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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Silver Bells in the City

Hello! Alison here. Each month, my family and I sit down for a few hours in the dining room and make cards using Sparkle Blends from Doodles Paper Playground and other fun supplies. We were off to a late start this month, so we only had our Family Crafty Time on Monday, since there was no school. Today's project was made by my husband, and I LOVE what he made. He was planning on making a card, but it morphed into more of a home decor piece. It's now about 7" x 7."

When he was figuring out what to do and he saw the Silver Bells Sparkle Blend, he quickly thought of creating a city skyline. I have a really old stamp set from Stampendous that was designed by Nat Kalbach that was perfect for what he was envisioning because not only are there multiple stamps, but a cool stencil too. He made the back layer of the city first, by tracing one of the stamps in the set and cutting it out. Then he used Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide with the accompanying stencil to create windows. I love how it looks like some of the windows are lit.

His top layer was done with a lighter gray cardstock, and he stamped the sketchy city with VersaMark ink and embossed it with Detail Silver Embossing Powder. Then he applied Black Soot Distress Oxide just on the edges of the skyline to deepen the color a bit. He buffed off the excess where it was on the embossing powder. He decided he also wanted to add snow, so he used a VersaMarker and scribbled it across the bottom of the cityscape and across the "street." He applied Sparkle Puff embossing powder and voila! Snowy banks.

Gene really loved the big silver bells in this Sparkle Blend, and they are really what inspired his entire project. He cut some black cardstock for his background and flicked on some Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Frost. Then he adhered his city layers using different heights of foam. Last, he placed on all of the elements from the Silver Bells Sparkle Blend, including the snowflakes, the stars, and of course the bells. He used On Point Glue for this.

It took Gene a bit longer to create this than he anticipated, but I thought he got it done pretty quickly considering all of the steps that were involved. We all love how this turned out, and I am looking forward to hanging it up over the holiday season. Have you seen the entire new release of Sparkle Blends yet? Head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to check them out. You can use my code, “ALISON10” for 10% off of your purchase, not including bundles. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Friday, November 15, 2019

Sparkle Blend Splurge Sale

Looking to add a little Sparkle and Shin to all your crafting projects! Then we have a deal for you!!!

Copper Penny

All weekend long we are having a Sparkle Blend Splurge Event where you can save 30% off each little packeted of sparkly goodness!

Gingerbread Man

Don't know what Sparkle Blends are....well you are missing out. These are hand blended mix of sequins, jewels, bits and bobbles cultivated to make the perfect crafting blend.

Sunshine

You don't want to miss out on this one. Simply use the code SPLURGE30 to save.

Boughs of Holly

White Rose Crafts is the exclusive vendor of Sparkle Blend Sequins and we could not be more excited to help introduce you to Doodle's Paper Playgrounds amazing blends of sparkly joy.

Sunday, May 5, 2019

WRC Sketch Challenge: Alison's Take

Hello! Thanks for visiting me today. I've got a new Sketch Challenge to share with you, courtesy of White Rose Crafts. I've given myself a goal of turning each of these sketches into scrapbook pages, instead of cards for the entire year, and I've been successful so far. Here's the sketch:

And here is my take on it:

I came across these photos of my daughter the last time I was searching for pictures to scrapbook. I thought that they'd be perfect for this sketch. She was so happy spinning and twirling in this coat my mom had made for her. And her crazy outfit makes me smile. I lined the photos up and trimmed them to fit properly on my 12 x 12 layout. I added the strips of black to break up the photos just a little bit.

My daughter and I both love mixing patterns, so, much like her outfit, I found a few patterned papers that I thought were crazy together, but also perfect. The chevron and pink lacey-looking paper is from my stash, the polka dotted one is from Kaisercraft's Greenhouse paper pad, and the metallic one (also from Kaisercraft) is from the Bombay Sunset paper pad. I needed more pattern though, so I decided to ink up my pale pink background paper with the Circles and Pluses stencil from Studio Light with Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar.

And since my girl always sparkles, I literally threw some sequins on to may layout, and glued (most) of them pretty much were they landed. I used a few Sparkle Blends to get the colors I wanted, like Unicorn (no longer available), Intergalactic, and Amethyst. I glued them all down with On Point Glue from Imagine.

My daughter was full of joy when I took these photos, and I am so grateful I have this sweet and innocent memory of her, now on a completed page. How will you interpret the sketch? I can't wait to see! Be sure to visit the White Rose Crafts Gallery Group on Facebook, and add your photo to the appropriate album. Be sure to visit White Rose Crafts to see what's new in store. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Crafting with Guest Designer Annie

Hello Crafty Friends - Guest Designer Annie here with another card created with the March Blue Skies Kit. This Kit is so full and I can keep creating cards for another month.

I keep this one pretty simple. Some die cutting and a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Spray for a splash of fun.

Let's get started!

I gathered all the materials I would be using for this card. All but a few things are from the kit. The Distress Spray, the White Tiny Flowers, and Specialty paper are from the Add-on section of the shop. From my stash I am using Spellbinders: Card Creator Dies and Lawn Fawn: Spring Sprig Dies.

First, I did all the die cutting. I used 3 of the Spellbinder card creator dies(#, #2 & #3) to create 2 little frames. I die cut the Gold Specialty paper from the kit.

Next, I used the Lawn Fawn Spring Sprig dies to die cut the sprig from Green Specialty paper and the little flower for die cut from 2x of the creamy Specialty from the add-on section.

Then, I trimmed my sentiment and a few extra strips from the pattern paper that is included in the kit. I then used a bit of the Scrapberry ink included in the kit to add some color to the edges of the strips.

Next, On the Blue card base included in the kit - I did some brush strokes and splatter from Distress Spray in Spiced Marmalade and I then add a bit of Mermaid Lagoon Distress Spray splatter.

Once the background was dry I am ready to create the card.

I gather all the components to the card.

I start with the little frames. I adhered one frame flat and the other with some foam tape for some dimension.

Next, in the little space that the two overlapped frames created, I build my cluster. I start with little sprigs then I added the little tiny white flowers (from the add-on section). I then added the pattern paper strips on foam tape. Finally, I added the tiny die cut flowers some are adhered directly and some are adhered with foam tape.

Next, I add the finishing touch with the sequin Butterfly and some of the Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blend Sunny Skies from the kit. I start with the butterfly - I add some foam adhesive to the body and wings. Place it just under the sentiment. Then, I add some liquid glue to the center of the butterfly and added 3 of the Gold curly Q's from the Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blend Sunny Skies. Cleaned up any extra glue.

I also added a 5 small Glitter sparkles from the Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blend Sunny Skies toward to left bottom and top right of the frames.

Now, the card is complete. I will add and piece of white cardstock inside for writing my message.

Supplies Used for Both Cards:

March's Blue Skies Kit:

Gold Specialty Paper, Kaiser Craft Pattern Paper,

Blue Cardstock Card Base, Scrapberry Ink &

Doodle Paper Playground Sparkle Blends: Sunny Skies

Craft Creations - Cream Texture with Gold foil

Craft Creations - Orange Texture with Gold Foil

Craft Creations - Deep Green Texture with Gold Foil

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray - Spice Marmalade

Tim Holtz - Distress Spray - Mermaid Lagoon

White Mulberry Paper Carnations

Woodware Foam Tape

Thermoweb Sticky Dots Die Cut Adhesive

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!

If you would like to join in the fun for the White Rose Crafts April's Sketch Challenge and other fun activities and conversations make sure you join the White Rose Crafts Gallery group on Facebook!

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Happy Mother's Day with Guest Designer Annie Collins

Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here with a watercolor mother's day card.

Don't worry I promise you can do this. If you can stamp, heat emboss and add a bit of color then you can create this card.

So let's get started. This is the card I created.

First, you will need to stamp your image onto watercolor paper (unless you are using Zig or Arteza Real brush pens - I would use Strathmoore Bristol Smooth Cardstock). I cut my watercolor paper to a A2 size piece so that I easily turn it into a card later.

Now, I prep my paper for heat embossing with an anti-static tool. Then, I stamp my image using VersaMark ink and then cover the image with white embossing powder. Shake off the excess powder and heat set it with a heat tool until powder is melted and shiny.

Next, gather your watercolor supplies, I am using Distress ink mini cubes along with a water brush pen and a piece of plastic for a palette.

I will be doing the wet on wet technique (this is when you wet your paper first with clean water then you just drop in a bit of watercolor in the same spot). The embossing creates little wells for the colors to gather so it's pretty easy. I start with a bit of yellow. If any of the color goes outside the white lines just use a paper towel or towel to clean it up. If any of the color remains then just add a bit of clean water and dab with a paper towel until the color is removed.

Now, I add a bit of orange color to the center of the flowers. The, I will blend the yellow and the orange together. Just like when you color with your markers or color pencils.

Next, repeat the process with the greens. I used 2 shades of green for the leaves and the dragonfly.

Then, I added a bit of light blue around the image for a bit of shadow. I did the blue a bit darker towards the bottom of both the flowers and the dragonfly. You are now done water-coloring your images. You can either set it aside to dry or use your heat tool to dry it. I set mine aside to dry since the images are small and I didn't use a lot of water.

Now, while the images are drying I trimmed some pattern paper, cardstock and die cut part of my sentiment. Then, I gathered all the components to create the card front panel.

I start with the base of my panel (notice I trimmed away some of the pattern paper- I was thinking of using it for my die cut word then I changed my mind). I adhere the pattern paper to the cardstock mat making sure to leave about an 1/4" all around. Next, I adhere the water-color panel.

Now, I take the die cut word - HAPPY - which I die cut 3x. once from specialty gold paper and 2x from white cardstock. I then do the glue and stack process to create a nice sturdy piece.

Next, I stamped the rest of the sentiment onto light green cardstock using the darker green Distress ink. I then cut it into a strip and did a decorative slant end on one side. I adhere the die cut word onto the card front panel and just tuck it into the Y from the word happy. Next, I adhered the card front panel onto my card base. For finishing, I added a few Sparkle Blends: Birthstone Collection May Emerald to the card.