Hello everyone! Our friend Yainea has helped us create some super cute samples with Willy & Friends Stamp Set. We will share them through out the month! The first card for today features Willy with the accessaries from Stocking Stamp Set. What do you think Willy sees in the sky? The second card for today features Faye with the accessaries from Stocking Stamp Set. Did you notice that the stocking is hooked to the ribbon bow? Adorable little details make us happy! Aren't they the cutest? Thank you for sharing with us, Yainea!

Hello there! It's Elena here, and I am so happy to be guesting on the Waffle Flower blog today! I love a great aqua and red color combo for Christmas, don't you? I used a lot of the pieces from the Stocking Stamp Set to create a fun collage card with kind of a patterned paper feel. I used sticky note paper, and die-cut the images that I would want to use. No stamping yet, just the matching die-cuts to the images I would be using. I then placed them randomly around the card front. Then, I used a sponge and some blue ink to add color to the background. While the masks were still in place, I splattered brown ink over the entire panel. I love peeling back the sticky paper to reveal crisp white, un-inked card stock! The fun part comes next. I took all of the images and stamped them into the appropriate spaces. I colored all of the images in red, beige or white, even the little Christmas tree. Sticking to a tight color scheme helps to give a polished and stylized look to the card. To finish off the images, I added some highlights with a white gel pen. It adds a little pop! The sentiment was heat-embossed onto a piece of kraft cardstock, and I added a tiny clothespin and red bow to the top. I hope you like what I created! Thanks for having me, Waffle Flower! ♥. --- Thank you for sharing with us, Elena! We love all the beautiful details on your card! Aqua & Red may just become our favorite color combo. (Wink!)

Hello friends! Lorena here with a Christmas card that is probably one of my favorites ever! I played with different Waffle Flower Crafts products to show you how great they mix. Can you spot how many different ones I used? I’ve been wanting to use the gorgeous lace tape from the Fun Finds section for some time, and this was the perfect project. I adhered a few strips of the tape to a piece of cardstock, and die cut it with the Doily Square die. Tada! Christmas ornaments! The bows come from Stocking die. Before adhering the ornaments and the silver cord to the card I heat embossed a sentiment from Magical stamp set. And that’s it! I love the little dots around the ornaments. Nothing can beat a well designed die, right? What about you? Are you making time for Christmas crafting? It’s definitely one of the things I love from the Season. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Happy Monday, everyone! Time for some inspiration from the Challenge Team! Marcie, Daria and Shona are here to share their takes on the December Waffle Flower Challenge! Join the fun by linking your projects to our challenge too! Our guest designer for this month: Lydia Evans has a cute video for us with lots of great tips! Products: Good Stuff Stamp Set

Marcie Sharp

Products: Good Stuff Stamp Set, Starry Night Stamp Set, Magical Word Die What Marcie Says: Layering stamps can be so fun when perfectly crafted sets do most of the work for you! I easily stamped the jar and layers from "Good Stuff" in various ink colours, then layered some tiny stars from Starry Night over top. Choosing your ink colours carefully to make sure they layer well and work together is a must! Filled with "Magic"?! We love that Marcie carefully trimmed "Magical" word die for her sentiment!

Daria Garushina

Products: Tribal Bear Stamp Set, Leafy Stamp Set What Daria Says: I used the blanket from Tribal Bear stamp set, and stamped it with white pigment ink over kraft cardstock - that is one of my favorite techniques, and then stamped over it with different colors of inks... Love the effect :) The entire Tribal Bear Stamp Set is about layering! We love Daria's choice of colors and that pop of teal and white under the sentiment!

Shona Chambers

Products: Stocking Stamp Set, Stocking Die What Shona Says: I wanted to create the look of pine branches on a mantel (from which the stocking is hung) and was going to use different green colours to get some variation but found that as I overlapped (layered) the stamping, it created darker and lighter areas on its own. Just like what Shona says, one of the benefits of stamp layering is that you can get different shades of color using one ink pad! Hope you are inspired to try the stamp layering technique! Find time to create and make something today!

Happy Monday, everyone! Time for some inspiration from the Challenge Team! Annette, Shelly, and Laura Jane are here to share their takes on the December Waffle Flower Challenge! Join the fun by linking your projects to our challenge too! Our previous challenge winner: Anika Lerche is also sharing with us today! Anika says: For the background I stamped the sentiments in white pigment ink. I let it dry overnight. Then I stamped the dogs in dye ink over the white ink. For the main image I stamped the dog, added some dimension with Prismacolors and some details with a black gel pen. Using On My Mark Stamp Set, On My Mark Die, Monochrome Stamp Set How cool is the hand stamped sentiment background on Anika's card? We also love that crisp black speech bubble for the sentiment! Thanks Anika for including the detailed shot!

Annette Allen

Using Stocking Stamp Set, Stocking Die, DT Mix Stamp Set, Flower Circles Die Annette says: I first stamped all the images on a scrap piece of paper. Using the Stamp Layering technique I stamped the stocking pattern from Stocking stamp set. Next I stamped over the heart from DT Mix this fun sentiment also from the Stocking stamp set. I LOVE this sketch so I added that into the mix also created a fun watercolor background just to give it a little more color. We are totally in love with this wonderful free-style collage look: the teal heart, the little dotted circle and the watercolored background! We also love that Annette stamped the long sentiment form Stocking stamp set on two lines to fit in the heart! Perfect!

Shelly Kurth

Using Surface Tag Stamp Set, Starry Night Stamp Set, Be My Guest Stamp Set Shelly says: For my stamp layering I decided to overlap all my smaller stars in different shades of blue. Shelly, you've done it again! We are amazed at how you take all the inspiration and make it into something so simple yet so unique and fun! We love how you layered the star stamps!

Laura Jane

Using Stocking Stamp Set, Doily Circle Stamp Set Laura Jane says: I used the many different images from the STOCKING stamp set to create a layered "one of a kind" stocking:) Just a bit of masking magic allowed for flawless ink color changes. The Doily Circle stamp set added an extra layer of goodness to my card base. We love that Laura Jane leaves the images uncolored - the "hand-drawn" look adds so much to a Christmas card. Did you see that doily flower stamp peeking from the top right corner? So fun! ___ Aren't these cards fantastic? For more details, please click on the designer's name/link! Thank you for joining us today! Find time to create and make something today! Join the fun by linking your projects here!

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Hello everyone! We have Kay back on the blog today! Hello! I am excited to be back on the Waffle Flower blog today to share with you a card I created using the super fun Stocking stamp set and dies! I started with some watercolor paper and blended some Crushed Olive and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks on the top left corner, then sprinkled with water to get the little white spots. I let this dry very well and in the mean time worked on coloring the cute stocking and filling it with presents and Christmas goodies! I used my Copic markers for all of the coloring, then cut everything out with the matching dies. I glued the little packages, candy cane and tree to the back of the stocking, then added foam tape to the whole thing and adhered it to my sponged piece. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in black ink along the bottom and then added a few clear 4mm sequins for a festive touch. I hope you have enjoyed my card today. Thank you for stopping by, and huge thanks to the great people at Waffle Flower Crafts for inviting me to guest with them! - Kay --- Thank you for sharing with us, Kay! It was a great pleasure to "work" with you! Have a wonderful holiday season!

Happy Monday, everyone! Time for some inspiration from the Challenge Team! York Tee, Isha and Tessa are here to share their takes on the November Waffle Flower Challenge! Join the fun by linking your projects to our challenge too!    Don't forget the check out the full detail on their personal blogs!

York Tee

I used both regular and reverse masking techniques on this card. I die cut several feathers in varied styles and sizes to use as masks.  I also used the negative diecuts for reverse masking. I stamped some feathers and blended over them on white paper with inks using sponge dauber.

Using: Feather More Stamp Set; Feather More Die; Tiny Twine Bow Die; Fall Blend Inkpad; Winter Blend Inkpad

Isha Gupta

I used liquid masking fluid to mask the chain before stamping the pine leaves. I masked the stocking using post it before I stamped the gifts.

Using: Stocking Stamp Set; Stocking Die; Willy and Friends Stamp Set

Tessa Wise

I was inspired by the colors in the inspiration photo! I masked a circle cutout on my kraft colored cardbase and added some rose colored ink to the center to create an ombre look. I stamped the leaf over the top in the same color ink.

Using: Leafy Stamp Set; Flower Circles Stamp Set; Holiday Label 1 Die

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Thank you for sharing with us, ladies! We love the variety in how you have applied the masking technique! Such inspiration! Join us by linking your projects here!    Find time to create and make something today!

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Hi everyone, in this week's Watch It Wednesday video, our design team member Tessa shares the Emboss Resist Technique! Enjoy!

[WIW Video] Fun Stockings Card

Watch it below or in HD on our Youtube Channel! And here a couple of still shots for you: Find time to create and make something today!

Happy Monday, everyone! Time for some inspiration from the Challenge Team! Ashley is our Guest Designer this month and she has a video for us! Woot Woot! Ashley Ableson (Sparkly Canadian Crafty Girl)

[Video] Masking Technique - Card Tutorial

Watch it below or on Ashley's Youtube Channel here! And here is Ashley's finished card! Isn't it adorable? We love how she took inspiration from the challenge photo and the sketch to compose her card! Challenge team member Marcie, Daria and Shona are also here to share their takes on the November Waffle Flower Challenge! Join the fun by linking your projects to our challenge too!    Don't forget the check out the full detail on their personal blogs! Marcie Sharp

Using a generic circle die as a mask, I masked off the centre of the card and watercoloured the light blue across the panel. Once dry, I removed it and used the negative part of the circle die to mask off the panel so I could focus on the central area of the card. Tiger & Lily coordinating dies were used with masking paper to create the island scene along with no-line watercolouring.

Using: Tiger & Lily stamp set, Tiger & Lily dies

Daria Garushina

I used the leaves from Leafy Stamp Set, as I really liked the hanging leaves from the inspiration photo. At first, I masked the area with some posted notes, blended my background and then stamped the images slightly off-setting them... I wanted to achieve a more graphic modern look :)

Using: In Every Way Stamp Set, Leafy Stamp Set, Leafy Die

Shona Chambers

Using: Stocking Stamp Set, Stocking Die

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Thank you for sharing with us, ladies! We love the variety in how you have applied the masking technique! Such inspiration! XOXO Join us by linking your projects here!    Find time to create and make something today!

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