STAMPtember® Feature: Winnie & Walter
Hi crafty friends! Welcome to our 2nd to last STAMPtember 2016 brand feature. Today we’re so happy to be spotlighting the sweet and talented Shay and team behind Winnie & Walter on the blog today! In keeping in line with our features, we’re also offering a special limited time discount on all in stock Winne & Walter branded products with the code mentioned above. Be sure to shop early for the best selection as always! I was so blown away by the blended beauties Heather Hoffman created below! Read on for more details and supplies, and enjoy!
I recently stumbled upon a technique that I have loved and had so much fun recreating – using dual layers of embossing and distress inking to create a fun, dimensional, and fairly flat card that is easy to mail!
I put this set together with a couple gorgeous Winnie and Walter sets – In Bloom: Renee’s Leaves (perfect for fall) and The Big, the Bold, and The Blessing (with Winnie and Walter’s signature font that made me and so many others fall in love with them from the start)!
I used my Mini MISTI to easily create the four by doing them all at once. The secret is to stamp all the foliage in Clear Embossing Ink, then stamp the words in Black Versafine ink, THEN all at once, sprinkle clear embossing powder over all of it. This way you have one layer of embossing, but the sentiment can stand out from the leaves behind it.
Here is a closer look at what you have – the leaves are almost invisible at first!
And then like magic, when you add the distress ink blended over the top – the leaves pop out white! I played with distress inks until I found a few combos I liked, then used my foam blenders to apply the ink. My favorite paper for this technique is SSS White 120 lb Cardstock – it is so super smooth that the distress inks blend over it beautifully, and it is thick enough to stand up to all the heat from the embossing without warping too bad.
Once that was done, splashed some water over each of them, as well as some white paint splatters by thinning down some white acrylic paint with water in a Mini Mister and flicking that on. I die cut them with the largest SSS Stitched Rectangle Die, and added a very thin black mat before mounting on white cardbases and adding a few Sparkling Clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.
Here is a closer look at each of them – this first one uses Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, and Candied Apple:
This one uses Shabby Shutters, Stormy Sky, and Rusty Hinge:
Next up Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, and Peacock Feathers:
And finally, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, and Seedless Preserves:
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Thanks for reading today and thanks again to Heather for providing this gorgeous inspiration! Stay tuned for tomorrow… we are revealing our exclusive with Newton’s Nook, and it is TOO cute!
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Beautiful combination of blended colours! Lovely cards!
Oh wow, what gorgeous cards! Love the leafy background and that big, bold print on the sentiments~
Love this embossing and ink blending, super pretty!
One of my favorite techniques and these cards show why. Just beautiful!
I love how you stamped the leaves & sentiment then heat embossed all at once!
I love this set! Fabulous sentiment.
Such beautiful cards – I love the colour combinations!
Pretty cards!
Great cards. Love all the colors & stamped images.
I love the mixed fonts on the sentiments and the inked backgrounds are fabulous! TFS
gorgeous! so beautiful!
These cards are beautiful.
Beautiful cards with gorgeous colors!!!
These are so pretty- great layout.
Fantastic cards – love all the special touches, colors & stamps! Thanks so much for sharing!!
I love love love the color combinations! Great cards!
Oh gosh! Heather’s cards are SO beautiful!!!! I’m super duper inspired by them!!! Thanks for the gorgeous ideas today!!! Love W&W so much too!!! Yay!!! xoxo
Beautiful color combos… can’t wait to try this out myself.
Love these fun card with W&W’s great stamps. Fabulous color combinations.
Very Cool Technique!
What fantastic color combinations and ink blending! Love this idea. I also think all the additional embellishments are so wonderful too! Thanks for sharing :)
This has been one of my favorite techniques lately. I love the color combos, especially the one with the blue.
That was fun…can’t wait to try this tomorrow!
Wow, these are so beautiful! Thanks for the tips! I’m definitely going to try something like this. :0)
These cards today are such beautiful Fall cards. I love the ombré effect of colors on each card.
Beautiful cards w/gorgeous blended colors!!
I love the colorful cards. Love the technique and will definitely be trying it out very soon!
I just love the stamp set. Love how you can make one basic card and change it’s look by the blending colors . Just beautiful.
Great set and fantastic colors! You could make any color set!
Just ordered my Mini Misti! Can’t wait for it to get here!
these are gorgeous i love the colors with the clear n black embossing it pops so nicely
Wow, these cards with their gorgeous pops of colour actually put a smile on my face and started me thinking of some other ideas along this theme! Oh dear, now I’m in trouble as I want to play but I have to do an almost archaeological type dig to find the top of my dining table!! LOL!!
Beautiful cards! I love this idea :) And the stamp set is great!!! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Great shades of colors.
These are gorgeous! Your colors are stunning!
Fabulous cards!
Wow what gorgeous cards…W&W has really great stamps!
There’s something quickly identifiable when it comes to W&W sentiments, and this set is no exception – jumps out at you as it’s so beautiful, and with the combination of leaf outlines, this is a ‘must have’ set!
OMG! This set of cards is sooo beautiful!!!
Cristina
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Gorgeous stamp set and cards! Love the blending ♥
Lovely backgrounds! TFS
Gorgeous. Love the different colour combos you tried. HUgz
I love the card, especially the sentiment!
Love the technique! Thanks for the inspiration.
Just beautiful Heather. I love the orange to red version above all.
Beautiful set!!
These are colors you would not put together.
Beautiful design and vibrant colors! Great Fall set.
W&W has worked magic once again; these cards are stunning!
~carol
Stunning cards.