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Sweet Watercolor Birthday

Thursday, June 8, 2017

After getting home from being away for a few days, the first thing I needed to do (after laundry!) was get in my craft room and create a little! I've been wanting to play with this Concord & 9th set (Happy Day) and today seemed like a good day to do so!

I gold embossed the floral cake image and watercolored using a few of my favorite colors. I added a few small sequins and used clear Wink of Stella on the icing for a hint of sparkle.

Thanks to these challenges for the inspiration:

AAA Challenges #91 - 3rd Birthday Celebration!

Addicted to Stamps and More - Sparkle

Inkspire Me - Color Combo

Mod Squad - Spark It Up

Moving Along With The Times - Embossing (wet or dry)

The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes/Birthday

A new challenge on the block!!!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #1 - Bingo

(I selected the diagonal: heat embossing, free space, gold)

Reverse Confetti June Blog Hop

It's the 8th of the month and you know what that means...it's time for Reverse Confetti's Blog Hop!! Sit back and get ready for some fun inspiration featuring some of the newly released products from last month. PLUS be sure to take advantage of the sale going on for just a few more days!!

This card is for all of us for the days when you're juggling too much and you feel like you're on a rocky road. It features the super darling panda and images from Miso Happy stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts! For the backdrop, I used the Round Top Tag Confetti Cuts and sentiment from One Day At A Time. I also layered on a few different pattern papers from paper pads True Love and Very Merry.

Now it's time to check out the amazing projects from the rest of the Design Team...be sure to leave a little lovin' on their blogs as your comments mean so very much. One winner of all comments will receive a $15 Reverse Confetti gift certificate!

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

‘Fetti Friend, Tricia Barber
Heather Pulvirenti

Lisa Henke

Melissa Phillips

Amy Rohl
Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth - You are Here

Laurie Schmidlin
Wanda Guess
Susan Liles

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #251 - Monochromatic

Monday, June 5, 2017

Welcome to June...and a brand new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge! If you haven't started on your Christmas cards yet, then please join us each week and start building your stash!

Debbie is our hostess this week and she has a very 'cool' challenge: Create a Christmas Card using monochromatic blues!

For my card, I created the background using Distress Oxide blue inks. The die is a retired from Stampin Up and the snowflake dies are from Concord & 9th's Take a Bough die collection. The word die is from STAMPlorations.

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects the rest of the Design Team has created!

Colleen Foelker

Deanne Kay
Debbie Henderson
Linda Snodgrass
Lori Turner
Marcia Hill
Nina Forsyth
Sue Joyce

Happy Little Stampers JUNE Christmas Challenge

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Welcome back for a new Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge!! Our challenges are Anything Goes, but each month there is an optional twist. This month's twist: TREES.

Summer is here! This is actually the time I get into full gear making my holiday cards - seriously, I do! That way, I can focus on creating other gifts and getting my house ready for the holidays starting the day after Thanksgiving :)

Hope you'll join this month's Christmas challenge and get a jump on your cards, too!

For my card, I used these brush tree images from Papertrey Ink...they remind me of decorations we had when I was a little girl.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your gorgeous creations. There's also a $20 HLS discount up for grabs for the winner!

Reverse Confetti Celebrate Summer sale!

Saturday, June 3, 2017

In celebration of summer, my card features the fun flamingos from Think Pink stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts and yummy pineapple from Pineapples Aplenty stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts. I used the 'hello' die from Fancy Words Confetti Cuts and the Striped Frame Cover Panel Confetti Cut.

Be sure to take advantage of the summer sale going on at Reverse Confetti! Receive 20% off your order using code SUMMER20. Hurry...the sale ends on June 11, 2017 at 11:59 pm CST!!

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Summer is here! One of the best parts about summer is the great selection of fruit -- like cherries -- yum!! Today starts a new Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge. You can use the inspiration photo or go with whatever them you'd like!

Our challenges are always Anything Goes and you don't need to use Paper Sweeties products -- all are welcome! You can link your submission from the Paper Sweeties Blog or on our Facebook page. There's a $25 gift certificate up for grabs for this month's winner!

For my card, I started with a country gingham pattern paper. The cherries background was created by white embossing the cherry image from the Homegrown stamp set and watercoloring. I then highlighted the colored cherry image by placing it in the Square Scallop Sweet Cuts piece. To finish, I added the die cut word "Sweet" from Happy Sweet Cuts.