Honey Bee Stamps & Waffle Flower Collaboration: Stenciling Fun!

 Hi crafty friends!  I shared this card over on Instagram for a fun hop with some of the Honey Bee team along with Waffle Flower Crafts!  We are showing off the NEW Waffle Flower Crafts stencil mats: 9" x 12" or the 6" x 9" Mini Stencil Mat.  Both of these are now available in the Honey Bee shop!  Also, be sure to check out Waffle Flower's comparison chart of all their mats below.

Now, you may be wondering, "why do I need this?"  Well, I admit, I thought the same.  However, after using it, I can say "yes!" you do need it.  Here's why: the silicone mat holds your card stock without it slipping around; the raised edges keep the card and your stencil aligned; the mat is non-stick, waterproof, and heat resistant too!  I found it very easy to clean up with water and a clean towel.  Just so you know, this is sincerely my honest opinion--I have not been paid to give it a positive review.

Now, on to my card!  I combined several products from Honey Bee and Waffle Flower to create my fun thank you card.  I have the list with links at the end.

To begin, I die cut 80# Neenah with the Honey Bee Quilted A2 Cover Plate die, then trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼".  I aligned the heart stencil from the Quilted Hearts & Dots stencil set over the card and added some purple tape to hold it in place.  Now I put it on the Mini Stencil Mat and began my ink blending my Distress Oxides.  I used Crackling Campfire, Ripe Pumpkin, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed.

You may notice the the raised edges of the Mini Mat are at the bottom and right side--well, I found that, as a left-hander, that's what worked best for me!  Haha!  So another good thing about the mat is that it works just fine whichever way you place it!  I left the tape on my stencil and wiped off the ink.  Then I spread some Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste through the stencil.  I set the card aside to dry and cleaned the stencil and my tools.

Next I stenciled the beautiful butterflies using Waffle Flower's Spread Your Wings Stencil and Mask set.  I used the same Distress Oxides as before.  I removed the stencil and placed the card in my MISTI.  I centered the coordinating Spread Your Wings stamps over the stenciled butterflies and picked them up with the MISTI door.  Then I stamped them with Intense Black Ink.  I used the Spread Your Wings dies to cut them out.

Then I inked some card stock in the ombré patterned and die cut it with the bottom layer of the Thanks die set.  The middle layer is 80# Neenah, and the top is glossy black card stock.  I stamped the rest of the sentiment, from Thanks stamp set, in Intense Black ink.  Then I arranged my elements, including pieces of the Lovely Layers: Heart Vine I had left over from making this card.

Next I decided to create a coordinating envelope.  I used a mask from the Rectangle Spotlight Stencils & Masks set to block off the addressee portion of the envelope and placed the Quilted Hearts stencil over it.  Again, I used the same Distress Oxides as before.  Then I used a couple pens to trace around the rectangle mask.  Here's a photo showing you the products, plus check out the new Waffle Flower Clear Acrylic 10-hold Brush Stand.  This is a really good stand for your brushes!

After I adhered my sentiments and butterflies, I added a few gem stickers from Honey Bee's Halloween Harvest set to the butterflies.  Gotta have just a bit more bling!  Haha!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I sure hope you'll join us over on Instagram to see lots more inspiration--be sure to comment for a chance to win too!

Check out these awesome products I used:

Waffle Flower's mat comparison chart:

Waffle Flower Challenge - Use Vellum

Hello friends, and happy Friday!  I'm so very thrilled and honored to have been invited to join Galina Filippenko, from the Waffle Flower Design Team, for this week's Waffle Flower Challenge - Use Vellum.  I had so much fun creating my cards with vellum and some products from Waffle Flower's latest Social Butterfly release!

I was able to make three cards in just one day for this challenge!  Trust me, that never happens! LOL!  Since I have a lot of photos, I'll keep the description brief, and link all of the products I used at the end of my post.

For my first card I used these Waffle Flower products:  Spread Your Wings stamp set and matching dies; JJ's Rainbow paper; Thank You stamp and matching dies; and JJ's Rainbows Sample Pack paper.

First I heat embossed the butterflies on vellum.  I used a white sparkle embossing powder on 40# vellum for some fun sparkle!  (Be sure to use heavy vellum to minimize the warping.)

Then I used a couple of sentiments from the Thank You stamp set.  I love how the two large "thank you's" have coordinating dies!  I added all of the elements to a piece of patterned paper from JJ's Rainbows Sample Pack.

My second card features stenciling with Distress Oxide inks.  I had never tried using a stencil with vellum before, but I love the results!!

Waffle Flower products: Spread Your Wings stencil; and Thank you stamps and matching dies.  First  I used a blending brush to ink Distress Oxides with the Butterflies Background Stencil.  I used Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxides.  I love how EASY it is to blend inks on vellum and the soft look you get!  I added the stenciled vellum over a white card base.

Then I stamped the thank you sentiment with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide.  I added foam tape to the back of both sentiment pieces for dimension.

For my final card, I used the vellum behind the window of the Flying Butterflies die cut to mute the patterned paper behind the vellum.  I also die cut some vellum butterflies and added them as an embellishment!

Waffle Flower products: Flying Butterflies die; Thank you stamps and matching dies; and JJ's Rainbows Sample Pack.  First I die cut the Flying Butterflies Die on a piece of Woodgrain card stock.  I added a piece of vellum behind the opening, then a rainbow patterned paper from JJ's Rainbows Sample Pack.  I adhered the outline from the Flying Butterflies die on top of the vellum.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!  I hope you'll pull out your Waffle Flower products and some vellum and  join us in the Use Vellum challenge!  There's a $25 gift card for a prize and you can play along three different ways!  Either link your project, via Link Party, to the Waffle Flower Blog, at the Waffle Flower Garden Facebook Group, or on Instagram using #WFC2105W4.  

Here are links to the supplies I used: