White and Gold

I like to use lots of texture and dimension on white cards to help distinguish between the layers and elements of the design. A little touch of gold doesn't hurt either, and helps to elevate the card even more.

 

White Blossoms

The Cherry Blossoms cut sheets include these gorgeous white blossoms that look stunning when combined with white cardstock and the lovely soft green papers from the Cherry Blossom paper pack. This colour scheme would be ideal for weddings, anniversaries, or extra special birthdays.

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Day 26 - "W"

White on white relies heavily on layers and textures to create depth and shadows. I've used nesting die cuts, dry embossing and satin ribbon to create variation and contrast, as well as a raised sentiment and tiny pearls for dimension.

YOUR TURN: Create a card or papercraft project using the letter "W" as your prompt.

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INSPIRATION WORDS:

Wise Men, winter, wreath, workshop, wrapping paper, wonder, waterfall card, window card, watercolour, Wink of Stella, watermarks, wax resist, weaving, white, white on white, white with one.

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Day 27 - White on White

The trick for great white on white cards is texture, and lots of it.  Embossing, textiles, embellishments and layers of card stock will reflect light and cast shadows so that the viewer can discern the different elements. Although you can also do this with other light colours, white is best because it reflects more light than any other colour or tone.

YOUR TURN:  Create a card using only white card stock, paper and embellishments.

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Day 13 - White on White

White on white cards rely on texture, rather than colour, to delineate the different elements of the design.  You can easily add texture with three dimensional embellishments, embossing and by layering cardstock, which will create shadows and depth to make the design more obvious.

 

 

YOUR TURN: Create a white on white holiday card.

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Day 29 - Die Cut Delirium

I dragged out all my Christmas themed dies and some white card stock and spent an hour cutting and embossing lots of wonderful Christmassy shapes.  Most of them didn't make it on to my card, but I'm certainly in the spirit of the season and have lots of left over cuts for even more cards!

 

YOUR TURN:  Go nuts with die cuts!
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Day 20 - Shades of White

Like any other colour, white comes in a variety of shades and tones.  You might have already noticed the differences when you've put a collection of white papers and embellishments together - some look more cream than white, others appear slightly blue or pink.

I searched through my stash of buttons, embellishments and papers to find as many different shades and tones of white as I could.  The combination created a vintage-looking card that I really love!

 

 

YOUR TURN:  Go stash diving for all your white bits 'n' pieces, then create a card using all the different shades and tones.

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Day 12 - White on White

White on white is one of my favourite styles of card.  The important thing to remember when making these cards is that you need lots of texture (layering, embossing, textiles, embellishments, etc.) to catch the light and form shadows around the different elements making them more visible.

 

 

YOUR TURN:  Create a white on white card or project.

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Day 8 - White on White

I absolutely love white on white cards, I think they are very elegant and appropriate for so many different occasions.  The trick for making successful white on white cards is texture, and lots of it.  The edges of your die cuts, the raised embossing, the ribbons and embellishments will reflect light and cast shadows so that the eye is able to easily discern the various elements.  Although you can also do this with other light colours, white is best because it reflects more light than any other colour or tone.

 

YOUR TURN: Dig out the white cardstock, embossing folders, die cuts and ribbons and create your own white on white card.  Make sure you keep your work area really clean because, as all us Mums know, white gets dirty very easily.
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Card Making Classes - Day 9

Today was all about adding texture.  Most of the time I add texture to my cards with embossing or the use of mediums such as snowtex and liquid pearls, but this time around I decided to try one of the suggestions from class... paper pleating.  I'd like to say it was a success from the moment I sat down at my desk, but alas, it took at least five tries (yep, ya' read that right - FIVE) to actually come up with something I liked. 

 

Birthday Bash Challenge #2

"White on White"

This month's challenges are a little different than usual, so please be sure to carefully read the information below on how to enter.

 

CHALLENGE #2 CONDITIONS:

1. Create a card or papercraft project that is completely white (the only exception is a single sentiment in your choice of colour).

2. This challenge will run for one week from today until midnight on the 14th of February 2013 (AEST). At the end of the challenge, one random winner will receive three digital images of their choice from my online store.

3. Only one entry per person per challenge.

4. At the end of February one random winner will be chosen from amongst those people who have participated in all four of the February Birthday Bash Challenges. That person will receive 10 images of choice from my online store!

5. You can submit your card or project in any other challenge you wish.

Joy Card

I love to create white on white cards, it's one of my favourite styles.  I really like experimenting with dimension and interesting textures to differentiate between the various design elements.  The items I find most useful when creating one of these cards are my embossing folders, die cuts, foam tape and dimensional mediums such as texture paste and kindy glitz.

 

Blossom Sprig

Spring has finally arrived here in Australia!  It's not that our winters are particularly harsh but I do look forward to the arrival of warmer weather, rain and blooming flowers.  To celebrate the season I have designed a little sprig of blossoms that can be coloured to match your project.

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Viv has created this beautiful birthday card in soft shades of yellow.

Janice has put together an elegant, monochromatic sympathy card using lots of neutrals.

 

Eret made this beautiful card with soft pastel colours and lots of texture.

 

I created this card by layering a large sprig of flowers in the bottom corner and popping out a little frame around the sentiment.

Christening Gown

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A big welcome to our August Guest Designer, Carla!

She has put together this pretty card using the Christening Gown image.

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Viv has created this gorgeous card using a beautiful frame cut with her Nestabilities.

She's kept the colours simple for an elegant effect.

Christening Angel

Vivien has been asking me to design a Christening image for quite a while now and this is what I've come up with.  I think the design would also work for a new arrival or even "Baby's First Christmas".

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Vivien's Card

You can see that she kept the image beautifully soft when she coloured it and used plenty of crisp, clean white card with lots of texture to define the different areas.

February Christmas Cards

I was very slack with my Christmas Cards last month and completely missed the January challenge over at Christmas Cards All Year Round.  To make up for my laziness I put together an even dozen of these white on white cards with this cute little snow angel image.  It's an old rubber stamp I've had tucked away for years and years... so long that I don't even remember where it came from!

Case Card

This week's Card Camp challenge was to create a card based on a sample card put into our gallery. Although the example was made using lots of beautiful coloured Christmas papers, I decided to go neutral again with one of my favourite types of card - white on white.

The textures were created with Sizzix and Cuttlebug embossing folders, the sentiment is from Kaisercraft and the snowflake was cut with a Martha Stewart punch.

Tutorial - Boxed Cards

I enjoy making dimensional cards full of handmade flowers, loads of embossing, ribbons and pearls, but their bulk makes them very difficult to package, and you can forget about using a standard envelope! What you need is a custom made, matching box that not only houses your beautiful card, but also becomes a work of art in itself.

1. Measure your card. Your box will need to be slightly bigger than the card - just enough that you will be able to put the card in easily, but not so big that the card then slides around inside. I generally add 1/4" to the height of the card and 1/4" to the width of the card to get my box dimensions. I like my boxes to be about 3/4" deep, which has so far been enough to accomodate any of the embellishments I've used on my cards.

2. Okay, now for the maths... My finished card measures 8 1/4" x 4". I want my box to be slightly bigger than my card so I will add 1/4" to both the height and the width bringing the total to 8 1/2" x 4 1/4".

3. We now need to add in the measurements for the depth of the box. These will be the sides that fold up. As I said in step one, I like to make my boxes about 3/4" deep, which means we need to add that measurement to each of the four sides. That will bring the total measurement to 10" x 5 3/4".

4. Using the final measurements you figured out in step three (in my case 10" x 5 3/4"), cut two pieces of cardstock - one for the base and one for the lid.

5. Place one of the cardstock pieces on your scoreboard and score each of the four sides at 3/4". This will be the base of your box.

6. The lid of the box needs to be slightly wider than the base or it won't slip on properly. On my scoreboard I have an extra little line on the left hand side that is a fraction of an inch away from the O. I line my cardstock up with this mark and then score at 3/4". Turn the cardstock 90 degrees, line it up with the same mark and score at 3/4". Repeat for the other two sides. You will now have marked the lid of your box that will be slightly wider and slightly longer than the base. Set it aside while we complete the bottom of the box.

7. Have a look at the corners of your cardstock where the score lines intersect. To help with the folding and construction of the box we're going to cut away one of the score lines on each corner with a small pair of scissors. Remove the score line up to where it intersects the second score line as in the pictures below.

8. Fold along the score lines.

9. Add some glue or double sided tape to the small tabs you formed on each corner of the box. Adhere them to the inside of the box forming nice, straight, square corners.

10. The base of your box is now complete.

11. To make the lid, remove the score lines in each of the four corners as we did in step seven. Now we are going to cut out a section of the lid so that we can see through to the card inside. I often cut out the aperture with a craft knife and ruler to give me a simple rectangular window, but now and again I get fancy and pull out a nestability to do the job. It really doesn't matter what shape you choose to make the window, but try to leave at least 1/2" between the edge of the window and the score lines.

12. Now fold up and adhere the tabs of the lid in the same manner as you did the base.

13. Adhere a piece of plastic to the inside of the lid with double sided tape. (If I may briefly get upon my soapbox... consider going green and harvesting some plastic from packaging around your home - ironically, I found my plastic on an old package of Christmas cards I purchased years ago! There's really no need to go out and buy transparencies or acrylic sheets when so many of our everyday items come prepackaged in plastic. Not only does it save money, but also our world.)

14. Now the fun part! Get out all your punches, rhinestones, pearls, stickers, bits, bobs, thingamadoodles and whatsamacallits and decorate the edges of your completed box.