createitwithjoy
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min read

Waffler Flower Blog Hop

Welcome to the Waffle Flower August Release Blog Hop! I’m happy to be hopping with the folks from Waffle Flower to show you all the fun new stuff awaiting you on the Waffle Flower website! Be sure to check out each stop in today’s blog hop for fun, inspiration, and chances to win some of these new release goodies! Next on the hop is Angelica Conrad!

Giveaways: For today’s hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm EST on Monday August 8th, 2022 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower Blog on 8/10/2022. Specials: From now till Monday August 8th, 2022, all orders placed at waffleflower.com will receive a mysterious gift (No code required!). For those of you who are new to Waffle Flower, they have a Last Chance section on their website that lists many goodies for 25% off until they are gone! This would be a great place to start your collection! And don’t forget to check out their monthly Flash Sales!

Link to the full collection

Hi crafty friends, I created a mini slimline card for today's blog hop and I was inspired by the sentiment on this card. It talks about books and coffee. So my thought was to bring those two looks together.

I created a chalkboard background, like you see in coffee shops and then of course the super cute books on the shelves.

To create the background I used Matte Black Alcohol Ink cardstock and a piece of chalk. First I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment form the Story Sentiments stamp onto the black cardstock. Then I took a piece of white chalk and laid it on it's side and gently rubbed it onto the cardstock in different directions. I then used my finger to lightly rub it in.

You could do as much or as little as you like.

Then I die cut the books from the Layered Books die from white cardstock and ink blended them with Wintergreen, Apricot, Ginger and Terra Cotta inks. For the spines of the books I also die cut the solid rectangle piece from Gold Mirror cardstock and adhered those together. For the books laying down, I die cut the pages from white cardstock and ink blended those with Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink. This gave it a little bit of an aged look and then I adhered those to the other book dies.

I die cut the shelves using the Shelves Die from White Birch cardstock. I adhered the shelves and books with foam tape for dimension. I added a thin Gold Mirror cardstock mat behind the black cardstock and then adhered that to a white mini slimline cardbase (3 1/2 x 6 1/2).