November Leading Lady Jill Vickers | Take Two

Our November Leading Lady Jill Vickers is back for her sensational second performance!  If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE.   Jill has ensnared my focus with today's superb cards!

Ladies and gentlemen, Jill...

I am so happy to be joining Winnie & Walter for another week as their November Leading Lady. This week's cards are all about the magic number three, and a few ways it can be used in card design.

My first card is all about the visual triangle which is created when you place three elements (forming a triangle) around the focal point. On my card, I placed three critters around the sentiment:

I started out by Copic colouring and fussy cutting the three critters from the Happy Dance with Evelin T stamp set. I then die cut three circles in the card panel and stamped the three different circular sentiments from Ring in the Celebration around the openings. I sponged three different colours of Distress Inks behind the openings (Twisted Citron, Abandoned Coral, and Mustard Seed - bright, happy colours!) before popping the card front on with foam tape. The critters were also added with foam tape as well as the sentiment from Sentimental Birthday which was white embossed on black. A few sparkling sequins and a little strip of glitter to finish of the card.

My second card focuses on the rule of thirds - this is a key design principle in composition that you can read more about here. 

I kept the focus of the design by keeping all the elements in the lower third of the card. I added 3 (yes 3!) thin strips of silver glitter card stock across the bottom of the card. I Copic coloured a poinsettia from the In Bloom: Elsa's Flora set and popped it up with some foam tape onto the panels at the bottom left corner according to the rule of thirds.I added the sentiment from Sentimental Winter to the panel and a few drops of gold Stickles to the centre of the flower to complete the CAS design.

My last project was very much inspired by a recent Jennifer McGuire video where she created ornaments on cards; I CASEd that idea but I created a card with three tags instead. The idea is that I can send someone this card and then they can remove the tags to use them. To continue the "three" theme, I decided to add three tags.  According to some design principles, including three similar or repeated elements is more pleasing to the eye then using two or four - I will let you be the judge of whether it works on this card :)

I created the card base by stamping the greeting from Scenery:Holiday Trimmings in Versamark and embossing it with sparkly red powder. I then applied glitter paste through a stencil very similar to the Big Bang Circle Creative Screening for even more sparkle.

Now for the tags: I started out by die cutting 6 (3 fronts and 3 backs)  tags from the Essentials: Audrery Cutaways, and then stamping some critters from Winter Wishes with Evelin T onto three of them. I coloured the images and the background with Copics - I also added some glitter paste through the same stencil that I had used on the card base. On the other three tags, I stamped the greeting and "to" and "from" from the Sentimental Gift set; I then adhered these to the coloured tags. I threaded some baker's twine through the tags and knotted the loop at the end and secured the twine on the inside of the card with some washi tape. 

Here is the backside of the tags:

Here is how the tags are secured to the inside of the card - with removable silver sparkle washi tape so the recipient can remove the tags and use them on gifts.

Shay has kindly offered up a $30 Winnie & Walter gift card for me to give to one lucky commenter on my blog, My Life in Paper For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post and/or any of my leading lady posts and I will randomly pick a winner from all the comments left by November 30th.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Jill

October Leading Lady Trina Pham | Take One

Happy World Card Making Day!  Hope you are enjoying your day so far.  You can find more details HERE.

We have another awesome post for you today introducing our October Leading Lady Trina Pham!  Trina caught my eye with the incredible cards she submitted to our challenges.  Her cards are impeccably designed and executed with a flair for the dramatic and full of humor and cleverness.

I am really excited to see what Trina will be creating this month as she takes us on an adventure of her own design on Saturdays in October on the w&w blog.

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

Hello there!  Look who's the lucky Leading Lady this entire month at Winnie & Walter!?  I KNOW!... oops, didn't mean to yell.  Can you tell I am thrilled and excited?  When I first saw the e-mail from Shay inviting me to guest design this month, I was shocked, ecstatic, overwhelmed and nervous all at once!  I think I'm still in a little disbelief, but don't pinch me because I don't want to wake up from this amazing dream! 😜   I love their products and I am so honoured to have this opportunity.  I hope you will join me every Saturday this month.

So for my debut week, I am hash tagging it #favourites.  My cards are mostly clean and simple (CAS), and masking is my favourite technique I use quite often to help preserve that white space indicative of CAS cards.  I also love bright, cheery colours, so incorporating rainbow colours into my cards is another favourite.  These two favourites are the basis for my cards today.

FIREWORKS

First up is a rainbow birthday card.  Birthday cards are needed all year round, and I make these cards the most.

Started by trimming a piece of X-presss It cardstock down to A2 size.  Stamped the cats from Purrfect with Evelin T Designs with black Copic friendly ink.  Masked them, then die cut a reverse circle mask from masking paper using Big Round Balloon cutaways.  Adhered the reverse mask over the cats,  then white heat embossed the images from Dotty About You.  Sponged Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire distress inks to create the fireworks background.  Wiped off excess ink with a paper towel.

For some sparkle, spritz with a DIY shimmer spray.  Removed the masks, then coloured the cats with warm and cool grey Copic markers.  The sentiment from Wishing You with Evelin T Designs were heat embossed.  'Wishing you' was black heat embossed directly on the panel and the rest was white heat embossed on a black strip.  Adhered the panel to a white card base to finish.

CRITTERTREE

My second card is a Christmas card.  Christmas is a my favourite season.  I cherish the many fun festivities spent with family and friends.  And no surprise, Christmas cards are my favourite cards to make.  I am using my favourite critter penguin from Season's Tweetings with Evelin T Designs.  In fact, I posted a card a few days ago with him.  I didn't think he could get any cuter,  but how about a whole group of him in a crittertree?

This card is masking on steroids! *lol*😂  It is actually my second attempt because I smeared black ink on the first one.  On Neenah cardstock and starting at the bottom with the middle guy, stamped and masked, working my way up to the top.  Masked a slope next, then blended Broken China distress ink for the background.

Removed all masks and coloured them in with Copics.  Black heat embossed the sentiment from Sentimental Winter.  For some interest, die cut the panel using Essentials: Audrey's Cutaways.  Mounted with white fun foam onto a white card base for some dimension.  Clear shimmer on the hat brim and pom-pom finished off the card.  It was difficult to capture it in the photo.

And as I was cleaning up, I had an "ah-ha" moment.  The ink smear on the first one was in the background, leaving the crittertree untouched.  What a shame to see all that stamping and masking go to waste.  I fussy cut the crittertree out and create a bright and colourful non-CAS card.

The rainbow background was created with Distress Oxide inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron) on mix media paper.  I used my favourite method and added a flurry of snow with a white gel pen.

And just like that, I have two rainbow crittertree cards two ways!

GIVEAWAY

Shay has kindly offered up a $30 Winnie & Walter gift card for me to give to one lucky commenter on my blog Phamtastic Design.  For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post and/or any of my leading lady posts and I will randomly pick a winner from all the comments left by October 31.

That does it for me this week.  As it is World Card Making Day (WCMD), I want to wish you happy WCMD!  If you haven't done so, check out the challenges Winnie & Walter is hosting in celebration of this event HERE.  Thank you for spending your time with me.  Have a wonderful week.

WCMD 2017 | CAS Challenge with Heather H.

To get all the information about w&w WCMD 2017 CLICK HERE.

Good afternoon! Heather H. here celebrating World Card Making Day with you, and I'm super excited to be hosting a CAS (Clean and Simple) Challenge for you today! When I first started cardmaking, it was one of the hardest styles for me, and as time has gone on it has slowly become one of my favorites! Here is my CAS card for today:

For my card I started by stamping Mini Scenery: Multifaceted on a piece of white cardstock with clear embossing ink. I used my MISTI to immediately stamp the church from Our Town over the top in Versamark ink THREE times for a nice crisp impression. I then sprinkled clear embossing powder over the entire thing and heat set. Next, I used Squeezed Lemonade and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks to blend over the background. The embossed areas resist the ink which makes it super fun! I then used my paper trimmer to trim it out leaving a tiny border, stamped my sentiment from Sentimental: Winter on a white cardbase, then mounted the inked panel with foam tape over the top.

Can't wait to see your own CAS creations! Have a wonderful and happy World Card Making Day!!! 

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

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Hiya everyone,

My third project using Winnie & Walter's November new release. Today I am showcasing Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs and coordinating cutaways.

Another adorable stamp set. I love the little elements in the stamp set like the ornaments that add more details to the card. 

I stamped and coloured the images from the stamp set. Then die cut using coordinating cutaway. I die cut two panels. One smaller panel using the smaller rectangle cutaway from Essentials: Katherine Cutaway and white card stock. The larger panel using the largest scalloped cutaway using Essentials: Audrey Cutaway. I stamped the branch image on the white panel and coloured with copic markers. Then mounted the owls on the branch using foam adhesives, the banner and ornaments on top of the panel. I stamped the sentiment from Sentimental: Winter stamp set on the panel and the smaller sentiment on a strip of white cardstock.

I added details to the owls and banner using white gel pen. Then adhered the white panel on the red scalloped panel using foam adhesive and then flush glued on the white card base. Absolutely love the cuteness overload of the owls and ornament details.

These sets are available for purchase from Winnie & Walter store. Hope you are inspired and thanks for stopping by once again.

Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs

Sentimental: Winter

Essentials: Audrey Cutaways

Essentials: Katharine Cutaways

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December Leading Lady Shona Chambers | Take One

Today we are very excited to introduce our December Leading Lady, Shona Chambers. Shona seized our attention on more than one occasion by participating in our challenges. As a result we spotlighted her work last year on the w&w blog HERE and HERE. Her clean and simple aesthetic allows her use of texture, design and color to really shine and make a bold impact.  Her work is impeccably done and so inspirational.

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

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

Hi there everybody!! I'm so very excited to be the December Leading Lady for Winnie and Walter. I'm over the moon to be sharing my designs with you every Saturday this month!

For those of you who don't know me, I live in Blenheim, New Zealand which seems to be the 'earthquake capital' at the moment. I work as a gardener, helping people who don't have time to garden or weren't born with a green thumb. I'm married with two children Phoebe 11yrs and Max 10yrs, who I love to bits!!! I started card making 4 years ago after going to a local craft fair. I've had my blog Twine Around for 3 years and have developed a mainly CAS style. I love horror movies, walking my golden retriever Bella and have a big addiction to Peanut M&M's.

I've also been a huge fan of Winnie and Walter's products for the past few years and have entered nearly all of their challenges. Its an absolute privilege to be on their blog and I hope I do Shay proud with my designs!!

I decided that since its December and EVERYTHING is about Christmas, I would make that the running theme of each Saturday's post. However I will use a certain technique, colour combo or product each time to hopefully give you some inspiration.

For this weeks post I'm going with what I love the most - CAS (Clean and Simple). I wanted to show you that a white card base can be an effective background and how it can simply show off your star image.

For my first card I used images from Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs, coloured them with pencils and used their matching dies. The branch was adhered to the card front and the owls popped up on foam tape. I then stamped the sentiment from Season's Tweetings with Evelin T Designs and added Nuvo Drops in White to replicate snow. The colours pop against all the white!!

For my second card I stamped and pencil coloured the owl from Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs and used the matching die-cut. To add some background interest I die-cut the True Multifaceted Star Cutaway twice from white card stock and adhered them on top of each other. The owl was popped on foam tape and the sentiment from Season's Tweetings was stamped in black.

I love this little penguin!! I stamped this image from Season's Tweetings, coloured his body with pencils and his hat with a red glitter gel pen from Kaisercraft. He was die-cut with the matching die and foam tape added to his back. I die-cut the circle of white card stock using Essentials: Carly Cutaways (the 2nd largest die) and adhered it to the card front. The penguin was popped in place, the sentiment stamped from Sentimental: Winter and Nuvo Drops in White added for snow.

For my final card I used my favourite Christmas colour combo - blue and white. I die-cut the circle frame using the two largest dies from Essentials: Carly Cutaways and adhered to the card front. I stamped the tree from Season's Tweetings and bird with ornaments from Happy Owlidays and cut with matching dies. The ornaments were coloured with blue glitter gel pens from Kaisercraft and the bird with pencils. I also added Nuvo Drops in White to his hat for dimension. The tree with ornaments was adhered to the card, the bird popped up on foam tape and the sentiment (from Sentimental: Winter) stamped in black.

Clean, simple and eye-catching, that's how I love my cards! And any of these would be easy to mass produce (which is what I will be doing this weekend). I hope I've given you some ideas with a 'less is more' feel. Next Saturday I'll be back with something completely different.

And don't forget to pop over to my blog Twine Around and leave a comment for a chance to win a $30 gift voucher.

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you all next Saturday!!!

Shona

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True Multifaceted Star Cutaways

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