Reverse Confetti November Stock Your Stash | Snowflake Magic

Today I'm playing along with the Reverse Confetti November Stock Your Stash Challenge.  

I decided to use the new Snowflake Magic stamp set and coordinating Confetti Cuts to make a wintery holiday card.  I wanted to use a taller card format so I could fit on several snowflakes.  The card base is 8.5 inches tall by 4 inches wide.  I then cut a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock slightly smaller to create an ombre' background.  

I sponged on Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, and Festive Berries Distress Oxide ink - keeping it light towards the top and going darker at the bottom.  I added 7 snowflakes to the background. Three are die cut from plain white card stock and four are stamped and heat embossed with Ranger Silver Tinsel embossing powder.  

I stamped the sentiment with Festive Berries ink to coordinate with the background.  I added a little dimensional embellishment by dotting the open spaces with Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops.  Lastly I adhered a cluster of clear sparkling sequins to the center of the white snowflakes.  

Some things to note about this challenge...

There will be a new Stock Your Stash challenge posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 1st of each month.

The SYS link list will be open from the 1st until noon CST on the 29th of the month. Click the "Play Along..." button on our sidebar to go current link list post.

Reverse Confetti stamps and/or Confetti Cuts are required to win.  This is a way we get to thank our customers for using our stamps.  Anyone is welcome to play, though!

You may enter as many times as you wish.

Use #SYSChallenge when playing along with this challenge.

There will be a random winner selected each month and that person will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store. The winner of challenge will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog at the end of the month. 

Honey Bee Stamps - Stacked Snow Buddies

Hello Friends!

 Please join me over on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog

 where I'm sharing a fun gate fold style card featuring 

the ever so cute snowmen

 from the new Snow Buddies stamp set. 

Right at Home - Winter Pals & Snow Flurries

I'm so excited to share some very fun cards I've made using two of the newest stamp sets 

from Right at Home - Winter Pals & Snow Flurries Background 

I'll be sharing two cards today.  

***I've listed the Copic colors I've used at the bottom of this post***

First up is a thank you card with a heart shaped cut out revealing a snowy winter scene. 

I've used the Snow Flurries Background stamp set to create a decorative panel that covers the entire card front.  I sponged on some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink over my white heat embossed snowflakes.  I filled in some of the open spaces with the small circle images and a coordinating light pink ink for a tone on tone look.  I used a large heart die from my stash to cut out an opening for the scene.  

I've used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to color the sky area for my little scene and then splattered with white paint.  I added some glittery snow banks and layered my Copic colored images from the Winter Pals set on top.  I heat embossed the sentiment in silver.  To finish off the card, I added some dots of Silver Moondust Nuvo Glitter Drops and tied bakers twine around the left side of the card.  

For my second card I've used the Snow Flurries stamp again to decorate the front but added more colors.  I sponged on Spun Sugar Distress Ink over the white heat embossed snow flakes.  I used three different ink colors to randomly stamp the small circles in the open spaces.  

I used a large heart die to cut out a base for the image and sentiments.  I lightly inked the edges of the heart with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink.  I heat embossed the Let it Snow sentiment in silver directly onto the heart.  

I decided to create a collage with the heart, Winter Pals image, and another sentiment which is also from the Winter Pals set.  To finish the card off I added silver heat embossed die cut snowflakes along with a few dots of Silver Moonstone Nuvo Glitter Drops.  

light pink - RV0000, RV000, RV10

dark pink - RV13, RV14

light purple - V01, V12

dark purple - V15, V17, BV08

light aqua - BG70, BG10, BG11

teal - BG13, BG18

green - YG06, YG11

skin tone - E000, E00, E01

Hello Bluebird - Thankful For You

With the holiday's quickly approaching, I have been busy working on my Christmas cards but I wanted to make one last fall inspired card before those stamps get put away until next year. I've used a mix of Hello Bluebird stamps and warm fall colors to create my scene on an A6 sized card.

I have stamped and Copic colored images from two diferent sets - Deer Friend and Fall Buddies.  There's a deer image in each of these sets and I thought they coordinate so perfectly together.  My go to Copic color combo for the main body area of deer is E42, E43, and E44.  I use the E44 sparingly for shading in small areas.  For the very light areas I've used E40 and E41.  

I've created an ink blended sky by lightly sponging on some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink around the top and sides of a Bristol Smooth card stock panel cut slightly smaller than my card base.   I used some Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink to color a circular area in the center of the background to mimic the sun.  I used Brushed Sage Distress Oxide ink and the Grassy Knoll dies to create two layers of grass for the bottom of the background panel.  I've stamped the "thankful for you" from the Autumn Script stamp set directly onto the background.  I had a bit more room for an additional sentiment so I added the "you warm my heart" which is from the Fall Buddies set. 

Honey Bee Stamps - Have a Fa-la-liday!

I'm over on the Honey Bee Stamps blog today sharing a fun and festive holiday card.

I've used a mix of the newest stamps and dies so please join me over there for all the details!

Reverse Confetti November New Release Creative Blog Hop

                   

The Reverse Confetti November release is now available and we are celebrating with a blog hop. 

You should have arrived from Lisa Henke's blog. 

The next stop is Amy Rohl's blog.  

The complete hop list is at the end of my post. 

The card I'm sharing today that features my favorite set from the new release - Snow Bunnies.  I started by preparing the background.  I used the large die in the Scalloped Bag & Tags Confetti Cuts to cut a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock.  I sponged on a combination of Mermaid Lagoon, Iced Spruce, and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink.  I then splattered the inked panel with watered down white paint. 

I've colored the images with Copic markers and used a white gel pen to add highlights and pattern details. The skating bunnies, bird, and sentiment are from the Snow Bunnies stamp set.  The heart banners are from the Cured stamp set.  For a little dimensional embellishment, I added dots of Nuvo Crystal drops in Gloss White.  

Reverse Confetti Blog

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Amy Sheffer
Lydia Fiedler

Tricia Barber

Kelly Lunceford

Lisa Henke
Leanne West

Amy Rohl

Wanda Guess

Heather Hoffman
Therese Calvird

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth
Michelle Short

Audrey Tokach

Melissa Bickford
Jeanne Jachna

Olga Moss
Ali Farmer
Deanne Kuntz

Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti Day Three | Snowflake Magic

Hello friends and welcome to day three and the final day 

of the Reverse Confetti new release countdown.  

All the November release products will be available tomorrow!

Today we are featuring 

the beautiful Snowflake Magic stamp set 

and coordinating Confetti Cuts. 

I wanted to showcase one of the snowflake images front and center on my card.  I heat embossed the images in white onto dark grey card stock.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the snowflake shape in a small square of white card stock.  I then layered these pieces with foam tape.  

I used the largest die from the Scalloped Bags and Tags Creator Confetti Cuts to cut a scalloped panel out of white Bristol Smooth card stock.  With Distress Oxide Inks I watercolored the panel.  I used Spun Sugar, Dusty Concord, and Tumbled Glass.  To add shimmer I applied some Nuvo Glimmer Paste over the entire panel.  This basically makes a custom colored glitter paper.  

***PRIZES***

There are some prizes to be had during the Countdown days - $15 for one blog commenter and $15 for a Facebook commenter.  Leave a comment on all the sneak peek posts for each designer and then head over to the RC Facebook page.  Comments will close at noon CST on November 7th and the winner will be announced at 5 pm on November 7th on the Reverse Confetti Blog.

Reverse Confetti Blog

Amy Kolling

Melissa Phillips

Deanne Kuntz
Amy Sheffer
Tricia Barber

Kelly Lunceford

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Jeanne Jachna

Olga Moss
Leanne West

Melissa Bickford