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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Waffle Flower Stitchables Blog Hop


Hello friends!

I am so excited to be hopping along with the Waffle Flower team today!  For their latest release, Waffle Flower has merged two of my favorite crafts- card making and cross stitching!  Their new Stitchables products are so fun and innovative!

Waffle Flower’s Stitchable products are now available in the store!  In case you missed it, Nina introduced the beginner friendly Stitched Borders here, and the Pinking Shapes and Holiday Shapes for more experienced users. You can also find some Coordinating Products here!

I created two cards for the hop today!  I pulled inspiration some two patterns I stitched last year.  The first one is part of Hands On Design's Chalk Full: Harvest and inspired by Priscilla Blain.  I pulled one flower from the pattern to stitch on the Stitchables Pinking Circle Die.


I cut the die from black cardstock and gave it a chalkboard look with white pigment ink before I stitched the flower.  The design was meant to look like chalkboard art and I love that you can diecut any color paper to use with the Stitchable Pinking Dies.  Endless possibilities, right?  Here is a closer look:


This was stitched using overdyed threads by Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Classic Colors.  I also used the new Stitched Sentiment Stamp Set for the sentiment and stitched with my sewing machine on either side of it to keep with the theme.

My second card features the smallest llama from the Llama Lump pattern by Plum Street Samplers.  I stitched him up on some linen textured kraft cardstock cut with the Stitchable Pinking Rectangle Die.  


This was also stitched using overdyed threads from Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, Classic Colors, and Weeks Dye Works.  You can really see the varigation in the grass and the llama's fur :)


The sentiment is also from the Stitched Sentiments Stamp Set.  The simple hello is perfect for this card!

These dies really sparked my imagination to think up a bunch of fun things to do with them!  I can't wait to share some of the other things I've been stitching soon!

More Blog Hop Goodness

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 EDT on August 9th, 2020 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 8/12/2020.

There are more giveaways to enter on our Instagram! Follow us at @waffleflowercrafts so you don’t miss out! 

Specials:

From now till August 7th, 2020, all orders over $50 placed at waffleflower.com will receive a free Cloud Storage Magnetic Board (you can find the 5-pack here).

A kind reminder from Waffle Flower:"We appreciate every order we receive but we also recommend at this time of uncertainties, reserve your resources and use what you have first! Stay positive and healthy!"

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!

This release really is the best of both of my favorite crafts!  Thank you for visiting today!

65 comments:

  1. Love the llama, and the flower on black paper is very striking. Beautiful work

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  2. Awesome cards! Definitely a labor of love to create them...
    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I absolutely love both your cards, but especially the first one with the sunflower on black paper. So striking. I am an avid cross-stitcher myself, but mostly patterns from French designers : Véronique Enginger, Perrette Samouiloff, Hélène Le Berre. I will definitely be purchasing those dies. Thank you for inspiring us with your lovely cards!
    Geneviève

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  4. The variation in the floss color is wonderful. Sometimes I mix two colors together to get that effect. Your llama card, I llove it!

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  5. your creations look fabulous!

    hugs and kisses from Germany
    silvi

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  6. I LOVE to stitch cards and these new dies are such a welcome addition to my collection! Thank you Waffleflower for your inspiration!!

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  7. Wonderful cards. Never thought to use black card stock, thanks for the inspiration.

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  8. Beautifully creative stitchery. Love these!

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  9. Absolutely love stitching! Great products and inspiration!

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  10. Omgosh,LOVEEEEEE the llama! I am so excited for this new release I already bought some and downloaded the patterns!!!

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  11. Ummm the Llama is SO GOOD. I absolutely love that! These dies are the best. Can’t wait for mine to come in the mail 🤩

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  12. I didn't even think about being able to use for any color. So use to just seeing the stiching on white, the flower was a surprise. Nice layers.

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  13. Super cute and creative! Such fun dies that can be used for anything!

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  14. Super cute cards! I have a pattern book for Christmas ornaments that would be perfect for the round die.

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  15. The llama is just adorable. I am loving these...

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  16. Wow those are really beautiful! And two of my favorite things!

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  17. Oh so very sweet!!! Love them-makes me wanna stitch right now!!

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  18. Tessa, cute stitchables! I loved your llama card! Very cute! Thanks for the ideas!

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  19. I love your contributions to this hop and your idea to use pigment ink to the black cardstock to give it a chalkboard effect is a great idea. Thank you 💗

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  20. Just love the llama lump card. Love the natural colors. Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing your creativity!

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  21. Darling cards! I love
    that cute Llama. Great
    designs on them.
    Carla from Utah

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  22. Sweet cards! Love the designs you stitched! Pretty flower and sweet llama!

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  23. Marisela Delgado said: so pretty! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  24. Great idea to use coloured cardstock. I would love to win a die set 🥰

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  25. So sweet, this literally gives endless possibilities for designs. I love cross stitching!

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  26. Your cards are gorgeous- the designs and colors you used are so pretty! I love how the flower pops against the dark background!

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  27. Wow, this blog hop has shown me so many possibilities! I love your chalkboard flower!

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  28. Very cool stitched designs...love the chalkboard look.

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  29. Your choice of black cardstock is genius! The stitch colors really pop.

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  30. Wow! I love these! I struggle with finding designs. I'm not quite sure how to take one meant for cloth and convert it to paper with the sizing and all. Great job!

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  31. Love this release and love your creations!

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  32. I've been adding cross stitch pieces to my cards for decades, so it's awesome to try these dies.

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  33. Doing some stitching on a card makes
    it even more personalized than just
    stamping. Love the flower on the black.
    Great cards. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  34. Loved the colors you used!!!

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  35. Marisela Delgado said: I love the llama card! So cute! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  36. Fabulous cards! I hadn’t thought about using dark paper, but I really like it. Very cute llama. Thank you.

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  37. Great projects! Love that you used colored cardstock!

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  38. Llamas and sunflowers? Can't go wrong haha Love them both!

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  39. Wonderful cards!!!! Definitely keepsakes for whoever receives them! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!!!

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  40. Very cool cards! Love the chalkboard effect on the black and the Llama is so cutie patootie!

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  41. Both cards are really great. I however love that beautiful blue with the pinked edge. Sure does add some pizazz to the card!

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  42. These are so adorable...thanks for sharing!

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  43. Oh my these are beautiful! I love cross stitch so much and have even tried to poke holes to do some! I cannot wait to save up for this die!!! I planted sunflowers this year ir the first time and my heart melted whenI saw yours!! Beautiful just beautiful!

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  44. Lovely cards, the llama is so cute. Simple, but so effective.

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  45. Beautiful and cute. I like the black background on the first one.

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  46. Wonderful cards! That llama card is fabulous! Thank you for sharing the details.

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  47. Your llama is so wonderful! Gorgeous work here....

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