Winnie & Walter February 2016 - Day 1

Hi friends!  It's been super quiet around here since I made my exciting announcement on Valentine's day.  One...I haven't felt super awesome the past couple weeks.  And two...I've been working hard on this month's new Winnie & Walter release!  It's been a long while since I've felt able to participate in a release week, and starting back up is part of my healing process.  Before I get on with my post, I just wanted to thank everyone for the sweet & encouraging comments on our announcement.  I know that many of you have continually prayed for me over the past year, and words could never accurately express my gratitude.

Alright...so back to the Winnie & Walter February release day 1!  This morning we are showcasing the following new items:

In Bloom: Eva's Favorite Flowers stamp set
In A Word: Kisses Cutaway
Scenery: Pattern of the Rings Creative Screening

For my first card I've combined the new Creative Screening with the new Kisses Cutaway.  I paired them with the previously released In A Word: Hugs Cutaway, along with the ampersand from The Big, the Bold and the Merry stamp set.

I started with an eggplant colored A2 card base.  To create the screened background, I blended 4 shades of distress ink from purple to light pink.  I adhered the inked background to the card base with foam tape.  Next I diecut the words from matching dotted patterned papers, then cut each word from white cardstock a few more times.  I layered them together to provide thickness & stability, and adhered them to the middle of the card.  I stamped & heat embossed the ampersand to vellum, cut it out & added it to the top.  I finished by accenting the card with jewels & sequins.

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For my second card, I combined the new In Bloom: Ava's Favorite Flowers stamp set, with a few previously released items.  The sentiment was created from the Happiest of Holidays stamp set, and I love that you can create non-holiday themed sentiments with many of the Winnie & Walter seasonal stamp sets.  I also used the In Bloom: Paulina's Greenery Cutaways to help with my accenting.

 I started with a white A2 card base.  To create the background, I blended three shades of distress ink together in aqua, pink & yellow.  I splattered the front with water, then picked it back up with a towel.  I then stamped & heat embossed the flowers to the front.  Once set, I adhered the inked background to the card base with foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment to a strip of white cardstock, then cut it into an arrow shape.  I adhered it over top a knot of gold thread with dimensional adhesive.  I diecut the greenery multiple times from vellum, then adhered it around the sentiment banner along with pearl flourishes.  To finish, I accented the front with gold dots.

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There are some giveaways going on at the Winnie & Walter blog to be aware of:

• The Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Giveaway - Stamps for a Year!!
• The Big Giveaway - February stamp & creative screening release
• February Day 1 giveaway

The rest of the Winnie & Walter talent also have amazing samples to share with you, so be sure to check out their blogs too!

• Gayatri Murali
• Heather Hoffman
• Heather Pulvirenti
• Kelly Griglione
• Lydia Evans
• Mayuri
• Vanessa Menhorn
• Kate Capper
• Emily Leiphart (February Leading Lady)

I will be back tomorrow morning with some more projects using these brand new products!  Hope to see you again!

Until later,
~L.

Card Challenges:

• Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #4 - sequins, distress ink, stencil
• Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - inspired by a song
• Word Art Wednesday #220 - anything goes