Guest Artist Feature: Cynde Whitlow

Hey folks!

It’s Cynde and and I’m so happy to be here with you today and show you how to make an Ice Cream Cone Bouquet.

Wplus9 released some really cool dies this month. I share a couple of them in the video, but there are several more in the Stitched Details Die Collection that you should also check out if you haven't already.

Sewing is my first love. I’ve been sewing for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I had to give up any kind of hand sewing. However, I wanted to still be able to use some of the Stitched Details Dies. So I thought, why not mix it up and do some stamping and stitching?

You can watch the video below, where I walk you through the whole process.

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

I didn’t want to do any masking, but I wanted detail and I really wanted to build a big bouquet to set inside my ice cream cone. Wplus9 has some really great builder sets folks. The Freehand Florals stamp set is one of my faves because it has such a light feel to it and it’s so easy to line up! I love these in blue-green, so I had to stamp a few using Sea Breeze, Ocean Drive and Siren Song Inks.

I also used the Rose Builder and Petunia Builder stamp sets. I fussy cut almost all of the flowers I stamped. But, if fussy cutting isn't your "thing", then I highly recommend getting the companion dies. Dies definitely save time!

You could make this bouquet in any colors you wanted. I was going for more blues and pinks. For some of my flowers I used, Lake House, Bo Peep and Falling For Blue. That bright pink is the newly released V.I.Pink, it sure does pack a punch! I'll have all of the ink colors used listed below.

A card like this doesn’t need much to finish it off, so I used the Love Showers Layers Die and cut one of the hearts and the word “Love” from gold foil cardstock. Just a few gold sequins to finish it up and I called it a day!

That’s it! Do be sure to watch the video folks. It’s such a fun process.

As always, I hope you enjoyed my card today! I had a blast! Thanks so much for stopping by. ~Cynde

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 dies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 PURE COLOR Lake House Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Nautical Navy Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Rose Builder Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Needle Point Hearts Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Sweet On You Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Love Shower Layers Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 V.I.Pink Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Gift Card Layers Die Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Free Hand Florals Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Petunia Builder Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Little Piggy PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Sweet Gelato PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Falling Star PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Hayride PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Pumpkin Spice PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Miami SpicePURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Beanstalk PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Last Leaf PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Sea Breeze PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Ocean Drive PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Siren Song PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Bo Peep PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Falling For Blue PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9

Dimensional Petunias Pattern with Yana

Hello friends! This is Yana and I hope you are having a fabulous week!

After sharing a dimensional stamped pattern with Southern Summer Florals in this post, I wanted to try out this idea again, and stamp additional dimensional patterns using other florals from my stash. I haven’t used Petunias in a while, so I picked the Petunia Builder set for this card.

I started working on this project by stamping 5 of each images (I planned to use 5 clusters for the card) using various colors of ink - shades of yellow, pink, blue and green. I went with a classic color combo, but these obviously can be stamped using any other colors you like.

Instead of using white paper for my stamping, I stamped images and later a background onto WPlus9 Oatmeal cardstock - I wanted to change things up a bit and use something other than white. If you’ve never tried this - give it a shot, the result will be quite different.

Next, I stamped a background using one of the images from the Borders & Backgrounds 1 in Shell Pink ink color and foam mounted it onto an A2 top folding card base made out of the same Oatmeal cardstock.

I grouped images into 5 clusters and foam mounted each onto my background forming a pattern. To add additional interest to my background I used Nuvo Drops in Gloss White and added white enamel dots onto each of the pink stamped dots on my background. Finally, I added a white heat embossed sentiment that reads “It Takes a Long Time To Grow An Old Friend”, using the Modern Anemones stamp set and Basic Greetings Die.

Ink colors used to stamp images:

• Pinks: Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato, Cranberry Crush
• Yellow: Wild Mango, Pumpkin Spice, Coconut Husk
• Blue: Lake House, Falling For Blue, Nautical Navy
• Green: Last Leaf, Appletini

Have fun stamping!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list contains affiliate links.

WPlus9 Petunia Builder Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Petunia Builder Die Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Borders & Backgrounds 1 Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Modern Anemones Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Basic Greetings Dies Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Lake House Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Falling For Blue Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Nautical Navy Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Shell Pink Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Little Piggy Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Sweet Gelato Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Appletini Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Pumpkin Spice Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Coconut Husk Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS