Sunday, June 08, 2014

Reverse Confetti Blog Hop



Hey there, Reverse Confetti fans! 
It’s the 8th of the month and time for another sizzling Blog Hop
from the Confetti Crew and a few other friends. 
Summer is quickly approaching, so this is a good excuse to stay inside out of the heat
and recharge your batteries with us! 
We’ll give you a minute to grab a glass of lemonade as we hop along together
and share some crafty goodness with you!


The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog
and you should have made it here from my friend, Kathy Martin's blog
It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. 
We have tons of inspiration for you to see using Reverse Confetti's amazing stamp sets!

For today's blog hop, we were challenged to make an ABC/T project, 
which stands for "Anything But a Card or Tag". 
My first thought was to create a layout, but then I decided to use 
Reverse Confetti's Sweet Thing & Let's Chill stamp sets make a title page 
for the Summer Pocket album I'm planning on making this summer. 


I started with the kraft divider that came with the album and used 
my Tim Holtz White dauber to add some streaks to give it a white-washed look.
On a strip of white card stock, I stamped my Let's Chill popsicles,  
first in Versamark, then in two different colours of ink for each one and the rock & roll technique. 
Then, I heat embossed them with clear embossing powder, so they're nice and shiny!
I did a little masking & I diecut/fussy cut out two of the popsicles by hand
 and adhered them over top.
The pink was adhered with regular adhesive and the aqua with dimensional adhesive.
I sewed the strip onto my divider with a zig zag stitch.
I stamped the "sweet" twice and added some Fancy Pants letter stickers for "summer."





 



I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. 
Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of every month for more Reverse Confetti inspiration! 

Now it’s time to hop on over to Amy Sheffer's blog
If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers 
over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

Would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own?
Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance
to win a $15 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti.
  Comments are open until Thursday, June 10th at noon CST, and 
the winner will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

A few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…
The June Sketch For You To Try is open for you to play along.  Click here for a chance to win.  
AND, there will be a new Colour Challenge posted on June 16th and another way to win!

Celebrate the creative side of you!

Thanks for looking!

52 comments:

Elena said...

I love the colors of your popsicles, and what a great idea to clear emboss them for extra shine!

Shirley A. said...

Such a cute album. I just love it!

Megan Carroll said...

Love this! The white wash looks fab!

Amber Hight said...

This is so amazing, Leigh!! I love the colors, such a cute idea:)

Alanna said...

This is so cute, I love the shading on your Popsicles.

BeverlyBL said...

So cute and the colors are yummy.

Tracey McNeely said...

Perfect cover for your summer pocket album Leigh! The popsicles look great using the rock and roll inking--I bet they look cool with the clean embossing!

Kari V. said...

Super cute!! You did an amazing job. I love the whitewash and the strip of Popsicles !

Diane Jaquay said...

Such a GREAT album, the popsicles are perfect for the summer theme!!

Joni Andaya said...

Ooh...those Popsicles are awesome!!! So love the colors Leigh :)

MackieMade Paper Creations said...

Love how you did those Popsicles! They look yummy!

Indy's Designs said...

This looks absolutely delicious! Love the bright colors!

Stacey Schafer said...

super cute, Leigh! those popsicles look good enough to eat!

Sue's Paper Crafts said...

Really cute and creative. Love your colors and elements.

Sue
http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

McStamper said...

How cute. You did a great job on the popsicles.

Thordis said...

Love your title page! It is so summery and cheerful :)

greggers said...

Nice summer album, your popsicles look good enough to eat.

Anonymous said...

The popsicles look great. Love the stripe of white that they are on. Popping a couple off the page was a good idea. Great page.

Lisa Elton said...

This is darling Leigh, can't wait to see how you fill the inside!

Janet's Joy said...

It's going to be a sweet album!! Love the popsicles!!

Diane said...

What lovely colors for your popsicles Leigh.

Hugs diane

Lyn said...

Love your card how awesome is the colouring of the popsicles

ScrapaDiddle said...

Love the pocket album and popscicles!

Chriss Blagrave said...

Love the embossed Popsicles on this summer journal! I think you will have a lot of fun filling with all of the summer adventures that lay ahead! Cute, cute cute!

maria f. said...

Those popsicle colors are scrumptious!

Annheidel said...

Really cute album cover!

~amy~ said...

This is so much fun!

Kristie Goulet said...

Very cute! Love the shading on the popsicles! YUM!

Margaret R said...

Super cute!

Larissa Heskett said...

WOW!! LOVING this!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

Celeste Goff said...

What a fun and whimsical album! I just love the bright row of popsicles!

Wanda Cullen said...

What a sweet mini album! Love those popsicles in the fun, COOL colors!

jordanbev5@yahoo.com said...

Well, now you made your fabulous summer album cover, and ready to go! Love the popsicles especially! so bright and fun!

Anuja said...

Cute card! Thanks for a chance to win...

Unknown said...

Really cute! The popsicles (both die and stamps) are next on my list to get. I love them and you used them in such a cute way. Great job!

Heather said...

very fun! love that die set!!

Lisa H. said...

what a darling start to this album. Love the colors you used...wow!

I Card Everyone said...

Love the sentiments in this set, Leigh... and would love to add it to my collection!

Thanks for sharing =] Michele

Anita in France said...

What a fun idea, Leigh ... these vibrant popsicles look yummy! Anita :)

Linsey R said...

What a perfectly delicious cover for your summer album!!! I just love the RC popsicles and to decorate and album cover with them is simply brilliant! Thanks for the awesome RC summer inspiration!!!

Happy Dance said...

Love your title page, Leigh! Your sewing is always perfectly even and straight - a talent I'm sadly lacking, lol! The popsicles look good enough to eat! Have a great week. Bev

Miriam Prantner said...

Great title page! Love the shading on the popsicles, they look wonderful!

Kara said...

love those bright fun popsicles!

Betty Sue said...

Loving the Popsicles on your mini album!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! LOVE LOVE LOVE this, Leigh! I LOVE the popsicles! You have got to come over and teach me everything you know--- I'm serious! I'm jealous of your talent! LOVE LOVE LOVE:)

Megan said...

So colorful and summer-y!

Mary-Anne V said...

Love this album title page...the rock and roll technique looks awesome on the popsciles.

Anonymous said...

those popsicles look PERFECT! Fun idea :)

Sue D said...

Perfect for a summer album!

Unknown said...

HOW FUN!!!!! Love the popsicles :)

Helen Gullett said...

Fun album cover, Leigh! The popsicles are cool!!!

cm said...

I'm woefully late, but here I am, joining with the others in applauding how fabulous this title page is! I can only imagine how stunning the entire album will be; promise you'll share!!
~c