Hi everyone! It's time for another Fusion Card Challenge and we are still in social distancing, hand washing, stay at home mode! Crafting is certainly a great outlet for me and I hope it is for you as well. Gnomes are a trendy subject right now and I realized I don't own a single gnome stamp! So...it was time to Google for a quick digi image and I found this adorable one on Etsy by Star Jam Lines. This site has tons of adorable digi images, so be sure to check them out!
I colored with lots of Copic markers and realized I am really rusty with using them! As you can see, I didn't use the sketch this time, but was inspired by the rainbow of colors and the gnomes in the inspiration photo. The sentiment is from Just Sentiments: Easter by Ink to Paper - a mini stamp set that is only $5! It is a favorite and my go-to set for Easter! Patterned papers are from the Spring 6x6" pad by Echo Park.
We'd love to have you join in with this challenge. Hope to see you in the gallery! ~Wanda
The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly turned the world upside
down! I hope and pray that everyone reading this is staying healthy while we continue on with the social distancing, hand washing and
stay at home mode. One thing I really love about the stamping community is the spirit of love, community and positivity that is forever present! Ink to Paper is a company that chooses to put a positive spin on this crisis and has challenged the design team to come up with projects that "reach out" to others through paper crafting.
I wanted to "play tag" for my project and chose to do a favorite of mine: make tags to attach to a small gift which supports the "just a little thank you" theme! I used the same basic supplies and just varied the layout and the colors with each one.
I used Charming Tag Dies, Blossoming Branches and Infinity Frames Sentiments stamps and Bitty Big patterned papers on all three tags. TIP: If you haven't discover these papers yet, you really must check them out! There are two stripes, two polka dots and two plaids in every color package and it makes it so easy to coordinate!
My first gift will go to a local health care worker and it includes a
small paper bag filled with a variety of lifesavers. While I'm a retired nurse and not in the middle of the frenzy of current health care workers, our daughter is a full-time RN working in Greenville, South Carolina and is facing all kinds of upheavals in her job as a critical care and long term acute care nursing RN. Here's hoping this small gift will brighten someone's day!
One of the saddest results of this pandemic is the fact
that businesses are fighting huge financial losses and are having to lay off
employees.
My second project is a tag attached to a mini kraft bag
that is large enough to insert a gift card or some cash. I plan to give
cash to a family whose one parent was just laid off from her job.
TIP: The crimped heart is symbolic of the love that is felt for this family!
Lastly...who doesn't love some home-baked goodies?! My third tag was attached to a mini loaf of banana bread that I gifted as a random act of kindness.
Many of our local restaurants are getting creative and offering curb service, deliveries, etc. so they can continue to serve the community. I chose to support one of my favorite small burger places the other day and decided to gift this bread to the lady who brought my order to my car! Her smile and repeated thank yous were all I needed to know this small gesture had blessed someone!
I hope I've inspired you to pay it forward and remember someone in your community during these difficult times. My mother always
said "This too shall pass" and we will all be happy when it truly does pass!
Happy stamping! ~Wanda
There's a new Color Throwdown Challenge happening and Lori has a beautiful color palette chosen for us: pink + gray + green + kraft. Once again, I couldn't resist playing with these fabulous lily and palm dies from The Greetery!
I blended ink colors over the die cuts (from white cardstock) with blending brushes (Taylored Expressions). There is a hint of gray added to the green palms. I used a dark pink Prismacolor pencil to highlight the petals.
STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Easter (Ink to Paper).
INK: Granny Apple Green, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral (SU); V1 Pink (WPlus9); Memento Tuxedo Black.
PAPER: White, Kraft (Papertrey Ink).
DIES: BotaniCuts Lily and Palm, Nordic Frames (The Greetery).
For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, please check it out on the Color Throwdown blog HERE.
Happy Stamping, ~Wanda
I've been absent from posting on my blog for several days, but have definitely been getting inky for some future projects (you will see two of them tomorrow)! I needed a birthday card for an elderly man in church who has been such a great friend and car enthusiast with my husband. While the Seize the Birthday challenge wants us to create for kids, I'm thinking this truck could very easily work for them as well.
This truck die set was released in October by Spellbinders and is so easy and fun to assemble! I also bought an accessory die set that has lots more sentiments and that makes it so easy to apply to almost any occasion!
STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Easter (Ink to Paper).
PAPER: Spring 6x6" pad by Echo Park.
Thanks for stopping by...and my hope is that you are all staying well! This Covid-19 virus has turned everyone's world upside down and it feels very surreal! Our DIL was laid off her job yesterday, so that's a stressor that hits very close to home. We don't live in fear because we know God is in control and this is His plan for us.
This photo was posted on FB by a fellow stamping friend and I wanted to share it here with you!
~Wanda
It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge and Lisa is hosting this week. She's chosen pink, purple and white for our colors and you can see I added a neutral gray to the combo.
I started by color blending with Little Piggy and Silver Lining dye inks by WPlus9 and used a Tim Holtz "Bubble" stencil. The butterfly was color blended with those colors plus Blossomberry. My go-to blending brushes are the Taylored Expressions set.
What doesn't show up in the photo is the subtle sparkle from a Wink of Stella clear brush marker over the entire butterfly. It adds some pizzazz without being overbearing!
STAMPS: Forever In Our Hearts (PinkFresh Studio).
PAPER: Smoky Slate (SU); White (Papertrey Ink).
DIES: Forever In Our Hearts (PinkFresh Studio); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).
For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, check out their projects HERE. We'd love to see you in the gallery!
Happy stamping! ~Wanda
There's a great new Fusion Card Challenge with a fun sketch and a great photo to inspire us! I used both the sketch and the cake and color theme. I used distress oxide inks to stamp the images prior to die cutting. I had initially wanted to use patterned papers for the sketch and was quickly reminded how difficult it is to match up blues! Plan B was to use white on white, so my leftover pile came to the rescue with this large dotted embossed paper.
Once again, I went with a favorite stamp set from Ink to Paper called Cake Creations. It reminded me of our wedding cake which had real flowers decorating a white cake.
The sentiment die cut is from the Sweet Celebration set from Ink to Paper and the sentiment itself is from their Just Sentiments: To and From Essentials set.
INK: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky, Blueprint Sketch, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn distress oxide inks by Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black.
For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, please head over to the Fusion Challenge blog HERE. Hope to see you in the gallery! Happy stamping! ~Wanda
It's hump day again and that means a new Color Throwdown Challenge is happening! Jodi has some great colors (which I messed up and used white instead of cream but am calling it 'close' and going with it)! I wanted to play with the Botanicuts: Lily dies from The Greetery again and just love how they pop when you get them all assembled!
I added color with blending brushes and distress inks then added highlights to the lilies by lightly swiping a darker coral Prismacolor pencil over the petals.
STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Easter (Ink to Paper).
INK: Abandoned Coral, Mustard Seed, Evergreen Bough, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers distress inks by Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black.
PAPER: Tropical Teal, White (Papertrey Ink).
DIES: Botanicuts: Lily, Botanicuts: Palm, Nordic Frames - all by The Greetery.
For more inspiration from the rest of the design team, check out their projects HERE. We'd love to see you in the gallery!
Happy stamping! ~Wanda
