CASology: Journey

Happy Friday, all! I hope you have fun things in store for the weekend. We're actually heading to Madison today for a visit with my oldest son, so today's card is very appropriate for the occasion as my entry for the current CASology cue card | Journey. 

I couldn't dig out my Reverse Confetti Seaside Confetti Cuts anchor die fast enough upon seeing the challenge and paired it perfectly with a sentiment from My World. I'm in love with this combo, and every time I read 'adventure awaits' I can't help but think of the movie Up...best love story ever!

Enjoy your weekend journey, wherever it may take you. Thanks for stopping by!

~Amy

CAS(E) This Sketch - Waving Hello

I love sketch challenges and haven't played along with the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge for far too long! And, since I haven't given much love to the adorable octopus from Reverse Confetti's Seaside, I thought it was time to get him inky (he he). 

I started by die cutting an opening in an A2 size panel with the rounded rectangle from Class Act Confetti Cuts and then layered a Wonky Double Edge Scallop Border Confetti Cuts wave behind it that I also stamped with Whole Lotta Dots. Once my ocean view was set, I stamped and die cut mr. octopus using the Seaside stamp set and coordinating Seaside Confetti Cuts die. Finally, I lowered down a hand trimmed panel with the sentiment stamped in the same ink as the ocean wave layer. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Amy 

Color Throwdown - One With Nature

It's Wednesday, and that means a new Color Throwdown Challenge starts today! I'm using a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I love, love, love - One With Nature.

I started by stamping the tree skeleton in black and then stamped the solid tree center in the trio of challenge colors in an offset fashion. The sentiment is also from the same set, stamped and embossed in white on a scrap of black cardstock. Clean and simple like enjoying nature should be.

Ok, now it's your turn to give the challenge colors a whirl. They sure are yummy aren't they? If you're looking for more inspiration, simply click on the links below to see what the CTD team has done.

Color Throwdown Team
Amy Rohl (me!)

Amy Rysavy

  Barbara Anders

  Broni Holcombe 

  Joan Ervin

  Jodi Collins

  Lisa Henke

  Lori Tecler

  Lynn Put

  Vickie Zimmer

  Wanda Cullen

  Kim Singdahlsen - July Guest Designer
Shawna Standish - Guest Star Stamper
 

Please use keyword CTD403 if you upload to a public gallery and #colorthrowdown and #ctd403 on social media so we can see your Color Throwdown creations. Thanks for stopping by today!

Sticky Sweet Bookmarks Tutorial

Hi all! I have a sweet little tutorial up on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog today that I hope you'll check out today. You can find it HERE. 

Have a sweet day!

~Amy

Sweet Stamp Shop - Lil Moon

Happy Monday! I've got a sweet little card to share with you all today featuring the newly released Lil Moon stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop. I stamped, watercolored and fussy cut the adorable moon image and layered it on a tag stamped with the sentiment included in the set. There are cute little star stamps also part of the set that I clear embossed here and there on the black layer. If you haven't seen Lil Moon or the rest of the July release from Sweet Stamp Shop, you can click HERE to take you directly to all of the new products.

Have a sweet day, and thanks for stopping by!

~Amy

Color Throwdown 402 - Hi There

It's Wednesday, and that means a new Color Throwdown Challenge starts today! I've used one of my favorite Dawn Machell designed stamp sets from Reverse Confetti - Too Cute To Spook because the challenge colors reminded me a bit of Halloween although I didn't end up with a Halloween themed card, and that's called stretching your stamps!

I started by watercoloring a background in the blue and green shades and then colored and cut the images from Too Cute To Spook using the coordinating Confetti Cuts - Too Cute To Spook. Since I decided to NOT go with a Halloween look, I combined a sentiment from Bear Hugs and clouds from Weather It Together. I love mixing and matching the Dawn Machell line of stamps and dies!

Color Throwdown Team
Amy Rohl (me!)

Amy Rysavy

  Barbara Anders

  Broni Holcombe 

  Joan Ervin

  Jodi Collins

  Lisa Henke

  Lori Tecler

  Lynn Put

  Vickie Zimmer

  Wanda Cullen

  Kim Singdahlsen - July Guest Designer
Colleen Begley - Guest Star Stamper
 

Check out the Color Throwdown Team designs (links above) for more inspiration, and remember to please use keyword CTD402if you upload to a public gallery and #colorthrowdown and #ctd402 on social media so we can see your Color Throwdown creations. Thanks for stopping by today!

Sweet Stamp Shop Contributor

Hi all, I'm popping in today with a recap of projects I've made as Sweet Stamp Shop Contributor this month. If you haven't heard, Sweet Stamp Shop has released Sticky Sweet sticker sheets available as a bundle or individually. The possibilities for these ready-to-color stickers is endless and they are addicting! There are also new stamp sets being released TODAY with details available HERE at the SSS release event page on Facebook. You can also find more information and shopping inspiration on Instagram and Pinterest as well.

First up is a little flamingo hello card made with Artsy, Tropical, Bubble and stamp set - Speech Bubble. 

Next up is a planner spread for the 4th of July using Sticky Sweet Lower Outline, Tabs and Superheroes, along with stamp set - Happy Birthday.

Speaking of birthdays, my last project was a special day in my planner using Sticky Sweet Lower Outline and releasing-today set, Lil Moon. Isn't it adorable?!

If you're new to Sweet Stamp Shop, now is a GREAT time to step on over to the store and take a look at all of the cute, funny and adorable stamps and stickers available for purchase! At 10am today there will be more new stamp sets released, so do yourself a favor and take time to giggle, ooh and ahh! 

Have a sweet day and thanks for stopping by!

~Amy

Color Throwdown 401 - Celebrate!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to this week's Color Throwdown Challenge! Today just happens to also be my BFF's birthday (Happy Birthday, Jane!), so I thought I'd put together a celebratory card for the occasion using SugarPea Designs SugarCut - Celebrate die.

I watercolored stripes in the challenge colors on a SugarCuts - Chatterbox Journal Card speech bubble and then spattered extra drops of water here and there. On top of that, I layered the SugarCut - Celebrate die cut in glitter gold and a single vellum SugarCut - Party Banner. Finally, I added star sequins from the sequin mix - Warm Golden Glow Sparkly Shaker.

We'd love to see your take on the Color Throwdown Challenge, so please using keyword CTD401 if you upload to public galleries and #colorthrowdown & #ctd401 on social media. Click on the links below for even more inspiration!

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Joan Ervin

Jodi Collins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Katrina Bufton - Featured Star Stamper

Reverse Confetti July SFYTT

Happy Monday!

It's time for a new Sketch For You To Try, so come on out and play along for a chance to win free product from Reverse Confetti when you use this month's sketch in combination with Reverse Confetti stamps and/or Confetti Cuts dies. 

I couldn't wait to ink up Mermaid Wishes again, sigh, she melts my heart! She's a perfect match with the Scalloped Tag Layer Confetti Cuts, so I used that as the vertical sketch layer and bits of washi tape for the horizontal layer. I once again used my handy-dandy Wonky Double Scallop Border Confetti Cuts die to create a wave edge at the top of the watercolored layer.

I really wanted the sentiment to blend in with the watercolored background layer, so I stamped it in tone on tone ink and love the result!

Click on over to the Reverse Confetti blog for even more inspiration for this month's SFYTT and HERE for the link up tool so we can see what you've created!

~Amy

 

 

Reverse Confetti Summer Sale!

Christmas in July? Well, sort of...Reverse Confetti is having a sale...and sale-priced stamps & dies is pretty much like Christmas...and it's July, so there you have it - Christmas in July! Today's card is also using this week's Color Throwdown #400 combo - red, green & white.

Boy did I have fun mixing and matching my Reverse Confetti stamps and Confetti Cut dies on this one! The sparkly snow is the Wonky Double Edge Scallop Border, the adorable reindeer and speech bubble are from Jolly Holiday and coordinating Jolly Holiday Confetti Cuts dies, and all the happy-ness is Whole Lotta Happy + Happy Pretty Panels Confetti Cuts. I also snuck in a stitched border between the red and green on the happy tag using Edge Essentials Confetti Cuts. 

Speaking of 'essentials', here are my Top 5 Reverse Confetti essentials, in no particular order:

• Wonky Double Edge Scallop Border
• Fancy Words Confetti Cuts
•  Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts
• Seeing Stars Confetti Cuts
• So Stripey (actually, my #1)

Need more convincing to shop the sale? Check out these sweet Confetti Crew gals sharing their goods today:

Amy

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