Waffle Flower New Release Hop

Hi, everybody! Tickled pink to be joining my friends over at Waffle Flower in celebrating their newest release! Their new release is packed with a lot fun summery, tropical feeling goodness.

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If you are just joining the hop, you should have landed here from the blog of the talented Jeanne Jancha. Is she amazing or what?!!! The next stop on the hop is the blog of the amazing Channin Pelletier! (YAY!!!! Confession time: I am totally fan girling! Big Channin fan! Sorry to nerd out, Channin!)

I made three cards to share with you. Each one uses goodies from Waffle Flower’s Tropical Card Kit. This kit is so fun with a cool die set and sentiment stamp set. (There’s also paper, sentiments, embellishments and a couple shaker covers! Oh, and if you are like me like to keep things together, there’s nifty zipper bag too! I’m kinda of a mess when I don’t keep my kit supplies together!)

So let me show you what I made with the Tropical Card Kit! Up first is this little number.

Lots and lots of layers! I wanted to just have fun so I made the shaker with the smaller circle shaker cover and confetti in the kit and then went from there, adding the bird, sentiments and leaves to the top. Underneath, I added a bunch of half circles (cut with the trusty Nesting Circles dies). All the paper used is from the kit too!

Up next is this second card. This one is a little different. I turned the shaker into a card so it opens up.

Not the fanciest card, but it was fun way to use the kit in a different way. Again, all the supplies are from the Tropical Card Kit.

Lastly is this little number.

I went to town when I got the kit and cut soooooo many die-cuts! Like a ton! I had a bunch left over and was like… what can I do with these? So I went freestyle here and just went with the flow, adding a die here, a die there and seeing what I came up with. Sometimes, it’s fun just to go with flow and see what happens.

The embellishments were a nice way to give the card a little extra something…. and make it seem a little more special. Again, they are all from the Tropical Card Kit.

Alrighty! Don’t forget that next stop on the hop is Channin Pelletier! (And you’ll find a complete list of blog hoppers on the Waffle Flower Blog!)

Oh and don’t forget to comment as you hop today! Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. (Woohoo!!!! It could be you!) You can leave a comment on this blog and the other hop stops by 11:59pm EST on Thursday June 9th, 2022 for the opportunity to possibly score1 Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 6/10/2022.

Also, Waffle Flower has a special for anyone who places an order through their website through June 7, 2022. Anyone who does will receive a mysterious gift! No coupon codes are needed.

If you are new to Waffle Flower, be sure to check out their clearance section as well. They have a Last Chance section on their website with many products that are 25% off until they are gone! This is a great place to pick up a few things to start playing with.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. And thanks again to my friends at Waffle Flower for inviting me to play!

Waffle Flower Supplies used on today’s cards:

• Tropical Card Kit
• Tropical Kit Die
• Tropical Sentiments Stamp Set
• Subsentiments Die
• Nesting Circles Die
• Shaker Cover for 3″ Circles
• Shaker Cover for 4 1/4″ Circles

Birthday Cards for the Win

Hi, everyone!

In need of a little birthday card inspiration? I’ve got a couple stamped birthday cards over on the blog for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Here’s a teeny tiny peek-a-roo.

These cards were a blast to make. Lots of stamping and lots of color, but not a lot of coloring actual images in with markers.

I hope you’ll check it out!

See you again soon!

Friends ‘Til the End Card

Hi, all! Just here with a card I put together the other night. I haven’t had a particularly great deal of time lately to really craft. It’s been just a few minutes here and there, but finally… some creating time.

This was a really messy, fun card to make. I created the little colorful background paper with alcohol inks (from Ranger) and some synthetic EVO paper that was sent to me from Et Cetera Papers to try out. Fun stuff. It really takes nicely to alcohol inks.

I also die-cut the flowers from a piece of the paper and with a die from Simon Says Stamp! I tried it first without a shim. Found I really needed the metal shim to make it cut through the paper with that die. Might have been the intricacy of the die, in full disclosure, as I have not attempted it with other dies yet. But did want to disclose that. Rather than going freestyle with alcohol inks, I just colored the flowers with Copic markers. I first colored them in yellow and then changed my mind, adding some color with a golden orange over the top.

Everything else on the card is just basic stuff. Word cut from cardstock and with an old Papertrey Ink die. Same for the stamped words. They came from a really old Papertrey Ink stamp set. (I’ve been working lately to really pare down my craft stash …. as well as stuff in general in my house…. and get rid of stuff I’m not really using. This is stuff I’ve had and just have not used. It was nice to use it.) The square was cut with an old My Favorite Things die. Fun to use those things.

Alright! That’s it for me. I’ll be back later, gators. See you again soon.

Rainbows… Lots of Rainbows

Hi, friends!

I’ve got something fun over on the blog for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. What you ask? It’s an easy way to make your own rainbow with yarn!

I had been thinking about this project for awhile, wanting to make a rainbow. I had made a few with yarn and rope, but I found my rainbows didn’t always keep their form when I adhered them. So I brainstormed and hit the hardware store, where I found… wait for it… vinyl piping! It’s the perfect material for making a rainbow that keeps it’s form!

I’d love for you check out the post. You’ll see exactly how I made this rainbow, as well as the piping, adhesive and other materials I used.

Be back again soon!

Simple Tree Ornaments

Hi, guys!

Looking for a way to jazz up your Christmas tree? I recently shared a tutorial over on the blog for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L on how to make some super cute ornaments.

These little Christmas tree ornaments were easy to make, although, in full disclosure, it did take me a little bit of time to figure out how get the twine around the bases. Once I did, it was so easy!

I made a few of these to hang on a Christmas tree in my house, plus a few more to use as tags on Christmas packages.

I hope you might take a minute to check out the tutorial for the scoop!

Ps. I’ve also got an easy tag tutorial over there as well. I must have been on a Christmas tree kick as the tag tutorial features Christmas trees too! Only these trees were made with fabric and wire! I hope you will check it out as well.

Inspired by 25 Days of Christmas Tags | Tag 1

Hi, guys! Back at the blog. Have you been checking out Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event? Tracey puts this event on with loads of tag inspiration annually and gets all kinds of people sharing Christmas tags. It’s always fun!

I’m going to spend some time over the next week or two, creating some Christmas tags inspired by ones shared during the event.

So, with that, here’s my first tag.

This was inspired by one of the tags Joyce shared on Day 8. I dug Joyce’s blue inked background and did something similar for my tag here.

Avery Elle was the Day 8 sponsor of this year’s event and that felt like a great reason to dig into my Avery Elle stash to make this tag so I did just that! 🙂 I pulled out the Christmas Magic set (which I think might be retired) and stamped and die-cut the little snowman and light pole. Just a little basic coloring to both. To create the look of glass, I did add a light layer of Glossy Accents to the light.

To finish off the tag, I stamped a few snowflakes and a sentiment, plus I added the white pompoms.

Alright! That’s it for me. Be sure to check out this post on Tracey’s blog for details about the event, as well to see how others have been inspired by this year’s tags! (A big thank you to Tracey for continuing to put this event together! The time and effort is so appreciated!)

Coffee Lovers Hop | Card 6

Hi, guys! Back with one last card for the 2020 Fall | Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop. So, with that, meet today’s card.

Just a fun little card here. I created the background paper yet again with a Paper Smooches stencil and ink. Sure miss PS! 🙂

And I pulled together some stamped images from Lawn Fawn and Papertrey Ink. Did just a little bit of coloring to the images. Very, very little really. Didn’t want them to clash too much with the background paper.

It’s hard to tell but I did add a little bit of sparkle with glitter to the fairy’s wand, the unicorn and little sparkly starburst thingy-bobbers.

Alright. That’s it for now. Don’t forget to check out the hop. Even though it’s ending, there’s still lots and lots of inspiration to be found. So many great coffee (and tea and cocoa) inspired projects have been shared! What a nice thing the Coffee Loving Card Makers have done for the card making community! Thanks so much, guys, for all you do to make this happen and keep the card making spirit alive!

Coffee Lovers Hop | Card 5

Hi, guys! Bet you didn’t think you’d see me back again today. Still playing along with the latest Coffee Loving Card Makers Blog Hop and made one more card to share.

Pretty simple but super fun to make. I had stamped a couple extra cups and accessories with the Thanks a Latte set from Lawn Fawn last time I used it. Had this cup and marshmallows sitting on my desk from that and decided to color them in and make a card.

And, so yeah, this card is the result of that effort!

I once again used a Paper Smooches stencil to make the background. This time, though, I took a Lawn Fawn die and die-cut the window out of it.

I could have easily used a white card base but decided to “live on the edge” and use a kraft one instead. (Wink, wink!)

That’s it for me. Hoping to get one more card completed before the hop ends. Still feeling lots of inspiration but not sure time will allow it.Fingers crossed!

Again, don’t forget to check out all the hop links. So many fun cards have been made. It’s just so cool to see stampers come together, create and share so, so much!

Coffee Lovers Hop | Card 4

Hi, guys! Still very inspired to play by the 2020 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Got one more coffee-themed to share.

Pretty simple card with here. Just used images from one stamp set (Lawn Fawn’s Thanks a Latte) on it, as well as the words. I simply colored the images in with markers and avoiding doing any really fancy techniques, other than doing some basic shading.

Created the background paper with a stencil from Paper Smooches. (Sure do miss PS, but I digress!) A little bit of ink and a little bit of cardstock… and woolah! A background paper!

Added a few little extra details to the card with pens (see the faux stitching) and puffy paint.

That’s all I got. I’ll be back again later. By the way, don’t forget to swing by the hop’s link up page to see all the great projects shared so far. So cool to see how so many crafters are inspired!

Coffee Lovers Hop | Card 3

Hi, guys! Inspired to make one more card in honor of the 2020 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Hop.

This card isn’t the fanciest, but it’s ok with me. Some days, it’s nice just to make a card quickly, allowing one to getting lost in the creative process (and checking out from life for a few minutes) while doing it. So, with that, meet today’s card.

I enjoyed making this one as I whipped out the little toucans (from Lawn Fawn) that I’ve had for a long while but haven’t inked up a bunch. Then I paired them with a few other Lawn Fawn images to make the little “drinking” scene. (To give the scene just a bit of glitz, by the way, I added some flitter to the cups, as well as the hearts.)

Then, I just built the rest of the card using scraps of paper to make background. I again pulled together a few different Lawn Fawn sentiment stamps to make the sentiment for the card.

Alrighty! That’s it. Such a short post… but a post. 🙂 I’ll be back again later. Thank you, as always, for stopping by.

And don’t forget to check out the hop. So many great cards have been shared already!