w&w 3rd Birthday Bash | Mood Board Challenge with Heather P

Hello! As part of Winnie & Walter's 3rd birthday celebration, I'm so excited to be hosting a mood board challenge today on the W&W blog. :) Though we've had a relatively mild winter with mostly cold temps vs. precipitation, I am ready for winter to hit the road and for spring to move on in.  Lol, I don't think I could've squeezed another floral pic into my mood board below! :)

To create my card, I started by first die cutting aqua, white and lime cardstock with one of the border strips from the Goldie Trim Cutaways, then adhered the die cuts to a gray card base.  Next, I stamped a bunch of the outline and solid images from In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet in black ink, then went back and stamped some of the coordinating solid images in colors inspired by the mood board. 

The stamped panel was then adhered to a piece of yellow cardstock that had been die cut with the Essentials: Lana Cutaways.  The panels were then adhered to the card front with foam tape.  I then die cut a piece of silver foil cardstock with the In a Word: Thanks Cutaway and adhered it to the stamped panel.  Next, I die cut aqua, coral and lime cardstock using the In Bloom: Paula's Greenery Cutaways, then adhered the die cuts to the card front.  To finish up, I embellished with black enamel dots.

Want to play along with us? All you have to do is create a card/project using the mood board and link it up to my post on the W&W blog.  I'd love to see what you come up with! :)

Have a great one!


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Centre Stage | Heather Pulvirenti

Happy Wednesday, Happy New Year - and welcome back to another Centre Stage post!

Centre Stage is a fun exploration of the ladies behind the creative juices of all the fantastic creations you see on the w&w blog - The Talent! Each month we'll get to know each one of these special ladies that little bit more, dissect their style to find out what makes it unique, and show off some of their most amazing projects!

Let's great straight to it and welcome this month's artist...

Welcome to Centre Stage, Heather! Let's get to know a bit more about her...

Heather has been a member of The Talent since Winnie & Walter first set up shop. A mother to a wonderful 11 year old girl (and 4 cats and a dog!), her amazing designs are always bold, vibrant and full of life!

Heather lives in Maryland with her family, but her roots are more cosmopolitan than that, originally being born in England, and having spent some of her younger years in Australia (her mother had a career in the Air Force - huge respect to serving AND having a young family!).

Heather works as a freelance graphic designer ('it all started when my daughter's first birthday was approaching. I couldn't find a single invitation that matched my party colors, so I decided to make my own. Then I started making invitations and other printables for friends and family, and it grew from there as the years went by') - but she's quick to tell me that she has no formal training ('designers everywhere will cringe I'm sure!'). She prefers and adopts an 'experiment and learn' approach when it comes to her work and her art (we are very much soul sisters when it comes to our views here) - and her creative risks really pay off with a punch! Heather's crafty resumé sees her gracing a number of industry darlings in either Guest or Full DT positions, and I'm sure the rest are jonesing for a bit of her magic on their books too!

As mentioned previously Heather works in graphic design - but her ambitions see her working in a very different field! Daring to follow her dreams, Heather is going back to school to study medicine and aims to become a medical examiner/forensic pathologist - talk about a career change! I'm instantly won over and fully impressed by her embrace-life attitude - she rightly points out that you only live once and it's better to try and fail than never give it a go. Given that that's the same attitude she approaches her crafty work with, I've no doubt that she'll be a success!

A few other little-known facts about Heather are...

• Heather is not a fan of chocolate or coffee (the second of those I'm fully on board with, but CHOCOLATE?!).
• she is a 'fixer' - whether it's making her own decorations, altering clothes, or DIY jobs around the house, Heather learned from her parents to just fix something if it needs it (I'm cheering loudly for maximum self-sufficiency points!)
• her favourite animals are the koala, the platypus and the quokka (I'm guessing that comes from her younger years living in Australia - and it sent me scurrying to Google to look up the last one)
• Heather is a night owl (like me) - she often doesn't make it to bed until 3am (clearly the best time to craft is in the dead of night anyway)
• she has a nail polish obsession but rarely wears any (I'm guessing it's her love for colour shining through, mixed with Crafter's Magpie Eyes, which I'm hereby coining as CME, which is totally a thing)
• Heather's favourite decade was the 80s (she cites the movies, the music, and the hair - I totally agree, but maybe not on the hair part!)
• Heather is a Christmas baby - born on Christmas Day! (I hope you still get birthday presents as well, girl!).

Now that we've got to know Heather herself a bit better, let's get up close and personal with her style too!

Heather's creations all share a common theme - they are big, bold, vivacious, and colourful! Definitely not a stranger to techniques or afraid to mix it up, she perfectly combines a graphic look with a Clean And Simple touch, and whether the stamps are cute or classy, she always weaves them effortlessly with her signature look. Her effortless style, especially with patterns and colour, can be spotted a mile off, for all the right reasons!

One of Heather's trademarks is her bold, graphic look. Whatever the stamp's original purpose was, Heather always finds a way to have it transcend that and work with her signature style:

Another thing that's noteworthy about Heather's style is of course her use of colour. Whether it's tried and tested, or outlandish and wild, somehow she always comes up with a winning, killer colour combo. And all from experimenting and playing:

And it would be entirely remiss of me to *not* mention her absolute *genius* with clever touches that elevate her work, such as little pops of dimension or extra details...

*floored*...

I'm sure you're completely bowled over by Heather's work! Here are some of the w&w supplies she used to make the magic happen:

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I hope you've enjoyed getting to know Heather better, and feasted your eyes on her amazing creations! Please leave a comment leaving Heather some love and telling us what you love about her work! We'd also love to know what you think of this feature as well! And if you'd like to see more of Heather's amazing work you can always check out her blog too!

We'll be back with another Centre Stage soon!

Black Friday - Cyber Monday Sale Free with Qualifying Order Stamp Set!

We have some projects to inspire you using the In Bloom: Julie's Roses stamp set that is free with purchase (while supplies last) when you spend $35 after discounts are applied and prior to any shipping & handing and taxes being applied from 12:00 a.m. on Friday, November 25, 2016 until 11:59 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2016.

You need not do anything we will simply add it to your order if you qualify.

Time to get to...

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Shay

Hello lovelies!  A little about this stamp set...I have wanted bigger versions of the roses from The Big, the Bold and Extras for a while now so I when I was thinking of a good set for the Black Friday thru Cyber Monday Sale I went to this one.  I added in a few little sentiments that are classics, added a border and I think this set is a pretty good basic now.  I named it in honor of Julie, the co-founder of w&w, as these are the first flowers she designed that inspired the In Bloom series.  I felt it was about time she had a set named after her!

I have a couple cards for you today using In Bloom: Julie's Roses.

For my first card I stamped the outline roses three times using black ink and then colored in the roses using watered down black ink.  I stamped the centers in with black ink.  I cut the roses out.  On a white panel I stamped the solid leaves in black.  I flicked watered down black ink over the panel.
I adhered the roses over the leaves.  I cut out the In a Word: Shine Cutaway from charcoal glitter paper from American Crafts.  I adhered the shine panel onto an A2 card base.  I stamped the border from the stamp set in red and cut it out and added it to the bottom of the panel.  Last I scatterd gems about.

 

For my second card I wanted to create a background using the roses.  I first stamped the large banner from Framed with Evelin T Designs.  I then made a mask of the banner.  I stamped the outline roses all over the panel in black ink.  I stamped over a few of the outline roses with the solid roses in red and yellow inks.  I removed the mask.  I added some shading with black ink and a waterbrush.  I stamped the sentiment from Sending You with Evelin T Designs (will be available for purchase in 2017).  I adhered the rose panel onto a layer of black cardstock.

Now it's time for some dazzling inspiration from the Talent.

>>>THE TALENT<<<

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Gayatri.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather Hoffman.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather P.

  

CLICK HERE to see more from Keren.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Mayuri.

CLICK HERE to see more from Vanessa.

We wish you a delightful weekend full of all you most cherish.

Much love,
Winnie and Shay

WCMD 2016 | Colour Combo with Heather P

To get all the information about w&w WCMD 2016 CLICK HERE.

Happy World Card Making Day! I'm so excited to be hosting a color challenge on the Winnie & Walter blog today, and I hope you'll want to play along using the colors aqua/teal, blue and green. :)

To create my card, I started by first die cutting a piece of scrap white CS using the Cover Model: Multifaceted Cutaway, then layered it on top of a piece of watercolor paper, securing it with washi tape.  Next, I colored in the individual triangles using watercolor paints in aqua/teal, light blue and green.  For a little added interest, I colored in the remaining triangles using white shimmer watercolor.  Once the triangles were all painted, I lifted the scrap CS die cut, then set the watercolored layer aside to dry.  

While I was waiting for the watercolor layer to dry, I used the Big, the Bold and Friends Cutaways on white, teal and light gray CS to die cut the focal sentiment.  The die cuts were layered together with white on the bottom, light gray in the middle and teal offset on the top.  I then stamped the remainder of the sentiment in gray ink onto white CS using the Big, the Bold and You.  Once the watercolor layer was dry, I adhered a fresh die cut piece of white CS on top, and trimmed two edges to create an angled panel.  The layer was then adhered to a light gray card base using foam tape.  To finish up, I adhered the stamped and die cut sentiments to the card front before embellishing with large, clear gems.

Well, that wraps it up for me today, I hope you've had a wonderful WCMD! :) 

Prize: One randomly chosen project that is linked up will win $50.00 gift credit to the w&w shop.

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Hello with Heather P.

Hi, everyone! Heather P. here, and I'm posting on the Winnie & Walter blog today to share the card I've created using one of my favorite W&W floral sets and a bright color palette perfect for summer! :)

To create my card, I started by trimming a piece of watercolor paper to 4 x 4", and then stamped it with several of the flowers and leaves from In Bloom: Addie's Garden in Versafine ink using a masking technique.  The stamped images were then covered with clear embossing powder and set with a heat tool.  The images were then colored in with a mixture of Zig Clean Color Markers and Distress Markers in shades of aqua, purple, coral and green.

I then used the In a Word: Hello Cutaway die on white cardstock and gray chevron patterned paper to create the focal sentiment.  Once die cut, the pieces were glued and stacked together before adhering the sentiment to the card front.  To finish up my design, the stamped image layer was adhered to a medium gray card base using foam tape, and I embellished with white enamel dots. 

That wraps it up for me today, thanks for stopping by! :)

In Bloom: Addie's Garden

In a Word: Hello Cutaway

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