Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Friday, blog friends! And welcome to my second post of the day! Today is the Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash Blog hop!

Today we are hopping along, celebrating love & friendship while using amazing products from Winnie & Walter! I've been part of the Winnie & Walter family for the majority of the 4 years they've been around. Even when I stepped away for the better part of 2 years - Shay kept me in the family, sent me the latest Winnie & Walter, and welcomed me with open arms when I said I was ready to return. I finally got the chance to meet Shay & some of the other W&W girls at Creativation a few weeks ago - and it was such an amazing treat. I don't remember the last time I laughed & cried & smiled so much that it hurt - these are the kind of women that you want to surround yourself with. Here we are in the Pinkfresh booth!

So, how about I get to my card? I've been itching to create a rainbow themed card, and today just seemed like the perfect time. I simply adore how this card turned out! After spending those 4 days in Pheonix, I just realized how much LOVE I have for all of these amazing women & men that I consider friends & colleagues in this industry.

I started out by cutting & folding an A2 card from heavyweight black cardstock. Then I cut a block of heavyweight white cardstock slightly smaller, and diecut the word "love" from it.

Next I used my MISTI, and stamped the rest of the sentiment to the diecut cardstock block in onyx black Versafine. I marked where the diecut word "love" would be on the black cardbase and covered it with a strip of rainbow jewels. Then I adhered the white cardstock block over top of it, popping it with foam tape. Next I glued the letter middles directly to the top of the rainbow jewels.

I diecut the scripted word "love" 4 times - once from teal glitter paper and three times from white cardstock. I adhered them together to give the sentiment some rigidity, then glued it over top of the jeweled word.

To finish, I accented the front with my jewels here & there! I'm going to be real with you here - I did use the jewels to cover up a little mistake. I somehow got some of the black ink onto my finger, & it smudged onto the white cardstock. I REALLY didn't want to have to do it all over again, so I found a way to make it work!

That is my rainbow card for you for our fun love & friendship blog hop - I hope that you enjoyed my post, and the instructions were clear. Please feel free to ask me any questions if you have any!

Before I get to the rest of the blog hop info that you need, I did want to see if we could be "friends" on social media! It is such a great way to keep up with all the latest!

INSTAGRAM  |  FACEBOOK

Okay - so, what is a blog hop without a link list & some prizes? First up - here is the AMAZING line-up of Winnie & Walter friends creating GORGEOUS projects that will be sure to inspire you!

w&w blog
Rubeena Ianigro
Kelly Griglione
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Lea Lawson -- YOU ARE HERE
Laura Bassen
Heather Hoffman
Cheiron Brandon
Vanessa Menhorn
Amy Tsuruta
Laura Sterckx
Isha Gupta
Taheerah Atchia
Miriam Pratner
Keren Baker
Emily Leiphart
Gayatri Murali
Amy Kolling
Kate Capper
Laurie Willison
Crystal Thompson
Evelin Tee (instagram)

Wow! What a lineup! I'm so honored to be among such amazing designers, but more importantly...such amazing women & friends. I know I can't wait to grab a cup of coffee & be inspired as I hop along!

PRIZES: In honor of the W&W 4th Birthday, there will be four (4) winners chosen randomly from ALL of the blogs, and they will win a $40 credit to the Winnie & Walter shop {we totally have a theme of 4 going on this month}! So, be sure to hop along & leave comments at every blog along the way!

Have an awesome time hopping!

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