October 2019 Color Combo (Challenge)

Good morning! Heather here stopping by this morning to share a new Color Combo Challenge with you! Last month (for the second time in a row) we stretched the challenge for two months, since I was traveling to Italy with a friend in September for two weeks, and that gave me extra time off to enjoy that trip!

Here is my color inspiration for this month - I love the warm colors, perfect for this time of year and the thoughts of cozy days inside and books to read seem wonderful:

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I began this card by creating an inked heart on the background. To do this, I used the coordinating die for From the Bottom of my Heart to create a stencil, then blended on distress oxide inks in Scattered Straw, Rusty Hinge, and Festive Berries. I also added some black splatters to the background with some Pinkfresh Studio Licorice Liquid Watercolors.

Next I die cut one of the "thanks" words from In a Word: Thanks Coordinating Dies two times, once from black cardstock, and once from white cardstock with Everegreen Bough Distress Oxide Ink blended on to custom color my sentiment to coordinate with the Color Combo.

Finished off by adhering the die cut words together slightly offset for a shadow effect, adhering them to my card base, and stamping a coordinating sentiment underneath with In a Word: Thanks stamp set.

Now - I have a few favorites from the last Color Challenge to feature! I absolutely LOVED everyone's take on this challenge photo! So much fun to see how everyone used it! I wanted to pick everyone, but had to limit myself to these three! 

First up - I'm loving this artsy card by Jenny Martin - such a lovely card, and great take on the challenge inspiration! 

Next up, I love that Experiments in Craft was inspired much like me by the fun background on the challenge photo! And I love the touch of glitter she added to this fabulous card!

And finally, we have this card by Deepti...beautiful background, LOVE those hearts, and the sentiment is perfection!

CHALLENGE INFO: New challenge will post on the second Monday of each Month, and will end on the Friday before the next challenge begins to allow time to pick a winner and some favorite entries to feature. One randomly selected entry will receive a $25 gift certificate to Winnie and Walter. I can't wait to see your entries this month!

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

<<<RANDOM WINNER>>>

No. 5 | Vivian Foo

Vivian's journal page is vibrant, full of pattern and depth and uses Evelin's sweet birds in such a delightful way.

Vivian, please email us at shay {at} winniewalter {dot} com with the subject "August/September Color Combo Challenge Winner" to claim your prize.

>>>CHALLENGE<<<

New challenge will post on the second Monday of each Month, and will end on the Friday before the next challenge begins to allow time to pick a winner and some favorite entries to feature.

Now it's your turn to play along!

1. Create a new project using the October Color Combo. 
2. Use at least one (1) winnie & walter product.  This can include Cutaways (dies), Creative Screenings (stencils/masks), printable/digital items, cut files and/or stamp sets.  Remember we offer freebies in our shop.  Our freebies can be used to create your project(s) for this challenge.
3. Link up your project below using the InLinkz Link-up by 11:55 p.m. CST on Friday, November 8, 2019.  
4. Enter as many times as you want before the deadline.
5. This October Combo Challenge may be combined with other challenges found here on the w&w blog or elsewhere. 

One randomly selected entry will receive a $25 gift certificate. YAY!!! I can't wait to see your entries! 

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

November 2018 Release with November Leading Lady Jill Vickers

I am so happy to bring you a special little gift in the form of our November Leading Lady Jill Vickers returning for some more fabulous cards featuring our brand new November 2018 Release!  Enjoy!!


It is wonderful to be on the Winnie & Walter Blog today sharing a few project ideas using new products from the amazing November release.

First up is a thank you card featuring In A Word: Thanks (the stamp set). I was so happy when this set came out - along with some coordinating cutaways as well :)  The In A Word: Thanks is definitely my all-time most used word die I'm surprised I haven't worn it out yet ;)  so having the stamps and additional cutaways to play with is so much fun.

For this card, I started by cutting the "thanks" from freezer paper to create iron on masks, and then I applied the masks to a piece of water colour paper by running them through my Minc machine. I used freezer paper because I wanted to play with my pearlescent watercolours for the background but this  could also be done with regular masking paper and regular ink blending. I painted the water colour wash over the background and let the paint dry. I then layered the new Scenery: Pennsylvania Polka Creative Screening over the panel and lightly removed the paint from the exposed areas using a baby wipe. I love the subtle effect this leaves.

Once all this was done, I removed the masks with the help of my heat gun and then lined up the outline "thanks" stamp on the masked areas and stamped it in grey ink. I inked a piece of cardstock using the same ink and then heat embossed a white sentiment from the set onto it. The sentiment was popped up with foam tape and I added a few sequins to finish off the card. 

I tried to catch the shimmer in a photo but I couldn't quite get it - so here is a close up photo of the card: 

My next card features two of the new products - the Peppermint Zone Cutaway and Snowy Holiday with Evelin T stamps and cutaways.

I was so excited when I saw the Peppermint Zone Cutaways - there are so many possibilities with this wonderful die, and I know that it is going to become one of my favourites very quickly. For this card, I used it to create a swirly glittery background. To create the background, I adhered a piece of Be Creative adhesive sheet on top of a heavy weight card stock, and I left the protective sheet in place on the top side of the piece. I then ran it through my Big Shot with the protective sheet against the cutting face of the die - this cut the protective sheet but not the card stock. I carefully removed the pieces of protective sheet covering the "blue" areas and then poured on the blue glitter. After this was all cleaned up, I repeated the process with the remaining area and the white glitter. I love this effect! I added the glittery panel to the front of a pearlescent blue card base. I stamped, Copic coloured and die cut the adorable snowman from Snowy Holiday with Evelin T Designs, and then stamped a greeting from the same set along the side of the panel.

Here is a close up of the glitter:

My last couple of cards are very similar. I started out by watercolouring two panels with Distress Oxide inks (Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce) and some pearlescent gold paint - I was trying to create the effect of lights on a Christmas tree. I then added some pine needles using a stamp from In Bloom: Elsa's Flora; on one panel, I stamped the needles differently on each of the panels (as shown below). I also added some gold splatters to each of the panels.

The first card is actually where my inspiration came from - when I first saw the You Are a Blessing stamp set (right now is free with $25 purchase!!!!), I saw an ornament instead of a leaf and I thought it would make a great seasonal card. I stamped the image onto vellum with Versamark (masking the stem) and then heat embossed it with gold powder. I fussy cut it out and added it to the panel with some foam tape. I also added some red ribbon to make it look like it was "hanging" from the tree. I added the panel to a light grey card base with some more foam tape.

The second card is very similar but I used the In a Word: Grand Merry stamp set (another new fave!) and cutaways to create the greeting. I stamped the curvy "merry" in Versamark on vellum heat embossed with some glittery red powder. I die cut the vellum word with the coordinating cutaway and mounted it with foam tape onto the panel. I heat embossed the second part of the greeting with gold powder to complete the panel before mounting it on a grey card base.

Here is a close up of the second card to show the gold watercolour highlights:

This release is amazing - so many fun products to play with - I am sure that you will find something new to add to your crafty stash :)

And now onto the winner.....

It was so much fun being the November Leading Lady - a huge thank you to Shay for inviting me and enormous thank yous to everyone who left such wonderful comments. I randomly chose one of them to receive a $30 gift voucher to the Winnie & Walter shop........

Congrats SHartl - I will reach out to you with your prize info!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

November 2018 Release | Premiere Day No. 1

To enter our November 2018 Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

To enter to win Premiere Day No. 1 featured products...continue reading! 

To enter to win Premiere Day No. 2 Featured Products  CLICK HERE (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on November 28, 2018) 

To enter to win Premiere Day No. 3 Featured Products CLICK HERE  (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on November 29, 2018)

To enter to win Premiere Day No. 4 Featured Products CLICK HERE (goes live at 7:00 a.m. CST on November 30, 2018)

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Today is all about the In a Word series which has a consistent length to all it's big words. We are introducing a new stamp set to the series: In a Word: Thanks stamp set which has the stamp form of In a Word: Thanks Cutaway, an outline of the same word, a new elegant "thanks" and then a handwritten "thanks" along with a few little images and smaller yet still bold supporting words.  We hope you find this set an invaluable part of your crafting arsenal!  Want coordinating cutaways to the stamp set? We've got that too with the In a Word: Thanks Coordinating Cutaways.

We are also coming out with another of our traditional In a Word cutaways: In a Word: Holidays Cutaway, In a Word: Jolly Cutaway and In a Word: Wonder Cutaway.  These dies are so fun and versatile that they will go with any style of crafting and since they are a bit chunkier than our The Big, the Bold series they would be ideal for some shaker projects too. :-)

We also have a new creative screenings aka stencil we are adding to our collection this release.

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

In a Word: Thanks (the stamp set) (was our Black Friday - Cyber Monday Sale free with purchase from 2017)

Available for purchase the evening of November 30, 2018

4x6 stamp set

Retails for $15.00

Includes thirteen (13) stamps--five (5) images + eight (8) words/sentiments

In a Word: Thanks Coordinating Cutaways

Wafer Thin Steel Dies

Available for purchase the evening of November 30, 2018

Each retail for $25.00

Includes eight (8) dies

In a Word: Holidays Cutaway, In a Word: Jolly Cutaway & In a Word: Wonder Cutaway

Wafer Thin Steel Die

Available for purchase the evening of November 30, 2018

In a Word: Holidays Cutaway & In a Word: Wonder Cutaway Retails for $5.00  In a Word: Jolly Cutaway Retails for $10.00

One (1) die each

Scenery: Pennsylvania Polka Creative Screenings

6x6 stencil

Available for purchase the evening of November 30, 2018

Each retail for $4.99

Includes one (1) stencil

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see these products in action.

Shay

Happy November everyone!  Finally I got my act together to get another squeeze in another release this year.  I can't thank you enough for your patience.

I am really excited to share what we've created for you this week. :-)

Let's see what I came up for you today:

I have to admit to being on a yellow kick lately and why not use yellow for holiday cards and thank you cards?

Both of these cards use the same ink Distress Oxide in fossilized amber and the new Scenery: Pennsylvania Polka Creative Screenings.  I really love this basic polka dot pattern.

For the first card I used the stencil, ink and ink blending tool on a A2 white cardstock panel (I used the inked stencil for my second card, but I will explain that later).  On another panel I stamped the "thanks" from In a Word: Thanks (the stamp set) Distress Oxide in peacock feather.  I cut the panel down down and added strips of yellow cardstock (to get it to perfectly match I found a pale yellow I then used the same yellow ink and ink blending tool to customize).  I added the thanks panel to the patterned panel with foam dimensional adhesive all attached to a white A2 card base.

Like I mentioned above for my second card, I used the already inked stencil and spritzed it with water before placing the stencil over an A2 panel and running my fingers over the back.  By "stamping" with the stencil each impression is a surprise.

I cut out the In a Word: Wonder Cutaway using a teal cardstock  I then cut out the tag from Tagged: Holiday Cheer Cutaways from pale pink cardstock and cut out the tag hole with the star from the same set.  I stamped the accompanying sentiments in abandoned coral from Tagged: Holiday Cheer on the tag.  I added the yellow embossing floss to the tag.  On the stenciled background I stamped the outline and solid stars from Tagged: Holiday Cheer in abandoned coral and peacock feather.  I flung some gold spray around too because I can't seem to create without it.  I added the tag to the panel with dimensional foam adhesive.

Last I adhered it all to a white card base.  

What do you think so far?

Gayatri, Heather, Kate, Kelly and Lea are joining me today with their amazing cards:

Gayatri Murali of the Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Gayatri.

Heather Hoffman of The Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather.

Kate Capper of The Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Kate.

Kelly Griglione of The Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Kelly.

Lea Lawson of The Talent

CLICK HERE to see more from Lea (will be live later in the day).

>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win In a Word: Thanks stamp set + In a Word: Holidays Cutaway + In a Word: Jolly Cutaway + In a Word: Thanks Coordinating Cutaways + In a Word: Wonder Cutaway + Scenery: Pennsylvania Polka Creative Screenings of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) November 30, 2018.  One comment will be chosen at random. 

All winners during our November 2018 Release will be announced by December 17, 2018.

To enter our November 2018 Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.

September Color Combo with Heather H. (Challenge)

UPDATED: with extended deadline!

Good morning! Heather here stopping by this morning to share a new Color Combo Challenge with you! As summer turns to fall, I decided to start working on some fall cards, which naturally fit so well with thank you cards!

Here is my color inspiration for this month - we have recently been so enjoying all the yummy fresh peaches in season. Eating at LEAST one a day! So here is the color inspiration I chose:

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I created my stamped background using In Bloom: Renee's Leaves and a variety of different peach toned inks from Simon Says Stamp, and did some simple outlining with two shades of a Copic Warm Gray marker. I then die cut the panel using Essentials: Audrey Cutaways for a fun scallop edge, and added some glittery green splatters using some Altenew Shimmer Spray.

The sentiment was die cut from black cardstock with In a Word: Thanks Cutaways, and sewn onto a strip of vellum with torn edges. I then tucked some small pieces of foam adhesive behind the word and attached it to my panel, then attached that panel to a soft gray cardbase.

Now - I have a few favorites from the last Color Challenge to feature! It was so hard to narrow it down! I loved seeing everyone's take on the challenge - whether using the color combo I gave, or coming up with their own. Sooo...I decided to pick two people that used the given color combo, and 

First up - this absolutely gorgeous card by Shona Chambers! Love how she rocked the bold colors, and all the fun layers and details! Seriously beautiful!

Next up, Marlena createdt his totally fun and whimsical Christmas card! Love the playful feel to it, and the fun layers! Bravo!

Next up, this coloring made my jaw drop! WOW! Pooja created this stunning card - make sure and head to her blog to see her fun color combo that inspired this!

And finally, I adore the color combo that Greta H picked for her fun graphic card! What a clever way to use that stamp set to create a wreath - LOVE this so much!

>>>RANDOMLY CHOSEN WINNER<<<

No. 18 | Greta H

Greta's card is elegant and clever.  I love her hand-stamped wreath and the colors are soothing and sophisticated.

Greta, please email us at info {at} winniewalter {dot} com with the subject "August Color Combo Challenge Winner" to claim your prize.

>>>CHALLENGE<<<

New challenge will post on the second Monday of each Month, and will end on the Friday before the next challenge begins to allow time to pick a winner and some favorite entries to feature.

Now it's your turn to play along!

1. Create a new project using the September Color Combo. 
2. Use at least one (1) winnie & walter product.  This can include Cutaways (dies), Creative Screenings (stencils/masks), printable/digital items, cut files and/or stamp sets.  Remember we offer freebies in our shop.  Our freebies can be used to create your project(s) for this challenge.
3. EXTENDED!  Link up your project below using the InLinkz Link-up by 11:55 p.m. CST on Friday, November 9, 2018.  
4. Enter as many times as you want before the deadline.
5. This July Color Combo Challenge may be combined with other challenges found here on the w&w blog or elsewhere. 

One randomly selected entry will receive a $25 gift certificate to Winnie and Walter. YAY!!! I can't wait to see your entries! 

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

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