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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Reverse Confetti - Oceans of Love, and a Really Handy Die

Hello Friends! Welcome to the final day of sneak peeking before the big Reverse Confetti release day tomorrow! My card features the new Oceans of Love stamp set, and the Circle of Waves stand-alone die:

I cut my own heart out (to tie in with the sentiment) and then adhered several shades of blue and green from the Ocean Waves die. It's great having all these waves in the circle because:

1) You get to add shades of color,
2) You have places to ground a lot of different tiny objects (fish, jelly, turtle), and
2) It's a great place to tuck things into (like the coral).

I have to admit, often when I work with sets that have a lot of tiny images, I love how cute they are, but sometimes struggle with where to put them all so they don't seem like they are floating in space.

The Ocean Waves die completely solves that problem!

I love the sentiment that comes with the Oceans of Love stamp set, and embossed it on vellum to span across the Ocean Waves die.

PRIZES: We will be giving away two prizes - $15 for a blog commenter, and $15 for a Facebook commenter! To enter, leave a comment on each sneak peek post for each designer. Comments will close at noon CST on July 7th and the winner will be announced at 5pm on July 7th on the Reverse Confetti blog and FB page. Good luck!

If you like what you've seen, I'd love to have you stick around and follow me on my blog, or on Instagram!

It's now my pleasure to send you to the blog of Audrey Tokach who's had some great sneaks these last few days!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Here's the whole hop list if you need it:

Reverse Confetti Blog

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Reverse Confetti - What's a Rainbow Floral Snowflake?

Hello Friends! Day #2 of the sneak peeks for the Reverse Confetti release, and we've got more goodness to share!

This set is called "Bloom" and it does just that! There's one long line of flowers, and a few separate blooms and leaves for you to fill in any gaps.

For this card I used the long line of blooms to make a "rainbow floral snowflake" by rotating the top half around a center point. I think this is such an easy way to make a pretty arrangement.

To cover the point of rotation, I put the wide sentiment on top of it. This is another sentiment from the new Lovely Day set.

I think this would look good as an actual snowflake too, by using a couple different shades of blue. What an easy holiday card that would be!

If you like what you've seen, I'd love to have you stick around and follow me on my blog, or on Instagram!

It's now my pleasure to send you to the blog of Audrey Tokach who will have more goodies to share!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Here's the whole hop list if you need it:

Reverse Confetti Blog

Kelly Griglione <---You are here

Monday, July 5, 2021

Reverse Confetti - Sneak Peek Day #1 with Tropical Leaves, Lovely Day Sentiments

Hello Friends! I'm thrilled to be participating in my first Reverse Confetti release sneak peek as a 'Fetti Friend! It's "absolutely wonderful!!"

You may have arrived from the blog of a very talented old teammate of mine from the Fusion Challenge, Jeanne Jachna! If not, feel free to start at the beginning with the Reverse Confetti Blog.

The first set we're sharing from this release is the Tropical Leaves stamp and die. What's great about this set is the giant size of these leaves, which makes it easy to either feature them as their own focal point, pair them with a flower or two, or stamp a quick background.

For this card I used two of these ideas ... featured them as their own focal point, an exotic bouquet, as well as stamping the leaves in the background. Such a versatile set that's sure to be a staple!

Speaking of staples, this sentiment comes from a set of five large-sized sentiments in the Lovely Day set. I'm always a big fan of sentiments that feature both a scripted font and a printed font, and this one not only checks that box, but it's also perfectly sized to span the entire width of an A2-sized card!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the debut of the next set in this release!

If you like what you've seen, I'd love to have you stick around and follow me on my blog, or on Instagram!

It's now my pleasure to send you to the blog of Audrey Tokach who will have more goodies to share!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Here's the whole hop list if you need it:

Reverse Confetti Blog

Kelly Griglione <---You are here

Saturday, July 3, 2021

A New 'Fetti Friend!

Hello Friends! Exciting news, I will be debuting as a 'Fetti Friend for the next two months! I'm pleased to be working with Reverse Confetti and have several blog posts lined up for the July release that starts in only two more days!

Stay tuned, and hope you have a wonderful weekend (an independence day weekend, for my American friends!)

- Kelly

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Colorado Craft Company - A Rainbow of Paint Brushes Just Released!

Hi Folks! Colorado Craft Company has released several new sets in three of their series: Big & Bold, Savvy Sentiments, and Lovely Legs. One of my favorites is this set of artist brushes in the Big & Bold Color My World Set.

You may have come from Jennifer Kotas, but if not feel free to start this blog hop at the beginning with Adrienne Kennedy CCC.

This sentiment which comes with this set is in a nice script font, and is embossed in gold on vellum. I only adhered it on the back of the panel and left it loose on the front.

It was fun to stamp and watercolor all the paintbrushes. I staggered how much of each brush to stamp along the left margin and then stamped the rest of the handle on the right.

I wanted to make these seem like used paint brushes, so I added some paint color at the end of the bristles. This is a great stamp set to use for sending cards to your favorite crafty friends!

Prizes:
We will give away each individual stamp set from this release to 8 winners. Leave a comment on each blog in this hop by July 2nd at midnight mountain daylight time to be entered. We will announce the winners on the Colorado Craft Company blog and email blast on Monday July 5th.

I am pleased to send you to the next stop on this hop, Daniel West, who will delight you for sure with his creations.

Here's the full hop list for your reference:

Kelly Griglione <--you are here

Nichol Spohr
Amber Davis
Sara Torzullo

Amy Young

Instagramers:

Joe Sysavath

Traci Jenkins

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

Supplies used (affiliate links, thanks for your support!)

Big & Bold: Color My World

Monday, June 21, 2021

Pinkfresh Studio June Washi, Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

Hello Friends! What an exciting new release from Pinkfresh Studio this month ... I've been dying to share many of the new goodies, including the best butterfly stamp/die/stencil set ever (imho)!

You may have arrived from Keia, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with Pinkfresh Studio.

Oh these butterflies! You will NOT BELIEVE how quickly and easily they are to make! Let me show you ...

The key to this collection of Small Butterflies is that there is just one giant stamp, one giant die, and a coordinated set of giant stencils. Once you stamp the butterflies, you put a stencil over them and now you're coloring all the yellow parts of the nine butterflies at the same time. Then you grab the next stencil and color all the orange parts of the butterflies, etc.

After the butterflies are colored, line the die up over them, and you instantly get 9 beautiful creatures ready to add to any and all of your projects.

You can add a butterfly as an accessory to a floral wreath, like this gorgeous arrangement. You might recognize it as the Daisy Wreath stencil set from a few releases ago, which we're featuring because now there's a Hot Foil Plate available for it!

Oh the shine on this hot foil!

TIP: To give the wreath a little more dimension, I die cut an additional wreath from white cardstock, flipped it over, and layered it underneath the colored wreath. You can do this with any coordinating floral die. It will have the same general feeling as the top layer (i.e., all curvy edges, all sharp edges). And you don't have to buy another die!

You will also see this Sweet Die and Sweet Hot Foil Plate on several cards because it's so cute. And sweet : ) I love how closely the die cuts to the hot foil, and how thin and delicate it is.

Here's where you get to reap the benefits of diecutting so many butterflies at once - you are free to load them up on your cards! No need to save these for a rainy day, you can always make more in a few minutes. I've made another mini-slim and added a trail of butterflies up the card.

I should note that it's always fun to bend the wings of the butterflies and just glue them to your card down the middle of their body.

Here's another used of the Sweet die!

Also, on the bottom of the Diagonal Stitched Slimline Card panel is another new hot foil plate ... the Thankful for Friends Hot Foil Plate. I'm guessing you may have also seen some new gold goodies ... those glorious gold domes?! Welcome Metallic Pearls Gold to the Pinkfresh shop!

The other set I played with for this hop is the Lemons and Blueberries stamp, die and washi tape set. No coloring here, I just put the washi tape on cardstock and then used the die to cut out all seven pieces.

This sentiment is part of the set, along with several other citrus-y sayings. Gotta love that blanket stitch on the oval and rectangular panels. And the leafy branch die leaves in gold and white work well to layer behind the lemon.

But I only used two of the Lemon and Blueberry pieces on the card, so what to do with the other five? Save them for a rainy day? NO! Let's use all of those beauties and make this into a custom coordinated set!

First use for our extras is inside the card! Tuck a few dies and some extra leaves behind a die cut oval (or any fun shape) and write your message on the die.

Clockwise from top left:

- Put a strip of the washi tape across the front of the envelope, with an oval on top for the address;
- Use a die cut for the envelope flap;
- Use a strip of washi as an envelope liner; and

- Add a die cut to the back of your card where the hallmark would be. I always like to add my name and date here as well.

You may just want to use one or two of these ideas. But when it's so easy to get all these die cuts, it's quite a luxury to be able to use then all!

GIVEAWAYS:

-We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel!

-We will be giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop! Winners will be chosen and posted on June 29 , 2021 on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.

SHOPPING PROMO:

We are offering free US shipping on all orders $50+ from June 21th to June 28th. Please use the codes shown in the graphic above if you're interested.

Here's the hop order: