CHALLENGE: Get Sketchy #4

Hello everyone, Joni here with another installment of the Wplus9 Get Sketchy Challenge.

Sketch #4 will run from November 10th thru November 29th and we will announce the winner on November 30, 2015.

Play Along

Use the sketch at the top of this post along with at least one Wplus9 product (more is always welcome!) and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by November 29th to participate and keep the inspiration flowing! If you'd like us to repost and share your creations on Instagram, be sure to use the hashtag #wplus9GetSketchy!

If you're looking for a little inspiration to get you started, scroll down to see my take on this sketch.

Prize

We will select one random participant to receive a $20 store credit to wplus9.com. The winner will be posted here on the blog on November 30, 2015.

Get Sketchy #4 Entries

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For this sketch, I used the new Holiday Cheer stamp set and the Holiday Cheer Companion Die along with the previously released Snowflake Trio and Landscape Borders dies.

To begin, I first distressed the A2 white card panel using Distress ink in Tumbled Glass. I smooshed the ink on a heat mat and added a little water so that I could splatter some ink onto the distressed panel using a paint brush. Once the ink on the panel dried, I die-cut the distressed panel using one of the Landscape Border dies and adhered that to the card front using foam tape.

I then die cut the snowflakes using the Snowflake Trio die and adhered them to the card as well. I heat embossed some of the images from Holiday Cheer onto watercolor paper in white and then watercolored the images using Zig Clean Color Brushes in 067 and 042. Once the images dried I die-cut each image and adhered on the card with foam tape for dimension.

The sentiment, also from Holiday Cheer was heat embossed in Gold on vellum. Finally, I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins to finish off the card.

Wplus9 Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Cheer // Dies: Snowflake Trio, Holiday Cheer, Landscape Border // Cardstock: White

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

WINNER: Get Sketchy Challenge #3

Hello everyone! Joni here with the winner of the Get Sketchy Challenge #3. Again, I wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who participated in our Get Sketchy Challenge. You guys did another amazing job with the sketch and there are truly some gorgeous creations!

Get Sketchy Challenge #2 Winner

Congratulations Rema! Please email customer service@wplus9.com to claim your $20 Wplus9 store credit. ***Remember, if you don't already have one, please be sure to set up an account at wplus9.com to expedite processing of your prize.***

Thank you so much again everyone! Don't forget, our next Get Sketchy Challenge will be November 8th, 2015.

Get Sketchy Challenge #3

Hello Everyone, Joni here with another installment of the Wplus9 Get Sketchy Challenge.

The sketch will run from September 8th thru September 29th and we will announce the winner on September 30, 2015. We only ask that you use ONE Wplus9 product on your wonderful project to be eligible for the prize of a $20 store credit at wplus9.com, which you can use however you wish. But of course, you may use as many Wplus9 products as you'd like!

For my take on the sketch, I stamped the images from the Wplus9 Smart Kitty stamp set and colored the images with Copic markers.

After coloring with markers I adhered the ombre patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Market Street "Ashbury Heights" 6x6 paper pad. Then I stamped the sentiment, also from the Smart Kitty stamp set with Versamark ink onto a brown scrap paper and heat embossed it with white embossing powder to help it stand out on the top panel.

To finish off the card I added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins in Tangerine and Sparkling Clear.

Play Along

Now it's your turn!
Use the sketch at the top of this post along with at least one Wplus9 product (more is always welcome!) and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by July 29th to participate and keep the inspiration flowing!

If you'd like us to repost and share your creations on Instagram, be sure to use the hashtag #wplus9GetSketchy!

Prize

We will select one random participant to receive a $20 store credit to wplus9.com. The winner will be posted here on the blog on September 30, 2015.

Happy Crafting and Good Luck!

Get Sketchy #3 Entries

An InLinkz Link-up

CHALLENGE: Get Sketchy with Joni #2

Hello everyone! Joni here with the Get Sketchy Challenge for the month of July 2015. If this is your first time here, you can find all of the deets at the end of this post.

And to get you started, here is my take on the sketch.

To create this card, I started with two A2 watercolored panels. One in peachy red from the watercolor palette and and the second, in gold. I cut away a diagonal portion of the second panel across the middle.
For the pretty butterflies, I used my all time favorite Flora & Fauna 2 stamp set. I stamped the butterfly images onto watercolor paper using Versamark ink and heat embossed the images using the Ranger white embossing powder. Next, I watercolored each butterfly using my watercolor palette, I let the images dry and fussy cut - you could also use the Flora & Fauna companion die to save time. For variety, I also stamped some of the smaller butterflies onto vellum, heat embossing and fussy cutting them as well.

Wplus9 Supplies:

Stamps: Flora & Fauna 2, Love Mom // Dies: Flower Doodles // Cardstock: White

I assembled the two panels on top of one another using a little foam tape for dimension. Next, I adhered the butterflies one by one using clear foam tape. This helps conceal the tape since I used vellum for some of the butterflies.

For the sentiment, I die-cut the word "smile" using the Flower Doodles die several times and adhered each one on top of the other to give a nice dimension. To complete the sentiment, I used the "from all of us" sentiment from the Love Mom stamp set.
Finally, I added some Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear sequins to finish off the card.

Just another look how pretty the gold watercolor paint when it hits the light :).

I hope you guys enjoyed :)

Play Along

Now it's your turn!
Use the sketch at the top of this post along with at least one Wplus9 product (more is always welcome!) and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by July 29th to participate and keep the inspiration flowing!
If you'd like us to repost and share your creations on Instagram, be sure to use the hashtag #wplus9GetSketchy!

Prize

We will select one random participant to receive a $20 store credit to wplus9.com. The winner will be posted here on the blog on July 30th.
Happy Crafting and Good Luck!

Get Sketchy #2 Entries

An InLinkz Link-up

WINNER: Get Sketchy Challenge #1

Hello everyone, Joni here with the winner of the Get Sketchy Challenge #1. But first, I just want to say thank you to everyone who participated in our very first Get Sketchy Challenge. You guys did such a wonderful job incorporating the sketch into some gorgeous creations!

And, without further ado, the winner of our first Challenge...

Congratulations Lin!!! Please email customer service@wplus9.com so we can get you all set up with your $20 Wplus9 store credit that you can use how ever you wish! If you don't already have one, please be sure to set up an account at wplus9.com to expedite processing of your prize. :)

Thank you so much again everyone! Don't forget, our next Get Sketchy Challenge will be this coming July 8th, 2015.

Until next time.... :)

CHALLENGE: Get Sketchy with Joni #1

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing this new Challenge here at Wplus9 blog all about sketch. The sketch will also compose of different colors on the shape images provided which can help as a guide for your color combos if you wish to use it :)

The sketch will run from May 8th thru May 29th and we will announce the winner of the Sketch Challenge the next day May 30th. We only ask that you use ONE Wplus9 products on your wonderful project to be eligible for the prize of $20 Store Credit at Wplus9 Store which you can use however you wish. But of course you may use more than one Wplus9 products if you wish.

Just to remind you that the Wplus9 June 2015 release is fast approaching and this is a perfect way spend your win, awesome right?

And here is my take on the sketch, to get you started. You know I am fond of making faces on my card like my past post "Fun Cards for Kids" HERE. But for this card I created a face on one of my favorite die set from Wplus9 Clear Cut Stackers: Pears. I used the larger pear die for this. Don't you think that pear on this card is adorable with that sweet little face?

Wplus9 Supplies:

Stamps: Little Bits, Hand Lettered Thanks  // Dies: Clear Cut Stackers: Pears, Love Shower Layers (tiny hearts, tag frame), Unforgettable (bow), Love Mom Layers  // Cardstock: White, Coal Mine

To begin, I created a card base using the Wplus9 White cardstock in an A2 size card and cut a striped patterned paper same as the card base and adhered. Next, I distressed only the bottom of some white card stock using Distress ink in Spun Sugar. I then die-cut a panel from it using the Love Mom Layers.

The tiny hearts were die-cut from the Love Shower Layers die set. The sentiment was from the Hand Lettered Thanks stamp set that was heat embossed in white on Coal Mine card stock.

To create the shaker, I used the tag from the Love Shower Layers die-set and added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. For more info on how to create a shaker here's a link from Dawn.

For the pear, I die-cut the shape from the Clear Cut Stackers: Pears, and used the circle/dot images from Little Bits to create the eyes. I also added some white dots on the eyes using a white Gelly Roll pen for character. The freckles, eye lashes, and lips were hand drawn using a regular black gel pen (pilot 0.5).

Next, I watercolored the pear using distress inks. Finally, I added the tiny bow from the Unforgettable die set that was also been watercolored and added tiny sequin on top then adhered on the pear.

I hope I have inspired you to create more happy faces using your die sets.

Now its your turn to post your creations using the link below. Remember you have until May 29th 11:55 p.m. to post your wonderful projects to win a $20 Store Credit from the Wplus9 Store.
Happy Crafting and Good Luck!

For more inspiration Kara also has a card for the Challenge.

An InLinkz Link-up