August Sketch Challenge Reminder

There is still time to play with our current August Sketch Challenge, but not a ton of time.  You have till August 31st at midnight EST till add your project to the August Sketch Folder in our WRC Gallery Photo Album.  All of the details can be found here on the WRC Blog.

Need a little inspiration, then just check out what our design team has been creating.

Kim

Kim pulled out some Graphic 45 Princess Collection paper pack and rhinestone ribbon to play with the sketch for this month.

Esther

Esther got into the holiday mood while playing with this sketch and used the Paper Mania Ultimate A4 Die Cut Paper Pack Bellissima Christmas.  We are loving how this card turned out and hope she sends it to us for the holidays!

Anna-Marie

Anna-Marie used our new September "Vintage Rose" Subscription Kit to create a card using this month's sketch.

We just love how different each of these three cards are.  Now you need to show us how you will play with this sketch.  And we can't wait to see it.

WRC July Sketch Challenge

It is the first day of July, so that means it is time for a new Sketch here at White Rose Crafts.  

Pop on over to our to our Facebook Gallery  and share what you are creating with us.   Show us what you think this sketch means.  

Create a card, a scrapbook layout, a tag, mix media project,  or even a piece of altered art.   Just show us how us how you were inspired by the sketch.


This month's sketch challenge will be open from July 1st to July 31st at midnight EST.  We will then randomly picked a winner and they will be announce on the 1st of August here on the blog!

For a bit of additional fun, this month we are adding an Optional theme to this month's challenge.  We are focusing this month on Water and Water Play themes.  What does this mean, well fun in the water of course...swimming, fish, splashing, frankly even rain...what does water play mean to you?

You might just win a $15 WRC e-gift card.  

(minimum of 3 entires needed for prize to be awarded).

Just get crafting with with White Rose Crafts products and share your creation with us.  Maximum 3 entries per person, per month.

All week long the design team is going to be sharing how this sketch inspired them, so make sure to stay tuned to see what they come up with!

And we can't wait to see what you come up with!!!  

Looking for the winner from last month's sketch....well (insert sad emoji here) 😥😭😮😢, we did not have enough entries to pick a winner!  Make sure to share our challenge with all your friends so this month we can give away our WRC gift card!!!

Guest Designing with Adam

Hello everyone,

My name is Adam and I am very excited to be a guest designer for White Rose Crafts
for the months of June and July. I have been designing and working with other crafters
and designers for eight years. I find the more I create the more fun it becomes. Practice
makes perfect and I am trying to become the best crafter I can be. I am sharing my first
project for White Rose Crafts using the June sketch challenge. Below is the sketch we
will be using for layout and form.

I like to start by giving you all a list of supplies used to create my card:
-Tim Holtz distressed oxides: Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass
-Copic Markers or any coloring medium you prefer
-My Favorite Things: 6x6 paper- Tribal Prints
-Lawn Fawn Stamp Set – You Are Sublime
-Colored card stock in coordinating solids
-Ranger Embossing Powder- super fine white
-White card base
-Doodles Paper Playground Sequins Blend

Step 1: Cut all the layers of card stock to fit an A2 card base.
Tribal Prints printed paper 4 ¼ x 5 ½ in
White cardstock layers one each: 3 x 2 in, 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ in, 1 x 1 ¾ in
Navy cardstock layers one each: 3 ¼ x 2 ¼ in, 2 x 2 in, 1 ¼ x 2 in, 3 ¼ x 1 in
Medium blue cardstock layers one each: ¼ x 5 ½ in, 3 x ¾ in
Light blue cardstock layer: ½ x 5 ½ in

Step 2: Using Tim Holtz Distress Oxides blend the 3 white panels in a manner that
creates one cohesive background image. Colors used are top to bottom: Tumbled Glass, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean. (Designer tip- this should create water depth to
the card.) Use masking tape to create the light rays in the water.

Step 3: Emboss the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn stamp set You Are Sublime in
Ranger embossing powder Super Fine White.

Step 4: Stamp, die cut and color the images used to create underwater scene. All
images were colored using Copic markers but any coloring medium you chose will be
great.

Step 5: Assemble your card using tape and glue pen. I placed the stamped images to
give the appearance of an underwater scene. After looking at the finished card I soon
realized I wanted to add a few sequins from a https://whiterosecraftsllc.com/t/limited-edition-sequin-mixes to add movement to the card. Not being one to stop there I decided to add ink
splatter to the light blue panel with coordinating blue ink (Tim Holtz Distress Oxide-
Salty Ocean.)

I have had a lot of fun creating with this month’s sketch challenge and look forward to
doing it again next month. I hope you have fun creating this project and think I met the
challenge.  Note all of these products are available at White Rose Crafts.

June Sketch Challenge

It is the first day of June, so that means it is time for a new Sketch here at White Rose Crafts.  

Pop on over to our to our Facebook Gallery  and share what you are creating with us.   Show us what you think this sketch means.  

Create a card, a scrapbook layout, a tag, mix media project, or even a piece of altered art.   Just show us how us how you were inspired by the sketch.


This month's sketch challenge will be open from June 1st till June 30th at midnight EST.  We will randomly picked a winner and they will be announce on the July 1st here on the blog when we once again launch a new challenge!!

For a bit of additional fun, this month we are adding an Optional theme to this month's challenge.  We are focusing this month theme on Summer and Patriotism.

You might just win a $15 WRC e-gift card.  

(minimum of 3 entires needed for prize to be awarded).

Just get crafting with with White Rose Crafts products and share your creation with us.  Minimum 3 entries per person.

All week long the design team is going to be sharing how this sketch inspired them, so make sure to stay tuned to see what they come up with!

And we can't wait to see what you come up with!!!  

Last month we had so many great entries that we we happy that we did not have to pick a winner!  Instead one random entry was picked and are so excited to announce that 

Fawn Kuehne

has won a $15 gift card.  


Want to win, then get crafting with this month's challenge.  We can't wait to see what you come up with using this month's new sketch!

Creative Creations- Altair Art Theme Projects!

Hey Rosie Fans!  Did you see all the amazing projects that the design team has come up with this week sharing how they played with Altair Art papers!

Just you cased you missed anything, we thought we would highlight some of projects you just can't miss!

EK

EK used the Flower Harmony Altair Art Paper pack to not only create this beautiful card, but to play along with this month's sketch challenge as well!  Make sure to pop over to EK's blog to check out the other five cards she created in this collection.

Kim

Kim created this stunning dimensional tag using the Altair Art Butterflies & Flowers and Ever Dream ephemera sheets.

Anna-Marie

Anna-Marie created this lovely dimensional card using the Ever Dream paper pack collection.  We just love how the whole card looks like it as been watercolored!!!

Alison

We are blown away by this scrapbook page Alison created using the Ever Dream and Ephemera Sheet paper pack.  We honestly don't know which is more beautiful, Alison's layout or her daughter....who are we kidding her daughter of course wins!

Amber

Amber created this bright spring cad using the Signs of Love paper pack from Altair Art.

EK

Finally, EK created a second collection of cards using the Flower Harmony  paper pack.  Make sure to go over and check out the other three cards in this soft yet stunning collection of cards.

No only have we seen the amazing projects create by our design team...we've seen some really amazing projects created by YOU!

Meghan Kennihan

We Spotted this super fun and bright spring themed card created by Meghan using the Your Next Stamps Hey Chickie stamp set.  Meghan also created this fun card to play along with our April Sketch Challenge!

Annie Collins

We spotted this stunning card created by Annie using the newly released Ocean View Sparkle Blend sequin mix from Doodle's Paper Playground!

Want to be featured in next week's Creative Creations!  Simply load your projects up into the White Rose Crafts Facebook Gallery.  We can't wait to see what you create.

April Sketch Challenge with Guest Designer Annie

Hello Crafty Friends - It's Guest Designer Annie here with my take on April's Sketch.

As you know each month White Rose Crafts LLC has a sketch challenge. I decided to create 2 cards based on the sketch. I create one card on the feminine side and one on the masculine side.

Here are April's sketch and a link to the challenge.

Let's get started by gathering the supplies for both cards. I used mostly March's Blue Skies Kit for both cards. I used the new in the shop Specialty Pattern Paper - Craft Creations - White with Holographic foil. I only added 2 dies, two shades of Blue cardstock from my stash and the card bases.

Card One: Happiness is a Journey not a Destination

(Feminine version)

Please note that both cards are created in the same way.

First, I cut all the components to the card. I trimmed 3 butterflies from one of the pattern papers. I also die cut from both cardstock and specialty paper a postage stamp mat. 

Next, I first inked all the edges of the pattern papers. Then, I adhered the pattern paper to the blue cardstock front panel. I repeated adhering the pattern paper to the coordinating cardstock pieces. As for the die cut pieces - I trimmed away the decorative edge on the pattern paper so that I would have the blue cardstock edge.

Then, I layered the smaller first and then the longer as per the sketch.

   

Next, I adhered the die cut stamps, the top and bottom are flat onto the card front panel. the middle one I added a bit of low profile foam tape.

   

Then, I adhered the sentiment - also with foam tape.

Now, for some butterflies. I added some foam tape to the wings of the butterflies for some dimension.

 

Next, I added some finishing touches. I added 3 Sparkle Blends - Sunny Skies from the kit. Just above the sentiment. I also added a bit of Wink of Stella on the word HAPPINESS. Now, the card is complete.

Card 2: Hello (Masculine version)

Please note that both cards are created in the same way.

First, I cut all the components to the card. I also die cut from both cardstock and specialty paper 3 Stitched Hexagon shapes. I also used all the circle buttons from March's Blue Skies Kit 

Next,  I first inked all the edges of the pattern papers. Then, I adhered the pattern paper to the blue cardstock front panel. I repeated adhering the pattern paper to the coordinating cardstock pieces. As for the die cut pieces - I trimmed away the decorative edge on the Craft Creations - White with Holographic foil so that I would have the blue cardstock edge.

Then, I layered the smaller first and then the longer as per the sketch.

 

Next, I adhered the die cut hexagons, the top and bottom are flat onto the card front panel. the middle one I added a bit of low profile foam tape.

Then, I adhered the sentiment - also with foam tape. Next, I adhered 3 buttons on the top and bottom hexagon. I made sure to overlap the sentiment on the middle hexagon. 

Next, I added some finishing touches. I added 3 Sparkle Blends - Sunny Skies from the kit. Just above the sentiment. I also added a bit of Wink of Stella on the word HELLO. 

Now, the card is complete. 

Supplies Used for Both Cards:

March's Blue Skies Kit 

Craft Creations - White with Holographic foil

Woodware Foam Tape 

Thermoweb Sticky Dots Die Cut Adhesive

Zig Wink of Stella - Silver Glitter Pen

With so many beautiful stamps, papers, Specialty papers & Inks in the shop 

I know you are bound to create something wonderful!

Thank you for stopping by the blog today!

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