Waffle Flower August release Blog Hop

 Hi everyone! 

   Welcome to the Waffle Flower July 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! 

Next on the hop is Cathy Zielske

This month we have a lot of "sweet products" as well as Tropical kit dies , and stamp set - Tropical Sentiments Stamp Set,  which are now available for individual purchase. 

For my first card, I used the Tropical kit die. I cut out a parrot and leaves from colorful cardstock, arranging them together. I added flair by hot foiling the card panel with the Splatters Foil Plate and Spellbinders Glimmer Foil Prism. To amp up the charm, I included a tiny strawberry using the Fruity Icons Die, held by the parrot. A fitting sentiment from the Fruity Stamp Set tied it all together.

You can create another delightful summer card using the Doodle Print Stencil and the previously released Orchid Flower Die set. I have a soft spot for tropical-themed birthday cards myself :)

And here is a card with a foil version of Doodle Print pattern. I used a Doodle Print Foil Plate with gold foil over the orange cardstock and added brown ink on the edges of the card panel.

We've given a fresh update to our well-loved Duo-tone Tropical Leaves Stencil and even introduced a matching panel die for it - Pop-up Tropical Leaves Texture Die

For my next card I used green ink and gold glitter paste to decorated the die cut leaves. I added a mat gold cardstock underneath, which becomes visible when the leaves are slightly raised.

  I used the stencil alone to make charming flat card backgrounds. With blue inks, I created a lovely backdrop for a chocolate cake. The Stacking Cake Die helped me to create the cake, which I colored with Distress inks. For an extra touch, I added cute strawberry die-cuts to decorate the cake.

The small strawberry die is incredibly versatile, allowing you to craft an entire fruit cake with ease.

The Stacking Cake Die works with Inside Pop-up Stacks die and I made a dimensional anniversary cake inside of my next card.

I added cute birds from Jungle Party Combo and stamped a sentiemnt from Happy Anniversary Duo Stamp Set

With rhose cute little critters - Jungle Party Combo  I made another summer card.

Now, let's dive into the realm of the sweetest and juiciest cards! Using the Fruity Icons Die, I cut out petite fruits from vibrant cardstock and added a touch of color using alcohol-based Copic markers. To convey the sentiment, I used the Oversized Sweet Word Die and gold mirror cardstock. Elevating the elegance, I hot foiled the card panel with the Splatters Foil Plate.

I used the leftover fruit die cuts from the first card for creating another fruity card background.

Also we have new fun stencils for creating oversized fruits on the card or full fruit cards - Oversized Fruit Stencil! 

The matching sentiments are super fun! For both of my cards I used a Fruit Sentiments Stamp Set.

Giveaways:

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 Thursday August 10th, 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 Friday 8/11/2023.

Next on the hop is Cathy Zielske

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