Every morning - at 4:00 am - the birds who have nested in our trees wake up and sing!  I think they are singing God's praises and even at that early time of the day, it's really beautiful!

For my card, I began with cutting cardstock using the Tri-Fold card die and cut papers from the Notable Notes pad using the layers dies in the die set.  

 

I then used one of the Circle dies to cut the light blue cardstock that I placed behind the 'world' die cut from the new Globe & Stand dies set.

 

I stamped the sentiment from the new Color My World set onto white cardstock cut with one of the Circles dies and layered with purple paper cut from one of the Scalloped Circle dies then adhered to the front of the Tri-Fold card. To finish, I added the Musical Notes dies cut from Notable Notes paper and cardstock.

  

      

 

Reverse Confetti Inspiration Station

Each week, one of the Confetti Crew shares a project which was inspired by a photo. Inspiration Station is then shared exclusively with our newsletter subscribers.  The newsletter also contains upcoming news, promotions and more!  Why not sign up today so you won't miss a single edition!  

Here's a sneak peek at my card for this week's newsletter...

 

National Iced Tea Day!

Happy National Iced Tea Day!  The Coffee Loving Cardmakers are thrilled to be collaborating with Super Sponsor SugarPea Designs on a super fun blog hop!  Leave comments along the way for a chance to win a $25 SugarPea Designs Gift Card, the more comments that you leave, the greater chance to win! Commenting closes on Saturday, June 15th at 11:59pm Pacific. Look for the winner announcement on the blog the following week.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

Amy Tsuruta

Annette Allen

Dana Warren  

Erin Thiem  

Helen Gullett  

Katie Brooks  

Kathy Schweinfurth  

Kerry Urbatch

Lisa Bzibziak  

Lisa Golzbein

RobynJordan 

Laurel Seabrook  

For my first card, I layered green cardstock and two different pattern papers to the card base.  Using Reverse Confetti's See Through Tag die, I cut white and yellow cardstock to create a backdrop.  The 'iced tea' cup was made with SugarPea Designs Coffee to Go Dies and the 'ice cubes' are from MFT.  These adorable images and sentiment are from SugarPea Designs Pucker Up set.

I love iced tea!  My preference is green or black tea and unsweetened...hope my southern friends will forgive me as I know how much they love sweet tea!

My next card also features the SugarPea Designs Pucker Up set.  I first layered kraft and MFT pattern paper onto the card base.  As a backdrop, I cut white cardstock from Reverse Confetti's Stitched Hex Tag die.  The darling images are copic colored and I added some glaze on the pitcher and glass to look like condensation.

Hope you enjoy seeing the fabulous projects along the hop...and remember to leave a little love along the way!

 

Saturday Coffee Cafe - Thank You Coffee

Hey, there Coffee/Tea fans and welcome to the Saturday Coffee Cafe!  I'm thrilled you decided to stop in today to see what's brewing!

Honestly, it isn't often that I 'ooh, ahh' over my own work, but this STAMPlorations set is so gorgeous and just came to life after the image was colored in that I even surprised myself :)

To start, I layered kraft cardstock on to the card base then two patterns from Bo Bunny Stay Awhile 6x6 pad.  Using one of the Stitched Tags Nesting Dies, I cut kraft cardstock for a backdrop.

This lovely coffee cup and floral image from STAMPlorations Thank You Coffee set is copic colored and fussy cut.  To finish, I stamped the sentiment from this set and added grape colored embellishments.

Super Sponsor STAMPlorations is currently having a 6th Birthday sale now through the end of June on all products in the Birthday Section.

Reverse Confetti June Blog Hop

Welcome!  The Reverse Confetti June Blog Hop is filled with fun and inspiration -- hop along and enjoy all the wonderful projects the Design Team has to share with you!

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Amy Kolling

Tricia Barber

Lisa Henke

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Jeanne Jachna

Deanne Kuntz

Ali Farmer

Annette Allen

Keeway Tsao

Raluca Vezeteu

Olga Moss

Olga Matyushevskaya

For my card, I layered Tangerine cardstock to the card base.  I then cut Cloud White cardstock with the Stitched Rays Cover Panel and watercolored.  These super sweet images and sentiment are from the new Ice Cream Social stamp set and coordinating dies. 

Happily Ever After

Hey, there, Pink & Main fans!  Hope you've been enjoying the May Release projects the Design Team has been sharing - it's such an awesome release and the set I'm highlighting today is perfect for those weddings and anniversaries you may have coming up!
 

For my card, I first layered a light pink cardstock to the card base then half-layered a pattern paper from the beautiful Watercolor Foil paper pad.  Using one of the Stitched Top Note dies, I cut white cardstock as a backdrop for these gorgeous images from the Happily Ever After stamp set and coordinating dies. I used a gold pen to fill in some of the small circle images and covered with glaze to make them shiny and raised up.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from this set and added Rose Gold Glossy Dots.

STAMPlorations June CUTplorations Challenge

Yay!  Today begins a new STAMPlorations CUTplorations Challenge!  These month's inspiration photo...

Here's the challenge scoop:

• You can link up as many projects as you want (1 project per blog post)
• You must use at least 1 STAMPlorations product (stamp, stencil, die, or coloring page, or grab a FREE STAMPloration digi stamp)
• To qualify for the prize, players must display challenge graphic and link back to the challenge post (blogs only)

Prizes: $15 GC for the winner (voted by the team); $5 GC to three (3) randomly picked players.

The inspiration photo made me think of spring and bright colors!

For my project, I began by cutting black cardstock using the largest tag in the Stitched Tags Nesting Dies set (it measures 6.45" x 3.75"!)  Then, using the Trendy Spring Bloom Dies, I cut several spring-colored cardstock and arranged the flowers/leaves on the tag/card.  To finish, I cut shiny, gold cardstock with the "You Are My Sunshine" word phrase die.

Divinity Designs June Release is Here!

Yippee - Divinity Designs June Release is here and it's fabulous!

I remember the summer before my daughter started college.  We were so excited for the adventure awaiting her!  For my card, I layered a pattern from the Chalkboard Collection paper pad onto the card base.  I used the new Globe & Stand dies then arranged these fun die cuts using the Clipboard Set Dies.  The sentiment is from the new Adventure Awaits sentiment stamp set.

Living in central Ohio, it's OSU Buckeye country!  The Ohio State University colors are scarlet and gray and those are the colors I used on my next card.  

I first layered black cardstock cut from one of the Scalloped Rectangles Dies onto the card base.  I then cut a neutral pattern from the Menswear Material Collection paper pad using one of the Pierced Rectangles Dies.  The new USA Map Die is so fun and has lots of little extras!!  Such a great die to use for travel, missing you, 4th of July and more!  The new America The Beautiful stamp set has the perfect sentiments to coordinate with this die set, too!  I stamped one of these sentiments on red cardstock cut from one of the Scalloped Circles Dies.

 

 

You'll want to stop by the Divinity Designs blog to view the entire release complete with video and special bundle offers!

Reverse Confetti June Stock Your Stash Challenge

Hello!!  It's June 1st and that means there's a new Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge!  This month's theme...

Check out all the details on the Reverse Confetti blog and click on  The Play To Win button.  There will be a winner each month and that person will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store and claim the title of ‘Fetti Fave. The winner of the monthly challenge will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog at the end of the month.

For my card, I first layered Sand cardstock onto the cardbase.  I stamped one of the images from the Pattern Blocks set in Dark Roast ink and framed it by cutting Premier Polar White cardstock using one of the Stitched Squares dies.

Then, I stamped the jar image from the Cotton & Thistles stamp set, cut it with the coordinating die and copic colored the bottom to look like water.  The pretty flowers are also from the Cotton & Thistles stamp set.  To finish, I cut shiny gold cardstock with the 'hello' die included in the Thanks & Hello Word Duo dies.

Looking forward to seeing what YOU create for this month's challenge!