Waffle Flower October Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to Waffle Flower’s October 2020 Release day! All of the products from this month’s release are waiting for you on the website here! If you're hopping along you should have reached me from Galina Filippenko's blog. If you'd like to start at the beginning and get all the details, you'll find them HERE at the Waffle Flower Crafts Blog.

October is the best of both worlds where we’re enjoying the beauty of fall while the excitement of the coming holidays is building! To celebrate this magical time of year, Waffle Flower is so excited to be releasing 6 new stamp sets, 8 standalone dies, and a new paper release!

For the autumn-lovers out there, we’ve got the beautiful Layered Sunflowers (stamp, die, combo) by a newcomer Susan Bates and the charming Pumpkin House (stamp, die, combo) by artist Cassie Loizeaux!

If you’re already diving into the holidays, we’ve got the adorable Holiday Cheese (stamp, die, combo) by Big Bear and Bird and versatile Merry Christmas (stamp, die, combo)! We’ve also got the Christmas Tree Panel (die), Winter Floral Panel (die), and Big Dots Holiday (stamp, die) by cardmaker JJ Bolton!

Speaking of the holidays, this month includes the holiday paper release! This release includes the holiday patterns: Happy Gnomes (paper), Christmas Stripes (paper), Half-Half Dots - Christmas (paper), and Half-Half Lines - Christmas (paper) and a new modern fall palette called Caprice: Half-Half Dots - Caprice (paper) and Half-Half Lines - Caprice (paper).

Rounding out the release are some versatile stamps and dies to use all year long! The new Angled Stripe Panel (die), Diagonal Stripes (die), Deckled Frames (die), Essential Sentiments (stamp, die, combo), Happy Birthday Word (die), and Stitched Borders (die) will definitely get some regular usage in your crafty rotation. Last but not least, there’s the Floss Organizers (die) for our thread artists.

The Waffle Flower design team is so excited to share the October release with you today! We hope you find something that sparks your imagination and brings you joy!

I'm sharing two cards today made with products in the new release including the new Christmas Tree Panel die. I love rainbow color lights for the holidays and wanted to get all those colors to show through the little tree die cut openings.

My card starts with a panel that I covered with Skinny Strips cut from colorful cardstock. I topped the assembled panel with the Christmas Tree Panel cut from white card stock for LOTS of contrast. 

The beautiful script Merry Christmas Word die is so beautiful and I love that it includes a background die too for another layer of color and interest. 

Die cuts are my favorite craft item so I'm focusing on those today. There is just something about the crisp clean die cuts that I can achieve at home that is just magic to me.

This card starts with the new Winter Floral Die cut. I ran it through my die cut machine with a piece of white card stock that I added some packing tape to the back of. I didn't want the die to cut all the way through.. I wanted it to cut just enough to show me an outline of the beautiful intricate design.

I inked up the panel with Copic markers coloring the leaves in shades of green, the floral center in red etc. You don't have to be neat or stay in the lines because it's all going to be covered up.

Next I smeared Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel with an old credit card over the entire panel. The ink will react and smear so you want to move quick and not go over areas multiple times. 

When the panel was dry I topped it with a clean cut Winter Floral Die Cut. Can you see all the sparkle showing through the die cut openings?

You're going to love this new release! You're next stop is my mentor and crafty idol JJ Bolton! But before you go PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT! There's a BIG Giveaway and you will want to enter to win!

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 October 11th, 2020 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 9/14/2020.

There are more giveaways to enter on our Instagram! Follow @waffleflowercrafts so you don’t miss out!

Specials:
From now till October 11th, 2020, all orders over $50 placed at waffleflower.com will receive a set of Thankful Mouse Stamp Set (Limited 1 per customer; While supplies last).

A kind reminder from Waffle Flower:"We appreciate every order we receive but we also recommend at this time of uncertainties, reserve your resources and use what you have first! Stay positive and healthy!"

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!
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Here's the complete hop list and all the designers with projects to share today!

Waffle Flower
Alix Davis
Arjita Sepha Singh
Channin Pelletier
Elyse Robinson
Galina Filippenko
Jeanne Jachna That's me!
JJ Bolton
Maria Peters
Natalia Zubkova
Rebecca Keppel
Amy R
Cathy Zielske
Nichol Spohr
Laura Bassen

Happy hopping! I would sure love to see you win! 

All cards finished size 4.25 x 5.5"
Dies | Waffle Flower Crafts 420392 Christmas Tree Panel Die, 420398 Merry Christmas Word Die, 420362 Skinny Stripes

Dies | Waffle Flower Crafts 420394 Winter Floral Die Cut, 420398 Merry Christmas Word Die

WFL = Waffle Flower
SSS = Simon Says Stamp

Pumpkin House Shop at: WFL | SSS	Holiday Cheese Shop at: WFL | SSS	Layered Sunflowers Shop at: WFL | SSS	Essential Sentiments Shop at: WFL | SSS	Big Dots Holiday Shop at: WFL | SSS
Merry Christmas Sentiments Shop at: WFL | SSS	Merry Christmas Word Shop at: WFL | SSS	Happy Birthday Word Shop at: WFL | SSS	Winter Floral Panel Shop at: WFL | SSS
Deckled Frames Shop at: WFL | SSS	Christmas Tree Panel Shop at: WFL | SSS	Diagonal Stripes Shop at: WFL | SSS	Angled Stripe Panel Shop at: WFL | SSS
Stitched Borders Shop at: WFL | SSS	Floss Organizers Shop at: WFL | SSS	Happy Gnomes Shop at: WFL | SSS	Christmas Stripes Shop at: WFL | SSS
Christmas Dots Shop at: WFL	Caprice Lines Shop at: WFL | SSS	Caprice Dots Shop at: WFL