Freckled Fawn + Waffle Flower Special Blog Hop

Good morning friends,

Waffle Flower Crafts has teamed up with our friends at Freckled Fawn to bring you some awesome inspiration for Spring! Two members from each of our design teams are sharing projects today! Check out our blogs to see how they pair Waffle Flower stamps + dies with the cutest embellishments from Freckled Fawn!

I had a blast playing with some really inspiring embellishments from Freckled Fawn, and I created 5 (!) cards to share with you today.  After I selected my items, some of the products I chose sold out (because I have really awesome taste and all), so sadly, I am not able to link to them.  I do hope they still inspire,  so without further ado, let's get this party started!

My first card was all about this fun cork birthday banner.  The Zebra from the Monochrome stamp set is at a party- complete with Confetti (from the Flutter stamp set) and prezzies!   The gift resin shape is also from Freckled Fawn. 

This next card features the Rainbow Stars from Freckled Fawn. On my card base I stamped the random star background pattern from the Bowtiful stamp set.  Next, I stamped and die cut a cloud using the Rain Check stamp set and Partly Cloudy die.  I stamped the stitched lines and adhered the adorable stars to the card. The stitched lines are from the Flutter stamp set and the sentiment is from the Starry Night stamp set. 

More Monochrome stamp set fun with the next card!  This time, the animals are piled atop one another and have something to say about it using Freckled Fawn's Speech Bubble Wood Chips. The bird is impressed, but the animals at the bottom of the pile may be thinking otherwise. ;)  The luscious ink colors are from the Summer Blend ink pad (9, 10, 12 and 14). 

This card features a sun from a no longer in stock chipboard sticker set along with this Rainbow Stripe Washi Tape. The sentiment and clouds were created using the  Rain Check stamp set and Partly Cloudy die. 

Lastly, Mother's Day is just around the corner, so I made a card for mom with Freckled Fawn's White Square Doilies- folded into a sweet basket, the Loved stamp set and the Loved die set along with a sentiment from the Potted stamp set. 

For even MORE inspiration, please visit: 

Freckled Fawn

Waffle Flower Crafts 

Katie Gehring- you are here :)

Tessa Wise

Prizes!  

You just can't have a hop without prizes, and these are so awesome! Waffle Flower Crafts is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 1 random winner drawn from comments left on my blog, Tessa's blog and the Waffle Flower blog PLUS Freckled Fawn is giving away an April OHDEERME kit.  Fun stuff, friends!  You should enter! 

Well, that's all for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Katie

Waffle Flower Year 1 Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi friends, 

Today, we are having a blog hop in celebration of Waffle Flower Crafts first birthday! 

For this celebration, we are looking back on some of our favorite stamp sets and projects.  It was really tough to just choose one set to spotlight.  Being the sentimental type, I decided to focus on a set that been with me the longest and looked deep in the archives for what I am sharing today.  So let's get this party started!

Bowtiful Stamp Set

So this is the set that started it all.  In fact, when Nina asked me to join her team a year ago, she included a sneak peek of this set.  I knew in that moment that I was privileged to be a part of something really special. From the perfectly random stars to the fabulous font and trendy bow, this stamp set is just amazing!

I have made quite a few projects with the Bowtiful stamp set and Bowtiful Die Set. Some of my favorites include: 

A "Mini" Birthday Party

A Very Fancy Card

A Birthday Shaker Card

With the first year in the books, I know Waffle Flower Crafts has even more great things in store.  Stay in the loop by following Waffle Flower on: 

Blog

Facebook 

Instagram

YouTube

Flickr

Giveaway!  
So you can't have birthday party without presents and my gift is a Bowtiful Stamp Set along with a copy of the Waffle Flower Year 1 Catalog.  To enter, just leave me a comment on this post by 9 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 15.  I will announce the winner on my blog later next week!

Hop Order
The party's not over yet!  Be sure to check of the rest of the Waffle Flower team for more favorites, memories and giveaways!

Waffle Flower 

Katie Gehring 

Lorena Cantó 

Sabrina Alery 

Tessa Wise 

Amanda Coleman 

Mayline Jung 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

A Pair of "Fancy" Cards {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends and Happy Tuesday,

I took a quick weekend trip down to Columbus, Ohio.  Columbus is about 2 hours south of where I live just a bit north of Akron, and on the way down, I must have heard Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" every 30 minutes (love Top 40 radio!).

Anyway, with that song firmly ingrained in my head, I decided to revisit the very fancy Waffle Flower Crafts Bowtiful and Bowtiful Additions stamp sets.

First up, and this one is for the guys, a dashing black tie card using Bowtiful Additions stamp set and Bowtiful die set.

I die cut a triangle pennant (Spellbinders) from white card stock and notched the corners.  Next, I adhered the pennant to a black cardstock rectangle.  Notice that the notched pennant extends past the top of the black rectangle.  I stamped the solid bow from the Bowtiful Additions stamp set on white card stock and die cut it using the larger Bowtiful dies.  I attached it to the card using foam tape.  

I stamped and heat embossed "Hey Handsome" also from the Bowtiful Additions stamp set on the black card stock. 

I added a few black pearls to the pennant to act as buttons.  Finally, I adhered the finished panel to a white card stock base. 

Next, a "fancy" card for the ladies using gray, cream and gold and the ever fabulous Bowtiful stamp set and Bowtiful dies. 

On a panel of gray card stock, I stamped the random star pattern repeatedly to create a background.  I kept rotating the stamp to keep the pattern truly random.  I adhered the gray panel to a cream card stock base.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with gold powder on a cream card stock strip with an angled side.  I stamped and embossed the smaller bow and die cut it with the coordinating die.  The sentiment strip and bow were attached to the card with foam tape.  A few gold star sequins add just a bit more fancy to the card. 

This fancy card was also inspired by Waffle Flower's very first challenge for June/July.   There is a sketch challenge and a technique challenge.  You can check out all the details here and you have until July 25th to enter!

Here's a peek at the inspiration sketch: 

Good stuff, right?  Go check it out now. :) 

Well that's all for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Katie

A "Mini" Birthday Party

Good morning cuties and Happy Tuesday!!!

Today, I wanted to share a "Mini" party set I put together with Waffle Flower Crafts Bowtiful Stamp set + coordinating dies.   The moment I saw the preview of this stamp set, I was immediately reminded of a certain little lady mouse and her adorable Bow-tique and that was my inspiration for this "mini" party ensemble.

First up is a card bearing "Bowtiful" Birthday Wishes.  I trimmed a panel of cheerful yellow polka dot paper, matted it with red cardstock and adhered it to a black cardstock base. I die cut a fishtail banner from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment in black ink.  

I stamped the stitched bow onto red polka dot paper and die cut it with the coordinating die and adhered it to the card with foam tape.

Next up, some refreshments! I wrapped a piece of patterned paper around a glass beverage container (Starbucks Frappacino anyone?). I fashioned a little mousey with my circle punch and some black cardstock.  I stamped an die cut the solid bow image from Bowtiful and adhered it to the mouse to give her some style. The mouse and bow were adhered to a scallop circle that I punched from some more of the red and white polka dot patterned paper.  A yellow + white paper straw tops off this sweet beverage. 

What's a party without a cute party favor?  I used the Mailable 3D Bow Template die to cut 2 bows from red felt.  This die cut through the felt like buttah.  The bows were so easy to assemble and I used a few dabs of Tacky Glue to glue the bow to some simple silver hair clips. I also threaded two black buttons with twine and glued them to the center of the bows. 

For the bow backer board, I stamped the random star pattern then added a few sentiments from the Bowtiful set including "You are so cute" and "#Fancy."  I clipped the bows to a strip of clear acetate and stapled the acetate to the backer board. 

Lastly, the bow banner you see in the background of the pictures was created by stamping the stitched bow image onto patterned paper, die cutting the stamped image and adhering the die cuts to some black and white baker's twine- super simple, but very cute. 

Here's one last group shot of the "Bowtiful" party crew.  

Well that's all for me today!  I hope you have a "bowtiful" day!  

Katie

Supplies: 

Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Black, White-Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Pebbles, Jillibean Soup

Chipboard: Papertrey Ink

Clear Stamps: Bowtiful (Waffle Flower Crafts)

Dies: Bowtiful dies, Mailable 3D Bow Template die (Waffle Flower Crafts); Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT Stamps)

Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); Wild Mango (WPlus9)

Felt: Benzie Design

Twine: The Twinery

Other: Buttons, Hair Clips (Hobby Lobby); Paper Straw (Siege)

Tools: Big Kick (Sizzix); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Punches (Marvy Uchinda and EK Success)

Sequin Shaker Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!

Waffle Flower Crafts is sponsoring the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop hosted by Pretty Pink Posh on April 26th!

Today, our Waffle Flower design team girls are sharing some sequin shaker cards to provide some ideas and help spread the word.

You should have arrived here from Joni Andaya's blog.  If not, please visit the Waffle Flower Crafts blog to pick up the entire hope order.

Given my relative inexperience with shaker cards, I decided to keep my creation it pretty simple. I cut a panel of aqua mist card stock and stamped it with the random star pattern from the Bowtiful stamp set.  Next, I cut a scalloped rectangle mat from white card stock with my Silhouette Portrait.  I centered the mat on the stamped panel and used a craft knife to cut a rectangle that is the same size as the center of the mat and adhered the mat around the opening.

I turned over the stamped panel and adhered a piece of acetate over the opening.  I lined the edges of the opening with foam tape and poured in some sequins.  I used the gorgeous Springtime Mix from Pretty Pink Posh. 

I stamped my sentiment (also from Bowtiful) on a scrap of white card stock that was a bit larger than my opening and adhered it to the foam tape to seal off the sequins.  Using a bit more foam tape, I attached the shaker panel to a Hibiscus Pink card stock base. 

Now for some details and a coupon!

Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Shaker Blog Hop

Link up your shaker creation on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog starting on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 6 AM PST to Monday, April 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM PST. Everyone is welcome to play along and there will be loads of prizes from amazing sponsors. Waffle Flower Crafts is offering a Bowtiful Stamp Set and a Bowtiful Die Set as a prize!

If you need sequins, you can use coupon code BLOGHOP to save 15% on your order from Pretty Pink Posh from now through the hop day.

Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Kim Kesti!

Good luck, everyone! Happy Crafting!

Katie

Waffle Flower Crafts Design Team

Hello friends,

I am so excited to share with you today that I will be joining the Waffle Flower Crafts design team.  

Waffle Flower Crafts is a brand new company, founded by the adorable and oh-so-talented Nina Yang. I had the privilege of meeting Nina through the Neat and Tangled Design Team and got to know her better through the 2013 Stamping Royalty contest. I have long admired Nina's work and loved the stamps and dies that she created in partnership with Avery Elle. Now she is taking the next step by having her very own brand and company.  I am both honored and thrilled to be part of this journey and grateful to Nina for thinking of me. 

Nina has designed the most AMAZING stamps and dies for her very first release and she is introducing the first set today on the Waffle Flower blog. Yay!   

I have a sneak peak for you today in the form of a simple, but stylish card using the new 'Bowtiful' set. 

I made a card from navy blue card stock and adhered a panel of pink chevron patterned paper.  

I trimmed a scrap of white cardstock at an angle and stamped a sentiment on it with navy blue ink before adhering the white cardstock to the card. 

Next, I stamped and die cut one of the cute bows from the "Bowtiful" set and added a few sequins as a finishing touch.   I just love the color combination of pink, green and navy blue- so preppy and fresh- and how cute is that bow?!!  I have big plans for this set and can't wait to share even more ideas later this month!! 

Don't forget to visit the Waffle Flower blog today and all this week for even more introductions, previews and giveaways!  All of the products previewed this week will be available for purchase on Saturday, April 5th! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Katie