Patterned Papered Dreams

Birthday card, awesome tag and giveaway!

Hello, hello!!! Can you say the title for this post goes straight to the point? Ha! I promise a more poetic one for my next post ;)

I'm still having a ball playing with the June Waffle Flower Crafts release. I've made a lot of stuff. A LOT. It's hard to not write a post with at least 8 projects, because believe me, I have them :) But for today, I'm keeping it short (kinda) and sweet with a birthday card and what might be one of my favorite tags to date.

The card showcases the Surface - Tag stamp set and Surface - Tag Die - Scallop Add-on.

 

 

I masked the center using the largest tag from Surface - Tag Die - Starter Kit as my space reference, and stamped the 3 stars from Surface - Tag stamp set and the "Happy Birthday" from the same set. Embossed in assorted happy colors and added some scattered bits of silver Stickles. I also added a strip of silver glitter using scor-tape.

 

 

For the frame I went to town die cutting the scalloped frame from Surface - Tag Die - Scallop Add-on. I die cut it a gazillion times in the same colors I used for embossing the stars, adhered all of them in a stack and adhered the stack to the card. I think the first time I saw this technique it was on a card by JJ Bolton. So cool!

 

 

Are you in the mood for another project? Because we still have a tag! The star of the show here is the floral frame from Loved stamp set. It's combined with a sentiment from Bowtiful Adittions stamp set.

 

 

Here's how it came together: 1. Die cut the largest tag from Surface - Tag Die - Starter Kit and dry emboss it with a Spellbinders folder. 2. Stamp the floral frame from Loved on white cardstock, color/stamp and fussy cut. Adhere to tag. 3. Stamp again the frame on patterned paper. 4. Stamp the sentiment (I curved the stamps on the clear block to follow the round lines from the frame). 5. Fussy cut the frame and adhere with foam tape over the first frame. Done!

 

Ok, so what about a giveaway? Yeah, I thought so. I am giving away a brand new Loved stamp set! Isn't it super pretty?

 

 

Just leave me a comment and I'll pick a winner by next Friday. You can leave a second comment and increase your chances to win if you follow me on Bloglovin here.

Thanks for visiting and have a fab week!

 

 

Fun uses for a polka dot circle stamp

Hello there! I'm back with some more inspiration with the Waffle Flower Crafts June release. So many fun products! Today I'm working with Flower Circles stamp set, and specifically with alternative uses for the big polka dot circle included in this set.

First, a card with lots of paper piecing. I stamped the flower from Flower Circles on white cardstock and fussy cut it. Then, I stamped the polka dot circle in assorted colors on a few scraps (this is a great way to use up those white scraps!) and, again, stamped the flower in black over the polka dot pattern.

 

 

Once I had all my polka dot flowers, I trimmed separately each section of the flower and adhered them on the piece that I stamped and fussy cut first.

 

 

The stem, solid leaves and sentiment were stamped directly on the card base. I adhered the flower with foam tape and finished the card with a strip of washi tape to ground the scene. I can't even start telling you how happy that colorful flower makes me!!!

 

 

And now, a tag. This time I used the polka dot circle to make polka dot letters. You could also do this using the other patterned circles from the set. Lots of variety!

I used Surface - Tag Die - Starter Kit to die cut the tag and the hole reinforcer, and this alphabet die from Lifestyle Crafts for the letters. Once I had the letters, I stamped them with the polka dot circle and voilà! Patterned letters in the exact colors I wanted them.

 

 

After adhering the letters to spell "love", I stamped "hey" from Bowtiful Additions stamp set and one of the sketchy lines from Rock my World stamp set. That cute patterned heart is from Surface - Tag stamp set.

Hello? Are you still with me? Quite a long post, but I wanted to make sure I explained all the process :)

I hope you liked today's projects, thanks for stopping by!

 

Waffle Flower Challenge June/July 2014

Hello, friends! Today's post is very special! There's a new challenge in town and I got to play along with their amazing Design Team for their debut post. Meet the Waffle Flower Challenge!

The first challenge will run from June 15th to July 25th. There are two cathegories you can choose from: a stamping technique or a sketch. You can also combine both of them. Check the complete details and rules here.

I went for the technique, which is to stamp a pattern. That happens to be one of my favorite techniques, so I was in inky heaven while creating this card.

 

My pattern inspiration came from this individual mat that lives by my computer.

 

 

 

I adore that design so when I saw the semi-circle stamp included in the new Flower Circles set I squealed!  Simply perfect to replicate that pattern.

And here's my card

 

I stamped the semi-circle in several colors. Is there something more relaxing than stamping a pattern? Once the background was done, I die cut the smaller tag from Surface - Tag Die Starter Kit in three different colors, layered them and stamped a sentiment combining stamps from Bowtiful Additions stamp set.

 

A few gold enamel dots and a twine bow finish up the card. I hope it inspires you to play along with the challenge!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Father's Day with Waffle Flower Crafts

Hey everyone! With father's Day quickly approaching I thought I could share a little gift packaging inspiration. Hey Mr stamp set by Waffle Flower Crafts happens to be perfect for this project!

 

I used a small kraft bag from my stash and started by cutting a piece of patterned paper the same size as the bag front and punching two holes that matched the ones in the bag. Next, I stamped several of the solid images from Hey Mr on the patterned paper and adhered it to the bag.

 

 

For the tag, I just cut and hole punched a black cardstock rectangle, where I adhered another piece of the same patterned paper. Finally, I stamped the sentiment -also from Hey Mr- and finished the tag with a die cut heart that happened to be sitting on my desk. I like the contrast that the red provides on the otherwise super neutral color combo.

 

 

I used jute string to close the bag and tie the tag.

And there you have it! Just in time for Father's Day. The size of the bag will perfectly acomodate a gift card. Thanks for visiting!

Ps: Have you checked the Waffle Flower June release? Lots of fun new goodies! Plus there's a new challenge on the block! More information in this post by Nina.

Hello, lovely

Happy Sunday! Playing along with Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues challenge today. And on time! Here's the inspiration piece:

 

 

What a cute room! Once again, I was inspired by a very specific detail: this time it was the flowers vase/jar on the night stand.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment on the card base and on a die cut vase. Base - Vase. Haha. I've seen JJ and Laura rock this technique many times and I wanted to try it. The vase was die cut from patterned paper (Basic Grey Highline).

 

 

For the leaves and flowers I used PTI's Embellished Ellegance. Again, I stamped everything on coordinating die cuts because that gave me the possibility of fiddling around with the placement of the elements to see where I liked them best.

 

 

Once everything was adhered I grounded the vase with a strip of wooden patterned paper (Amy tan/AC).

And that's it! Thanks for stopping by!