Winner of the Guest Star Contest from our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash

After considerable thought and contemplation I have chosen the Guest Star Contest winner from those that qualified during our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges.

Before I make the announcement I must thank each and every person who entered our challenges and then went a step further and entered the Guest Star Contest.  The level of work submitted made my decision exceedingly difficult which I appreciate. lol  In fact, I have a whole new list of possible Leading Ladies now. ;-)

The Guest Star Contest Winner is...

Virginia Lu!

Virginia's cards immediately caught my attention because of her use of color, technique and w&w product in unexpected and delightful ways like the Scenery: Into the Woods Creative Screenings on her birdhouse card.  Each card was exceptionally crafted.

Virginia, please contact me at info@winniewalter.com to claim your prize.

Thank you again to everyone for participating in our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash and our challenges! It is because of you that w&w exists. :-)

Happy creating,
Shay + Winnie

w&w Belated 2nd Birthday Bash | Challenge + Comment Winners

It is beyond time to announce the random challenge winners of our month-long Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges!

We treasure each of your comments, adding our blinkie to your blog and for creating such magnificent art with our products.  It humbles us mightily.  We may need food, water, sleep and shelter to live, but it is you that is one of the things that makes the living rewarding! :-)

>>>BELATED 2nd BIRTHDAY BASH CHALLENGE WINNERS<<< (randomly chosen)

two challenge with Shay:

No. 77 | Dr. Sonia S V

create your own background challenge with Gayatri:

No. 57 | Super Stick Chick

gold + watercolor challenge with Heather H:

No. 34 | Mary-Anne V.

color challenge with Heather P:

No. 2 | Kimberly Rendino

over the edge challenge with Kelly:

No. 10 | Diane Jaquay

floral challenge with Lydia:

No. 36 | Berina Febin

in-laid die challenge with Mayuri:

No. 28 | Scraping Time

rainbow challenge with Vanessa:

No. 20 | Rosali

anything but a card challenge with Kate:

No. 58 | Piyu

image inspiration challenge with Taheerah:

No. 14 | Cat C.

Congratulations!

Winners please contact info {at} winniewalter {dot} com by Friday, March 11 at 12:00 p.m. with which winner you are in the subject (for example Two Challenge with Shay Winner).  If we don't hear from a winner by Friday, March 11 at 12:00 p.m. we will pick another winner for that challenge (and we really, really hate to do that!!).

Challenge giveaway winners:  we will provide you with a coupon code to use to purchase $75.00 worth of product at the w&w shop of your choice.  If the products you want are not currently in stock, don't worry the coupon code will not expire immediately.  Coupon codes can be used with purchase of other products.  Winner will be responsible to pay for shipping & handling.

Thank you to everyone who entered our challenges.  Every single project entered is precious to us.  

>>>COMMENT WINNERS<<< (randomly chosen)

Each winner will receive a limited edition Scenery: Bigger Bang Confetti stamp set.

two challenge with Shay:

create your own background challenge with Gayatri:

gold + watercolor challenge with Heather H:

color challenge with Heather P:

over the edge challenge with Kelly:

floral challenge with Lydia:

in-laid die challenge with Mayuri:

rainbow challenge with Vanessa:

anything but a card challenge with Kate:

image inspiration challenge with Taheerah:

Winners please contact info {at} winniewalter {dot} com by Friday, March 11 at 12:00 p.m. with which winner you are in the subject (for example Two Challenge with Shay Comment Winner) along with your name and mailing address.  If we don't hear from a winner by Friday, March 11 at 12:00 p.m. we will pick another winner for that challenge (and we really, really hate to do that!!).

Thank you for all your comments during our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash!  It made the whole celebration all the more special!

By the way, we are working through all the Guest Star entries--you are making it so difficult (in a good way).  We hope to have an announcement next week. :-)

w&w Belated 2nd Birthday Bash | The GIGANTIC Giveaway Winner Revealed

First, a very GIGANTIC thank you to one and all for joining in our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash.  Each of you made our birthday so much more spectacular.  We would not be able to celebrate our second year without you!

Second, you will want to know who won all the w&w stamps we release in 2016!

Drum roll please...

And the winner is...

Congratulations, Helen Bisesi!  We will be emailing you. :-)

Watch out tomorrow when we announce our random Belated 2nd Birthday Bash challenge winners!

February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release | Giveaway Winners

Hello all!  We are ready to announce the winners of the February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release giveaways and to tell everyone how much we treasure each of your comments.  It humbles us mightily.  We may need food, water, sleep and shelter to live, but it is you that is one of the things that makes the living rewarding! :-)

>>>FEBRUARY BELATED 2ND BIRTHDAY BASH RELEASE GIVEAWAY WINNERS<<<

Winner of In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers + In a Word: Kisses Cutaway + Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings (Day 1)

Winner of Scenery: Into the Woods + Wishing You with Evelin T Designs (free with qualifying $30 purchases February 26-March 11) + True Multifaceted Border Cutaways (Day 2)

Winner of Kindness with Evelin T Designs + True Multifaceted Circle Cutaways + True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways (Day 3)

Winner of LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs + Flawless Diamond Cutaways + Flawless Heart Cutaways + Winnie's Sparkly Shaker Selection + Walter's Sparkly Shaker Selection (Day 4)

The Big Giveaway Winner (all the stamps from the February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release + coordinating digital elements + Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings)

Congratulations!

Winners please contact info {at} winniewalter {dot} com by Friday, March 4 at 12:00 p.m. with which winner you are in the subject (for example February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release Day 1 Giveaway).  If we don't hear from a winner by Friday, March 4 at 12:00 p.m. we will pick another winner in that category (and we really, really hate to do that!!).

Thank you to everyone who commented! Every single comment is a gift to us.  

Have an awesome day,

Shay & Winnie

February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release | Premiere Day No. 2

To enter our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway (to win all w&w stamps released in 2016) CLICK HERE
To enter our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter to win In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers + In a Word: Kisses Cutaway + Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings CLICK HE RE

To enter to win Scenery: Into the Woods  + Wishing You with Evelin T Designs (special free with purchase promotion stamp set) + True Multifaceted Border Cutaways...continue reading!

To enter to win Kindness with Evelin T Designs + True Multifaceted Circle Cutaways + True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways  CLICK HERE  (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on February 25, 2016)

To enter to win LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs + Flawless Diamond Cutaways + Flawless Heart Cutaways + Winnie's Sparkly Shaker Selection + Walter's Sparkly Shaker Selection CLICK HERE (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on February 26, 2016)

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Shay here to welcome you to our second Premiere day of our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release!  Make sure you comment on all the posts to enter all the giveaways because we have quite a few.

Admittedly I am mad for woodgrain and birch trees and I don't think you can go wrong by having the Scenery: Into the Woods stamp set in your arsenal.  What I believe makes this set even more fun and full of possibilities is you get the outline and solid of two designs.  Use them alone or together for different looks and effects.

Wishing You with Evelin T Designs is a small but mighty set with sentiments for important occasions or just to brighten someone's day.  The addition of the whimsical stars are like a sprinkling of happiness.  Wishing You with Evelin T Designs will be our special free with purchase stamp set to celebrate our birthday.  See below for more details.

True Multifaceted Border Cutaways is a new die set that may look pretty innocuous but with both a solid and patterned rectangle in 5.5 and 4.25 lengths you can do so many cool things!

Scenery: Into the Woods

Available for purchase the evening of February 26, 2016
6x8 stamp set
Retails for $22.00
Includes four (4) stamps

Wishing You with Evelin T Designs

Free With Purchase for a limited time for qualifying orders***
3x4 stamp set
Retails for $8.00
Includes nine (9) stamps--five (5) sentiments + four (4) images

***About the limited time Free With Purchase Wishing You with Evelin T Designs:

• Order must be placed from February 26, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. CST through March 11, 2016 11:59 p.m. CST  (or while supplies last)
• Your single order must total $30.00 or more before shipping and handling and taxes are applied.  Your single order must total $30.00 or more after any discounts are applied.
• One Free With Purchase item per person.
• We will be manually adding Wishing You with Evelin T Designs to your order and it will not be reflected on your invoice.  
• This offer is while supplies last.  
• Wishing You with Evelin T Designs is not a limited edition stamp set and will be released for sale later in 2016.

 

True Multifaceted Border Cutaways
Available for purchase the evening of February 26, 2016
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Retails for $20.00
Includes four (4) dies

>>>IF SHAY CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!<<<

Although I have been crafting and stamping for ages I am no expert.  That said you never ever need to be an expert to have fun and make great projects.  Let me show you!

First, I have some photos to share with you how Scenery: Into the Woods works.

Woodgrain.  Left is the solid.  Center is the solid + outline.  Right is the outline.

Trees.  Left is outline.  Center is the solid + outline.  Right is solid.

I realized a bit into inking these stamps up that using my MISTI with these stamps makes it a cinch to match up the outline and solid stamps!  Plus I could ink up and stamp as much as necessary to get good coverage (see the center woodgrain and trees for an example) even using Distress Inks!  I am now sold on the MISTI (thank you Jennifer McGuire).

I will admit it.  I *need* masculine card.  March is a big birthday month in my family (do you have those?) and several of the birthdays are an uncle and male cousins.  So I thought today I would get some of those cards done with the products featured today because they are awesome for masculine cards too.

Card No. 1

I stamped the solid version of the woodgrain from Scenery: Into the Woods in three colors of Tim Holtz Distress Ink: stormy sky, salty ocean and faded jeans.  I cut out the strip.  I cut out the longer patterned border from True Multifaceted Border Cutaways out of navy cardstock and I adhered it to the back of the woodgrain strip.  On a piece of white cardstock I stamped the sentiment from Wishing You with Evelin T Designs in weathered wood and salty ocean and cut them into strips.  On the card base I stamped the larger and medium stars from Wishing You with Evelin T Designs in Versamark and heat embossed it in silver.  I added some silver sequins.  I then adhered the strips to the A2 card base with dimensional foam adhesive.

Card No. 2

This card is very simple.  I stamped the solid trees in Tim Holtz Distress Inks in tumbled glass, stormy sky and faded jeans.  I stamped the sentiment from Wishing You with Evelin T Designs and The Big, the Bold, and the Happy in Versamark and heat embossed it in silver.  I adhered the panel to a A2 card base.

Card No. 3

After the nice relaxing and calm blues of my other cards I needed some bright color.  I die cut the longer patterned border from True Multifaceted Border Cutaways three times out of copies paper. I temporarily adhered the borders to a card panel.  I dabbed peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, fossilized amber and spiced marmalade Tim Holtz Distress Inks to the panel.  I removed the copier paper masks.  I flicked water on the panel to get some cool watermarks.  Next I stamped the "wishing you" sentiment from Wishing You with Evelin T Designs in Versamark and embossed it in white and the other sentiment from The Big, the Bold, and the Happy embossed in black.  To give more presence to the white sentiment I stamped it several times in hickory smoke slightly offset and wiped off the ink from the embossed words.  I cut the panel down a little and adhered it to an A2 white card base.  I added some drops of Heidi Swapp's Color Shine in black velvet and added some black sequins.

So success with masculine cards to send out in March!  I hope you enjoyed these cards too.

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Emily (our February Leading Lady), and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with the products. And make sure you visit Emily'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!

 
February Leading Lady, Emily Leiphart

  

CLICK HERE to see more from Emily.

The Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Gayatri.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather H.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather P.  

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

CLICK HERE to see more from Lea.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Lydia.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Mayuri.

CLICK HERE to see more from Vanessa.

CLICK HERE to see more from Kate.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win Scenery: Into the Woods + Wishing You with Evelin T Designs + True Multifaceted Border Cutaways of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) February 26, 2016.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release will be announced by March 2, 2016.

To enter our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release GIGANTIC Giveaway (giving away to one randomly chosen winner all w&w stamps being released in 2016) CLICK HERE.

February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release | Premiere Day No. 1

To enter our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway (to win all w&w stamps released in 2016) CLICK HERE
To enter our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter to win In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers + In a Word: Kisses Cutaway + Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings...continue reading! 

To enter to win Scenery: Into the Woods  + Wishing You with Evelin T Designs (special free with purchase promotion stamp set) + True Multifaceted Border Cutaways  CLICK HERE (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on February 24, 2016) 

To enter to win Kindness with Evelin T Designs + True Multifaceted Circle Cutaways + True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways  CLICK HERE  (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on February 25, 2016)

To enter to win LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs + Flawless Diamond Cutaways + Flawless Heart Cutaways + Winnie's Sparkly Shaker Selection + Walter's Sparkly Shaker Selection CLICK HERE (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on February 26, 2016)

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Shay here to welcome you to our first Premiere day of our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release!  We are all so excited to have you join us and I know you will love what our guests, Leading Lady and the Talent have in store for you for the next four days!  Make sure you comment on all the posts to enter all the giveaways because we have quite a few.

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers is a floral set and so much more with a graphic, fun and funky attitude!  With outlines, solids and extras you can build lots of different backgrounds, centerpieces and more for your projects.  Originally released in the very first Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler, you can find tons of inspiration online already using this stamp set.

In a Word: Kisses Cutaway is the latest addition to our popular In a Word Cutaway series.

Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings is a versatile and graphic design in stencil form.  Also originally released in the very first Stamp of Approval Box by Catherine Pooler, you can find tons of inspiration online already using this stencil.


>>>THE DETAILS<<<

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers

Available for purchase the evening of February 26, 2016
4x6 stamp set
Retails for $15.00
Includes twenty-one (21) stamps

In a Word: Kisses Cutaway
Available for purchase the evening of February 26, 2016
Wafer Thin Steel Die
Retails for $5.00
Includes one (1) die

Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings 
Available for purchase the evening of February 26, 2016
Stencil
Retail for $4.99
One (1) 6x6 inch stencil

>>>IF SHAY CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN!<<<

Although I have been crafting and stamping for ages I am no expert.  That said you never ever need to be an expert to have fun and make great projects.  Let me show you!

I went pretty simple today because these products make it easy!  Of course like all w&w products, they really are versatile and you can get as fancy or as simple as you prefer (which you will see when looking at the awesome inspiration which follows my cards).

By the way, all the inks I used today are Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

Card No. 1

True story: this was a very simple card that I really liked, but my hand slipped and the stamp fell onto my card and I got an extra center on one of the flowers.  I thought oh well I can restamp this which I did, but I just didn't like the other ones I did as much as the original.  In the end, I decided to go with the original...mistake and all.  With the mistake though meant the design had to be less clean and simple (I tried--I really did!).

I stamped the panel with the large 9 petal solid stamp in squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber, stamped with the rounded spiral in aged mahogany and the larger dotted center in weather wood.  I ended up using embossing paste with the Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings on part of the card front (top left and bottom right corners) especially over the boo boo.  I then added some drops of gold and a very light spray of Heidi Swapp's Color Shine in gold.  This was semi successful as the gold reacted differently with the embossing paste.  I added the In a Word: Kisses Cutaway from grey cardstock.  Last were some metallic gold sequins and star sequins.

Card No. 2

I picked out the smaller spiral stamp from the In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers and stamped it randomly in picked raspberry and then colored them in with watered down picked raspberry and added a dot of Stickles in crystal to the centers.  I set the panel aside overnight.  I used clear ZIG Wink of Stella over each flower for more needed shimmer.  I then cut out a rectangle of the panel using a cutaway premiering tomorrow.  I stamped the sentiment from Sparkle on a card base using spun sugar and picked raspberry having used the pink floral rectangles to determine placement.  To each of the floral rectangles I added a strip of the link or chain cutaway from Goldie Trim Cutaways behind it for a little added detail.  I then added the floral rectangles to the card base with foam dimensional adhesive.

Card No. 3

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers is perfect for creating custom backgrounds and the options are really endless.  I used the tulip looking stamp and went around rotating it to make bigger flowers alternating between peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon.  The centers are stamped with the fun ray-like stamp using fossilized amber and mustard seed and then I filled in the white space with the larger circle stamp in mustard seed and the smaller circle stamp in fossilized amber.  Finished this off with a strip of cardstock adhered with foam dimensional adhesive and stamped with a special stamp set premiering tomorrow in fossilized amber and peacock feathers.  Last are metallic gold sequins added to the centers of the flowers and this card is done!

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Emily (our February Leading Lady), and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with the products. And make sure you visit Emily'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!

February Leading Lady, Emily Leiphart

  

CLICK HERE to see more from Emily.

The Talent

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Gayatri.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather H.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather P.  

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Lea.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Lydia.

CLICK HERE to see more from Mayuri.

CLICK HERE to see more from Vanessa.

CLICK HERE to see more from Kate.

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers + In a Word: Kisses Cutaway +  Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screenings of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) February 26, 2016.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release will be announced by March 2, 2016.

To enter our February Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter our Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Release GIGANTIC Giveaway (giving away to one randomly chosen winner all w&w stamps being released in 2016) CLICK HERE.