Winnie & Walter July Leading Lady: Stretch Your Supplies (Giveaway Winner Announced!)

Good morning all! It's hard to believe that July is almost over, and this is my last post. Time really flies! I'm truly honored to be one of the Leading Ladies and have greatly enjoyed creating with many of my favorite products. Thanks so much to Shay and Winnie for having me and to those who left some love for both Winnie & Walter and my blog. :) 

For today's post I decided to do something I've always loved: stretch my supplies use them in creative ways. The first card I made was inspired by Taheerah's cards in the last Gossip Column. I die cut the "i" from In a Word: Hi Cutaway, the In a Word: Love Cutaway, and the "Y" and "U" from Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways to form a sentiment. I sponged the die cuts with Distress Inks, and the colors I used are listed below:

i: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet

love: Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed

Y & U: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover

You could stop after distressing the letters with rainbow colors and kept it as a CAS card, but I decided to stamp "I LOVE YOU XOXO" (from Sentimental: Love set) repeatedly to create a border. 

I then stamped "forever & always" beneath the "i" and that completes the card!

I don't normally stamp the envelope, but I thought it'd be fun to dress this one up. I stamped "sealed with a kiss" from the same Sentimental: Love set and paired it with a lip image (from Sugar Pea Designs Talk is Chic)

My second card was inspired by the sentiment: "You are the yin to my yang." After some experimenting, I decided to stamp the yin yang sign with the round speech bubble from Sketchy Thoughts. I used VersaMark Onyx Black ink and Hero Arts Unicorn white ink. For some added interest, I pierced a dotted border with one of the dies from the Essentials: Lana Cutaways set.

Next I drew the outline with Copic Multi-liner and gold heat embossed the sentiment. I then embellished the card with pearls and gold thread, and that finishes off this card! I hope you enjoyed these creations, thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing day!

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! Thank you so much for the lovely comments, you guys are so kind. :) Be sure to comment before July 31st and I'll announce the winner on my instagram on August 1st.
EDIT: The winner is Cythaleanna Crafts! Thanks to all who participated and left lovely comments on both blogs. :)

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I'll be hosting a giveaway on my instagram (@jessiehandmade657) some time next week! If you'd like to win be sure to check it out so you won't miss the info. 

Challenges Entered:
    
Joy Clair: ATG / 7 Kids: ATG I used Mini Misti Stamping Tool / SSS Monday: You've Got the Edge


Less is More: Pierce Your Project / AAA Cards: Rainbow

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

CAS Birthday Card: Make A Wish and Blow Your Candles ft. Winnie & Walter

Hello crafty friends! I was inspired by a few challenges so I decided to make a simple birthday card. CAS and easy to make!

I stamped the candle image from Winnie & Walter's Happy Birthday to You set repeatedly with VersaMagic dew drop inks. This is actually a CASE of Lydia's card. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Sentimental: Birthday set with Hero Arts Unicorn white ink. To add some interest to this one layer card, I embossed "21" with the number dies from the Typecast: Cary Numbers Cutaways, and that completes this CAS card!

Challenges Entered:
    
CASology: Wish / AAA Cards: One Layer + Colored Cardbase /  Joy Clair: ATG

   
Less is More: One Layer + Colored Cardbase / Paru's Card Making Challengs: Birthday / La Pareja Creativa: CAS

  
7 Kids: ATG I used Mini Misti Stamping Tool / Winnie & Walter: July Color Combo

Winnie & Walter July Leading Lady ft. Typecast: Cary

EDIT: Top 3 at Dies R Us

Good morning crafty friends! I'm back with some more Leading Lady projects. This week I decided to focus on a favorite product of mine: the Typecast: Cary stamp set. 

I needed to make some cards for my cousins, Sarah and Sophia, to thank them for planning our New York trip last month. And I wanted to customize them to make these thank you cards extra special... Did you see what I did? Yes! I spelled out their names with the Typecast: Cary alphabets and stamped them with VersaMark ink to create a personalized background. It's fairly subtle but I hope it'll put a smile on their faces when they notice it. :) 

For the focal point of the card, I used the In a Word: Thanks Cutaway (I think the font matches so nicely with the Typecast: Cary set!) and die cut it from lime green glitter cardstock and white cardstock. Next I layered them together and mounted them with foam. Then I stamped the small "MANY" (from Sentimental: Birthday set) on a tiny banner and adhered it to the card with foam tape. I embellished the card with silver thread and some enamel dots and that finishes off the card!

  

For Sophia's card, I used the From the Bottom of My Heart stamp set. I tried embossing it with Ranger's Enchanted Gold embossing powder but for some reason I didn't get good coverage even with two layers of embossing. (left photo) So I tried stamping with Hero Arts Soft Vanilla shadow ink first before embossing, and got a much better result. (right photo)

I also embellished this card with silver thread and enamel dots to complete the design. I really love how versatile these alphabet stamps are; you can also stamp "THANK YOU" for the background and I think it'll be fun to stamp "XMAS" or "XOXO" for other occasions cards. Really, the sky is the limit! I really enjoyed creating these cards, and I hope you liked them, too. 

Giveaway: 
Thank you so much for leaving your sweet and kind comments on last week's posts. They make my heart sing <3
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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:

   

Word Art Wednesday / Little Miss Muffet / Dies R Us: Die Cut Sentiment as the Focus

    
Winnie & Walter: July Color Combo /  Joy Clair: ATG / 7 Kids: ATG I used Mini Misti Stamping Tool