Thursday, January 29, 2015

January 1st Birthday Bash Release | Premiere of Sugar Rush + Sparkle + Big Bang Confetti Cutaway + The Party Confetti Cutaway

To enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway CLICK HERE
To enter our January Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.
To enter to win The Big, the Bold and Party + new The Big, the Bold Cutaways CLICK HERE
To enter to win Scenery: Stripes + Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + In a Word Cutaways CLICK HERE
To enter to win Sugar Rush + Sparkle + Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways...continue reading! 
To enter to win Scenery: The Party Hangover + The Party + Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaways CLICK HERE (live January 30, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. CST)
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We have an exciting today for you as we introduce you to Sugar Rush a very yummy new stamp set and also show you our free with purchase for qualifying orders stamp set, Sparkle!

We also have some very festive, party-worthy cutaways to make confetti: Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways!

Last but certainly not least, you know how much we adore sequins and sparkly things, right?  Well we are adding some special boutique items to the w&w shop from one of our very favorite companies, Pretty Pink Posh.  Most exciting will be a limited edition sequin mix to celebrate our 1st birthday in our logo colors + silver!  It turned out even better than we ever thought thanks to Paulina of Pretty Pink Posh.


>>>THE DETAILS<<<

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Sugar Rush
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
4x6 stamp set
Retails for $15.00
Includes thirty-one (31) stamps--eleven (11) words + twenty (20) images


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Sparkle
Free With Purchase for a limited time for qualifying orders***
3x4 stamp set
Retails for $8.00 (will not be sold until later in 2015)
Includes twelve (12) stamps--three (3) sentiments + nine (9) images

***About the limited time Free With Purchase Sparkle:
  • Order must be placed from January 30, 2015 at 10:00 p.m. CST through February 13, 2015 11:59 p.m. CST  (or while supplies last)
  • Your single order must total $35.00 or more before shipping and handling and taxes are applied.  Your single order must total $35.00 or more after any discounts are applied.
  • One Free With Purchase item per person.
  • We will be manually adding Sparkle to your order and it will not be reflected on your invoice.  
  • This offer is while supplies last.  
  • Sparkle is not a limited edition stamp set and will be released for sale later in 2015.

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Big Bang Confetti Cutaways
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $10.00
Twelve (12) dies

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The Party Confetti Cutaways
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $10.00
Ten (10) dies

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1st Birthday Bash Sequin Mix
sequins + confetti mix by Pretty Pink Posh
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $3.00
Each pack contains approximately 1.5 teaspoons

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, our guest stars, Tenia Nelson (our fabulous winner of the Playdate No. 4 challenge),Taheerah Atchia (our January Leading Lady) + special guest stars, Stephanie Klauck and Suzanne Dahlberg, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Tenia's, Taheerah's, Stephanie's, Suzanne's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Julie

Hello again everyone!  We hope you are enjoying the party atmosphere here at the winnie & walter blog!  Today, we have our first ever storyboard, and it features Sugar Rush! We thought it would be fun to share some ideas of how you could put this uber-sweet set to use.  Shay and I both really love stamps that have versatility, so we have included features like a chevron patterned cupcake liner, additional tiny pennants and banners to put on cupcakes, or dangle from Stripes or Party Hangover stamps, and words that fit in a variety of spaces.  We have even broken down some words as samples, and I bet you can find a few more too.


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Card No. 1

My "make a wish" card came together from a mix of ideas, and then I read Debby Hughes' post where she was talking about sparklers on cupcakes.  I was thinking the same thing.  Here is my take!

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The background is the wrinkle-free distress technique on Stampin' Up confetti cream paper.  Using the same colors, I stamped and inked up the cupcake, adding the chevron style cupcake liner and a touch of wink of stella along the icing edges for a subtle sparkle.  The wish is a die cut from The Big, the Bold and Party cutaways, and I simply snipped off the last two letters.  See what I mean?Versatility!  The word is slightly raised up using rolled up glue dots under the thicker parts of the letters.

I did a twist on the sparkler elements.  The sparkler stem is stamped in grey on the background, and the actual sparkle is embossed on vellum and punched with a 1 3/4 circle punch.  It is the larger of the two bursts.  To add a bit more dimension, I die cut two of the stars from the Big Bang Confetti Cutaways, inking the larger one, and embossing the smaller one in the same powder as the burst.  The two stars are glued together and then added to the vellum with a pop dot. I finished with some yellow and blue sequin love.

Card No. 2

For my next project, I wanted to use some of our party elements for a different themed card - wedding!

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This card has very little stamping, but includes die cut elements that are super fun!  The card base is on a white shimmer paper that is subtle and beautiful. I chose several of the cutaways to create the confetti for the background - all from both Big Bang Confetti and The Party Confetti Cutaways, plus the In a Word: Cheers Cutaway for the focal image and sentiment.  I divided the elements into three groups and gave them a Heidi Swapp color shine spritz to make them all pretty! I used Tinsel, Blush and Teal.

Before gluing down the elements, I strategically stamped the tiny roses from Sugar Rush and the Mr. & Mrs. Sentiment from This Awesome House to tuck in under the ee - hee hee *happy place*

Once stamped, I glued in the confetti and ribbon curls and used foam adhesive to pop the cheers up in front.  The Sugar Rush set also includes two puffy hearts and two puffy stars, and since it was for a wedding, I stamped the hearts in as additional confetti using the darker rose color used on the flowers, and added Stickles.  Last but not least, sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for the final shine.

I can't wait for you to see the samples from today.  If you already love Sugar Rush and Sparkle, you will adore what these talented ladies have created!

Guest Star, Tenia Nelson

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Leading Lady, Taheerah Atchia

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Special Guest Star, Stephanie Klauck

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Special Guest Star, Suzanne Dahlberg


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The Talent

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>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win Sugar Rush stamp set + Sparkle stamp set + Big Bang Confetti Cutaways The Party Confetti Cutaways + a limited edition w&w 1st Birthday Bash Sequin Mix by Pretty Pink Posh of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) January 30, 2015.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our January Release will be announced by February 1, 2015.

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

And to enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway (you could win all w&w stamps released in 2015!) CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

January 1st Birthday Bash Release | Premiere of Scenery: Stripes + Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + In a Word Cutaways

To enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway CLICK HERE
To enter our January Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.
To enter to win The Big, the Bold and Party + new The Big, the Bold Cutaways CLICK HERE
To enter to win Scenery: Stripes + Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + In a Word Cutaways...continue reading!
To enter to win Sugar Rush + Sparkle + Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways  CLICK HERE 
To enter to win Scenery: The Party Hangover + The Party + Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaways CLICK HERE
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Today we have some essentials for you!

Scenery: Stripes has some basic stripes at a wonderful length of 5.75 inches so you can cover the length either way of an A2  (4.25 inches x 5.5 inches) card front.  This is a must-have stamp set!

We also are introducing our Essentials line with Essentials: Katharine Cutaways.  These are cutaways (dies) that can be used to layer in your crafting project or each used alone.  We named it Katharine after the indomitable Katharine Hepburn.   There is a small pierced hole detail on the several on the largest layering dies that is elegant without being fussy...a true classic!

Our next series of cutaways to introduce is In a Word.  We are coming out with three (3) to begin with: In a Word: Cheers Cutaway + In a Word: Happy Cutaway + In a Word: Love 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. :-)

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

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Scenery: Stripes
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
4x6 stamp set
Retails for $15.00
Includes eight (8) stamps

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Essentials: Katharine Cutaways
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $28.00
Includes eleven (11) dies

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In a Word Cutaways--three (3) different dies: In a Word: Cheers Cutaway + In a Word: Happy Cutaway + In a Word: Love Cutaway
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Each retail for $5.00
Each are one (1) die

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Shay, our guest stars, Tenia Nelson (our fabulous winner of the Playdate No. 4 challenge),Taheerah Atchia (our January Leading Lady) + special guest stars, Debby Hughes, Emily Leiphart, Laura Bassen and Laurie Willison, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Tenia's, Taheerah's, Debby's, Emily's, Laura's, Laurie's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Shay


Hello, Hello, Hello!  I am here to share some of my creations using Scenery: Stripes and some of our new cutaways (so excited for these!).  Julie and I have really wanted some basics sets that can be used in so many ways, for all sorts of applications and the Scenery: Stripes are so incredibly versatile and can be used for masculine projects too!

Cards 1 + 2

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I make quite a few masculine birthday cards each year for uncles, cousins, my dad and the like (guys outnumber the gals on both sides of my family).  I actually like making masculine cards and with Scenery: Stripes I was able to create 2 cards in a short time (for me! lol) with a few variations to make them each different.

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Of course the stripes can be stamped horizontally, vertically or diagonally.  For my first card I stamped horizontally with worn jeans for the thicker stripe and stormy skies for the thinner stripe (I usually ink up the stamp first with Versamark before using Distress Inks for better coverage).  On the larger tag found in the Essentials: Katharine Cutaways I matched up the stripes.  I added with foam dimensional adhesive the In a Word: Cheers Cutaway cut from white cardstock.  On the banner also from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways I stamped the small words found in another stamp set being featured tomorrow in Versamark and embossed in white and then colored the banner with worn jeans Distress Ink.  All of the inks are Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

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For the second card I wanted to make a more layered pattern vertically.  I started with the thicker bold stripe and then stamped over it with the 5 lined stripe both in mowed lawn.  The thinner bold stripe was stamped in tumbled glass and then stamped over that with the dashed stripe in salty ocean.  I adhered a white happy cut used the In a Word: Happy Cutaway and then adhered it to the card with foam dimensional adhesive.  The banner cut from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways was stamped in salty ocean using a sentiment from Sugar Rush which we will be featuring tomorrow.  The stars are from Big Bang Confetti Cutaways being featured tomorrow too. :-)  And I had to add some sequins. lol

Card 3

For my last card today I went a little...wild. lol  As inspiration for the colors I used the Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues Challenge No. 41 FOUND HERE.  Did I mention we are sponsoring Taheerah's challenge?  

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Beginning with the smaller rectangle layer from Essentials: Katharine Cutaways, I pulled out my neon inks and daubers by Hero Arts and curved the second thinnest solid stripe to create sweeping lines in five colors.  I then used a similar curve for the dashed stripe in black.  I adhered 2 different cutaways, Goldie Trim Cutaways and Lulu Fringe Cutaway (we will be premiering these later this week), colored with neon daubers.  I stamped the little words from The Big, the Bold and Party in Versamark and embossed them in white on a strip of black cardstock.  I stamped and embossed "party" from The Big, the Bold and Party in grapefruit Zing! embossing powder.  The black stars are from a special stamp set you will learn about tomorrow. ;-)

I added the white layer to a black panel and then adhered it all to a fuchsia card base.

Last this sucker was begging for sparkle and shine so I added it with some sweet little sequins.

This card would be excellent for Fiesta or Mardi Gras. :-)

Now, it is time to see the real stars in action beginning with our Playdate No. 4 Challenge Winner, Tenia!  Be prepared to be amazed!!

Guest Star, Tenia Nelson

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Leading Lady, Taheerah Atchia

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Special Guest Star, Debby Hughes (with some previews of products premiering later this week)


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Special Guest Star, Emily Leiphart (with some previews of products premiering later this week)


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Special Guest Star, Laura Bassen


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Special Guest Star, Laurie Willison

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The Talent

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>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win Scenery: Stripes stamp set Essentials: Katharine Cutaways In a Word Cutaways of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) January 30, 2015.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our January Release will be announced by February 1, 2015.

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

And to enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway (you could win all w&w stamps released in 2015!) CLICK HERE.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

January 1st Birthday Bash Release | Premiere of The Big, the Bold and Party + new Big Bold Cutaways

To enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway CLICK HERE
To enter our January Release's The Big Giveaway CLICK HERE.
To enter to win The Big, the Bold and Party + new The Big, the Bold Cutaways...continue reading!
To enter to win Scenery: Stripes + Essentials: Katharine Cutaways + In a Word Cutaways CLICK HERE (live January 28, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. CST)
To enter to win Sugar Rush + Sparkle + Big Bang Confetti Cutaways + The Party Confetti Cutaways  CLICK HERE (live January 29, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. CST)
To enter to win Scenery: The Party Hangover + The Party + Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaways CLICK HERE (live January 30, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. CST
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You ready to party?!?

We are introducing our latest in The Big, the Bold series: The Big, the Bold and Party and also some new additions to The Big, the Bold series of cutaways (aka dies) as well: The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways and The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways.  The word dies are almost exactly the same size as their counterpoint big word stamps so they work in conjunction with the little words and the big words, rather than being sticker/outline sized.

The Big, the Bold and Party includes five (5) big words: birthday; celebrate; invited; party; and wishes and like other sets includes tons of sentiment-building smaller words.

This set will work wonderfully with previously release The Big, the Bold series stamps, cutaways and creative screenings!

>>>THE DETAILS<<<

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The Big, the Bold and Party
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
6x8 stamp set
Retails for $22.00
Includes fifty-four (54) stamps--five (5) big words + forty-nine (49) small words

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The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $25.00
Includes five (5) dies

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The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways
Wafer Thin Steel Dies
Available for purchase the evening of January 30, 2015
Retails for $14.00
Includes three (3) dies

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Let's get to the fun part and see what Julie, our guest stars, Tenia Nelson (our fabulous winner of the Playdate No. 4 challenge),Taheerah Atchia (our January Leading Lady) + special guest stars, Debby Hughes and Laurie Willison, and The Talent (our supernova creative team) made with it. And make sure you visit Tenia's, Taheerah's, Debby's, Laurie's and each of The Talent's blogs for more knock-it-out-of-the-park projects and details.  Don't forget to share some love with them too!

Julie


Hello everyone!  It’s time to share our 7th release!  I can’t believe it has been a year already.  Where does the time go?  I hope you are ready to celebrate in a big way this week.  It’s going to be a blast!  Let’s not wait any longer - let’s get this party started!!!

Card No. 1

When developing The Big, the Bold series, Shay and I explore lots of different options, especially when it comes to the little words.  I told Shay that I thought we needed the word “na”.  “Na,” you ask?  Take a look!!

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Yes, all I can hear in my head is either Paul McCartney or Anthony Michael Hall belting out these words.  So much fun!  I love to give a card that is going to make someone laugh or bring a memory and I think this card does both.  It will probably stir up a little singing too! 

Using the new The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways, I have cut the word birthday, inked it up with my favorite navy ink (Ancient Page Lapis Blue – which is tied with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink) and heat set it.  These cutaways of the Big Bold series are so delicate, and I actually was able to curve the sentiment slightly, which I think is a great alternative.  I stamped the na na’s around, bouncing a little, to give it the movement of the song, and finished off the lyrics (all of those words are found in The Big, the Bold and Party Stamp Set) and embossed in white.  The asterisk confetti  is in The Party set, and comes in two sizes.  These are stamped in red and I love how bold they look.  To finish off the card, I added dots of silver Stickles for just a little added sparkle.    


Card No. 2

This card was inspired by our trip to CHA where Gold was very big!  I loved seeing gold paired with softer colors, and especially with pink.  So, I’ve created a pink and gold card for a dear friend of mine.  I don’t tell her enough how special she is.  I hope the gold and sparkle make her feel that special too.

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The new Scenery: Stripes stamp set will showcase later this week, but I took the liberty to create a background with three of the stripes from the set. I used a pink chalk ink for the medium bold stripe, and Versamark and gold embossing powder for the thin and dotted stripe.  The “amazing” and “you” are also gold embossed, but the “you” is not a stamp. It is from The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways that we are releasing this month.  These cutaways are the counterpart to the stamp set released last March, and although not identical, they are approximately the same size and look fantastic.  I just inked up the die cut with Versamark and embossed it, and repeated with an extra layer of embossing powder to get a really smooth look to the word.  This panel is popped up and trimmed with gold glitter tape.  Pink and Gold!!!  *love*

Now, on with the party!  Next up, Guest Star, Tenia Nelson!

Guest Star, Tenia Nelson

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Leading Lady, Taheerah Atchia

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Special Guest Star, Debby Hughes

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Special Guest Star, Laurie Willison


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The Talent

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>>>THE GIVEAWAY<<<

Comment here on this post for a chance to win The Big, the Bold and Party stamp set + The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways of your own by 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) January 30, 2015.  One comment will be chosen at random.

All winners during our January Release will be announced by February 1, 2015.

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

And to enter our 1st Birthday Bash GIGANTIC Giveaway (you could win all w&w stamps released in 2015!) CLICK HERE.