April Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Hello!  Today is the 8th of the month which means it's time for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from my teamie, Heather Hoffman.  If not, you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog!

I'm in full springtime mode and couldn't wait to design a card trio:

I started off with the Stitched Squares Confetti Cuts.  I used pattern paper from:

From Cupid

Every Little Bit

Fun Times

The white panels are Premier Polar White.

Let's start with this one that uses a From Cupid polka panel: 

I used images from the following sets:

Spring Pals (frog, duck, tulips + grass)

Honey Bear (tree/apples, clouds + bee)

Next up is my scenery using the Every Little Bit paper pad:

I used images from the following sets:

Spring Pals (bunny, carrots, duck, tulips + grass)

Bearing Gifts (mountains)

Greatest Adventure (trees + tree stump)

Cured (heart banner)

Here's my final scenery card that uses a panel from the Fun Times 6x6:

I used images from the following sets:

Spring Pals (sheep, duck, tulips + grass)

Holiday Gnomes (homes + tree)

Whew!  I had so much fun putting together these scenery cards.  They're all 4.25 x 4.25...lots of foam adhesive (=not postal friendly).

I can't wait to hop around and see what my teamies designed!

Next up is the fabulous Kathy Schweinfurth!  In case you get lost along the way, the full hop listing is available below!

Reverse Confetti Blog

Amy Kolling

Amy Sheffer

Tricia Barber

Kelly Lunceford

Lisa Henke

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Jeanne Jachna

Deanne Kuntz

Dana Kirby

Natasha Valkovskaya

Ali Farmer

Olga Matyushevskaya

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oh, happy day | SugarPea Designs

Hello and Happy Sunday!  As I type this up on Saturday morning, not quite 8 am and I'm on my 4th cup of coffee.  Today I'm featuring SugarPea Designs - Parisian Holiday.

This set is so fun, love all the images in it.  I teamed it up with the Coffee To Go Cup - Sugarcut.  The main cup panel is white but I did back it with a stone panel to bring it out a smidge.

I love the glittery ParisScape.  The Postage Stamp SugarCut is wonderful.  I used it on the white center panel but also managed to use it as a coordinating border cut on the Stone cardstock panel.

So I may have taken the Mix It Up Challenge a bit literal:

That color palette makes me a happy crafter!

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The Ton's Spring 2019 Release Blog Hop

We are celebrating The Ton's Spring 2019 Release with 7 new designs! There are additional promotions with free gifts. Head over to The Ton's blog for more details. 

Giveaways: Three winners will receive a stamp set of choice from our new Spring 2019 release (excluding Fantastic Feathers). To qualify, please leave a comment on each blog or youtube video. Comment period will close on 4/10 at 6pm EST. Winners will be announced on the The Ton's blog after.

You should have arrived here from the fabulous Kymona Tracey's blog!  If not, you'll want to start at the beginning which is The Ton's blog!

Today I'm featuring the new Beautiful Branches set.  

I had so much fun with this stamp set.  I love that branch of blooms and wanted to color them in different colors.

The first one is featuring a vibrant raspberry color.  I started with the distress background first, compliments of Kristina Werner:

Spun Sugar

Picked Raspberry

Wilted Violet

I love the 'hey, girl' sentiment and added the 'you got this'.  I wanted this to be super sparkly so I added the gold glitter panel.

My 2nd card features lavender blooms:

The background is Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry.  I added water droplets and gold ink splatters too.

It's been wonderfully sunny + springy in the pacific northwest so I've send these out to some pnw friends.

That's it for me, now hop over to the super talented Brenda Noelke!  In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listin:

The Ton

Tae Eun Yoo
Heba Alsibai(Youtube)
Chris Dayton
Vera Yates
Kymona Tracey
Amy Tsuruta
Brenda Noelke
Jana Millen
Ilina Crouse
Olga Matyushevskaya 
Laura Jane Head
Janette Kausen 
Anna Kutcenko
Kira Ness 
Svitlana Shayevich 
Amy Kolling 

Mayline Jung

Poppin' Up To Say | Lawn Fawn [interactive]

I always seem to underestimate the time it takes to design an interactive card.  This literally took me several hours yesterday to complete (from start to finish).  I have to say that I'm really enjoying the interactive designs, they're so rewarding to see 'in action'.

This one combines the following Lawn Fawn Sets:

Let's Toast

Thanks a Latte

Love you a Latte

The interactive die is the:

Let's Toast Pull Tab Add-on

Eeep!  That toast!  I remember when my boy was younger he told me he loved me more than toast💚  I used the Spring Fling 6x6 paper pad.  That grey polka panel has a large whole in the middle where I stamped out my paper pieced panel for the toaster.

I originally stamped out images from the Thanks a Latte set but the mugs were too large.  The ones from the Love You a Latte are perfect.  They don't take away from the toaster but blend beautifully.

I was thoroughly inspired by the newest Lawn Fawnatics challenge:

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Have a phonomenal day | Avery Elle

I'm part of family that really enjoys food.  Well, I guess all families are like that?  We love asian food so when Avery Elle came out with this fun Phonomenal set, I knew I had to buy it.

The kids and I love noodles:  Pho, Bun, Ramen, Udon, Somen...

Last night my sweet girl treated ME to dinner (yes!).  It was a great way to end the day.  We both worked and then I drove us out to see her grandmother who just had her 2nd knee replacement (did I mention that she's a chipper 92?!).

We actually had ramen but I'm sending this to her as a thank you.  No challenges (gasp) a 'just for fun' card and I'm procrastinating things that I should be doing.

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hello | Hello Bluebird

Hello and Happy Tuesday.  Here's another spring inspired project.

I haven't inked up any of my Hello Bluebird sets so today I'm featuring Springtime.  I also used Gallery Frame #1 and Grassy Knoll Dies.  The hello has been die cut from (retired) Stampin' Up Wisteria Wonder.

The Distress Oxide ink blending background color combo is compliments of Nicola Meek.  It's a combo of:

Tumbled Glass

Spun Sugar

Spiced Marmalade

Cracked Pistachio

Doesn't it remind you of spring and easter eggs?  I grew up never egg dying.  I did it for the first time last year with my friend and my girl and it's our new tradition.  I've been sending my friend egg dying techniques as we're planning on gathering this weekend.

These are my copic combos:

R000/R01

R20

Y02/Y08

G12/G20

BV00/BV01

E40/E42

I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!

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you + me + coffee | essentials by ellen

Happy April!  I'm trying to do a major catch up on my shopping and wanted to play with the Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware.

That guy is killing me!  The rabbit ears are perfect!  The pattern paper and stencil are by MFT.

Doesn't everybody want coffee for Easter?!

I was inspired by the latest Tag You're It Challenge.

I incorporated the coffee theme and the aqua + yellow colors.

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