Reverse Confetti April Blog Hop

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti April Blog Hop!

We have tons of inspiration for you to see using Reverse Confetti products!

For the hop, I decided to make not one, but three cards, 

which were inspired by Inspired By All the Little Things #51:

Isn't it adorable?

I immediately thought of using the little chick from Carton CutiesCarton Cuties

and making a nest using 

Here's my first card, an Easter card:

I blended ink onto my background and then added 

my stamped chickies from Carton Cuties

into the nest that I created by diecutting two 

of the larger Swirlies Confetti Cuts.

I coloured the chicks in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers

and a water brush and stamped my sentiment using Easter Blessings.

Then, I decided to make a baby card:

For this one, I blended aqua mist ink onto my background using my Heart Stencil

and added a branch using The Tweet Life Confetti Cuts.

I stamped my sentiment using Bear Hugs.

And lastly, I made a friends card:

I diecut my background using my Big Stripes Cover Panel Confetti Cuts

and blended ink onto it.

I heat embossed my sentiment (from A Friend Like You)

on a piece of vellum.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, April 14th to link up your card.

 

 

  

Before you go, you should know that Reverse Confetti 

is retiring some of its sets.

You can find the complete list on the Reverse Confetti blog,

but I thought I'd share a couple of my favourite cards, using the retired sets.

Fabulous Flamingo Birthday Card

You're So Cool Popsicle Cards

You Are My Sunshine Card

Check out the Reverse Confetti blog to see the complete list 

of sets that are being retired.

  

Well, that's it for me for today.

There will be a $15 Reverse Confetti 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!

Here's the complete list of everyone participating in today's hop:

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

Fetti Friend-- Kathy Schweinfurth
Heather Pulvirenti
Lisa Henke
 Melissa Phillips
Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta
Audrey Tokash

Amy Sheffer

Leigh Penner -- me!
Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Thanks for looking!

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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Speckled -- Take Two

I have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Speckled:

http://www.oursouthernhomesc.com/

I decided to use my Stampin' Up! Indescribable Gift stamp to make my card.

I stamped my image onto watercolour paper in versafine onyx black ink
and heat embossed it in clear.
Then, I coloured it in, using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers
and a water brush.
When I was done, I masked off the image and splattered (speckled?)
some ink mixed with water over top.

I stamped the sentiment using Papertrey Ink's Phrases and Praises.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this
 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #216

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #216 designed by N@ Ali:



When I saw the stripes on this week's sketch, I immediately thought of this cool card 
that my Reverse Confetti teammate, Amy Sheffer, made.
I was inspired by her card to make mine...



I started by stamping my background on Cloud White Cardstock
using my Elemental Stripes stamp set in Grape Soda Ink, RC Aqua Ink, Iced Aqua Ink,
Lime Green Ink, Tangerine Ink, Brick Ink, Rose Ink and Piggy Bank Ink .
I added the Unicorn Wishes stamp on its coordinating Confetti Cuts
and coloured it in using my Delicata Golden Glitz ink, mixed with water
and a paintbrush.

I added some of the same Delicata Golden Glitz ink to my wooden stars

and heat embossed my sentiment (also from Unicorn Wishes) in white.

 

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, April 13th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

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God is Good

*Note: I've listed a bunch of new stamps/dies for sale in my previous post.

You can scroll down to check them out (along with photos of my craft area) or click here.

Today, I'm popping to to share a card that

I was inspired to make by the March Butterfly Reflections Ink Mood Board

using some Reverse Confetti goodies.

Isn't it wonderful?

I was inspired by the colours and the photo at the top with the lemon and lime.

Here's my card:

I blended some Iced Aqua Ink onto my Cloud White Cardstock panel

and added some speckles with more ink, mixed with water.

I stamped my leaves and flowers from Rose Garden onto my Rose Garden Confetti Cuts

in Iced Aqua Ink, Lime Green Ink and Navy Ink, 

I stamped my sentiment from God is Good in Navy Ink.

 

Thanks for looking!

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Purging my craft space

The women's ministry at our church is having a theme for this year.

It's called A Simple Year.

With my new full time job & kind of busy life

the idea of simplifying speaks to me.

In February, they spoke about getting rid of things we no longer need.

They mentioned crafts that we'd purchased but never got around to doing.

This made me think of scrapbooking.

While I've still tried to make Monthly Moments layouts, 

I'm not making traditional scrapbook layouts anymore.

So, I decided to get rid of everything that I wouldn't use for card making

and gave a few boxes away.

I loved how clean my space feels!

Here are some photos:

My space is located in a corner of my basement, 

opposite of Sage's Lego Friends table.

My work had some extra wooden boxes, so I snatched up two of them,

thinking they'd be perfect for storing my inks.

This one holds my Reverse Confetti inks...

And this one, my Altenew inks.

I changed up how I store my cardstock --

three hanging file containers for my Papertrey Ink and Reverse Confetti cardstock.

My diecutting station, with four baskets underneath --

two for my Reverse Confetti stamps, one for my Papertrey Ink stamps

and a fourth for my stencils, background stamps, patterned paper pads

and impression plate/panel dies.

Behind my chair, I have my IKEA shelf, with my binders of dies,

three more baskets of stamps, cardstock, a few embellishments, etc.

So, once I was done purging, I decided to go through my stamps

and dies and purge those as well.

I found some that aren't getting enough love from me

and would benefit from being in a new home.

The prices listed below include shipping to Canada or the US.

I'm willing to ship internationally, but you'll have to pay for the shipping.

If you're interested in anything, please email me at pennercl@mymts.net.

Thanks!

Altenew 

Bamboo Rose stamp set $18 SOLD

Floral Shadow stamp set $18 SOLD

Illustrated Faith

Create to Create $12

MFT Stamps

Winter Warmth stamp set and coordinating dies $30

Soda Pop stamp set and coordinating dies $24

Papertrey Ink

Make It Market: Garden Gate (stamps, dies, stencils and some patterned paper) $60 SOLD

Graceful Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies $24 SOLD

Wee Folk stamp set and coordinating dies $20 SOLD

Colour Pop: Autumn (stamps, dies, stencils and some patterned paper) $20 SOLD

Colour Pop: Florals (stamps, dies, stencils and some patterned paper) $20 PENDING

Colour Pop: Butterflies (stamps, dies, stencils and some patterned paper) $20 PENDING

Holiday Folk stamp set and coordinating dies $20 SOLD

A Few Pointers stamp set and coordinating dies $12 SOLD

Stacked Sentiments stamp set and coordinating dies $20 SOLD

Simply Framed stamp set $15

Get Lost stamp set $15 SOLD

World Map stamp set $12 SOLD

Destination stamp set $12 SOLD

Petite Places Bundle: Sweet Shoppe, Sweet Shoppe Sentiments, Main Street

stamp sets and coordinating dies (& these dies, too) $30 SOLD

Summer Camp stamp set and coordinating dies $18 SOLD

Antique Alphabet stamp set $10

Layered Banner Banter stamp set & coordinating dies $18

Monthly Moments: February stamp set $10 PENDING

Monthly Moments: June stamp set $10 PENDING

Monthly Moments: August stamp set $10 PENDING

Monthly Moments: October stamp set $10 PENDING

Monthly Moments: Travel Plans $10 SOLD

Monthly Moments: Tabbed stamp set and coordinating dies $12 SOLD

Monthly Moments: Slide Frame stamp set and coordinating die $15 PENDING

Label Basics stamp set $12

Journaling Basics stamp set $10

Background Basics: Text Style $10 SOLD

Christmas Poinsettia die collection $6

Simon Says Stamp

Kelly Purkey Zebra background stamp $10

Life's Journey stamp set and geo tag die $15

Studio Calico

Currently stamp set $10 SOLD

Technique Tuesday

Incredible by Ali Edwards $10 SOLD

Winnie and Walter

The Big, the Bold and Blessings $12 SOLD

Wplus9 Design

Label Layers 4 stamp set & coordinating dies $12 SOLD

If you are interested in any of these stamps or dies,

please email me at pennercl@mymts.net.

Thanks for looking! 

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Inspired By All the Little Things #50

Inspired By All the Little Things is thrilled 

to be celebrating their 50th challenge!



Here's my card:

I started by stamping the flower image from my Concord & 9th set

and colouring it in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

I fussy cut it out by hand and adhered it over a piece of striped patterned paper.

I stamped my sentiment using PTI's Songbirds and
added a few rainstones to finish it off.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, April 7th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Speckled

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

http://www.oursouthernhomesc.com/

The LEAD of the Speckled 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.

Here's my card:

It's a one layer card!

I started by stamping the flowers from Altenew's Best Mom in Altenew

Espresso and heat embossing it in clear.

Then, I masked it a little and stamped the jar from Lawn Fawn's Summertime Charm

 in Altenew Mountain Mist and heat embossed that in clear.

I coloured them in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush. 

I also added some speckles to my jar with a paintbrush dipped in Papertrey Ink's 

Ocean Tides ink mixed with water.

 

I stamped the sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sentiments) in Altenew's Espresso.

Make sure you visit each of the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
 designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Amy Kolling

Betty Wright

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

Follow us!
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page
Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Speckled

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!