Hello, friends! I hope you have been doing well. There is a new release at Waffle Flower today called “Joyful Notes”, and it is full of holiday cheer. Snowflakes, nutcrackers, ballerinas, drums, pianos…I’m sure the theme is coming across, right?? I have three cards to share today, which feature the following products from the release:
- Nutcracker Die
- Happy Drum Die
- Joyful Notes Die
- Postage Collage Christmas Icons Die
- Simply Christmas Combo
- Nutcracker Sentiments Combo
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SPECIAL DISCOUNT:
If you have never used my Waffle Flower code at checkout before, you will get 10% off your entire purchase by using my code – ALLISON. You can find individual links to the store throughout my blog posts, but they are also always in the thumbnails at the end of my blog posts. Note that my code can only be used once.
FREE GIFT:
Waffle Flower is offering a free gift with purchase! If you purchase $25 or more from the new release, you will get the new Little Drum Die. If you spend $75 or more, you will also receive the Square Postage Nutcracker Stencil. There is no code necessary. Offer good while supplies last.
NEW VIDEO:
I do have a new video showing the collection and my cards today. You can CLICK HERE to watch on YouTube, or you can view below.
NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.
My first card features the new Happy Drum Die. I went with traditional Christmas colors on this card, and I’m so glad that I did! The colors are just so rich looking, aren’t they? I used the NPC Frames Die to add some beautiful dimension and texture to the design. Behind the frame, I used the new Joyful Notes Die. The sentiment is from the new Nutcracker Sentiments Combo.
My second card features the new Nutcracker Die. I made a fun postage stamp with him. I pulled one of my favorite word dies, the Overlapping Vertical Merry Word, to pair with it. And speaking of overlapping, I did overlap the die itself onto another that I cut from black card stock. I love creating faux drop shadows like this.
I created the postage stamp itself from the Nesting Postage Layers Die. I stamped a few elements on the panel. The “Christmas” is from the new Simply Christmas Stamp Set. The Delivery stamp at the top comes from the Postage Collage North Pole Stamp Set. I also stamped some postage detail on the red A2 card base – this comes from the Oversized Postage Stamp Set.
My last card features a few elements from the new Postage Collage Christmas Icons Die set. The poinsettia flower, the bow on the pot, and the details on the gnome’s hat all come from that Icons set. I paired the poinsettia plant with the larger gnome from the Happy Gnomes die set. The hat that comes in that set is plain, and I used the hat die from the new Icons set to give it more detail. The pot and the leaves come from the Pots and Plants Die set.
I mounted my elements with foam tape on top of two nesting layers from the A2 Piercing Elongated Ovals Die. This is not an A2 card base, though. It measures 4″ x 5.75″. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Simply Christmas Combo.
I hope these cards bring a smile to your face today. As always, I appreciate you visiting my blog.
Wishing you all a crafty day,
Allison
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