Hello everyone! Welcome to day 5 of a week long inspiration brought to you by Freckled Fawn and Waffle Flower Crafts! We have simplified the blog hop to two stops - our blog here and the blog of Freckled Fawn. Stop by both of our blogs for inspiration and prizes! We have our very talented design team member: Katie Gehring here today!
Hello friends,
Katie here taking over the Waffle Flower blog today for the Waffle Flower + Freckled Fawn Blog Hop. All week long the Waffle Flower Design Team gals have been sharing ideas for cards and project using Waffle Flower stamps and fun embellishments from our friends at Freckled Fawn.
I have to admit that I don't find myself reaching for embellishments too often, but I do love what they add to a project, and I am in total awe of designers that use them well. For me, embellishments need to contribute something meaningful to the design by drawing attention to a focal point, leading your eye around the project or even helping you make your statement. With the help of Freckled Fawn, I put together three projects that I hope do just that.
First up, is a card with"flair." When I was browsing the Freckled Fawn shop, I came across the Lovely flair set where the font used for the hello badge reminded me very much of the Flower Circle Stamp Set. I combined the two to create a colorful Hello card for a friend.
The flair embellishment works for me here because it helps create the sentiment and make my statement. The sequins (from my stash) lead your eye around the card.
The next two cards make use of the Summertime Airmail Washi Tape, Emoticon Wood Chips, and the Arrow Sampler Paper Clips along with Waffle Flower's Bowtiful and Bowtiful Additions stamp sets.
The Emoticon Wood Chips made me think of all the awesome adjectives that Nina included in Bowtiful and Bowtiful Addition stamp sets. Taking color cues from the washi tape, I trimmed a piece of lined patterned paper to 3 x 4 and stamped the words in summery shades of pink, orange, and yellow and adhered a wood chip face next to each word.
I matted the stamped panel with some bright pink cardstock and attached it with a bit of washi to a piece of yellow cardstock that I stamped with the random star pattern from Bowtiful. I added a green arrow paper clip to draw the eye to the sentiment- plus it adds a fun interactive element.
Finally, I couldn't resist making a card with the sad face emoticon wood chip.
While I used the same general colors, I adhered the matted stamped panel to a piece of patterned paper for a bit of a different look. The arrow clip points to the win, but you could also position it to fail depending on the situation. If you are planning to mail the card, you may want to secure the clip with a glue dot so that the card doesn't inadvertently convey an unintended message.
For both of these cards, the wood chips, arrow clips and washi were central to the design on the cards and selected intentionally. Each of these embellishments serves an important role by helping convey the card message and drawing attention to the focal point.
That's all for me today! Don't forget to check back tomorrow for a post by the amazing Joni Andaya!
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I was cleaning my craft table and found a piece of green paper that was left from a card I made earlier (another one of my favorites, 
I love the funky shapes the rock dies created.
You could create a similar flower with an oval die but it wouldn't have so much character to it.
The petals were created from the leftover scallop frames:
I colored and doodled on one of them.
Then I played around with the stamps position. Stems are from 
What do you call this part of a flower?
Foam adhesives to add some dimension to the flowers.
Wink of Stella pen to add some shine to the petals.
Fun, right?
Thank you for stopping by! Happy Crafting! See you on Friday August 1!
Poppy Pods: 
2. Cut-out closely following the stamp. Don't worry if you have white edges, the inking will cover them all up. Color the bottom half with Evergreen Bough distress ink.
3. Color the top portion with Peacock Feathers distress ink. Blend together. Add more color if needed.
4. Cut thin stripes of white cardstock (about 1/8") and color as shown below for the stems.
5. Adhere to card with foam adhesive for dimension.
Easy, right? I don't use my distress inks often but every time I use them, I am impressed with the results :) I had a lot of fun making this card!
I first stamped the poppy pod outline on white cardstock.
After I created the background, I stamped the label from 
Then I added some sparkle with a glitter pen and some enamel dots.
I had fun playing with some of my old inks on this card. Thank you for stopping by! Happy Crafting!
We can follow a sketch closely or give it a little twist to make our card standout. Stretch a sketch is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Cut them out as shown and I had my "meaningful" elements for the card.
At this point, we were getting close to make a card that makes people wow. But it still needed something special. For example, the white piece of cardstock looked plain. So I replaced it with a cloud patterned paper (I think we need cloud stamps, anyone?). Balloons don't just float in the air, right? No brainer, let's add the strings!
The sentiment form our 
Thank you for stopping by! I hope that you are inspired to create something with a sketch! Happy Crafting!
I adhered our new Tag Hole Reinforcer to the rectangle to create a faux tag look. Easy peasy!
I used the circle stamps on my second card.
I first stamped a sentiment in the center of the card front and then tried to build a random pattern around it:
The circles are designed to be used on both sides:
I found that it was too busy to have both "hello" and "friend" so I cut the sentiment out with my scissors and put a simple "hello" sentiment behind the opening.
I used foam adhesive for more dimension!
The possibilities for this set are endless! You will want to check out our design team samples during the next few weeks!
