Winnie & Walter July Leading Lady: Christmas in July

Hello and welcome! I am back with another Leading Lady project and I'm so excited to share this one with you! Most of the cards I send out are birthday and Christmas cards. Although I definitely send out more Christmas cards because I'm not that good at remembering other people's birthdays... (who else relies on Facebook reminders?!?) Anyways, I'm glad to start working on my Christmas card stash early this year. I really enjoyed creating this card, and I hope it will inspire you, too! 

I started off by creating the night sky background. I used the Essentials: Lana Cutaways to die cut the background panel from watercolor cardstock. Next I sponged and smooshed Stormy Sky, Evergreen Bough, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire distress inks. I also added a touch of Black Soot to the borders for some contrast. To add more interest to the background, I spritzed some water droplets to create the faded look. Then I stenciled white embossing paste over the Scenery: Big Bang Circle Creative Screenings. I also applied a thin coat of embossing paste to bottom portion of the panel to keep my critters grounded, and that completes the falling snow scene. 

I then watercolored these adorable images from Season's Tweetings with Evelin T. Designs with ZIG clean color real brush markers, and die cut them out with their coordinating dies. 

Finally, I gold heat embossed "warm winter wishes" on vellum for the sentiment banner. I decided to add "sending you" from Sentimental: Love stamp set as well because I think it ties back to the postage stamp shaped background. #happymail :)

Giveaway: 

Shay has generously provided me with a $30 gift certificate that I can giveaway. If you enjoyed this card, please comment on both W&W and my blog for a chance to win! I will be posting for the remaining Saturdays of this month, so if you comment on each post you will have 4 chances to win this wonderful prize. That is all from me today. I hope you will join me next Saturday but until then, have a wonderful week!

Challenges Entered:

    

MarkerPop: Christmas in July / Happy Little Stampers: Christmas / Happy Little Stampers: Watercolor

    
Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies / Joy Clair: ATG / 7 Kids: ATG I used Mini Misti Stamping Tool


Word Art Wednesday

Winnie & Walter July Leading Lady: Background Building

Hello there! My name is Jessica and I am so honored to be Winnie & Walter's July Leading Lady. I've been in love with Winnie & Walter's designs since I discovered them last year. So I can't wait to share with you what I created with these amazing products. I made two cards for today's post, and they both focus on background building. Here's my first card:

EDIT: Winner at Happy Little Stampers
     

 

I decided to use Kindness with Evelin T. Designs to create a forest background for my first project. I started off by cutting three masks for the trees (left photo), then I stamped one of the smaller trees with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I masked the smaller tree and stamped the two larger tree images (right photo). I then covered these images with the other two masks and continued stamping until I have covered the entire card front. 

After watercoloring all of the tree images with ZIG clean color real brush pens, I stamped the bunny image from the new Party On with Evelin T. Designs, die cut it with the coordinating dies and watercolored it as well. 

I decided to keep the sentiment pretty simple. I stamped and heat embossed "thinking of you" from Sketchy Thoughts on a piece of vellum and that completes the card! 

For my second card I decided to stretch my dies and use them creatively to create a small town scene. I used the two smaller dies from Essentials: Lana Cutaways (shown below, right photo) to make the houses. This die set is my favorite product from the January/February 2017 release, and I love the postage stamp design. But I wasn't sure how I'm going to use the smaller ticket dies until I have thought about making this project. I think dies are really so versatile and I really enjoy challenging myself to use them in different ways. 

  

I wanted to create an organic watercolor look for my houses, so I used the ink smooshing technique. The Distress inks I used are listed below:  

(left: lightest shade. right: darkest shade)

Blues: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Faded Jeans

Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needle 

Yellows: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey

Oranges: Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin

Reds: Abandoned Coral, Candid Apple, Fired Brick

Then I die cut them out and drew some doors and windows with 0.35 Copic Multiliner. I also stamped and heat embossed the adorable bears from the Big Hugs from Evelin T. Design set. After watercoloring the image with ZIG clean color real brush pens, I die cut it with the coordinating Big Hugs with Evelin T. Design Cutaways. 

I mounted some of the houses with foam tape to create some dimension to the scene. It really does make a big difference!

For the sentiment, I chose the "welcome little one" stamp from Sketchy Thoughts and heat embossed the image with silver embossing powder. I also added some pierced dots details to the sentiment banner by using the small border die from Essentials: Lana Cutaways. I then embellished the card with some rhinestones and turquoise sequins and that finishes off the card. 

Giveaway: 

Shay has generously provided me with a $30 gift certificate that I can giveaway. If you enjoyed these cards, please comment on both W&W and my blog for a chance to win! I will be posting for the remaining Saturdays of this month, so if you comment on each post you will have 4 chances to win this wonderful prize. That is all from me today. I hope you will join me next Saturday but until then, have a wonderful week!

Challenges Entered: 

   

Seven Hills Crafts: Sketch (I did a loose interpretation of the sketch for my second bear baby card. The houses are the background, the vellum banner and sequin string are the two strips, and the bear image is the circular object.) / 7Kids: ATG (I used Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Distress Ink Kit 1 / Kit 2) / Word Art Wednesday: ATG


Winnie & Walter: Rerun No. 21 / Happy Little Stampers: Watercolor

  
Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies /  Joy Clair: ATG

Winnie & Walter June 2017 Release Premiere Day #4

Hello and welcome! Today is Day 4, and the last day of our showcase for the June release. We are featuring another amazing and adorable stamp set: Happy Dance with Evelin T Designs (+ coordinating dies). I decided to combine this set with several images from Party On with Evelin T Designs and Welcome to the Family with Evelin T Designs to create a party scene. 


Since I am including so many critters, I decided to make a 3D pop up card so I don't have to layer the images directly on top of each other. This design also adds a lot of dramatic dimension to the card. (Which I just LOVE <3) Even though this is my first time making a pop up card, it really wasn't that hard and the result is totally worth the time and effort. :)


The layers of cardstock and die cut images did turn this into a bulkier card, so I created a belly band with this fun balloon image. The sentiment I white heat embossed is from Sentimental: Birthday, another a new set from this release and a must-have for all crafters! (Because who doesn't need a versatile birthday sentiment set like this one?!?)


I really enjoyed creating this card and I hope you liked it, too! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope I'll see you again soon. 

Challenges Entered: 
  
SSS Wednesday: ATG / Word Art Wednesday: ATG / Little Miss Muffet: ATG

  
7Kids: ATG (I used Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock) / Paru's Card Making Challengs: Birthday

Winnie & Walter June 2017 Release Premiere Day #3

Good morning! Today is Day 3 of Winnie & Walter's June release, and we're featuring the super lovely Party On with Evelin T Designs stamp set ( + cutaways)! We are also showcasing Scenery: Spotty Creative Screenings. Even though I didn't use it on today's card, I did feature it on my Day 1 project. 


I decided to keep this card relatively simple and let these ah-dorable (seriously!! they are!) critters be the focal point. I watercolored them with my ZIG brush pens and cut them out with the coordinating Party On with Evelin T Designs Cutaways. 


The rainbow background panel is created by sponging Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet distress inks. I then stamped and heat embossed the "happy birthday" sentiment (from Sentimental: Birthday set) on the top white panel and "you deserve a parade on your day"  on the bottom one. I embellished the card with some Doodlebug enamel dots and that finishes off the card! I hope you like this colorful birthday card. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Challenges Entered: 
  

SSS Wednesday: ATG / W&W June Color Combo Challenge: The vibrant and bold color scheme is inspired by Heather's H.'s card shown here. / Word Art Wednesday: ATG

  
7Kids: ATG (I used Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Distress Ink Kit 2) / Paru's Card Making Challengs: Birthday