Saturday 3 November 2018

Winnie & Walter Leading Lady - Debut

I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Winnie & Walter as their November Leading Lady - I am still in complete disbelief that Shay asked me to do this. I have been a huge fan of Winnie & Walter products ever since the beginning but I am an ever bigger fan of Shay and her generosity. Winnie & Walter has sponsored so many different challenges in blogland, along with all the all the challenges on the Winnie & Walter blog - her kindness is inspirational to us all. I am truly honoured to be part of her blog this month.



We just turned the page on the calendar - November already! I can't believe how quickly this year has flown by and it is now time to get ready for the end of year holidays. Of course, this includes making lots of holiday cards :) One of my favourite things about holiday cards is that I can apply copious amount of glitter to my projects - all in the spirit of the season :) My Leading Lady debut is going to be about some different ways to apply glitter to holiday cards.

My first project features glitter applied with Stickles. This seems to be the only time of year that my Stickles make it out from my craft drawer but I don't know why since they are so much fun. They are absolutely perfect for adding little touches of colourful glitter - like I did on this walrus card: 



Isn't this walrus the cutest? I stamped him from the Winter Wishes with Evelin T stamp set and then masked him and stamped the iceberg as well. More masking before inking the background with a few different colours of Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, and, of course, Salty Ocean). I coloured the image with Copics, added some white gel pen detail - and then I added four different colours of Stickles to the lights and some Crystal Stickles to the white parts of the Santa hat. I created a card front by first cutting the panel with the largest rectangle from the Essentials: Katharine Cutaways, and then cutting the aperture with another die. This card front was added to the card with foam tape, along with a white embossed greeting from the In Bloom: Debra's Poinsettia with Lydia Evans stamp set. Here is a close up of some of the Stickles:



My next projects are all about adding glitter to the background. I die cut the card front panel using the largest rectangle from the Essentials: Katharine Cutaways, and I also die cut an aperture using a basic circle die. I then added some transparent embossing paste to the card front through the Scenery: Triangled Creative Screening. After removing the stencil, while the paste was still wet, I sprinkled some Distress Glitter over it and set it aside to dry. While the paste was drying, I stamped and cut out a lot of different floral images from the In Bloom: Debra's Poinsettia with Lydia Evans and the In Bloom: Victoria's Very Merry Flowers with Lydia Evans stamp sets. I also stamped the greeting from the same stamp set directly onto the card base. Once the paste was dry, I assembled all the components with a lot of foam tape :)


I actually made two (almost) identical cards - one with the transparent embossing paste and Distress Glitter, and the second one with Cosmic Shimmer Texture Paste in Platinum. Here they are side by side:



My last cards feature inlaid die cut glitter card stock. I started off by creating my own ombre glitter cardstock: I coloured a piece of plain white card stock with several different red Copics - blending between the different shades. I then covered the coloured card stock with a large piece of Be Creative tape (this tape is relatively transparent), removed the protective sheet from the adhesive and applied micro fine glitter over the card stock. I pressed the glitter in really well, and burnished it with my teflon bone folder. The key to this is using a transparent glitter - I used Glitter Ritz Warm Highlight glitter. 

I die cut the ombre glitter card using the In A Word: Joy cutaway - and die cut the card panel using the same die so I could inlay the ombre die cut into the card front. I stamped and Copic coloued a couple of images on the card front as well - the bird from Sweet Holiday with Evelin T and the bird house from Happiest of Holidays with Evelin T. I also added a white heat embossed "Season's Tweetings" (from Season's Tweetings with Evelin T)onto a foam mounted piece of brown card stock. 





I decided that I wanted to include a glittery candy cane stripe in my design so I stamped the stripe from Scenery: Holiday Trimmings with dark red ink onto the card base. I then covered it with a piece of Be Creative tape and a layer of glitter - just like I did with the ombre card stock. I love how this looks on the finished card.

While I had my supplies out, I created an (almost) identical card - but using store bought red glitter card stock instead of custom ombre glitter card:


Finally, I used the cutout from the ombre glitter card stock and inlaid a die cut from gold glitter card stock. I kept the rest of the card very simple.




Shay has kindly offered up a $30 Winnie & Walter gift card for me to give to one lucky commenter on my blog, My Life in Paper For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post and/or any of my leading lady posts and I will randomly pick a winner from all the comments left by November 30th.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 
Jill



















26 comments:

  1. Wonderful cards! I especially love the wreath design and the textured background you created with the stencil! You have me adding to my wish list....
    Congrats on your Leading Lady spot! Looking forward to seeing more from you all month!

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  2. Congrats on being the November Leading Lady! I love glitter & every one of your beautiful cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. I love how you did the ombre colored 'joy' cutaway; very clever! I like it in the store bought red glitter cs, too, but the ombre is a really nice effect. All of your cards are gorgeous. And I am always happy to see birdies!! The walrus is darling and I love the twinkling lights!

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  4. Congrats on being the November Leading Lady, Jill!!!
    Fabulous Xmas cards!!! They're so cute!!!

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  5. congratulations on your leading lady month! great start and can't wait to see what else you have in store!

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  6. Gorgeous cards. Love the walrus and the sparkly triangles. Hugz

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  7. Adorable and beautiful cards! All are fabulously festive.

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  8. Congratulations, Jill, for being November Leading Lady. Your cards are fabulous. Especially love the Merry and Bright with the great backgrounds and beautiful flowers.

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  9. wow your cards are just fabulous - congrats on being the Leading Lady this month - you deserve it!!!

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  10. Cute and pretty cards and I like how you added glitter.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  11. So many wonderful cards, Jill! I love that they all have some special element to them, which make s them super special. Thanks so much for the great inspiration and congratulations for being the November Leading Lady.

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  12. Popped over to see your work on your blog, not just this post. Can see fully why Shay speaks about your work with so much admiration, thanks for amazing peeps.

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  13. Congrats on your Leading Lady gig!!
    I LOVE glitter, esp this time of year getting ready for Christmas. Eeek...where did the year go???? Your techniques are so inspiring. I esp love the stenciled and glittered backgrounds.
    Looking fwd to what you have to share with us all month!!
    <3 J

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  14. Awesome cards, I love them!

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  15. Congrats on being Leading Lady at W&W! The first card is so cute (and understand the glitter part), the glitter and paste on the 2nd is beautiful, just as the ombre sponging on one of the last, but my favorite are the ones with the tiny birds; graphic and cute at the same time! You were on a good roll! Hugs, Gerrina

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  16. Congrats on your Leading Lady month at W&W!! These cards are adorable and the stickles make the Christmas lights sparkle and shine. Oh my goodness, that glittery stenciled background on your second card is just fabulous! I can't wait to see what you share with us this month.

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  17. That walrus is so adorable! Such lovely designs for all your cards!

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  18. Congrats on being the leading lady your work is a fabulous! I love how you colored that walrus and created a window for him on the first card.

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  19. Congrats on being Leading Lady this month! That stenciled background on your first card is gorgeous and adds great sparkly texture, and I love those sweet little bird designs

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  20. These are all fantastic cards!!! I actually came from your post on W&W where you used three in 3 different cards. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing and linking to the rule of thirds' article. I have heard of it before but didn't really know what it was. Thank you SO VERY much!!!

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  21. Congrats on being Winnie and Walter's Leading Lady!! I just hopped over from their blog to tell you how amazing your cards are! Love the glitter triangle stencilling and your coloring of the cute walrus!

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  22. Congrats on being Winnie and Walter's Leading Lady! I just hopped over from their blog to tell you how amazing your cards are!! I love the glitter triangle stencilling and your coloring of the cute walrus!! Xx, Rosali

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  23. Such gorgeous glittery cards! I love the lights the walrus is holding.

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  24. So excited to see your cards with your amazing coloring skills. That walrus is adorable and I love how you used the big JOY die and combined it with cute stamps.

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  25. LOVE the stickles for the lights so fun and festive!

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