Gingerbread Postage Collage

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!  I have a quick share for you today featuring the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Gingerbread Stencil and Die Set.  I love Gingerbread; freshly baked Gingerbread is the best with a cup of Hot Cocoa but I digress, I'm supposed to be sharing details of my card.

Using inks from Catherine Pooler, I've went with a traditional Gingerbread color, along with Mint and Chocolate Chip colors.  The Waffle Flower Holiday set is truly fun and festive, and the stencils are very easy to line up and ink blend through.

After stenciling the images, I've cut out the panel using the coordinating postage die, the sentiment was stamped in Dark Brown ink and popped on foam pads for dimension.  Lastly, I've used Gold Stickles to highlight areas on the "stamps".  

That's all I have to share today.  We have 2 more sleeps until Christmas Day and I'm finalizing my Christmas Eve and Christmas Day menus..this truly is my favorite time of year!  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna  

**Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley

A Cut Above

Cutie Pie Challenge

All Sorts

Inkspirational

Stencil Fun

My Time to Craft Christmas

Inspired By...

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Word Art Wednesday

Poinsettia Postage Collage

Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!  I hope your week went well and you're finishing up your holiday plans.  I want to ask everyone for their prayers for Germany and especially those affected by the senseless act of violence at a Christmas Market on Friday.  This is a horrific I pray for comfort and peace for all those affected.

I have a quick share today featuring the Poinsettia Postage Collage Die and Stencil Set from Waffle Flower.  I love the stencil sets, they are so easy to put together and make such lovely Christmas cards. 

Instead of the traditional Red Poinsettias, I've went with pretty shades of Pink Inks from Catherine Pooler.  I'm pleased with the outcome.

The sentiment has been popped on foam pads for dimension and I've added Crystal Stickles to the flower centers and holly berries.  Quick and easy card, and perfect for those last minute card needs!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

All Sorts

Polkadoodles Gem of a Challenge

Inkspirational

Crafty Calendar

Creative Fingers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Creations in Pink

Aud Sentiments

Word Art Wednesday

Pearly Sparkles

A Bright and Beautiful Autumn

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Monday!  I hope your weekend was splendid and you found time for some crafty goodness.  I had lots of time in my craft room this weekend and I have a quick share for you today.  Using the Waffle Flower Layered Sunflowers Stamp set, I've created a bright and cheerful Autumn card.  Yes, I'm still working on Autumn cards but Christmas is next!

This is a stamp layering set, which I've had in my stash, and thought it needed to see the light of day.  The floral images are quite large, as you can see it takes up a lot of real estate on the front of this A2 sized card.

I've used Catherine Pooler inks to stamp the layers.  The patterned paper is from my stash, a leftover snippet from a Carta Bella pad I believe, and the sentiment is from an Altenew set.  To finish everything off, I've popped the focal panel on craft foam for dimension, then added orange twine and bronze sequins.  

That's all I have for today.  I hope your day is fantastic, as well as your week ahead.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley

A Place to Start

Outlawz Monday Greetings

Little Patch of Crafty Friends

613 Avenue Create

Crafting Happiness

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Creative Crafters

It's Halloween...Owl You Doin'?

Hi Friends!  I hope you're well and enjoying your Wednesday.  While we await the arrival of Hurricane Milton, I've been crafting to de-stress and pass the time (while I have electricity - fingers crossed it stays on).  I've been working on Halloween cards and this one features the cutest lil owl and jack-o-lantern.

Using the "Owl You Doin'" Clear Stamp Set from Darcie's Heart and Home, I've watercolored this cute image using Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.  The image has been stamped on Tim Holtz watercolor paper.  After the image was completely dry, I've die cut using a Slanted Edge nesting square die from My Favorite Things.

The patterned papers are from the "Spooktacular" 4.25" x 5" paper pad from Waffle Flower.  I've heat embossed the sentiment and added purple sequins to finish out the design. The sentiment and focal image have been popped on foam pads for dimension.

That's all for today!  I hope you have a fabulous rest of the week and weekend.  I'll be back soon, as long as Milton is kind to us and we keep the electricity and internet flowing.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday

Double D Challenges

Fab 'n Funky - Feathers

Penny's Challenges

The Sisterhood of Crafters

Word Art Wednesday

Crafty Gals Corner

Shopping Our Stash

Unicorn Challenge

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Love Those Pretty Papers

Postage Die Collage

Happy Saturday Crafturday Friends!  I hope you get some crafty time in this weekend.  I have a quick share today featuring the extremely popular Postage Die.

My die set comes from Waffle Flower, however there are several companies that have some form of a Postage Die Collage set.  I chose Waffle Flower mainly because they have several different themed add-on stencil sets that coordinate with this die set.  I would like to mention this set broke my "no-spend" streak, but I couldn't resist, I am weak!

Using various colors of Catherine Pooler inks, I've stenciled the different images into each "stamp" block.  The "HUGS" die cut comes from Time for Tea and has been cut from Glitter card.

That's all for today friends.  Until Next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Gem of a Challenge

Polkadoodles

Digi Choosday

My Time to Craft

Inspired By - colors and shapes

AYLI = fussy, I have a hard time with CAS; I like color, dimension and texture.

Stencil Fun

Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge

Crafty Gals Corner

Night Owls

TIOT - Inspired by Song:  Return to Sender by Elvis Presley

Unicorn Challenge

Crafts Galore Encore

The Crafting Challenge

Krafty Chicks GDT - Clean and Simple

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Thursday!  Today begins a new challenge week at The Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog.  The theme this week is Clean and Simple (CAS).  I'm guest designing with the Team and I've created a CAS Winter/Holiday themed card.

I've used the "Warm Hands" Layering Stamp Set from Waffle Flower  and Catherine Pooler Inks in shades of Blue to create a CAS card.  

The card has no bells and whistles other than a black mat to accent the main panel.  This is a lovely set but it did throw me off when I first stamped it.  It seemed to not stamp properly so I went to Waffle Flowers' website and watched a video for the set.  It was designed to not stamp in areas, so I felt much better than it wasn't my technique but rather how the stamp was created.

Stop by the Krafty Chicks Challenge this week!  We would love to see your CAS creations.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Creative Knockouts

Aud Sentiments

Outlawz Twisted Thursday

Craft Rocket

Through the Purple Haze

Lil Red Wagon

The Paper Shelter

Penny's Challenges

Word Art Wednesday

Creative Inspirations

Stamping Sensations