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Handmade Christmas Greetings Class at Calgo Gardens in Freehold, NJ⁠ on Dec 2

Hello there crafty friends! I will be back at Calgo Gardens on December 2nd to teach a Handmade Christmas Greetings class from 10am -1 pm where we will make 5 handmade Christmas cards using a variety of techniques..all the information to sign up can be found HERE. 


Handmade Christmas Greetings Class at Calgo Gardens in Freehold, NJ⁠
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🎄 When: Saturday, December 2nd 10am-1pm⁠
🎄 Where: Calgo Gardens, Freehold, NJ⁠
🎄 Cost: $40 (includes almost all supplies, bring your own scissors and adhesives)⁠
🎄 SIGN UP through Calgo Gardens Event Brite link 
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Join me for a fun morning of creating 5 handmade Christmas themed cards using a variety of techniques. We will use stamps, die cuts, stencils, and a variety of art mediums to create our cards. We will be using some of my favorite Christmas products from: ⁠
✨ Tim Holtz⁠
✨ Sizzix ⁠
✨ Stampers Anonymous ⁠
✨ Ranger Ink ⁠
✨ Waffle Flower ⁠

If you are in the NJ area, I hope you can make it! 

Waffle Flower October Release Blog Hop + giveway!

Welcome to the Waffle Flower October Release Blog Hop! 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! 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! Link to the full collection: https://waffleflower.com/collections/2023-10

I have 5!!! cards that I created to share with you today using products from this new release.

 

The entire series of Postage Collage Stamps dies and stencils are favorites and this new Postage Collage For Fall collection celebrates my favorite season of all! 

 

I used a bit of a different color combo to celebrate all things fall...especially pie! I blended Teal, Peach, Yellow and Browns to make this fun combo with the Postage Collage for Fall stencil and added details in black using the Postage Collage for Fall stamps. 


For this card, I used the Pop-Up Fall Leaves Panel Die and the Fall Leaves Background Stencil to create my card and finished it with the Give Thanks Print die. 

Once I was done ink blending I added some splatter using Gilded Distress Foundry Wax and Black Soot Distress Paint and of course popped up the leaves a bit. 

 

This card features the new Woodgrain die I colored it with Distress Spray Stains in Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs and inked the edges when the stains were dry. 

 

For the background on this card I used white ink on black Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and a splattering of Distress Mica Stain.

 

For the tree card I used the Dotted Labels Dies along with the Dotted Labels Christmas stamp set. I used some varigated floss to stitch the die that has all the colors of Christmas. 

 

For the background I used the Pop Up Tree die along with the Duo-Tone Trees stencils. I added some red ornament dots with a paint pen and gave the panel a splattering of Sterling Foundry Wax. 

 

 

For my final card I used Distress Kraft Heavystock and stamped some of the images from the Christmas Labels stamps to create my background using Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet and Lucky Clover. When the ink was dry I stamped all the snowflakes in Versamark and embossed them in white. 

 

The stitching on this one was done in some metallic purple thread to coordinate with the background stamping. Hope you enjoyed these cards!

 

Next on the hop is Channin Pelletier! 

Here's a peek at the entire release: 

 

BLOG HOP LIST 

Waffle Flower Blog

Galina Filippenko

Cathy Zielske

Ilda Dias

JJ Bolton

Caly Person 

Jung AhSang

Jeanne Jachna  

Rebecca Keppel  

Amy Rysavy
Cheiron Brandon

Channin Pelletier 

 

 

For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates at every stop of the hop, that’s a total of 3 chances to win! You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday October 11th, 2023 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on Winner Thursday 10/12/2023.

 

 

From now till October 9th, 2023, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive an exclusive Dotted Butterfly Sampler Die (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! And don’t forget to check out their monthWaffle Flower October Release Blog Hoply Flash Sales!

SUPPLIES:

waffle flower: march blog hop

Welcome to the Waffle Flower March Release Blog Hop! 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! 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! There are so many great florals, things for Dads and so many adorable dog themed products which you know are my favorites! 

 

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 EST on Thursday March 9th, 2023 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 03/10/2023.

Next on the hop is the amazing Jennifer Kotas! To see all the stops on the hop list start at the Waffle Flower blog.

Let's get into the cards! I have 5 fun cards to share with you today....all with some fun dog themed products. 

 

 

From now till March 8th, 2023, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive a mystery 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! And don’t forget to check out their monthly Flash Sales

 

SUPPLIES: 

waffle flower august release blog hop

 

Welcome to the Waffle Flower August Release Blog Hop! I’m happy to be hopping with the folks from Waffle Flower to show you all the fun new stuff awaiting you from Waffle Flower. I am the last stop on the hop today...to start at the beginning, go to the Waffle Flower Blog. Today I am thrilled to share a few cards with you using the new Star Snowflake Christmas Bundle designed by my crafty friend JJ! Here's a little peek at the bundle: 

I mixed and matched the fun dies in the bundle with some other Waffle Flower Supplies (all linked below) to make 5 fun holiday cards, all with a different look: 












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 EST on Monday August 8th, 2022 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 8/10/2022.

HOP ORDER: 

 

Waffle Flower Blog

Cathy Zielske
Galina Filippenko

JJ Bolton 

Nichol Spohr
Dilay Nacar
Amy Rysavy

Jeanne Jachna

Rebecca Keppel 

Channin Pelletier 

Joy Baldwin 

Angelica Conrad

Tiffany Pryce Russom

Carol Hintermeier
Cheiron Brandon 

 

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