Patterned Papered Dreams

Time for the July Waffle Flower Challenge!

Hello, friends! With the new month comes a new Waffle Flower Challenge and this month we have an irresistible, bright and fresh color combo for you! Check all the challenge details here and don't forget to look up for a weekly dose of inspiration from the team every Monday.

Here is what I have for you this month:

 

 

Once again it was the bright and summery colors against a white background what caught my attention! I die cut three of the layers from the gorgeous Lacy Flowers die and made some gradient ink blending on each of them, and repeated the same process with the Awesome word die cut.

 

 

The sentiment comes from Succulents stamp set. I love how it fits so perfectly between the "A" and the "s" form the die cut. Score! I hope you'll join us this month with this irresistible inspiration colors. Thanks for stopping by and happy Fourth of July to all my American friends!

 

A card for June's Waffle Flower Challenge

Hello friends! Definitely time flies, and it's just time for a new Waffle Flower Challenge! You can check all the details here. And have you checked Waffle Flower Crafts newest release? It's a great one and there are new gorgeous dye inks with the coolest names!

 Ok, so this month's inspiration image is stunning, and can be "read" in so many different ways. For my card I used the colors, the florals and the bautiful golden glow of the picture itself.

 

 

I stamped, masked and stamped again one of the blooms from Lotus stamp set, and did the same with the stems.Once I was done with my stamping, I watercolored everything with distress inks. I also watercolored an outline for the images using light blue ink, which helps making the images pop, and also fits the challenge color scheme.

 

 

For the sentiment, I stamped and white heat embossed the "Celebrate" from Congrats stamp set in a strip of gold cardstock (here's where the golden glow from the pic comes in!) and finished the card with three scattered sequins for good measure.

 

 

And this card is finished! I hope you'll play along with us, and happy Thursday!

It's time for May's Waffle Flower Challenge!

Hello, friends! It's been a while since I stopped around here, but today I'm back to join the Waffle Flower Crafts May Challenge. There's a lovely inspiration picture and prizes awaiting, so stop by the Waffle Flower blog to check all the deets!

Here is my card:

 

 

My inspiration came from the colors and also the texture of some elements in the lovely picture. I started with a weaved 3D embossed panel that is inspired in the basket in the pic. Then, I used the outline succulents from Succulents stamp set. They were watercolored with distress inks to make an arrangement using the inspiration palette.

 

 

The sentiment is a mix of the Amazing word die and a sentiment from Magical stamp set that was embossed on a vellum strip (I love how well the different WF stamp sets combine!). As a final touch I added some glitter to the succulents with a Wink of Stella clear brush.

 

 

And there you go! Stop by the Waffle blog to check the lovely ideas the rest of the challenge team is sharing. Thanks so much for visiting!

 

 

Versatile Chevrons with Waffle Flower

Hello friends! Do you know what is better than one versatile product? Two versatile products! And what's better than two versatile products? Two versatile products that work great together! And that's the case with Waffle Flower Crafts Surface - Tag die - Starter Kit and the newly released Chunky Chevron die. I used the die cut chevron to give the basic tag a whole new look and create a fish tail tag.

 

 

There's truly a million different combinations you can make with the chevron die. I decided to use two different sized chevron die cuts for my tags. First, I used a T-ruler to measure the exact center of the tags so I could adhere the chevrons perfectly centered. Once the chevron border was adhered, I just trimmed the excess from both the chevrons and the bottom of the tags. They look beautifully finished and I love the pierced detail!

 

 

The sentiment comes from Lacy Flower stamp set and the lovely scrumptious succulents are is from Succulents stamp set. I just heat embossed them in white and used a grey copic marker to add a bit of depth.

Here's one tag:

 

 

And here's the other:

 

 

I hope I have inspired you to play around with the Chunky Chevrons. There are so, so many things you can do with them! Thanks for visiting!

Rain or Shine with Waffle Flower Crafts

Hello friends! Today I’m sharing a card with Waffle Flower Crafts. I’ve said multiple times that one of the things I love is how easy and fun it is to combine different sets, and that’s what I did here.

 

 

The mini Willy stamp set with the matching umbrella die goes perfectly with this sentiment from Rain Check stamp set, right? I started with the sentiment, and once it was stamped I fiddled around with the monkey until I found the perfect spot for him and the umbrella.

 

 

Another thing I love is adding little and unexpected details. See the umbrella? I wanted a patterned umbrella, so I used the wonky dots from Tribal Bear stamp set. Those different patterns in a single line are wonderful for mixing and matching!

 

 

I finished the card with a few rain droplets from Rain Check stamp set and grounded everything with a strip of narrow washi tape.

Thanks for visiting!

Merry, merry, merry!

Hello, hello! I have a fun Waffle Flower Crafts Christmas card to share with you today. I could really make Christmas cards all year round, that's how much I love this time of the year! I couldn't resist accesorizing the three cuties from Willy & Friends stamp set with all the fun stuff from Stocking stamp set and coordinating dies.

 

 

I used the partial die cutting technique with the Willy & Friends dies to make the main panel. Once the monkeys were stamped and colored with Copic markers, I stamped, die cut and colored the accessories from Stocking stamp set. The sentiment also comes from that set.

 

 

To increase the merry factor I added a red glitter strip to the panel, and finally adhered everything on a card base covered with patterned paper. Fun!

 

 

And there you go! Another one for the Christmas cards pile. Now if only I were this effective for sending them... ha! Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags with Waffle Flower Crafts

Hello there! It's been a while since I posted, right? A new baby in the house is no joke, ha! But here I am today, and I'm bringing two of my favorite things ever: tags and Christmas. The Waffle Flower Crafts DT is participating in Tracey's The 25 Days of Christmas Tags. Love this awesome idea.

 

 

And here's my tag:

 

 

I started with a white tag cut from Surface - Tag die - Starter kit. To spice up the background of the tag base, I used the straight lines from Magical stamp set to stamp a festive red and green checkered background. There are 3 long lines in a single stamp, which makes it super fast to stamp a whole background. Once I had my background, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment (from the same set)  on red cardstock, trimmed it to size and adhered it to the tag.

 

 

Finally, I die cut the Magical Word die and the Tag Hole Reinforcer die. That gold mirror cardstock looks so stunning! I only have a sheet and I've been hoarding it, but seeing it in action I just know the sheet won't last long ;)

Thank you so much for visiting!

 

 

 

 

 

Clique Kits & Friends June Blog Hop

Hello there! Today the kind folks from Clique Kits invited the girls from the Waffle Flower Crafts DT to hop with them! I worked with the June Kit, called Dream Quest, which has lots of Crate Paper products and gorgeous embellishments. And even though it's a collection perfect for Travel themed projects, I chose to travel other paths...

My first project is a card, using patterned paper from the Kit and stamps from Waffle Flower. I started covering a card base with that cool chevron paper and then trimmed one of the journaling cards from another of the paper sheets. I love stamping on journaling cards! So I created a little scene.

 

 

I used the cow from Monochrome stamp set, the daisies from A Bunch stamp set and built a custom punny sentiment with the alphabet from Be My Guest stamp set.

 

 

Next, I framed the journaling card with a piece of black cardstock and adhered it to the card with foam tape. Then, I added two enamel dots to the flower centers and called it a day :)

Moving on to the second project: A pillow gift box.

 

 

This feather paper is so pretty! I was tempted to hoard it, but then I decided to be a good girl and put it to use. I die cut the pìllow box and assembled it. Second, I stamped and embossed the banner from Congrats stamp set on the cork patterned paper from the Kit. Cork printed paper, like woodgrain paper, is such a basic! I was super happy to see there was a whole 12x12 sheet in this Kit.

 

 

I die cut the Congrats die, adhered it to the banner and embellished everything with stars and arrows from the cute puffy stickers sheet also included in the Kit.

 

 

And that's it from me! Here's the Blog Hop lineup. Thanks so much for hopping by!

Clique Kits

Sabrina Alery

Donna Espiritu

Katie Gehring

Aliza Deutsch

 

Lorena Cantó <----- You're here! 

 

Marcia Dehn-Nix

 

Tessa Wise 

 

Mayline Jung

 

Tyra Babington

 

 

Tombow and Waffle Flower Blog Hop

 

 

Hello and welcome to the Tombow + Waffle Flower Crafts Blog Hop! You should have arrived from Jennie Garcia's blog or, if you got lost in the way, you can head to the hop start here.

It was super fun to play around with Tombow's products, and they pair so beautifully with Waffle Flower's stamps and dies! Not to mention, a good array of adhesives is simply priceless when it comes to paper crafting.

I have two projects today, so let's get started. First, there's a shaker card:

 

 

The stars of the show are the gorgeous Doily Square stamp set and the Tombow Dual Brush Pens. I received the Brights set and I couldn't be happier!

 

 

I started stamping and coloring the square doily and then I trimmed it to form the window for the shaker. On the inside area I stamped a sentiment from Congrats stamp set. The shaker is filled with assorted sequins, microbeads, and a few Tiny Star die cuts that I cut from white cardstock and colored with the Tombow markers.

 

 

The Foam Tape was perfect to build the shaker part and I used the Tombow Xtreme Adhesive to adhere it to the card base. That baby is not going anywhere ;)

My second project is a tag that uses A Bunch stamp set and Tombow's Adhesive Dots. These are super fun because they're colored!

 

 

I started with a tag base die cut from Surface - Tag Die - Starter kit. Next, I stamped both the outline and solid daisies from A Bunch set using inks 9, 15 and 16 from the Summer Blend Inkpad. I thought the adhesive dots would be fun to use in the center of the flowers, covered with glitter. The banner sentiment is from the same set.

 

 

Your next stop is Jennifer Priest. Remember to leave comments on the way because there are prizes up for grabs! Waffle Flower is giving away a Doily Square stamp set and Doily Square die, while Tombow will give away a set of Bright Dual Brush Pens, Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue, Tombow Adhesive Dots and Foam Tape.

Thank you so much for hopping with us today!

Hello, friends! All good things come to an end and today is my final week as the May guest designer for My Favorite Things Card Challenges blog. I've had a blast! Not to mention how wonderful it has been to design along with that amazing DT and to work with Susan :)

Here's this week's sketch:

 

This time, instead of a card, I made a masculine gift bag playing with patterned paper, stamps and dies. And once again, my take on the sketch is very, very free, ha!

 

 

I started adhering a patterned paper piece to the front of the bag. The Die-namics Cross Stitch Square STAX provided the perfect base for the focal point, where I stamped a sentiment from For the Boys stamp set. The cute bow tie was die cut from Die-namics Terrific Ties and the stitched banner is one of the many awesome dies included in the Die-namics Blueprints 25.

Check the Challenge blog for all the details about this week's sketch and to get your fix of inspiration from all the amazing projects from the DT! Thanks for visiting!