Waffle Flower Guest Designer

 

It's a happy day dance I'm doing today! I get to be a guest designer for Waffle Flower!

My über talented friend, Jeanne Jackna asked if I'd join her team to showcase 

WF's April weekly challenge. The theme for April is sewing, and I'm featuring one

of their stitching dies.

I love any sort of needlework, and crosshatch is a favorite.  

The die is called Stitchable Pinking Rectangle, just right for any pattern you'd like 

to create. They even include one with the die.

Originally I chose these 3 colors of embroidery thread, but changed my mind after 

starting the card. (OK, don't judge me, I'm fickle!)

I started with the green, full 6 strands, and carefully counted my holes between the

diagonals. Next the green, then teal, and finally grey and darker green in the opposite

direction. This is a pleasant evening's work while watching TV, and I loved the look of the

pale blue behind and through the unstitched holes. 

The added die cut is Waffle Flower's Potted Lily. The sentiment is included in

the stamp set. 

Lots of foam pop ups for extra dimension.

Hope you'll play along with this week's challenge, and try your hand at one or more of 

Waffle Flower's Pinking dies. There are many in the shop, all shapes and sizes! 

Hope you're enjoying a happy healthy spring!

Nancy Penir

12 Kits of Occasions: Crafty Friends Are The Best

Hello and welcome to the 12 Kits of Occasions, February post.

The fabulous Jeanne Jackna is our hostess this month. Her kit was full of projects

for friendship, especially our crafty friends! I loved every bit, thank you Jeanne!

Here's what I made:

Sweet Pure Innocence from MFT inspired this card. Jeanne supplied all the elements

with the exception of the easel (PTI: You're a Masterpiece). I had way too much fun

painting the mini landscape!

These paintbrushes from Waffle Flower are the cutest. Just had to combine 

them on a pallet (Poppystamps) and frame them.

In our kits were all these wonderfully colorful and artsy designer papers.

I couldn't resist using as many as I could. This sweet little frame from Hero Arts

was perfect to frame one of the flowers.

I used several of the papers in the kit for this collage. Not a stamped image on this card.

These Crafty Critters are enjoying the day with each other.

Jeanne included these die cut wood stamps (C9), along with the foil scissors and b/w

designer paper. I had the Concord & 9th stamped paper already done, and created my

card around it. It's one their Turnabout series (Crafty Turnabout). I just made my ink

pads to match. The sentiment is from the same set.

And finally, this Reverse Confetti tag, came with the window popped out. Just 

perfect for a flower stamp, also from Reverse Confetti, called Floral Gem.

I have several elements left over for more crafty goodness.

Can't wait to use them!

Thanks for the visit, and if you have some time, what'd you think? Did 

you like a particular card? Mine has to be the first one, with the PI doll

painting her masterpiece. That was just too fun to do. I forgot to mention

I used puff paint on the clouds and mountains. 

So hard to see, but irl the texture's there, and looks like wet paint.

Jeanne's invited 5 guests! Be sure to visit them and leave some love!

12 Kits of Occasions: June '18: Sum sum Summertime!

Hi everyone! The last day of the month means 12 Kits of Occasions!

We're 12 friends who receive the same kit each month and make wondrous

creations from all the goodies! Well, cute projects anyway...

 I made some fun cards with the kit sent from Michele Ferguson (I card everyone).

It's always a treat to see what bits of Michele humor she tucks into her kit!

Most of the images I hadn't seen before. If you know Michele, you know

she's creative, innovative and full of humor! Love her!

My first card uses the images from Waffle Flower Crafts (new to me) and I'm 

crazy about the free hand cas drawing that allows me to color.

note: At this posting, I'm visiting a daughter and her family in Newport Beach, CA,

and have to giggle at the joy in happily shedding clothes in summer...

Hooray for beach life!

Had to make a tri-fold card to get all 3 boys in the picture.

MFT's Strike up the Band bunnies are celebrating the 4th with CAS-ual Friday's sentiment.

PTI Tagsale 12. 

I have this card pegged for a graduate. Colored with my Pentels.

She's off to wherever the wind takes her in this colorful, floral sundress.

(Pattern first hand drawn then colored with copics)

Beach bag textured with PTI's BG Basics: Gingham. Flowers also from PTI:

Back Pocket Basics

These letters and the word 'beach' (I told you she's a hoot) on a stenciled bg from PTI's Sun & Surf 

Sideview of how the letters pop off the page.

Well that's June's post from me folks. Hope you enjoyed, and hope you'll visit 

the other friends. You're sure to find a touch of 'Michele' whimsy in every card!