Thanksgiving Inspirations

Today is Day 3 of Papertrey Ink's August release countdown and our first group post for this release. We have a number of autumn and Thanksgiving products to introduce today:

Color Pop: Autumn by Betsy Veldman

Splits: Giving Thanks by Maile Belles

Paper Clippings: Thankful For You by Betsy Veldman

Give Thanks by Dawn McVey

Autumn Pumpkins by Heather Nichols

Be sure to hop around to all the designers (links are below) for a look at everything!

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm ET on August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

Just like Betsy's previous Color Pop kits, Color Pop: Autumn includes stamps, dies, stencils, and a paper assortment that includes both stencil-ready patterns and die-cut ready designs. My card focuses on the pre-printed die-cut shapes and the patterned paper. 

As you can see, I opted to leave the background paper as-is and not color it in with the stencils. I love how that subtle print allows the bold die-cut shapes to really stand out.

I also brought in some metallic gold, both with the sentiment, which I die-cut from a Luxe Gold Adhesive sheet and the chevron gold foil paper, which is from the Gold Luxe Foil Patterned Paper collection.

I usually prefer my fall creations to be more on the natural, rustic side, but I've gotta say, I'm really loving the elegance and sophistication of these colors, especially with the gold!

Stamps: Color Pop: Autumn

Dies: Color Pop: Autumn, Noted: Scalloped A1

Ink: Canyon Clay

Paper: White card stock, Luxe Gold Adhesive Sheet, Gold Luxe Foil Patterned Paper collection, Color Pop: Autumn paper collection

Other: foam tape

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Next is a look at Paper Clippings: Thankful For You, Paper Clippings: Thankful For You Details, and Inspired: Blessed.

 I've stamped and die-cut the detail images, and arranged them onto a napkin ring for a pretty, easy, and inexpensive way to dress up your Thanksgiving table.

Stamps: Paper Clippings: Thankful For You; Inspired: Blessed

Dies: Paper Clippings: Thankful For You; Inspired: Blessed

Ink: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Americana, Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Simply Chartreuse

Paper: Rustic White card stock

Other: natural jute twine

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Last is a simpler, sweeter, more country card project using the sweet Autumn Pumpkins stamps and dies. The pumpkins are stamped, die-cut, and watercolored, then layered over a wreath that I stamped using the previously released Twig Wreath. The leaves and branches are from Autumn Pumpkins, with the exception of one floral image from Twig Wreath.

I kept this super simple and just rounded the bottom corners and added a touch of Aqua Mist gingham patterned paper to the top.

Stamps: Autumn Pumpkins, Twig Wreath

Dies: Autumn Pumpkins

Ink: Cocoa Bean, Soft Stone, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, 

Orange Zest, Canyon Clay

Paper: watercolor paper; Fresh Snow Linen and Soft Stone card stock; 

Chicken Scratch paper collection

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For more Thanksgiving inspiration, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Ashley Newell

Betsy Veldman

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Lizzie Jones

Melissa Phillips

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Introducing Lucky Break

Welcome to Day 2 of Papertrey's August release countdown. I'm excited to share some projects that I made with a new set by Lizzie Jones called Lucky Break. This is such a fun little set!

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm ET on August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

Lucky Break features a wish bone image as well as several related sentiments. There is also a coordinating Lucky Break die for the wish bone.

I had fun with some layering on my first card. The gold embossed Lucky Break wish bone is layered onto a leafy die-cut from Kay Miller's new Stylized Autumn stamp set. I repeated that image on the card base for extra color. 

The main panel is die-cut with one of the Noted: Scalloped A2 dies for that stitched border, then mounted onto a panel of new Saffron Spice card stock color. I'm really loving this new color! It pairs nicely with so many of the other Papertrey colors. I especially like it with Smokey Shadow, which I used for my card base. 

I'm also loving the gold embossed and embellished wish bone. I think these would make pretty tag focal points too. Or they would look pretty as napkin rings, too.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2, Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Ink: Versamark, Spring Moss, Canyon Clay

Paper: white, Saffron Spice, Smokey Shadow

Other: True Black baker's twine, enamel dots, foam adhesive

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For this next card, I used the wish bone image to stamp a background pattern in Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides. A stamp positioning tool really helps with this!

I added an embellished sentiment strip to the bottom right corner for a simple, clean design.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Dies: Stylized Autumn

Ink: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides

Paper: White, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow

Other: white thread, white embossing powder

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Last up is a quirky, fun card featuring Lucky Break and Give Me A Hand. My original idea was to have two hands pulling on the wish bone, but when I saw the Keep It Simple: From All of Us sentiment, I had the idea to add a whole bunch of hands and make it a group card. 

In my mind, the hands are not meant to be pulling on the wish bone, but that does sort of beg the question what ARE they doing then? Maybe giving a token of luck? It actually looks more like the laying of hands than anything!

I don't have the dies for Give Me A Hand (yet), so the hands are all fussy cut. The wish bone is die-cut with the Lucky Break die. With some creative masking, you could definitely pull something like this off as a one-layer card.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Give Me A Hand

Dies: Lucky Break

Ink: Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Saffron Spice, Cocoa Bean, Limeade Ice, Tropical Teal, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Real Red, Aqua Mist, True Black

Paper: white card stock

Other: corner rounder

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For more August release product introductions, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Melissa Phillips

I'm sure Betsy, Kay, Maile, Erin, Lizzie, and Lexi will have more ideas for their new products too!

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Reverse Confetti August Release Hop

Reverse Confetti's August release is now available, and the Confetti Crew and friends are blog hopping to celebrate! I hope you'll join us!

All of the new products are now available in the Reverse Confetti store.

Today's card is a tribute to the amazingly talented Kay Miller, who recently stepped down from the Reverse Confetti team to pursue other fun adventures. While I'm super excited for her, I am also going to miss her unique Reverse Confetti creations. As I was working with Toucan of Friendship, and imagining the bright colors I would use to bring it to life, I thought of Kay and her bright, colorful creations and decided to make a Kay-inspired card!

I started with a turquoise and green watercolored and splattered background, then layered Copic-colored Toucan of Friendship images in all sorts of bright colors. Last step was to add a stamped sentiment and a few clear sequins for some sparkle.

Stamps: Toucan of Friendship

Dies: Toucan of Friendship

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: watercolor paper, white card stock

Other: Copic markers, white gel pen, watercolors, foam tape, clear sequins

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For lots more new release inspiration, visit the Reverse Confetti Crew and special guests:

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

Teri Anderson, Fetti Friend

Heather Pulvirenti

Diane Jaquay

Lisa Henke

Veronica Zalis, Fetti Friend

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Audrey Tokach

Amy Sheffer (you are here)

Leigh Penner

Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Thanks so much for visiting!

Countdown to Confetti - Elephant, Toucan, and Worm Cuties!

Welcome to the third and final day of Reverse Confetti's August countdown peeks! Today we have THREE adorable Dawn Machell sets to share -- Toucan of Friendship, Worm Wishes, and Coffee and You. Dawn's sweet and whimsical illustrations have earned their way into so many RC fans' hearts; you're sure to love, love, love these!

All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store

 tonight at midnight ET.

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 an additional giveaway.

I'm sharing cards with two of the three sets today (saving the third for tomorrow's hop!). First up is Coffee and You. How adorable are these mice and the elephant?! I'm absolutely smitten!

I stamped, die-cut and colored the different images with Copic markers. The hill was done with one of the Edgers Confetti Cuts dies.

For the cloudy sky, I sponged around the Double Edge Wonky Scallop Border die-cut first, then popped up a few cloud die-cuts from the Weather It Together Confetti Cuts die set.

  

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And next is Worm Wishes, a super sweet set for back to school and so much more! I stamped a bunch of pencils next to each other, then colored them in rainbow colors before adding the sentiment and the stamped and die-cut worm.

I definitely prefer my rainbow cards to be more CAS. Let all that color really stand out! I layered everything onto a white card base and then added one of the All Framed Up Confetti Cuts frames for a subtle white-on-white detail.

 

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 For links to all the RC designers posting today, visit the Reverse Confetti blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and do make plans to join us for our blog hop tomorrow! Can't wait!

Countdown To Confetti - Forever In Our Hearts & In A Jam

It's Day 2 of Reverse Confetti's August release countdown, and we have two more sets to introduce: Forever In Our Hearts, a beautiful sympathy set, and In A Jam, a really fun and unique food-themed set.

All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store

at midnight ET August 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 an additional giveaway.

I've needed quite a few sympathy cards in the past few weeks, so the new Forever In Our Hearts stamp set has been especially welcome in my collection. Some of the sentiments in this set work well for general encouragement and pick-me-up cards, too. 

For this card, I started by watercoloring soft putty-colored stripes onto watercolor paper. Then I stamped the sentiment, added the floral accents, stitched the edges and adhered to a light gray card base. It has just the look and feel I was going for -- some kind of cross between dark and light, somber and serene.

Stamps: Forever In Our Hearts

Confetti Cuts Dies: Leafy, Rose Garden, Flower Wrap, Heart to Heart

Ink: Pumice Stone Distress Ink; Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: PTI Soft Stone, White, Pinefeather, Smokey Shadow, and Ripe Avocado card stock; watercolor paper

Other: flat watercolor brush, satin sequins, sewing machine

 

  

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Next is the super sweet In A Jam and Jam Jar Confetti Cuts. I love these! I added the spoon die-cut, which is from the previously released Love & Ice Cream Confetti Cuts, and the teeny heart tag, which is from the previously released Flower Wrap Confetti Cuts.

The pretty papers are all from an older 6x6 Simple Stories collection called Homespun.

Stamps: In A Jam

Confetti Cuts Dies: Jam Jar, Flower Wrap, Love & Ice Cream, Edge Essentials

Ink: Hero Arts Field Greens

Paper: PTI Rustic White and Kraft card stock; Simple Stories Homespun 6x6 collection 

Other: foam adhesive, just twine

  

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 For links to all the RC designers posting today, visit the Reverse Confetti blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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