February Leading Lady Kate Capper | Take One

Today we are chuffed to introduce our February Leading Lady, Kate Capper.   Kate has been a stalwart w&w fan whose projects have caught our attention and heart!  She has incredible coloring skills, an ability to be innovative and clever and a wondrous way with stamps and dies.  We just love this talented gal and can't wait for you to see her shine like the dazzling star she is!   

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

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

Hello.

I am so excited to be Winnie and Walters leading lady for February.

Being a big fan of Winnie and Walter products I'm in heaven getting to make stuff  and share it with you.

I had lots of plans about what i wanted to do ...and you know what they say about plans lol.

I received the new January release stamps and just played, this is the result. 

I stamped the bear from Stampets: The Gift and coloured with copics before fussy cutting.

I wanted a soft clean and simple feel to the card so used a light  colour inks to stamp the border from Scenery:party hangover and the circle of sparkles from the Sparkle set.

The sentiment is stamped in black archival ink.

To finish the bear was adhered using foam tape and i added some sequins and some pink liquid pearls.

I also made a matching tag which will be perfect for when i wrap up the gifts.

I have another baby card but with a different look.

Originally i wanted this card one layer so i masked the bear so that everything was on one level.

The cupcake is from Sugar Rush and the gift box is from The Party, these are super fun sets and i cant wait to play more with them.

This time i have coloured with prisma color pencils, they give a different feel than copics, i think it looks a bit more vintage.

Once everything was coloured i masked all the images and used the same stamp from Scenery: The Party Hangover to create some pattern behind everything.

I layered the front panel onto a die cut that i coloured using the Scenery: Classic Diagonal Creative Screening before adhering to my card base.

Again i have made a matching tag but with less layers this time.

I love that you can mix and match any of the stamps from Winnie and Walter for so many occasions.

Julie and Shay have very kindly given me $30 gift card to the Winnie and Walter store to give away on my blog, 

I would love it if you stopped by ...and if you leave a comment you will be entered into the draw for the gift card.

I look forward to being here again for my second act .

Thanks so much for looking

w&w supplies:

Scenery: The Party Hangover

Stampets: The Gift

Sugar Rush

The Party

Scenery: Classic Diagonal Creative Screenings

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w&w 1st Birthday Bash | Collage Challenge with Laura

Hey sweet friends! Happy New Year! I hope 2015 will bring you lots of happiness, joy and everything else you wish for. :) It's Laura here and I am hosting a fun collage challenge. I put together images that caught my eye and that will inspire you for sure. :) 

For my card, I used a lot of different Winnie & Walter products including the Creative Screenings. These are simply awesome! 

Some of you probably already know that I am a huge fan of critter stamps. I really like the Stampets: The Gift stamp set. See that white doggy I adhered on my card? It reminds me of my own dog, Jinny. She's a white fluffy dog so this image resembles her perfectly. 

For the white background of the card, I used the Big Bang Classic Star Creative Screening along with white embossing paste. Then, I sprinkled Neutral Ultra Shimmer embossing powder from WOW on the wet stars. After letting the embossing paste dry for about 15 minutes, I heat set the embossing powder. 

I stamped some small reindeers from the Happy Christmas stamp set between the stars and adhered a tag onto the starry piece. The birthday sentiment is from the wonderful Winter Woodland stamp set. I love that it also includes non-Christmas sentiments. 

After adhering a piece of patterned paper on a notecard, I tied a bow using black baker's twine and adhered it onto the tag. To finish off, I added lots of sparkle and glitter. First, I created cute dog eyes using Glossy Accents and Clear Wink of Stella glitter. Then, I added glitter using the same glitter pen to the reindeers. Finally, I adhered a mix of Pretty Pink Posh sequins. :) 

That's it about my project. Be sure to enter this fun challenge! Remember, you must use at least one Winnie & Walter product. The winners will be chosen randomly by w&w. Would you like to win the April Guest Star spot? This is your chance! Enter at least 4 of the challenges and create at least 4 projects with a clear focus on Winnie & Walter products. Good luck! :)

XO,

Laura

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Our friend the incredibly awesome Jocelyn Olson also played along with Laura's challenge.  See her gorgeous take below and CLICK HERE to visit her blog for more details.

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Link up your take on this challenge for a chance to win a $50.00 gift card (gift code) to the w&w shop.  One random winner will be chosen.

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December Leading Lady Laurel Beard | Take Two

Our December Leading Lady, Laurel Beard is back and better than ever!  If you missed her sensational debut you must see it...CLICK HERE.  Laurel has really packed in the wow-factor on this post and there is something special near the end. ;-)  Now it's Laurel's time to shine....

Hello there!!!! Laurel Beard here and I am back as Winnie and Walter's December Leading Lady! ACK! I still can't believe I get to say that. I have been a HUGE fan since they released their very first stamp set! Both Shay and Julie are fantastic peeps with a huge heart and their line is fantastic!!!! They had my heart when they release the first Big and Bold stamp set.. And it's just gotten better and better and better! I know, how can that be!!!! Well, I'll tell you! They've added stencils (creative screenings) and dies (cutaways) to their line!!!!! I KNOW, right??? You can check their newest release right here and your jaw will drop! Today I thought I would combine simple watercoloring techniques with some products from the release..... So let's get right to it as I have got FIVE projects to share with you today... The first one is the boldest of the bunch! I combined Scenery: Big Bang Flurries ,which is like the awesomest of awesome snowflake stamp sets with The Big, the Bold and the Merry! I heat embossed the sentiment in black, watercolored the background in with my Gansai watercolors and then inked one of the snowflake clusters from the Big Bang Flurries stamp set with a Pearl Paint Dabber and stamped right over the top of the watercolors... Combining the pearlescent snowflakes with the watercolored background made a gorgeous setting for the card.... And I am in love with that bold Christmas sentiment.

Next up, I thought I would create a cute Christmas tag using Happy Christmas. Not only is this stamp set full of amazing images AND sentiments in a gorgeous font, the name won me over! HAPPY CHRISTMAS! HAHA, I am HUGE Harry Potter fan and that's what they say so yea... This set is a winner just from the name, LOL! To start, I inked up the Classic Diagonal Creative Screening with some distress ink. I love the bold, thick lines of this stencil. For the watercolor portion of this card, I flicked some water onto the distress ink and voila, magic. Distress inks are formulated to react with water so you can only get this result if you use distress ink. The images were stamped directly onto the card and I stamped the hat from Stampets: The Gift as a finishing touch to this easy to mass produce tag... To add a little sparkle to the hat, I used some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush pen in red.

Next I thought I would show you a SUPER EASY watercolored card using a sentiment as a focal point. I stamped Joy to the World from The Big, the Bold and the Merry and heat set it with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I watercolored the background panel using my Gansai watercolors and voila! A gorgeous sentiment is really all you need to create a great card I think.

As a bonus today, I've got TWO more projects to share with you accompanied with a VIDEO showcasing both cards! The first is a tag using Happy Christmas and Peerless Watercolors. Are the poinsettias gorgeous? There is a lot you can do with them. Color them, paper piece them or in my case, use watercolors and perfect pearls.

And the second card I have for you today is one of my favorites because it has lots of texture and shine! I used the Triangled Creative Screening (LOOOOVE this stencil) and partially covered it with some white embossing paste. After it was dry, I stamped the sentiment (did I mention I LOVE this stamp set? So versatile....) and heat set with Liquid Platinum embossing powder (yes, this is my favorite, lol).... THEN, I did some watercoloring with distress inks and perfect pearls.... This card is full and texture and sparkle and I just love the stencil and stamped images paired together!

You can watch the video right here on the blog or over on Laurel's Youtube Channel in HD!

So there you have it!! Lots of Winnie and Walter watercolored projects for you today! I'll be back next week for some more Winnie and Walter fun! Until then, I've got a giveaway!!! Simply head on over to my blog and leave comments on all of my Leading Lady posts, and you could win a $30 gift card to Winnie and Walter!!! I will choose a winner at the end of the month from all of the Leading Lady posts, so you've got lots of opportunities to get your name in the hat!

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