Intro to Stitchable Pinking Shapes
Hello Everyone! Nina here! Welcome to day 2 of the introduction to our new release! If you've been following us, you might have noticed that August is a special month for us. In 2018, we released Color Swatches; in 2019, we released Color Combos and in 2020, we are releasing the Stitchables! Cross-stitch was my main hobby before cardmaking. I love how simple the supplies are so I can stitch almost anywhere; I love how many colorful threads there are to collect; I also love that we could follow a pattern and get a fairly good result every single time! The only problem I...
Intro to Stitchable Borders
Hello Everyone! Nina here! It's time for another new release! If you've been following us, you might have noticed that August is a special month for us. In 2018, we released Color Swatches; in 2019, we released Color Combos and in 2020, we are releasing the Stitchables! Cross-stitch was my main hobby before cardmaking. I love how simple the supplies are so I can stitch almost anywhere; I love how many colorful threads there are to collect; I also love that we could follow a pattern and get a fairly good result every single time! The only problem I had was...
More Creative Ideas Using July 2020 Release - Week 4
This fairytale scene is wonderful. Arjita's no-line watercolored gnomes and mushrooms are adorable. The watercolor shading on the fence is a great touch. The use of the pattern paper for the sky adds a lot of interest. She white heat embossed the sentiment. --Supplies--Happy Gnomes Combo (gnomes & mushrooms)Over the Fence Die (fence & grass) Holiday Hugs Stamp Set (sentiment)Half-Half Lines Enchanted Paper Pad (pattern paper) This holiday card is very clean and modern. Alex's background of a simple watercolor wash along with some gold and white splatters is great for allowing her Copic colored poinsettias to shine. The sentiment is stamped...
More Creative Ideas Using July 2020 Release - Week 3
This cute shaker card makes you want to say "Brrrr". Those little foam balls like so much like snow. Channin watercolored the adorable bird. She white heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock. Did you notice how she cleverly used the reverse pattern paper in her hexagon frame? --Supplies--Holly Bird Combo (focal image and sentiment)Nesting Hexagons DieHalf-Half Lines Unicorn Paper Pad (pattern paper) Check out this rainbow-tastic congrats card. Rebecca really got to use her ink pads with this one :) She used the congrats stamps in the Classic Sentiments set to create a bright and happy card. The rainbow stripe...
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - Christmas in July 2020 Release Blog Hop!
Hi everyone! Thank you all for joining us! It's time to announce the winners of our Christmas in July 2020 Release Blog Hop! If you missed the hop, you can still catch up on all the inspiration from our design team and some of our favorite artists here: Waffle Flower Alix Davis Arjita Sepha SinghCathy ZielskeChannin PelletierElyse RobinsonGalina FilippenkoJeanne JachnaJJ BoltonJessica Frost-BallasKathy RacoosinKeeway TsaoNatalia ZubkovaRebecca Keppel Here are the three lucky winners of the $25 Gift Certificates!! Congratulations, Winners! Please contact us at social@waffleflower.com to claim your prize! Thanks everyone for joining us! Love, Waffle Flower Team
More Creative Ideas Using July 2020 Release - Week 2
This colorful holiday card by Keeway just seems to be lit up. The strings of lights are die cut from white cardstock. She added color to the bulbs by ink blending, but you could easily die cut them from colored cardstock. She used gold mirrored cardstock for the peace sentiment and the sentiment strip was heat embossed in gold powder. --Supplies--Holiday Lights DieOversized Peace Combo (sentiments) Natalia's background is ink blended with paint splatter accents. She did some minimal Copic coloring on her sweet bird, which lets it stand out from the soft ink blended background. She masked and stamped the holly sprig onto her...