Masculine Card with ScrapBerry

Hello! This week, the White Rose Crafts Team is sharing projects made with products from ScrapBerry. ScrapBerry has a lot of lovely, feminine items, but I decided to go with a more masculine vibe for my card today. Though to be perfectly honest, I know a lot of ladies that would love this card and style, including my mom.

I started off by choosing one of the papers from the Edge of Town paper pack. This particular paper has subtle circuitry and gears on it. I thought it paired perfectly with the gears stencil from Kaisercraft's Grunge stencil set. For the stencil,  I applied Nuvo Expanding Mousse in Worn Linen with a palette knife. I heated the Mousse to give it some texture.

Next, I applied some of ScrapBerry's Stains ink in Blue to my media mat, spritzed it with some water, and splattered it on to my background with a brush. After it dried completely, I inked up a stamp from Kaisercraft's Greenhouse stamp set with the Stains ink in Black, I needed to let the Blue ink dry first since this ink is so reactive with water, and I didn't want to ruin my sentiment.

I wrapped the background with some twine that I had in my stash. I took my cream colored card base and applied the same splatter technique to it, but with the Black Stains ink. Then I mounted my background on to it.

I love the texture and the aged look of this card. It cold be used for a variety of occasions too, which I like. The Edge of Town paper pack has some really wonderful papers, and I look forward to using them in other projects soon. Be sure to head over to the White Rose Crafts shop to see all of the ScrapBerry items that are available. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Same Card, 2 Color Palettes

Hello and welcome back! Today I am sharing 2 cards that have the same composition, but in totally different color palettes. I have been having a great time playing with the Simply Celebrate stamp set from Lawn Fawn and I thought it would be fun to play with different color combinations.

When making cards that have the same layout, it's really helpful to use a stamp positioning tool. This way, you can recreate the projects quickly and easily, while taking out a lot of the guesswork.

The first version I created used cool tones, which I tend to gravitate towards, so these colors came easily to me. I colored both of the card's stamped images with Zig Clean Color Markers. Coloring those balloons was a lot of fun! For the inked stripes at the bottom of this card, I used ScrapBerry's Blue, Green, and Pink Stains Ink. My base is a deep orchid purple.

No extra embellishments used here, as I thought the card made enough of a statement without the extra "stuff."

For this card, I used citrus colors. I don't use these colors as often as I use cool tones, and it is so nice to step out of my normal style. The stripes on this card used Abandoned Coral, Mowed Lawn, and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Inks. I also used Barn Door around the edges of my card base.

I think this card design is perfect for birthday party invitations, especially since the stamping and coloring doesn't take long at all. Playing with different color palettes on a simple card is always fun too! Head on over to White Rose Crafts LLC to check out all of the supplies i used for today's card, and some of the newest products that have just arrived. That's it for me today. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Margarita Shaker

Hello! Alison here. This week, the White Rose Crafts Design Team is sharing projects that feature Jillibean Soup products. They have such fun items like sweet stamps, coordinating dies, and shaker windows. My card today is a shaker, but it doesn't use their pre-made windows.

 I use Jillibean Soup's Lemonade stamps and coordinating dies, which by the way, have an amazing price point! On a piece of white cardstock, I stamped out a ton of the fruit slices and wedges in assorted citrus colors of Memento and VersaMagic inks from Imagine. I thought that doing a whole bunch at once would save me time in the future when I use the rest of the pieces. For this card, I used only a couple of lemons and an orange. I inked the lid up with 2 London Fog and Gray Flannel Memento, to make it look more interesting than using one, flat color. I also stamped the straw, but I used Scrapberry's Stains Ink in Blue . The straw doesn't have a die, so I fussy cut it.

I didn't need to use the jar stamp itself, just the die to begin my shaker. I wanted it to look as though the straw was actually inside the mason jar, so I cut it apart and put part of it under the shaker window, and some of it above the lid. I filled the shaker with my lemon and orange wedges, as well as the "Citrus Twist" Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground. Then I backed the shaker with light blue cardstock. I thought this helped to add to the "glassy" look.

I stamped my sentiments in Gray Flannel Memento Ink, and I added just a few additional sequins to the top of the card. I put the shaker panel on to a gray card base and considered it done. I think it's adorable and fun, I really do love how the straw looks inside and out of the jar. And who could resist using this perfect Sparkle Blend. I am crazy about all of the teeny tiny fruits!

Be sure to head over to White Rose Crafts LLC to check out the rest of the products from Jillibean Soup. They are all adorable and versatile. I will definitely be using this stamp and die set a lot. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day! 

Creative Creations

Creative Creations

Volume II, Episode III

We want to start this week's Creative Creations off with this month's winner picked at random from the January Sketch Challenge.   

Congratulations Meghan Kennihan, you have just won a $15 White Rose Crafts e-gift card!  Please email whiterosecraftsllcblog@gmail.com to claim your prize. 

  Now, did you notice that all week the Design Team was playing with water activated inks?  that's right...the WRC team has been creating some of the most gorgeous projects using Stamping inks that change and adjust based on water application.  It is easy to do, since WRC carries three different types of water activated inks in addition to the vast array of stamping inks.  WRC carries both Distress Oxides and Distress Inks, but also carries the lesser known, and brighter ScrapBerry Stains.

It is amazing all the different types of projects the Designs team was able to come up with using these water activated inks.  Just in case you missed things, here are some of the highlights!

Laura

Using the large background stamp, Ubud Dreams from Kaisercraft, Laura create this stunning CAS card using Distress Oxide in Peacock Feathers.

Esther

In a fun twist of irony, Esther also pulled out the Ubud Dreams stamp and created this colorful and bold card using her Distress Inks and Distress Crayons.

Kim

Kim created these gorgeous layered cards using Distress Oxides.  Kim really is a genius with the Mixed Media Card.  Pop over to her page to see how she assembled these cards.

EK

EK shared this week how all three of the different inks look when using two different classic water ink techniques to the differences between the three.

It appears this week that not only have we spotted some of your great works, but we have been spotted ourselves.

White Rose Crafts Owner Kay and Design Team Member EK were spotted Saturday at the WRC make and table at a crop in Virgina by several Rosies.

Donna I. shared the Make and Take from this event she whipped up over on the WRC Gallery Page.

Alison

 We also spotted Alison creating this fun shaker card using distress oxides and Sparkle Blend Sequins.

Want to be spotted, then upload your creations to the White Rose Crafts Gallery and use the #whiterosecraftsusa on social media.