Hello crafty friends,

I’ve been holed up in the craft room creating with my newest stamps and dies from Winnie & Walter for several of their 10, yes TEN different challenges for their 3^rd birthday! 

If you’ve randomly found this post, here’s Heather H.’s link for the challenge this is related to:

http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2017/02/w-3rd-birthday-bash-ink-smooshing.html

 plus her inspiration photo is below

Below is a thank you card I created with the Winnie & Walter "From the Bottom of my Heart" stamp set using Distress Inks in four colors:  Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade and Abandoned Coral.  

First I stamped an A2 sized piece of Ranger watercolor cardstock on the smooth side in Versamark ink, then heat embossed in white embossing powder to create a resist for the ink.

I then smooshed the inks on from my craft mat for a first pass – dried with a heat tool, then went back again to pick up some more color.  After the ink was dry, I stamped the little hearts from the set in Versafine ink around the center white heart.  As a final touch, I added random black dots using a black alcohol marker. 

To finish off the card, I trimmed the ink smooshed panel and added a piece of black and white striped cardstock to peek out on the left side and embellished with black & white twine wrapped around the panel before attaching to an A2 white card base.

I have to say that I am very impressed with the quality of the stamps and how well they stamped the first time.   I was thrilled to have my order within 2 days of placing it so I would have more time to play along with the various challenges before they close on March 6^th.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and hope you enjoyed looking at this.  If I have inspired you in any way please do post a comment below!  

Hugs,

Teresa