Five for Friday

1. The kids went back to school this week.

Austin started back on Wednesday, in Grade 11.

Jonah and Sage had meetings with their teachers on Tuesday afternoon

and then went for the full day yesterday. 

Jonah is in Grade 8 & Sage is in Grade 6. 

They're just growing up so fast....

2. Before going back, Jonah suggested that we do something fun as a family.... laser tag!

The boys had been before with youth & a friend's birthday party.

This was a first for Cameron, Sage & me, though.

It worked out that we were the only five people in there for our session, 

which was a lot of fun!

3. We also had our annual Back to School Feast on Monday.

Our feast consisted of homemade pizza, mozza sticks, caesar salad & chocolate cake for dessert.

We spent some time going around the table and sharing what we were looking forward

to in the coming year and suggestions of how we could pray for each other, 

which we did, too.

I think it's one of my favourite meals of the whole year. :)

4. With the kids back in school, I've been helping out in our Sunday School,

getting ready for our kick-off on Sunday.

I have the Grade 5/6 girls in my group  -- as of right now,

there are fourteen of them!

We really need some more leaders -- it would be wonderful if someone

else could lead half of the group.

It'll be Sage & my last year in the program -- my plan is that next year,

I'll move up with Sage & the other girls to Junior High.

I plan to enjoy every minute of it....

5. Lastly, I have a card to share for Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try #28:

Here's my card...

I started with some watercolour paper and inked it up with summer sunrise

& orange zest inks, using the smooshing technique.

I diecut my tag (using the Thanks Tag Confetti Cuts) 

and stamped my sentiments (from Walk By Faith).

Then, I diecut the ampersand from Documented Confetti Cuts, as well as from a coaster.

When I adhered the tag to my card, I adhered the coaster diecut underneath, 

so it would add some dimension.

I added some twine to my tag and mounted my panel on kraft cardstock.

 

Be sure to head on over to the Reverse Confetti blog to see

the other designers' takes on the sketch and to play along, if you'd like.

 Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #140

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #140 designed by Chrissy Larson:



Here's my card:



I diecut one side of Reverse Confetti's Double Edge Scallop Border from
a piece of paper and used the negative as a stencil to ink
the waves onto my card, starting with the lightest colour (spring rain)
and then moving the stencil down to ink the darker colour (blueberry sky)
and then lastly with enchanted evening.

I stamped the boat and birds from PTI's Guiding Lights stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment (also from Guiding Lights) onto another piece of white 

cardstock and trimmed it into strips and adhered it to my panel using dimensional adhesive.

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, September 17th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti September New Release Blog Hop

Hey there, 'Fetti Fans!

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti September New Release Blog Hop!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog and 

you should have made it here from the wonderfully inspiring 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 all of the new Reverse Confetti stamp sets & dies,

which are available to purchase today!

For my blog hop project, I decided to pair one of the new stamp sets -- Too Cute To Spook

-- with one of the new Confetti Cuts -- Thanks Tag -- to make a shaker card.

Here's my card:

I started with some Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock as my background.

I coloured on some acetate with my brown Zig Clear Colour Watercolour Marker, 

spritzed it with water and smooshed it onto my cardstock.

I diecut the little cat from Too Cute To Spook (he's so cute!) and 

coloured him in using some ink that I pressed onto acetate and spritzed with water, 

using a paintbrush.

And then, I made my shaker card...

Isn't it fun?

I started by diecutting the new Thanks Tag from some Bazzill Basics Marshmallow cardstock

and then diecutting the rectangle from the centre of it to make the window.

And what do you think of my separated sequins?

I used my WRMK Fuse Tool to make the little sections -- I think it's so cool!

   

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today!

Be sure and join us on the 8th of every month for more Reverse Confetti inspiration! 

Now it’s time to hop on over to the amazing Alice Wertz'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.

Oh, and before you go, just to let you know...

The September Sketch For You To Try is open for you to play along.  
Click here for a chance to win and to become our newest 'Fetti Fave.  

Thanks for looking!

Countdown to Confetti: Caffeinated Cups & For the Love of Latte

Hey, 'Fetti Fans, welcome to Day 3 

of the September Release for Reverse Confetti! 

This is such a fabulous release, with six new stamp sets and eight new Confetti Cuts!

Lots of wonderful fall goodness coming this month!

Today, we are introducing two new sets that are all about coffee: 

Caffeinated Cups & For the Love of Latte.

My first card uses Caffeinated Cups, 

along with the coordinating Caffeinated Cups Confetti Cuts:

I stamped the coffee cup from Caffeinated Cups onto my patterned paper

in versamark and heat embossed it in white, along with the sentiment

from Be A Barista.

I stamped the swirly coffee image in white and then again, once it had dried

in classic kraft -- it's not greenish in real life, I promise!

To make the sleeve, I ran a piece of kraft cardstock through my crimper

and then diecut with the sleeve die from the Caffeinated Cups Confetti Cuts.

My next card uses a sentiment from For the Love of Latte.

This stamp set paired perfectly with this piece of Prima patterned paper

that I had in my collection.

I diecut some kraft cardstock and black patterned paper using

Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts.

I love this sentiment -- it's so fun!

 

 

 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 and 

the winner will be announced today at 5pm CST.

Thanks for looking!

Countdown to Confetti: Pumpkin Patch & Walk By Faith

Hey, 'Fetti Fans, welcome to Day 2 

of the September Release for Reverse Confetti! 

This is such a fabulous release, with six new stamp sets and eight new Confetti Cuts!

Lots of wonderful fall goodness coming this month!

Today, we are introducing two wonderful new sets: 

Pumpkin Patch & Walk By Faith.

The card I made uses both Pumpkin Patch & Walk By Faith, 

along with the coordinating Pumpkin Patch Confetti Cuts:

I smooshed the background by pressing ink onto a piece of acetate, 

spritzing it with water and pressing it onto my cardstock.

I repeated the same technique on another piece of cardstock, using terracotta tile & orange zest ink

and then diecut it using the Pumpkin Patch Confetti Cuts.

I inked the vines from Pumpkin Patch in new leaf and spritzed them with water

before stamping them onto my card.

I stamped the sentiment (from Walk By Faith -- I just adore these sentiments!) 

onto my panel and onto my diecut pumpkin.

Then, I adhered my pumpkin over top.

 

 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 Monday, July 7th and 

the winner will be announced later that day at 5pm CST.

Thanks for looking!

Countdown to Confetti: Too Cute to Spook

Hey, 'Fetti Fans, welcome to Day 1 of the September Release for Reverse Confetti! 

This is such a fabulous release, with six new stamp sets and eight new Confetti Cuts!

Lots of wonderful fall goodness coming this month!

Today, we are introducing two adorable new sets with coordinating Confetti Cuts: 

Too Cute to Spook & Easy as Pie.

The card I made uses Too Cute to Spook, along with one of the new Quick Cut Panels:

I stamped the little cat from Too Cute To Spook twice --

once on the white cardstock panel and a second time on watercolour paper.

I coloured in the cat on the watercolour paper using my Zig Clear Colour Watercolour Markers

and then fussy cut it out by hand.

I adhered it to my card, after trimming the sentiment from the Quick Cut Panel.

I trimmed the white panel and adhered it over a black cardstock panel,

which grounds the cat quite nicely!

 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 Monday, July 7th and 

the winner will be announced later that day at 5pm CST.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. I can't believe this is the last Friday of the summer!

We've enjoyed such a great summer and I'm not looking forward 

to seeing it come to an end....

2. Sage & I had a great time stamping and 

crafting with PTI's Stamp-a-faire last weekend!

It was so fun to participate in the challenges and I was quite thrilled to see

that I won a $25GC!

And super fun to see Sage & I featured a couple of times in the wrap-up video, too!

Edited to add: I just woke up this morning to the incredible news
that I won a $100 MFT Stamps GC!
I've been wanting their new Fall Florals stamp set & dies,
but with our CDN dollar right now, they were just too pricey!
So I figured I'd comment on all the DT's blogs
in the hopes if winning a GC & I did! :)

3. I thought it was time to pick the apples off of our tree...

but I think we're a little late. 

A lot have fallen already and when Sage, Jonah and I were trying to pick them

off of the tree yesterday morning, a bunch more would fall to the ground.

We got clever and moved the trampoline under the tree --

this way the apples that fell wouldn't get bruised.

I didn't get very many though.

I thought I'd make some pies, but I might just end up making applesauce.

4. Pretty excited about this...

I've had a lot of fun creating with this new release!

You won't want to miss the peeks...

5.  And lastly, I have a card to share

that I made using PTI's Twig Wreath stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment (from SSS's Big Scripty Sentiments stamp set)

in enchanted evening and blueberry sky, to give it a slight ombre effect.

I stamped all of the Twig Wreath elements in blueberry sky and spring rain.

With my Tim Holtz blending tool, I inked another strip of cardstock in blueberry sky

and then layered my stamped panel over top.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #139

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #139 designed by me:

Here's my card:

I paired the new PTI Twig Leaf stamp set with PTI's Graceful Greetings sentiment.

I used fine linen, orange zest, hibiscus burst & scarlet jewel.

I had lots of fun stamping this!

And, since I used my MISTI, I decided to make a second one at the same time,

but this time, I used a sentiment from PTI's Choose Joy.

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, September 10th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Muse Challenge #131

Today, I have a card to share that I made using some Reverse Confetti products 

for the Muse Challenge #131, where we were challenged to use my friend, 

Carol Mayne's gorgeous card as inspiration:

I love her feathers and how she stamped each one with two colours.

I decided to created my card using the gorgeous feather from Peacock Pretties

and I took my colour inspiration from one of the bracelets Sage made 

in my previous post: aqua, yellow and silver.

Here's my card:

I stamped the Peacock Pretties feather in versamark and heat embossed it

in Zing! Powder and Butter, as well as in silver.

I stamped the sentiment from God is Good in versafine onyx black.

I just love the shine of the silver embossed feathers!

  

Thanks for looking!