Little One with Kelly

Hi Folks! Kelly here with a sweet little pair of elephants from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs for a happy pregnancy card. This card came about after working on a card for Winnie & Walter's 5th Birthday Celebration where I wanted to combine 3 different stamp sets and have a family of elephants on the card. After coloring the parents in gray, and then coloring the baby in gray, it looked kind of blah. So I scrapped that card and moved on to something else.

Meanwhile, I still wanted to do something with these cute gray elephants, especially since I had worked on coloring them. So I grabbed a card base, did a little blending in the middle with the Life Changing Blending Brushes, added the heart diecut from Flawless Heart Cutaways, added the tiny sentiment from Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs, and I had myself a card!

 

It's a simple card, but I do think that's a good choice for a baby card. 

I just love these sweet elephants twisting their trunks together to make a heart, and then there's a big heart behind them. I intentionally picked a tiny sentiment so the heart would have lots of white space. And, because this is for a tiny human. It seemed to fit.

 

In the past I totally would have set these guys aside to use in a card "later" and then I'd probably never see them again. So I'm glad I took the extra couple minutes to find a forever home for them on this card. So worth it!

Thanks so much for looking! Next time you end up with some leftovers, consider giving them a shot on another card before putting everything away.

-Kelly

w&w 5th Birthday Bash | 3+ Stamp Set Challenge with Kelly

Hi Folks!

Wow, FIVE YEARS. Half a decade. I'm very happy to be celebrating Winnie & Walter's big milestone birthday today! My challenge is a fairly simple one, but one that hopefully may get you looking at your supplies in a new way.

Make a project using stamps from three or more different sets.

This card uses the two elephants from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs, an elephant from Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs, and a bunch of balloons from Happy Dance with Evelin T Designs. It wasn't until I came up with this challenge that I noticed how well the elephants from the two different sets go together as parents with a new baby.  I love that it allowed me to represent an entire family on this card. The parent elephants are colored blue and pink, so that they could make a purple baby : )

I masked off the strings of the balloons, sprayed adhesive on the balloons, and sprinkled chunky glitter on top. Glitter makes me happy any day, and I think it's especially sweet on a baby card.  

The background of the card is Scenery: Triangled Creative Screenings and Scenery: Big Bang Classic Star Creative Screenings. 

I hope you get a chance to play along in one or more of the month-long challenges in honor of this event. If you pick this challenge, I'll be anxiously waiting to see what you come up with!

Thanks, and a big happy birthday to Winnie and Walter!
Kelly

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Link up your take on this challenge for a chance to win a $75.00 gift card (gift code) to the w&w shop.  One random winner will be chosen.

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February Leading Lady Rosali | Take Two

Our February Leading Lady Rosali is back for her sensational second performance!  If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE.   Today you will be wowed by Rosali's tremendous trio of cards!

In honor of our birthday month we're doing something a bit different this year and including a challenge to you on each of Rosali's posts this month.  See the end of this post for more details and to link up!

Ladies and gentlemen, Rosali...

Hi there!

I am very happy to be back on the blog with my second post as Winnie & Walter’s Leading Lady!!

Last week I shared two card designs where I used masking with stencils to create backgrounds. This week I am instead:

MASKING BACKGROUNDS WITH DIES!

Using dies to die cut a mask for your background is an additional way to use stand-alone dies. I really like the seamless look you can get by doing this. And, another advantage is that it minimalizes layers on your cards and keeps them flat for easy and inexpensive mailing.

For today’s cards I chose one of Winnie & Walter’s True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways. With Valentine’s Day being only a few days away I thought I would share an idea for rather simple friendship cards – in case some of you want to make last-minute Valentine’s Day cards. :-)

I MADE THREE VARIATIONS OF MY DESIGN:

Here’s how I created my masked backgrounds:

1. I took a piece of masking paper and die cut it using the triangled True Multifaceted Heart Cutaway. By the way, I always use repositionable labels as masking paper as it comes in a large pack and works perfectly fine for me.
2. I took the largest die from the Tilda Cutaways set (with the cool jagged edges) and die cut three backgrounds panels from Neenah Solar White cardstock. Then I adhered the die cut heart onto one of the panels and picked a yellow, peachy and pink ink pad from my stash.
3. For the first card (yellow birdies), I inkblended the three inks all over the background panel going. For the second card (dog & cat), I inkblended each color from left to right as well but just covered the heart and left the rest of the card white. For the third variation (pink birdie), I started inkblending pink ink in the center of the heart, and then added peach and yellow around it.
4. After removing the mask from the last panel I added different splatters to all three backgrounds: tiny black watercolor splatters, pink ink splatters and Perfect Pearls splatters for some shimmer.

I picked three cute images from the So Tweet and Big Hugs stamp sets. Both sets are illustrated by Evelin T Designs and I just love all her critters! :-D I colored the images with Copic Markers, cut them out and adhered them over the hearts using foam tape.

COPIC GUIDE & COLORING TIPS:

Pink birdie: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09 / YR 68 / Y13, Y08, Y35

Dog: W0, W1, E21, E33, E35, E57, R20

Cat: W1, W3, W5, W9, R20

Yellow birdies: Y11, Y13, Y08, Y35 / RV13, RV04

TIP 1: Use flicks from a white gel pen to get a feathery look - like I did on the pink bird. It's the same easy coloring technique that I used last week for the yeti's fur!

TIP 2: Add a little bit of grey shading to the dog where his fur is supposed to be white.

TIP 3: For the dog's light brown spots, first draw them in with the lightest E-marker. Then add shading from outer parts of the spots or where the shadows would be.

ADDING SENTIMENTS TO MY CARDS

For the sentiments I used “You’re so tweet” from So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamp set and “Sending Big Hugs” and “just for you” from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set.

On the pink birdie card, I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a wider strip of kraft cardstock. I die cut that strip with the Tilda rectangle die to give it the same jagged edges as the card front. For the cat & dog card, I used a banner sticker from my stash for the sentiment. And for the yellow birdies card, I heat embossed the sentiment with shiny platinum embossing powder that matches the color of the Perfect Pearls splatters.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL SHIMMER:

I hope you like today's cards! For your chance to win a 30 $ gift certificate sponsored by Winnie & Walter, hop over to my blog post and leave me a comment over there, too.

Thank you for stopping by today! ♥

Rosali

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USED SUPPLIES:

Winnie & Walter stamps, dies and stencils:

True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways
LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs Stamp Set
Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs Stamp Set
Essentials: Tilda Cutaways

Ink Pads:

Catherine Pooler Designs - Party Dress Ink

CHALLENGE:

Now that you've seen Rosali do it, "Masking Backgrounds with Dies" to create your own project and link up here by Friday, March 15, 2019, 11:55 p.m. CST to be entered to win $50.00 credit to the w&w shop!  One (1) lucky randomly chosen winner will be picked from each of Rosali's Leading Lady posts this month.

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Layton's Legacy Card Drive & Fundraiser for NICU Parents Blog Hop

Hello lovelies! Hello lovelies! It is Shay here and I am really honored to be participating in this blog hop
in appreciation for the people who helped Lea, her husband and sweet baby boy.

Here is a bit more about this all in Lea's words:

"Today a dream of mine is coming true, as this Card Drive & Fundraiser goes live in honor of my
sweet little bear, Layton Caleb. Hi friends! In case you don't know me, my name is Lea Lawson
& I've been part of this wonderful papercrafting industry since 2002. Today is extremely special
to me, and let me introduce the baby behind the blog hop!

Meet Layton - our little fighter and hero for 5 months & 7 days. Layton came into this world 11 weeks
early on June 9th, 2016 with 2 serious health conditions. He endured more medically on a daily basis
than most adults face in an entire lifetime. And on November 17, 2016 he joined his big sister in
Heaven.

We were given those 5 months with Layton thanks to the level 4 NICU & amazing medical staff at The
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. There are 50 beds in that NICU, and it is
ALWAYS full. In honor of Layton's birthday, I am raising money to purchase substantial Starbucks
gift cards that can be given to these parents as they find themselves thrust into NICU life.

Why Starbucks? There is one just across the street from the hospital, and I can attest that some days
you just need to step out of the hospital for a moment. Get a breath of fresh air, see some natural light
& regroup. I was given a $20 Starbucks card that had been donated to the NICU during the time
Layton was a patient, and I cried when I opened it. My son was getting million dollar care, and I was
there day in & day out doing everything I could for him. It was stressful, scary, and one of the hardest
things I've ever done in my life. Getting that gift card felt like someone was also thinking about us, and
trying to help take care of us too.

I can only do so much as just one person, but together we can accomplish SO much more! Plus - we
are making it fun! We have a huge Card Drive blog hop going on in Layton's honor, with tons of
amazing inspiration! We also have a fundraising effort, where every $5 donated gets you an entry into
the prize drawing. There are over $2000 in prizes, sponsored by some of the most amazing stamping
& papercrafting companies in the industry! {You can also see all the prizes HERE.}"

PRIZES

WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

1. DONATE! - directly to Layton's Legacy YouCaring Fundraiser. For every $5 donated, you will be
entered into the drawing for one of the prizes above!! All winners will be drawn from donations made
thru the YouCaring Site. **Prizes will be drawn and announced here on my blog on Saturday, May 19th.**

2. SHOP!

-Pinkfresh Studio will be donating 10% of their sales for the week.

-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps will be donating 15% of their sales thru May 19th.

-My affiliate linking dollars will be donated thru May 19th.

3. CREATE! -  this is also a card drive, and if you'd like to create a card using the theme/moodboard
below, Lea would love that! Lea will be including these handmade treasures with the giftcards when Lea
hands them over to the NICU social worker, and her dream is that the NICU will be covered in beautiful
creations inspired by Layton!! Link them up HERE, and then please email Lea
(lea@lealawsoncreates.com) to get the address for sending - and note that Lea will need them to arrive
by May 31st.

HOW TO STAY UPDATED:

There are two ways to stay updated on the fundraising progress, and to see photos as Lea drops items off
at the NICU.

1. Subscribe to the Lea Lawson Creates blog via email using the prompt in the upper right corner -
then you will get email notifications when Lea adds a new post.

2. Follow Lea Lawson Creates on Instagram. Lea will add photos & videos to her IG Stories, and likely go
LIVE a few times throughout the fundraising effort and as she drops everything off at the NICU!

BLOG HOP

Not only is this a fundraiser, but also a super inspiring blog hop with MANY stops along the way! As
you hop along, you will see amazing cards created with a very special theme. Lea created this
moodboard when she started planning Layton's nursery.

PROJECT

I loved the mood board and followed it pretty faithfully.

I began with stamping the mama and baby bear from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs in Black Jack ink

on a white card base. I then colored it in with ink and a water brush. I stamped the sentiment from

Dog-gone Cute from Evelin T Designs in Aquatini.

On another piece of white cardstock I used Scenery: Triangled Creative Screenings and sponged on
Black Jack and Tiara inks as an ode to the mountains in the logo and mood board. Next I splattered
some aqua and white inks. I cut out the circle from Big Round Balloon Cutaways making sure to line
up the layer with the bears underneath. I edged the circle with Aquatini ink. I cut a strip of yellow
cardstock and attached it to card base and then added the triangle panel to the card using foam
dimensional adhesive. Last, I added some yellow enamel dots around the bears.

 

That's it for me, but there are so many more incredible stops that will inspire you!

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I hope you enjoy the hop!

Happy creating,
Shay.

March Documentarian Flóra Mónika Farkas | Take One

It is time for the first project post by our very first Documentarian, Flóra Mónika Farkas. Don't miss out on her introduction last Friday==> CLICK HERE.  If you are anything like me you may have to stop from squealing when you see her delightful layout today!

Ladies and gentleman, Flóra....

Hi Ladies! I am so excited to share my recent layout on the Winnie & Walter blog. I was sooo happy when I got this sweet invitation from Shay and even more when my parcel arrived filled with amazing stamps and dies. I saw already many beautiful cards made with Winnie & Walter products and I couldn't wait to use them on my scrapbook layouts. 

So, for today's layout  I used the Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs Stamp and Cutaway and the new 

In a Word: Love Stamp and coordinating Cutaway. This page is all about love of siblings. The cute animals reminds me of my childhood and how I admired my big brother. 

First, I stamped the cute critters from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs Stamp on watercolor paper with permanent black ink and colored them with watercolor. After they completely dried, I cut them out with my die cut machine. I placed them on a pink squared scrapbook paper and arranged them in a grid layout. I created four clusters. Here is the first one with the a cute monkey and elephant. Behind them I placed a lovely heart gem using the Flawless Heart Cutaway. 

For the second section I placed the dog and cat pair along another love title using In a Word: Love Stamp and coordinating Cutaway. I really love the tiny heart stamps and matching dies. It's so awesome that I could create the same color titles and embellishments with stamps and inks.

Third cluster was made with this giraffe couple and the solid love title. Here I used another shades of pink. For all the love titles I cut out an extra layer just to make them more massive and adhered with foam tape to create dimension. 

Around the critters I added phrases and sentiments with black ink. I love how they pop out. They are from Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs Stamp, In a Word: Love Stamp and Sentimental: Endearments Stamps. The pretty hand written style are simply stunning and they coordinates perfectly with the capital letters. I completed my layout with some stickers and hand stitched some of the pink squares.

I hope you like my 12x12 page and inspires you to use your Winnie & Walter Stamps and Cutaways on scrapbook layouts and in mini albums. Stay tuned because I will be back with a floral scrapbook page soon.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Flóra

May Leading Lady Yoonsun Hur | Take Two

Our May Leading Lady, Yoonsun Hur is back for her sensational second performance!  If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE.   Today she brings you another stunning card with an amazing background!

Ladies and gentlemen, Yoonsun....

 

Hello, hello crafty friends! I am back with another Leading Lady project this weekend!! Oh, I was so happy for having your sweet comments last week! I read them over and over!!

Today’s card, I used my most favourite technique, random stamping + Distress marker watercoloring, using so adorable BigHugs with Evelin T Designs Stamp Set.

To start, I randomly stamped images from the BigHugs with Evelin T Designs set (hearts from the Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs stamp set) on watercolor paper in black pigment ink. I then trimmed the stamped paper down using basic rectangle panel die (you can use your paper trimmer).

I watercolored all images with Distress markers and find tip water brush, background with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and a wet paint brush. For the sentiment, I heat embossed it from the Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs set in white, die cut it with the Sketchy Thoughts Cutaways. Once the panel was completely dry, I mounted the watercolored panel on navy card base using foam tape, and then sentiment die cut on it using foam tape as well.

I love all sweet images and the sentiment so much!!

Shay has generously donated a $30 gift card for me to give away on my blog, so don’t forget to leave a comment on my blog post. (https://rejoicingcrafts.com/).

Thank you so much for stopping by. I’ll see you next Saturday for my third post.

Sending a big hug to all of you!!

Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs

Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs

Sketchy Thoughts Cutaways

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May Leading Lady Yoonsun Hur | Take One

Today is the first Saturday of May which means the debut of our May Leading Lady, Yoonsun Hur! Yoonsun is an amazing talent with the ability to incorporate elegance with sweetness with ease.  Yoonsun's grasp of color is truly amazing!  

Originally from South Korea, she now lives down under in Australia with her husband. Not only is Yoonsun adept at cardmaking-- working on the design teams of Altenew, My Favorite Things and Simon Says Stamp-- she is also a gifted graphic designer.  This month she will be taking us all on a creative journey of her own design sure to leave us inspired.

Please give Yoonsun a big round of applause to welcome her as she steps onto the stage for her first performance as our May Leading Lady! 

 

Hello crafty friends! I am Yoonsun Hur and I’m so excited (and so honoured) to be May's Leading Lady here at Winnie & Walter! May is one of my favourite months! J

Today I will be sharing with you my watercolor floral background with the In Bloom:Elsa's Flora & In Bloom: Renee's Leaves stamp sets.

I started by heat embossing outlined flowers and leaves from two flower stamp sets (In Bloom: Elsa's Flora & In Bloom: Renee's Leaves) on watercolor paper in white. I stamped images using Versamark embossing ink, and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I then watercolored the stamped background with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor and a wet flat brush. I applied clean water on the panel first, and then added warm colours. I used (dark to light) No.36 Wine Red, No.32 Red, No.33 Orange, No.43 Mid Yellow.

 

For the main image, I decided not to color. I just stamped an adorable baby elephant from the Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs set in black ink, and then die cut it with the Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs Cutaways. For the sentiment, I heat embossed “Sending big hugs” from the Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs set on black card stock in white, and then trimmed it out with the Sketchy Thoughts Cutaways.

 

Once the watercolored panel was completely dry, I trimmed it out with the larger rectangle panel die in the Essentials: Lana Cutaways. Finally, I mounted all elements as shown to top-folded white card base using foam tape.

 

 

Shay has generously donated a $30 gift card for me to give away on my blog. To be in with a chance of winning, just leave a comment on my blog (https://rejoicingcrafts.com/).

I’ll see you next Saturday for my second post.

Sending a big hug to all of you!!

Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs	In Bloom: Elsa's Flora	In Bloom: Renee's Leaves	Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs	Essentials: Lana Cutaways	Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs Cutaways
Sketchy Thoughts Cutaways

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