Scrapbooking + Cardmaking with Latrice Murphy | No. 2

We are so pleased that the gifted Latrice Murphy is featuring our products on her blog again today by using them for both cardmaking + scrapbooking.  We simply love when stamping is integrated into memory keeping.  Don't you?

CLICK HERE to see her first post using Scenery: V for cheVron in a lovely layout and graphic card.

We've got a sneak of today's project:

CLICK HERE to visit her blog to learn more, see a video (and bonus layout) and for a giveaway. :-)


w&w supplies:

The Big, the Bold and Blessings

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Surprise Giveaway Winner!

Julie and I thought it only fair for those that commented on the post for the Housewarming Party for catherinepooler.com also have a chance to win something to celebrate.  Thank you all for such kind and lovely comments!

The random winner is:

Melissa F. come on down you just won your very own...

This Awesome House stamp set!

Melissa, please email us at info {at } winniewalter {dot} com with your name and mailing address within one week to claim your prize.

Scapbooking + Cardmaking with Latrice Murphy | No. 1

The delightful and very talented Latrice Murphy will be featuring some of our products on her blog today and tomorrow showing how to use them for both scrapbooking + cards.

We've got a sneak at today's chevronific projects:

CLICK HERE to visit her blog to learn more and for a giveaway. :-)

Remember to check back tomorrow for Latrice's second day featuring w&w (including a video)!


w&w supplies:

Scenery: V for cheVron

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Happy Birthday, Dad! Love, Julie

Happy Tuesday everyone!

My card today is inspired by many things.  First and foremost, it is inspired by my Dad, who celebrated his birthday last week.  I won't get to see him for awhile, but we had a nice chat on the phone.  He is the guy, who after retirement, is taking on lots of household duties, and takes care of his adorable grand-daughter, Kamilla!  He is busy all the time, and though we all appreciate and love him very much, we just don't say it often enough.  Love you DAD and thank you!

This card is also inspired by great paper from Basic Grey's Hey Boy paper pack, and all of the awesome DAD cards created recently by our September Leading Lady, Lyndal Higgins.  If you haven't seen her amazing projects this month, check out the first and second installments.  FAB-U-LOUS!

I have a few shots of the process.  Ready?....here we go!

1. I pulled out some of the Basic Grey papers and winnie & walter stamps including The Big, the Bold and the Happy, Parentville and Parentville Extras.  My vision was to have the woodgrain strips on the sides and the chevron panel in the middle, letting the chevron pattern take most of the focus of this card.

2. Using a coordinating orange paper from the pack, I cut the banner shaped piece and stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed with Donna Salazar's Mix'd Media inx embossing powder in Truffle - love it!

3. Once the heat tool started up, Walter was bouncing up and down under the table, demanding to check my work.  I'm telling you, he is a very involved member of the company!

4.  I wanted a final touch on the front of the card, so I added the heart from Parentville Extras in Burnt Sienna chalk ink, and fussy cut it.  The banner and the heart are both popped up with foam.




I have to admit a little secret:  I often do not add elements to the inside of a card.  Gasp!  I know, I know.  But, I'm going to try to change my ways. :)  I added a few strips from the paper, another Burnt Sienna heart and a sentiment of "We love you".

And, finally - here is the finished card.  

Have a great day and a fantastic week!

Happy Stamping!
Julie


w&w supplies:

Parentville

Parentville Extras

The Big, the Bold, and the Happy

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Leading Lady Lyndal Higgins | Take Two

Lyndal Higgins is back for her second week as Leading Lady and she is knocking our socks off!  If you haven't seen her first time as Leading Lady you will really want to CLICK HERE right now!  Now is the moment you've been waiting for...Lyndal is ready for her next performance!

Hi there again Winnie and Walter friends and fans! So happy to be back for another installment of Winnie and Walter Leading Lady inspiration.  I hope you are enjoying your September so far - I know I am!

After the inks and metal last week, I thought I'd do something completely different this week. As the lovely Virginia is in the midst of Patterned Paper inspiration over at Virginia's View, I thought I'd take this opportunity to showcase Winnie and Walter and Patterned Papers.

PATTERNED PAPERS

First up a floral explosion of Winnie and Walter patterned paper roses...

This gorgeous purse card is created using Winnie and Walter Parentville cut file, cut twice, once for the front of the card and a second piece for the back. The front panel is covered in MME paper, and decorated using these beautiful Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Extras roses, petals and banner, together with Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Happy sentiment, stamped on a selection of patterned papers from my scrap paper stash in Momento Ink Rich Cocoa. Because the stamped image is quite detailed, it looks more effective on monochromatic patterned paper with smaller pattern repeats. For details on how to create the inside of the card, hop over to my blog, Ideas and Paper.

Next up This Awesome House in patterned papers (perfect for playing along in Catherine Pooler's Housewarming Party)...

I just love this image from Winnie and Walter This Awesome House, and think it looks super cute in patterned papers. The more "open space" there is in your stamped image, the more busy the patterned paper can be. I stamped the house three times on co-ordinating coloured patterned papers - one busy floral pattern, and two monochrome, then fussy cut and adhered the layers, before pop-dotting. I added these cute co-ordinating patterned paper clouds and sun. The "Happy" is a negative cut using Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Happy cut file, and the "Birthday" stamp is from Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Happy.

Last but not least, creating your own patterned paper...

I thought I'd give you a few hints and tips on creating your own patterned paper using Winnie and Walter stamps. I created my own patterned paper for my Halloween mini album for the recent Autumn Release Tour of the Stars, featuring Winnie and Walter Moonlight and This Awesome House.

Hints and Tips

• To create more depth and texture, use a piece of monochrome patterned paper as a base, rather than plain paper.
• Use a sheet of acetate (you can even use the Winnie and Walter packaging) laid on top of the paper so you can position the stamps without getting ink smudges on the paper.
• Start the pattern from the right hand edge and worked your way backwards, lining up the stamps using a Fiskars stamp press - I love the grid pattern on this - it makes lining up the stamps a breeze.
• Position the larger stamps first. If there are any gaps after you have stamped, you can fill the gaps using the smaller words and images.
• Colour the images to match the theme, or photos.
• Add some sparkle for fun!

I'd LOVE you to stop by my blog, Ideas and Paper, and say HELLO - as well as a chance throughout September to WIN a $30 gift card for Winnie and Walter, just for leaving a comment! 

Once again, a HUGE thanks to Shay and Julie for their generosity, and for this fabulous opportunity!

w&w supplies:

Moonlight	The Big, the Bold and Extras	The Big, the Bold, and the Happy	This Awesome House
Parentville cut files	The Big, the Bold, and the Happy cut files

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Winners of Share the Love Week Featuring Simon Says Stamp!

First, we were blown away by your enthusiastic comments and all of those that participated in our challenges.  We had a blast seeing you play along and make truly awesome projects for the challenges!  We will definitely have more challenges in the future.

Now the random winners!

Day 1 | Rainbow Color/Colour Palette
$25 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp
Comment No. 40 Thordis

Day 2 | 10 Minute Dash
$30 Gift Card (code) to the w&w shop
Comment No. 53 Carol Cel

Day 3 | With One Stamp
$30 Gift Card (code) to the w&w shop

Lindsey L.

Day 4 | One Layer
$30 Gift Card (code) to w&w shop

MeganBeth

Day 5| Sketch
$25 Gift Card to Simon Says Stamp

Kelly Latevola

All winners please contact us at info {at} winniewalter {dot} com with which day/theme you won.

Again thank you, thank you, thank you to every one who made this week such a joy!

Time for a Housewarming Party!

Welcome one and all!  It's time to party in celebration of Catherine Pooler's redesigned and beautiful "new" blog catherinepooler.com.  All the dust has settled and Catherine's always fabulous blog is now even more gorgeous and more of a pleasure to visit for inspiration!  You are going to love it so much.  And this party is for everyone as it is also linky party that you can participate in for the upcoming week using the theme HOME!  All the details can be found at catherinepooler.com!

Julie and I (Shay) are one of the sponsors for Catherine's party and we are thrilled to be able to participate.  When Catherine mentioned the theme of home I was just so excited!  We have our brand new "Texas" sized This Awesome House which is perfect for this theme.

I went with something very neutral and subtle with touches of my-can't-craft-without gold with hints of autumn (being in Texas autumn is always a joy to welcome after the long stretch of blistering heat).  I actually rarely use anything but bright white with some punch of color so this was a departure for me.  It's good to try something outside our comfort zone, right (even as I wonder if I should have done something with more color lol)?

For an ethereal look I stamped the house on vellum in cup o'joe Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...this will not dry immediately (just a warning).  I used some Copics (E01 Pink Flamingo + E43 Dull Ivory) to color in the image and the ink smeared into markers which I liked as it gave the lines a softness I was going for.  Carefully I used my heat tool to help dry the ink and marker (remember that alcohol is flammable!).  I then flipped the image over so the inked and colored in side was face down.  I sewed the vellum house panel onto a panel of natural colored cardstock.  Over the thread I used a Zig Wink of Stella pen in gold (0.8 mm). On a manila tag I stamped the sentiment also from This Awesome House (and perfect for this theme!) in Versamark and heat embossed it in gold. I cut it out into a banner shape and added a stitched border in gold using the same Wink of Stella gold pen.  I adhered it to the vellum panel.  For more defined lines a great way of doing that would be to stamp the house in brown ink under the vellum and match up the vellum house with the house underneath for dimension and more depth.

On a natural card I stamped the leaves on the left-side from A Tree for All Seasons in Versamark and then heat embossed it in gold.  Don't you love these leaves?  They are modern and elegant.  I colored in the maple leaves with a Copic (E01 Pink Flamingo) which reacted a bit with the embossing powder when the Copic touched the embossed bits.  With dimensional foam adhesive I added the vellum panel over the card.

What do you think?  Do you like how the house with the vellum + ink + Copics turned out?  Going to try it too?  We would love to see if you do!

Ready for more partying!  There is much more inspiration and what is a party without presents?  Catherine is giving away a whole year membership to StampNation!  And then there is a $1 3-Day Trial Membership too to StampNation (where there are hundreds of videos + a dream team of designers + a warm and friendly community of crafters from all around the world)!  Make sure to go to her blog for all the details and to see it for yourself!

If that were not enough make sure to check us out on Facebook today where we will have a post where you will have a chance to win a month's membership to StampNation!

Wishing you much fun as you rock the house! :-)

Shay.


w&w supplies:

A Tree For All Seasons

This Awesome House

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Playdate No. 3 Winner Revealed!

We faced a herculean challenge of our own to pick from the superb array of projects for our Playdate No. 3 challenge.  We want to congratulate every single person who entered and made our decision so darn tough...we spent quite a bit of time discussing our choice!  Thank you so very much for so generously sharing your talents and efforts with us!

We finally pared it down to a single winner because of her use of color, design and cut files.

Here is our winner:

Cresta Woodruff

Cresta's card really stood out as she used our cut files (Scenery: V for Chevron Digital Elements + The Big, The Bold and You Cut Files) to amazing effect and managed to incorporate with great success both the sketch and the colors in a bold and clean pattern which is very appealing to the eyes.

We also wanted to focus upon a couple of other entrants.  As our honorable mentions each will be given $30.00 gift code to the w&w shop.

Lin Brandyberry impressed us with her lovely array of cards from autumn beauties to a card full of love.

Maya Isaksson's card look like the galaxy is sprinkled upon it!  What a wonder!

Congratulations to Cresta, Lin, Maya and everyone who participated in our Playdate No. 3 challenge!

Cresta, Lin and Maya please email us at info {at} winniewalter {dot} com!

Be sure to check back for our next Playdate challenge coming later this year for your chance to participate in our next release.


w&w supplies:

Scenery: V for cheVron Digital Elements	The Big, the Bold and You cut files	The Big, the Bold and Seasons	The Big, the Bold, and the Happy
The Big, the Bold and You	You've Got Love Mail

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Leading Lady Lyndal Higgins | Take One

Today we have the great pleasure of introducing our September Leading Lady, Lyndal Higgins.   We were really taken with her witty, bright and creative personality which is apparent from her dynamic projects.   There is a sense of delight, laughter and play in her work.  Over the next few Saturdays in September Lyndal will be leading us on a journey of her own design and imagining.  Make sure to visit her blog, Ideas and Paper, to see more from her and for a chance to win a giveaway!  

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

>>>ABOUT LYNDAL<<<

Hi there Winnie and Walter friends and fans!  So excited to have been invited to spend September with you as Winnie and Walter's Leading Lady. I'm sure Shay and Julie could hear me squealing from half way around the globe when they asked me to join you!

I've been asked to share a bit about me with you, so here goes...

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago... Well, maybe not QUITE that long ago LOL! My papercrafting journey started back in 2006, when I discovered my local scrapbooking shop, and was hooked. My two kiddies made excellent test scrapbooking subjects, and I was fortunate enough to teach classes for a short while before the store owner retired. Then my stash lay sadly neglected until 2011, when my daughter and her friend thought they'd like to have a stall at their school fair, and I offered to make a few cards. I had no idea what an amazing on-line community it would lead me to! 

I love getting crafty and my style ranges from Clean and Simple to messy and complicated. I LOVE that Winnie and Walter are perfect for those and every style in between! I've recently started getting back into scrapbooking again, and I'm delighted that Winnie and Walter are perfect for that too!

>>>LYNDAL'S PROJECTS<<<

DEAR DAD... As tomorrow is Father's Day here in Australia, I thought I'd start out September with some cards for the special Dad's in our lives.

First up for the Dad who is the centre of your universe...

I had a whole lotta fun getting super inky for this one! On a base of watercolour paper, starting in the centre, with Distressed Ink in Squeezed Lemon applied with a round dauber, then moving outwards with Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Broken China and Faded Jeans. Splattered liberally with water and dried with a heatgun, before stamping a sprinkling of these super cute Winnie and Walter Scenery: Big Bang Confetti stars, heat embossed in Zing White. Coloured my die cut star with Distressed Ink in Squeezed Lemon, and stamped Winnie and Walter The Big, the Bold and Seasons, topped with a Winnie and Walter Parentville cut file "Dad". 

Next up, for the Dad who dreams of being shaken, not stirred...

Created using Walter and Winnie Scenery: V is for Chevron, with the V stamp repeated to create faux plaid. First stamp an evenly spaced row in Momento Luxe Bahama Blue, then an evenly spaced row in Momento Luxe Pear Tart in the opposite direction, Making sure you overlap the two points of the chevron. Created the faux tux with a die cut stitched tag, stamped with sentiments from Walter and Winnie The Big, The Bold and You also in Momento Luxe Bahama Blue, and finished once again with these cool Walter and Winnie Parentville cut files, "Dad" and a Bond bow tie. You can have a lot of fun playing with different colour combinations to create your own faux plaid patterned papers!

Last, but not least, for the Dad who LOVES spending time in the shed!

I have recently discovered the delights of creating cards with metal sheets, and Winnie and Walter cut files are perfect for this! My background was created by running a piece of Add a Little Dazzle Dark Chocolate metal sheet through my Cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz gears folder. The raised sections were sanded to remove some of the top layer of colour, then the bare silver was coloured by rubbing with Gelatos. I ran a second piece of the metal sheet through to create the fishtail flag base for sentiment, and used a cotton bud (Qtip) to rub around the edges of the letters and highlight the Walter and Winnie Parentville cut files, "Dad", before again sanding back the top layer of colour, and adding blue Gelato highlights. The 'Happy Father's Day" Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold, and the Happy sentiment was stamped on silver cardstock and heat embossed in Zing Pewter.

I'd LOVE you to stop by my blog, Ideas and Paper, and say HELLO - as well as a chance throughout September to WIN a $30 gift card for Winnie and Walter, just for leaving a comment! 

HUGE thanks to Shay and Julie for their generosity, and for this fabulous opportunity!

w&w supplies:

Parentville cut files	Scenery: Big Bang Confetti	Scenery: V for cheVron	The Big, the Bold and Seasons
The Big, the Bold, and the Happy	The Big, the Bold and You

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