Rerun No. 35 | Scenery: V for cheVron--Making Shapes with Crystal (Video)

Happy Friday lovelies!

 

To inspire you further to participate in this month's Rerun Crystal has this sweet card and video!!

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Love Crystal's card and I hope you do too!

Remember you still have time to play along with the challenge and/or enter to win this stamp set.  All the details can be found HERE!

Have an incredible day!

Shay.

Rerun No. 27 | The Party with Crystal (Video)

Hello lovelies!

Did you know we extended the deadline to participate in Rerun No. 27 featuring The Party challenge and giveaway until the end of February?

Crystal, our newest addition to The Talent, will be sharing videos monthly and started by creating a video to highlight The Party:

Speaking of challenges join us tomorrow when our 4th Birthday Bash begins with our month-long challenges!

January Leading Lady Andrea Shell | Take Four

As we come to the end of January, we also close out with the final fabulous performance of our January Leading Lady Andrea Shell!  Andrea has delighted each and every week this month with her sensationally colored projects.  Her projects are so wonderfully joyful, vibrant and inspiring.  I feel so blessed to have had Andrea as our leading lady this month.

If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE or her pink and plaid extravaganza from her sensational second performance CLICK HERE or her triumphant third performance in which she takes your breath away with her garden inspired card CLICK HERE!

Lucky for us all we have her final command performance today....

Hello, again! I can't believe January is almost over, and so is my time as Leading Lady. I have had a blast sharing my creations with you, and I hope I've inspired you even just a little. Thank you, Shay, for this wonderful opportunity! It was really hard to decide which "favorite thing" I would share for my last post, but in the end, I chose interactive cards. I love all kinds - from shaker cards to slider cards to cards that wobble. They are all so much fun to make AND to receive! If you haven't tried them already, I hope you will.



For my first project, I went with a simple shaker card. I just love this card - it would make a great Valentine for a child or even a sweet thank you note. That adorable birdie is from LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs, and the vine is from Party On with Evelin T Designs. I stamped both with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copics. To the bird I also added some details with a white gel pen and some sparkle with Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Overlay.

   

Onto a white card, I white heat-embossed a sentiment from So Tweet. After ink-blending with Fossilized Amber distress oxide, I flicked on some water and blotted it dry. I inked up some Bristol Smooth paper with Worn Lipstick distress ink and flicked on some water. Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with the heart cutaway. The Flawless Heart Cutaways frame that gorgeous sentiment perfectly!

 

I backed the heart opening with clear acetate and covered the panel with foam tape. I placed some iridescent sequins in the opening and topped the panel with my card. I adhered the vine and bird to the card and finished with a scattering of heart sequins.

 

This next card may be my favorite! I really wanted to combine a shaker element with a slider, and this is what I came up with. I started with that adorable image from Sweet Holiday with Evelin T Designs. I stamped the image twice with Memento Tuxedo Black ink - once with the bear's face masked and the other with the full image - and colored both with Copics. I fussy-cut both images, trimming the gift from the bear's face, and went around the edges of both images with a black marker.

 

The balloons are from The Party. I die-cut three balloons from Bristol Smooth paper. Onto the die-cut panel, I gold heat-embossed a sentiment from The Party before ink-blending with Squeezed Lemonade and Cracked Pistachio distress ink. To give the background a little more interest, I flicked on some water and blotted it dry. Onto another panel of Bristol paper, I marked where the balloons would be and ink-blended with Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, and Peacock Feathers distress ink, being sure to use masks to prevent getting ink from one balloon on the others.

 

Ta da! A peekaboo bear! To make him I used a ruler and my Xacto knife to cut a track into my die-cut panel. I adhered a plastic slider disc to a small white circle and placed the panel on top so that the disc was in the track. To the disc I adhered a small white banner and adhered the bear on top. I placed tiny bits of foam tape on the bottom of the gift and adhered it on top of the bear. I dressed up the banner with a sentiment from Tagged: Holiday Cheer and added some white details and sparkle to my image. I built my shaker element just as I did for the first card (I wish I had used some anti-static powder to prevent my sequins from sticking to the foam tape, but I was impatient to see the final result.) and adhered the whole thing to a white card.

Thank you for stopping by! If you'd like a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Winnie & Walter, leave a comment on all of the Leading Lady posts on my blog by January 31st at midnight CST. I will randomly draw a winner from all of the comments and post it on my blog on Saturday, February 3rd.

Rerun No. 27 | The Party (Challenge + Giveaway + Sale!) + Winners of Rerun No. 26

UPDATED with new extended deadlines.

Hello lovelies!  Welcome to our monthly Rerun post!  First, we are going to announce winners from last month's Rerun No. 26 | Comfort + Joy.

We had such lovely entries and Mr. Random chose this challenge entry to win a $25.00 credit to the w&w shop:

No. 4 | Rosali @ilovestamping

Thank you for all your kind comments as well!  The winner of the Comfort + Joy stamp set is:

No. 2 | Janis

Congrats Rosali and Janis!   Please email us at info {at} winniewalter {dot} com.  Janis, I will additionally need your mailing address.

Now on to this month's Rerun!

Each Rerun will provide plenty of inspiration focusing upon a featured product, a month-long sale on the featured product and a challenge (with a prize!) and giveaway.  You will not want to miss out!

For our twenty-seventh Rerun we are concentrating on The Party. Whether it is celebrating a birthday, the New Year, a promotion or just to celebrate life, The Party is just the stamp set!  There are so many options for creativity here.

Also, a big warm w&w welcome to the newest member of The Talent, Crystal Thompson!  She will be joining us for this Rerun and we will be seeing some amazing things from more from Crystal in the future.

Now on to the cards!

Shay 


Happy New Year!  (By the way we have a big giveaway going on HERE until next Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. CST)  The Party is really a great set for creating joyful cards for happy occasions.  I thought it would be a great set to begin 2018 with.

I began with using my new to me Distress Oxide Inks in green/blues that I flicked with water.  Then I stamped the large and small round lantern shapes and larger tassel in navy all over the panel.  The colors were pretty blah so I got out fuchsia, yellow and green inks to watercolor in.  I added some gold ink to the fuchsia lamps.  With a metallic purple pen I added a line to attach the two lamps together.  I also inked the edges of the panel with navy.

For the sentiment I cut out the second to smallest balloon from Big Round Balloon Cutaways and stamped it in navy.  I colored in the balloon with yellow watered down ink then I wrapped some gold thread around the base of the balloon and allowed it to have an organic tail.  I attached the balloon to the panel with dimensional foam adhesive.

Last, I added some gold glitter enamel dots before I attached the panel to a white cardstock A2 card base.

That's it from me...wait until you see what Crystal, Heather and Kate did with The Party...so awesome!

>>>THE TALENT<<<

CLICK HERE to see more from Crystal.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather H.

 

CLICK HERE to see more from Kate.

>>>CHALLENGE<<<

Now it's your turn to play along with Rerun!

1. Create a new project using The Party (and/or the digital elements).  An alternative to using The Party. (and/or the digital elements) is to create a new project using one of the projects featured in this post (or any Rerun post throughout January by The Talent) as your inspiration.  Make sure you use at least one (1) w&w product (this can include a freebie found in the w&w shop) in your project.  If you choose the alternative to using The Party. (and/or the digital elements), please include in your post or project description which project inspired you and how.
2. Link up your project here by 11:55 p.m. CST on February 28, 2018.  
3. Enter as many times as you want before the deadline.
4. This Rerun Challenge may be combined with other challenges found here on the w&w blog or elsewhere.

One project will be randomly chosen to win $25.00 credit to the w&w shop!  The winner will be announced on the w&w blog later in March. 

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>>>GIVEAWAY<<<

Please comment on this post (make sure to include your email address in your comment--if you have to add your email address to your comment please do so by replying to your original comment) by 11:59 p.m. CST on February 28, 2018 for a chance to win your very own The Party stamp set!

December Leading Lady Kimberly Rendino | Take Five

As December and 2017 comes to an end we sadly must bid au revoir to our delightful December Leading Lady, Kimberly Rendino.    The last five weeks with Kimberly have been full of incredible inspiration, awesome projects and amazing artistry.  Kimberly showed her keen skills, cleverness and creativity week after week.  I feel so very blessed Kimberly shared her talents with us this month and capped this wonderful year of leading ladies.

If you missed her smashing debut you must see it CLICK HERE or her sensational second performance where she makes magic without getting inky CLICK HERE or her triumphant third performance with a festive and fun concentration on sequins CLICK HERE or her fantastic fourth performance that's full of a dizzying array of terrific tags CLICK HERE.  

Lucky for us all we have her final command performance today.  

Hello again!   I'm back for my final performance as Leading Lady - I can't tell you how exciting this month has been!  I've loved every minute of creating with my awesome winnie & walter goodies.  Thanks so much, Shay, for inviting me to create with your wonderful products!

I broke out one of my older winnie & walter favorites, The Party to create a simple New Year's card.   I stamped the streamers and party horns with Delicata gold & silver inks.   They pop on the black cardstock!  These inks stay wet for a bit, so I let them dry for a few minutes, then lightly brushed over everything, which left a fine dusting of sparkles over the entire card.   The sentiment, from In a Word: Merry, was heat embossed in silver and popped up on the card with foam tape.

A few scattered sequins finished off the panel, which was then adhered to some shiny gold paper I found in my stash!

Thank you so much for hanging out with me this month on the winnie & walter blog!  I'd like to wish everyone a very healthy and happy New Year!   Take care, crafty friends!

Before you go, don't forget to leave a comment over on my blog, Kimplete Kreativity, for a chance to win a gift card from winnie & walter!  

Rerun No. 15 | Happy Birthday with Vanessa

Hi everybody! Vanessa here with a colorful birthday card. I wanted to use the current Rerun set Scenery: It's a Wonderful Pennant to create a happy birthday banner with various patterned papers.

First, I stamped the small pennant onto scraps of patterned paper and fussy-cut them. Then I adhered a piece of twine to the Kraft card base and adhered the pennants to it with foam tape. I stamped the birds onto white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them with the matching dies. After I had adhered the birds, I stamped the sentiment and finished the card off with matching sequins.

This is a great way of using up patterned paper scraps! I am glad I was able to use some bits of my hoarded stash :) 

I hope you'll join us for this month's Rerun! Find all the details here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs

Scenery: It's a Wonderful Pennant

The Party

LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs Cutaways

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WCMD 2016 | Stretch Your Stamps with Kelly

To get all the information about w&w WCMD 2016 CLICK HERE.

Hi Folks! Kelly here with another fun challenge at Winnie & Walter in honor of World Card Making Day. This one is all about stretching your stamps, something that makes me feel quite accomplished whenever I can do it. Not only is it an exercise in creatively (can I think of a way to use this stamp in a manner other than it was intended?) but it's also very economical if I can get by with using what I've already got!

So here's my challenge to you:

Use a stamp/die/stencil in a way that is different than originally intended.

For example, you might ink a Christmas present stamp in a color other than red or green and use it on a birthday card. Or use a sentiment stamp for something other than a sentiment (to fill in a shape?)

     

   

Another example is to modify a focal point stamp, like this round tree from Kindness with Evelin T. Designs, and use it to create your own background...

     

  

... like this! Instead of inking the entire stamp and stamping it once on the card for a focal point, I inked up the circle part of the stamp (not including the trunk) and stamped it multiple times to create a graphic background. The circles do still have the branch in the middle, but since I rotated the stamp in different directions, I was hoping that would call less attention to its origins as a tree.

     

  

The adorable bird and balloon are from LS Exclusives So Tweet with Evelin T. Designs, and the sentiment is from The Party. I added some b&w washi tape to the top of the sentiment flag. And then some fun red and pink polka-dot patterned paper inside. 

So, now it's over to you! What magic can you create by using your stamps in a way that's not intended? I sure hope you can play along. I'll be watching to see what you create!

Thanks for looking!
- Kelly

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

>>>LINK UP<<

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w&w Belated 2nd Birthday Bash | Two Challenge with Shay

Hello fellow party goers!  It's Shay here.  I am so excited to bring you my challenge.  To commemorate our 2nd birthday I am following up on my One Challenge from last year.  This year it is the Two Challenge!

>>>CHALLENGE DETAILS<<<

Make a new project using the number 2 or two, two colors, two patterns, two layers, two embellishments, two photos, two words or two stamp sets (and so on)...really anyway to incorporate two into your project!  You can focus on a single option or combine the options (for instance a two layer card using two colors + two embellishments).

>>>MY PROJECTS<<<

Card No. 1

I drew in and then painted in the 2 using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in watered down picked raspberry and outlining it in hickory smoke.  From there I used the circles and the two largest outline circles from Scenery: BIGGER Bang Confetti to create a background using Simon Says Stamp white ink, a pale pink ink and second generation picked raspberry solid circles and the outline in Tim Holtz Distress Ink in hickory smoke.  I stamped the sentiment from The Party in black Versafine ink.  I added sequins in pink and iridescent.  With dimensional foam adhesive I attached the panel to a piece of patterned paper from the Shine collection by Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper. It was all attached to an A2 card base using foam adhesive.

How 2 is used: that is 2 colors: pink + grey/black (white is a freebie) + 2 colors of  sequins + 2 stamp sets + a huge "2".

Card No. 2 (and 3)

I went a different direction here: 2 cards.

I began with a single panel of 4.25 x 5.5 white cardstock.  I stamped a plaid pattern using Scenery: Stripes and Tim Holtz Distress Ink in peacock feathers, twisted citron, mowed lawn, blueprint sketch and hickory smoke.  Remember to ink up with Versamark first so the Distress Ink sticks to it.

Then I cut the panel in half lengthwise.  From there I was able to create 2 cards.  I added a border of navy cardstock under the plaid before attaching the navy and plaid to the A2 card base and stamped the sentiment from A Tree for All Seasons on 2 white A2 card bases one in twisted citron and one in peacock feathers.  I accented each with enamel dots.

How 2 is used: that is 2 cards from a stamped pattern + 2 stamp sets.

>>>GIVEAWAY<<<

Link up your take on this challenge for a chance to win a $75.00 gift card (gift code) to the w&w shop.  One random winner will be chosen.

For more information on how to enter to become our Guest Star for the next release CLICK HERE.  Please remember you need to include GS in the Link Title to be considered for the Guest Star competition.

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>>>BONUS GIVEAWAY<<<

One randomly chosen comment on this post will receive the limited edition Scenery: BIGGER Bang Confetti stamp set I used in my first card.