Make It Monday #236: 2015 A La Carte

On Monday, Austin tested for his driver's license -- and got it!

I guess it's true: the third time is the charm. ;)

He was being all sneaky when he got back from his test --

he had his shoulders slumped and a sad look on his face 

and I thought: "Oh no, I'm going to have to be supportive about this..."

But then when I got to the room where he was going over his test

with his evaluator, he looked at me and said: "So, I passed."

I was so relieved! LOL!

Here he is in the car as we (he) drove away from the test.

I wanted to make him a card to let him know how proud I am of him.

I used one of the Make It Monday: 2015 A la Carte Challenges:

Make It Monday #204: Watercolour Smooshing, 

along with my new Be Mine, Valentine stamp set:

I smooshed my background using orange zest and hawaiian shores ink.

When it was dry, I stamped the little fan, as well as the "from: your biggest fan" from

Be Mine Valentine.

The "congratulations" is from SSS's Congratulations stamp set.

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti January New Release Blog Hop

Hey there, 'Fetti Fans!

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti January New Release Blog Hop!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog and 

you should have made it here from the wonderfully inspiring Sarah Gough'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!

I made another card using the adorable penguins from S'more Love:

I trimmed seven of the All Heart Quick Cut Panels to fit along the side of my card

and stamped the sentiment from Big Notes so that they would line up with the 

strips of patterns paper.

I stamped the little penguin (from S'more Love) onto his coordinating Confetti Cuts, 

and coloured him in with my zigs.

I heat embossed the sentiment (from S'more Love) on a strip of black cardstock.

I did a little paper-piecing for his scarf.

I diecut his hat from the pink Quick Cut Panel and stamped it with the coordinating stamp.

To add the white, I coloured in those parts of his hat with my embossing pen

and then heat embossed it in white.

  

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 amazingly talented, Laurie Schmidlin'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 January 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: Labeled

Welcome, 'Fetti Fans to Day 3 of the January Release for Reverse Confetti! 

In case you weren't aware, Reverse Confetti will be doing monthly releases now, 

starting with Countdown to Confetti posts on the 5th of each month

and the release on the 8th.

This month is a fun release, full of love & cuteness,

with four new stamps sets & seven new Confetti Cuts!

Today, we are introducing an adorable pretty set called Labeled

that coordinates with the previously released Give Thanks Label Confetti Cuts.

To make my card, I used CAS(E) This Sketch #154 designed by N@ Ali:

And I was also inspired by the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Frozen:

thegirlinspired.com

I couldn't resist adding one of the sweet penguins from S'more Love to my card!

I decided to try something new.... I did some no-line colouring on my card.

I stamped the penguin from S'more Love onto a coordinating Confetti Cut in soft stone

and coloured him in using my Zig Markers.

Then, I repeated these steps for my snowflakes.

Before adhering my S'more Love diecut, I ran my Give Thanks Label Confetti Cuts

through my diecutting machine with my embossing mats to impress the shape 

onto my watercolour paper.

Then, I stamped the sentiment from Labeled.

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, January 14th to link up your card.

And there's still time to play along with the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Frozen.

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 (January 7th) and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm on January 7th.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Countdown to Confett: S'more Love

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

In case you weren't aware, Reverse Confetti will be doing monthly releases now, 

starting with Countdown to Confetti posts on the 5th of each month

and the release on the 8th.

This month is a fun release, full of love & cuteness,

with four new stamps sets & seven new Confetti Cuts!

Today, we are introducing an adorable new set called

S'more Love that comes with coordinating Confetti Cuts.

I cannot get over how adorable these penguins are!

To start, I diecut a new Quick Cut Panel using a new die 

that's being released this month: Stamped Note.

I stamped the penguin, fire and marshmallow/stick onto coordinating Confetti Cuts

and coloured them in using my Zig Clean Colour Brush Markers.

I stamped the sentiment (also from S'more Love) onto the background.

  

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 January 7th and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm on January 7th.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Countdown to Confetti: Lovey Words & Big Notes

Welcome, 'Fetti Fans to Day 1 of the January Release for Reverse Confetti! 

Reverse Confetti will be doing monthly releases now, 

starting with Countdown to Confetti posts on the 5th of each month

and the release on the 8th.

This month is a fun release, full of love & cuteness,

with four new stamps sets & seven new Confetti Cuts!

Today, we are introducing two fabulous new sets:

a large-scale sentiment set called Big Notes  

and sentiment stamp set called Lovey Words with coordinating Confetti Cuts.

I combined all three of these to make my card.

I thought the "all you need is love and chocolate.... lots and lots of chocolate" sentiment

was so adorable that I had to create a chocolate bar for my card!

I started by diecutting some dark chocolate cardstock with the inside die

from the Gift Card Holder Tag Confetti Cuts and then scored it so it looked like pieces in a bar.

I cut off the bottom and wrapped it in aluminum foil.

I created the wrapper by repeatedly stamping the "xox" stamp from Big Notes 

in pink on my sweet blush background.

Then, I stamped the Lovey Words in dark chocolate and added the "love" Lovey Words Confetti Cuts.

I wrapped the cardstock around my "bar" and adhered it to my card back.

  

     

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 January 7th and the winner will be 

announced at 5pm on January 7th.

Want another chance to win? 

Head on over to Reverse Confetti's Facebook page and 

look for the graphic posted there.

Thanks for looking!

Seasons Givings Blog Hop Winner and casing myself

I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Seasons Givings Blog Hop

and left such kind comments on my blog post!

I had 150 people leave comments before 9pm last night
and asked my husband to choose a number between 1 & 150.
He chose 87, which means that Ursula is the winner of my prize!

I will send you an email, Ursula.

I also have two cards to share today that I made after making this card that I posted on Saturday.

When I was looking through my stash to put together a prize for the Seasons Givings Blog Hop,

I came across some chipboard flowers and decided to CASE my own card to make two more.

I stamped the sentiment from SSS's Big Scripty Sentiments,

 which I stamped in versafine onyx black.

I added chipboard, a button and some twine.

And here's my second card, which is almost identical.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 261

Today, I have a card to share for the

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 261:

Here's my card:

I stamped my stitched rectangle panel using MFT's Fall Florals.

I stamped the sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp's Blessed stamp set)

onto a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I stamped the cardinal (from MFT's Winter Warmth) onto its coordinating diecut

and adhered it to my card.

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday #235

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

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Adding Colour to Stamped Images.

I couldn't resist using the same stamp set that Laurie Willison used on her card --

Fresh Floral Wrap-ups:

I used some Simple Stories patterned paper and used the die cuts,

as well as some paper-piecing.

I added some colour to my flowers/leaves using my Zig Markers.

I stamped the sentiment using Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sentiments.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Frozen

*If you're here for the Seasons Givings Blog Hop,
please scroll down.



Happy New Year!
It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

thegirlinspired.com

The LEAD of the Plush & Plaid Challenge will be invited as a 

Guest Designer in a future challenge!
Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge Blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I love the cool colours and fun snowflakes i this photo, 

along with those fabulous pops of turquoise!

I started by smooshing some grey ink onto some Simon Says Stamp woodgrain cardstock.

I stamped my MFT Winter Flurry snowflakes onto some coordinating diecuts and added

the sentiment (from MFT's Hand Lettered Holiday), which I heat embossed in white.

Some droplets from Pretty Pink Posh finish it off.

  

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

 Rema DeLeeuw (guest designer)

Amy Kolling

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Stacey Schafer
Tracey McNeely

Follow us!
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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Plush and Plaid 

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!