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Blog Hopping with Waffle Flower

Helloooo!! Hi and a warm welcome to you! It’s the Waffle Flower Spring release Blog Hop!!! I am so excited to be hopping with everyone and to have these beautiful stamps in my hands. They are so whimsical, fun and have so much personality I guarantee they will make you happy. I think it’s super cool how Waffle Flower featured each artist in their catalog!! Each illustrator is well known and established in the art community. Sooo special! I was lucky to meet Helen Dardik at CreativeNation.

You will find the hop list at the  bottom of my post.

For the hop I have three cards to share with you & two of them are shaped cards. I started a video but, I really wanted to make another card to showcase these awesome stamps and time didn’t permit. Maybe later … hummmm.

Full disclosure this was colored during the coloring challenge and I was able to finish it & die cut it for a shaped card. This might be my favorite stamp ever lol. L.O.V.E. it! “Enveloper Hugs” is the name and I love everything about it.

Both of these shaped cards are illustrated by Helen Dardik and every single thing she does I love! This particular one is called. “Enveloper Coffee” & the matching die is great to create shaped cards.

The stamp set called, “Tea Party” is sooo fun to create little scenes with. I decided to leave it as a blank card so I can adapt the card to most needs.

I wanted to create a saucer for the tea cup and it was super easy. I die cut this and then turned my paper around to cut the other side. Super easy.

For some of the flowers I wanted longer stems so I took a page out of Jennifer McGuire’s book (meaning I used one of her amazing gazillion tips) . If you place the cutting plate on the edge of the die cut … that keeps that particular area uncut so you can alter that area later … the photo below is more of a visual explanation. Thanks Jennifer for the idea!

This way I could have different lengths of flowers to stager in my floral arrangement.

The fastest and easiest way to arrange them in my mug is to take those scissors and cut the mug on the line. I placed all the flowers inside and taped them in place in the back of the mug.

Putting the tea pot to use was a no brainer. I free cut a water spout from some scrap paper, colored it and added some sparkle.

Let’s talk giveaways! Woo Hoo! To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blog posts in the hop by 11:59pm on 2/25/18 for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 2/28/2018.

Special Promotions: To celebrate the new release, all orders placed by 11:59pm ET on 2/25/18 will receive a free Mini Location Indicator Die No code required & Limited 1 per customer while Supplies last.

 Thank you for your visit today and let’s get hopping! Hugs, Kathy
Waffle Flower *start here to begin*
Kathy Racoosin  *you are here*
Kay Miller *NEXT on THE HOP* 

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  2. Sara Corbari says

    First of all, sorry for my English. I’m Italian and English isn’ t my best friend. I love Waffle’s stamps a lot, but I never know how to use them. They are original and therefore difficult timbres.
    I really like this use of these stamps.

  4. amy says

    THUD.
    Your work is always amazing and you never disappoint. Today’s projects are absolutely WOW. Those rich colors are perfect.

  11. Teresa Doyle says

    WOW Kathy, these are SO cool! I think these Waffle Flower stamps were designed with you in mind. LOL They are adorable and you have done an amazing job colouring them (not surprising!) I love the shaped cards, they are always fun in my books as they are so unexpected for the recipient. Who wouldn’t smile getting one of those…♥

  12. Jeanne says

    Wow, these are absolutely fantastic projects, Kathy! Your coloring is amazing and the images come to life with your signature style. I do believe your work and Helen Dardik’s images are a match made in heaven. Thank you SO much for sharing these delightful projects.

  17. Kristi H. says

    So inspired by your coloring, as usual, Kathy! That enveloper hugs set is calling my name now! Thank you for the beautiful inspiration!

  21. carol says

    GASP! Your showcases of Helen’s images are not only amazing, but they’re infused with the joy you experienced while designing them! This release is a WOW in every way! Thank you for sharing your creativity and colouring talents with us!
    ~carol

  34. Ashwini says

    Jaw-dropping awesome!! Your coloring is just as top notch as ever, and I am in love with these stamps!! What a wonderful way to showcase these beauties!!

  40. KT Fit Kitty says

    OMGoodness, Kathy! Your colouring looks AMAZING – as always! Your cards are gorgeous! I love the backgrounds too! Always a pleasure to visit your web site!

  41. Kristy Mattix says

    Your coloring is amazing! I love how you added all the little extras to put the pieces together into a scene.

  45. Laura Casselman says

    I knew yours would be COLORFUL! But they are also inventive in the way you added the flowers to the cup! Love them all.

  49. Anne Sturgeon says

    Loving this new release. I was hoping you would color the enveloper set. Just wonderful. Love the colors and the tip on placing the flowers in the cup. Now the decision of which ones are must have????? Nicely done.

  54. Jane Daniels says

    Very clever and so beautiful. This set wouldn’t normally have caught my interest, but now I’ve seen what you can do with it, I shall certainly be giving it a closer look!

  56. Dee Earnshaw says

    as always your coloring is amazing and so inspiring, Kathy – these creations are just gorgeous:)

  59. Beth Holt says

    You are so creative and talented! Beautiful final product after much love was put into creating the artistry!

  65. Jeanne Beam says

    Beautiful cards. I am absolutely blown away with your amazing coloring. Thanks so much for sharing..

  78. Phyllis Strickland says

    Beautiful, rich colors are perfect for this set! Love your tip for cutting the teacup.

  83. Isabelle says

    Your 3 creations are amazing ! The coloring is just incredible. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us, it’s very inspiring.

  87. nancy f says

    Wow Kathy. As usual…your coloring is AMAZING… I love the idea with the flowers in the tea cup….

  89. Sheri K says

    Amazing coloring of these wonderful Waffleflower stamps! I had no idea they were right here in Mesa, and the coloring road trip day was awesome with you and Nina and all the wonderful people there that day. Now I need to figure out which stamps I must have!

  92. Annalisa says

    As always, I love all the little details you add to images to make them have even more personality (I would never accuse WF stamps of not having personality in the first place)! I remember seeing you color the first enveloper set during the coloring challenge, but to make it into a shaped card is just brilliant. Thank you for giving us all this inspiration and being such a great teacher!

  94. Lisa says

    Love all of your examples, you always do such a beautiful job with your coloring! Thank you for the tips and tricks along the way too! You pay so much attention to all of the details, it really makes your images! Thank you for so much inspiration!

  96. Marjorie Dumontier says

    As always, you’ve made such a wonderful coloring job !
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

  102. Cindy Pratt says

    I just love your coloring and your cards,especially the shaped cards. I can’t wait for the tutorial.

  103. Holly says

    Incredible!!! You truly create a work of art with each project. Thank you for the tips as well. Just subscribed for updates!

  104. Heather Wright says

    So beautiful!! Your color combinations bring out the best in these Waffle House designs. Simply beautiful!

  106. Cheriese says

    Wow the Enveloper Hugs Stamps are so gorgeous – I’ve never seen stamps that intricate before!

  109. Marty Harris says

    You are so amazingly creative! I am so glad to have you showing them to inspire me to stretch my imagination. I love the watering tea pot!

  117. Denise Bryant says

    Love your gorgeous coloring on these charming designs! Fabulous creations! Love the new release!

  125. Blossom says

    Beautiful card! Your colouring is so perfect. I hope someday I can colour like you do. Thank you for sharing.

  126. Cathy Lillie says

    Wow! Your coloring is stunning! Your cards are simply breathtaking! Thank you for sharing them!

  132. Karen Gerek says

    Your cards are so vibrant and detailed. You came up with such creative ways to use the stamps for visual pleasure.

  135. sharla~ says

    Wow Kathy, these are amazing….I mean beyond amazing! I love the fun colors and all the tips along the way, the pics really help and I LOVE the end results!

  138. Mary Holshouser says

    Love how you made use of the dies in a
    different way than they were originally intended.
    Great way to get extra benefit from the money
    we spend on supplies. Fantastic cards.
    thanks for sharing.
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

  142. Beverly Jordan says

    Your cards are so beautifully designed and colored that it is remarkable! I followed your tutorials and it was so helpful and I learned so much!! Love that you had the dies to match in order to make them. Love the new packaging that comes with the sets of stamps and dies. So helpful though I miss the old yellow colors that distinguished your items! Great anyway though!

  153. Tracey Magner says

    O.K. I had a lot to say let’s see if I can remember it all, 1st I LOVE Ms. Helen’s stamps also, she is so FAB, I ADORE how you put the girl on top of the sugar and made your own water sprout, wow, I always say you think outside the box girl, that is so adorable . At first I couldn’t figure out what the heck you were doing in that picture of the saucer, I actually thought you posted that picture by mistake as I was strolling down, I thought maybe the dog snapped an upside pic by mistake, lol, THEN I got it, I just needed another cup of coffee on that one. Just one more thing, your coloring is out of this world on these, no surprise, but I also am totally in love with the color combos you choose. Thanks Kathy.

  157. Monica K says

    I love, love your cards.. the colors are incredible and I’m like you I think that set might be one of my favorites ever… the artwork is amazing…

  158. Stacy V says

    Wow your cards are stunning! I gotta keep on the practice of no-line colouring. The impact is awesome (and I love the incorporation of patterns to add to the interest of the card).

  159. Melody W says

    I love your coloring ! I especially love the water spout you added to the water pot ! How genius and cute ! TFS.

  161. Carol H. says

    Oh my goodness, I LOVE your card with the girl watering the flowers!! Genius scene creation!!! Of course, all of your coloring is just fabulous!! Beautiful cards!!

  162. LINDA FILLDS says

    Wow …. your coloring is so beautiful. I am just starting with the coloring and its going to some work. Thank you very much for all your tips. I love Waffle Flower products and I see more in my future lol …great job..:)

  163. Flo says

    Great release by waffle flower. You showcase it well. I like the way you extended the flowers and had pouring out of the watering can.

  164. Tracy Hawkins says

    Your cards are just wonderful as always Kathy! Amazing colouring ! Such a great new release, so hard to choose from! Wonderful inspiration x

  168. treen says

    Wow! These cards really are special even for you! If i saw these in a bunch of a million I think I would know that they are yours. They are fabu! I love the way you take stamp sets and change them! I love the fish net hose on the woman’s legs. Ok, lets face it, I love them all. lol hugs, treen

  170. Barbara Lassiter says

    You never fail to impress with your artistic and creative talent. You’ve just made Waffle Flower very proud with your beautiful cards! 🙂

  171. Maggie B says

    Hi Kathy ~ Your cards are stunning and your coloring is THE best….that all goes without saying. BUT I need to tell you that my “faux” grandson and pal, 5 year old Brody, said “That lady is CA-RAZY good at coloring stuff! Everything looks so real, even ‘da wata.” Out of the mouths of babes Miss Kathy! Your creativity seems to know no bounds. Literally. Thanks so much for sharing and I hope you enjoy a fabulous weekend. ~HUGS~
    #kindnessmatters
    PS: This WF release ROCKS!! :0D

  176. Billie A says

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love your creative mind. You go above and beyond and make beautiful cards. I love what you created and these stamps look like they would be so much fun to play with.

  177. Cornelia L Fulmore says

    I love that you used the deeper jewel tones. Your coloring was so much different from everyone else’s. I love it’1

  179. Manda says

    Such beautifully inspirational colouring! I so love your teapot card with the girl watering the bunch of (different-length stemmed) flowers!

  182. Mary-Anne V. says

    I love how you stretched these dies and stamps…your colouring is as always simply AMAZING!

  183. Andrea Hastilow says

    Love your use of colour on these images and that you made two funky shaped cards, brilliant. There are so many images in this release I want to try so On soaking in every bit of advice from this hop. Thank you for showing all your work.

  185. Henriëtte says

    Your cards are great as ever, love to see youre bright and cheerful colours.
    Stunning that you made with the WF Enveloper Coffee Matching Die shaped cards, I wouln’t think of that. Thanks for that great idea and for the gorgeous cards!

  187. renee milner says

    Wow, what beautiful coloring (no surprise there!) on your gorgeous cards, and these are such unique stamps!

  190. D.Ann C says

    These are so darling and whimsical! I especially love the girl standing on the sugar watering the flowers in a cup… reminds me of The Borrowers!

  197. Gerdien says

    This is a great release, so many great stamp sets! Nice to see your cards are very different from the ones I’ve seen so far on the other blogs!

  198. Gloria Sperring says

    The die you used for your saucer? Where did you get it and how uch and the name f this die set or single? I really love these cards. Do you get credit if I order these? Thank you for sharing!

  199. Miriam Prantner says

    The coloring is amazing as always! I love all the additional details you add and how you modify and combine the images, wonderful!

  202. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    Wow, I remember when you did that one with the girl on the bird for the coloring challenge. I liked it then, and I still like it now. I like all the colors you used in all of your cards and how cute they all are. This is a new company to me and I am going to have fun looking them over and seeing what they have. Their have been some amazing cards on this hop and they are all so very colorful. A lot of them have used a lot of yellow and I am really smiling because of it. Yellow is a very underused color in my opinion.
    Thanks for showing us your colorful cards and for giving us the chance to win something.

  204. maria f. says

    Oh my goodness. Blow me away! Your choice of colors is so unexpected. And sooo beautiful. And that’s on top of my crush on Helen D’s illustrations…

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