Please Ask Me For Hugs with Keren

 

How are you all? It's Keren with you today with a card to encourage any friend going through a tough time!

So, have Winnie and Walter secretly brought out a new set of word Cutaways? 

Nope. I've just got my scissors out, and snipped individual letters out from different In A Word: Cutaways to create a fun sentiment! 

So which ones? Which dies can you spy? 

Well, the obvious one is the In A Word: Hugs and then Peace, I've used Home, Merry, Kisses and
Love.

My first thought was to just snip the 's' off a 'hugs' and add an 'e' to make 'huge hugs' but then had someone in mind when I made this phrase. I've used soft pastels as it's supposed to be a calming card and for the background I've used the Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway.

I hope you'll give your In A Word Cutaways a second glance and see what fun words you can create using them!

See you soon! xx

Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway	In a Word: Home Cutaway	In a Word: Hugs Cutaway	In a Word: Kisses Cutaway	In a Word: Love Cutaway	In a Word: Merry Cutaway
In a Word: Peace Cutaway

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Welcome Home Tweet One with Kate

 Hello. 

One of my favourite things about Winnie and Walter  products is how well everything can be mixed and match together.

Today I have used the new release stamp set LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs with the In a Word: Home Cutaway.

I couldn't resist playing with these cute birds.

I stamped them in black archival ink so that went I water coloured them with my Inktense pencils the image wouldn't run.

Once coloured and dry I fussy cut them out.

I used the Essentials: Noelle Cutaways to make a panel.

Using some distress inks I lightly coloured the centre with a blending tool before splashing some perfect pearls mixed with water.

I had to mask the stamp sentiment so as I could place it both above and below the die cut.

The home is layered 3 times and then covered generously with clear wink of stella.

I love the sparkle from the perfect pearls but you can only see it at certain angles so I added some sequins to finish.

Thanks so much for looking.

LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs

Essentials: Noelle Cutaways

In a Word: Home Cutaway

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w&w Belated 2nd Birthday Bash | Special Guest Star Amy Tsuruta

Our next Special Guest Star, Amy Tsuruta, not only is amazingly gifted at crafting, but is honestly one of the sweetest and amazing people I have had the pleasure and honor to encounter.  Our crafting community is brighter because she's a vital part of it.  I am always in awe of how many others she supports with her lovely comments on their blogs, posts and the like.  When does this gal sleep?  Or perhaps she is just supercharged by her beloved coffee!  Whatever it is she never disappoints and I know you will love her cards today!

Hello! It's Amy here and I'm thrilled to be guesting for Winnie & Walter's 2nd Birthday Bash!

I was thoroughly inspired by Taheerah's inspiration photo and ended up designing 2 cards. My first one, thanks, was inspired by all the patterns and colors in the photo. I wanted to incorporate some pink into the card and did the ink smooshing technique.

My second card, home was the designed because I realized that the thanks card had no stamping. I loved using the Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T Designs for a non-holiday card. It was a way for me to also use the, In a Word: Home Cutaway. How can anyone resist gold glitter?! I masked off the sentiment to incorporate the word home.

Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T Designs

Essentials: Noelle Cutaways

In a Word: Home Cutaway

In a Word: Thanks Cutaway

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January Leading Lady Virginia Lu | Take One

Today we are excited to introduce our January Leading Lady, Virginia Lu.   Virginia is an extraordinary crafter and such a shining light in the papercrafting community.  I remember encountering her online through Flickr several years ago and she was so welcoming and encouraging.  We are so excited to see how brightly Virginia will shine throughout this month!  

Over the next few Saturdays in Virginia will be leading us on a journey of her own design and imagining.  Make sure to visit her blog, Yes, Virginia, to see more from her and for a chance to win a giveaway! 

Give Virginia a big round of applause to welcome her as she steps onto the stage for her first performance as our January Leading Lady!    

Hello, Winnie & Walter friends! I am SUPER excited to be your Leading Lady for the month of January. What an honor to help kick off 2016 with a great start here! First of all, just a little bit about me-Virginia Lu (Yes, Virginia...). I am an avid stamper and have discovered stamping 20 years ago. I became active in the online stamping community in 2009 and I have been enjoying every minute of it. I am lucky to have been published a few times and have won some challenges and competitions in the last few years. My card-making blog has become my addiction and I am passionate about stamping.

For the January Leading Lady feature, I would like to try something NEW! I love card-making and scrapbooking. However, I am always intrigued by art journals. With the versatile designs from Winnie & Walter, this provides me with the perfect chance to dive in! Why art journals, you ask?

These are a few things I think might make you consider giving art journaling a try!

~Make it YOUR own: There is no rule as to how you want to keep your art journal. After all, it’s YOURS! You can use store-bought art journals or simply make your own pages with heavy card stock.

~Try new techniques/supplies/sketches: you can experiment with new things in your art journal. Jot down your ideas and run with it! NO judgement.

~It’s therapeutic: working at your own pace is also what makes it fun and relaxing. You can spend as little or as much time as you want in one sitting. Your page is as elaborate/simple as you want it to be.

~Use your old and new supplies: the blank pages are your canvas and playground. You can try any supplies that you have or try using new stuff!

~Get inspirational: your art journal serves as a great source of inspiration. Perhaps this will help you come up with something new and amazing!

~It’s FUN!

Here is my creative process:

I got a good deal on the Faber Castell Art Journal and it is a perfect one for beginners like me. This album allows me to take out the pages one at a time.  The only supply that you might consider getting is Gesso. It is like a paint primer for paper. Gesso mixes well with Gelatos, Watercolors and Distress Inks/Markers. As you can see,  you can emboss, apply stencils and stencil paste, glue paper...in an art journal. Let’s see what I came up with!

The cover of my art journal:

1. Use Gesso to prepare the surface.  I applied a layer of Gesso with a paint brush. I then used my fingers to make sure the Gesso is evenly applied.

2. After the Gesso was dried, I started to add details. In this case, I stamped some text background with the set Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T Designs.

3. I used Canson watercolor paper and made a die cut with Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway. By using various Distress Inks with water, the cover was quick and easy to create.

4. A bird house was stamped (from Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T Designs ) and a scalloped die piece ( Goldie Trim Cutaways) were added to complete the design.

This first page may appear to be flat, but it has some interesting depth and dimensions.

1. Create a colorful background/frame with Scenery: Madison Creative Screenings with various Distress Inks and Ink Applicator.

2. Stamp the images with Our Town. I used MISTI for the multiple color inking.

3. I then clear-embossed the church/house images and applied orange ( Ripe Persimmon) and yellow (Squeezed Lemonade) Distress inks over the houses.

4. With Scenery: Madison Creative Screenings, I applied white embossing paste (Wendi Vecchi) partially over the images and dusted fine glitter over the paste.

5. The sentiment “HOME” was created with two stacked dies from In a Word : Home Cutaway.

I hope to share more of my art journal in my next few posts. You can always apply the ideas and inspiration to any of your projects.

Lastly, I want to finish my first Leading Lady post with a card “Happy Everything”.

This card is nearly one layer. I started by stamping the flower image and leaves. I then used the backside (yes, flip them over and stamp!) of the flower stamps to add assorted colors. This can be achieved with a stamp positioner such as MISTI or Fiskars Stamping Press. The sentiment was stamped with The Big, The Bold and The Happy. I die cut a piece of foil paper with Goldie Trim Cutaways and layered it with a piece of color card stock.

I hope you enjoyed my first post as much as I enjoyed playing with these awesome products. Shay is so generous to offer my blog followers a $30 Winnie & Walter gift voucher. Please stop by my blog "Yes, Virginia..." and leave me some love for a chance to win this fabulous giveaway! See you next on Jan. 9th.

Here is a sneak peek:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T Designs	In Bloom: Anna's Flora	In Bloom: Elsa's Flora	Our Town	The Big, the Bold, and the Happy	Cover Model: The Leaf Effect Cutaway
Goldie Trim Cutaways	In a Word: Home Cutaway	Scenery: Madison Creative Screenings

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