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Thinking Of Ewe with Leigh Penner

We are super excited to welcome Leigh Penner to The CLASSroom today! We are betting you have seen Leigh's work as she shares her awesome creative talent with many lucky teams, including Reverse Confetti, and participates in our challenges! Today Leigh is sharing some Confetti Crew love with us, using a fun mix of Reverse Confetti & Essentials by Ellen products!

You can see more of Leigh's beautiful work on her blog, To The Full. And while you are there, make sure to leave her some comment love before May 19th for a chance to win a $50 coupon to use in our store!

Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us Leigh!!!

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Hi there, Leigh here and I am thrilled to be guest designing in The Classroom, representing two of my favourite companies: Reverse Confetti and Essentials by Ellen!

I have a super cute card to share today that combines these two brands:

Cute, right? 

But wait, there's more...

It's a hidden slider card that I created using Reverse Confetti's All About Ewe stamp set and Essentials by Ellen's Swing N Slide dies by Julie Ebersole! Isn't it fun?

Here's how I made it:

I stamped my sheep on its coordinating diecut and the fence and bird from the same set onto my background panel and coloured them in using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush. I stamped the "thinking of" using Essentials by Ellen's Mondo Hydrangea in Altenew Jet Black ink. I used one of the Essentials by Ellen's Swing N Slide dies by Julie Ebersole and diecut it from a piece of white cardstock.

On another strip of cardstock, I wrote "ewe" by hand. I placed this behind my diecut piece of cardstock and ran a strip of dimensional adhesive on both sides of it, making sure it can easily slide back and forth.

I flipped it over an added two little pieces of dimensional adhesive onto my strip. When, I diecut my sheep, I didn't diecut all the way to its hooves, so I could extend the die a little (you could always just adhere strips to the back of the sheep as well.) I adhered the sheep's strips to the dimensional adhesive.

Now, when I pull on the strip, the sheep slides across the card.

I adhered my panel to my card base, where I stamped the fence and bird.

Then, I added more dimensional adhesive to the front of the panel, making sure not to put it along the top, where it would interfere with the sheep's movement.

Over this, I adhered my green panel, having made sure ahead of time that the strip lines up with the sentiment on the front.

When I showed my card to my daughter, she especially loved the fact that the sheep's slide reveals the little bird on the fence -- a fun surprise!

Thanks for looking!

Leigh

SUPPLIES:

Reverse Confetti Clear Stamps, All About Ewe

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Mondo Hydrangea by Julie Ebersole

Reverse Confetti Cuts, All About Ewe

Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies, Swing N Slide By Julie Ebersole

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Jet Black 

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker, Set of 48

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 094, Gray Brown

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 042, Turquoise Green

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 052, Bright Yellow

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 091, Light Gray

Lacy Celebration by Sharon Harnist

Hello and happy Friday, crafters!  As we wrap up Reverse Confetti week here in the CLASSroom, I have a celebration card to share with you today:

I used Reverse Confetti's Circle Wishes stamp set and Lacy Scallop Circles dies to create this card.  I always like to look for different ways to use stamps and dies, other than how they were originally intended. So for these dies that most people would use to frame a main focal image, I used them to create a cheerful and fun background for this celebration card.  I love versatility!

I didn't have an exact design worked out for this card from the beginning but knew I wanted to give the background some added interest, so I embossed the plain circle die from the Lacy Scallop Circles set onto an A2 (4.25" x 5.50") piece of Neenah 110 Lb. Solar White cardstock. To emboss in my Big Shot, I used a tan Embossing Pad and the Sizzix embossing sandwich I found on Ellen's blog:

As I said, it's not really noticeable on the finished card so you could skip this step if you wanted.

The colored paper I used to die cut the Lacy Scallops was left over from this paper-making session and project, using Distress Oxide inks. I die cut different colors of the papers with the Lacy Scallop Circles dies and started arranging them onto a Neenah 110 Lb. Solar White card base:

Next, I gold heat embossed one of the Circle Wishes sentiments onto one of the scallop circles:  

They fit the smallest scallop circle perfectly!

I adhered the scallop circles to the card base, letting some of the circles hang off the edges. After trimming off the overhang, I splattered metallic Gold Wink of Stella onto the background and circles.  To do that, just give your Wink of Stella marker barrel a good squeeze until you see the ink start to run out of the brush, then start tapping the pen against your hand/finger to splatter it:

I finished the card by stamping the star, flower and heart that are included in the Circle Wishes stamp set with Delicata Golden Glitz ink onto the background and scallop circles. Finally, the sentiment and lower left heart circle were popped up with X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape:


Just think of all the different shapes of dies you could use with this background technique!  Have fun creating!

 

Reverse Confetti Clear Stamps, Circle Wishes

Reverse Confetti Cuts, Lacy Scallop Circles

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Fossilized Amber

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Spiced Marmalade

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Broken China

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Faded Jeans

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Wilted Violet

VersaMark Ink Pad

Delicata Ink Pad, Golden Glitz

Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Gold

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (12")

Teflon Bone Folder

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag

Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Gold

Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

High Tack Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape, 1/2"

EK Craft Tweezers

X-Press It Tape Runner

Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray

Cheery Lynn Designs Embossing Pad Kit

Cheery Lynn Designs Metal Adaptor Plate

Tim Holtz Tonic Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors

#throwbackthursdays - Sending Hugs by Carly Tee Minner

Happy Thursday! It's Carly and I'm here for another #throwbackthursdays, where we find inspiration in The CLASSroom archives! This week we are creating with Reverse Confetti, a super sweet new addition to the store!

Reverse Confetti has lots of cute designs, some especially fun dies and little critters by Dawn Machell like the adorable mouse I used today! How can you resist?

I knew I wanted to practice my new Copic coloring skills (and they are very new so don't laugh) but I needed help with a card design so I searched for ideas in The Classroom archive and found this cutie by Julie:

Hello, Monday 11.05.2012

Some tips for creating this card:

• try stamping words/sentiments on your card to create a background and try stamping in something other than black. I used Archival Shadow Gray.
• to create colored die cuts that match your colored image, scribble swatches of Copic color on cardstock before die cutting. I created envelopes in all the Copic colors I used for my mouse and then used the BG11 & BG13 colored ones on my card.

Hope you are feeling inspired to send hugs with Reverse Confetti's Mouse Mail! Have a great day!!!

xo, Carly

Supplies:

Reverse Confetti Clear Stamps, Mouse Mail

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Reverse Confetti Cuts, Mouse Mail

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Bitty Envelope by Julie Ebersole

Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Shadow Grey

COPIC Sketch Marker T1, Toner Gray No. 1

COPIC Sketch Marker V04, Lilac

COPIC Sketch Marker RV52, Cotton Candy

COPIC Sketch Marker BG11, Moon White

COPIC Sketch Marker BG13, Mint Green

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

A Cheerful Hello with Reverse Confetti by Heather Campbell

Hello all!  It's Reverse Confetti week here in the CLASSroon and gosh, I'm excited!  I absolutely adore Reverse Confetti - especially their cute animal stamps!  Eek, they're cute - have you seen them?  For my project today, I decided to play with their stamps and show how you can use a focal image to create a background!  I love this technique and the contrast it provides but also highlights the colored focal image!

First, I stamped the image in a pattern on my card front in black ink. Do you see my goof up?  Don't worry - I cover it up later with the main image? :) 

Next, I stamp the other toucan and some flowers - then I color them all in with my Copics. 

I place the images together on my card front with a bit of foam adhesive. 

To add the sentiment, I stamp the sentiment on black cardstock and then heat emboss it with while embossing powder.  This really makes the sentiment pop and coordinate with the black and white stamped card base.

Finally, I add a dusting of sequins behind my focal image! 



Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing part of your day with me!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Happy Wednesday!
Heather

 

#TexturalTuesdays with Reverse Confetti and Lisa

Hi there #TexturalTuesday friends! I'm so super happy to be featuring stamps and dies on my post today from Reverse Confetti. My friend, Jen Del Muro, is the owner and creative master-mind behind Reverse Confetti. It seems like just yesterday that she started the company and now? She's got this amazing stamp company that can be found everywhere. So awesome!! From April 10th - April 14th, while we celebrate all thing 'Fetti on the blog, you can score 15% off all in-stock Reverse Confetti stamps & dies at the Ellen Hutson store. The sale ends April 14th at 11:59 PM PDT.

This card was so fun to make! I wanted to pick every color of the rainbow for the flowers, but I knew that would have been a hot mess. ;) So I chose colors that were complimentary and then a neutral.

I started out by using the MISTI and stamping everything out onto watercolor paper. I used Distress Inks and a touch of water for a bit of a more, well, distressed look.

I layered Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink over Peacock Feathers and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink over Mustard Seed. The Reverse Confetti Blooms 'N Buds Stamp Set has some very unique layering stamps in this set which make it very fun to create with.

I was trying to figure out what green to use for my leaves, when I had that realization to go with a neutral. Hickory Smoke Distress Ink makes the perfect neutral.

After die-cutting all of my images with the matching Reverse Confetti Blooms 'N Buds Die Set I wanted to add a little texture. (Shocker, I know.)

I ran a piece of watercolor paper (for maximum impression) through my Big Shot using an embossing folder. I still love these! Anything that adds dimension and texture is a huge plus for me. 

I trimmed the panel and rounded the corners before adhering it to my card base.

I selected my sentiment from the Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Lovely by Julie Ebersole.

The sentiment was stamped onto a die-cut vellum circle using Versafine, Onyx Black and then heat embossed with Wow! Clear Gloss Super FIne Embossing Powder. Another die-cut circle was adhered on top of the vellum and then, using foam squares, the entire piece was adhered onto the card (slightly off-center).

The last thing to do is to tuck in (adhere) the die-cut flowers and embellish!

Here's a few close-ups!

And one more....

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget that if you check out any of the products that I've used today and find that they're not in stock? Please ask to be notified when the item is back in stock. I use this feature, too, and I love it. And shop for all those awesome Reverse Confetti stamps & dies before they sell out! ;)

Reverse Confetti Clear Stamps, Blooms 'N Buds

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Lovely by Julie Ebersole

Reverse Confetti Cuts, Blooms 'N Buds

My Favorite Things Die-namics, Stitched Circle Frames

My Favorite Things Die-namics, STAX Circle Set 2

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Mustard Seed

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Mustard Seed

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Ripe Persimmon

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Ripe Persimmon

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Hickory Smoke

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Hickory Smoke

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Ranger Watercolor Paper, 10 pk

Taylored Expressions Cardstock, Earl Grey, 5 pk

Taylored Expressions Cardstock, Poppy Seed, 5 pk

Essentials by Ellen 40 lb. Vellum, 25 pk

Sizzix Eileen Hull, Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Polka Dots and Starflowers Set, 2 pk

WOW Embossing Powder, Super Fine - Clear Gloss

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag

Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator

Hero Arts Embossing Gun

My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool

Fiskars Deluxe 12 Inch Paper Trimmer with Aluminum Cut Rail

Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen 2 pk

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops, Caribbean Ocean Gloss

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops, English Mustard

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 6 mm Flat, Metallic Silver

Ranger Multi Medium, Matte Mini, 1/2 oz.

Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3-D Foam Squares, Mix White

Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares, Mixed

Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z Runner Ultra

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

Cheery Lynn Designs Metal Adaptor Plate