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Using a small stamp for a Polka Dot Background | August 2019 Kit

Hello! It’s Kari here today with a fun polka dot background! I used the smallest stamps included in the August 2019 Kit to create backgrounds on three cards.

This is a fun way to build backgrounds…and so easy! Lots of dots can get a little busy, but when you add large elements and sentiments to balance it out it turns into a beautiful card.

For this first card, I used a rainbow array of inks to create the dotted background. It’s easy to do, just switch up the direction of the stamp each time you stamp the image.

I created a quick VIDEO with three different ways to make a polka dot background, watch it below or on YouTube:

 

This black and white polka dot card is probably my favorite. I used a nice black pigment ink (my favorite: Versafine Onyx Black) to get a clear, dark impression. To break up the busy, I added the large floral image and a large black sentiment strip. I white heat embossed TWO of the sentiments in the kit to create this sentiment.

The last card shows off the beautiful embossing powders exclusive to the Hedgehog Hollow July kit! I used three of the embossing powders to create an ombre look for this background:

You might notice that I colored up the flowers in a rainbow of colors…I originally planned on using the rainbow flowers on the rainbow background. But when I create my cards they sometimes take on a mind of their own! So instead, a few of them ended up on this card (and one on the rainbow background). I do like how they turned out, and it’s fun to color up a bunch of florals and just create!

Which background is your favorite? I hope you give this small dotted background a try! If you do, be sure to tag me…I’d love to see your creations!

See you next time with a few more creative ideas,

Kari

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Waffle Flower New Release Hop August 2019

Hi Everyone!

First of all welcome if you have just arrived from Renee’s blog.  Today we are excited to hopping to celebrate the new Waffle Flower release and they have some great products for general crafting plus new swatching and organizational products and of course from GIVEAWAYS!

Waffle Flower provided me products for this post but all opinions and projects are my own

New Waffle Flower Release

Today I want to highlight some of the new organizational items, I used to swatch everything and whilst I no longer find that realistic I know lots of you do; but one thing about the latest release I really like is working out my color combos but also, comparing how an oxide or regular distress ink reacts with water and having that reference for me is really useful.

This is what Waffle Flower said about their latest release:

Waffle Flower’s August release focuses on using stamps & dies to organize your ink and paper supplies and document your favorite color combos. The essential Color Combos Stamp Set is a 4×6 stamp set with 6 configurations of combo options. Use the Color Combos for Inkpads Stamp Set to fill in the configurations or use the coordinating Color Combos Die to cut out the configurations from paper. This die also cuts six 2×2 squares for the popular coin-pocket-swatch-system. Color Combos Tag Die provides you the option of binding your swatch tags with a ring. For those who love to have everything pre-configured, we have the 2×3 Combo Swatch Stamp Set with lines for notes and Combo Swatch Tag Die to cut it out perfectly for quick and easy swatch organization. For more customization, you can mix-n-match the lists from Bullet List Stamp Set with the configurations from Color Combos Stamp Set for a similar look. We also have Bouquet Builder 5 with another gorgeous bouquet from Karla Jodoin, Make Waves with a cute mermaid mouse from Liz Mytinger, and Big Dots designed by JJ Bolton for a bold and graphic look. Also upon popular request, you can now use Watercolor Swatches Matching Die to coordinate with your Color Swatches for Watercolors Stamp Set and ATC Layers Die for your artist trading cards.

Tutorial

Now for the fun part, let’s have a close up look at the release but also, let’s try out some of the new products….

Wasn’t that fun? I’d love to know your favorite product from the new release, be sure to leave a comment and let me know.  I really like that big bouquet builder; I have a few ideas on how to use it! If you want to watch Waffle Flower’s own release video you can watch it here.

Supply List & Promotion

Here is a link to everything I showed you and used in the video as promised: (affiliate links may be used at no cost to you); also,

Receive a FREE Color Swatches for Inkpads Stamp Set with all orders $50 and over, while supplies last.

No code required; Limited 1 per customer; While supplies last; Valid through midnight 8/8/19


Giveaway

To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 8/8/19 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 8/10/2019.

Blog Hop

Next up on the hop is JJ Bolton click here to keep on hopping. I have also included a complete blog hop list for you at the bottom of the page.

Thank you so much for joining me at the Hollow, I hope you will you sign up for our weekly newsletter full of exclusive savings and more as well as information on our 14 day alcohol marker coloring challenge! We have lots of fun things on the way for you!

Happy Crafting

Alexandra & The Prickle

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Please find the hop list below:

Waffle Flower https://waffleflower.com/blogs/news/waffle-flower-2019-august-release

Cathy Zielske https://www.cathyzielske.com/2019/08/new-swatching-tools-from-waffle-flower-crafts/

Laura Bassen https://www.laurafadora.com/?p=3383

Jessica Frost-Ballas https://www.allthesparkle.com/wfhop819

Amy Rysavy https://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2019/07/waffle-flower-august-2019-release-hop.html

Renee Day http://www.thediyday.com/2019/07/24/3-projects-using-waffle-flowers-color-combo-bundle/

You are here—-> Alexandra Stapleton https://www.thehedgehoghollow.com/waffle-flower-new-release-hop-august-2019

JJ Bolton http://www.jjbolton.org/search/label/Waffleflower

Channin Pelletier https://channin.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/waffle-flower-crafts-august-release/

Rebecca Keppel https://www.myclutteredcorner.com/2019/08/waffle-flower-august-2019-release-blog.html

Keeway Tsao https://wp.me/p7pJ2x-2Gi

Alix Davis http://alixsworld.com/waffle-flower-2019-august-release-blog-hop

Kelli Cool https://cools.cards/?p=1088

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Behind the Scenes – Deck Flip on a Budget Day 3 & 4 – Paint Pours & Not Judging a Book by Its Cover

Hi Hollowers,

Today I want to share two more parts of our behind the scenes of creating Greg’s dream deck of having an outdoor lounge space.  The other day I shared a paint pour video of how I created these paint pours behind us:

If you miss the video you can catch up on it here:

Here’s a list of everything I used: (affiliate links may be used at no cost to you)


I also want to share some other transformations that I created. I wanted some WOW! pieces for my decor; but being on a tight budget I needed to DIY them.  So I went through local thrift stores, flea markets and Goodwill stores and had some great finds.  I coat of neon pink and gold spray paint and you will be amazed the difference a charge of color makes!

Can you believe how easy those gold paint pots were too! The one rule to take away is not to just a book by its cover.  Look at the shape or the textures and think how a change of color would change something up.  The pineapple turned out fab, so did then pink vase and my gold leaf bowl; I just love them all!  I like the Rustoleum spray paint too, it gives nice even coverage and that Wagner spray tent made the process so much easier and of course help on such a rainy day!

What was your favorite transformation? I’d love for you to leave me comment and let me know!

Tomorrow I have even more details and transformations, so be sure to drop by and see more of the deck process.

Happy Crafting

Alexandra & The Prickle

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Behind the Scenes – Deck Flip on a Budget Day 2 – Upcycling Thrifted Patio Furniture

Hi Hollowers,

Thank you for all the wonderful comments about my deck project, it really was fun and I love tackling these extra projects! I’ll be sharing more of them here too, perhaps you have a project at home you’ve been wanting to tackle and need some tips? Leave me a comment if there’s a space you’d like to see me tackle.  Today I am going to show you how I up cycled some really inexpensive furniture.  I was on a tight budget for this project, I have less than $500 to do everything which was a real challenge as I wanted a WOW! space.  But it can be done and this space came in under budget! Fist of all I found these pieces on a combination of Facebook marketplace and our local scrapyard or treasure chest depending on how you look at it, I love a Friday afternoon stroll around Givits; its an amazing place and you never know what you will find!

This post is sponsored by Wagner but all thoughts, opinions and ideas are my own

I found three pieces in total all in brown which idd not fit the style, but the wicker was perfect, again I used Sherwin Williams paint and to answer yesterday questions I did not have to water down the paint at all.  Wagner also sent me this tent, I was so glad I had it for the tent, it was perfect for the overspray and great to contain everything, I wish I had two but I ended up getting parts of the lawn black as I was impatient (can you believe it, lol).  There were plenty of giggles getting it up the first time, but now I know how it would be easy to get it up again.

Again, the spraying process is very easy and the sprayer makes it so easier and so much easier than a brush or roller, I could get in-between all the wicker and in all the nooks and crannies, I was so glad I had it or this would have taken FOREVER! Upcycling furniture or a quick color change is a great way to refresh an old piece or a new to you item.  In this series I will show you this applies not just to furniture. I was using the Wagner FLEXiO 3000.

Look at how my upcycling went…

Now they look like new (well nearly with some new cushions), the black gives them a nice modern look.  Here’s today’s video diary…

Here’s a list of everything I used today:

See you again tomorrow with more of this process, if you have any questions be sure to drop them in the comments below.

Happy Crafting!

Alexandra & The Prickle

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Behind the Scenes – Deck Flip on a Budget Day 1 – Spraying the Siding with Wagner

Hi Hollowers!

In a recent survey lots of you asked to see what I get up to outside of the craft room so this week I am going to show you the new deck I created for the family! The house we bought definitely needs alot of work and there’s lots of projects to do.  Greg really wanted to turn the cover deck into an outdoor lounge so when Wagner asked if I wanted to try their FLEXiO system I knew this was the perfect project!

This post is sponsored by Wagner but all thoughts, opinions and ideas are my own

So let’s start with the before:

The space isn’t that large, maybe 15 x 10 feet; but I had a rough idea of what I wanted to create and our siding is beige which isn’t great for opening up a space and making it look big so I wanted to spray it white.  I was going to leave the wood the same color as all our fences and the stairs are all the same color as I had someone paint last year.

The Process

The first thing I needed to do was cleaning the siding; I don’t think it had ever been cleaned, I had hired a pressure washer from Home Depot, it was a disaster, it didn’t start, we spent forever trying to start it, so I gave up! I got the hose out and gave it a hose down to get the worst off and then I grab my bucket and sponge and added sugar soap (TCP); then I hosed off any residue, it seemed to do the trick…have you eve seem anyone so happy you be cleaning?!

Next up is the REALLY boring bit, taping up and adding plastic drop clothes anywhere you don’t want to spray; BUT it was really worth it because after it all just pulled off and was such easy clear off, I can’t imagine not having done it and having to touch up all those places or remove paint so I strongly advise doing the prep work! I like frog tape, as always I’ve linked everything up lower down 🙂

Now we get to spray!! The process was sooooo easy, I used the FLEXiO system, specifically the 3000. I had never done the before so I had no expectations, but the assembly was quick less than 5 minutes, I strongly advise the bags as they made clear up quick and easy (and I’m all about that!).  It also comes with a cleaning brush and every part comes apart so again it appeals to my lazy crafting rules!!  Let’s take a look at the process video of spraying the deck…

I think that thumbnail says Greg and Tilly are enjoying it!! There’s a few spoilers in there too as to how it starts to come together, here’s a links to most things I used so far, if you want to know anything else just leave me a comment or use the contact the Hollow, (affiliate links may be used at no cost to you):


That’s it for today! Tomorrow I will be showing the furniture I thrifted and how I painted those, then the trinkets I up cycled theres some pretty big changes there! Then we have paint pouring, super simple pillows, new base cushions as you’ll see my couch was in really bad shape and then the final reveal so I’ll hope you’ll join me for more!

Happy Crafting!

Alexandra & The Prickle

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