Smile! Just Because.
Hi readers! Happy Saturday! Today we’re spotlighting a really fun brand; Winnie & Walter. Please join me in welcoming Gayatri Murali as a first time guest on our store blog! You may have noticed her work on our Wednesday Challenge team! She is the newest member! :) I just love this sentiment. It’s something to keep in mind, and I think would be a great card to give to someone having a down day. Isn’t that shade of yellow super cheery? Read on to find out more info on how to recreate this beauty!
Hi there everybody, I am very excited to guest design for Simon Says Stamp Blog today. I a card using Winnie & Walter stamp sets. I stamped a tribal pattern inspired background using Scenery: Stripes, Scenery: Rectangled and Triangled and Scenery: It’s a Wonderful Pennant.
To make this card, I started with stamping the solid triangle border image from Scenery: Rectangled and Triangled stamp set with yellow pigment ink, followed by the scalloped stripe from Scenery: Stripes stamp set with grey pigment ink, then again the solid triangle border image in yellow. Followed by a thin stripe from Scenery: Stripes stamp set with grey pigment, then the outline rectangle from the Scenery: Rectangled and Triangled stamp set, finishing with another grey thin stripe. I stamped this pattern until I covered the entire panel. To finish the background, I stamped the tiny triangle from Scenery: It’s a Wonderful Pennant stamp set in grey inside the outline rectangle image. Absolutely love how the tribal stamp sets pattern turned out.
The background is too busy, so I added a smaller vellum panel on which I white heat embossed the large sentiment “Smile” by masking off the “s” from “Smiles” stamp. The smaller sentiment, I stamped in black on a white strip of cardstock and adhered below the larger sentiment using foam adhesives. This also helps hide the foam adhesive added behind the vellum panel to be adhered on the stamped background panel. The sentiments are from The Big, the Bold and Friends stamp set.
Finally, I added sparkly grey enamel dots and Lemon drop sequins to bring the card together. I then taped this completed panel on to a white card base. I hope you like my card. Thanks for stopping by today!
Love the vellum overlay! Beautiful card!
I love the colors you used on this card. Very pretty.
Love the colours, very cheerful
Sequins always bring that extra “fun” to a card.
beautiful card, so vibrant!
This card design is gorgeous! Love the vellum!
The vellum really makes this card awesome!
Great use of their ever so mystical vellum!!
I really like this card. So cherry and bright. It would certainly brighten MY day to receive it. Lovely. Thanks for the project ideas.
DELIGHTFUL card – LOVE the colour combo & vellum!!!
Gayatri ALWAYS INSPIRES :)
… I was just admiring her cards in the latest edition of Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft!!!
Great use of geometric shapes and I like the yellow/grey combo of color
love the colors!
Very cheery card. The colors make you smile.
i like this card! so vibrant!
Such a fun bright sunshiney card.
The vellum looks great with bright yellow and neutrals! Wonderful, wonderful card!
I like the use of vellum.
Lovely card! The vellum overlay really tones down the super bright colours. It is always fun to get a “Just because” card.
Love the background and how you’ve embossed the Smile on vellum over it – beautiful!
In a word, stunning! This is one of my favourite colour combinations, white, yellow and grey, and such a striking pattern, and the vellum overlay is the perfect finishing touch.
I’m growing fond of yellow and gray together. This looks great.
Beautiful card with beautiful color combo!!Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!
Beautiful card. Love the colors and vellum
That is a very pretty background! Love the colors!
Neat beautiful colorful card.
Love the bright and cheerful yellow!! Awesome background! Love the vellum sentiment panel!
Love the colors
What a gorgeous paper you’ve created!!! Wonderful showcase of W&W products!! Always love a slip of vellum…
=] Michele
Lovely. I can see a lot of possibilities for these stamps.
The vellum overlay is genious! It tones down the busy background. Thanks for a great card!
The vellum overlay is just stunning! Beautiful card!!!
Gayatri is one of my favorite card makers. I love the grey and yellow colors and the bold pattern she created. Awesome card!
great card; I’m lovin’ now that I’ve read the review, that you created the background dp, and the velum overlay is awesome! thanx for the inspiration!
Great layout and thought process
Beautiful Card! Love the vellum overlay and the colors.
Nice card and sentiment stamps. It is so amazing how velum can make a nice card into a special card.
Love the color combo.
Thoroughly gorgeous:)
A nice and cheerful card with the yellow. Just the right touch with the vellum over lay.
I love the color choices! And thank so much for the vellum tips…always looking for ways to use it. Such a pretty card!
Great card. Love the colors!
Such a beauty! Love the stamping, colour combo and the vellum sentiment treatment!
I love all the shapes in the background. I’ve just begun using vellum on cards and I really love the way it looks. Thanks for sharing this beautiful card!
Love Gaytri’s work, and I adore W&W! This card is so pretty and cheery and I love the sentiment and must remember to use it on a card!
So beautiful, I love the yellow and grey color combo!
Beautiful card. Bright and cheery but still cool and relaxing…. I love it.
Love the design and colors of the paper. Perfect addition of the vellum, enamel dots and sequins. The sentiment ROCK’s!!! Thanks for sharing with us!
Love the yellow and gray!! :)
Very cheery–thank you for sharing!
What a sweet card! Love the stamped background.