Sunday, June 05, 2016

Countdown to Confetti: Mermaid Kisses & Seaside

Welcome, 'Fetti Fans to Day 1 of the June Release for Reverse Confetti



This month is a fantastic release, 
with four new stamps sets & seven new Confetti Cuts!

Today, we're showcasing two adorable new sets 
that both come with coordinating Confetti Cuts: 
Mermaid Kisses and Seaside.


I started by smooshing some tropical teal ink onto my white panel.
I diecut my Mermaid Kisses Confetti Cuts and stamped in the
images using versafine onyx black ink.
I coloured them in using ink pressed onto my acrylic block,
water and a paintbrush.



I embossed my lilac panel using the new Scalloped Cover Panel
Confetti Cuts and applied a little bit of lavender fields
ink with my blending tool.


One of the things that I love about the sets designed by
Dawn Machell is that the sentiments are all in the same font,
so you can easily mix and match from different sets.
Here, I paired the "happy birthday" from Monkey Business
with the fun "fin-tastic" sentiment from Mermaid Kisses.



To finish off my card, I added some rainstones, including
a trio to the flower on the mermaid's head.

For my next card, I was inspired by the current Fusion Card Challenge:
Something Blue photo and sketch to make my card:

I used the new Seaside stamp set & coordinating Seaside Confetti Cuts
to make my card, as well as the new Scalloped Tag Layer Confetti Cuts


I started by diecutting my Scalloped Tag Layer Confetti Cut from white cardsock.
I also impressed it onto a piece of watercolour paper and fussy cut it out by hand.
On the watercolour tag, I coloured it in using four Zig markers,
some water and a paintbrush.
Then, I layered the white Scalloped Tag Layer over top.


I layered it over some white cardstock that I trimmed and adhered
to my Bazzill Basics Robin's Egg cardstock.
I stamped the anchor from Seaside onto its coordinating diecut.
I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of vellum in versafine
onyx black and heat embossed it in clear.

Lastly, I have a card to share that was inspired by
I thought it was so fun!
Here's the card it inspired:

 

On a piece of fine linen cardstock, I stamped images from Seaside
and Mermaid Kisses in versamark and then heat embossed them in clear.
Then, I blended Altenew Dusk ink over top with my blending tool.
To make it have more of a "weathered wooden sign look",
I applied some cream acrylic paint to it, using a dry brush technique.


I split the panel with my trimmer and stamped the sentiment onto
another piece of fine linen cardstock, using the "Ahoy!"
from Seaside & "new baby" from the previously released Whole Lotta Happy.



  
  
 
  
 

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 Tuesday, June 7th and the winner will be 
announced at 5pm later that day.

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

59 comments:

Lynn said...

Wow! Love the variety of your cards Leigh and how you showed so many different styles. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Fusion too!

~amy~ said...

WOW! You've been busy...love everything Leigh!

Lisa H. said...

wow! these are all so great. I love that last projects, you nailed the inspiration piece....totally love it.

Betty Sue said...

Gorgeous!! Love!!

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

Awesome cards! I love the seaside baby card you created from the inspiration piece!

Pam Young said...

Love, love, love your products today!! Way to use these new products in such interesting ways!! Love this new release so much!! Thanks so much!

Larissa Heskett said...

SQUEAL!! Leigh I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!! =) That last New Baby Card is my Favorite!! Just AWESOME!! =) I CAN'TWAIT to see MORE!! Have a FABULOUS RELEASE WEEK!! HUGS!!

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy that mermaids are "on trend" this summer! I love your cards, Leigh!

Diane Jaquay said...

These are all fabulous, Leigh, but especially the 3rd card, absolutely LOVE how you were inspired by that wooden sign!!!

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Your cards are just gorgeous - so creative!! So excited about this month's release :)!

Karen B. said...

I adore all the techniques shown here, as well as your ability to showcase all the supplies from the release. So cute!

Diane Wien said...

Love your interpretation of the sign. So doggone cute! Thanks for the great inspiration!

Donna said...

The Mermaid is definitely my favorite and I can't stop smiling. Great job.

Connie said...

What a great bunch of ideas! LOVE!

Jill Norwood said...

Beautiful cards Leigh! Love the texture the dry brush technique added.

Unknown said...

Love all your projects - they're so unique and inspiring!

Kim Faucher said...

Love your style!!! That third card is perfection. Looks like a print!!

Lisaerica said...

Wow, such great projects! You've sparked some future projects using the new release! Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

Michele K. Henderson said...

All of these sea themed cards are adorable, Leigh! Love your ideas!
Take Care!
Michele

Carey Nusbaum said...

Wow! You have been cranking out the cards! Nice job Leigh! I love the coloring you did on the first two cards! Your color choices were awesome! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!

Denise Bryant said...

Cute as can be! Love the scalloped dies and that darling mermaid set!

Kim Heggins said...

Fabulous collection of sweet cards...just love that little mermaid.

Ericka Strange said...

Great cards. Love them all and the multicolored background of the scalloped tag. So pretty. Great job.

Mel said...

Beautiful. Love the baby card!

Connie M said...

Super cute designs, so inspiring. Can't wait to try my own.

Becca Yahrling said...

Super cute! Love the mermaid - she looks good in purple! :-)

MaggieM said...

The baby card was really cute.

Andrea Shell said...

Lovely projects! Great use of color.

McStamper said...

Fantastic cards.

Kay Miller said...

I love both of these to pieces Leigh!! You did an awesome job with these new sets!!

Unknown said...

Very cool resist techniques. Love rthe look!

Judie said...

Amazing cards! Love the purple and teal combo!

Pat said...

That card/sign was amazing!!

Linda Hahn said...

Love your coloring on the first 2 cards! The 3rd one is just amazing! Thanks for sharing your technique and I love the way you used the seaside stamps and the mermaid kisses stamps together on the same card!

Celeste Goff said...

Oh my gosh Leigh, what absolutely gorgeous cards! I especially love that adorable little mermaid!

Nora Noll said...

AMAZING cards!! I think I like the second one the best with all those fabulous blues!!

Mary Holshouser said...

The new baby card is darling.
Love all of them.
thanks for sharing.

Mary-Anne V said...

Wonderful projects but the last card with the cool technique really caught my eye.

Kathy said...

So wowed by your making three projects at once! The colors are gorgeous, and love the Mermaid and Anchor ones. The last one is so interesting with those sweet smiling creatures!

cindybearj said...

I love your cards. They are so different. I love the way you used the lilac paper and embossed it with the diecut and the pretty watercolor smoosh and rainstones make a beautiful background for the pretty little mermaid. I like all the colors of blue you used in the second card. And then the last but not the least I love the idea of dry brushing the cream paint on top of the beautiful Dusk ink. It does look like a wooden panel!

Unknown said...

Cute cards, great colors!

Kim Klinkovsky.My Kraft Kloset said...

So cute!!! Love all the little details!~Kim K. at My Kraft Kloset & Cardmaker Blog Team

Lisa Elton said...

These are fantastic Leigh!! Love the sweet little mermaid!

Deepa M. said...

Love all your projects, but the last project inspired by the pinterest sign is WOW!

Amy C. said...

Three awesome cards with great colors! I'm excited about these new releases!

maria f. said...

That baby card is a real work of art. Oh the lucky recipient. Hope they live on the water!

Unknown said...

This release is going to be a big hit.

Unknown said...

Sweet!!! Love your cards. This is a great release. Thank you for sharing.

D.Ann C said...

SO much fun! Love the baby card and using the die for embossing.

Unknown said...

gorgeous color combos!

Sue D said...

Wonderful variety of cards.

Deborah R said...

Loved all your cards but that baby card really caught my eye. So darling.

BeverlyBL said...

Love the purple and teal. That little mermaid is so cute. Good job on all of your cards.

cm said...

My 6 year old niece is all over things mermaid-themed, and by extension, so too is her Aunty c (me)! Your mermaid is marvelous; the anchor and waves, striking, the baby card, seriously clever (those smiling sea creatures are way toooo cute!). A whole lot of Wow happening here!
Hugs~c

Debbie Rumpza said...

Cutest mermaid ever! And I love the painted background.

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like the watercoloring. Great variety. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

KirstenNB said...

I love them all! Such amazing inspiration.

Mom and wife. said...

So pretty and well done inspiration

Karren said...

Fabulous cards, Leigh! I love the fun way you've used the sketch - the coloring behind that fun tag looks amazing! Thanks so much for joining us at Fusion.