Inspired By...

 

I'm playing along  with the Inspired By challenge that has an inspiration photo of winter knit hats. I was inspired by the colors and the Nordic patterns for my background. With adding the snowflakes, I knew I had to use a "warm" sentiment!

Most of the snowflakes were in my leftover pile so this was a quick and easy card to create! 

STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Warmth (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Honey Nut, Enchanted Evening (PTI).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening (PTI): Metallic Silver Mirror (My Favorite Things); White Shimmer (? source).

DIES: Layered Snowflakes: Drift, Crystal, Flurries (PTI); Banner Flags STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Stencil Collection from November 2023 Surprise Box (PTI). 

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

 

 

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches

I'm playing along with the new layout for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I stenciled the background, adhered the angled white piece then popped up the sentiment with foam tape! Quick and easy!   

 

STAMPS: Lush Bloom (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Summer Sunrise, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst (PTI).

DIES: Love to Layer: Ovals (PTI); Slanted Shortcuts (Concord & 9th).

OTHER: In the Meadow stencil collection (PTI).

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

Word Art Wednesday Romans 12:2

 

Hello friends! Happy New Year to all and welcome to another Word Art Wednesday challenge! This time our verse is from Romans 12:2 which directs us to not follow the world but to be constantly in the will of God. I wanted my card to have a winter and lingering holiday feel with the holly and berries and the red/green color combo.

Holly berries and leaves were die cut from white paper then color blended. The edges of the verse panel were lightly sponged with Limeade Ice ink. 

  

STAMPS: None (verse was printed at 90% size).

INK: Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select (PTI); Green from Stampin' Up.

DIES: Into the Blooms: Holly, Border Bling: Candy Cane Frame 1, Border Bling: Candy Cane Frame 2 (PTI). 

 

Winner, winner! Random.Org picked #5 as the winning commenter on my post for the Word Art Wednesday Christmas blog hop. Congrats to Denise Bryant...your package is on the way!  

Word Art Wednesday has a NEW sponsor! They are giving away a $25 voucher plus free shipping! It's a UK-based company...be sure to check them out. Hope you can join us in this new challenge.  ~Wanda 

Festive Friday

 

It's another cold day in VA and I'm continuing to not venture out much unless I have to as there is so much sickness ("flu") in the area! I love tulips and am counting the days until spring when the tulips will actually be blooming! The Festive Friday challenge has another great inspirational board and I went with the red, yellow, a wee touch of orange, tulips and birthday sentiment options.

The florals were cut from white paper then color blended.

STAMPS: Birthday Your Way 2 (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, New Leaf (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Bitty Big: Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Tulips, Elegant Edges Lace (PTI).

OTHER: Moonshine sequins (PTI). 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

Just Us Girls

 

Happy New Year to all my crafty friends! It's a big day for some college football games but none seem to be ending like I would like - haha! So...I headed to my craft room and joined in the new Just Us Girls challenge where it's die week. My most often used cover plate die is the Tin Stitch die from Papertrey Ink! I combined it with the largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies by MFT.

Each pine cone has 3 layers where I blended 3 different brown shades then splattered with white Gouache paint. While wet, I sprinkled a wee bit of super fine glitter. The pine boughs were cut from a green scrap of paper then sponged lightly with Pinefeather ink and then splattered with white paint and fine glitter.

 

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You (The Greetery).

INK: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate, Pinefeather (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Fine Linen, Stamper's Select White, New Leaf (PTI); Metallic mirror gold paper (Amazon).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Pine, Into the Blooms: Wild Wood, Border Bling: Tin Stitch (Papertrey Ink); Postal Frames, Sentiment Suite Basics, Inside and Out Berry Branch, Fit to be Tied, Postal Frames (The Greetery); Blueprints 27, Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things). 

OTHER: Super fine glitter (Martha Stewart); White Gouache paint. 

That's a wrap for now. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda 

With Sympathy

I sadly needed another sympathy card, so I went with a favorite Tuck It Sentiments set from Papertrey Ink and used florals from their Blooming Beauties set.

STAMPS: Blooming Beauties, Tuck It Sentiments (PTI).

INK: New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Lilac Grace, Amethyst Allure (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Bitty Big: Harvest Gold (PTI).

DIES: Blooming Beauties, Tuck It Sentiments, Bows Galore, Love to Layer: Arches (PTI); Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

 

Freshly Made Sketches

A card I created for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I wanted to use this new (to me) stamp set by Stamp Simply. I stamped the rose using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card since I colored using Copics. The "wood"  element was in my leftover pile. The sentiment placement was modified a bit from the sketch.

STAMPS: Thinking of You Rose (Stamp Simply).

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black.

PAPER: Classic Kraft, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Thinking of You Rose (Stamp Simply); Beautiful Bouquet Tag (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Curving Leaves 3D embossing folder (Altenew); Dark green/white thread.

COPICS: RV11, RV32, RV34, Y04, YG61, YG67.

It's a cloudy Monday with forecast of high winds later in the day. Grands are here for the day due to no school for winter break. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda