When I saw the newest Atlantic Hearts Sketch, the central element reminded me of the new Nesting Piercing Classic Labels Dies from Waffle Flower Crafts. I decided to pair it with papers and stickers from Echo Park Chilling with my Snomies and the Taylored Expressions Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Die for the scalloped rectangle. … Read more
I’m thrilled to be back today on the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters Blog with another card as the December Guest Designer. Today I’m featuring Super Sponsor Catherine Pooler Mug Shots stamps & coordinating dies. I stamped, colored and die cut three of the mugs and attached them with foam tape for dimension on a card … Read more
When I made yesterday’s retirement card, I originally embossed the Waffle Flower Happy Retirement sentiment in a silver glitter embossing powder, but it did not show-up as well as I had hoped, so I set it aside. Since it was still on my table, I decided to make a second masculine retirement card for another … Read more
The end of the year is near, which often means people choosing to retire. This card is for a co-worker who homes to be able to spend more time in her garden with her flowers. I started by stamping and stenciling Waffle Flower Elegant Flowers (and leaves). I die cut the elements and positioned them … Read more
Each year I enjoy taking a walk down memory lane and picking my Top 10 Favorite Non-Holiday cards of the year (you can see my 2023 Picks Here & my Top Five Holiday cards here). Here are the cards I've chosen this year in to no particular order. 1. I love the bold graphic design feel of this … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating a Cardstock Christmas – creating cards using only Cardstock (no Designer Paper allowed). I decided to throw in another challenge and use the Colors from the current Color Hues Challenge – Lilac & Lime. I used the Waffle Flower Skinny Stripes dies with each color, attached the strips … Read more
When I saw the Striped Challenge at the Time Out Challenge, it was just the push I need to use the Waffle Flower Skinny Stripes dies that had been sitting on my studio table for some time. I grabbed four scraps of paper also on my studio table (yes, I need to clean-up, … Read more
This afternoon, I had fun creating a card inspired by the Tray in the Inspired By Challenge … can you spot all of the ways I was inspired. I started by gathering a collection of grey designer papers from my stash. The background is inspired by the tray itself. The vertical panel was … Read more
This week at Shopping Our Stash we're getting Sketchy. I started by looking for a theme for my sketch and settled on the Just Us Girls Trend Week to use Foil on your Alcohol Ink. I remembered I had the scraps left from these fun Rainbow Alcohol Ink cards, so I pieced … Read more
The November Waffle Flower Challenge is to create a Masculine Holiday card. I die cut the Waffle Flower Be a Reindeer from two shades of brown cardstock & red glitter cardstock for the nose. Next I die cut the Waffle Flower largest Nesting Stitched Squares Die from Waffle Flower Half and Half Dots … Read more