Winnie & Walter: Copic Organization and Plaid

Hi all! We’ve got a really versatile set today for the Winnie & Walter release … stripes! Oh the possibilities!
  

Would you believe, up until this Christmas, I owned FIVE Copic markers?! And three of them were about the same shade of red. So, you can imagine how excited I was when my mother-in-law and grandma-in-law bought me my first honest-to-goodness set of Copics!! We went with this suggested list from Jennifer McGuire. 

I love my markers, but hate getting tricked by what color they really are. So I used the dashed line from the stripes set to make a grid. Each square was filled in with colorings from the actual marker. It’s so helpful to see them all together when choosing colors! It’s also a good reminder where to put the markers after I’m done. I probably could have made a grid in Photoshop, but to be honest, it seemed easier to mark the exact lines I wanted and just stamp it.
   

Here’s an example of plaid made with the stripe stamp set. So fun to play with! I love that the panel is one layer and the top remains white, so you really know that the plaid was stamped and that it’s not patterned paper layered on top of white paper. Hey, we’ve got to get credit for things here, right?!
  

   
The sentiment is from the huge mix of words in yesterday’s Big, Bold and Party set. I really love adding a more custom sentiment here instead of "congrats" or "welcome baby." Nothing wrong with those, but it's nice to go with something different. I covered the dot on the “i” with a gold star to match the sentiment.

Stay tuned for the next two days … we’ve got two great party sets coming out that you’re really going to love!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kelly

Winnie & Walter - Bigger and Bolder

Hi all! “Sit back, relax, and strap it down," to quote White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson. We’re going to be seeing some really amazing stamp AND die sets from Winnie & Walter this week!

I have to admit, much as I’d like to be the one who sends “thinking of you” and “congratulations” cards, I’m really mostly a birthday card sender. Maybe once I get more organized and on top of things I’ll do more than the basics, but that’s where I’m at right now. You can imagine how excited I was to see the new Big, Bold and Party stamp set from Winnie & Walter. It’s a giant sized set of stamps with a ton of different words to pick from so you can make your own customized birthday greetings (among other things)! Just what I needed!! 

 

Here's the first card I made with the set. I used Laura Bassen’s smooshing technique to create a background with distress inks (smoosh ink on acrylic block, drop water on it, smoosh onto paper, repeat if necessary). “Party” is embossed in silver sparkle. The remaining sentiment is from this new Big, Bold and Party set, except for "with" and "me" (switched the letters and turned into "em") from the  Big, Bold and Happy.

The candy container is from another set coming later this week.

Next is a word art card. And it’s masculine!! If birthday cards are hard to come by in my house, then masculine birthday cards are the rarest of them all! This was made for my dear God child. He’ll be turning 14 this year. I was excited to use the candles (keep an eye out for those later this week) as Roman numerals to represent the person's age. Again, love that customization to make a card extra special for the recipient.

Do you see a problem though?
 

Apparently, I cannot count roman numerals.
 

I will need to keep this card until 2020 when he turns 19!

 
Hahaha! Here’s the shine on this card. I kept all the embossing metallic since I'm making a masculine card. Although, I think this design would translate easily to a fun card for a teen girl with a change of colors and patterns. The “shine” and “bright” are both from the Big, Bold and Fun set.

Not only is the Big, Bold and Party stamp set exciting, but there are also coordinating DIES!! Eeek! So much goodness.
 

Also, don’t forget about the 1^st Birthday festivities going on at the Winnie & Walter blog. The stakes are really high … FREE STAMPS FOR A YEAR for the grand prize. Plus tons of other prizes. Seriously, how can you not get excited about that?!? There are many different challenges to play in.

 
I have really been impressed at the entries to my In Rotation challenge. Flowers, wreaths, graphic designs, even a Ferris wheel have been created! Check them out when you get a chance, or better yet, JOIN them!!

See ya tomorrow with some more good stuff!

-Kelly