Waffle Flower - Postage Collage Christmas Stencil

 

Hey everyone!  Lovely to see you here on my blog where I have a new Waffle Flower card all ready for the the Christmas season.  To create this card I used the following products:-

Postage Collage Christmas Stencil

Postage Collage Die

Postage Collage Stamp Set

Holly and Pine Die (Hello Bluebird Stamps)

Joy to All (Lawn Fawn)

I created 2 x A2 panels of Princess Pink cardstock (My Favorite Things).  I glued one directly to my card base.  I created incrementally small panels of green and then white cardstock and glued those to the pink panel.  I set this to one side.

The next step was to grab that second panel of Princess Pink cardstock and to work through the numbered stencils from Postage Collage Christmas and ink blend through them.  Here's a list of the Distress Oxide Ink colours used:-

Picked Raspberry

Festive Berries

Pine Needles

Rustic Wilderness

Tea Dye

Vintage Photo

Scattered Straw

On a few small points I actually used a glitter gel pen through the stencil such as patterns on the baubles and designs on the reindeer .... a little bit of essential Christmas sparkle!  This panel was then die cut using the Postage Collage Die.

I then came in with a white gel pen and highlighted and dotted in some snow where needed and then I used stamp images from the Postage Collage Stamp Set and added all the fun elements such as stamp values and air mail.  I like these elements to look a little distressed .... a little like something that has spent several days travelling around the world and I'm always sure to have some images over the edges and such because it looks so much more authentic.

The panel was backed with pieces of dimensional foam tape and I left a channel where the organza ribbon would be tied around.

To complete the card I tied around the piece of bright red organza ribbon and secured the panel to all of the others.  I then die cut and ink blended the sprigs of fir using Hello Bluebird's Holly and Pine Die.  I tucked the fronds where I wanted them and glued in place just at the base of each stem.   I randomly dotted on some glue and then sprinkled glitter over the fronds .... messy .... but so worth it!

Last but not least, I found the perfect sized sentiment from a Lawn Fawn stamp set (listed above) and stamped it on the little sentiment strip which is included in the Postage Collage Die set.  The was added with more foam tape so that it floats above the fir sprigs and ribbon.

Card complete!

I will be back here on my blog with something brand new on Wednesday so I hope to see you then.

Waffle Flower - Postage Collage Wild Flower

 

It's always nice to find some time to create cards using items I've purchased instead of being provided with.  I absolutely love Waffle Flowers products and especially their popular Postage Collage line-up which provides literally endless design ideas.  I made this birthday card the other day and here's a list of links to what was used:-

Postage Collage Die

Postage Collage Wild Flower Stencil

Postage Collage Love

Arched Happy Birthday Die-namics 

Stitched Pinking Edge Rectangle Stax Die-namics

A2 Stitched Rectangles Stax Set 1 Die-namics

A2 Stitched Rectangles Stax Set 2 Die-namics

I took a panel of white cardstock and the Wild Flower stencil and ink blended through the multiple stencils included in the set.  I used a fairly limited colour palette of Distress Oxide Inks and went back and forth with them to create soft and varied colours especially on the larger and bolder images.  Here's the colour palette I used:-

Dried Marigold, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

I spattered on a little white acrylic paint loosened with a drop or two of water then die cut the panel using the Postage Collage Die.

Using the Postage Collage Love stamp set, I stamped some of the little images over my stencilled images.  I like these images to look a little distressed as it looks more authentic and more like a piece of mail that has been through the rigours of the postal system!  It is also nice to have some images off the edges.

I used both sets of A2 Stax Die-namics listed and linked above to create an orange panel and a smaller white one.  These were glued together then glued to an A2 white card base.  I backed the postage stamp panel with dimensional foam tape and applied that to the top white panel.

Sentiment time!  I die cut the Arched Happy Birthday from white and orange cardstock and formed the sentiment.  I backed it with dimensional foam tape and before applying it to the background, I used the 'pinking' die listed above and die cut vellum using the smallest die from the set.  I put dimensional tape on the back of the vellum and also secured the sentiment to the vellum with yet more of it so that this sentiment really pops up from the card.  I like dimension what can I say?

Last but not least and for subtle appeal I used Nuvo Crystal Drops in Malted Milk to add some finishing accents.

I appreciate you coming by to read about my card today, I'll be back before you know it with something brand new!  Happy crafting!