RC Release: Carton Cuties & Class Act

 Welcome to Day 3 of the March Release for Reverse Confetti! 

Today, we are introducing two more sets: a super cute easter set called Carton Cuties

& a wonderful school-themed set called Class Act.

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

Here are the cards I made with this set...

I totally fell in love with the super cute images and sentiments in Carton Cuties!

For my first card, I used the coordinating dies -- Confetti Cuts: Carton Cuties,

as well as the new Beautiful Banners stamp & die.

To create my background, I ran my new dotted edge Confetti Cuts: Office Edges die through

my Big Shot with the sandwich I'd use for impression plates, but instead of the

silicon mats, I used some thick card stock. 

This gave enough pressure to mark the dotted lines into my card stock, without leaving 

the impression of the sides of the die.

Next up, I made a card using the adorable chick in the set.

Isn't he sweet?!

I stamped him on some gold shimmer card stock and then paper-pieced him 

onto my aqua Love Note die cut.

I did the same with his egg shell, but with white card stock.

I stamped the sentiments onto Beautiful Banner die cut.

Everything was layered over some Basic Grey patterned paper, 

a Double Edge Scallop Border and some gold shimmer card stock.

Next up, I have two cards that I made using Class Act.

For my first card, I couldn't let this Basic Grey packaging go to waste, so I die cut

it along the top with one of the new dies from Confetti Cuts: Office Edges. 

I stamped the apple and leaf from Class Act and used the 

coordinating die cuts to cut them out.

For the banner, I die cut one edge using the banner from Tag Me and 

trimmed out the edges with my paper trimmer.

I stamped my sentiment from Class Act and added a button and twine to finish it off.

And one more card, using the adorable note page stamped image and it's coordinating die.

I stamped the note page in ocean tides and then stamped the apple in fine linen.

I stamped the sentiment in black, the stem in ocean dies and 

the leaf, also in ocean tides, but stamped off first.

The patterned paper banner was die cut using one end of the Tag Me banner

 and trimmed with my paper trimmer.

Some stitching and enamel dots finish it off.

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 today and the winner will be 

announced today at 5pm.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the orange circle graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #67

*Note: this is my second post for today. 
Please scroll down to see my Reverse Confetti Release Day 2 post & for a chance
to win a gift certificate from Reverse Confetti!


Today, I have a card to share that I made for
 CAS(E) This Sketch #67 by Chrissy Larson:

With this sketch, I decided to make a birthday card for one of the girls in my Sunday School group, 

using some My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey patterned paper 

and my Clearly Besotted So Sweet stamp set.

Here's my card:

 I started with a base of Basic Grey patterned paper and 
layered some PTI Tag Sale #9 die cuts overtop.

I diecut and stamped the So Sweet ice cream cone and stamped the sentiment.

I added some PTI rustic cream twine & some Pretty Pink Posh light pink twine and 
held them in place with a mini-clothespin.

I'm also linking this card up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Tag It.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 
and to play along, if you'd like.
You have until Thursday, March 13th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

RC Release: Beautiful Banners & Petals 'N Posies

Welcome to Day 2 of the March Release for Reverse Confetti! 

Today, we are introducing two more sets: a fabulous banners set called Beautiful Banners

& a gorgeous floral set called Petals 'N Posies.

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

Here are the cards I made with this set...

First up, a card I made using Beautiful Banners.

For my card, I used some Basic Grey patterned paper and chipboard sticker.

The chipboard oval had a banner on it already, but I decided to cover it up with a Beautiful Banners that I stamped with and then die cut with the coordinating dies: Confetti Cuts: Beautiful Banners!

A few enamel dots finish it off.

Next, I have two cards to share that I created using Petals 'N Posies and their coordinating dies -- Confetti Cuts: Petals 'N Posies.

I die cut my Confetti Cuts: Petals 'N Posies from some Spring Moss and Sweet Blush card stock

and stamped them with their co-ordinating Petals 'N Posies images.

For the centres, I stamped them in versa mark and heat embossed them 

in sea foam white embossing powder.

The sentiment is also from Petals 'N Posies.

And lastly, I have another card to share...

I was so pleased with how my 3rd card from yesterday's post turned out that I decided 

to make another card using the same technique & the Confetti Cuts: Office Edges.

I was inspired by the Basic Grey postage stamp image to make some similar 

flowers using the Confetti Cuts: Petals 'N Posies and some Basic Grey patterned paper.

I used some black enamel dots for the centres.

The sentiment is from Petals 'N Posies -- I just cut the stamp apart and stamped it 

with the "thanks" on top of the "a bunch."

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 March 7th and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm on March 7th.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the orange circle graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

RC Release: Bebe Bunny & Just Be You

Welcome to Day 1 of the March Release for Reverse Confetti! 

Today, we are introducing two new sets: another super cute Quirky Cuties set called Bebe Bunny

& a fabulous new sentiment set called All About You.

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

Here are the cards I made with this set...

First up is the card I made using Bebe Bunny.

I started with some pretty Basic Grey patterned papers, which I used for my background 

and for paper-piecing Bebe and the super cute chick she's holding 

(it's from another set being released this month called Carton Cuties!)

I used some dies from Tag Me to die cut my card stock banners.

The sentiment was stamped using Carton Cuties & Bebe Bunny.

Some stitching along the top of my card finishes it off.

The next three cards were made using one of my very favourite sets 

from the new release: All About You.

I absolutely love map themed patterned paper and love to have sentiments

with with I can use them!

This patterned paper is Simple Stories.

I die cut the tag using Tag Me and stamped the sentiments (don't you just love that scripty font?)

A little wooden Studio Calico plane and some stitching finish it off.

Next, I used one of the same sentiments, but I paired it with some Basic Grey postage stamps.

The coordinating patterned paper is also Basic Grey.

To create the edges for the cream card stock,

I used a new die from the Confetti Cuts: Office Edges.

It's a dotted line die and it's so cool!

I ran my card stock through my big shot with it four times (once for each edge).

Then, I folded along the edge and tore them apart -- I love how it's the same edge as the

postage stamps and ties everything together!

And, one last card from me, using another sentiment from All About You.

For this card, I once again used some Basic Grey patterned paper and a coordinating 

picnic basket chipboard sticker.

I fussy cut the cupcakes from another sheet of BG patterned paper and adhered them to the basket.

To make my banner, I used the largest tag from Tag Me to cut the bottom and 

then trimmed the sides with my trimmer.

I used my score buddy to add the impressed edges.

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 March 7th and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm on March 7th.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the orange circle graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Hope Anchors the Soul

Love at first sight!

That's what it was for me when I saw this stamp from Neat and Tangled's latest release.

It's based on one of my favourite verses: 

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." (Hebrews 6:19)

Here's the first card I made with it:

I used some watercolour paints to create my background,
which I die cut using Mama Elephant's Femme Frames dies.
I used my heat gun to dry the background and then stamped the Hope Anchors
stamp in versamark and then heat embossed it in white.
The card stock that was die cut with the scallop frame is PTI's Melon Berry.

I'm linking this card up to two challenges:

This week's Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Perfectly Peach...

.... and Virginia's View Challenge #1: Watercolouring

Thanks for looking!

Oh, boy!

I love embossing! 

Whether it's using impression plates, heat embossing or using embossing paste 

-- they're all fun & effective techniques!

However, I have to admit, that while I emboss on my cards often, 

I don't seem to do it very much on my layouts.

So, naturally, I thought that this would be a great challenge for this month's 

Pages With Papertrey: 

 add texture to your layout with embossing.

For my layout, I decided to add embossing by using my PTI Centre Stage cover plate as a mask

and some white embossing powder (which I love how it looks on cream!)

I used some Crate Paper (The Pier) patterned papers & chipboard accents.

Here's a close up of the embossing:

For my title, I used my PTI Bookprint alphabet dies with a sheet of Crate patterned paper -- 

I love how this turned out!

The "This is the life" sentiment is a PTI stamp from Fabulous Frames.

If you create a layout for the challenge, please link it either here in the comments 

or here on the Papertrey Ink forum.

I'm also submitting this layout for the Crate Paper blog challenge: Boys Rule.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti SFYTT #10

Well, it's the first of the month, which means that
there is a new Sketch for You to Try up on the Reverse Confetti blog today! 

And here's the card I made with the sketch:

I used some Fancy Pants patterned paper for my background.
I die cut some white card stock and, using some masking,
stamped the gorgeous feather from Peacock Pretties in three colours.
(This actually took me quite a few attempts, but the end result was totally worth it!)
I diecut the largest tag from Reverse Confetti Tag Me die from vellum, which I stamped in grey ink
& heat embossed in clear using a sentiment from Lots to Say.
I stamped the circle image from Peacock Pretties and adhered it to the tag.
I added some
I die cut the hearts from some of the leftover patterned paper
using the heart dies from Love Note.
Then I added some Pretty Pink Posh twine & a button to finish it off.

Thanks for looking!