winnie & walter blog: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

February Leading Lady Kate Capper | Take Four

Welcome back our February Leading Lady, Kate Capper, for her final performance (sniff, sniff)! We really can't thank Kate enough for being making w&w shine brighter than any of the stars in the sky. Each week she dazzled us with her ingenuity, skill, thoughtfulness and talent. Our gratitude to you, Kate, for all your hard work, generosity and sharing your talents with us all.

If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE to fall in love with her second performance or CLICK HERE for incredible inspiration!

Today be prepared to be knocked out of your creative box!

Hello.

I really do not know where this last month has gone.

Its been truly fabulous being leading lady for Winnie and Walter and i have had such an amazing fun making my projects.

Thanks to everyone that's stopped by and commented you all made my month :)

I will pick a random winner for the $30 store credit next Saturday so you will still have this week to comment :)

Please make sure to check back or make sure i can contact you if you win.

Thanks.

Now on to my finale, I have gone 3D!

I have wanted to make one of these pop up card/box thingys for ages.

After seeing the fantastically fun The Party Confetti Cutaways i thought they really would be perfect popping up out of the box, like a party in a box lol.

Now i will be totally honest i didn't have any idea how i was going to decorate the outside.

I had only thought of the pop ups.

So i kept i real simple and stamped the images from Scenery: Big Bang Bling in rainbow colours.

I then repeated on the insides to (the ones that fold out).

All the die cut shapes and sentiments are attached to strips of acetate so they look like they really are popping up out of the box.

The front of this card is very simple as i wanted the 3D element inside to make the statement.

I have used the Goldie Trim Cutaways to make 3D streamers.

I used the lanterns from The Party stamp set so that the streamers didn't look lost on the middle of the card.

They were simply heat embossed , fussy cut then adhered on foam tape.

I made little tassels from twine instead of stamping them just for an extra detail.

And a close up :)

Still on the theme of streamers i used the Scenery: Stripes stamped in pastel tones on my panel and replicated the colours on the die cut sentiment.

I added some sprinkles of the birthday bash sequins from Pretty pink posh.

Then the inside has pop up cupcakes.

Very simple to do but a nice touch that adds some dimension.

The cupcakes are all paper pieced with patterned paper.

Julie and Shay have very Kindly given me $30 gift card to the Winnie and Walter store to give away on my blog

All you have to do for a chance to win is comment.

As mentioned i will pick a random winner next Saturday so please do check back to see if your the lucky winner :)

I hope you have enjoyed my 3d cards and thanks so much for stopping by.

w&w supplies used:

Scenery: Big Bang Bling	Scenery: Stripes	Sugar Rush	The Party	Essentials: Katharine Cutaways	Goldie Trim Cutaways
The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways	The Big, the Bold and the Happy Cutaways	The Party Confetti Cutaways

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Friday, February 27, 2015

A Week to Die For | Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaway

Welcome to the final day of our very first A Week to Die For! Over the last 4 days we have shared dazzling inspiration from our out-of-sight Talent and outstanding guest designers!

Here is a rundown of A Week to Die For:

CLICK HERE for Day 1 The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways + The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways
CLICK HERE for Day 2 Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + In a Word: Cheers Cutaway + In a Word: Happy Cutaway + In a Word: Love Cutaway
CLICK HERE for Day 3 Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways
Day 4 Read on!

STOCK UPDATE: We have just restocked The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways + Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + Goldie Trim Cutaways.

Today we will be focusing upon Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaway.

Goldie Trim Cutaways

Lulu Fringe Cutaways

Let's get to the fun stuff now!

Julie

Wow – this week really has been A Week to Die For, hasn’t it??? The inspiration from our guests and DT Talent has been absolutely incredible. I am joining in today, continuing with my love of shaker cards, and great big confetti balloons. You can never have enough birthday cards.

I wanted to use a great big balloon for my focal image, and I created one with vellum and circle dies. I cut out an extra section for the balloon tie, to keep it authentic *wink*. I have been enjoying the trend of using tassels on balloons, so I created my own tassel using the Lulu Fringe Cutaway, cutting some crepe paper, separating out the fringe slightly, and winding it up with a little glue. I tied some bakers twine around it to finish it off. It’s a fun twist, right?

The clouds were created using the large scallop design from the Goldie Trim Cutaways and used both the trim and the paper it leaves behind to create a large puffy cloud shape. This card should probably have a rainbow since the clouds have a delicate silver lining created by painting Wink of Stella on the trim and gluing it next to the rest of the cloud. It is tough to see behind the balloon, but it is still noticeable, and is a fun feature on the cloud in front. I added a birthday sentiment from the Bubble Talk stamp set and die cut it with one of the banner strips from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways from vellum colored pink with a Copic marker. Just a few sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for a sparkling finish.

Now let’s see what Shay has created with these two versatile die sets.

Shay

What is better than the big balloon shaker Julie made? Not much! lol It is a hard act to follow.

I decided to keep it simple today and concentrate on the Lulu Fringe Cutaway. I wanted something that really showed off the dimension using plain cardstock you can get from this cutaway.

I cut the fringe 6 times from 6 inch long pieces of white cardstock I then scored each at 1" horizontally and folded them over in half. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger in spun sugar, picked raspberry, dried marigold, ripe persimmon, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, tumbled glass, salty ocean, shaded lilac and dusty concord with a water brush and colored each piece a different color using the 2 shades of the color. I let them dry a bit and glued the halves together and then played with them to give them some shape before adhering them onto a panel of white cardstock. I folded the edges over and glued them to the back.

I threaded a piece of gold thread (inspired by yesterday's card by Kelly) through In a Word: Cheers Cutaway cut from white cardstock. I wrapped the gold thread around the back of the panel and adhered it with washi. Then I adhered the fringe panel to a white card base with foam dimensional adhesive.

I hope you like it. I know you are going to love the projects by our guests and Talent. :-)

>>>GUESTS<<<

Our Playdate No. 4 Winner, Tenia Nelson

CLICK HERE to see more from Tenia.

January Leading Lady, Taheerah Atchia

CLICK HERE to see more from Taheerah.

February Leading Lady, Kate Capper

CLICK HERE to see more from Kate.

Special Guest Star, Debby Hughes

CLICK HERE to see more from Debby.

Special Guest Star, Laura Bassen

CLICK HERE to see more from Laura.

Special Guest Star, Laura Williams

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CLICK HERE to see more from Laura.

Special Guest Star, Suzanne Dahlberg

CLICK HERE to see more from Suzanne.

>>>THE TALENT<<<

CLICK HERE to see more from Gayatri.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

kelly_Love you card with Lulu Fringe Die Flower

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Vanessa.

Thank you so much for joining us this week! We hope you leave inspired to create and cut away!

Thursday, February 26, 2015

A Week to Die For | Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways

Welcome to our third day of the our first-ever A Week to Die For! If you've missed the previous 2 days, not to worry you can check them out right now! CLICK HERE to see the first day's post and CLICK HERE to see the second day's post.

Along with our boundlessly talented Talent we've brought you a slew of sensational designers to spark your die cutting obsession.

Today we will be focusing upon Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways. Due to their popularity the past couple of days (thank you!), these items are either almost sold out or currently sold out. We should be getting them back in stock in 2-3 weeks. If you would like to know when they are restocked go to the product page in the w&w shop and enter your email address for notification.

Big Bang Confetti Cutaways

The Party Confetti Cutaways

Now let's get to the good stuff!

Shay

After doing more masculine cards this week I went with something more feminine that I could give my college age cousin or 40-something aunt (told you it was a big birthday month lol).

This card was something of a challenge as it kept on evolving. I cut the Big Bang Confetti Cutaways and The Party Confetti Cutaways from shiny gold cardstock. I cut "birthday" and "wishes" from The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways from fuchsia cardstock. I attached the words and confetti to a piece of white cardstock cut from the smaller rectangle from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways. I then used Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger in picked raspberry, mustard seed and wild honey with a water brush to color the panel. I added another layer of white "birthday" and "wishes" over the other words shifting them slightly to cause a shadow of sorts. I placed the colored panel on a black panel cut from the larger rectangle from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways with dimensional foam adhesive. Last I attached it all to a white A2 cardbase.

You've seen nothing yet though...I am merely here to warm you up for the real performance. Be prepared to be amazed!

>>>GUESTS<<<

Our Playdate No. 4 Winner, Tenia Nelson