I finally got to ink up this fun new set recently released by The Greetery. My very first car that I owned was a navy blue VW bug, so that was naturally the first color I used to ink up this ride! I used the current sketch for the Sunday Stamps Challenge.
I had to have a car my senior year of college to be able to visit public health families that were on my case load. That little VW had to ford a shallow stream to get to one family...the same family that had their guinea pig running through the house! When I saw what looked like a rat running behind the sofa, the mother reassured me it was only their pet guinea pig! Eeekk!!
Betsy has a very helpful layering guide with this stamp set which makes it so easy to put together. I'm thinking my dad might enjoy this card for his birthday. He'll be 94 in June and I can still remember him making me change a tire on my "bug" in case I ever had a flat tire!
STAMPS: Top Down Day (The Greetery).
PAPER: Summer Dreams 6x6" pad by Echo Park; White by Papertrey Ink.
INK: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Bright Buttercup, Orange Zest, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink); Piggy Bank (Reverse Confetti).
DIES: Stitched Circle and Rectangle STAX Die-Namics by My Favorite Things; Top Down Day (The Greetery).
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! ~Wanda
It's a spring flower Sunday morning in my craft room and I'm being blessed by worship music in the background! Buying Amazon's Alexa was a great investment as I can just verbalize my music requests and instantly have them playing! But I digress. On to my weekend cards. I'm using a newly released stamp/die set from The Greetery called Budding Beauties Spring. I chose to just use the florals as a nosegay and didn't pair them with the Bottled Up set. That's in my future - lol!
The base was die cut with Ink to Paper's Border Bling: Tin Stitch die then layered with a Postage Frames die from The Greetery. Of course, my fave PTI color of Aqua Mist was chosen! I finished it off with a Fit To Be Tied bow and tiny tag sentiment - also by The Greetery.
You might need your shades for this one! Bright Buttercup is a VERY vivid yellow but it's like bringing sunshine into your home when you use it!
Same supplies used on this card except the sentiment.
STAMPS: Budding Beauties Spring, Sentiment Suite: Birthday, Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You - all from The Greetery.
PAPER: Aqua Mist, Bright Buttercup, White (Papertrey Ink).
INK: Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores - dye inks by Papertrey Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Border Bling: Tin Stitch (Ink to Paper); Postage Frames, Budding Beauties Spring, Fit To Be Tied, Sentiment Suite (The Greetery).
Hope you are having a blessed Palm Sunday! ~Wanda
What better sentiment than this during this nightmare of the coronavirus pandemic?! I learned that our daughter who is an RN was assigned to work directly with positive COVID-19 patients in a hospital in SC today! You can imagine I was doing some praying! I love the Comforting Commands stamp set from The Greetery and think they pair up so well with this gorgeous new Print Shop: Fresh Floral set that is a combination of stencils and stamping! You can whip out a gorgeous background in no time and it's so much fun to try out different color combinations. You'll see another card with a similar design but different colors coming up this next Wednesday.
I couldn't resist adding one of the sweet birds from the Robin and Wren set. The only embellishment was twine.
STAMPS: Robin and Wren, Comforting Commands, Print Shop: Fresh Floral - all by The Greetery.
PAPER: White (Papertrey Ink).
INK: Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral, Ripe Persimmon, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Tumbled Glass, Broken China distress oxide inks by Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics by My Favorite Things; Robin and Wren, Comforting Commands by The Greetery.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Stay safe and stay home!
~Wanda
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
