Gobble Gobble

Hello! Today I have a super fun turkey card to share with you that I created with Fun Stampers Journey Gobble Gobble stamp and die set. Oh were these fun fowl to color with their tail feathers and all! 

My background frame was created with the oh so cool Journey Rectangles set and stamped tone on tone with pumpkins. Makes a pretty cool backdrop for these turkeys, don't you think? 

With the little 'Thanks' sentiment this card is perfect to send to one's Thanksgiving hosts. 

Practice make perfect...well almost. I love the way my big beautiful pumpkin turned out using the blending solution and re-inkers. 

Ah...makes me think of Thanksgiving and spending time with family and cooking all our favorite dishes. It'll be here before the blink of an eye! 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies: SS-0209 Gobble Gobble Stamp Set; DI-0083 Gobble Gobble Die Set; SS-0236 Great Harvest Stamp Set; SS-0168 Text Happy Stamp Set; JG-0001 Journey Grand Die Cut Machine; DI-0042 Journey Ovals Die Set; DI-0041 Journey Rectangles Die Set; AD-0085 Medium Foam Squares; TO-0097 Small Blending Brush; TO-0083 Journey Heat Gun; CS-0023 Oatmeal Cardstock; CS-0040 Whip Cream Cardstock; IP-0011 Oatmeal Cookie Ink Pad; IP-0041 Black Licorice Ink Pad; Re-inkers; IP-0088 Fusion Blender Solution; AC-0029 Mini Wooden Clothespins; AC-0005 Natural Journey Twine

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Hello peeps! I have a Reverse Confetti card to share with you today that I created with a couple new Confetti Cuts, the Geometric Background and Fancy Words. I also used the Heart to Heart set because any project can use a few hearts, right? 

I love this Geometric Panel! The first time I played with it, I used the outer portion of it and this time I filled some of the shapes in. Next time I want to find a really cool patterned paper collection to fill in the entire panel. Wish there were unlimited crafting hours in the day! 

 

Reverse Confetti - April Blog Hop

The eighth is great because today's the day for Reverse Confetti's monthly blog hop and which is extra special because we have new releases on a non-release month! And really cute ones too! 

If you started from Jean Manis' blog you are right on track! To start from the beginning of the hop, get hop information and a list of participants, click here. 

For my first hop project I used the new Tassel Confetti Cut to create some paper blowers! Aren't these fun?!?! Imagine all the colors you could make these in! 

If you would like to give these blowers a try you will need the following supplies:

Paper Straws

12" x 12" Patterned Paper

Tissue Paper

Ribbon

You will also need basic tools such as scissors a score board and craft glue. 

First you will cut strips of patterned paper to 12" by 2 1/4" and score them lengthwise at 1/2" and 1 1/2". I used regular weight patterned paper, but a lighter weight paper will make this project a little easier. 

Once you have scored your lines, fold both sides inward and glue along the seem making sure to completely cover the entire length of the paper so that air will not escape when blowing through the straw. 

Once your glue has dried, you are ready to score a 1/4" length flap at one end of the paper. Apply a little glue on both the inside and outside of the flap and fold over. 

On the opposite side of your scored and folded end, attach the straw by applying glue around the perimeter of the top of the straw. Insert glued part of the straw into the paper tube and squeeze the paper around the straw...adding a little glue to keep it sealed. 

Next you will need Reverse Confetti's new Tassel die to make the fringe for your blowers. I die cut multiple sheets of tissue paper at the same time and made three separate cuts. 

With each die cut piece of tissue I added a little glue to the inside before I folded in in half and on the outside to adhered it to the straw where the pattern paper ends. 

Once all three of your tissue tassels are attached to the straw use some ribbon to make a bow around the base of the tissue. This not only looks pretty, but helps keep the tissue in place. 

Next up I made a card using the new Shaker's 'n Frames Confetti Cuts along with the adorable new Leaping Lions stamps and Confetti Cuts. Can you believe this is my first ever shaker card! About time, huh? It took Reverse Confetti to make it super easy for me to get on board with this technique!  

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Don't you love the confetti shapes included in this set? Flowers, stars, hearts and discs....ooh la la! 

For my last project I combined the all new Layered Banners Confetti Cuts with a favorite from last month, The Tweet Life stamp set. 

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 These Reverse Confetti April releases are sweet, sweet, tweet! And so fun to create with!

Next up on the hop is my talented teammate Any Tsuruta. Thanks for joining me on this stop of the hop! 

Bella Blvd. Inspiration

Hi!

I have two Bella Blvd. cards to share with you today. This week some of the design team members were given an inspirational photo to create our projects from and we all came up with completely different and creative ideas!

For this card I used the new Bella Blvd. Baby Boy line. I think you've heard me mention before that I really adore this collection!?!? ;)

The die cut background was made with the Silhouette and the tag with an old Sizzix die. I made the little sentiment flag by cutting a piece of border strip patterned paper.

Spring has sprung this week so I made one of my cards with the Bella Blvd. Spring Flings & Easter Things collection.

I created the circles with a set of Spellbinders nesting dies and this adorable little bee and beautiful flower accent are Ciao Chip.

So...have you noticed a theme here? To see the photo that inspired these projects and to see what my teammates came up with click here to go to the Bella Blvd. blog.

If you have a little time to play along with us, we would love to see what you come up with! Go ahead and post your projects on the Bella Blvd. Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you have a terrific Thursday! We're getting close to another weekend! :)

Kathy

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Hi!

What a short and lovely weekend! Too short! Hubs and I enjoyed our alone time together and dinner out on Saturday night was excellent! The last time we went to dinner was last November! Seriously! We had grilled Caesar salads to start with. They cut the heart of Romain lettuce in half and grill the flat side real quick, for just a bit of flavor. It's the best Caesar salad I ever had! I had scallops with lemon grass risotto and Dan had lamb chops with brussel sprouts! Mmmm! The scallops are cooked to perfection! Seared on the outside and so soft inside! Risotto was out of this world! Dessert was to die for too! Dan had creme brulee and I had carrot cake...oh how I love carrot cake and when it's made at a fancy shmancy restaurant, you close your eyes and savor all the mingling flavors of cinnamon, raisins and cream cheese frosting! I really must stop now before I drive you and me both insane! ;)

Shall we talk crafts now? I broke down and ordered just a few goodies from Two Peas in a Bucket that included a 6x6 pad of My Mind's Eye paper called Follow Your Heart, one of the Echo Park This & That collections and an assortment of buttons and brads. I had a chance to play with some and created this card.

Oh how pretty these papers are! I love the soft colors along with the diagonal stripes and polka dot combination! The pretty wood button is from Prima Marketing.

I'm still on the tag kick! And letter dies which are from Papertrey Ink. Now I want the capital letters and numbers. I know they would get a ton of use since I can't get enough of this lowercase set!

Here's an even closer look at my layered goodies...vintage buttons, butterfly, ticket stub, paper pennants.

I've been doing a lot of playing around in between DT assignments resulting in some interesting cards...some that I really like....like this one. I love how it all came together!

Thanks for coming by! Hope your Monday is not too shabby!

Kathy :)

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Hi!

I'm popping in real quick to share something crafty with you today. If it's gray and rainy in your area, lke it is here, you maybe in the mood for a little craftiness?

I received some happy mail last week, a little handmade friendship pillow so I made a thank you card to show my appreciation.

There's those tags and die cuts again! ;) They appear in just about every project I create lately! Do you go through phases like that? Where you put buttons on everything, or butterflies? Or ink all your paper?

Speaking of buttons...that's another one of my go to embellishments. Here I've added a few vintage buttons and some die cut ones.

Patterned paper by Basic Grey and Crate Paper. Tag by Martha Stewart. Button die cut from Papertrey Ink. Felt butterflies are from Etsy. Letter Stickers are Lilybee Designs.

Well, I'm off to spend a little one-on-one with the hubs. Christopher is at camp this weekend so that means a fancy dinner out tonight! I can already taste the scallops! ;) Yesterday we spent the day on a antique hunt at a couple of our local shops and Goodwill stores. Found an adorable Firkin. Actually, I've been eyeing it for quite some time and finally decided to go for it. Oh and I got a brand new in the box, never used set of Lenox flatware at the Goodwill for just $29! When I got home I looked up the pattern, and it's valued at $200! We only have an 8 piece setting of silverware and so we run out of spoons and forks before we run the dishwasher. I'm thrilled to have stumbled upon this deal! I bet you are excited to read about my new flatware so I'll shut up already and go now!  ;)

Have a super weekend!

Kathy :)