Sunday 14 February 2016

W&W belated 2nd birthday bash

Winnie&Walter are celebrating their second birthday this month with a huge giveaway and 10 fun challenges. Since I had quite a bit of play time this week, I let myself be inspired to play along and once I got started, the inspiration kept flowing. Such a rare and wonderful feeling for me, since normally my crafting sessions are short and far between. But maybe I should simply loosen up and go with the flow.


For my first two cards, I was inspired by Taheerah's inpiration image challenge, but I combined it with elements from several other challenges. After seeing the floor covering in the inspiration image and Taheerah's use of the yet to be released stencil, I just had to play along using this exact same stencil, which was included in Catherine Pooler's first Stamp of Approval collection (the Friend collection).


On the first card, I used Hero Arts soft granite ink and the Ranger mini blending tool to apply the ink onto a soft stone cardbase (Papertrey Ink). For the flower panel, I heat-embossed the flower image from the W&W In Bloom: Anna's Flora set in white embossing powder (SSS) and then applied a heavy coat of distress inks (Dusty concord and Chipped sapphire) and then bleached out the flower image using a water brush. After that, I dropped in a little Picked raspberry. You can find a detailed explanation on this technique, including a video, on Jennifer McGuire's blog.

I cut the strip right up to the flower and then fussy cut around the top and bottom of the flower. I finished my design off with two small strips of lime green cardstock, a heat-embossed sentiment (W&W Winter Woodland and The Big, the Bold and the Merry), and a few sequins. And clear Wink of Stella on the flower of course.

I really liked how the flower turned out, but I really wanted to make a soft pink version to mimick the decorative element on the table in the inspiration image.


Therefore I decided to make a second version, this time using Memento Smoke blue ink for the background and Memento Elderberry for the narrow panel. I stamped the flower image onto a separate piece of cardstock and used softer pinks this time around. The sentiment (from the EH Mondo Magnolia set) was heat-embossed in Ranger silver pearl embossing powder to tie in with the smoky blue background. As in the first card, I used strips of lime green cardstock, clear Wink of Stella and a few sequins as a finishing touch.


W&W - Taheerah's inspiration challenge
W&W - Lydia's floral challenge
W&W - Gayatri's background challenge

I'm also entering my cards into the following challenge:
Seize the Birthday - no toppings for me
Stamping Sensations - Anything goes




7 comments:

  1. Two beautiful cards Marianne and that is a really lovely floral image, it looks especially pretty in the deep purple colours.

    Pleased to read you have a little more time to craft, it's been a very stressful time for you and hubby the last year or so.

    It's lovely to see you at Stamping Sensations, many thanks for joining in this month.

    B x

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  2. Good to see that you've found yourself some more crafty time - I hope you can continue in this vein. How absolutely lovely these cards turned out!

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  3. Marianne you've convinced me! I MUST have that Anna's set!!! How gorgeous your card is!
    =]

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  4. I tried this technique and it didn't turn out anywhere near this well! Love those mums! Thanks for your encouragement at CAS Mix Up! I look forward to seeing you in the gallery next month.

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  5. Very pretty cards. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

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  6. What a fun stenciled background! These cards are lovely! Thanks for joining us over at Seize the Birthday

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  7. These are just so eye catching and gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
    Pinky

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