A Blog Called Wanda

I like the way you roll! Fun card with Lawn Fawn stamps!

Hi friends! Are you hungry? Do you like sushi? I have a cute and funny card for you then! I'm still sharing cards made with the images I colored during the color challenge and this is one of them! Adorable stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn, with a clean and graphic card layout. Oh, and lots of Copic coloring! Yes! I hope your week is going along great! 

I used these fun sushi images from Lawn Fawn, and a little bit of gingham paper....lots of white space.... The finished card is A2 size. 

 

I started with a white card base, then layered a second layer of white paper that was wrapped with a strip of green gingham. That layer was attached with foam tape for dimension. That top layer is a stitched rectangle of (also) white paper. All the stamping and elements are on that layer. How cute is that sentiment?? Love it!

 

I stamped the sentiment and the pink cherry blossoms directly onto the white top layer and set it aside. I stamped and die cut the sushi rolls, the wasabi (so cute!), the soy sauce, the tray, and the chopsticks... Then I used Copic markers to color everything. I added white gel pen accents after the coloring was done.

 

Here are my Copic choices for this project!

 

The stamp set has three or four different facial expressions that are separate. I love that because you can add different ones to each element!! Or have the elements alone without faces. Perfect. 

 

 

 

The images were affixed to the card with foam tape. I put the tiny wasabi in between the chopsticks, and tucked the soy sauce behind the tray.

That's it for today! I'm off to get lunch now! LOL. I love sushi, and we are lucky because the best sushi house in our area is only about two miles away! So we can go any time. YUM. I like the way you roll, my friends! I'll be back on Saturday with some super fabulous ladybugs!! CLICK HERE to see the supply list for today or CLICK on the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). Take care! XOXO

Summer Sea Life Banner - Under The Sea Kit from Queen & Company!

Hi crafty pals! I'm going to have you humming 'under the sea' by the end of this post! Happy Monday and a happy Summer Monday it is! We hit 100 degrees over the weekend, and the State Fair started, so, yep, it's Summer! I'm already starting to get Fall and Winter stamps in the mail for design assignments, but I'm holding on to Summer crafting for a little bit longer! I like to start thinking about Fall in August! Do you agree?? I hope you had a nice weekend! 

Today I'm sharing NOT a card! LOL. I made a cool banner out of the newest and coolest Queen & Company Shaker Card Kit! I had SOOOOO much fun making this project! It's been a long time since I crafted a banner... And I got out my eyelets too! It was a nice day in the craft room creating this for a friend. If you're not familiar, I really recommend that you pop over to the Queen & Company website and check out their fabulous kits. I made this entire banner from one kit, and didn't even use half of the items!! Shake, shake, shake! Lots of photos in this post! Grab a coffee! 

Here is the finished banner! EEK. So cheery and festive! I looooove all those colorful sea animals!! (this is not an easy thing to photograph. LOL. My hubs is standing up against the wall on the right! HA) There are nine banners total. The one in the center is stamped. I'll show lots of close ups.

 

 

 

 

 

ALL the papers and shaker shapes are from the kit. This paper pack has the prettiest colors! Here is a close up of the mermaid! I used a few copics to give her face some cheeks and a chin. 

 

A happy dolphin against that bright yellow!

 

I bought these chipboard banners in a set from Hobby Lobby. They are already cut in the right shape, and have the holes punched in them. Nice and easy! I used glue to glue the paper to the front of the banner shape and then used my exacto knife to trim off the center pictured here.

 

I sort of laid out my color scheme and my shapes before I made it all. Here is my in process on my desk... It's a good photo to show the dies. They are so nice and cut a perfect crisp edge every time. ALL the dies, an entire paper pad, a full stamp set, the acetate, the foam, the shaker bits....ALL included in the kit.

 

 

 

The included stamp set has the cutest sentiments for your ocean cards!!!

 

I had to rummage through a few boxes in my craft studio to find my Crop-o-dile! Sheesh! It's been a minute since I set some eyelets!!! I really think they eyelets finish off the banners so nicely. Makes it look super professional and polished. Plus, the Crop-o-dile is so easy to use. Anyone else remember when we used to put eyelets on EVERYTHING??? 

 

 

 

 

 

After I had all the banner shapes made with the ocean elements, I used Chunky Doodlebug Twine to string them together. PERFECT!!

 

Those little shell sequins are SO pretty!!!!

 

Here's a close up of the stamped banner in the center of the big banner! I used the gorgeous new Mermaid Sea Stones as accents!! Ooh la la.

 

I'm pretty sure the little crab guy is my favorite!!!! Or maybe the shark....

 

 

 

I made a small note card to enclose with the banner to send off to my friend! I used the pretty scalloped square from the Foundation Dies and mounted it over a folded sheet of white cardstock. Makes a nice little card!

Thanks for coming by to see my project today! Are you singing all the songs from Little Mermaid yet?? I am! I hope you have a blessed and happy week ahead! Please CLICK HERE for the supply list for today or CLICK the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). Take care, and I'll see you soon! XOXO

Christmas in July with Scrapbook.com! Vintage Holiday Card!

Updated 7/15/19 PRIZE WINNER SELECTED! PATT H! THANK YOU EVERYONE!  Ho Ho Ho! Happy Holidays!! Yikes, yes, it's time for Christmas in July already! Today I'm sharing my first Christmas card for 2019! I'm showing you brand new stamp sets from Scrapbook.com just perfect for Winter Holidays!! I combined the stamps with a brand new paper collection from Authentique to create a vintage feeling holiday card. I hope you're ready for Christmas! LOL. CLICK HERE to see the brand new stamp release from Scrapbook.com. Something for everyone!! 

I love everything vintage for Christmas, and this new paper collection had beautiful postcard like images. I chose this image of the little girl to be the focal point for my card. The finished card is an A2 kraft card base. Kraft, red, and light blue are a favorite winter color palette for me!

 

My card uses the beautiful Heartfelt Christmas stamp set. It has pretty sentiments in classic fonts, and also this little graphic of the snowflake that says "handmade" around it. I loved it as an accent over the image. You can see that I splattered brown ink and white paint over all the elements to look like snow. This photo shows all my paper layers. Everything is edged in Distress Ink with a sponge dauber. 

 

I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto rich black cardstock. I love that look! There is a pine bough and a metal snowflake to complete the look.

 

Here's a photo of the stamp set I used today!!

 

This pretty pine bough is from the Holiday Greens die set from Tim Holtz. I die cut it from watercolor paper and then used daubers and green Distress Inks to paint it. Then I splattered 'snow' on it!

 

I really like this snowy look... It's giving me some more ideas! Ha!

 

 

 

 

 

I used my finger and white paint to add some white snow onto the metal embellishment from Tim Holtz.

 

GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY!

PRIZE ALERT! FUNNNNNN! Scrapbook.com has very generously donated a FULL SET of the new stamps to one of my fabulous blog followers! Yippeeeee! There are SIX beautiful stamp sets!! One lucky winner gets them all! To be entered to win this cool prize, please leave a comment below and tell me what you do for Christmas cards! Do you hand make them? How Many? Have you started for this year yet? I want to know all the details! Please leave  your  comment  here  by Sunday the 14th  at  Midnight PST!  I will  email  the  winner!

Thank you for stopping by today! Merry Christmas! CLICK HERE to see the supply list for today, or CLICK on the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). I will see you on Monday with a truly Summer themed project that is not a card! Take care friends. XOXO

Penny Black Watercolor Butterflies!

Greetings Special Friends! How are you? Are you crafting anything fun this week? I hope you get in some creative time - I feel like that's so important. Even if I don't create, I make sure to come in my studio every single day. Sometimes I just organize or look through things, sometimes I don't think I'm going to create, but the mood strikes me once I'm in here! I've thoroughly enjoyed doing the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge this time around. I didn't make something every single day, but I tried!! It's coming to a close in a few days... I'm getting around to posting the cards I made with all the elements I colored along the way. Today's card is just that! I colored these gorgeous butterfly stamps a while back...happy to share the card with you today! 

The stamps I used today are Butterfly Garden and Special Friends from Penny Black. I heat embossed everything with gorgeous gold and then watercolored with my fav water color set. I used to do gold embossing all the time, but it's been a while. I'm so happy with how this turned out. The finished card is an A2 white card base. 

 

I started by stamping/embossing the butterflies and the banner. It was all stamped onto watercolor paper. I die cut them out with the matching dies. I die cut a stitched rectangle, also from watercolor paper. I stamped the pretty leaves directly onto this panel.

 

Next, I watercolored all the elements! I chose pretty, bright shades! I let everything dry, and then added some splatters. 

 

Here's a close up of the embossing and watercoloring...

 

The gorgeous butterflies! I have some extra saved for another project some day!

 

 

 

To assemble the card, I added a pretty layer of blue cardstock and then my stamped panel. The butterflies and the banner are affixed with foam tape onto the card.

Thanks for coming by today!! I hope you have a blessed, happy and creative day! XOXO CLICK HERE for today's supplies, or CLICK on the graphic below. (Affiliate links used) See you on Friday with the first Christmas card of the year, and a GIVEAWAY!!! Yeah!!!

Catherine Pooler Hello Sunshine Collection!

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you had a fun weekend! I got in lots of crafty time and relaxation. Not too much going on around here actually. The weather has been amazing lately. I'm looking forward to a good week. Getting my hair done and meeting up with some friends...Tuesdays Together Meetup, Crocheting... Good stuff. Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have an awesome week!

For today's post I'm featuring the brand new, gorgeous, Hello Sunshine Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs! I was sent this awesome collection as part of my design work for Scrapbook.com. I'm new to Catherine Pooler products and I can honestly say everything was wonderful! (I did an unboxing video you can find over on my Instagram Stories). The patterned paper is GORGEOUS and thick! Wow, so unusual to see cardstock weight patterned paper in 6x6 size. Love that. The stamps were perfect and crisp right out of the package and the dies cut a nice edge. I would definitely recommend these products. Maybe you will check them out too! I'm looking forward to trying out other collections. 

I made a fun, colorful, summer card! This card makes me smile. Lots of ice cream colors and lots of layers...and ICE CREAM! The finished card is A2 size and a white card base. 

 

The focus of my card is that adorable ice cream truck image! It's really cute and so fun to color. You could make it so many different color combinations! I chose Copic shades to match the colors in the plaid paper. My layers here are: White card base, dark pink printed paper, plaid paper, vellum, white stitched rectangle, and green paper stitched circle. Whew. Yes, I love me some layers!

 

I stamped the sentiment onto a stitched rounded rectangle and used the Catherine Pooler Inks for all the stamping. I used a few pretty pink sequins as accents.

 

I thought you might want to see what the sequin mix looks like! It's sooooo pretty! I can't wait to make a shaker card with it! 

 

 

 

I stamped a second ice cream truck and then cut out a second ice cream cone and a second awning. I put them over the other ones for dimension. This is a fun trick I use a lot - selective dimension is what I call it.

 

 

 

Stay cool my friends!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for following along with me! I hope you're inspired to check out the pretty collections from Catherine Pooler!! CLICK HERE for the supply links for today, or click the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). Have a fantastic week! See you soon! XOXO

Happy 4th of July 2019!

Hey everyone!! Happy 4th of July, Independence Day! Happy Birthday America! What are you doing today to celebrate? As of right now, writing this post, I'm not sure what we're doing! It's going to be perfect weather and there are lots of things going on around town... We just haven't decided! I hope you and your family have a perfect day! 

I have a very patriotic and festive card to share today. I always love vintage Americana style...So that's just what I did here for today's project. The finished card is A2 size made from woodgrain paper from my stash. LOTS of distress inks, gold splatters, and rhinestones complete the look! 

 

I started with my card base, and then layered dark red cardstock as the next piece. The top layer, the circle, the USA die, and the flag, were all stamped onto cream cardstock instead of bright white. I used Barn Door and Faded Jeans Distress inks to color the flag stamp. I used the mini inks so it was easy to put straight onto the stamp. 

 

I used an old Adirondack Ink Pad in Butterscotch to stamp the fireworks on that top layer. I splattered everything with brown ink and edged everything with brown ink too. Looks old and cool I think. It's hard to see in the photos, but I also splattered gold ink over the pieces. It's really pretty in person!!

 

Close up of all the stamping, inking and splattering!! LOL. The words were stamped in brown ink instead of black ink, again, for a vintage look.

 

 

 

Can you see the gold paint there in the corner??

 

All the pieces are attached to the card using foam tape. The rhinestones work nicely for the centers of the fireworks - just a bit of shine to it all...

SUPPLIES....That's hard for today! All of these stamps are stamps I've had for many years in my collection. All of them are discontinued and I looked online for resources...but couldn't find any... The USA Die and the brown words are from Taylored Expressions. The flag is from Art Impressions. The fireworks stamp is from Rubber Soul... And the postage one didn't have any label at all! Sheesh. Have a great day!! See you soon... XOXO

Summer Pool Party with Avery Elle!

Hi everyone!!! Happy weekend again! I hope you had a fantastic week! My week went by so fast. I was really busy making lots of things and going here and there. The weather here has been perfect!! Nice to be outside. Today I'm going to a Convalidation Ceremony for one of my friends and a party after to celebrate. Really looking forward to it! What are you doing this weekend?? Whatever it is, have fun!! 

Today I'm sharing a card sure to make you smile!! It's a pool party! LOL! The absolutely cutest stamps from Avery Elle!! I colored these images a few days ago for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge, and then finally made them into a card. This is why we craft, to smile! The finished card is A2 sized.

 

I made the card base from white cardstock and then covered the entire front of the card with the PERFECT paper from Sunny Studio! The paper has the subtle blue waves on it and it matched my project exactly. I love it when that happens! 

 

The images were all stamped and die cut with the matching dies and colored with Copic Markers. I used a white gel pen to add highlights over my coloring. I also used quite a bit of clear shimmer pen on the elements. I love this sentiment!! Wishing you Sunshiny Days for sure!

 

The most adorable clouds! I added a tiny edge of color (BG11) and some shimmer to them before putting them on the card. All the elements are affixed to the card with foam tape.

 

I had a hard time deciding what color to do her bathing suit and the unicorn hair... I finally decided to do both parts in a soft pastel rainbow! Really just funnnnn!

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it for me for today! Go on out and have a blast this weekend! And don't forget to get in some creative time too! Take care friends! XOXO CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to go to the supply list for today! (Affiliate Links Used). Until next time!

Taylored Expressions Blender Brush Product Launch! Day Two - Crafts and Coffee!

Hellooooo! Today is day two of the launch of a brand new AMAZING product from Taylored Expressions! Did you see my post from yesterday? Did you order some brushes? If you don't know what's going on, I'll explain here! Okay, so what's going on??? Blender Brushes!!! Taylored Expressions has brand new, beautiful blender brushes in a set for you to use for all your crafting! They are perfect for ink blending, stenciling, coloring over embossing folders, and so much more.

The specially designed features of the new blender brushes include fine, white bristles (so you can see what color you're blending), rainbow-colored handles that say CREATE on them,  (also to keep track of what color you're blending and because ROYGBIV is pretty, of course!), the perfectly sized brush head (all brushes have the same size head), and a spinning storage caddy for pretty desktop display! I hope I have you all excited too! Please read this post all the way to see pictures of the brushes, and to learn about deals. They are for sale now! And will ship out next Monday, July 1st! 

Here is my fun and crafty card for today! It combines my two favorite things - crafts and coffee! I used the blender brushes to color in a panel I created with the awesome brick embossing folder! Yesterday I used the brushes with a stencil. They are so versatile and easy to use for many different techniques! My finished card is A2 sized for reference. 

 

This was a super fun card to create! I used a coffee stamp set, a crafting stamp set an embossing folder, and some awesome letters dies! When I decided to use the brick embossing folder, the idea came to me! A craft loft! LOL. It has LONG been my dream to have my own studio space with an exposed brick wall and those giant floor to ceiling windows....ahhhh. A girl can dream! So I created my own paper brick wall! Ha!

 

I stamped all the images. Some were cut out by hand and some have matching dies... I colored with my Copic Markers. Then I die cut the letters to spell out crafts and coffee... Mixed and matched everything until I could make it all fit on the card! 

 

Here is that beautiful embossing folder! (Supply links are at the bottom of my post)

 

I used my blender brushes to add four different shades of ink to the brick!!! I just kept blending and inking and blending....until it looked the way I wanted!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the final brick wall! After inking I splattered brown Distress Ink and then white ink all over it to make it look old and vintage! I really like how it came out. 

 

 

 

I used white ink to splatter onto the black die cut letters and then attached them to the card with foam tape to raise them up. The other elements are also attached with foam tape. Of course I added TWO coffee cups! The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder onto black cardstock, to finish it all off. 

The brushes are for SALE NOW in the TE Store! Yipppeeeee! Customers will receive a free silicone cleaning tool with the purchase of the blender brushes and storage caddy. It will automatically add to qualifying orders and will not be available for purchase separately until a later date. There is  a current promotion through the end of June for free shipping on orders over $50. With these two promotions combined, you will get the very best deal by grabbing the brushes and caddy before July 1st!

Thank you so much for coming by my blog today! I hope you are super excited about this new crafting tool set! I'm hooked for sure. CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today! (Affiliate Links Used). Have a wonderful day everyone! XOXO I will see you soon!!

Taylored Expressions Blender Brush Product Launch! Day One - Cupcakes and Polka Dots!

Hey everyone!! I am SO SO SO SOOOO excited to write this blog post and share with you today! I am part of the team launching a brand new AMAZING product from Taylored Expressions! I know you're going to love this just as much as I do!! I have been keeping this secret for a very long time. I was fortunate to be the person who created all the launch and packaging photos!! (Yes, that's my job!) When Taylor wrote me months ago I knew this was going to be a huge hit. I couldn't be happier for the crew at Taylored Expressions. Some of you who have been blog followers for a long time will remember that I was on the TE Design Team for four years so TE always has a place in my heart. 

Okay, so what's going on??? Blender Brushes!!! Taylored Expressions has brand new, beautiful blender brushes in a set for you to use for all your crafting! They are perfect for ink blending, stenciling, coloring over embossing folders, and so much more. I will be sharing over the next two days projects I made using the blender brushes. 

The specially designed features of the new blender brushes include fine, white bristles (so you can see what color you're blending), rainbow-colored handles that say CREATE on them,  (also to keep track of what color you're blending and because ROYGBIV is pretty, of course!), the perfectly sized brush head (all brushes have the same size head), and a spinning storage caddy for pretty desktop display! I hope I have you all excited too! Please read this post all the way to see pictures of the brushes, and to learn about deals. They are for sale now! And will ship out next Monday, July 1st! 

Here is my fun and colorful card for today. I started with a white A2 card base and layered my favorite color of teal/aqua cardstock...

 

The top layer was stenciled using the Polka Party Stencil, Cookie Monster Ink, and the new blender brushes. I tell you, it was so fast and easy when using the brushes!! I stamped and die cut out the pretty cupcake, cherry and cupcake holder. I added some bits of Diamond Stickles....

 

This pretty sentiment is perfect on this card!! I stamped it in rich black ink.... For the center big circle, I die cut the circle first and then ran it through the Sprinkles Embossing Folder to add a bit of interest. 

 

Here are some in-process shots. I love that stencil! It's 6x6 inches so it easily covers a large area. 

 

 

 

This is my very favorite color from Taylored Expressions - Cookie Monster!! I love that the ink and the cardstock coordinate PERFECTLY! (And envelopes too!) So your projects look sharp and pretty. 

 

Here's a shot of the blender brush set in the caddy. It spins too! It looks so pretty on my desk or on the shelf when I'm not using them! The handles are comfortable and easy to hold. And, rainbow. Right???

 

 

You're the cherry on top!!! 

 

 

The brushes are for SALE NOW in the TE Store! Yipppeeeee! Customers will receive a free silicone cleaning tool with the purchase of the blender brushes and storage caddy. It will automatically add to qualifying orders and will not be available for purchase separately until a later date. There is  a current promotion through the end of June for free shipping on orders over $50. With these two promotions combined, you will get the very best deal by grabbing the brushes and caddy before July 1st! There is more information and more projects over on the Taylored Expressions Blog! 

 

Thank you so much for coming by my blog today! I hope you are super excited about this new crafting tool set! I will be back tomorrow with another project using the new brushes. I'm hooked for sure. CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today! (Affiliate Links Used). Have a wonderful day everyone! XOXO

Bee Happy Card with Hello Bluebird Stamps and Copics!

Howdy friends! Happy Weekend! And, officially, now Happy Summer! Did you have a good week? My week went by so fast!! I had a lot more to do and didn't get it all done... I guess there's always next week. Ha! I've been working on coloring every day for the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I was on a roll but then I had a few days where I wasn't home. I'll get caught up! How about you? Are you joining in with Kathy and everyone on Instagram?? It's a super fun way to challenge yourself to do something creative every day. I'm all about it! 

For one of the days, I colored these SUPER CUTE bees stamps. So I made them into a card to share! Clean and simple and oh so sweet. These little bees will melt your heart. Colored with Copics and then I added some gingham to the mix. This card has everything happy! The finished card is A2 size in white. One layer of gingham from my stash, and then a die cut scalloped rectangle. Those stamps are the star of the show.

 

I stamped and die cut out two bees, a snail and the bunch of strawberries. I colored everything with Copic Markers and then added white highlights with a gel pen. The bee wings have a touch of shimmer added with a Clear Wink Of Stella pen.

 

I stamped the little bee trails with black ink directly onto the top layer. I also stamped the sentiment right onto the top layer. I love the font!

 

 

 

That little snail is just cruising by.... The images are so adorable. Truly.

 

 

 

 

That's it for today! The hubs and I are off to get on the ferry to San Francisco to go to the Farmers Market today. It's one of my favorite summer things to do! Be out on the water, and then walk the gorgeous market and enjoy being outside!! Wishing you a blessed and beautiful weekend my friends! XOXO Next week I have something really fun in store for you! Starting on Tuesday! 

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for this card. (Affiliate Links Used). Thank you for shopping my links! I appreciate it so much!