Dashing through the Snow {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to those celebrating this holiday and taking some extended time off. I have a card today on the Avery Elle blog today using the Dashing stamp set.  

I stamped the car and tree onto Copic-friendly paper, colored this images with markers and trimmed it out. I created a little scene for the car using the Wonky Stitches die and Custom Panels die.  I stamped the sentiment and added a few snowflakes using the accents from the Pocket tag dies. 

Well that's it for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration. If you are among those dashing around this weekend, in the snow, or otherwise, I hope your travels are safe!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

25 Days of Christmas Tags with Waffle Flower Crafts!

Good morning!

Welcome to the 25 Days of Christmas Tags with Tracey McNeely!  This is such a fun event and it's now in its 5th year!  Every day this month (through the 25th at least) you will find inspiration on Tracey's blog from lots of your favorite stamp companies!  Tracey's blog can be found here:  In My Creative Opinion.

Today, I'm sharing a few tags as part of the Waffle Flower Crafts day for the 25 Days of Christmas Tags using the Good Stuff stamp set and coordinating Good Stuff dies.

I just LOVE this little jars and decided to fill them with all kinds of holiday goodness- including some images and sentiments borrowed from the Holiday Labels- Merry stamp set. 

Once the jars were stamped, I colored the lids with Copic markers and wrapped each jar with red and white baker's twine. I punched a hole at the top of each tag and added a loop of twine. 

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to check out even more tag-spiration from the Waffle Flower team today! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Snow Globe Shaker Tag {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a shaker tag I made featuring the Naughty or Nice and Snow Globe stamp sets. 

I stamped and die cut the snow globe and created the night sky by sponging Sapphire ink onto the white card stock added the sleigh and sentiment from the Naughty or Nice stamp set. Once the layers were complete, I added some white microbeads as the shaker element. 

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration from the Avery Elle design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie   

Holiday Planning {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends, 

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but I am super excited about the upcoming holiday season.  I have grand creative plans and I am sharing several photos of my holiday inspiration on the Waffle Flower blog today. 

To keep my holiday list in check, I used the Magical stamp set and the Stay Focused Die to transform a simple $1.00 notebook into a Holiday Planner.  First I measured the notebook cover and trimmed a piece of card stock to the width of the cover.  I added a score line to accommodate the fold line on the front cover. I stamped the sentiment and images in basic black ink and adhered it to the notebook. 

I die cut the tabs from the Stay Focused die multiple times from red and green card stock.  I assembled the tabs and adhered them to the notebook pages to create sections in the planner.  I am using one section for GIFTS, the second is DECOR, third is MENU/FOOD, fourth is CARDS, and fifth is SOCIAL. With my cute planner complete- I can't wait to get started with some more holiday plans!  

Happy planning and thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Warm Holiday Wishes {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a card featuring the Penguin Greetings stamp set and coordinating Elle-ments dies.  Links to all the Avery Elle supplies I used for my card are below.

I die cut a piece of watercolor paper with the Wonky Stitches Elle-ments die and created the background by sponging on three shades of distress ink: Chipped Saphire, Wilted Violet, and Victorian Velvet.  I sprayed water onto the background to create the look of spattered ink.  

Next I stamped and die cut the penguin family.  I colored them with Copic markers and adhered them to a snowbank created using the Dotted Borders Elle-ments dies.  I placed one of the little penguins coasting down the hill because there is always one in every family who won't sit still and pose nicely. ;)  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and adhered the finished panel to a notecard from the Royal Collection. 

Well that's it for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration from the Avery Elle team.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

Supplies: 

Penguin Greetings Stamp Set

Penguin Greetings Elle-ments dies

Wonky Stitches Elle-ments dies

Dotted Borders Elle-ments dies

The Royal Collection A2 Notecards

Christmas Countdown Calendar {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,

In my house, the kids look forward to the Christmas Countdown almost as much as the big day itself. Sometimes I think the anticipation is almost more exciting than the main event.

To help us keep track of the number of days until Christmas, I created this simple Christmas Countdown Calendar using Waffle Flower's Calendar Number stamp set.

I found a set of wooden calendar blocks in the Holiday section at Hobby Lobby, but these would be pretty simple to DIY- each block is 2" cubed and the base is 2" x 4" x 2".  Here's a link to a similar version from Consumer Crafts. 

For the calendar blocks, I cut white card stock into 1.75" squares. On the first block I stamped have the number 0 on the bottom and the number 5 on the top of the block.  The sides were stamped with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.  For the second block, stamp 0 again on the bottom and the number 8 on top of the block.  Stamp the sides with the numbers 1, 2, 6, 7.  Number 6 doubles as number 9.

I covered the calendar base with some simple red and green card stock and stamped the sentiment from the Stocking stamp set to a rectangle of white card stock before adhering it to the base.  I used a basic tape runner to adhere the paper to the wooden blocks, but a coat or two of mod podge would definitely make the project more durable for little fingers and holidays to come.   I have plenty of time before Thanksgiving to take that finishing step- I am thinking that will be when our Christmas Countdown will officially begin!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Christmas Florals {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

I am on the Avery Elle blog today with a card featuring the Christmas Florals stamp set. This is such a beautiful stamp set and I just love the script sentiments included.

I decided to create a card with a less-traditional holiday color scheme.   You can find links to all the supplies I used below.

First, I die cut a Scalloped Frame onto a note card from the Natural Collection.  Next, I stamped the florals using Avery Elle's pigment inks and die cut them using the coordinating Christmas Florals Elle-ments dies. I stamped the sentiment in black ink and arranged and adhered the florals at the bottom of the scalloped frame.

Well that's all for me today, but please be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration from the Avery Elle design team. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Florals

Dies: Christmas Florals Elle-ments, Scalloped Frames Elle-ments

The Natural Collection Note Card

Ink: Conch Shell, Mustard Seed, Jungle, Ocean Mist, Vino

#TBT- Lots of Love {Avery Elle}

Hello friends, 

It's time for another Throwback Thursday on the Avery Elle blog.  This time we are featuring a set chock full of sentiments for all the loves in your life, the Lots of Love stamp set. 

I paired Lots of Love with the Burst Elle-ments dies to create a Valentine target.  I stamped the sentiment in black and added one of the little hearts included in the set to the center of the target.  I added an arrow from the Aim High stamp set and die cut the dotted border using the Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments dies.

Well that's all for me today, but be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration plus a chance to win this "love"ly stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie