Exploring Nuvo Creative Markers

Hey everyone! I want to invite you over to White Rose Crafts Facebook page tonight, March 9th at 7pm EST. I will be going live and exploring Nuvo Creative Markers and sharing some coloring techniques with them and how they compare and contrast to copics.

One of the samples I will be coloring up is this Woodware UK's Happy Easter stamp set. I have colored both of these samples with both copics and Nuvo Creative Markers. Can you tell which is which?

This is the sample colored in Nuvo Creative Markers. I have also used LemonCraft Daydream paper pack to finish the card as well as Kaisercraft Sympathy Words. (The copic card also used LemonCraft Daydream paper pack, but it uses Technique Tuesday's You Did It stamp set.)

                                      Copics are on the right, Nuvo on the Left.

You have to let me know which of the two is your favorite in the comments below.

Another one of the sample I will be coloring up tonight is AALL & Create's Squeaky Friends stamp set. I will be sharing how to not only color the images, but how to create atmosphere and grass.

To create this duo of colored cards, I used the Wild Rose Studio Antique Library paper pack and sentiments from the Squeaky Friends stamp set.

                          Nuvo Markers are on the Left, Copic on the Right

Again, let me know which of the two is your favorite in the comments below.

Make sure you tune in tonight to the LIVE, because these are only a sample of the images I have pulled to color. Looking forward to seeing and interacting you you tonight. Until then, happy crafting.

Hope For Tomorrow

On this the day of Thanksgiving, the whole White Rose Crafts family wants to take a moment and thank everyone who pops in here regularly to support this little online crafting shop. We know this past year has been really strange and for many difficult. So instead of spouting all that we are thankful for today, we thought instead we would wish you Strength for today, and Hope for tomorrow.

I tried something really out of my comfort zone toady, and pulled a whole host of papers out from different paper packs from White Rose Crafts. The woodgrain paper comes from the LemonCraft House of Roses 12x12 paper pack. The brown doted and blue plaid paper both come from Craft O'Clock Ladies and Gentleman paper pack. Finally I pulled the script paper from the Wild Rose Studio Antique Library.

Each piece of paper got a blending of Ground Espresso Distress Oxide around the edges so they felt more like papers from the same collection.

I stamped out a sweet little hedgehog from the Craft Consortium Over the Hedgehog stamp set. I stamped the image in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide and then watercolored it using the same ink and Brushed Corduroy. I then fussy cut out the image.

On a scrap piece of watercolor paper, I stamped out what I think might be the perfect sentiment for this year from the Kaisercraft Sympathy Words stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxide and edged the paper in Ground Espresso.

Using different levels of three dimenstional adhesive, I layered the hedgehog and ephemera from the Craft O'clock Ladies and Gentleman Ephemera Collection. The die cuts got a brush of Ground Espresso Distress Oxide to help blend it in with the rest of the paper.

Finally I tucked in a bunch of buttons and adhesives to finish the card. I used American Craft Faceted Brushed Metallic Gold adhesive gems, DoveCrafts Blue Skies buttons, and Want2Scrap Steel Blue adhesive pearls.

We pray everyone is Thankful for something this year. The whole design team family of at White Rose Crafts is thankful for you. Let me know in the comments below what you are thankful for, or at least what you hope for tomorrow.

Until then, may crafting make you happy.

Shabby Chic Wall Key By Kim

Good morning friends, Kim here with my next DT project for White Rose Crafts.

This time I have done a home decor item! I got this heavy chipboard key from a local box store, and I thought it would be perfect to alter with lots of amazing items from the WRC Store.

The first step is to paint the sides and any areas that will show with some paint. I used a multi surface paint for this and it did the trick nicely. I also took the key and traced around it on some of the gorgeous Lemoncraft Yesterday paper.  Once the paint was dry, I used Mod Podge to stick down the paper.

While the key was drying, it was time to get out my embellishments and alter them to go on the key.

I used some fun chipboard pieces from the WRC store, and also the metal heart and flower are from the shop also.  I added some of the same paint I used on the key to the pieces and then added a touch of pink paint as well to pick up on the colours in the paper.

Once everything was dry, it was time to layer on my pieces.  I got out some Recollections flowers and used one of the Melissa Frances resin keys in the middle of the chipboard heart with wings. 

You can also see some of the Altair Art butterflies and one of the pieces from the Dress It up Glitter Beach Button Set in the photo. 

On the end of the key, I added some more flowers and the metal flower, along with a bit of the chicken wire chipboard, and a little butterfly to finish it off.  

Of course everything got a lovely coat of Dovecraft glitter glue in Crystal, it makes everything sparkle!  The final touch was some of the Distress Oxide Spray in Picked Raspberry to make the pink stand out on the paper and flowers, it added just the right mixed media touch.

It turned out so pretty, I am going to hang it up in my bedroom!

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and have found some inspiration here.

Thanks for stopping by!

White Rose Crafts Products Used

Lemoncraft Yesterday Paper

Flying Heart Chipboard

Chicken Wire Chipboard

Recollections Chintzy Print Flowers

Recollections Flowers with Sequins

Altair Art Butterfly Ephemera

Metal Flower

Metal Hearts

Melissa Frances Resin Key To My Heart

Dress It Up Glitter Beach Set

Dovecraft Glitter Glue Crystal

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry

"Sweet Friend" Card-Sketch Challenge by Kim

Good morning Rosies! Kim here with my next DT project for White Rose Crafts. I am working with this months sketch challenge, and decided to create a sweet and shabby card for a friend.

I hope you will join in the Sketch challenge too, I loved working with the sketch this month!

I used lots of wonderful items from the White Rose Crafts store this month, including the gorgeous Recollections Pink flower you see in the photo below.

 I also used the K & Company epoxy sentiments to add to my card, they are so simple and easy to use!

A couple of Dress it Up buttons called "Decadence" added some sweet accents to my card.

I used the Nuvo drops in White Blizzard to add some dimensional drops around the heart doily from Dovecraft found in the WRC Store.

I really love the Lemoncraft Yesterday Ephemera, and I used this one for the main focal point on the front of the card.

The final touch was some of the Dovecraft glitter glue in Crystal to give my card lots of sparkle!

Please check out the sketch challenge on the WRC blog and join in the fun!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have found some inspiration here!

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WRC Store Products Used

Lemoncraft Yesterday Ephemera

Dovecraft Glitter Glue Crystal

Dress It Up Decadence Buttons

Recollections Pink Flowers Flowers

K & Company Warm Words

Dovecraft Heart Doilies

Nuvo Drops White Blizzard

Use Your Wings Mixed Media Burlap Canvas By Kim

Good morning Rosies! Kim here today and I am sharing a mixed media burlap canvas I have altered using lots of White Rose Crafts goodies!

I cut out 3 large hearts from the Lemoncraft Yesterday paper, and used that as my base to start. I had the image of the fairy in my stash, which was sent to me from a friend. The flowers are from Artemio Rhinestone & Paper Flower set.

  I also added a little resin cherub from my stash as well.

I love the Altair Art butterfly ephemera from the WRC store and I added some Dovecraft glitter glue in crystal to the wings to make them sparkle.

The fairy also had to have some sparkly wings too!

I added a few laces, cheesecloth, doilies, and some very old tatting to give shabby vintage vibe to the canvas. 

I also used the Tim Holtz stamp from Stampers Anonymous "French Market" to add some scripty writing to the canvas.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and will check out all the great items in the White Rose Crafts Store.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have found some inspiration here today.

White Rose Crafts Products Used

Altair Art Butterflies & Flowers Ephemera

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous "French Market"

Lemoncraft Yesterday Paper 12 x 12''

Artemio Paper Flowers 

Dovecraft Glitter Glue Crystal(Sold Out)

Create with Kim

Good morning Rosies! Kim here with my next DT project for White Rose Crafts.

This time I have created a fun mini art journal!

You are going to be seeing me use this little journal over the coming weeks as I create some fun art pages in it using more White Rose Crafts items, I can't wait!

The first step to making this journal is to gather up all my little bits and pieces I have left over from all my other White Rose Crafts projects.  I keep all my scraps in a bin when I am finished a project, and this is such a great way to use them up.

Once I have decided what I am going to use, I stack them on top of each other, remembering not to use too many as I wanted to sew down the centre of the papers on my sewing machine so they would be attached to each other.

Once I sewed all the papers together, I used a couple of pieces of Lemoncraft Yesterday Ephemera for my cover of my little journal. I used black thread on my journal to make it stand out and used a zig zag pattern as well for some fun.

I stacked two of the ephemera pieces together and added some sparkly blue tulle in between the cards for texture.

Once that was done, it was time to work on the cover for the journal. I used some fun material from my stash, and ended up making the journal 5 x 7 inches. This is a great size for a small journal as it can fit inside a purse and you can take it anywhere with you.

Once the cover was complete, I sewed in the paper stack by just doing another stitch down the middle of the paper and cover. Don't forget to back stitch so you have a good locking stitch and your journal won't come apart.

I attached some more of the fabric to the side of the journal for a closure.

Here you can see the inside of the completed journal.

I hope you like my little journal. I will be working on this journal over the next month and creating some art inside it to share with you all! So stay tuned for some fun White Rose Craft art journal pages from me. I have a complete list of the paper scraps I used for my journal below for you. 

I hope you will make one of these fun little journals for yourself with all your White Rose Crafts goodies and scraps!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you have found some inspiration here.

White Rose Crafts Products Used

Craft Creations Victorian Kitchen 2

Craft Creations Victorian Kitchen Savory Recipes

Prima Tales of You and Me Watercolour Paper (Sold Out)

Lemoncraft Yesterday Ephemera Cards

Neenah 2 Heavy Weight Cards & Envelopes

Sentimental Scripts

Hey Rosies...its EK and it is Saturday, so that means it is time for a new Theme Week over at White Rose Crafts!  This week we are getting a little Sentimental... about scripts that is.  We are celebrating the written word all week long and showing off how cool script and crafting can be with our Sentimental Scripts.

Today I am featuring three projects using Kelly Creates stamps and pens, because if we are going to get scripty, we might as well use products that make it so easy.  Feel like getting Sentimental with your script as well, then all week look you can get 20% off in the Kelly Creates section of the store using the code: GET SCRIPTY.

I started my first project with some flirty fun paper from ScrapBerry's Young and Free paper pack.  Then using some Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder from Ranger, I embossed the word Happy over and over from Kelly Creates Congratulations sentiment stamp set.

Then on another piece of Young and Free paper, I stamped in pale ink, the work birthday.  Using the sapphire pen from Kelly Creates Jewel Brush Pens set, I traced the stamped letters to look like I had the ability to do calligraphy.

I finished off the project with some sequins from Doodles Paper Playground's Sparkle Blend sequin mix in Pretty in Pink.

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My second project features papers from the LemonCraft House of Roses 12x12 paper and House of Roses Ephemera cards.  I distressed the edges of the paper a little more using some Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo Distress Oxides.

I added my script with the ruby Jewel Brush Pen and Kelly Creates Quotes 1 sentimental stamp pack.

The project got finished off with some Rosy Gold Sparkle Blend sequins and I can not wait to send this card to my (not blood, but still family) grandmother.

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My final project was a bit of an experiment, on that I wasn't certain that worked.  I was trying to make the card look like that sun that comes out from the clouds...but I think my colors were too off to really make it work...however, the script looked great so I included it.

The project started with some LawnFawn Polka in the Meadow paper pack and used the LawnFawn Cloudy Hillside pop up die set (obviously not popped up) to create the base of the card.

Then using both the gold and the sapphire Jewel Brush Pens I added the scripty sentiment from Kelly Creates Quotes 1 stamp pack.  The card was finished off with some Frozen Sparkle Blends sequins and some Ivory Seashell Nuvo Drops.

Thanks for peeking in today, and make sure you share any of your sentimental scripts on the Facebook...we love seeing what you create.