DIY Hoop Frame {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,

Recently, I took a little field trip to IKEA and while browsing the marketplace, these cork trivets- aptly called HEAT- found their way into my smooth gliding cart.

Once home, I wanted to see what I could do to free these cork circles from eternal KP into something a little more.  I combined a trivet with some Waffle Flower Crafts stamps and dies to create a patriotic hoop frame.

I found a favorite picture of my girls from a few years ago (love those matching dresses) and raided my stash for some paper crafting supplies.  A 7" embroidery hoop fits perfectly a top the cork trivet. 

I covered the hoop with the yellow polka dot patterned paper and added the photo- holding it in place with a clip. Next I stamped the the sentiment from the In Every Way stamp set and die cut Perfect Word die and adhered it to the project. 

I die cut the Rosette Hearts Template Die from patterned paper and attached them to the frame.  I also added a couple small banners from the Rosette Hearts die to the photo.  Finally, I added some craft glue to the embroidery hoop and attached it to the trivet. 

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

Katie

Clique Kits + Friends Blog Hop

Good morning friends and happy Friday!  

Today, I, along with other members of the Waffle Flower Crafts design team and friends are participating in the Clique Kits + Friends June Blog Hop.  Using the June Clique Kit along with some Waffle Flower stamps and dies, I created a scrapbook layout (!) and a card to share with you today. 

First up, a scrapbook layout featuring some pictures I took of Sophie when we were exploring the trails at a local park. Many of the papers and embellishments included in the June kit are from Crate Paper's Journey collection and it pairs perfectly with many Waffle Flower stamp sets and dies. 

Along with the June Clique Kit, my layout features The Doily Square die, the Feather More stamp set and the Pattern Play stamp set. 

Next up, a card featuring the Tribal Thank You stamp set. I die cut a circle using the Flower Circles die set and stamped the bear and border using Waffle Flower Summer Chalk Ink in shades 9 and 16. 

I stamped the sentiment on a die cut and added a few puffy stickers as accent. 

Here's a look at the June Clique Kit.  I was so impressed with the amount of product included in the kit.  They are really quite generous and many, many cards and layouts can be made from the contents of a single kit. 

Here's a list of the designers participating in today's hop: 

Clique Kits 

Sabrina Alery 

Donna Espiritu

Katie Gehring

Aliza Deutsch 

Lorena Cantó 

Marcia Dehn-Nix 

Tessa Wise

Mayline Jung 

Tyra Babington 

Well that's all for me today!  Happy hopping and thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

Grand

Hello!

Just popping in to share a scrapbook layout that I created for Pretty Little Studio's sketch challenge.  I few weeks ago, I received my Pretty Little Studio order and inside was all kinds of vintage cuteness, including the Mousier collection that I used to make my layout below: 

This layout features my grandpa, Paige and Sophie's great grandpa, who turned 94 years old last week.  He is so amazing and as my Aunt Anne says, "he is truly the finest person to ever be put on this Earth."  These photos were taken a few years back during what turned out to be his last visit to my house.  Nowadays, he sticks pretty close to home which is Columbus and he and my mom have not been up to making the 2 hour drive north to visit us.  That's ok though, and we try to make it down to Columbus as often as we can for a visit. 

Here are a couple more pics of the layout. 

Notice the blue spray ink?  I am trying to break out of my comfort zone. 

The rosettes are from American Crafts City Park collection, but I thought they complimented the other papers nicely.  Buttons are from PTI and the sticker letters are Cosmo Cricket from the stash-a-rooni. I was so thrilled to have the Mousier collection released so that I have some more choices in creating for the guys in my life. 

Hope you enjoy my take on the sketch and if you haven't already, you should really give these sketches a whirl.  Not only have they gotten me back into scrapping, but they provide excellent and totally do-able ideas for using smaller sheets of patterned paper in your layouts- great way to use up scraps and for folks who primarily make cards- this is a great way to stretch those 6 x 6 or 8 x 8 paper collections. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Katie

Egg Hunt- yet another scrapbook page

Hello friends!

Pretty Little Studio's sketch challenges have somehow broken me out of my no scrapping rut.  This week's sketch inspired me to create something fun with photos that have sat untouched for two years, so PLS- thank you!!!

This week's page features Paige in the midst of the great egg hunt.  She is an expert egg hunter, by the way.  The girl's got a built in radar for plastic shells somehow.

I used lots of yummy papers from the Hopscotch collection to make this page- which includes that adorable bunny that I trimmed out and adhered.  The eggs and grass were cut from the collection papers with dies from Amuse studios.   This page also taught me a valuable lesson which I share with you.  Spray the cardstock with ink first, THEN adhere your elements- trust me on this.

Thanks so much for "hopping" by.  I hope you have a "hoppy" week!

Katie

Bunny Buns

Hello friends-

Something strange came out of my craft room last night.... a scrapbook page!  I know, right?! Inspired by Pretty Little Studio's sketch challenge and the hoard of pretty papers that are mocking me on the shelves of my Expedite, I decided to put together a page for Easter 2010.

This is Sophie at age 2+ enjoying some cinnamon buns that I had plated to look like bunnies.  I can't take credit for the idea- one of my girlfriends did this with biscuits for Easter, but since my kids don't care for biscuits, the cinnamon bunny buns were born.

I used several papers from Pretty Little Studio's Hopscotch collection with a few prints from Summer Breeze thrown in for good measure!   To make the pennant banner, I die cut some papers with the double ended banner die from PTI and wrapped them over the top of a piece of twine.

The page title area is comprised of a scalloped circle that I cut with Speelbinders, Mat Stack 5 (PTI) and a journalling rectangle. With a 3/4" punch, I punched out one of the sweet bunny images from the collection, inked the edges and popped him up on a foam dot.

The title was created from Thickers by American Crafts. Finally, I stamped some ink splotches from Skipping Stones Designs Grunge set in Melon ink.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my bunny buns (LOL)!!  Have a splendid day!

Katie