Reverse Confetti SALE + Hop!

Hello and Happy Saturday!  Did you hear that it's Jen's Birthday Weekend and she's celebrating with a SALE and 2 Day Hop?!  Now is the time to stock up on your Reverse Confetti favorites!  Today's fun starts HERE.

In case you missed it, there was a hop yesterday too, the fun starts HERE.

Today's project features the Banner in Bloom stamps + coordinating confetti cuts.

It's such a pretty stamp and I love the different sentiments that you can use.  All I did was some quick coloring to coordinate with the panel from the Under The Umbrella 6x6 Paper Pad.

Stone cardstock is one of my favorites and goes wonderfully with the pattern paper.  I finished off my card with a trio of enamel dots from my stash.

My card was inspired by the August SFYTT:

Heather Hoffman

Audrey Tokach

Amy Tsuruta

Amy Sheffer

Tricia Barber

Jeanne Jachna

Therese Calvird ‘Fetti Friend

Altenew New Day Card Kit Blog Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be a designer for the Altenew New Day Card Kit Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the fabulous Tiffany Solorio!  If not, you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Altenew Blog!

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by Thursday, August 17th at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on Saturday, August 19th.

I will also being a Giveaway based on the comments left on this blog post. Commenting will be open until August 17th at 11:59 pm EDT. I will announce the winner on my blog Friday, August 18th!

Have you seen the gorgeous New Day Card kit?!

I could literally create for days with this kit.  I managed to make 3 cards for today's hop and didn't even make a dent in all the supplies!

I had so much fun, first up is a card that uses some of the images from the stamp set:

If you didn't know it already, green is my favorite.  I certainly gravitated to that gorgeous striped paper from the 6x6 paper pad.  See that frame?  Oh my, it's absolutely gorgeous and just filled with such lovely details.  I stamped the bloom in a couple different shades of ink to come up with my own custom color.  The mixed font sentiment is perfect-o!

Next up is a card that I designed to focus on the paper pad: 

I used my Distress Oxides to color in those blooms!  Super happy that the paper didn't warp at all!  I can't stay away from that beautiful frame die!  This time I die cut it in black and mounted all the layers on a black note card.  The sentiment is from the kit's stamp set.  A little bit of a watercolored background to coordinate with the blooms.

My final card has no stamping!

I used that awesome wood veneer and puffy letters from the kit and *boom* the card was done!

Whew!  That's it for me!  Next up is the awesome TaeEun Yoo!  Remember to leave a comment before you go to be eligible for the giveaway!

In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listing:

Altenew

Vicky Papaioannou

Galina Filippenko

Svitlana Shayevich

Laurie Schmidlin

Isha Gupta

Mindy Baxter

Laura Jane

Chari Moss

Kimberly Crawford

Lydia Evans

Joni Nina Andaya

Barbara Engler

Yoonsun Hur

Keeway Tsao

Tiffany Solorio

Amy Tsuruta 💚

TaeEun Yoo

Pinkfresh Studio Design Team Line Up & Escape the Ordinary Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio Design Team Line Up & Escape the Ordinary Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the very awesome Amanda-Jayne Baldwin's blog!  If not, you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Pinkfresh Studio Blog!

Leave a comment as you hop along for a chance to win!  One winner will receive the Escape the Ordinary Collection:

and another winner will receive a Stamp & Die Prize Package worth over $100.00!

The winners will be randomly selected and the requirement is that you leave a comment on each Blog in the Hop!

I'm so excited to be a part of this team and am thoroughly grateful for the experience.  Let's get started, shall we?  I have two projects to share today, first up is a card that uses the Unicorn Dreams stamp set:

I wanted to give the card a 'dreamy look' so for the background I used the smooshing technique with a couple of the Distress Oxide inks.  To help ground the Unicorn, I did use just the Twisted Citron on a separate panel for her to stand on.

I also tried to coordinate the colors that were already on the Felicity Phrase Sticker that I used.

Next up is a card that I designed using the Escape the Ordinary stamp set + coordinating die:

I gotta tell you, the way that Pinkfresh Studio coordinates their stamps + dies is truly genius.  I started off with an oxide ink galaxy panel that I pre-designed and dried thoroughly.  I stamped some of the images on the panel and heat embossed them in gold.  I tucked in that awesome circle die cut from the Ephemera Pack with Foil Accents.

It was perfect since it has a matte black background just like my galaxy panel!

That's it for me, up next is the wonderful Beata Valint!

In case you get lost along the way, the hop listing is below!

Happy Hopping!

1. Pinkfresh Studio

2. Elena Roussakis

3. Isha Gupta

4. Rebecca Luminarias

5. Anna Kossakovskaya

6. Flóra Mónika Farkas

7. May Sukyong Park

8. Amanda-jayne Baldwin

9. Amy Tsuruta 💚

10. Beata Valint

11. Ashley Horton

12. Julia Stainton

13. Adrienne Alvis

14. Laura Bassen

15. Kathleen Graumüller

16. Veera Saarivuo

17. Evelyn Pratiwi Yusuf

18. Elsie Robinson

Hero Arts: August Awesome Add-ons!

I'm up on the Hero Arts blog with my teamie Michelle.  Here's a peek at my project:

Just say yes to Nautical!  Make sure you pop over to the Hero Arts blog for all the details.  The August My Monthly Hero set has sold out.  Don't forget about the subscription services...sign up so you never miss out on another kit!

Check out the fabulous August Optional Add-ons:

CM195 Mewn & Back

DI429 Mewn & Back Frame Cuts

CM196 Zodiac Birthday

CM197 Dream Big

DI427 Dream Big Frame Cuts

CM198 Astronomical

DI428 Astronomical Frame Cuts

CM199 Cloudy Animals

DI430 Cloudy Animals Frame Cuts

CG718 It's Just a Phase Bold Prints

CG719 Pretty Moon Spiral Bold Prints

DI425 Milky Way Window Fancy Die

DI426 Nesting Cloudy Infinity Dies

H6256 Dreamship

Want to buy ALL of the August Optional Add-ons?  Get them HERE.

Pinkfresh Studio + ME!

I'm so excited to announced that I'm on the Pinkfresh Studio Card Design Team!  WOW!  Check out the amazing team!  I'm so very thrilled and honored!

Make sure you pop over to the Pinkfresh Studio blog to also see the fabulous Scrapbook Design Team!

Here's a card that I whipped up using the gorgeous Felicity collection:

I've been a long time fan of Pinkfresh Studio's style!

Here's an earlier project that I designed for their June Stamp Release:

I wanted to also share this earlier project that uses the Felicity collection:

I teamed it up with some Spellbinder dies :)

I'm so thrilled to be working with the AWESOME Pinkfresh Studio products and can't wait to show you some of the projects I've been working on!

Celebrate - Hip, Hippo, Hooray!

Plaid + Hippos = Yes, Please!  I had so much fun with the MFT Happy Hippo set!  Those guys make ME happy!

I whipped up this card for my friend Novell...today's her birthday!  She's kinda my birthday twin even though we don't share the same birthday...LOL.  We love to swap Mom stories, as in about our own mother's.  You'd understand if you grew up with an asian mother, I'm sure my own kids would love to share stories about me.

Isn't that celebrate font fabulous?  It's been cut from Stampin' Up (sadly retired) Crisp Cantaloupe.  Do you see the 'sprinkles' on the cupcakes?  They're Iridescent Star Confetti from Pretty Pink Posh.  The scalloped border is from PPP too!

I love the MFT Subtle Plaid paper pad, doesn't it look awesome with the Crisp Cantaloupe and pops of green?  

I'm an adhesive-aholic.  I'm always on the lookout for new stuff.  I picked up the On Point Glue from Impress and LOVE that stuff...make adhering the 'sprinkles' on the cupcakes a breeze!

My card was inspired by Fusion Card Challenge: