Lay in the Sun...Reverse Confetti Color Challenge!

It feels SO good to be crafting again!!!  Thanks to everyone who commented on my card for the PTI blog hop the other day, I had a lot of fun, just making something for me :).  Wellllll, I'm back again today, because as soon as I saw this color challenge over at Reverse Confetti, I was in LOVE.  Totally love this color combo!!!

I've been playing around with my copics alot lately, and just wanted to do something bright and warm.  It's been SO COLD here in NY, I thought of a nice Caribbean getaway...ahhhhhhhh....

A little gold glitter sets off the 'shimmer' in the water...oh, to be in Grand Turk, lol....that's what this color of water reminds me of.  Have you ever been there?  It's gorgeous.  I was fortunate enough to go on a cruise with my entire family the Summer before last, and Grand Turk was one of the stops.  It was my favorite.  I wish we had more time there than we did.   Anyway - thanks Jen for this awesome color combo, and all of the inspiration.  The sentiment is from Count Your Rainbows.

What's your favorite vacation place?  Snowy Colorado for skiing? Or someplace warm and sunny??  I'd love to hear! :)

Hope you have a great week!

Tracey

Supplies:
Stamps: Count Your Rainbows (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Select White, Classic Kraft
Accessories: Copic Markers, quickie glue pen, gold glitter, white embossing powder

October Reverse Confetti Blog Hop!

Hello October (cooler weather—yay!) and Hello REVERSE CONFETTI Fans! It’s the 8th of the month –Blog Hop time! Are ya’ll ready to savor some sweet inspiration? Grab a cuppa and take some time to enjoy this month’s creative Blog Hop from Reverse Confetti. Last month’s release was all about fall and spooks and today we are inspiring you with projects and cards using those stamps and any other previously released stamps from Reverse Confetti. Along with the Confetti Crew (our fabulous design team), I've also been invited to join in on the action!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you should have made it here from Val's blog. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using all of Reverse Confetti’s amazing stamp sets! 

       

I've been really getting into the halloween spirit around here, starting to decorate, and think of costumes and such.  How about you?  I decided to use Spooky Cuties and Spooky Sentiments for my card today.  Last time, I used the cauldron for a pot of gold, but today, I used it for it's original intention, a bubbling pot of witch's brew.  I used clear EP, and cut out the image on some dark gray CS.  it's mounted with dimensionals.  The sentiment is also heat embossed, and I used some peal accents for the 'bubbles'.  For a little extra dazzle, I brought in that fun sparkly spider and web in the corner, I picked them up at M's the other day.

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s time to hop on over to Susan’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers below or over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

How would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own? Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to REVERSE CONFETTI. Comments are open until Thursday, October 10th at 2pm CST, and the winner will be announced on the Week in Reverse post on the 11th over on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

BUT WAIT -- just a few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT)—Play along each month for your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list.

‘FETTI FINDS—Link your REVERSE CONFETTI creations to the link list posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday.  (Note:  Reverse Confetti stamps are required for ‘Fetti Finds.)  A ‘Fetti Fave will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that months’ entries.  The ‘FETTI FAVE will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and is invited to play along with the Confetti Crew for sneak peeks and new release blog hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list.  It happened to me, it can happen to you, too!

Blog Hop Order:

Reverse Confetti blog http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/

Amber Hight http://stampingscrapbooker.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Nina Yang (‘Fetti Friend) http://waffleflower.com/

Amy Kolling http://stamp-n-paradise.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Gayatri Murali (‘Fetti Friend) http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com/

Amy Sheffer http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Dawn Easton http://treasureoilerdesignz.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Sarah Gough (SFYTT winner!) http://thinkingstamps.blogspot.com/

Heather Pulvirenti http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Jen Tapler http://jentapler.blogspot.com/

Kimberly Crawford http://kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/

Laurie Schmidlin http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/my_weblog/reverse-confetti/

Taheerah Atchia (‘Fetti Fave!) http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/

Lisa Henke http://mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com/search/label/reverse%20confetti

Nancy Thomas (SFYTT winner!) http://nancythomas.blogspot.com/

Savannah O’Gwynn http://savannahland2.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

JJ Bolton (‘Fetti Friend) http://www.jjbolton.org/

Val Stangle http://valeriestangle.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Tracey Cuccia (July ‘Fetti Fave!) http://tmcuccia.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Susan Liles http://www.susiestampalot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti

Reverse Confetti Release and Blog Hop!

It’s finally here—a new release from REVERSE CONFETTI!  It’s the 8^th of the month, and this time we are looking forward to those fall days and the spooky treats that come our way for Halloween.  Come and hop along with the Confetti Crew as we share some creative ideas using September’s FIVE new trendy stamp sets.  Along with the Confetti Crew (the fabulous design team), I've also been invited to join in on the action!  As a 'Fetti Fave, I received the entire release FOR FREE, and got to sneak peek projects along with the design team -- thanks again to Jen and the rest of the Confetti Crew for the awesome opportunity!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confettiblog, and you should have made it here from Val’s blog. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using all the new Reverse Confetti stamp sets!

Here are the new sets that are available NOW!

I have just a few more projects I'd like to share with you today -- hope you like them!  Here is the full shot of the card at the top of my post - which uses Count Your Rainbows, and the cauldron from Spooky Cuties, thought it made a great pot of gold, as well!

Next up, a couple that use Forever Fall.  This first one is going to a friend who is stationed in Uganda right now.  I've got a few goodies in a box ready to go, and this will be included in the package for her.

Our servicemen and women can never hear these words enough.  I learned earlier today of the death of a soldier in Afghanistan whose hometown is not far from here, and it is always a reminder of how much these men and women are willing to give up for our freedom.  I stamped and embossed the heart image on red, white, and blue CS, and then cut them free-hand.  A little red and white twine finished this one off.

This next one is just sweet, fun, and totally simple.

A little copper embossing for the sentiment, and some more baker's twine.

And LAST, but not least - one more Halloween card, using Spooky Cuties and Spooky Sentiments:

I made the scene on some purple CS, using the fence and little black cat images, embellished with a moon made from a circle punch, and some die cut teeny tiny stars, plus some stickles for a little extra twinkle.  The 'October 31' was stamped and embossed on a little banner, and the numbers filled in with some more stickles.  

Thank you all sooo much for coming along with me this week, I hope you've enjoyed my projects as much as I have enjoyed making them, and that maybe you'll stop by now and then and say hi!

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s time to hop on over to Susan’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers below or over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

BUT WAIT -- just a few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY (SFYTT)—Play along each month for your chance to win the ENTIRE NEXT RELEASE and to be invited to play along with the Confetti Crew as we sneak peek and hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list.

‘FETTI FINDS—Link your REVERSE CONFETTI creations to the link list posted on the Reverse Confetti blog each Monday.  (Note:  Reverse Confetti stamps are required for ‘Fetti Finds.)  A ‘Fetti Fave will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog from that months’ entries.  The ‘FETTI FAVE will receive the ENTIRE NEXT STAMP RELEASE and is invited to play along with the Confetti Crew for sneak peeks and new release blog hop with all the new stamps.  Click HERE for more details and link list.  It happened to me, it can happen to you, too!

Blog Hop Order:

Reverse Confetti blog 

Amber Hight 

Amy Kolling 

Amy Rohl 

Amy Sheffer 

Dawn Easton

Sarah Gough (SFYTT winner!) 

Heather Pulvirenti 

Jen Tapler 

Kimberly Crawford 

Laurie Schmidlin 

Lisa Henke 

Nancy Thomas (SFYTT winner!) 

Savannah O’Gwynn 

Val Stangle 

Tracey Cuccia (July ‘Fetti Fave!) - That's me!!

Susan Liles 

Countdown to Confetti - Day 3!

WHEW!  It's been a while since I've worked a release liked this - so much fun!  So grateful for the opportunity :)

Here are today's peeks -- We're ALL about Halloween here.  I decorate the house every Halloween, but not creepy gory scary -- fun halloween.

Not a GREAT picture, but we're not decorated yet, so I can't go out and take a new one ;).

Here are the next new Reverse Confetti sets we're sharing with you all today:

          

SO cute, right?

So here's my first card for today

I had this idea in my head -- kind of like the spotlight idea...the middle pumpkin is in the spotlight, so you can see it all, the other two are in the dark, and can only see their glowing faces...  The sentiment was embossed in white, and I colored over the words with my Copics.

Up next is this fun one

This one is loosely based on the latest Sketch for you to Try.  I made the orange background paper with a few of the sentiments from Spooky Sentiments, and the green strip used elements from both sets.  That little ghost from Spooky Cuties is just that -- CUTE!

Thanks for coming along on this adventure with me!

Be sure to check out the other peeks today, details on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

Also don't forget to leave comments on the designer blogs for your chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate!!  Comments close at noon CST TODAY with the winner announced at 5pm.

See you tomorrow with a few more projects for the big release day!  Yaaaaaaay!

Until Next Time,

Tracey

Countdown to Confetti - Day 2

Thanks for all of the love yesterday on my projects!  I've been having lots of fun, and today the fun continues!  Only 2 more days until you can get these new Reverse Confetti stamps for your very own!

Today, the stamp set being featured is Forever Fall, and I also used Lighthearted Letters:

I've got 2 cards to share with you today - this first one also uses I Like You, but in a non-traditional way.  

Do you see it?  I used the line, and the dotted line images to make the pattern on the orange CS.  I made a little mask for the pumpkin, and stamped the acorn next to it.  Aren't those polka dots the cutest??  I think my favorite image in the set is the woodgrain though - you can't see it in this photo, but it has a cute heart shaped 'knot' in the wood.  Love it.  I seem to be using a lot of copper lately, so I dug out my old copper cording from SU! (do any of you still have yours??  I've got the gold and silver, too...I think I'll have them forever! - HA!) anyway, I wrapped it around several times, and tied it in a little bow.

Next up?  My anniversary card!  Done nice and early :)  Luckily, my husband doesn't read my blog, so no spoilers here!

Now for this one, I started with a base of a golden yellow CS, and used my Copics and airbrush to make the background from red to orange to yellow (though I must say, I think I need a compressor -- the air cans get too cold, and the air doesn't work right! :( )  BUT - I digress... I made the background, and then I cut the tree free-hand with my hobby blade.  Took the tree and ran it through my CB with a wood-grain impression plate.  I made the sign using the wood-grain stamp from Forever Fall, and letters from Lighthearted Letters.  I really love that Jen included numbers and characters in the set as well!  There's some of that copper cord again, too, draped over the branch to hold my sign. (kinda crazy to think I'll be married 14 years this year...clearly I'm not old enough for that!)

Here's a close up of the sign

Can you see the heart shaped 'knot' in this one?  really cute.  I finished off the inside of this one - take a peek

Isn't that a great sentiment?  That's pretty much how I feel about him. <3 p="">
Don't forget! Be sure to check out the other peeks today, details on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

Also be certain that you leave a comment on the designer blogs for your chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate!!  Comments close at noon CST on September 7th with the winner announced at 5pm that day.

Thanks again for coming by!!  Hope you have a great day!!

Until Next Time,

Tracey 

Reverse Confetti Sneak Peek #1!!

Can I just tell you how excited I am to be creating alongside the awesome design team at Reverse Confetti for the release this month?  Well, I'm pret-ty darn excited! :)  Lucky me, I was chosen as the 'Fetti Fave for July, and now I get to peek the new sets, too!

The set featured today is called Count Your Rainbows, this will be available for purchase on September 8th from Reverse Confetti.  LOTS of fun sentiments in this one!

This first card uses what I think just may be my favorite sentiment in the set, and a little grouping of stars from Inner Rock Star.  I kept it totally clean and simple.

Next up uses that awesome open letter 'Count' with some Copics.  I heat emossed the sentiment using white ep, and colored in the letters using my RV04, RV17, and RV19 markers, to give a little ombre effect to the letters.  I used the small circle numbers along the strip of raspberry cardstock for a little extra emphasis on the counting ;).

Last, this is probably my favorite project I've made with this set yet.  Yesterday was our first day of school, and time is flying.  I can't believe how grown up my girls are getting!!  I snapped this sweet shot of them waiting for the bus, and looking at it, I thought how lucky I am, and then... this was born:

I made this little 6x6 scrapbook page of the girls, and how lucky and blessed we are that they are so smart, healthy, happy, beautiful and strong.  I count these blessings twice :).  This also incorporates the star image from Inner Rock Star, my glittery girls needed some bling on this page!

Be sure to check out the other peeks today, details on the Reverse Confetti Blog!

Also be certain that you leave a comment on the designer blogs for your chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate!!  Comments close at noon CST on September 7th with the winner announced at 5pm that day.  Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check back tomorrow for more!

Until next time!
Tracey

Craft Dash 21, Color Throwdown and More :)

Happy Hump Day!!!!  So glad it's Wednesday!  It's been a rough week so far, but how awesome was it, when I got home and found NEW STAMPS in my mailbox??  I'll tell you.... VERY awesome.  Just got my new stamps from Reverse Confetti, and thought the current Craft Dash Challenge to incorporate stars would be a great one to use them on.

It also happens to be the 5 year anniversary of the Color Throwdown - so I went ahead and grabbed their summery color scheme, which also makes me think of the 50's... aqua, pink, and yellow...aaahhhh :).

What could have been cooler in the 50's than Rock 'n' Roll??

Used the star image to make my background, and there are also little stars in the centers of the records...cute, right?  I used my white glaze pen to make the 'shine' marks on the records.

When my husband and I were house hunting, there was this cute little house that was all brick on the outside, but boy was it 50's on the inside!!  Formica everywhere, and it was robin's egg blue and yellow!  The kitchen was super retro, and if it wouldn't have been priced so high, I would have LOVED to have gotten this place, and updated the rest of the house around the awesome old kitchen.  It was begging to have a rotary dial phone on the wall, too.

I grew up listening to 50's music, so whenever I hear a certain song, it brings me back to my childhood - lots of good memories :).

OH!  and before I forget -- here's my time :)  CLOSE one!

Thanks for popping by -- hope you're having a great week!!

Tracey

Supplies:
Stamps: Inner Rock Star (Reverse Confetti)
Ink: True Black, Classic Kraft (PTI)
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Classic Kraft (All PTI)
Accessories: White glaze pen

Craft Dash and Sketch for you to try!!

Off to LOTS of celebrating today, but wanted to squeak in a card for the latest Craft Dash Challenge!  I combined it with the Sketch for You to Try (even though I missed the deadline).

Reverse Confetti is a great new company started by Jen delMuro -- fun fun designs -- I totally loved the "I Like You" set she released this past month.

Here's my card:

UNFORTUNATELY- I didn't make time, but I thought I would share it anyway!  :(  Maybe next time!!! 

Thanks for popping by -- have a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

Supplies:
Stamps: I Like You (Reverse Confetti), Hello Sunshine (PTI), Heart-2-Heart #6 (PTI)
Ink: Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy (All PTI)
Paper: Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Select White, Spring Rain (All PTI)
Accessories: Heart-2-Heart #6 dies (PTI), heart border die (PTI), Cloud 1&2 die collection (PTI), corner rounder (CM)