w&w 3rd Birthday Bash | Special Guest Star Cheiron Brandon Take Two

To our great joy Cheiron Brandon is back for a second performance as a special guest star in honor of our 3rd Birthday Bash!  If you missed her first fantastically festive post please CLICK HERE.  It has been such a pleasure to have Cheiron make her debut on the w&w blog during our celebrations and we hope we can have her back in the future!

Now on we turn over the w&w blog to Cheiron....

Hi there! Cheiron Brandon here and I am so delighted to be here with a 2nd guest post for this month's Birthday Bash. This time I am creating with the Mini Scenery: Marbleize stamp and playing along once again with Mayuri's PatternMaking Challenge (Editor's Note: Cheiron's card is also perfect for the latest The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia | No. 6 - Marble). I love creating my own backgrounds and playing with techniques. Today I decided to do a bit of water stamping with Distress Oxide inks. To create this background, I started with a panel of Distress Heavystock and inked it up with Distress Oxide inks in Fossilized Amber, Iced Spruce and Vintage Photo.  Making my own inky backgrounds and die cut pieces with ink ensures that everything on my card always matches. 

Once my panel was created, I sprayed some water with a mini mister onto my non-stick craft sheet and "inked" up the Marbleize stamp with water then stamped it on to the panel multiple times to create a pattern. The inks react with the water and creates the marbleized pattern which almost looks like woodgrain, which for me is perfect for a guy card. 

Once my panel was dry, I cut out the word cheers from a tag that I had made with the same colors of ink. To finish off the card, I added some strips in coordinating colors, layered up the die cut and adhered it and finished it off with a few metal stars.

Thank you again to Winnie & Walter for having me this month! I adored creating with your stamps...they are so fun and versatile. Wishing you the very best of birthdays! 

Mini Scenery: Marbleize

In a Word: Cheer Cutaway

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Party/Celebration | Cheers with Gayatri

Hello everybody! Welcome! This is Gayatri here today with you party card using couple of techniques.

 

I created a bokeh background using inks and Scenery: Big Bang Confetti stamp set. I started with sponging Seedless Preserve and Mermaid Lagoon distress inks on white cardstock. I sponged layers and layers of colours until I was satisfied with the blend of colours. Then I used the solid and outline circles from Scenery: Big Bang Confetti stamp set to stamp layers of clusters of white bokeh using white pigment ink. The bokehs are subtle and beautiful. I also did spatter some clean water to add random texture. I then diecut a rectangle panel using the largest rectangle die from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways. Love the dot details on the edges of the panel.

The focal sentiment is die cut from the main panel using In a Word: Cheers Cutaway. I also die cut the sentiment from black cardstock. I inlaid the black die cut into the main panel and all the bits and pieces in place by adding adhesive sheet at the back of the panel. This panel is adhered on a white card base using craft foam for dimension. To add to the cheer, I added some confetti from The Party Confetti Cutaways die cut using white glitter cardstock. Finally embellished with sequins from Little Things by Lucy Abrams - Kaleidoscope and Star Shine collection.

I love creating backgrounds on my card to make them unique and also to get more out of your products. Hope you like my card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a lovely day!

Scenery: Big Bang Confetti

Essentials: Katharine Cutaways

In a Word: Cheer Cutaway

The Party Confetti Cutaways

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Bright + Bold | Cheers with Laura

Hello, friends! It's Laura here today sharing a card using the In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya stamp set along with the In a Word: Cheers Cutaway. 

This card came together quickly! First, I stamped a bunch of flowers using the Lola's Bouquet stamp set. I layered a lot of the stamps together to get detailled flowers. Whenever I stamp lots of flowers or other images, I like to use dye inks because they dry super fast. 

On this card, I wanted to let the sentiment be the focal point. For that I die cut the In a Word: Cheers die cut out of Stick It adhesive sheets. Then, I peeled off the first layer and adhered it on top of the flowers. After transferring the sticky bit onto the card by rubbing my bone folder on the word, I peeled off the top layer of the die. Next, I took some mint colored foil and ran it trough my laminator. Quick and easy!

That's it for now! Thank you so much for visiting us! xo

:) Laura

My Precious

Essentials: Katharine Cutaways

In a Word: Cheer Cutaway

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March Leading Lady Amy Tsuruta | Take Two

Our March Leading Lady, Amy Tsuruta, is back for her second performance!  If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE.  For this performance Amy takes on a delightful theme with ingenuity, humor and her usual panache....

Hello, it's Amy and I'm back with Take Two!

Let's just jump right in, shall we?

Today's theme:  Crazy about Kraft

My first card is a masculine design, perfect for any festive occasion.  Love that sentiment because it is so versatile!

cardstock:  stampin' up night of navy/baked brown sugar  stamps:  winnie & walter/the party  ink:  fresh ink pool/teal/navy & turquoise  other:  winnie & walter 1st birthday bash sequins mix

The images are from The Party.  This is a must-have set, it truly is perfect for any kind of party!  I used 4 different shades of blue ink and sprinkled the 1st Birthday Bash Sequins as a finishing touch!  

If you know me, you were probably waiting for a coffee project:

cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft, strathmore watercolor  other:  winnie & walter/in a word: cheers cutaway  other:  winnie & walter/essentials: katarine cutaways, black craft foam, starbucks coffee sleeve

I upcycled a coffee sleeve and used the In a Word: Cheers Cutaway!  I really love how this one turned out.  In order to make the word pop, I backed it with another Cheers Cutaway that I die cut with black craft foam.

The Essentials: Katharine Cutaways ...such a great die set.  The rectangle pierced panels are perfect for any project.  I used watercolor paper and did a wash of coral ink.

My final project is an embellished kraft bag.  

cardstock:  strathmore watercolor  stamps:  winnie & walter/the party  ink: stampin' up white embossing powder, fresh ink/coral  other:  winnie & walter/in a word:  love cutaway, whisker graphics kraft bag, american crafts glitter cardstock, t$pot clipboard, recollections clothespin

The In a Word:  Love Cutaway was teamed up with glitter cardstock.   I did a messy wash of the same coral ink (that I used on the Cheers card).   I love how it makes the white embossed blooms POP, they are from The Party set.  

The clipboard?  I love the Target dollar spot!  

Want to read more about this particular project and what I have planned for it?  Make sure you pop over to my BLOG.

But before you go, Julie & Shay have kindly given me a $30 Winnie & Walter Gift card to give-a-way!  I'm going to do a random draw on the comments that are left on the Saturday Leading Lady posts here, on the Winnie & Walter blog!  

Make sure you swing by my blog because I'm going to be giving away another $30 Winnie & Walter Gift card {I'm matching Julie & Shay's!}.  It'll work the same way, leave comments on the Winnie & Walter Saturday posts on my personal blog for the month of March and I'll do a random draw for one lucky winner!

w&w supplies used:

The Party

Essentials: Katharine Cutaways

In a Word: Cheer Cutaway

In a Word: Love Cutaway

1st Birthday Bash Sequins Mix

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