Saturday, February 3, 2018

Winnie & Walter Leading Lady: Take One



Hello!  I am so excited to be Winnie & Walter's February Leading Lady!  I was so fortunate to meet Shay at a craft retreat almost a year ago and I can't say enough wonderful things about her kind & generous spirit!  I'm always amazed by the products that she puts out through the Winnie & Walter line!  It's an honor to be able to share with you each Saturday this month.


My first theme this month is using the overlooked stamps in our stamp sets.  Basically, take a look at the tiny stamps in your sets and make them the star of the show.  I challenged myself even further and used Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets to make non-holiday themed cards.

Wishing You a Bright, Brilliant Birthday


Jen Carter Winnie Walter Winter Wishes Wishing You Dots

For this first card I wanted to make a bright, fun, party card.  I loved the little solid circles in the Winter Wishes with Evelin T Design stamp set. I also really liked that the circles had outline stamps to match as well!   So I pulled out a palette of bright inks (listed in the supply section) and started to randomly stamp the little circles with the largest size at the top, working my way down to the tiniest of circles.  I used a gray ink and the coordinating outline circle stamps to outline a few here and there.

The sentiment is from the Wishing You with Evelin T Designs stamp set.  After stamping the second sentiment strip in bright colors I attached it to the panel with dimensional tape.


I wanted to add a little more dimension to my card so I die cut some of the circles in different sizes using the Winter Wishes with Evelin T Designs Cutaways, stamped them with the coordinating sized circle stamps and popped them up with dimensional tape.

On Your Special Day

Jen Carter Winnie Walter Warm Wishes Sentimental Gift Hearts


For my second card I wanted to focus on the adorable steam hearts in the Warm Wishes to You stamp set (this set will be released in 2018 and was the free gift with purchase stamp set during the last release).  To start I created the background paper using the smallest & largest heart and stamping with VersaMark ink.  For the rainbow panel, I chose my ink palette and then started stamping the hearts in a row. I embossed the sentiment from Sentimental: Gift with white ink onto black cardstock and then hand cut the ends of the banner to make a pointed end.  I placed the sentiment banner onto the heart stamped panel with dimensional tape.  The heart panel is also adhered with dimensional tape to the card base. I added some colorful sequins to finish the card off.

I hope you've been inspired to take another look at some of those tiny stamps in your collection and think of ways to use them as the star of your card or project!

Comment to Win!


Leave a comment on my Leading Lady posts in February for a chance to win a $30 gift card to Winnie & Walter!  If you come back each Saturday in February that will give you four chances to win!  Join me next week for more projects using Winnie & Walter products!

Supplies
(Not Listed Above)

Wishing You Card
Paper: Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Ink: Party Dress, Be Mine, Flirty Fuchsia, Sweet Sixteen, Orange Twist, Bellini, Tiara, Grass Skirt, Lime Rickey, All that Jazz, Aquatini, Black Jack (Catherine Pooler)

On Your Special Day Card
Paper: Brights Pack (Michaels), Midnight (Catherine Pooler)
Ink: VersaMark, It's a Girl, Party Dress, Rockin' Red, Orange Twist, Sauna, Something Borrowed, Fiesta Blue, All that Jazz, Aquatini, Lime Rickey, Garden Party, Pixie Dust, Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler)
Sequins: Taylored Expression & Pretty Pink Posh

44 comments:

Debbie Rumpza said...

I love your rainbow heart card...

Janis said...

Big congratulations for being the Leading Lady for February!! This is going to be a fun month looking at your fabulous projects.

I absolutely am crazy for these brilliantly colorful cards you made. Such a fresh look compared to the gray drizzle outside my window right now!! I needed to see these, for sure!! Thank you for the inspiration to use my dye inks and tiny stamps.
<3 J

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HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

Becca Yahrling said...

First, I love the rainbow of colors in your cards. That's always
a great start for a cheerful card. And I love what you did with
all those circles - genius! I also love the design of the hearts
where it's open.

Andre M. said...

The colour palettes on these cards are so fun and festive. The circles and hearts make great backgrounds. Thanks for the inspiration.

Maura said...

Love the bright, cheery colors in both cards, but I especially like the movement created by the overlapping and decreasing size of the dots in the first one!! Congrats on leading lady!

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

I love the bright fun colors!

Denise Bryant said...

Very fun and festive cards! Love the colors!

pcm said...

these are so bright and cheery!

Mary-Anne V said...

Such a great duo of cards...love the bright happy colours.

Sue D said...

I like your cute and colorful cards using overlooked stamps. I
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Trina P. said...

Congratulations on being the leading lady, especially during their birthday month! Sweet cards and a great idea.

Dee Earnshaw said...

love how you have utilized the 'spare' stamps and created these lovely cards - thanks for the inspiration:)

Stacey Kowbel said...

Fantastic cards! I love your design style!

Unknown said...

congratulations on your Leading Lady debut! Love your use of color! And what a great idea to give new life to old or unused stamps!
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Karenladd said...

I was so excited to see your designs, which feature those tiny extra stamp images in so many stamp sets. I never quite know what to do with them and I know they're often overlooked. The stamped backgrounds are colorful and fun...and so creative!

Denise F. said...

Jen, I love this idea. Great impact, and if you're not an accomplished stamper, such as I, this technique makes you look like a rockstar! Thank you for sharing.

Brandi R said...

These are awesome! Love your theme for the month.

Congrats on being Leading Lady. Well deserved and can't wait to see what else you have in store for us ♥

Preeti D. (aka Dutt Preety) said...

Congrats :) these cards are so pretty, fun, bright & cheerful ! Love them :)

mandalj said...

You really made the little circle stamps work - I love the cheerfulness of the first card! The pretty hearts of the second are lovely too!

~amy~ said...

Super fun, always love your use of color.

Greta said...

I love both your cards, Jen! The fun confetti BD card is so happy & I love the matching hearts background & rows of colorful hearts for your second card! Congratulations on being the Leading Lady this month!

Beverly S. said...

Such pretty cards! I especially love the one with all the hearts! You used the prettiest colors! :)

theinkingarden said...

Very awesome. I love to see how more creative people than me come up with such great ways to stretch your stamp sets and look at things in a different light. I love your cards.

Amante del Papel said...

your cards are stunning!!!!

Piyu said...

Congratulations on being the Leading Lady! Your cards are so bright and colorful! Loved them both.

ionabunny said...

I love tiny stamps and your bright makes are beautiful. Hugz

TracyM #6773 said...

CONGRATULATIONS on being Leading Lady Jen!
WOW - they're such FUN & FABULOUS cards!
LOVE your RAINBOW of AWESOMENESS with these creative designs :)

SHartl said...

Congrats on your leading lady month. I can't wait to see what you share with us and already LOVE these fun stamped backgrounds!

Stefanie White said...

I really need to follow your lead and focus on those little stamps that tend to be forgotten in a set. Great inspiration! Can’t wait to see more of you this month!

laury55 said...

your cards are so fun and fresh, love them

Michele K. Henderson said...

I love the rows of happy hearts!
Take care!
Michele
crimsonowl@charter.net

sentsue said...

Love the falling dots!

Deepti Aggarwal said...

Wow...beautiful cards..love the bright colours..Hugs xx

sammi said...

Wonderful cards! Great colors - So bright and cheery! Just what I need to see, to brighten up this cold winter day! OMG and the LOVE card - Fab Fab Fab! ove the pattern behind the diecut letters!

Maryam said...

.congratulations for being a leading lady.. love your card they are full of colours and pretty. Thanks for sharing your creation with us..

Arianna Barbara said...

Congrats for being the February Leading Lady!!!
Two awesome cards!!! Colors are amazing!!!

Lisa Petrella said...

LOVE all of the repeated stamping you did on your cards, Jen!!! So fantastic! And those inks---oh my---they look amazing!!! I really need to try them out!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on being the Leading Lady! What an honor! Love these fun cards!

Iris said...

Such fun, happy and colorful cards - love all those little circles

Kris in Alaska said...

It looks like a party!

Jessica Bruce said...

Love the hearts on the special day card!

KT Fit Kitty said...

Now that is clever! I just received my Winter Wishes set and I never would have thought to use those stamps as confetti! Awesome inspiration here, thank you! Both cards are gorgeous! Congratulations on your Leading Lady feature! You are a very talented designer!

Kathy @ Stamping Still said...

I love your cards - they're so bright and happy looking :)

Annette Gordon said...

Congrats on the leading lady role! Love how you popped up some of the confetti on the first and the colours you picked.

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