Five for Friday

1. I have to say that I am totally enjoying our summer!
Last weekend, Austin volunteered at the Anime Convention
in Winnipeg, so I took Jonah and Sage in with us and we stayed at my mom's.
We went to the Assiniboine Zoo on Saturday...

They had a Dinosaurs Alive exhibit that Jonah really wanted to see.

They also had "talks" by the zookeepers every half hour or so
that we made a point of trying to attend.
That way, we got to see the animals a little closer and active.
My favourite was the tigers.

Isn't she gorgeous?

We spent five hours exploring the zoo and had a great time!

2. This week, the weather has been great, so we've gone to the 

beach three times (& are returning again today -- I love having a beach so close!)

We've met friends there, which has been fun for everyone.

3.  I've been working on completing my Summer pocket album for 2015.
I was a little "stuck" on it, because I think I felt that I had to personalize
each journaling card.
But this was keeping me from working it.
So, I purchased some Simple Stories and Pink Paislee journaling cards
and used those to put it together.

Here are a few pages:

It feels really good to have this project done!
Now I can start on this Summer's pocket album...


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

  Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Spritzed Stamps.

I decided to use my Sketched Florals stamp sets for the technique.

I was inspired by the following April Inspiration Card colour combo

to make my card:

Here's what I made:

I started by stamping my sentiment from Graceful Greetings on my watercolour panel

in versafine onyx black ink.

Then, I stamped my solid stamps in the colours listed above,

spritzing each one of them with water before stamping it onto the watercolour paper.

Once they were dry, I stamped over them with the coordinating lined image.

5. I'm super excited about this:

 Papertrey Ink's Masters Stamp-a-Faire is starting this evening,
so Sage and I wanted to share one of our favourite 

projects that we made using PTI for the Friday Night Gallery Reception.
Here's mine:

It's the card that I made for the June Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

and since I did some watercoloring on it, it made me feel like an artist. ;)

You can see the details on how I made it here.

And here's Sage's favourite:

We're looking forward to participating in the challenges tomorrow!

Thanks for looking!

Summer Album & Summer Sale at Reverse Confetti

In lieu of having a release this month, 

Reverse Confetti is having a sale! 

With the summer months upon us, I thought I'd work on 

my summer pocket album.... from last year.

While I was great about printing my photos for the album 

(thank goodness, since my computer crashed earlier this year

and I lost all of them!), I wasn't great about putting them

in the album, making journaling cards, adding journaling, etc.

So, the other day, I pulled out some of my favourite 

Reverse Confetti products and got to work...

I diecut all of my journaling cards using the die from 

Documented Confetti Cuts which works perfectly in my album.

Using a little masking, I combined two sentiments from A Friend Like You, 

and then stamped the lines from Right Here, Right Now.

For my next spread, I made three more cards.

I used my Zig Markers to colour in the images from Pineapples Aplenty

and then added some shading directly to the card, or by colouring

more on the stamp and stamping again, using my MISTI.

I added the background colours with Zigs, a paintbrush and water.

I used the same technique on the next two cards --

I thought it would look cool on the page if they were unified.

I created a stencil by diecutting the Falling Confetti Confetti Cuts

from a piece of thin cardstock and layering it over my cards.

I used a blending tool to apply the ink.

Then, I stamped the sentiment from Right Here, Right Now in navy blue ink.

And on this one, I stamped the sentiment from A Friend Like You.

 

 

 

I also wanted to share a few more of my favourite sets,
in case you're needed some suggestions to add to your cart. ;)


Lots to Say
A fabulous versatile sentiment set perfect for so many occasions!

 
Lift Me Up
Between the sweet giraffes and those adorable birds,
this set is overflowing with cuteness!

 
Rose Garden
This set combines two of my favourite things: gorgeous flowers
and beautiful sentiments.

  
Butterfly Dreams
Another gorgeous set that opens up so many creative possibilities!


S'more Love
What better way to beat the heat than by stamping
these adorable penguins?

Make sure to check out the sale at Reverse Confetti,

which is on until tomorrow, July 10th CST.
And make sure to visit my Reverse Confetti teammates 
to see what they created to share:

Susan Liles

Amy Tsuruta

Amy Rohl

Thanks for looking!

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Reverse Confetti August Blog Hop

Well, it's the eighth of the month, 

which means it's time for the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, 

and you should have made it here from the amazing Amy Sheffer'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 fabulous products! 

Now, the Reverse Confetti DT was challenged to create an "ABC" Summer project,
where "ABC" stands for "Anything But a Card."

Last summer, I started a summer pocket album
and finally finished it this June -- hey, no judging! ;)

Here is a spread I made of part of our trip to Minneapolis last August:

The Right Here, Right Now stamp set was perfect for creating the journaling cards,

which I diecut using the journaling card die from Documented Confetti Cuts.

On each panel, I used some Basic Grey patterned paper.

On my first card, I diecut the geotag die from Documented Confetti Cuts

from the Basic Grey patterned paper and then stamped the sentiment from 

Here's the Story twice -- once on the patterned paper and once on the journaling card.

Then, I adhered it in place.

I stamped the journaling lines from Right Here, Right Now in yellow.

On this panel, once again, I stamped the sentiment from Here's the Story

and the journaling lines from Right Here, Right Now.

I created this diecut by diecutting the shape from Documented Confetti Cuts,

but not cutting the end. 

Instead, I moved the diecut over to make it longer.

And, using the same stamp sets as before, I made this journaling card.

I also have a card to share today -- a fun summery card that
uses some Crate Paper Poolside patterned paper.

I used a strip of the patterned paper and layered it over some aqua mist cardstock.
I stamped the two sentiments (from Let's Chill & Lots to Say).

To create the snowcone, I was inspired by the little snowcones on the patterned paper
and wanted to replicate one of them on a larger scale.
So, I diecut the cone from Love & Ice Cream Confetti Cuts
and stamped it with the popsicle stripe from Let's Chill, the pineapple top
from Pineapples Aplenty & a sentiment from Love and Ice Cream.
A few enamel dots finish it off.

 

 

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 the incredible Maureen Merritt'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 Wednesday, June 11th at noon CST, and 

the winner will be announced on the Reverse Confetti blog on Thursday!

And, don't forget, the June Sketch For You To Try is open for you to play along.
Click here for a chance to win.

Thanks for looking!