Winnie & Walter February Release Day 3

Hey everybody! Here comes Day 3 of the Winnie & Walter February Release Premieres. Today we are showing projects using these sets:

Kindness with Evelin T Designs, True Multifaceted Circle Cutaways, True Multifaceted Heart Cutaways.

For the first card, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper to fit my card base and stamped the sentiment. Then I heat-embossed the "kindness" with rainbow glitter embossing powder and adhered the panel to the card. Now I die-cut the solid heart from patterned paper and adhered it with foam tape. I stamped the cute bird onto white cardstock, colored it with Copics, cut it out and adhered it to the card. Then I added rainbow colored sequins.

And here comes a second card:

For this card, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than a pink card base. Then I stamped the cactus and colored it with Copics. Now I stamped the black sentiment and the colorful word using the MISTI and adhered the panel to the card.

Again, you will find more projects using the new sets on the Winnie & Walter blog. And for your chance to win the new sets, you can leave your comment there! All the new products will be available for purchase on February 26, 2016, 10:00 p.m. CST.

I'll be back tomorrow with the last of my projects from this release. Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

Winnie & Walter A Week To Die For Day 4

Welcome back to the last day of the Winnie & Walter feature "a week to die for"! Today we will show you projects using Goldie Trim Cutaways + Lulu Fringe Cutaways. Here is my first project:

Inspired by flowers I saw on Pinterest, I created these felt flowers using Lulu Fringe Cutaway. It is so much fun to create them! I just die-cut Lulu Fringe from felt, then folded it into half lengthwise and rolled it up. I used Glossy Accents along the edges and it worked perfectly. I adhered the finished flowers to my little gift bag, together with leaves I had die-cut from black cardstock. Then I die-cut the word "congrats" from gold foiled cardstock and adhered it, too. Finally I added some sequins.

Here comes another bag using Lulu Fringe, a non-girly one:

This time, I used crepe paper to die-cut my fringe. It works best on thin paper or flexible material to create perfect loops.
I really hope you liked all the inspiration this week! I definitely enjoyed creating with these dies!
Now check out the Winnie & Walter blog for more projects to inspire you. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Vanessa

supplies:
Winnie & Walter Lulu Fringe Cutaway, The Big, the Bold and You Cutaways, The Party Confetti Cutaways, The Party stamp set - Crate pp - Tsukineko ink - Fancy Pants sequins

Papertrey Ink 8th Anniversary Challenge Day 7

I am back with a card for the PTI Anniversary Challenge on day 7. It requires to only use neutrals with metallics. Here is my entry:

No stamping on this card! I die-cut one of the butterflies from Beautiful Butterflies from a panel of patterned paper to create a window for a shaker card. The window is filled with sequins, micro beads and die-cut little hearts from gold foiled cardstock. I assembled the card and die-cut the word "forever" from gold foiled cardstock to adhere it above the window. Then I added some die-cut hearts and an enamel dot to finish the card off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vanessa

supplies:

PTI cardstock, Beautiful Butterflies dies, Wonderful Words dies, Tiny Tags dies (for the hearts) - gold foiled cardstock - Crate pp - MME enamel dot - Fancy Pants sequins - micro beads

winnie & walter October Release Day 1

Welcome to the biggest winnie & walter release yet! Oh, you will love this wonderful release! You better grab something to drink and keep you comfy, there will be lot's of eyecandy from everybody :)
Let's get started with today's projects. We are premiering two stamp sets and the new, amazing stencils called Creative Screenings. Here comes the first card:

Here I used Scenery: Classic Diagonal Creative Screenings for the background. I adhered the mask with tape and applied Festive Berries Distress Ink with my ink blending tool. Then I stamped the sentiment from Eat Drink Gingerbread Man on a piece of black card stock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. To achieve the chalkboard look, I rubbed white pigment ink onto the piece and traced the words with a white pencil.
The next card uses the same stamp set for a completely different look:

I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment again, this time on vellum. The gingerbread man is heat-embossed onto patterned paper, then I cut him out and inked the edges for a more "baked" look.
And another card with this set:

This time, I used Mini Scenery: The Peppermint Swirl with Eat Drink Gingerbread Man. First, I stamped and masked the glass of milk, then I stamped and masked the gingerbread man. Now I inked the Peppermint swirl using Spun Sugar Distress Ink on the inner part and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink on the outer part of the swirl, spritzed it with water and stamped over the images. After removing my masks, I colored the images with Copic markers. The sentiment is from A Tree for All Seasons.

How do you like the first glimpse at the new products? And there is so much more! So, for today, check out the winnie & walter blog for more samples and links to the other designers' blogs. And don't forget to enter the BIG Giveaway! I'll be back tomorrow with the next set of cards, I hope to see you! Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter Mini Scenery: The Peppermint Swirl, Eat Drink Gingerbread Man, A Tree for All Seasons, Scenery: Classic Diagonal Creative Screenings - Crate pp - Pretty Pink Posh sequins - Tsukineko ink - Ranger Distress Ink - Lawn Fawn die - Copic markers - twine

Happy Little Penguins

I recently saw fun illustrations with happy little penguins on Pinterest and this inspired me to create a cute card for the Mama Elephant and me October Challenge.

I hope traveling by balloon counts, because I'd like to enter it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Transport It", too.

Here is my card:

I stamped the little fellas from Love Quotes onto a light blue cardstock panel and onto pp and paper-pieced them. After I had colored them with Copics, I drew some strings with a thin black marker. The balloons are from Pandamonium, the sentiment is from Up and Away. I hope you like it!
Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Mama Elephant Love Quotes, Pandamonium, Up and Away - Tsukineko ink - Copic markers - Crate pp

A Paper-Pieced Cupcake

I made this card with a paper-pieced cupcake for the Mama Elephant and Me September challenge a while ago and almost forgot to share it. So here it is

It is difficult to see on the photo, but every layer is paper-pieced. For the top, I used watercolor paper, stamped the top thrice, inked every layer with a different color of Distress Ink, fussy-cut them and assembled them. The bottom part is a mix of two different stamps, the wrapper is stamped on pp and cut-out and the bow is from another bottom stamp, inked and then cut-out to be added to the pp one. I hope that is not too confusing! The cupcake parts are from Carnival Cupcakes and the sentiment is from  Type It. Have a great day everybody and thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Mama Elephant Carnival Cupcakes, Type It stamp sets - Crate Paper pp - Tsukineko ink - Ranger Distress Inks - Pretty Pink Posh sequins - MFT border die

winnie & walter August Release Tour of the Stars

Welcome to the winnie & walter August Release Tour of the Stars!! For this release, everything is a bit different, because this release is different! You will love the new sets. The are so big! Every set is 6 x 8.  And they are very versatile and full of lovely elements. On tonight's tour, you'll be able to win prizes, so be sure to leave comments on the blogs! But now, let's get started. I am showing you one card for each stamp set today, but I made a lot more and will show them another day. 

For my first card, I used Moonlight and the matching cutting files. I placed the face onto the pumpkin
before cutting it from white card stock. Then I used an Ink Blending Tool and Distress Inks to color it. Afterwards, I adhered black card stock behind the face before placing it onto my patterned paper. Don't you love the font of the haunting in the sentiment? This stamp set has so many great elements and the cutting files are great, too!

My second card uses A Tree for All Seasons. It's so versatile! Here I created my own patterned paper with a single leaf stamp. On the cluster, I used the coordinating cutting file to cut some leaves. The sentiment is from the same set, I just trimmed it after I had stamped it to tuck it in behind my burlap button.

On the last card, made with This Awesome House, I did a lot of paper-piecing. I found this brick patterned paper in my Maggie Holmes paper pad and thought it would make a perfect brick house. After paper-piecing everything, I colored the windows, the door and the roof with copics. Then I stamped the little cat and added a little red bow to the door.

Ok, a wonderful release, don't you think? I can't wait to see what all the other girls did with it. I am the last stop of the tour. Here comes the full list of designers:

winnie & walter blog 

Jenny Martin

Heather Hoffman

Lyndal Higgins

Gayatri Murali

Heather Pulvirenti

Joni Andaya

Kelly Griglione

Laura Sterckx

Lea Lawson

Mayuri

Vanessa Menhorn 

Happy hopping, good luck and thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter This Awesome House, A Tree for All Seasons, Moonlight  + coordinating cutting files - Crate Paper pp - American Crafts pp - copics - Ranger Distress Ink - Tsukineko ink 

Premiere of Scenery: V for cheVron

Welcome to the last day of winnie & walter premieres with the premiere of Scenery: V for cheVron! Yes, this is another gorgeous, versatile set! I made two cards with it:

For the first card, I used the huge solid chevron stamp. Love that it covers a whole card front! The speech bubble and the sentiment are from the previously released Bubble Talk set. On the next card, I used the small chevron row:

I like to combine patterned paper with stamps to create a completely new look. The sentiment is from The Big, the Bold, and the Happy.
I hope you like my cards! Be sure to check out what the other girls did with this set on the winnie & walter blog today. And don't forget to enter the big give-away, too!
All stamps will be available tomorrow! Have fun shopping!

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter Scenery: V for cheVron, The Big, the Bold, and the Happy, Bubble Talk - Crate Paper pp - Mama Elephant ink - PTI ink, die - Tsukineko ink - Studio Calico flower - My Mind's Eye enamel dots

Premiere of The Big, the Bold and Seasons

Today is the winnie & walter premiere of The Big, the Bold and Seasons. Yes, another addition to the Big, Bold series! You'll love this one, too! Here are my cards:

Mmh, beautiful autumn. I am enjoying summer too much to miss autumn right now, but I love creating projects for that season nevertheless! Here I used pp from Crate Paper's Close Knit collection to combine with the beautiful stamps from the new set. And I don't miss winter at all! (that'll never happen) But I made a winter card, too:

The set comes with these cute snowflakes and matching small stamps for all seasons, so it's easy to create a card with just this set. I hope you like what you saw today! Now it's time to hop to the winnie & walter blog and check out the projects of the rest of the Design Team and guests. And leave a comment for your chance to win this beautiful set! For your chance to win the WHOLE RELEASE, leave your comment on this post. Good luck and thanks for visiting! I'll be back tomorrow for the last premiere of the month.

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter The Big, the Bold and Seasons - Crate Paper pp - Hero Arts ink, rhinestones - Tsukineko ink - Mama Elephant scalloped border die - PTI leaf die, ink - large sequins

Premiere of The Big, the Bold and Blessings

Yay, it time for a new winnie & walter release! Welcome to the premiere of The Big, the Bold and Blessings! I am sure you will love the new stamps. Let's take a look at the first set:

For my cards, I used the big welcome from the set. I love to play with the bold words like I did on the first card. It makes fun and easy backgrounds. The word baby is from The Big, the Bold, and the Happy and the word girl from The Big, the Bold and Extras. That cute owl sticker is from Echo Park Paper.

On the second card, I just had to use a cute chipboard house from Crate Paper with the "welcome home" combination from the new set. You'll love the word combinations that are possible with the set. Check out the winnie & walter blog for more samples and your chance to win big! I'll be back tomorrow with the next premiere, my favorite this month!
Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter The Big, the Bold and Blessings, The Big, the Bold, and the Happy, The Big, the Bold and Extras - Crate Paper chipboard, pp - Echo Park Paper sticker - Tsukineko ink - Mama Elephant ink - PTI ink - Pretty Pink Posh sequins 

DIY Designer Paper

The new AEI♥U Challenge is to make DIY Designer Paper. I played around with my stamps and Distress Inks for my card:

I used the hello from my Modern Leaves set and inked it up with two different Distress Inks, then spritzed it with water and stamped onto watercolor paper. This was repeated on the whole panel. Then I trimmed my DIY Designer Paper and used it on this card. The butterfly was colored with the same Distress Inks and dipped into gold embossing powder. Still some of my DIY pp left, maybe I'll make another card with it! Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Avery Elle Modern Leaves set - Ranger Distress Inks Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers - Spellbinders butterfly die - Memory Box Leaves die - MFT border die - MME enamel dots - Crate Paper paper tape 

Winnie & Walter Playdate No. 2

Hey everybody! Today I am over on the winnie & walter blog with my take on the Playdate No. 2! If you haven't heard about it yet, you've been missing a great opportunity! The challenge is to create a project using this photo or the color palette for your design:

Gorgeous, isn't it? Have you read the small print already? The winner will be Guest Designer for the next release! There is still time to enter, the challenge ends June 15, 2014 at 11:55 pm (U.S. central standard time). I really would love to see you playing! Here comes my take:

I wanted it to be flower-free :o) So I just used the color palette. You'll find the instructions for the card here on the winnie & walter blog. I hope you like it! And don't miss the chance to become a Guest Designer! Enter the challenge here.

Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
winnie & walter The Big, the Bold, and the Happy, Scenery: Rectangled & Triangled - Hero Arts inks - Tsukineko inks - Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes butterfly - Prett Pink Posh sequins

Cute Bunny

Oh, I love the cute bunny from the new Lawn Fawn set Hello Baby! That whole set is adorable! And I couldn't believe it, but it was available here in Germany on the release day! Had to get it immediately. And make a card with it - with a bit of distressing to enter it to the Lawnscaping Challenge #82:

I didn't want to over-distress for a baby card, so I just inked the edges:

The bunny is colored with watercolor pencils. I just had to dress her up with that bow from the Beep Boop Birthday set. To ink the edges of the pp panel, I used grey Distress Ink and a mini ink blending tool. I will have to ink up the stamps of this set again, soon!
Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Lawn Fawn Hello Baby set, Beep Boop Birthday set, polka dot pp - Crate Paper pp - PTI cardstock, vellum - Tsukineko ink - Ranger Distress Ink

Create Your Own Background

The new Lawnscaping Challenge requires to create your own background and I love this idea.

Here is the card I made:

Here in Germany, you usually receive your driver's license when you turn 18, so this is always a big deal. The cute car from the Happy Trails set fits perfectly for this occasion!
Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Lawn Fawn Happy Trails stamp set + die - Hero Arts ink - Crate pp - Studio Calico chipboard numbers - Faber Castell watercolor pencils - circle punch - sequins

A Touch of Gold

Happy belated iNSD! I was able to whip up a quick layout with a touch of gold to celebrate this day, combining two challenges. First, the Studio Calico color challenge and second, the 2Peas Gold Color Trends challenge:

I used a mix of Dear Lizzy, Amy Tan and Maggie Holmes lines. The rub-ons are colored with Gelatos and mists. Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
American Crafts pp, rub-ons - Crate Paper butterflies - My Mind's Eye enamel dots - Faber Castell Gelatos - Studio Calico mists, acrylic flower

Two Layouts

I am sharing two layouts today. The first one is a grid layout using the Webster's Pages/Adrienne Looman Our Travels collection:

Heute zeige ich zwei Layouts. Das erste ist ein Rasterfeld Layout, das ich mit der Webster's Pages/Adrienne Looman Our Travels Serie gemacht habe:

These are some photos from our trip to a wildlife park last year. So fun and full of new adventures for my girl. I started with those square cards from a piece of pp from that collection and just printed the photos the same size. Easy and great to get a lot of photos onto a layout.
The next layout has been sitting here for a while. I made it last month with the Crate Styleboard collection, but I just couldn't manage to get a great photo of it. Now I gave up. Here it is:

Das sind Fotos von einem Ausflug in den Wildtierpark letztes Jahr. Echt toll und voller neuer Abenteuer für meine Tochter. Ich habe als Startpunkt die quadratischen Kärtchen von einem der Designpapiere genommen und meine Fotos in der gleichen Grösse gedruckt. Einfach und effektiv, um viele Fotos auf einem Layout unterzubringen.
Das nächste Layout liegt hier schon eine Weile. Ich hatte es letzten Monat mit der Crate Styleboard Serie gemacht, aber ich habe einfach nicht geschafft, ein gutes Foto davon hinzubekommen. Jetzt geb ich es auf. Hier ist es:

I was inspired by Wilna's video, using watercolors with rub-ons. The gold rub-ons of the collection are so pretty!
Ok, that's it for today. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Ich habe mich von Wilna's Video inspirieren lassen, in dem sie Aquarellfarben mit Rub-Ons verwendet. Die goldenen Rub-Ons der Serie sind so schön!
Ok, das wars für Heute. Danke vielmals fürs Besuchen!

Vanessa

supplies:
Webster's Pages/Adrienne Looman Our Travels pp, paperclips, sticker - Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Styleboard pp, rub-ons, sequins, tape, butterflies - American Crafts roller stamp - Studio Calico doily

Mini in the Making

Hello! It is quite busy around here, so it took a while to post again. The weather is perfect and the garden requires some action. Last weekend, I worked out with the spade and made a bigger veggie patch. Too little time for everything! But I started a mini using the beautiful Crate/Maggie Holmes Styleboard line and wanted to share the cover today:

Hallo! Hier ist es ziemlich stressig, also hat es eine Weile gedauert bis ich wieder poste! Das Wetter ist perfekt und der Garten erfordert einige Taten. Letztes Wochenende habe ich ein Spatenworkout durchgeführt und das Gemüsebeet vergrössert. Viel zu wenig Zeit für Alles! Aber ich habe mit einem Minialbum mit der Maggie Holmes Styleboard Serie begonnen und wollte Euch das Cover heute schon mal zeigen:

The inner pages will follow soon! Have a fab day everybody and thanks for visiting!

Die Innenseiten kommen bald! Habt einen tollen Tag und danke fürs Besuchen!

Vanessa

supplies:
Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Styleboard pp, sequins, butterflies, tape - Prima flower - PTI dies

Easy Watercolor Techniques

Hello! Another post with a lot of cards! I made a video tutorial for Scrapbook Werkstatt showing various techniques to create the watercolor look. It is so fun to play around with distress inks, watercolors, gelatos, mists and pencils!

Hallo! Noch ein Post mit vielen Karten! Ich habe ein neues Videotutorial für die Scrapbook Werkstatt gemacht, in dem ich verschiedene Techniken zeige um den Aquarell Look zu erzielen. Es macht viel Spass mit Distress Inks, Aquarellfarben, Gelatos, Sprühfarben und Buntstiften herumzuspielen!

You can find the video here. And here are the projects:

Das Video findet Ihr hier in der Kartenwerkstatt. Und hier kommen die Projekte:

Made with a self-made stencil + watercolors, PTI die, Winnie & Walter stamps.

Mit einer selbstgemachten Maske + Aquarellfarben gemacht, PTI Stanze, Winnie & Walter Stempel.

Made with wet watercolor technique, PTI stamps and dies.

Gemacht mit der Nass-in-Nass Aquarelltechnik, PTI Stempel und Stanzen.

Gelatos + water, Mama Elephant stamps and dies.

Gelatos + Wasser, Mama Elephant Stempel und Stanze. 

Watercolor pencils, Mama Elephant stamps, Maggie Holmes Styleboard pp and washi.

Aquarell Stifte, Mama Elephant Stempel, Crate Paper Styleboard Papier und Washi.

Stamping with distress inks, using Hero Arts.

Mit Distress Inks und Hero Arts Stempel gestempelt.

Made with mists, Hero Arts stamps, Lawn Fawn dies.

Mit Sprühfarben gemacht, dazu Hero Arts Stempel, Lawn Fawn Stanzen.

A lot of possibilities to create a watercolor look. Hope you like them! Thanks for visiting!

Viele Möglichkeiten um den Aquarell Look zu schaffen. Ich hoffe Euch gefällt es! Danke fürs Besuchen!

Vanessa

supplies:
Ranger Distress Inks - Faber Castell gelatos, watercolor pencils - Hero Arts stamps - Winnie & Walter stamps -Mama Elephant stamps, dies - Lawn Fawn dies - PTI stamps, dies - Crate Paper Styleboard pp, paperwashi - Studio Calico mists

Another Styleboard Card

Here I am to share another Styleboard card with you. This Maggie Holmes line is so yummy! Look at all the lovely colors:

Hier bin ich um Euch eine weitere Styleboard Karte zu zeigen. Die Maggie Holmes Serie ist so toll! Schaut Euch nur die Farben an:

Gold and mint. Do I have to say more? The butterflies and the pretty label are rub-ons. And they transfer so well! Get this collection here at Scrapbook Werkstatt!
And have you seen the new Winnie & Walter release?? Check it out here! I used the "are" and the "amazing" from the gorgeous new set "The Big, the Bold and You". I will be showing you all of my Winnie & Walter projects, soon! There were some shipping delays but I enjoyed playing with these stamps and you will love these stamps, too!
Thanks for visiting!

Gold und Mint. Muss ich mehr sagen? Die Schmetterlinge und das "pretty" sind rub-ons. Die lassen sich super übertragen! Holt Euch diese Serie hier bei der Scrapbook Werkstatt!
Und habt Ihr die neuen Winnie & Walter Stempel gesehen?? Schaut mal hier. Ich habe die zwei Wörter aus dem neuen Set "The Big, the Bold and You" verwendet. Ich werde bald alle meine Karten zeigen, wegen Verzögerungen beim Versand konnte ich nicht rechtzeitig loslegen. Aber es hat viel Spass gemacht damit zu arbeiten und Euch gefallen sie bestimmt auch!
Danke fürs Besuchen!

Vanessa

supplies:
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Styleboard pp, rub-ons, sequins, butterflies - Winnie & Walter "The Big, the Bold and You" stamp set - PTI die

Maggie Holmes Styleboard

Feeling so lucky to be able to work with the Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Styleboard collection this month. Here I made a card:

Ich bin so glücklich darüber, dass ich diesen Monat mit der Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Styleboard Serie arbeiten darf. Hier hab ich mal ne Karte gemacht:

Mmh, all the gold in this collection! I love this gold/kraft washi. And I just had to buy the doily embossing folder. You can find this line here at Scrapbook Werkstatt.
Thanks for stopping by!

Mmh, das ganze Gold in dieser Serie! Ich liebe dieses Gold/Kraft Washi. Und diesen Embossing Folder musste ich mir unbedingt dazukaufen. Holt Euch die Serie hier bei der Scrapbook Werkstatt. Nur noch heute gibt es Rabatte bis zu 40%!
Danke fürs Besuchen!

Vanessa

supplies:
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Styleboard pp, washi, embossing folder, sequins, gold leaves - PTI cardstock