sentiment, a punched leaf/branch, silver cord, and a rolled flower that I cut with my Rolled Flower Die-namics die from My Favorite Things.

 I decorated the left with houndstooth paper (the houndstooth panels are all cut with handy optional extra files in the SVGcuts kit), a heart that I cut with Verve's Jotted Heart die, more rolled flowers and two more punched branches.

 The right side I left plain ... just a houndstooth panel.

On the top is a seam binding/silver cord/button combo. I think I'll hang a To/From tag from the bow on the top, fill up the mailbox with some chocolates, and give it to one of my kids' teachers for Valentine's Day. If I can part with it {wink}.

Happy Thursday! Thanks for visiting!




Stamps: Love Notes (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler card stock and Love Letter designer series paper, Papertrey Vintage Cream card stock
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Valentine Mailboxes SVG Kit (svgcuts.com), Verve Jotted Heart die, Spellbinders Labels Fourteen Nestabilities die, My Favorite Things Rolled Flower Die-namics die, Martha Stewart branch punch,  Michael's silver cord, seam binding, Papertrey button, Kaisercraft black adhesive pearls, Scor-Tape, hot glue gun
Dimensions: 3 3/4"W x  5 1/4"H x 3"D

Cup of Life

I've secretly been wishing for coffee and tea images all dressed up in Verve style, so I was thrilled when I saw the new Cup of Life (tea) and Delightful & Delicious (coffee) sets. Some of the Divas, myself included, are showing peeks of these sets over on the Verve blog today, so be sure to head that way!

For my project, I made a gift set that includes a box to hold loose tea and a coordinating card. Here's a closer look at the box:



To make this, I dismantled a box I already had on hand, intending to use it as a template, but it pretty much ended up working out to be a variation of the 2-5-7-10 box (a tall, skinny box with the front and back pinched together at the top - follow the link for directions).


The card was so fun to make! Here's a closer look:



I made the tea cup using different Spellbinders dies. The bowl part of the cup is a partial circle, the pedestal is the very tip top of a Labels 4 die, and the handle is from the Flourish Accents Shapeabilities. The tea bag tag and the steam rising from the cup were made with images from Cup of Life.

The grand finale of all the Anni-VERVE-sary fun, Verve's official Release Party, is TONIGHT from 8-10 pm in the Verve Forum. We'll be revealing the full sets, showing more projects, chatting, and announcing the winners of all the giveaways we've been doing this week. It's sure to be a fun time - hope you can pop in!

In the meantime, have a fantastic Friday!



Stamps: Cup of Life (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Prismatics Medium Island Mist, K&Co "Charlotte" and "Roam" dp
Ink: Ranger Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain Distress inks
Accessories: Spellbinders classic and scalloped circle and Labels 4 Nestabilities, Spellbinders flourish die, Papertrey buttons, May Arts burlap string, foam adhesive, Stampin' Up Top Note die, sewing machine, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch

MFT Hop Around the Block: Fill Your Jar!

Welcome to My Favorite Things' mid-month Hop Around the Block! This month, we're changing the way you gift! If you've arrived here from Christina's blog, you're right on track. If you stopped by on your own, you may want to start at the beginning with Kim. I'd hate for you to miss a single thing!

Tonight, MFT is releasing two fantastic new stamp sets designed for gift-giving, as well as an all-new packaging product - these awesome 16-ounce, squarish, clear plastic jars! Together they make perfect packaging for personalized and economical gift giving! I've filled my jar with office supplies (binder clips, paper clips, rubber bands) and decorated it with the teacher label set. It's all about presentation sometimes, you know? Would I leave the same supplies in their original packaging and call them a teacher gift? Never. But presented this way? You bet! Especially with a gift card tucked inside the matching card.

I pulled out my Making Memories Chloe's Closet assortment of papers and embellishments for this project. This line is so cute to start with, and with its office look (grid paper, ledger paper, ruler-themed twill, etc.), I thought it would work well for a teacher gift. The one downside is that it is a bit girly. I have two more of these to make, but they need to go to male teachers. Well, tonight MFT is also releasing some new, wonderfully gender-neutral, school-themed digital papers that I can't wait to try just as soon as my stinker of a printer starts playing nice again!

A closer look:












Next up is a spa gift item using the new Time For the Bubbly label set:



I found these tubes of bath pearls in the dollar spot at Target this week and discovered that three of them fit perfectly in one of the oodles of clear card boxes I have left over from doing craft shows a few years ago. (This packaging is definitely inspired by the many test-tube-type projects that have been floating around blogland over the past year or so.) I decorated the tubes and the clear box with MFT's luxurious Chocolate Kiss patterned papers and coordinating ribbon assortment, and then added a fancy tag. Three dollars for the bath pearls and a couple more bucks (at most) for the clear box and papercrafting supplies, and you're looking at a total of $5-$7 - can't beat that!

Did you notice the pleated and stapled twill on the teacher card and the ruffly, pleated pink ribbon on the bath pearls tag? I'll show you how to achieve those looks in this week's How They Do That Tutorial. And this week's What's Up Wednesday Challenge is, you guessed it, ribbon pleating. I hope you'll give it a go!

Some detail shots:








That's it for me! Next stop on the hop is the amazing Holly McMillen! Remember, there are goodies at the very end!!




Teacher Gift Supplies:
Stamps: Teacher Label set (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Making Memories "Chloe's Closet" dp, SU Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Buckaroo Blue, Papertrey Vintage Cream
Ink: SU Buckaroo Blue and Kiwi Kiss, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: MFT clear jar; Chloe's Closet acrylic stickers, ribbons, buttons, flowers, brads; SU mini paper clips, paper piercer and spiral puch; Martha Stewart cornice border punch; Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts burlap string; foam adhesive; paper piercer; distressing tool; staples; office supplies for jar contents


Bath Pearls Gift Supplies:
Stamps: Time for the Bubbly Label set (My Favorite Things)
Paper: MFT Chocolate Kiss dp and Perfect Paper panels; SU Whisper White
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Papertrey Dark Chocolate
Accessories: clear box; MFT and Offray ribbon; EK Success fleur-de-lis punch; SU scalloped border punch, scalloped circle punch, flower punches, and Pretties kit; Labels 3 Nestabilities; Michael's floral dept flowers; Kaiser self-adhesive pearls; Prismacolors, Gamsol, and blending stump; foam adhesive