Second Release Day!

The stamps and cut files are now being sold in our shop.  And it is time for thanks and also for a little peek into what is coming up.

>>>THE TALENT<<<

We would be a sky without stars if not for our incredible creative team, The Talent.  They have humbled us once again with their wonderfulness and we feel so very fortunate to have an amazing group creating dynamite projects with our designs.  We will be featuring each of The Talent and their projects on their own in the coming weeks.  THANK YOU!

If you haven't had a chance check out each of The Talent.  Their blogs are amazing and you will want need to follow them!

CLICK HERE for Heather Pulvirenti's blog
CLICK HERE for Joni Adaya's blog
CLICK HERE for Kelly Griglione's blog
CLICK HERE for Suzanne Dahlberg's blog

Be sure to come back for Vanessa's incredible projects, but until then:
CLICK HERE for Vanessa Menhorn's blog

>>>GUEST STAR<<<

A big round of applause to our Guest Star, Angie Tieman!  We loved working with this outstandingly talented and gracious lady!

CLICK HERE for Angie Tieman's blog.

Thank you so much for making our Second Release such a smashing success!  Check back later today to see who won our giveaways.

>>>COMING SOON<<<

• We plan on featuring each of The Talent's projects in the next couple of weeks.  They are so fabulous each of the ladies deserve their own post including seeing all of Vanessa's projects!
• Join us in late April for our second Share the Love Week in which we feature a company we love and use their products with winnie & walter goodies.
• We have really exciting Special Guest Stars in April to look forward to!  You really won't want to miss them.
• More posts full of inspiration!
• Our Third Release will begin May 10, 2015.  Be there or be square.

Premiere of The Big, the Bold and You + giveaway

To enter our Second Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter to win Parentville CLICK HERE

To enter to win The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad CLICK HERE

To enter to win The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom CLICK HERE

To enter to win The Big, the Bold and You continue reading!

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You seem to have loved The Big, the Bold, and the Happy stamp set.  Well, we had loved the concept and already had The Big, the Bold and You in the works.  Sometimes things just work out!  We hope you love this follow up The Big, the Bold sentiment set.

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

Available for purchase on March 15, 2014.
Retails for $15.00
Includes three (3) big words (congrats, thanks and you) + exclamation point + thirty-three (33) smaller words which can be used to build sentiments with the other other words or on their own

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, Shay, our guest star, Angie Tieman, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Angie's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!


Julie

Are you ready for some The Big, the Bold and You goodies today?  Tell the truth!!  I know you have been waiting patiently impatiently all week for this!  LOL

Ok – no more waiting – here we go!

I have been a little jealous of all of the watercolor effects I am seeing all over the place, and thought that these two cards were perfect candidates for this treatment.  Instead of a painted watercolor look, I went for using the “wrinkle free distress” technique from Tim Holtz and also Heidi Swapp Shine sprays used with water for a more blended and watery look than just spraying on dry paper.  Color me happy!!!

The “congrats! you rock” background is a blend of squeezed lemonade, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, peacock feathers and salty ocean on a watercolor panel.  I stamped the entire sentiment (in parts) in Memories black ink.  I was unsure of the “you rock” portion and the exclamation, so I wanted to stamp them separately.  Then I grabbed my tried and true Scenery: Big Bang Confetti and used the clustered retro stars to create a trail from one corner to the other.  I actually masked off the section of the stamp that I wanted to use that filled the area just the way I wanted.  I only added one single retro star at the very bottom.  But, that is why I love the individual items in that set.  I can fill empty areas as needed.  I painted in the retro stars with some Lumiere paint that was hidden in my stash.  I just wanted some iridescent look, but not too much, and not glitter – I saved that for the left side of the card in the form of a pretty American Crafts aqua glitter tape. After placing the tape along the left side, I added the panel on foam tape.  

Similarly, I created another wet watercolor look, this time spraying tons of water on my watercolor paper panel, and then spraying blush, primrose and amethyst Shine sprays.  As I dried them, the excess color dripped over onto my nonstick craft sheet and that allowed me to tap my dried panel in the color droplets a few times to get a varied look.  This time, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed white. Finally, I added various sequins, gems and pearls.  I have yet to master the sequin / gemstone embellishment technique of finding just the right spot to add these, but I think I’m getting better.  Is there a You Tube video for that?  LOL

Get ready to feast your eyes on more fabulousness below!!! Enjoy!

Shay



Seems that Julie and I got the same memo to watercolor with these sentiments. :-)  Just goes to show that The Big, the Bold and You works perfectly for watercoloring!  Julie's watercolor cards are really amazing!  Mine are extremely simple.

I first embossed the big words with Versamark and white embossing powder.  I used some CARAN d'ACHE water-soluable wax pastels my friend, Liz Allen, gave me a few years ago and scribbled on watercolor paper that I die cut with the smaller stitched frame of Mama Elephant's Femme Frames Creative Cuts and then used a wet brush to blend.  I then flicked gold and black velvet Heidi Swapp Color Shine.  I stamped the smaller sentiments with VersaFine in onyx black.  Then I added a misting of calico shine by Studio Calico's Mister Huey's Color Mists.  I distressed the edge with black soot Distress Ink.  I adhered the watercolor panel onto the scalloped die cut white layer (using the larger scallop frame from the same Mama Elephant Femme Frames Creative Cuts) with dimensional foam adhesive.  Then I adhered it all to a black card base.  That's it.  Easy peasy and with this stamp set you could make a slew of these fun watercolor cards for all sorts of occasions and you can customize the sentiments as well as the colors, pattern and embellishments as you want.  Win-win!

Now on to some extraordinary projects by our guest star, Angie and The Talent!

Guest star, Angie Tieman

CLICK HERE for more from Angie.

The Talent
Just a note: due to shipping delays, Vanessa Menhorn's projects will be featured after the release so make sure to check back!

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

CLICK HERE to see more from Joni.



CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Suzanne.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win a The Big, the Bold and You stamp set of your own by 12:01 a.m. (central standard time) March 15, 2014.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our Second Release will be announced on March 15, 2014.

Premiere of The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom + giveaway

For The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom we created a set to aid you in writing about your life as a mom, about your mom, other motherly figures, or to have a great time with the little ones to capture their feelings about their mom or make a mother's day card. We've added some pretty images to add to any occasion.  Not only that, but it is also a wonderful companion to Parentville and is a ideal mate to The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad.

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

Available for purchase on March 15, 2014.
Retails for $15.00
Includes five (5) sentiments +  fourteen (14) images + one (1) frame

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, Shay, our guest star, Angie Tieman, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Angie's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Julie



I just have to tell you that this set, The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom, is a personal favorite.  I really enjoyed the process of co-designing this set with Shay.  I had this idea of making a silhouette of a woman, and the idea is actually based on a photo of my mom's high school graduation picture.  I have always loved that picture, and her hair was in a flip like our lovely lady here.  We also knew we wanted some flowers and definitely a bow.  The ornate frame was really fun to create, and my mind was full of possibilities with this frame and the whole set.  So, I'm featuring my favorites for you here today.

If you caught my instagram post from yesterday, it showed a picture of my desk after building this spray of flowers.  {Kelly - my luck turned around!!!} I picked several shades of pinks, yellows and greens, and stamped the flowers in two steps.  I used the largest flower to stamp the base and then the medium flower to create a center. I also used this technique similarly creating the smaller flowers and even on the simple leaves, giving the flowers and leaves more dimension through shading.  For the smallest flowers, I used the smallest dot from the Big Bang Confetti set to just add a tiny center.  The tiny sprays of pink buds were actually stamped as a second generation in the same pink as the large flower.  I added green stems and leaves to the stamped image with a Prisma color pencil - easy peasy! After fussy cutting the spray, I added Stardust Stickles to the center of all of the flowers on the shaded centers and to the tiny pink buds.

I couldn't decide how I wanted the card to layout exactly, and then my DH said, "Why not put the woman silhouette on a field of blue, like a cameo".  He's good!  Really good!  Thanks honey!! ;o)  So, I found an appropriate shade of blue card stock and embossed the lady, the ornate frame and the sentiment on the card base.  Just to note - the ornate frame is much more narrow than it shows here. The frame is very flexible, and I was able to give it a more rounded shape when sticking it on my acrylic block to better fit the shape of my flower spray. Nice!!!  Finally, the spray was added with foam tape and the little bow, embossed in white on vellum, added with a little glossy accents.   I'm loving how this one turned out.  Please enjoy all of the fabulous creations below. You are in for a treat!

Shay



I decided to use the guy silhouette from The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad with the lady silhouette from The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom to create a love card.  We designed the silhouettes so they will longingly stare at each other. I used a piece of watercolor paper and painted it with various blue Distress Markers and water.  Next I stamped the ledger heart from The Write Stuff: Love Story in a navy ink by Studio Calico.  It ran a bit as the watercolor paper was still wet so I dried it and stamped over it again.  Next I stamped the silhouettes with Versamark and embossed them with Zing! denim embossing powder.  I colored in the collar of the guy with a white gel pen.  I sprayed the panel with shine Mister Huey's Color Mist by Studio Calico.  Then I finished it up with "love" from The Big, the Bold, and the Happy (temporarily out of stock, but soon to be back!).  I added a leaf die cut from the Lemon Lush collection by Studio Calico and big glitter photo corners from Martha Stewart Crafts. I placed the watercolor panel on a slightly larger piece of navy cardstock and adhered it to the card base with my trusty dimensional foam adhesive.



For my second card I went off the reservation and experimented.  I stamped the oval frame several times rotating each time in grey ink by Studio Calico.  Over that I stamped the flowers from The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom in a few colors of Mid-tone Shadow Inks by Hero Arts.  Then I stamped the largest solid circle from Scenery: Big Bang Confetti (again out of stock, but soon to be back).  I sprayed the image with shine Mister Huey's Color Mist by Studio Calico.  I cut out the wreath and cut out the center with a circle die by Spellbinders.  I stamped the bow in Versamark and gold embossed it and added that to the wreath.  On a piece of patterned paper from the Lemon Lush 6x6 paper pad by Studio Calico I stamped the outline "mom" in Versamark and embossed it in white and then colored it in with white gel pen.  I adhered the wreath with dimensional foam adhesive (yes, those again) and then adhered the patterned paper to a square white card base.  I hope it came out better than a science experiment gone wrong!

Guest star, Angie Tieman

CLICK HERE for more from Angie.

The Talent
Just a note: due to shipping delays, Vanessa Menhorn's projects will be featured after the release so make sure to check back!

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

CLICK HERE to see more from Joni.

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Suzanne.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win a The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom stamp set of your own by 12:01 a.m. (central standard time) March 15, 2014.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our Second Release will be announced on March 15, 2014.

To enter our Second Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

Premiere of The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad + giveaway

Writing in all its aspects is important to us whether it is on a layout, pocket memory keeping, art journaling, a note or a tag on a gift.  The Write Stuff collection is perfect to help prompt journaling, add a message and use in various methods of paper crafting.  For The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad we designed a set to help journal about your husband/partner as a dad, your dad, or to help chronicle how the little ones in your life feel about their dad.   Then of course there are great sentiments and images perfect for father's day or all sorts of gender neutral cards and projects.  Not only that, but it is also a wonderful companion to Parentville and is a ideal mate to The Write Stuff: Leave it to Mom (premiering tomorrow).

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

Available for purchase on March 15, 2014.
Retails for $15.00
Includes nineteen (19) sentiments +  eight (8) images + one (1) frame

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, Shay, our guest star, Angie Tieman, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit each of The Talent's and Angie Tieman's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Julie

The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad set is an awesome set to use and is so versatile!  Even though there are many DAD references in this set, you can create so much more with it.  I plan to use it in my Project Life pages and definitely for male themed cards like this one.

I started with the argyle pattern stamped in Stampin' Up! Whisper White Craft ink.  This stamp is designed for creating a repeating pattern and was easy to use.  Next, I added three banner strips all cut from my Basic Grey stash.  This is the Serenade collection 6x6 paper pack.  Yummy color combos!  I built the sentiment using the small words from The Big, the Bold and You set.  Our "Mr." and the sentiment is stamped on Stampin' Up! kraft paper with Versamark ink and then embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder is the beautiful color of Midnight Bronze Obsidian.  Finally, I embellished lightly with copper pearls by Queen & Co. and gems from TPC Studio's Ancestral color pack.

On a side note, I only just realized when I added my image to this post that with that copper embossing, our guy reminds me of a Lincoln penny.  Not my intention, but made me smile!

Shay

The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad is all about Dad with some awesome images and sentiments that make masculine cards and many other types of cards a snap.  I had a vision of a military inspired card and wanted to incorporate The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad with some new items I had bought.  As we like to say, Winnie & Walter plays well with others!  We love to see how versatile and easy Winnie & Walter designs are to use with other products.

On the background I used a Cover Plate (center stage) die from Papertrey Ink cut from patterned paper by Amy Tangerine/American Crafts.  In the alternating chevrons I stamped the little sentiments in green ink.  On the main image I used some dies from Papertrey Ink (from their MakeIt Market Kit: Luxe Letterpress).  Using some Distress Ink and Copics I colored it in.  I stamped the "dad" in Versamark and embossed in gold.  I stamped "my hero" several times.  For the seal again I started with another Papertrey Ink die.  I covered the die cut cardstock with Versamark and gold embossed it.  I did this 3 times.  On the 3rd time, I pressed the father circle stamp into the still warm embossing powder.  Under the seal I added some tails (actually a part of the negative of the cover plate die).  I distressed the seal a bit with black soot Distress Ink.  I adhered the seal to the main sentiment image.  The image was adhered with foam dimensional adhesive to the card.

Now, on to some sensationally creative and dynamic projects by Angie Tieman + The Talent.

Our guest star, Angie Tieman

CLICK HERE to see more from Angie.

The Talent
Just a note: due to shipping delays, Vanessa Menhorn's projects will be featured after the release so make sure to check back!

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

CLICK HERE to see more from Joni.

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Suzanne.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win a The Write Stuff: Leave it to Dad stamp set of your own by 12:01 a.m. (central standard time) March 15, 2014.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our Second Release will be announced on March 15, 2014.

To enter our Second Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

Premiere of Parentville + giveaway

Why not go big for Mom and Dad?  With Parentville you can do just that with a large Mom and Dad and complementing sentiments for mother's day, father's day or anytime you need to show your appreciation to mom or dad or others.  Then we have some retro-tastic images that are perfect for complementing your sentiments in Parentville or so many other projects.

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

Available for purchase on March 15, 2014.
Retails for $15.00
Includes eleven (11) sentiments including a large dad + mom and eight (8) images

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, Shay, our guest star, Angie Tieman and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Angie's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Julie

Hi everyone!  I'm really excited about our second release.  This set has such a great vintage feel but you can still achieve a modern look as well.  There are some great examples of that below.  As for this card, I was digging in my Basic Grey stash and found the Clippings papers and just had to use them.  That's saying a lot for me since I usually just look at my Basic Grey papers, and rarely use them.  I don't want them to run out - you know what I mean?  I pulled together a few of the papers and a couple of the coordinating stickers (the cute key and the little heart circle). I think the dark colors, vintage theme and pops of red look really great here in the collection, so I ran with that color scheme.

I wanted to use the men's shoes, so I stamped them on one of the subtle pattern papers in the pack and then colored them in with my Prisma pencils, and finally cut it with my circle punch. Quick and easy embellishment. Then I turned a Plain Jane manila tag into something more special.  A little Vintage Photo Distress Ink added with an ink blending tool, and the sentiments are stamped with Color Box Chalk ink in Dark Brown and Warm Red.  The tag was finished off with some suede ribbon tied in a little knot.

Shay



This set really can be used by anyone to make an easy card with a lot of impact.  Exhibit A above.  This is a very simple one layer card playing around with the fun purse image found in Parentville.  I used some fun colors in Mid-Tone Shadow Inks by Hero Arts. I then used Versamark to silver emboss "Mom" (yep, it's silver although the camera didn't pick that up too well).  To give the mom more impact I stamped the flourish under it.  Change up the colors to customize it and add some bling, splatter, enamel dots or other embellishments depending on which mom you are sending it to.



This is another simple card.  I stamped the Dad sentiment using Versamark and embossed it with a blue metallic embossing powder by American Crafts.  Next I stamped the supporting sentiment and shoes.  I colored in the shoes with Copics.  This panel I added with dimensional adhesive on top of a card base embossed with an embossing folder by Lifestyle Crafts. I then added a border of brown glitter tape by American Crafts.  Now you get to see the professionals do their magic!

We are so pleased to share with you guest star, Angie Tieman's fantastic projects!

CLICK HERE to see more from Angie.

The Talent
Just a note: due to shipping delays, Vanessa Menhorn's projects will be featured after the release so make sure to check back!

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

CLICK HERE to see more from Joni.

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Suzanne.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win a Parentville stamp set of your own by 12:01 a.m. (central standard time) March 15, 2014.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our Second Release will be announced on March 15, 2014.

To enter our Second Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.