Bloom Where You're Planted {Waffle Flower Challenge}

Hello friends, 

Happy Monday and happy Independence Day to my US friends.  A new month means a new Waffle Flower Challenge and here is this month's inspiration photo: 

So fun, right?  I was inspired by the fun, bright colors in the inspiration photo as well as the arrangement of items on that side table. I pulled out my Planted Stamp Set, and with some simple masking and Waffle Flower’s new dye inks, I created a summery arrangement of plants and pots. All of my Waffle Flower Crafts supplies are listed below. 

I started my stamping the pink pots in the foreground, masked them and then stamped the plants in the background.  The striped bowl also got a mask so I could stack him with another bowl and tuck him among the other larger pots.

When it came to stamping the plants, I overstamped them by stamping them first with the Chirp Chirp (green) ink and then with You Said What (yellow).  The dye inks combined to make pretty new shades just using  what I had on hand.  The tall plant was stamped twice with green and once with yellow while the aloe looking plant was stamped once with green and twice with yellow.  You could use a stamp positioner to get super precise results, but I just eye-balled it and stamped using acrylic blocks.

Supplies: 

Planted Stamp Set

Happy Go Lucky Dye Ink Pad

Oh Happy Day Dye Ink Pad

You Said What Dye Ink Pad 

Daydreaming Dye Ink Pad 

Chirp Chirp Dye Ink Pad

I hope you are inspired to play along with this month's challenge.  You can find all the details, including the rules and how to link up here.  Be sure to check out the inspiration from the Waffle Flower Design Team each Monday on the Waffle Flower blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Watercolor Succulent card set {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,

Today, I wanted to share with you a little card set I created using Waffle Flower Craft's Planted Stamp Set along with some Distress Inks for a little "no line" watercolor fun.

First, I stamped the succulent images onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen Distress Ink. I began to fill in the images with a bit of the ink mixed with water taking care to allow dry time before shading in two connecting sections. 

I stamped the "For You" sign onto card stock, trimmed it out and adhered it to the planting.  With a ruler, I drew a stick with a brown ink pen to hold up the sign.  

I kept the rest of the layout pretty simple, adhering the watercolored panel to kraft card bases matted with light yellow and aqua card stock. 

Wrapped with a bit of twine, this card set is ready to go for gifting or for your own personal use. 

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

Katie

Succulent love {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,

I am on the Waffle Flower Crafts blog today with a sharing some inspiration on a "growing" trend... succulents and here's a closer look at my card and a couple tips.

To create depth, I masked the two flower pots from the Planted stamp set before stamping the polka dot background from the Pattern Play stamp set.  While some may prefer fancy masking paper, I usually just reach for a pad of post-it notes and stamp the widest portion of the image onto the adhesive portion of the post it note. 

 Next, I grab some scissors and cut out the image.  I try to get as close as I can to the design. Position the post it over the image- the sticky from the post-it is usually enough to hold in place without adding any extra adhesive and risk messing up your project.  Once the mask is in place, stamp the background.  

After stamping, if your masks are in pretty good shape, consider storing them along with the stamp set to save time. 

I do hope you will stop by the Waffle Flower blog to see more about the growing tend of stylish succulents!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie