Countdown to Confetti: Happy Harvest & Blooms ‘n Buds

Welcome, 'Fetti Fans to Day 2 of the September Release for Reverse Confetti! 

This month's release is really fantastic!

In addition to the four new stamps sets & nine new Confetti Cuts,

we're also introducing four new products that Reverse Confetti will be carrying:

cardstock, ink, patterned paper and stencils!

Make sure you come back and visit every day for the next two days,

so you don't miss a thing!

Today, we're showcasing two fun and beautiful new sets with coordinating Confetti Cuts:

Happy Harvest, an adorable acorn set that's perfect for fall, 

and Blooms 'n Buds, a fabulous new floral set that's so fun to layer!  

The first thing I was inspired to create when I saw Happy Harvest 

was a page in my Journaling Bible.

I started by stamping the "In everything give thanks" stamp from Happy Harvest 

in my Bible and then adding additional acorns by stamping the back of the 

same stamp and topper.

I used Altenew ink, which I learned, was a little too wet for my Bible, as it

left the acorns a little crinkly..... but I'm choosing to look at it as texture. ;)

Here's a close up of that beautiful stamp (I love the fonts!), as well as the verse in my Bible.

On my next card, I combined Happy Harvest with Blooms 'n Buds.

I started by diecutting my background with the Lacy Scallop Frames Confetti Cuts.

I ran it through my diecutting machine with my shim so I could pop out all of the scallops.

Then, I layered it over my Reverse Confetti Tangerine cardstock.

I masked off my background and stencilled some dots onto it using my new

Reverse Confetti Lotsa Dots Stencil.

That's right! Reverse Confetti is also releasing a stencil this month!

I stamped the Happy Harvest acorn and top onto its coordinating Confetti Cuts

using my new Reverse Confetti Tangerine ink on the bottom.

I stamped the Blooms 'n Buds leaves onto their coordinating Confetti Cuts

using my new Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua and Lime Green inks.

I love how these inks coordinate together!

I paired these inks up together again on my next two cards using Blooms 'n Buds.

On my first card, I diecut some light grey cardstock using the new 

Leaves Cover Panel Confetti Cuts that's being released this month.

Isn't it beautiful?

I stamped the blooms and leaves from Blooms 'n Buds onto their coordinating Confetti Cuts,

using the new Tangerine, Iced Aqua and Lime Green inks,

and tucked around and behind a strip of Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment from Forever In Our Hearts.

which was released last month.

On my next two cards, I combined Blooms 'n Buds with another new die

that's being released this month: Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts.

Isn't it lovely?

I diecut the Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts from the new Reverse Confetti White Cardstock and inked it up using Tangerine ink and PTI's Terracotta Tile.

I stamped the blooms and leaves from Blooms 'n Buds onto their coordinating Confetti Cuts,

using the new Tangerine, Iced Aqua and Lime Green inks,

and matted my card on Iced Aqua Cardstock.

And one last card...

On this card, I diecut the largest Lacy Scallop Frames Confetti Cuts without my shim

 from the new White Cardstock so that the scalloped pieces would stay attached.

I love the texture this adds to the border!

Onto my background, I stamped the leaves from Blooms 'n Buds in two shades of grey.

I diecut the Grateful, Thankful, Blessed Confetti Cuts from

Iced Aqua Cardstock and blended Iced Aqua Ink over the bottom half of the diecut

to create an ombre effect.

 

   

 

  

  

   

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 Wednesday, September 7th and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm later that day.

*AND, we will also be giving away new product each day.

Check out the Reverse Confetti blog for more details.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Well, here we are at the end of summer.... Sigh...

It's always hard to see my favourite season come to an end.

It was a fun couple of months, that's for sure...

2. Our Corn & Apple Festival was last week...

We took Lucy to the parade (we've been dog watching her for a couple of weeks

and will be sad when her owners arrive later today to pick her up!)

3. Our favourite comedian came to perform at the Corn & Apple Festival: Matt Falk.

We've been driving to different locations to see him perform for a few years now

so it was great to have him come to our town for a show!

After Matt's show, the kids and I went on the Ferris Wheel together

and Austin took this photo.

Such fun times with my favourite people!

4. My friend, Ingrid (Lucy's owner), gave me a devotion book at the end of July

called Jesus Calling.

I wake up early, before anyone else, so I've been getting up and sitting in the rising sunshine

on my couch and reading it, along with my Bible.

I've never been good at having a "quiet time" with God, but this past month, 

I've been very consistent with it and have looked forward to spending this time with Him

-- reading His Word and praying.

I came across this verse last week (Psalm 65:3) and loved it so much,  

I had to highlight it in my Journaling Bible.

I stamped images from my PTI Feather Finery set in Hawaiian Shores

and Tropical Teal.

I've also been doing a devotion from Proverbs 31 along with the Jesus Calling

and found this quote to be quite inspiring, so I added it to my Journaling Bible.

I used my new PTI Stylized Autumn Leaves to embellish my quote.

5. And lastly, I have a card to share for the

Essentials by Ellen September Mix It Up Challenge with Concord & 9th.

I combined two brand new sets that I received in the mail recently:

Essentials by Ellen's Mondo Peony set and Concord & 9th's Barnwood Background.

I stamped my Barnwood Background stamp on white cardstock using Altenew's Evening Grey ink.

I stamped the Mondo Peony stamps on their coordinating diecuts (from watercolour paper)

in versafine onyx black and heat embossed them in clear.

I used my Zig Markers and a water bush to colour them in.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's Tropics) in versafine onyx black as well.

Thanks for looking!

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Make It Monday #259

Today, I have a card to share for this week's

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Ombre Cluster Stamping.

I decided to pair my Bloomers stamp set with my new New Every Morning stamp set.

I stamped my flowers in Altenew's Coral Berry, Cotton Candy and Frosted Pink inks,

adding the centres in versafine onyx black and Delicata Golden Glitz.

I love this verse from New Every Morning!

After making my card, I decided to add this verse to my Journaling Bible

and try this technique again, this time with Sketched Florals

and the same colours of ink.

Thanks for looking!

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Bible Journaling -- Psalm 91:4

Today, I have a piece of Bible Journaling to share with you.

I was inspired by this post from Dawn McVey yesterday,

where she shares several beautiful examples of Bible Stamping.

When I first decided to Bible Journal, I liked the idea of doing

my own lettering in my Bible and spent time working on perfecting my lettering.

But, I found I just wasn't creating the pages that I'd hoped to in my Bible.

Part of me felt like I was a little stuck, part of me felt it needed to be perfect...

but Dawn's post helped remind me that it's perfectly okay to just stamp

in my Bible, and not feel like I have to do my own lettering. 

Just like I have different styles when I create cards,

I can have different pages in my journaling Bible.

So here's my page:

I used my Waltzingmouse Fine Feathers stamp set to stamp my verse

and feathers.

I just love this verse!

I came across it in my devotions this week as I was reading

Psalm 31 and was inspired to create a page for it.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

Well, this summer is flying by!

I thought I'd post an update of what we've been up to...

1. A couple of weeks ago, I drove to Winnipeg with the kids

to attend the Harry Potter Book Release Party at Assiniboine Park.

The party didn't start until 9pm, so we arrived in the afternoon

and went to the Millennium Library to attend the 1st Prairie's Comics Festival.

After supper with my mom, we headed to Assiniboine Park.

While the party didn't start until 9pm, we walked around a little.

A volunteer who was dressed as Madame Hooch suggested we get in line

to play Quidditch -- and we're glad she did!

We were the first group to play and had lots of fun!

The party was extremely well attended and the line ups for events were crazy after that.

We stood in line for 2.5 hours to see two owls and a snake at one booth.

We'd been hoping to do more things, but it was nuts!

After we saw the owls and snake, we decided to get in line to pick

up our copy of the new book.

Once midnight arrived, that line moved very quickly, which was good.

We made it home by 2:15am.

2. I've been enjoying playing slo-pitch this summer.

Well, playing.... I played two games and then I sprained by left wrist at practice,

so I volunteered to keep score for our team.

This was awesome -- I had the fun of helping out & cheering everyone on

without the nerves of worrying that I'd make an error on the field. ;)

We had a very large team (not everyone is pictured above),

so I thought since I didn't need to play, I'd free up that spot for someone

else who wanted to.

Our team was awesome!

While we didn't win any games, we had great spirit and supported

each other well.

It was very positive and fun!

We had our last game on Wednesday -- where the final score was 18 to 13

-- probably the best score of the season!

I'm not in uniform because we had a taekwondo test beforehand and I wasn't

sure if I would make it to the game or not. 

Thankfully, our test ended early and the game started later, 

so I could still keep score for most of it.

This is one of my best friends, Darlene.

We've been friends for 16 years now -- since Austin was 15 months old!

3. While I've been busy making cards this summer,

I was inspired yesterday to take out my Journaling Bible and create a page.

I used my PTI Guiding Lights stamp set and created a "rock" for it

using a MFT background stamp and two shades of grey ink.

I did the lettering by hand.

4. In other artistic pursuits, Sage had taken two afternoon art classes

at the art gallery in Winkler this summer.

The first was a watercolour class and the second, a sketch class.

She enjoyed them both immensely.

Jonah and Sage have also been busy making Perler bead creations.

5. And lastly, I'm sad because one of my favourite people from taekwondo is leaving.

This is Brandee.

She is also a third degree black belt and we have been training together

for almost eight years now.

It has been a privilege to see her grow into a beautiful, 

competent and confident young woman.

And now she's moving away for university. :(

I made her this card this week to let her know how much I'll miss her

and to wish her well on this new chapter of her life.

I used my PTI cover plate and diecut it from watercolour paper.

I also impressed it into a second piece of watercolour paper and painted

it in using ink pressed onto my acrylic block, water and a paintbrush.

I stamped the sentiment using PTI's Spring Woods.

Thanks for looking!