Catherine Pooler Designs / Paradise Found Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Paradise Found Release Blog Hop for Catherine Pooler Designs!  

This release we are featuring 8 NEW INKS, 3 new stamp sets, 3 new die sets, and the whole Stamp Of Approval collection:  Naturally Inspired!   

Here are the new ink colors:

Peppermint Scrub

Mandarin Spice

Sauna

Green Tea

Eucalyptus

Daydream

Juniper Mist

Royal Treatment

Aren't these names awesome? This is the perfect, rich, sophisticated color collection! They fill so many color holes and they stamp absolutely perfect!  If you have been following Catherine the past week, she has been revealing all the new SPA Collection colors and they are DIVINE! 

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My first card uses one of the new stamp sets and 3 of the new inks. The new Winter Woodland set has several silhouette animals and trees. There are even matching Winter Woodland Dies (but didn't arrive in time for designing)!




I started my card with a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and ink blended Sauna, Royal Treatment, and Juniper Mist for a sunset sky (find all the inks HERE). They blended beautifully!! I added splatters of Heidi Swapp White Color Shine and then stamped my trees to the right in Midnight Ink. I hand trimmed some snowy hills and added Prisma Glitter to the edges. I stamped and hand trimmed the deer and bunny images. Then I arranged them where I wanted them and stamped the antlers in Midnight Ink as well. After all elements were adhered, I stamped the sentiment onto a white banner and added it with foam adhesive.

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My second card uses the new Plaid Background Stamp and the new ink, Peppermint Scrub. To stamp the plaid, I barely tapped my ink pad to the stamp to cover the surface and then laid my piece of white cardstock over and rubbed. Beautiful plaid!!! I created my sentiment using the Simply the Best stamp set and Best Die. I can't wait to create more plaids in other colors!!

Here's the fabulous line-up for today's blog hop filled with even more inspiration!

Catherine Pooler

Melissa Miller

Jennifer Carter

Justine Hovey

Amy Kolling ♥♥

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Ingrid Blackburn

Avery Elle / Winter Release Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Winter 2017 Release Blog Hop with Avery Elle!  There are 8 new stamp sets and 9 new die sets releasing today.  Definitely something for everyone and they are not holiday related!  

All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now.

If you are a fan of calligraphy or don't have the best handwriting like me, then you need to add the Modern Calligraphy stamps to your collection.  I customized my card by using the Modern Calligraphy stamps to stamp my sentiment "amazing" along with a supporting sentiment from Sentimental Too.  The florals in the right upper corner are included in the Modern Calligraphy stamp set and they have a coordinating die too.  To add some interest, I added the Wonky Squares Elle-ments to the perimeter of my card.  My florals were colored in using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers onto Bristol Smooth cardstock.



I also customized an envelope (that will be hand delivered) with the recipients name and one of the floral accents in the left lower corner.  




Supplies:
Modern Calligraphy
Modern Calligraphy Elle-ments
Sentimental Too
Wonky Squares Elle-ments

Make sure you hop around for inspiration and leave comments!  Here is the full blog hop list to get you started!

Avery Elle / Jamie

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Ashley Marcu

Elena Roussakis

To celebrate our Winter 2017 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner.  To enter to win just comment on this post.  There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter.  This giveaway is void where prohibited.  You can also do options 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances of winning. You have until midnight Sunday, November 12th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, November 13th .  

To enter to win you can do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances:

1. Comment on any of the design team's posts and/or here on the Avery Elle Blog
2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
3. Follow us on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and share us with your friends - make sure they tell us you sent them.
4. Follow us on Pinterest
5. Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
6. Join our Flickr group (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already belong)

Reverse Confetti / November Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti November Blog Hop!  

We in case you missed it, Reverse Confetti released .....6 new stamp sets, 10 Confetti Cuts, and Cheerful and Kind 6x6 paper pad.  Make sure to check out the Reverse Confetti blog for all the details of this hop for a full list of inspiration and information on all the new goodies!

Today, I am sharing the last 2 cards I made for the release.  The first one uses the super ADORABLE Cool Friends stamps and Cool Friends Confetti Cuts.  I ink blended a light blue sky with Baby Blue Reverse Confetti Ink and added a trimmed panel die cut with the Small Diamond Tiles Cover Panel.

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My second card uses the Kitchen Love stamp set and coordinating Kitchen Love Confetti Cuts.  

I used a technique that I love to do but forget about!  I 'colored' in my images by stamping them with the BACKSIDE of the stamp and then turning it over and stamping the actual stamp in black ink!  I pulled the ink colors from the striped pattern paper from Cheerful & Kind which were Baby Blue, Parakeet, Tangerine, Coral inks from Reverse Confetti.  To tone down all the patterns, I layered a thin sheet of vellum over the stamped panel and stamped the sentiment in black StazOn onto the vellum.  For the fancy scallop edge, I used the Edgers Confetti Cuts.

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 Tricia Barber's blog. Here is the full list of participants sharing inspiration:

Reverse Confetti blog
Amy Kolling
Melissa Phillips
Trisha Barber

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta
Amy Sheffer

Kathy Schweinwurth

Audrey Tokach

Deanne Kuntz
Jeanne Jachna
Susan Liles

Fetti' Friend--Laurel Seabrook

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One thing before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

November's NEW SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY is open for you to play along.  Check it out for a chance to win and become our newest ‘Fetti Fave! 

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Reverse Confetti / Countdown to Confetti Day 3

 

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the Reverse Confetti November Release! 

Reverse Confetti is releasing ..... 6 new stamp sets and 10 Confetti Cuts this month as well as the Cheerful and Kind paper pad.  This month's release is has winter all wrapped up!!    Make sure to check out the Reverse Confetti blog for a list full of inspiration and information on all the new goodies!!

Happy Winter has to be my favorite set of this release!  I see warm cozy sweater patterns and warm fires.  I chose to stamp my fuzzy hat in Avocado Reverse Confetti ink as well as the pattern on Avocado cardstock in the background.  I overlayed the background with the Large Diamond Cover Panel done in white cardstock.  To finish, I white heat embossed a sentiment from Sno Awesome onto a black strip of Black cardstock.

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Now for the prizes..........there are TWO $15 prizes up for grabs this release:  1 for blog commenters and 1 for Facebook commenters.  So leave those comments and make sure to check the Reverse Confetti Facebook page too!  

Details can be found over on the Reverse Confetti blog for all the prizes (wink, wink)!

Reverse Confetti blog
Amy Kolling
Melissa Phillips
Trisha Barber

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta
Amy Sheffer

Kathy Schweinwurth

Audrey Tokach

Deanne Kuntz
Jeanne Jachna
Susan Liles

Fetti' Friend--Laurel Seabrook

Reverse Confetti / Countdown to Confetti Day 2

 

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Reverse Confetti November Release! 

Reverse Confetti is releasing ..... 6 new stamp sets and 10 Confetti Cuts this month as well as the Cheerful and Kind paper pad.  This month's release is has winter all wrapped up!!    Make sure to check out the Reverse Confetti blog for a list full of inspiration and information on all the new goodies!!

All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store at midnight ET November 8.

Today we are sharing stamp sets: Sno Awesome and Kitchen Love.  These are adorable stamp sets that can be used all year round!

I'm sharing the adorable Sno Awesome stamp set along with this fun confetti pattern paper from the new Cheerful & Kind paper pad.  I wanted a simple layout to focus on the polka dot paper so to make my vertical strip stand out, I used the zig zag die from Edge Essentials.  How cute is that sentiment?  To make the crystals on the snow cone, I used holographic embossing powder from Ranger!  

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Now for the prizes..........there are TWO $15 prizes up for grabs this release:  1 for blog commenters and 1 for Facebook commenters.  So leave those comments and make sure to check the Reverse Confetti Facebook page too!  

Details can be found over on the Reverse Confetti blog for all the prizes (wink, wink)!

Reverse Confetti blog
Amy Kolling
Melissa Phillips
Trisha Barber

Lisa Henke

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta
Amy Sheffer

Kathy Schweinwurth

Audrey Tokach

Deanne Kuntz
Jeanne Jachna
Susan Liles

Fetti' Friend--Laurel Seabrook

Lil' Inker Designs / 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Welcome to the 25 Days of Christmas Tags! 

With the holidays fast approaching, it's time for Tracey McNeely's

annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Make sure to check out her blog for all the details on the sponsors, ways to win, and how to link up your own tags!  

Tracey's blog:  In My Creative Opinion

I am helping celebrate today's sponsor, Lil' Inker Designs, by sharing my own tag!

I made a set of tags using one of my favorite Lil' Inker Designs stamp sets.......Rustic Christmas.  For my tags, I've used the Anytime Tag 2 Dies that has stitching around the perimeter for that perfect rustic feel.  I white heat embossed the images from Rustic Christmas onto the tags and set aside.  For my sentiments, I stamped the words from Filled Christmas Trees onto scraps of white cardstock and colored in the letters with a R29 Copic.  The sentiment strips were hand trimmed on one side and added to my tags.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!