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.

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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

My Best Friend Florals with Yana

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

One can never have too many friendship cards, so the other weekend I sat down to make a few to have on hand whenever needed. I felt like it’s been a long time since I used any florals in my projects so I settled upon the gorgeous Freehand Florals stamp set.

If you are an avid WPlus9 blog reader, you might remember a video Dawn filmed to best showcase this stamp set. In her video she mentions that when using Freehand Florals with companion dies it is best to stamp your base images first, then to do die cutting and stamping the detail layers last to achieve perfect alignment.

Following her advice I die-cut several of each element from this set and later stamped images using a yellow, teal and pink color combo. For my yellows I used: Hayride, Wild Mango, Pumpkin Pie; to stamp teals I used: Sea Breeze, Ocean Drive, Siren Song; for the pinks I went with: Shell Pink, Little Piggy and Sweet Gelato. You can find all of the ink colors and supplies listed and linked at the end of this post.

I also picked one of my favorite background stamps, Dockside Backgrounds, and stamped the interlocking rope image in Fairy Dust color onto Oatmeal cardstock to create a faux garden trellis. I had some leftover Last Leaf green ink on my stamp, so my impression turned out to be somewhat green-gray. An unexpected, but rather pleasant surprise.

To create a sentiment for this project I used a beautiful message from the Strictly Sentiments 4 set and stamped it in black ink. The sentiment reads “You Have Always Been and Will Always Be My Best Friend”. It's one of many wonderful "Mother's Day" sentiments included in this set. But used alone, works perfectly for a best friend card.

Lastly, I added a few clear and light gray enamel dots using Nuvo Drops.

Have fun stamping!

Featured Supplies

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

Wplus9 Freehand Florals Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Freehand Florals Designer Dies Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Dockside Backgrounds Stamps Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Strictly Sentiments 4 Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Hayride Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Pad Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Pumpkin Spice 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 Sea Breeze Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Ocean Drive Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Siren Song Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9
Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SC | AZ	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Misti Creative Corners Positioning Pieces Shop at: SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 Lb Smooth Desert Storm Shop at: SSS | AZ
Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Tonic Oyster Gray Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ