Patterned Papered Dreams

Cute as a button

Hey everyone! Long time no see, uh? I've had a crazy month at work, with lots of corporative stuff, but things are back to normal and I hope to catch up with projects on the blog on the next weeks :)

For today, I have a little inspiration using Waffle Flower Crafts stamps, and specifically the perfectly graphic buttons from Notions stamp set. I feel like I've neglected that set a bit in my Waffle Flower projects, so you'll be seeing quite a bit of it on days to come. It's really adorable and has lots of multi-step stamping options, which I adore! Let's get started...

 

It all begins with a white panel where I stamped a background using the buttons and the tiny heart from the same set. I went crazy bright with my color combo.

 

 

Once everything was stamped, I cut the panel in half, adhered the two pieces on a yellow piece of cardstock and adhered that piece on a white card base with foam tape. All the white cardstock I used is linen textured, can you spot it? It looks gorgeous in real life!

 

 

The custom sentiment comes from Bowtiful stamp set. I wanted to play with the "cute as a button" saying. I stamped the sentiment on coordinating strips of cardstock and finished with enamel dots.

Looking at all those happy buttons stamped together really brightens my day, and I hope they'll brighten yours too.

Oh, and just two more days 'til Waffle Flower's new release! Stop by Nina's blog on the first of June to join the fun! Thanks for visiting :)

Striped rocks with Waffle Flower Crafts

Happy Sunday, friends! Today I have a video for you. A video! It's my first one and I was very, very nervous when filming it (I'm a journalist who panicks on camera. Go figure...). Anyhow, I did it.

It's a video tutorial to show you how I made this rocks using Rock my World stamp set by Waffle Flower Crafts and some selective masking. I'm not posting the finished card because I'm still waiting for the perfect sentiment, which happens to be in the Waffle Flower June release, so stay tuned for that :)

 

 

Sorry in advance for the poor quality. I used my phone to film it and I hope I can learn and improve in future videos. And now, 3, 2, 1...

 

 

 

Because I'm not showing the finished card (yet), I have a bonus project with the same stamp set and a sentiment from Hey Mr stamp set.

 This is another of the ideas I've had sketched and waiting to come to life since Nina showed us her April stamp sets preview, and I'm so happy that it came out exactly as I planned it!

 

 

I stamped the grass using the sketchy line from the set, and the rock was stamped using the back of the biggest rock in the set (the one that says "life is beautiful"). The sentiment is a combination between the "Hope you slept like a rock" sentiment from this set and the "You are my kind of guy" sentiment from Hey Mr stamp set.

 

 

To make this custom sentiment, you just need to use masking tape to mask the parts of the sentiment you don't want to use. Then ink the stamp, remove the masking tape and done :)

Phew! That's it from me today! I hope you enjoyed the video and the extra card. Thanks for visiting!

Oh Happy Day

Hello there! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Today I have a card for the Hip on Handwriting challenge at the Moxie Fab World.

I love the handwriting trend, but I have to confess that at first I didn't get all the craze about paint-brushed letters. The delicate, classic callygraphy fonts were so much more appealing to me. But I guess they've grown on me after seeing them popping everywhere, so there you go: I made a card with that kind of font.

 

 

I started with a background stamped with Altenew's Painted Flowers, which is probably one of the most beautiful and well designed sets I've ever seen. I went with grey, aqua and teal for the flowers.

 

 

The brushed letters were die cut with the Cameo using this freebie alphabet. Instead of die cutting them from black cardstock, I used white cardstock and then colored it using a black copic marker. It doesn't show much in the pic, but it adds to the hand painted look.

 

 

The "Happy" comes from Hey Mr stamp set by Waffle Flower Crafts. The sentiment used for the fonts in this set is really versatile and blends in really well when combined in sentiments with other fonts.

That's it from me today! Thanks for visiting!

Can You Felt It? - Waffle Flower Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Welcome to Can You Felt It? - Waffle Flower Blog Hop! Today is the 5th of the month and also the day that the design team girls get together and share some fun craft projects using our newest stamps and dies released in April. If you came from the wonderful Kim Kesti's blog, you are right on track!

 

 

We teamed up with Benzie Design and are sharing some felt projects today! I chose to use the Secret Garden felt mix.

 

 

 

The colors are so beautiful! And the felt is an amazing quality. You can use the code WAFFLE10 for 10% off at Benzie Design. It's valid through May 31st, 2014.

 

I have to confess that I had a completely different project ready for today involving bow magnets, but yesterday I came accross this cute seed packet template shared by Amber and I thought it would look adorable cut from felt. So change of plans.

 

 

 

 

I first made the seed packet from cardstock and used it as a template to trim the felt. Before assembling it (scor-tape works great for that) I die cut the biggest bow from the Bowtiful die set from the front part of the felt seed packet and adhered more scor-tape on the inside. Then, I die cut the bigger bow again from yellow felt and adhered it on the negative area.

 

 

 

 

Gosh, it sounds complicated when written down like this, but it's super easy!  I finished the seed packet with the smaller bow and a wood button. Oh, and I closed it at the top with a bit of washi tape.

 

 

 

 

The packet can hold perfectly a gift card, but can also be repurposed to fit an i-Pod mini, for example.

 

 

 

Of course, as you saw in the first pic I had to make a matching card.

 

 

 

 

I used the positive piece I got left from die cutting the bow from the seed packet, and die cut another small one from pink felt. The heat embossed sentiment is yet another one from Bowtiful stamp set. Another wood button and some faux stitching ties everything together.

 

Your next stop on the hop is May Sukyong Park and I'm 100% sure she will have a jaw dropping project for you.

 

But before you keep hopping, don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a Waffle Flower Crafts set of your choice! If you follow my blog on Bloglovin' here you can leave a second comment and increase your chances. The winner will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on May 9th.

 

Thanks for hopping by!

Waffle Flower Crafts inspiration and a winner!

Good morning everyone! Are you having some crafty time this weekend? I hope so! Me? I did, and I'm bringing you proof... Two cards in store for today. Oh, and scroll down to the end of the post to see if you're the lucky winner of the gift certificate to the Waffle Flower Crafts Store that was for grabs here :)

Right. One of the things I love the most in stamp sets are those tiny companion images usually included. Don't oversee those, because they are tiny gems. They open so many possibilities! Here, I worked with one of the thin "brushed lines" you'll find in Rock My World stamp set. I think they are supposed to be used as grass to ground the rock images. But I thought it would be cool to stamp a whole background with it.

 

 

And because the lines are kind of organic and irregular, you don't have to care to stamp them perfectly aligned. Imperfection is ok. I started at the bottom and worked my way up. Pretty relaxing too :)

The sentiment is also from Rock my World. It's a single stamp, but I stamped and heat embossed each word separately on a strip of cardstock. Done.

 

 

My second card is a one layer with Bowtiful stamp set and one of the coordinating dies. Again, I used one of the small companion images to make a background for the bow.

 

 

I started die cutting the largest bow die from copy paper, and used the negative as a mask. First, sponged a bit of Antique Linen distress ink to help define the bow shape. Next, without removing the mask, I stamped the solid tiny heart circle with assorted pigment ink, and over the background I stamped the dashed bow outline.

 

 

Finally, I built a custom sentiment. So much options on this set! The card was finished with a few clear gems. A super simple card to brighten someone's day :)

 

 

And now, we need a winner!

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I love both of these cards it is hard to come up with guy cards these fit the bill!

Posted by: Deborah S | 05/01/2014 at 02:41 AM

Congrats, Deborah! Your email was not linked in the comment, so please drop me an email to lorecl (at) hotmail (dot) com so I can send you your gift certificate.

Don't forget to visit tomorrow for our very first Waffle Flower Blog Hop! We'll be showcasing fun ideas with felt. Happy Sunday and thanks for visiting!

 

 

 

 

One layer

Happy Saturday! Remember I said that since I got my Waffle Flawer Crafts stamps I hadn't been able to put them down? Well, no improvements on that front, ha! Still lots of ideas on my sketch notepad. One of the things I wanted to try is a one layer card with masking.

So with Taheera's Cure for The Monday Blues challenge inspiration pic as my starting point, I set to work and came up with this:

 

 

I took the main colors from the pic: bright pinks, teal/turquoise, a gold strip and a white background. Look at the pretty table setting!

 

 

The card started with a white card base where I masked a square using post-it tape. First, I white heat embossed the sentiment from Bowtiful stamp set. Then, I used the stars cluster from that same set: stamped it repeatedly and heat embossed in hot pink. Once all the embossing was done, and without removing the masking I used one of my new mini blending tools to sponge Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, going for a bit of an ombre finish. I love how this simple masking technique gives a lot of depth without bulk!

 

 

Finally, I heat embossed the Bowtiful sentiment again in gold on neon pink cardstock, trimmed and adhered it with foam tape.

 

 

That's it from me today! Now, I'm off to find a crazy hat because we're invited to a Kentucky Derby party this afternoon. Mint Juleps, here we come... Have a fab saturday and thanks for visiting!