Patterned Papered Dreams

Fun ideas for Hey Mr. and a giveaway!

Hey everyone! Today it's my turn to share some fun things you can do with Waffle Flower Crafts stamps, and I thought it was a perfect time to show you a couple of projects for the guys in your life.

I know many crafters struggle to come up with cards to fit a masculine recipient, and the Hey Mr stamp set is just perfect for this!

My first card was a bit time consuming. But only a bit, and the result is super fun! I wanted to achieve the look of letters nailed to the wall.

First, I started the big sentiment from Hey Mr. Then, I punched lots of tiny circles from silver paper and adhered them to the "Hey". I also pressed on the silver dots with a pick so the surface would look "hammered". Does that make sense? I also stamped and silver heat embossed the tiny nail. So cute!

 

The next step was stamping the hammer. I stamped it with Versafine pigment ink, masked the handle and poured silver embossing powder on the part that is supposed to be made of iron. Finally I fussy cut the hammer and adhered it with foam tape.

 

To finish the card I adhered a strip of scor-tape and also heat embossed it with silver powder.

My second card also shows one of the tools in the stamp set "in action", ha! This time it's the drill's turn.

 

I started with a red card base. On a separate pannel, I stamped the "you're my kind of guy" sentiment from Hey Mr and then die cut the heart stitching template to mimic holes in the wall. You could also use a piercing tool for this.

 

For the drill, I made exactly the same as in the first card: stamped it, masked the handle and heat embossed with silver the part that is supposed to be metallic. The drill was also fussy cut and adhered with foam tape. I also adhered the panel to the card base with foam tape to make the holes more realistic :)

And now... what about a giveaway?  Leave me a comment for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Waffle Flower Store. Oh, and if you follow my blog on Bloglovin' you can leave a second comment and increase your chances to win. You have until next Saturday and I'll announce the winner on Sunday. Deal?

Good luck and thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunday Blues

Hello! Well, it looks like Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues challenge has become my very own cure for the Sunday evening blues. Where did the weekend go? It really flew by!

Anyhow, I loved this week's inspiration pic, so I didn't want to miss the fun.

 

 

And here's what I came up with, inspired by the folk art ceramic plate on the wall.

 

 

It all started with a die cut frame adhered to the card base. The flowers are from Altenew's Hennah Elements, colored with Copics and fussy cut. The sentiment is from Waffle Flower Crafts Notions. Love that classic font!

 

I accented the flowers with a white gel pen. If I were in a hurry, I could have created this card much faster by stamping the flowers on red cardstock instead of coloring them :)

Thanks for stopping by and happy new week!

 

 

It's a decision

Hey there! Today I have a couple of Waffle Flower Crafts products to share with you. My box finally arrived and I haven't been able to put this stamps down, so watch out for lots of inspiration to come!

First, a square card with an outside of the box use of the bucket filler in Hey Mr stamp set.

 

 

As soon as I saw this set I knew that this shape was perfect to make a flower or leaves. I stamped it repeatedly in a circle motion, overlapping it a bit.

 

 

Once I was done, I stamped a sentiment from the Bowtiful set. Of the million sentiment combinations you can stamp with this set, this one is my favorite. Yeah, being happy is a decision :)

 

 

I matted the stamped panel with a bit of patterned paper and adhered it to a previously scored card base.

And of course, I had to make a tag.

 

 

This one uses the versatile star cluster from Bowtiful, as well as a sentiment from that set. And the bow? It's the oh so clever Mailable 3D Bow die. I die cut it from a very happy striped paper from Pebbles.

The star cluster is perfect for stamping a starry background in no time. This one took me like 30 seconds :)

 

 

So that's it from me today. Thanks for visiting!

 

A fun sushi tag

Hello there! I hope you're all having a great week so far! Today I have a cute little project for all sushi lovers: the perfect tag to gift-wrap a pair of chopsticks. Fun :)

 

 

I really enjoyed making this tutorial last week, so I thought I could make another one. Here we go!

 

First, here's what you'll need:

 

 

Stamp sets (I used this and this), patterned paper scraps (I die cut my tag base with this die from a paper scrap), stamping ink, a clear block for stamping, a bit of baker's twine or the ribbon of your choice, and markers for coloring the sushi.

We'll start by stamping the sushi image on the tag, a piece of white cardstock and a scrap of patterned paper (not pictured). You only need to stamp the "Eat me" saying on the tag.

 

 

Then, we'll carefully cut and paper piece the image together.

 

 

Don't forget to color the sushi ingredients too :)

 

 

Once the colorful sushi is ready, we'll adhere it to the tag. I used foam dots for a bit of dimension.

 

The last step is wrapping the twine around the chopsticks and attaching the tag. See? Fun and easy!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Sequin Shaker Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Waffle Flower Crafts is sponsoring the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop on April 26th! Everyone is invited to link up your sequin shaker cards on the hop day to join. If you need more sequins, you can use coupon code BLOGHOP to save 15% on your order at Pretty Pink Posh from now through the hop day.

 Today, the Waffle Flower Crafts design team girls are sharing some sequin shaker cards to help spread the word. You should have arrived here from the blog of the wonderful Kim Kesti. Or you can start at the beginning on the Waffle Flower Blog.

 So I have a sequin shaker card for you. It's something a bit different of my usual style, and it's been really fun to step out of my comfort zone!

 

 

I wanted the sentiment inside the shaker area, so I heat embossed the "Hey" from Hey Mr Stamp Set on a piece of patterned paper. Love big and bold sentiments :)

Of course, the shaker has lots of sequins inside... but there's something else. Can you spot it? It's the super cute tiny heart circle from Bowtiful Stamp Set! I heat embossed a bunch of them on gold cardstock and fussy cut them. I think they compliment perfectly the sequins and add something fun to the mix.

 

 

Here's another close up. All those bright colors and the pops of gold make me very happy :)

 

 

Don't forget to link up your creations at the Pretty Pink Posh Blog on April 26!

Your next stop is the insanely talented May Sukyong Park and you should head there because she did something super creative you don't want to miss ;)

 

 

 Waffle Flower Crafts is offering a Bowtiful Stamp Set and a Bowtiful Die Set as a prize! Good luck, everyone and happy crafting!

Perfect Stripes Baby Card: A tutorial

Hey, happy Sunday! So last night I made a baby card inspired by this week's Cure for the Monday Blues challenge. And as I really loved the result, I prepared a little photo tutorial about the process. First, the finished card:

 

 

Ok, let's get started! This is what you'll need:

 

 

Assorted inks -I used pigment based inks, but dye inks will work too-, post-it roll tape, an acrylic block, a stamp set for the sentiment and an embellishment of your choice. I used wooden dots because, how cute are those?

First, let's make a card from a piece of cardstock. Once we have the card base, we'll use strips of post-it tape to cover the card front. Next, we'll release one strip at a time

 

 

One color and strip at a time, start sponging the ink on the card, in a circular motion. Once a color is done, cover it again with the post-it tape strip and move on to the next color.

 

 

This way we get perfect stripes without the colors getting mixed. The next step is stamping a sentiment: place the clear stamp on an acrylic block, ink it -I used black pigment ink- and stamp on the card. And finally, adhere the wooden dots.

 

 

As a final touch, I added a strip of washi tape. The one I used on the card is not the roll pictured, but you get the idea :)

 

 

And that's it! A baby card with pretty pastel stripes.

 

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

A big Hello

Hello! And here I am, once again living on the edge and linking on the very last minute. I made this card last week for the Moxie Fab World Styling with Stencils challenge, but until today I couldn't decide about what kind of sentiment I wanted to use. But I got some new stamps two days ago and the dilemma was solved :)

 

 

I die cut my own stencil with the Cameo using this file. It's a super fun design, right? You can use all the different patterns, as I did on my card, or you can play around and mix and match them, use them alone... I'm glad I "invested" some of my precious stencil material on this design.

Once the sentiment was stamped I pondered if I should add embellishments but I decided not to, because the background is already pretty busy and I wanted it to shine.

The sentiment I used is from this Technique Tuesday set and for stenciling I used Hero Arts shadow inks. They work great :)

Oh! I'm also linking this card to Virginia's View challenge. Now, is this multitasking or what? My entry will probably be number 3547. Talk about a succesful idea! Congrats, my dear Virginia!

Thanks for visiting and happy, happy weekend!

Love is all you need

Happy Sunday, friends! And thank you so much for all your well wishes about this. I'm so happy!

Ok, what about a card for today? I just finished it and I'm blogging on real time, people. So. Not. Me ;)

Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues challenge was once again my starting point. Oh, and she has some fun announcements you might want to check.

 

 

And here's the resulting card

 

 

Hero Arts frame stamped repeatedly on a yellow card + a crazy, crazy embossed die cut frame. I cut it a couple times from cardstock with the Cameo, covered it in Versamark and then heat embossed it a few times with a mix of neon pink embossing powder and clear UTEE. This shows you can get very fun results when you experiment with your supplies! The sentiment mixes Avery Elle and PTI.

 

 

A classic shot

 

 

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Waffle Flower Crafts Design Team

Well, hello! As I was typing the title for this post I was still pinching myself. It's no secret that I've been a great fan of Nina Yang's designs since she started designing stamps some time ago. So when I knew that she was starting her very own company, I was beyond ecstatic! Ecstatic for her, because a great friend was bravely following her dream. And ecstatic for me, because I was lucky enough to be a part of it. So, as I told Nina then, her dream is now my dream too :)

I hope you'll give the warmest of welcomes to...

 

YAY!

I haven't a card to share today, because the new stamps are still on their merry little way to Bolivia. They probably made a stop in Brasil, and once they've enjoyed the beach and caipirinhas to their contempt, they'll head for the last part of their long journey until they land on my craft room.

But I have this...

 

 

Ha! It's Nina and me at CHA 2014 in Anaheim, last January. I was very lucky to meet this sweet, talented girl in person.

Waffle Flower Crafts is introducing it's first release and the Design Team during this week. You can learn a bit more about the company here, and check the introduction of the super cute new sets that have already been previewed on Day 1 and Day 2. What's not to love, right?

Stay tuned, because the reveals will continue through the whole week and there are giveaways you'll want to check! If you don't want to miss anything, you can follow Waffle Flower on Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Twitter and Pinterest, as well as join the Flickr Group.

There will be a release every two months and I just can't wait to see what Nina has in store for us!

Thanks for visiting and sharing my happinness. I'll be back soon with some fun projects!