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New In Store NOW! Capture all the vibrant colors and Spanish passion of the CARMEN Collection from 13@rts Think scented, blossom-laden, balmy nights and flamenco... it's all here in this glorious papercrafter's collection designed by Aida Domisiewicz. 12"x12" paper packs 6"x6" paper packs Die-cut ephemera Self-adhesive elements See our complete collection HERE: CARMEN Pretty up your projects with beautiful new embellishments! We've just taken delivery of a fabulous assortment of new embellishments from Melissa Frances and ScrapBerry! Adhesive Gems Mulberry Paper Flowers Flat-Backed Resin Embellishments Brads Cabochons See all the New Arrivals HERE: New Arrivals   CALLING ALL MAKERS! Come strut your stuff with us!   Post your Monthly Color Challenge makes in the White Rose Crafts Gallery on Facebook - and if we feature it, you'll earn a $15 store credit! We love when customers show us what they've made with their goodies, and it's always so good to get feedback from such a happy, supportive, encouraging community of likeminded crafters! We have a monthly Color Challenge, and if we feature one of your makes on social media or in a newsletter, you'll earn yourself a very nice $15 store credit - and who doesn't need a little extra help with feeding their craft habit these days? THIS month's Color of the Month YELLOW. If you move fast, you can still make it by the end of the month! Next month (April), to celebrate those lovely colors we associate with Easter and Spring, you have an open choice of ANY Pastel shade! Make anything you like! Cards Scrapbook Pages Home Decor Mini Albums Journals ... just to start you with a few ideas! Join the White Rose Crafts Gallery community and get involved HERE Join the Gallery HERE   And finally.... THE BIG SAVINGS YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!    Embossing Folders 15% OFF Use Checkout Code EMBOSS15 and get 15% off all embossing folders! Offer ends 11.59pm EST on Friday, March 25. Shop Embossing Folders HERE: EMBOSSING FOLDERS   Lawn Fawn Bundles 25% OFF No Code Needed! Shop our Bundle Deals and save 25% when you buy stamps and matching dies! Shop Bundle Deals HERE Bundle Deals   And last but DEFINITELY not least - 58% OFF Nuvo Expanding Mousse!  BUT... you'll need to move fast: we have limited stock and they're FLYING off the shelves. No Code Needed!   See our range HERE: Nuvo Expanding Mousse

Our 2022 Design Team

 

We are so excited to announce our 2022 Design Team.  This year we are keeping some of our old friends and mixing in a few new.  It is going to be such a fun year with so many fun surprises!

Design Team

Annie Collins

Annie Collins has been designing for WRC for a couple of years.  You can check out all her amazing work on her blog Little Wings Creates, YouTube, and Instagram.

Bernadette Ball

Bernadette Ball joined the WRC last year as a guest designer, but we could not be more excited to have her join the designers full time.  You can check out all of Bernadette's mixed media style over on her Instagram page.

Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson also stepped in to Guest Design last year with our team, and graciously agreed to join our team full time this year.  You can check out all her stunning designs over at her Instagram page.

Christi Steinbeck

Christi Steinbeck is joining our team this year and loves to create with paper, either paper piecing or scrapbooking.  You can learn all about Christ over on her Facebook page, Blog, or Instagram. 

EK Gorman

EK Gorman has been creating for WRC for a few years and we are so excited that she is sticking around.  You can see many of her old WRC project on her Blog, YouTube, or Instagram.

Esther Mendez

Esther took a few months off at the end of the year, but we are thrilled to have Esther back creating with our team.  You can see all her gorgeous work on her Blog and Instagram.

Kay Barnes

Kay Barnes is the founder and owner of White Rose Crafts.  Watch for her occasion crafting posts.  They are rare, but always worth it.

Laura Gilhuly

Laura Gilhuly worked as a Guest designer in 2019, so we are so excited to be bringing her back as a full time design team member.  You can see all her gorgeous scrapbook layouts on her Blog, Facebook, and Instagram.

Linh Van

Linh Van, also known by LV Handcrafted joins our design team this year.  You can check out her amazing style over on her YouTube page, Instagram and Blog.

Nancy Nickel

Nancy Nickel is joining our WRC team, and we are so excited for you to see her style.  You can check out her projects on her Blog, Instagram and Youtube.

Guest Designers

Dorothy M Orr

Dorothy M Orr will be popping in and out this year as a Guest Designer.  You can check out her fun junk journals on her Facebook, Youtube and Instagram pages.

Laura Cannon Wolff

Laura Cannon Wolff has been a design team member for a few years.  Her life has gotten a little busier, but we are ecstatic that she is staying on this year as a guest designer.  You can check out Laura's fun posts over at her Facebook page.

Give all of our design team some love, and make sure you make our new friends feel welcome!

Quick and Easy Christmas Decoupage Cards

Hi everyone. Kay here - owner at White Rose Crafts - dropping by to show you the Dovecraft Christmas Decoupage and Paper Pads, which truly are like a "mini kits". 

I decided to have a play with one of these $5.99 pads, to see how many cards I could get out of it. Each pad contains four 8x8 inch glittered die-cut decoupage sheets in two designs, four 8x8 inch glittered sheets in two designs, four 8x8 inch backing papers in two designs and four 8x8 inch double-sided sheets in two designs. 

We have four different pads, and I chose the purple-themed "Brown Bears" pad, partly because I love purple, and partly because it's not one of the traditional Christmas colors , and I do like things that are a little bit different. 

I also thought the little teddy bears were super cute.

I decided to keep the cards fast and simple, because Christmas is one of those times when we do send cards "in bulk", so being able to put a pretty card together quickly is definitely an advantage, so I avoided complicated or fancy techniques, and just let the papers speak for themselves.  

I was also focusing on value for money, so I haven't used a ton of extra items - mostly just odds and ends that I had in my stash - plus a couple of Peel-Off Stickers sheets from Craft Creations for the sentiments. I chose the silver on white version of "Let It Snow" - I LOVE the snowball splotches! - and the silver version of the "Across The Miles" sheet, which I really like because my family are a long way away, and I like the idea of sending them loving wishes "across the miles".

I'm here to tell you that I have only used HALF of the pad, and I've already made TWENTY Christmas cards out of it, and I've still got exactly half of the whole sheets left, plus quite a few usable scraps. 

I'm amazed! I hope you like them. Thanks for reading, and...

Happy Crafting from us all at White Rose Crafts!

New Stock Release Day

 It is Release Day here at White Rose Crafts and we have all kinds of new international crafting supplies to our store!  We have added new papers and paper packs from several companies, toppers, and what we are most excited about a new line of stencils from 13@RTS.

We have been loving the Polish line of 13@RTS ever since we started carrying them, and are so excited to be expanding our collection.  Today our design team has been playing with a few of the new stencils and we wanted to give you first peeks.

Design Team Member Chris is playing with the the new stencil Moment in Time from the new Unforgettable Collection.  We love how this stencil can be used as one piece or used as two different stenciled images.

Design Team Member Bernadette created this gorgeous mixed media project using the new Grungy Butterflies stencil.  Needless to say, we are in love.

 

Design Team Member EK created this holiday card using the new Falling Flowers stencil.  We just love how she turned the floral stencil and snow flurries.  Pop on over to her page to see a full pictorial tutorial on how she created this card.

Make sure you hop on over the store and check out all of our new products.  They can all be found in the NEW ARRIVALS section of the store.

Last Night at Sunny Hill Layout

 Hello! Alison Heikkila here. Today I have a scrapbook page to share with you. It's been far too long since I've made a layout, and I was really inspired by a challenge by Gel Press...which was to use your prints on a scrapbook page. I found a photo of my family and I on our last night of vacation. It's always a bittersweet night because it's so much fun, but we're sad that we have to leave the next day. I opted to highlight all of the good things about the evening, and I managed to use 3 Gel Press Prints on my page. White Rose Crafts has lots of products for scrapbooking as well as gel printing, and there's is more coming in future months!

The first print is over on the left of the layout. I used a couple of swirly stencils as well as alcohol inks to create it. If memory serves me correctly, it was done on a roll-off print. I thought this print pulled from the colors of the photo really well. As I was gathering my prints, I also looked at my Graphic 45 and Kaisercraft patterned paper. I found that the Bombay Sunset paper pad from Kaisercraft would come through for me once again, (man, do I love that paper!) and I used 4 different prints from that one pad.

The long strip of patterned paper on the right is from Graphic 45. I built my page on some espresso colored cardstock and flicked on some Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Gold. This tied in really well with the foil accents on one of the Kaisercraft papers.

I chose another Gel Press print that had subtle colors on it and I stamped AALL & Create's Reverse Crescents with Monarch VersaFine Clair ink, which I then embossed with clear powder. I used a long monoprint as my journaling spot. I especially love those messy edges. I also matted my photo with purple cardstock, which I left a little long on the bottom so that I could emboss the edges with gold embossing powder. For a little texture I used a green Pearl Swirl from Scrapberry.

I love the mix of all of the patterns that wound up on this scrapbook page. It's not the greatest photograph, but it's an amazing memory. We had an amazing vacation back in 2019 and I think this page shows off how happy we were with all of the colors and layers. Please head over to White Rose Crafts to check out the thousands of items they have. And, hang out with us in the White Rose Crafts Gallery on FB! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!