Friday, September 05, 2014

Countdown to Confetti: Quirky Cuties: Sammy Squirrel

Welcome to Day 1 of the September Release for Reverse Confetti


It's a fabulous fall release, 
with five new stamps sets & six new Confetti Cuts! 

Today, we are introducing a new set: 
 it's another adorable Quirky Cuties set called Sammy Squirrel.

You can see the product graphics at the bottom of my post.  

The first thing I noticed about Sammy Squirrel was his adorable bow tie, 
which immediately made me think of the 11th Doctor in Doctor Who -- "Bow ties are cool."
(We got Netflix this summer and have been watching the Doctor Who series
-- it's so good, I'm totally hooked!)
From there, the idea came to make this card....


See? He's in the Tardis! 
I created the Tardis using some navy card stock which I die cut using the rounded 
rectangle die from Class Act Confetti Cuts and inked the edges.
I created the window panes using the strips from Diagonal Stripe Pretty Panels Confetti Cuts.
For the "Public Call Box," I cut up the alphabet stamp from Class Act.
For the sentiment, I pieced together some of the sentiments from Quirky Cuties: Oliver Owl
which I stamped in Versamark on vellum & heat embossed in white.
(My daughter, Sage, was the one to come up with the sentiment -- it starts with "Who", get it?)
I stamped Sammy Squirrel on some kraft card stock and paper pieced him.
I added a little colour to his polka dot bow tie with a shimmer marker.

  

    


That's it for today!
There will be a $15 gift certificate up for grabs, so you make sure you leave a comment 
on each sneak peek post for each designer to increase your chances of winning!
Comments will close at noon CST on September 7th and the winner will be 
announced at 5pm on September 7th.

Want another chance to win? 
Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 
look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

49 comments:

Alanna said...

How clever is this?

Lisa H. said...

soooo so fun! love your Sammy!

Lyn said...

Great card, that squirrel is just the cutest :)

Sue D said...

Very clever!!

Deepti said...

How cute and clever !!

Vicki S said...

Clever setting for the squirrel. Nicely done.

Jennie said...

That is so original!! Cuteness!!

Maple said...

Great idea! Great card!

Lisa Petrella said...

So cute and totally clever!!!

Anita said...

What a clever idea! This is adorable.

Lizzie T a/k/a Wifelady said...

This is totally awesome!!! Any Doctor Who fan would LOVE this!!! Great job!

Annette Allen said...

HEEHEE how cute.. fun designing.

Jamie said...

What a cute idea for a card! I just love your daughters idea so cute!

Tracey McNeely said...

Super cute Leigh, you idea is brilliant!

Anonymous said...

So cute Leigh and very clever!!

Angel said...

How fun is this?! Cool idea!

Miriam Prantner said...

SO CLEVER!!! This is adorable, love it!!!

liz said...

Clever how you created a phone booth!

sharrilou said...

Oh, cutey, cutey. Loving that Sam of mine.

Heather said...

ha, that is so cute!!! great card.

Amy Sheffer said...

So clever! LOVE!!

Lisa Elton said...

Too cute!

Kara said...

so funny!

Mary-Anne V said...

Very fun card...love how he is looking out.

Celeste Goff said...

This little stamp image is just too adorable and I love how clever your phone booth is!

Taunya Butler said...

You are total awesome-sauce!! And this card rocks so much!! Love it - you are super creative and you amaze me!!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Such a fun card!

Monika/Buzsy said...

So awesome and creative!

Carolyn said...

What a fun idea, so creative.

Marybeth said...

What a creative idea,with the phone booth! Adorable!

greggers said...

Such a cute idea to put Sammy in a phone booth, so retro!

Betty said...

Great job on this card!

Nanasniftynitch said...

Oh my when I first saw this one I thought of Dr Who. LOL And you say look he is in a tardis. Love it!!!
xo Nana

Kelly Latevola said...

How clever you are! This is too cute :)

Lucinde | Lucilight said...

Very cute way to use that squirrel :)

TracyM #6773 said...

FIRST off I have to say how WONDERFUL it is to find a fellow crafty Whovian - WTG Leigh!!!
LOVE your COOL Tardis card and FUN sentiment - Sammy looks so CUTE peeking out the window :)
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!

Amy C. said...

Fun! I like the nod to Doctor Who. My son would love this card!

~amy~ said...

How cute is this?!

Sheri Gilson said...

What a fun card....love sweet Sammy!

Kathy said...

Sammy is just the cutest squirrel making his call from London! The royal blue and white are such a good pair with him. Love it, Leigh!

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

darling project!!!

Lynne in NI said...

Haaa I love your tardis!

clelie said...

Sammy Squirrel is adorable!

Iris said...

Cute card - love that squirrel.
isoscia at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

Hope Sammy's call goes through.
Great idea.
thanks for sharing.

Liz O. said...

Sammy is just too cute! very clever card! TFS

Denise Bryant said...

Darling card! Very clever design!

Ruth G said...

I've seen Sammy and his fun bow tie a number of times now, but it never even crossed my mind that he could be The Dr (probably because my hubby is the only family member who really likes #11 - although I have to admit I didn't watch until this season...)
This is super cute, though! I love the sentiment - great punny fun! Thanks so much for sharing!

cm said...

Brilliant...absolutely brilliant, with a heavy helping of cute added in, too!
~c