Waffle Flower Special Delivery Blog Hop!

Welcome to Waffle Flower’s October 2021 Release Day! I’m happy to be hopping with the folks from Waffle Flower to show you all the fun new stuff awaiting you on the Waffle Flower website! This month, we’re bringing you some fun floral dies and special wrappers!

If you're hopping along you should have reached me from Yoonsun Hur's blog. If you'd like to start a the beginning and get all the details, you'll find them here at the Waffle Flower Blog. There's lot's to see so lets get started!

This month you'll find some gorgeous florals and different ways to arrange them like this beautiful Bouquet with a simple folded wrapper. I used Waffle Flower papers mixing dots and lines for a pretty feminine card.

New stems dies are beautiful inked with your favorite media. I used Distress Ink but markers, colored paper, watercolor.. all will look beautiful. The set even includes some pretty vases for easy arrangements.

The Bouquet set includes a bouquet as well as individual florals and leaves so you can arrange them as you like so you can get more out of your supplies.

The new Vase Variety set includes FIVE different vases - I'm only showing TWO here. You'll love arranging stems and florals in the pretty vases that have embossed prints on them.

There's also a new Wine Bottles die! I created a happy new year card so we can celebrate! You'll find it handy for birthdays or just an excuse to get together with friends for some fun.

This release includes a new travel set called Annyeonghaseyo for a quick trip to Korea! The Postcard stamp set that I created the background with is also new - I cut it with the Deckled Frames die set.

You'll find some fun stencils in this release too. This card was made with the new Sunrise Mountain Stencil Quad - so it's a 4 stencil set that looks great in lots of different color combos. The Oversized Thank You set includes a "thanks" and "thank you" layered sentiment.

Be sure to check out each stop in today’s blog hop for fun, inspiration, and chances to win some of these new release goodies! Next on the hop is Vicky Papaioannou but before you go, please leave a comment. You can't win unless you comment and here's what's up for grabs...

Giveaways:

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EDT on Sunday December 5th, 2021 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 12/8/2021.

There are more giveaways to enter on Instagram including 1 winner to receive the entire release! Follow us at @waffleflowercrafts so you don’t miss out! Our Instagram Hop starts at 12pm USEST today!

Specials:
From now till Thursday December 2nd, 2021, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive a mysterious gift (No code required!).

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!

Here's a complete list of designers with projects to share today!
Waffle Flower Blog 
Cathy Zielske 
JJ Bolton 
Laura Bassen 
Galina Filippenko 
Amy Rysavy 
Rachel Arribas 
Rebecca Keppel 
Arjita Singh 
Nichol Spohr 
Channin Pelletier 
Yoonsun Hur 
Jeanne Jachna (That's me!)
Vicky Papaioannou 

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

All cards finished size 4.25 x 5.5"

WFL = Waffle Flower
SSS = Simon Says Stamp

Affiliate links are used

Annyeonghaseyo Shop at: WFL	Flat Paper Bag Shop at: WFL | SSS	Oversized Thank You Shop at: WFL | SSS	Small Bouquet Shop at: WFL | SSS	Special Delivery Shop at: WFL
Special Delivery Sentiments Shop at: WFL	Stems Shop at: WFL | SSS	Subsentiments Shop at: WFL | SSS	Sunrise Mountain Shop at: WFL | SSS
Vase Variety Shop at: WFL | SSS	Wine Bottles Shop at: WFL | SSS

Holiday Cheer

My favorite part about crafting is the ability to personalize cards for all the special people in my life. Do you have a special little honey bunny in your life? That's what my Mom always called my son when he was little and when I saw these cuties in the Pretty Little Studio's new Tis The Season Collection it made me think about the special relationship they had.

The Tis The Season Collection has lots of cute vintage images of critters, snowmen and of course lots of jolly Santas! I love the fun prints - plaids, checks, and dots - in bold bright colors.

The collection includes frames that are perfect for shakers like my card today, as well as sentiments, flairs, and perfect toppings like die cut scallops for borders and clear sticker stitches for a little faux fun.

I added a Snowball Circle sentiment to the top of the frame and a little flag that says "my favorite" for the special "honey bunny".

If your looking for some vintage images that will make you reminisce about Christmas past this collection satisfies!

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Pretty Little Studio
Paper | Tis The Season
Die Cuts | Christmas Morning | Good This Year Frames | Snowball Circles | Northern Borders 
Sequins | Raindrop Blue

Sending Love and Light

Hi friends! I hope you're having a great day! If you're looking for a new challenge you'll find another winner at Fusion Card Challenge . You'll love this challenge because there are three ways to play.. you can play along with the sketch, be inspired by the photo, or FUSE them together and play with BOTH!

I'm always first drawn to the inspiration photo. This time I spy a fireplace, diamond patterned rug, Christmas Trees, and a whole lot of grey. If you know me.. I just can't make a card without colors.. especially around the holidays.. so I'm twisting this one in a whole different direction. Maybe the photo isn't inspiring you either? That's ok.. you can still play along with the sketch. If you're really feeling clever you can fuse them both together.

Since the inspiration photo was what I would call "monochromatic" meaning just one color I tried to do the same working in shades of reds and adding greens for foliage (just like the inspiration photo).

I started with a background of ombre Distress Oxide..Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Barn Door and Festive Berries. The inky panel is topped with a Lattice Background panel die. Do you see the connection to the photo? YES! Diamonds!

I topped the panel with a pretty Winter Wreath that was colored with Copic Markers. I added a Poinsettia Corner floral to the bottom right of the wreath and tucked a cute little lantern from the Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Candles set inside the wreath.

Now it's your turn! I can't wait to see how you interpret the inspiration photo OR the sketch. Maybe you need a little more inspiration? Check out designs from the rest of the team. Just click on their names below to jump to their blogs.

Claire Grantham

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson

Laurie Unger

Linda Callahan

Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton

Tristan Da

Wanda Cullen

I hope I see you at Fusion Card Challenge! It's a great place to play and make new friends! I'm always inspired by the team as well as the linked up designs!

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Winter Wreath, Christmas Candles, Poinsettia Corners
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Winter Wreath, Christmas Candles, Poinsettia Corners, Lattice Background

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
 

Winter Wreath PPP | SSS	Winter Wreath Dies PPP | SSS	Christmas Candles PPP | SSS	Christmas Candles PPP | SSS	Poinsettia Corners PPP | SSS
Poinsettia Corners PPP | SSS	Lattice Background PPP | SSS

Grateful For You

It's that time of year that we reflect and count our blessings. I'm thankful for YOU! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your kind comments that lift my spirits and make me feel so blessed and I hope when you come and visit my blog that I always leave you with a smile.

This is my favorite fall floral this year - its from Reverse Confetti and it's called Fall Flowers. I inked mine with Copic markers and made my own wreath using the Detailed Circle die as a foundation.

The "wreath" is layered over a panel created with Distress Oxide topped with a Split Circle panel die.

The perfect sentiment is included in the same stamp set. I tucked it under the pretty foliage. The design looked a little "top heavy" to me so I added a dark print washi to the bottom to keep it grounded.

I'm linking up to Sunday Stamps where this is the challenge sketch this time.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks so much for making this past year so amazing. I wish you all the very best. Hugs!

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Reverse Confetti Fall Flowers
Dies | Reverse Confetti Fall Flowers, Detailed Circle, Split Circles Cover Panel

RC = Reverse Confetti
SSS = Simon Says Stamp

Fall Flowers RC | SSS

Fall Flowers CC RC | SSS

Detailed Circle RC | SSS

Split Circles Cover Panel RC | SSS