Waffle Flower Rainbow Monthly Challenge

UPDATE

Just an update that these cards were chosen as the Waffle Flower June 2021 winner - yay!

This post is for the monthly Waffle Flower Challenge for June 2021 is about Rainbows and there has been many inspirations by the Design theme - Make a Rainbow Scene, Non-Rainbow Themed Items, and Pastel Rainbow. All of the inspiration provided me the impetus to create four cards…my usual mode of getting carried away with a theme. It’s the latter two inspirations that inspires the cards I make.

Also I bought a few Waffle Flower stamps sets that I use in these cards and I got a lovely surprise from Waffle Flower with some free gifts - patterned paper pad, heart blooms stencils trio and three packs of enamel dots. I use many of the enamel dots in my cards for this challenge.

Do watch the video below to see how I create these cards.

Card #1, Ink Blending - You Light Up My Day

The Waffle Flower Jumbo Flower Pot stamp and die is the main product for this card. Stamp the base pot and main flower arrangement onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth card (as I am going to ink blend) with Versamark ink, sprinkle with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat emboss with WOW Dual Heat Gun Tool.

Use Ranger Distress Inks to ink blend on images. Colours used to represent the rainbow colours in the floral arrangement are Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon and Candied Apple. For the Jumbo Pot use Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Ground Espresso, and Black Soot on the left and right edges.

Adhere coordinating dies with washi tape or low tack tape to ink blended images and put through die cutting machine with recommended sandwich for a wafer thin die by the manufacturer.

Now to prepare the background on an A2 card base (which measures 4.25” by 5.5”) made from 110lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock. Stamp outline small flower bouquets and leaves from the Altenew Trainquility Rose stamp set with Altenew Silver Lake and Butternut inks. Then use an ink blending brush to very lightly apply Altenew Sea Glass ink to top part of card and Distress Oxide ink Vintage Photo to the bottom part of the card, to ‘ground’ the pot.

Splatter some dots with Altenew Antique Gold ink spray using a small paint brush so the splatters are not too big. Also smoosh some Ranger Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon on mat and spritz with some water, pick up with small paint brush and splat onto card front. Leave to dry.

Arrange jumbo pot and floral arrangement die cuts on card front to decide where the sentiment should go and find a sentiment that would fit that space. Stamp Waffle Flower Fresh Rainbow Sentiment, ‘You Light Up My Day’ with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Back jumbo pot die cut with fun foam and adhere to card front. Back floral arrangement die cut with Stick It 3D Foam Square for some dimension and adhere to card front above jumbo pot.

Adhere some Lucy’s rainbow drops using Art Glitter Liquid Glue with fine metal tip and Marvy Uchida Jewel Picker. Finally add some shimmer on the flowers with Spectrum Noir Clear.

Card #2, Invisible Vellum Adhesive - Get Well Soon

Stamp flower images from Waffle Flower Peony stamps with Versamark ink on good quality white vellum, sprinkle with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and melt embossing powder with WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool. Warm up heat tool for about 30 seconds to a minute and start heating from back of vellum and keep moving heat tool so vellum does not warp.

Turn vellum over and and use Copic markers to colour the image. This way the colours on the front of the vellum look muted. The colouring does not have to be perfect but approximate. The Copic markers used are BV08, V17, RV69, RV66, B28, B26, B24, B04, B06, BG07, BG09, BG45, YG67, YG06, Y19, Y38, YR04, YR07, R37, and R46. Once colouring is done, back vellum with Altenew double sided adhesive sheet and then use coordinating dies to cut out the flowers.

For A2 card background, cut out a 4.25” by 5.5” card from the Waffle Flower Modern Neutrals Paper pad. Peel off adhesive backing from vellum cut outs (which are now effectively vellum stickers) and adhere to patterned paper.

Sentiments for this card are from the Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments. Stamp ‘Keeping you in my prayers’ directly onto patterned paper with Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink. Then stamp ‘Get Well Soon’ onto white card with Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink and use coordinating die to cut out. Back cut out with Stick It 3D Foam Square and adhere above stamped sentiment on card panel.

Back card panel with fun foam and adhere to A2 card base (which measures 4.25” by 5.5”) made with 110lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock. Finally adhere Waffle Flower enamel dots, Enchanted, Botanical, and Unicorn to card front.

Card #3, Invisible Vellum Adhesive - Congrats to You

Same as card #2 except that flowers and leaves from the Waffle Flower Bouquet Builder 7 was also used. Use Waffle Flower A2 Layers dies to cut down a patterned paper (different design of patterned paper from Card #2) measuring 3.25” by 4.5” from Waffle Flower Modern Neutrals Paper pad.

Adhered the vellum stickers (vellum stamped flowers backed with a double-sided adhesive sheet) to the patterened paper. Used Waffle Flower A2 Layers dies to cut a grey card measuring 3.75” by 5” to layer on an A2 card base (measuring 4.25” by 5.5”) made from 110lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock. Back patterned paper card panel with fun foam and adhere to grey card layer.

Sentiment ‘Congrats to you’ is from Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments. Stamp sentiment on a grey cardstock with Versamark ink, sprinkle with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat emboss with WOW Dual Heat Gun Tool. Die cut sentiment with coordinating die, back with fun foam die cut with same coordinating die and adhere to card front with Art Glitter Liquid Glue. Finally adhere Waffle Flower enamel dots, Enchanted, Botanical, and Unicorn to card front.

Card #4, Stamping with Dye Ink - Kindness

Stamp solid image that measures about 3.5” from the Waffle Flower Arrowhead repeatedly on a 80lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock panel. Dye inks used are Altenew Crisp Dye inks. To create the rainbow colours, stamp in VIBGYOR chronology using the folowing dye inks: Ruby Red, Orange Cream, Warm Sunshine, Parrot, Ocean Wave, Sapphire, and Deep Iris.

Use Waffle Flower A2 Layers dies to cut down stamped panel to 3.5” by 4.75” and also cut a black card stock measuring 3.75” by 5” to matt the stamped card panel before adhering to A2 white card base made from 110lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock. Back stamped card panel with fun foam for dimension before adhering to black card and then onto A2 white card base.

Sentiment is from Waffle Flower Oversized Grace and Kindness stamp. Stamp ‘thank you for your’ on a black card strip with Versamark ink, sprinkle with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat emboss with WOW Dual Heat Gun Tool. Die cut ‘kindness’ with Waffle Flower Oversized Grace and Kindness die four times in white card to layer for dimension and adhere to card front. Back ‘thank you for your’ sentiment strip with foam strip adhesive and adhere above ‘kindness’ sentiment on card front. Finally adhere Waffle Flower enamel dots, Enchanted, Botanical, and Unicorn to card front.

Card #5, Stamping with Distress Oxide ink - Grace

Stamp triple triangle outline image from Waffle Flower Arrowhead with Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink repeatedly in opposite direction for each row until entire card panel (80lbs Neenah Solar White Cardstock) measuring 3.75” by 5” is covered. Then use the triple triangle solid image to stamp various colours in the stamped outline triangles. Achieve a rainbow range of colours using the following Ranger Distress Oxide inks: Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Milled Lavender, Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, Pine Needles, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, and Blueprint Sketch.

Cover an A2 white card base measuring 4.25” by 5.5” with a red cardstock. Back stamped card panel with fun foam and adhere to card base.

Sentiment is from Waffle Flower Oversized Grace and Kindness stamp. Stamp ‘give yourself’ on a black card strip with Versamark ink, sprinkle with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat emboss with WOW Dual Heat Gun Tool. Die cut ‘grace’ with Waffle Flower Oversized Grace and Kindness die in black card stock, also die cut three more times in white card to layer for dimension. Then die cut the ‘grace’ shadow die in grey cardstock. Adhere layered ‘grace’ die cuts onto ‘grace’ shadow die cut and adhered to lower half of card front. Back ‘give yourself’ sentiment strip with foam strip adhesive and adhere above ‘grace’ sentiment on card front. Finally adhere Waffle Flower enamel dots, Enchanted, Botanical, and Unicorn to card front.

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