Waffle Flower September Release Blog Hop

Hello there,

Welcome to the Waffle Flower September Release Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be hopping with the folks from Waffle Flower to show you all the fun new stuff awaiting you at waffleflower.com! Be sure to check out each stop (linked down below) in today’s blog hop for fun, inspiration, and chances to win some of these new release goodies!

• Waffle Flower Blog

• Galina Filippenko

• Caly Person

• Vicky P

• JJ Bolton

• Cathy Zielske

• Nichol Spohr

• Jeanne Jachna

• Laura Bassen

• Marine Simon (me)

• Jill D Hawkins

• Rebecca Keppel

• Rachel Alvarado

• Amy Rysavy

• Channin Pelletier

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates at every stop of the hop, that’s a total of 3 chances to win! You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EST on Monday September 11th, 2023 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on Winner Friday 9/11/2023.

Also, from now till September 9th, 2023, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive an exclusive Little Stocking die (no code required)

And for those of you who are new to Waffle Flower, they have a Last Chance section on their website that lists many goodies for 25% off until they are gone! This would be a great place to start your collection! And don’t forget to check out their monthly Flash Sales!

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Now let's talk about the cards I made for the hop, shall we? ^^

If you've been following me for a long time, you already know that I love to stamp and color images to create busy cards. But if you're new here, first of all, welcome to my blog :-) and yes, I'm more of a critter and character kinda girl than die cut pieces.

But I recently started to love making projects featuring die cut elements only, and when I saw the beautiful Folk Art Reindeer die, well, it was love at first sight! And the entire Folk Art collection is absolutely gorgeous, I can't wait to try more of these items!

Both cards were done the same way, here are the different steps:

1) Foil the Folk Art Frame Foil Plate on Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock

2) Line up the Folk Art Frame Stencil on the foiled panel and use distress inks (listed at the end of this blog post) to create beautiful floral clusters, and use the Folk Art Frame matching die to cut the frame

3) Cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches patterned panel, and stick it to a card base

4) Cut a Fancy Frame, and attach it to the patterned panel using 1mm foam squares

5) Stick the Folk Art Frame pieces on top using 1mm foam squares (2mm foam squares for the oval piece)

6) Cut the Folk Art Reindeer out of two different colored cardstock + mirror cardstock for the antlers, assemble the reindeer, and attach it in the middle of the oval piece using 1mm foam squares

7) Emboss a greeting from Holiday cheer sentiments on whatever cardstock you choose, cut it using the matching die, and stick it under the reindeer

8) Glue a few jems/pearls/sequins around the reindeer, and add a dot of glossy accents on each berry for a last final touch of shine

These cards were so easy and fun to make, I know I already want to make more with different colors. I hope that you like them too, and stay tuned because I will be back very soon with two totally different but yet super cute cards featuring some of the new items from the Waffle Flower September 2023 collection!

WAFFLE FLOWER SUPPLIES

- Folk art frame Foil Plate

- Folk art frame matching die

- Folk art frame stencil

- Folk art reindeer die

- Holiday cheer sentiments stamp set

- Holiday cheer sentiments matching die

- Fancy frame die

OTHER SUPPLIES

Folk art card: turquoise

- Distress inks: festive berries, saltwater taffy, peacock feathers, candied apple

- Silver jewels by Sunny Studio

- Pattern paper from the Flower Marker paper pack by Lawn Fawn

Folk art card: pink

- Distress inks: worn lipstick, spun sugar, mowed lawn, candied apple

- Gold pearls by Pinkfresh Studio

- Pattern paper from the Cupid & Co paper pack by Echo Pack

Both

- Foil by Spellbinders

- Mirror cardstock from my stash

- Colored cardstock by Lawn Fawn + The Stamp Market

- Glossy accents by Ranger

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Embossing powders by Lawn Fawn

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock