Showing posts with label Reverse Confetti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reverse Confetti. Show all posts

Saturday, December 8, 2018

{Sweet Holidays} Mojo Sketch 504

Hi everyone,

I did a little bit of christmas shopping for my cousin's family when I spotted some super adorable christmas themed patterned paper in my local hobby store. I loved the somewhat unusual color theme and that's what inspired me to sit down and make a card again. 

I then spotted Julee's sketch on her blog and decided to take that as my jumping off point for my card. You'll notice I took some liberties with this one.

I picked a pattern and then started to layer complimentary cardstock. A little trial and error ensued until I landed at something that I liked. I wanted to make a card that I could also use as a gift card holder for our local coffee shop so a coffee motive was a must. I decided on using the to go cup from Verve's Better With You set. I paired that with a saying from PTI's Petite Places Holiday Lane. I also used the little gingerbread man stamp from that set to add a little flavor to my coffee cup. 
Lastly I needed something that worked as a frame and anchored the card. I didn't really have any small snowflakes so I decided to use the flowers from Reverse Confetti's Toucan of Friendship. I feel like they can either have a tropical or wintery feel, depending on how you dress/stamp them up.

Some final touches with a copic marker to draw in some shadows, some glitter in shape of ribbon and Stickles glitter and this is where I ended up:

here a closer look:


Thanks so much for stopping by and Merry Christmas!!!

Sonja

Sunday, March 18, 2018

{Happy Bee-day} SFYTT meet Honey Bee's challenge

Hi everyone,

We're in the middle of overtime at work since we're getting ready for E3 but I did have a little bit of time today so I decided to  maximize it by combining two challenges: the sketch challenge by Reverse Confetti with the color challenge by Honey Bees. I'm a bit new to Honey Bee's but I absolutely love how versatile they are. 

Here are the challenges:
 


and here is my card:


I used the stamps and dies from the Sweet As Honey set by Honey Bee's. I paired that with some jute twine and stitched circle die. To give the illusion of fireflies in a jar I used a piece of vellum and added a bit of glitter and jewel drops on top. The flower was colored in using Copic markers.



Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great start to your week!

Sony


Tuesday, February 20, 2018

{Hello, hello, a cheerful hello} SFYTT 57

Hi everyone,

I'm back with one more card today. This one is for this month's Reverse Confetti Sketch for you to try challenge. You can see the sketch a bit further below in my blog post. I was in the mood for something jazzy, something with dimension and graphic. And that's how I ended up with this card here:



the inside:


So...for this card I used the hello die from the Hello & Thanks Label. The toucan sans saying are both from the Toucan of Friendship set. Both of these products are from Reverse Confetti. The circular dies are from My Favorite Things.

The official sketch:

and a closer look:


Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Sony


Thursday, February 8, 2018

{Stay Cool} TCP Tuesday 343

Hi everyone,

I'm back with another card for this month's TCP Tuesday challenge. So...if you weren't able to tell...I've been dreaming of summer lately. lol These Swedish summers are loong. Anyway...this month's TCP Tuesday challenge is about including animals in our projects. Pretty easy since there are tons of TCP stamps that include animals. 

I broke out one of Alma's retired summer sets featuring Poochie with a surfboard. I paired it with a cloud background die from PTI, on top of a background die from Reverse Confetti.



and here's a closer look:


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sony


Saturday, December 16, 2017

{Here comes Santa}

Hi,

Here is one of the last christmas card's I made this year. For this one I used the globe Confetti Cut from Reverse Confetti and paired it with another retired stamp from The Cat's Pajamas.
I used two different Ranger Ink stamp pads and dry brushed them onto water color paper. I then sprayed some water on it to help blend some of the colors a bit better. As a final touch I splattered some white paint I had left over from us painting our apartment onto my card. :) Can't let good paint go to waste. :)



The Santa was colored in with Copic Markers and I used some Stickles Glitter for his beard, hat and candy canes.

Detail look:



Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Merry Christmas!!

Sony


{Manly Wishes} and TCP Tuesday 341

Hi,

I needed to make some gift card holder cards for my cousin's two teenage boys. I really enjoy making more masculine cards because it pushes me to try some color combinations I normally wouldn't. In this case I combined an olive green with a desaturated blue. I probably should resist using glitter stickles but um that...they'll just have to live with. :)

Here are my cards - the stamps are from The Cat's Pajamas. Unfortunately both of these sets are now retired as far as I know but Alma does have some really cute new stamps on her website so be sure to check them out if you're not familiar with TCP.



This one here I actually made for the TCP Tuesday Tag challenge (TCP Tuesday 341) but unfortunately I was too late to submit it. Oohhh well ...I still had fun making it and that's the most important part. :)



I used a couple of different dies for the cards. I used the Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Stax for the first card. For the second card I used The Big Stripes Cover Panel Confetti Cut by Reverse Confetti. I cut it out of dark grey and white cardstock and offset them a bit from each other to give a bit of a shadowing effect.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Merry Christmas!!


Sony



{A Toucan Christmas} SFYTT 55

Hi there,

it's been a little while but I'm back. We finally managed to unpack all our boxes after moving halfway across the world to Sweden, just in time for christmas. I'm very excited to share my first card - I managed to squeeze in about four over the last few days.

 I discovered a hobby store not too far from us and thankfully they had some cardstock since I did not bring any with me from the States, just in time to play along with this month's SFYTT.  I've posted the sketch a bit further below.


Here's a closer up look:
I used the flowers from a Toucan of Friendship by Reverse Confetti and made them into Poinsettias by coloring them with beige and grey Copic markers and adding lots of Stickles glitter. The Santa Hat is a stamp from the now retired TCP set a Beary Year.


And here is this month's SFYTT sketch:


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Merry Christmas!!

Sony



Monday, May 29, 2017

{Sending you Smiles...} Mojo Monday 499

Hi everyone,

I was in need of another card this week. This time I needed a Get Well card for my friend who's in the hospital with a very dangerous staph infection. It nearly cost him his life but thankfully God had other plans for him and he is recovering. He is looking at a lengthy hospital stay though so I wanted to send him a card to hopefully brighten his day a little.

For this task I chose to go with a modified version of this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I say modified because, well...my card is not square and I offset a few of the elements. My excuse for the changes? I literally threw out the only square envelopes I had today in an effort to downsize for our upcoming international move. Go figure!! Amazing how quickly I regretted that. lol 
 I do however still have some standard size envelopes so there you go. Standard size it is. :)


For the card elements I used Reverse Confetti dies and stamps. I used the Greeting Frame Confetti Cut for the...you guessed it...frame. I used the Globe Confetti Cut for the globe and the sentiment is from the set My World.

I decided to continue the sentiment on the inside of the card, which needed a panel anyways so I could write a message since I don't have any white ink pens at the moment.

Here's a look at the inside:



Here is this week's sketch - it is a brand new week so I'll actually get to link it to the Blog this time around and not miss it like last week. :P 


and lastly...a closer look from a slightly different angle to show off the layering:



Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a great rest of your week!


Sonja



Wednesday, May 24, 2017

{We're moving} TCP Blog Hop


Hi everyone,

I don't know if you've heard already but my boyfriend and I are moving!!! It's a big one this time..we're moving to Sweden! Yes...it's quite the endeavor. It's amazing how much work goes into an international move. We're starting by downsizing as much as we can. How much stuff can a person have?! It's insane!! I've even downsized my stamp collection by a considerable amount. Unfortunately, and I kick myself for it, I threw out some stamp sets that I now regret having thrown out and I'm seriously considering buying again. Ugh!!! Anyway...

I needed a little moment of Zen in between boxes and stuff everywhere so here is my card for this months TCP blog hop:



I paired some of Alma's stamps with some dies from Reverse Confetti to create this cute announcement card. :) I believe these stamps are retired I'm sorry to say. I'm a huge fan of Alma's designs and couldn't part with most of her stamp sets so you'll most likely see a few more retired-stamp-set cards from me in the future.

Here a closer look:

I started to use hot glue for putting my cards together. I didn't like how some of my cards would relatively easily come apart so...hot glue to the rescue. Well, not for my fingers unfortunately. I have the one or other burn to show for it. :P But hey! My cards are no longer coming apart. :) Win!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Have a great rest of your week!

Sonja



Sunday, May 21, 2017

{Happy Birthday} SFYTT

Hi everyone,

alright...this will be my last post for tonight. I took a little break from packing tonight and decided to participate in this month's SFYTT sketch using my brandnew Reverse Confetti stamps and dies. Very exciting!

For this card I used the Toucan of Friendship set and paired it with the Happy Pretty Panels Confetti Cuts . The papers are from On the Bright Side by My Mind's Eye.


Here is a closer look: 


and last but not least...here's the sketch for this month's SFYTT challenge:


thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great start to your week tomorrow,

Sonja

{Birthday Tweetings} Reverse Confetti

Hi Everyone,

It's been a little while but I'm back with a few cards I was able to make last week. My little stamp hiatus lasted about 1-2 years it looks like and a few things seem to have changed. I'm super excited to see my old fellow Verve Diva Jen del Muro's company, Reverse Confetti, doing so well. Have you seen her designs? They are a wonderful representation of her unique style. I love it! I just got my first order and here you can see the result:



I used the set Toucan of Friendship with the matching Die set and I used the  Hello & Thanks Confetti Label Die to cut out the white framing panel.

Here is a closer up look:



Well, it's good to be back!! Thank you so much for stopping by after all these years.
I am hoping I'll have more time in the future to stamp again although things might get a little busy in the near future. I'm in the middle of organizing our move to Sweden!! Yes...I got a job offer and the adventure just sounded too good to pass up so we're going. :)

I'll have to figure out if Reverse Confetti will ship to Sweden...mmmh. We'll see ;)

Have a great rest of your weekend!!

Sonja