A Kept Life: Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash I Believe In You

Where has the month gone? Can you believe it's February? Living in the Chicago area I'm sort of hoping that means the worst of the Winter weather is behind us now!

A new challenge begins today at Reverse Confetti! We call it the Stock Your Stash Challenge because it's designed to help you build a stash of cards for any/every occasion. This month we're looking for cards that offer encouragement or congratulations.

Who doesn't need a little pick me up every now and then? I KNOW I sure do!

I use this technique alot to create a colorful glittery effect when playing with die cuts. I put a piece of packing tape on the back of a white card stock panel and then die cut the Geo Panel on the front. The packing tape prevents the die from cutting all the way through the panel, and provides me with a flat die cut image on the front to color.

I colored in all the shapes with Copic Markers. I know.. they're expensive.. but if you color ALOT like I do then they are the cheapest markers you will ever buy. The biggest reason I say this is because they are refillable. If you purchase an inexpensive brand you will have to buy the whole set of markers to replace the one color that dried up. One Copic marker will cost around $6. With Copics you can purchase a refill ink for around $6. This refiller will replenish your marker MANY times (I've gotten around 15 refills from one bottle). That's like getting 16 markers for $12 - less than $1 a marker.

Once all the spaces were colored I cut double sided adhesive squares and attached them over the die cut squares. Next I cut the Geo Panel from white card stock, adhered it over the colored squares and poured super fine crystal glitter over the panel. The double sided adhesive keeps the glitter in place.

Now it's your turn! Are you ready to play? You can always find the current Reverse Confetti Challenge on the blog by clicking the badge in the right side column.

Have a great day!