Scripty Eclipse Card

Its a new White Rose Crafts Inspiration week & the Design Team is focusing on Die Cutting techniques, decoupage and die cuts this week. One of the popular new techniques that's taken the card making world by storm is Eclipse cards. I love their subtle, elegant look, and decided this was the perfect week to give it a try! 

I selected this delicate, scripty Enjoy the Little Things sentiment die by Couture Creations and one of the pretty 4x6 ephemera cards from the Lemoncraft Daydream collection and die cut the sentiment from the center of the image, making sure to save all of the little pieces.

Next I cut 4 more sentiments from black cardstock & stacked them using glue to adhere them together, and then adhered my patterend sentiment as the top layer. I used a roll of pink glitter washi from my stash to create two vertical borders on either side of a top folding A2 white card base. I then trimmed 1/8 inch off either side of the die cut ephemera card, so more of the sparkly border would show, and I adhered the panel to the card base using double sided tape. Then I fit the layered up sentiment into the die cut opening, using wet glue to adhere. I added the little interior bits into the letter openings.

I scattered around some pink and blue rhinestones to embellish, and added a generous coat of clear Wink of Stella on top of the sentiment as a final touch of sparkle and to help the sentiment pop a little bit more. 

Glow Firefly Shaker

Today I'm sharing a really fun card I created with a selection of products included in the Limited Edition, June "Summer of Love" Subscription Kit, along with several products available in the June Kit Add-Ons section of the store.

To start with, I selected the Ombre sheet of patterned paper, the Woodware UK Little Bit of Sunshine stamp set, Yellow & White Jillibean Soup Baker's Twine, Small Butterfly Charm, Jillibean Soup Shaker Card & Pouch & exclusive Doodles Paper Playground: Sparkle Blends Summer Lovin' from the June Kit.

Because my kit came with one of the Jillibean Soup "Jar" Cards and matching "Jar" Shaker Shapes, I decided to grab the Lawn Fawn Little Fireflies & Lawn Fawn Lights Out stamp sets with the Lawn Fawn Glow in the Dark Embossing Powder from the Add-Ons section. 

To create my card, I trimmed down the ombre patterned paper to 4.25x5.5, to fit the provided, die cut card base. I used a jar die from my stash that happened to fit the opening to cut the jar opening in the paper. Then, I took a sheet of white cardstock and lined it up with the jar opening in the card, lightly tracing the opening with a pencil. I stamped the adorable Little Fireflies Lawn Fawn stamps inside the outline & colored them with my alcohol markers. Then I used the smaller of the two "glow" circles provided in the stamp set & stamped them at the bum of each firefly with Versamark ink. I heat embossed them with the Lawn Fawn Glow in the Dark Embossing Powder & repeated that process 3 times until I got nice, glossy embossed circles. I erased my pencil lines before using my alcohol markers to color the "jar".

I used the same die again to to cut out my colored jar & squished Versamark, straight from the pad, where the cover of the jar would be & embossed it with Ranger Super Fine Silver Embossing Powder. I used my kraft knife to scrape the detailing of a jar lid into the glossy embossed lid. I took another plain white A2 size piece of card. I lined it up inside the front flap of the card base & used the die cut opening to properly place my colored jar and adhere it down. I added a generous amount of Doodles Paper Playground: Sparkle Blends Summer Lovin' sequin mix, exclusive to the June Subscription Kit, in the center of the image and then peeled off the adhesive backing and adhered the shaker pouch over my image. I added more double sided tape around the shaker and adhered it inside the front flap of the card, making sure the shaker went through the opening.

Next, I stamped the bee, butterfly, bug net & sentiment from the Woodware UK Little Bit of Sunshine stamp set in the kit, using Versafine Clair Morning Mist pigment ink. I used Glaze Gel pens from my stash to add a touch of color to the images. Once dry, I adhered my stamped panel to to the front of my card. Finally, I added 3 sequins from the Summer Lovin' Sparkle Blends for embellishment.

I wanted to bring the design to the inside of my card, too, so I stamped the "I hope your day Glows with happiness" sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Little Fireflies stamp set, embossing just the word "Glows" with the Glow in the Dark Embossing Powder. I also stamped one of the fireflies and flight trail at the top, right of the card & stamped another glow circle on the firefly's bum. Then I trimmed the butterflies off the bear with the net stamp from the Little Bit of Sunshine stamp set with scissors, and stamped just the bear "catching" the firefly. I didn't want any bleed through to the back of the card, so I used some water based fine-liner pens from my stash to color the images.

Finally, I stamped the "Lights Out" "I Glow In the Dark" sentiments and little moon & stars image from the Lawn Fawn Lights Out stamp set in the very bottom right hand corner, using Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

As a final touch, I added Wink of Stella clear shimmer pen to the firefly.

Chin Up Buttercup

Today I would love to share two cards I created, marrying one of Ink Road Stamp's fabulous stamp sets, Chin Up Buttercup with two of my own June release, Sparkle Blends, Peacock Pizzazz & Strawberry Fields, available exclusively at White Rose Crafts LLC.

I started with a whole bunch of Distress Oxide Inks in Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Shaded Lilac, Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry & Worn Lipstick and the largest of the solid hexagon shapes from the Ink Road Stamps Chin Up Buttercup stamp set to build my semi-random backgrounds--one in cool tones and one in warm. 

I love the imperfect impression & irregular pattern I achieved by block stamping with the Oxides.

After I got the hex stamping the way I liked it, I took the buttercup images from the stamp set and randomly stamped them around my backgrounds using Versamark Clair Mountain Mist ink. Then I used 3 of my Copic markers to color them in (Y00, Y15 & YR23), just where there was white space. Next, I used my Misti stamping tool to multi stamp the large "Chin Up Buttercup" sentiment over the backgrounds, using Versamark Onyx Black ink & heat embossed them using Ranger Super Fine Clear embossing powder. I wanted a more smooth finish, so I inked them up again with Versamark ink & used the clear embossing powder a second time. I trimmed both panels down to 4x5.25, using my Fiskars rotary trimmer.

For my cool colored card, I decided to mat my panel using lavender cardstock, cut to 1/8 inch larger than my panel. I adhered the cardstock layer directly to my white 110# A2 card base, and used Woodware UK 1mm Foam Mounting Tape to pop up the stamped panel, for a tiny bit of dimension. For embellishment, I chose to scatter a selection of sequins from the Doodles Paper Playground: Sparkle Blends Peacock Pizzazz sequin mix, and adhered them with Glossy Accents. 

For the warm colored card, I followed the same steps, just choosing a piece of lime green cardstock to mat my panel, and embellishing the design with Doodles Paper Playground: Sparkle Blends Strawberry Fields sequins.

As a final touch, I added a generous coat of Wink of Stella clear shimmer pen to only the colored Buttercup flower images.

I hope you enjoyed my project today, and that you will check out both White Rose Crafts and Ink Road Stamps! Both of these companies have excellent, personal customer service and unique products to choose from.

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Create like no on is watching.

6 Simple Lemoncraft Cards

Hello again White Rose Crafts fans! Amber here, taking over the WRC blog again for day 6 of our Lemoncraft Feature week & sharing a collection of six simple cards I created with the Lemoncraft Daydream 12x12 paper collection and matching Ephemera card pack. 

For these cards I cut the remaining 12x6 pieces of the Daydream paper into 4x6 panels. I also added some blue, teal and pink rhinestones from my stash and a scrap of Mountain Rose Petallics shimmer cardstock & Kaisercraft Indigo Skies stamp set I had left over from the April subscription kit. Next, I selected my first patterned paper panel, a beautiful, vibrant pink lace print & a scrap of teal patterned paper from yesterday's oversize cards project. I trimmed the paper panel down to 1/8" smaller than my A2 top folding card base & adhered it to the base. Next I adhered the teal scrap horizontally across the card, then I trimmed down the "May Your Dreams Come True" ephemera card to about 3.5x4.5 & adhered it in the center using Woodware 1mm Foam Mounting Tape. Finally, I added a scattering of rhinestones and clear Wink of Stella pen to the sentiment for sparkle.

For my second card I selected one of the Aqua, crackle patterned panels & a scrap of pink and another of Aqua. I trimmed the panel down to 1/4 inch smaller than my A2 base, then adhered the pink scrap, centered vertically and the aqua strip centered on the pink. For a bit more separation, I mounted the 3x4 "Life is Beautiful" ephemera card on a panel of pink cardstock, 1/4 inch larger than the card before popping it up on Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape. For embellishment, I added a few blue rhinestones, some dots of Glossy Accents and a generous coat of clear Wink of Stella to the rose and leaves.

For my third card I chose to use the bonus feather pattern on the back of the paper collecton cover sheet (Lemoncraft includes a patterned paper printed on the back as a bonus with the double sided 12x12 collections, which is a feature I love!) I trimmed the panel to 1/8 inch smaller than the A2 base & adhered it with double sided tape; then I used a pink Glaze Pen to create a border of dots & set it aside to dry. Next, I fussy cut the dream-catcher from one of the 4x6 ephemera cards & the large butterfly from one of the 3x4 cards. I glued the dream-catcher down, then adhered the butterfly over the existing one on the dream-catcher image, but only in the center so I could fold up the wings for dimension. I added some blue & pink Glaze Pen to the dream-catcher & white Gel Pen to the butterfly for definition. Finally, I cut down a scrap of pink paper & stamped "You Are Simply Amazing" from the Kaisercraft Indigo Skies stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink, adding blue Glaze Pen dots around the sentiment before adhering the panel over the dream-catcher with Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape. As a final touch, I added a generous coat of clear Wink of Stella to the butterfly and feathers on the dream-catcher for extra bling.

For my fourth card, I again chose to use the bonus feather print as my background and selected two small scraps of the pink lace print. I again trimmed my panel 1/8 inch smaller than the A2 base & adhered it to the card. Next, I adhered the two scraps, one wide, one narrow, creating a cross section in the lower left corner of the card. I chose the "Simply Beautiful" 4x6 ephemera card, trimmed it to about 3.5x5 & mounted it on pink cardstock before popping it up on Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape. I added a few blue rhinestones, some dots of Glossy Accents and lots of clear Wink of Stella for shine and sparkle.

For my Fifth card, I chose the gorgeous pink, floral paper as my background & mounted it on teal cardstock before adhering to my A2 card base. Next, I selected a scrap of Mountain Rose Petallics shimmer cardstock and adhered it, centered, horizontally. Next I chose the "Live Love Laugh" 3x4 ephemera card & mounted it on pink cardstock before adhering with Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape for a touch of dimension. For embellishment, I added pink Glaze Pen to the white sentiment to give it color and shine & added a few pink and blue rhinestones scattered around. As a final touch, I added clear Wink of Stella to the feather for sparkle. 

For my final card, I selected the beautiful aqua wood grain pattern. I trimmed the panel down to 5.5x4 and mounted it flush with the left side of my A2 base. Next, I took the last scrap of Mountain Rose Petallics shimmer cardstock and adhered it in the remaining gap, trimming off the extra. I used a strip of blue rhinestones to cover the seam. Next, I selected 3 of the ephemera cards with rose images on them and fussy cut the roses, adhering them to the left and bottom of the wood grain patterned paper. Using the Kaisercraft Indigo Skies stamp set, left over from the April subscription kit, I stamped the "Hello Beautiful" sentiment with my misti using, first, Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry ink & then slightly off-setting the card before stamping again in Versafine Onyx Black ink, creating a cool pink shadow. For embellishment, I added frosted pink bling from Queen & Co & more blue rhinestones. Finally, I added a generous coat of clear Wink of Stella to the roses, because as you can probably tell, I'm obsessed with sparkle.

I hope you enjoyed learning how I created these cards and were inspired to create a simple, quick card collection of your own, using some of the gorgeous Lemoncraft paper & matching ephemera.

Oversized Dreamcatcher Cards

Amber here, taking over the White Rose Crafts blog, today, as we continue to celebrate Polish paper company, Lemoncraft, to share this trio of oversized cards I created with the Lemoncraft Daydream 12x12 paper collection and matching Ephemera Cards.

I was using the 12x12 paper, so I was faced with a dilemma. I'm in love with the bright bold colors in these unique patterns, and really wanted to make cards with them--but some of the most beautiful  images were far too big for my usual A2 size cards. What is a bummed out cardmaker to do? Well, I checked out my stash and noticed that I have some good quality #10 envelopes. I have done tall, skinny cards before, and really like the look, so I decided to create some 4x9.5 side fold card bases out of 110# white cardstock and set about cutting the perfect 3.75x9.25 dream-catcher panels out of 3 sheets of the Daydream 12x12 paper.

Before getting started on the panels, I knew these simple card designs were going to need a little bling; so, I used some pink, glitter washi from my stash and created a sparkly border "mat" on each of the card bases. Next, I chose my first pattern--the smaller, centered dream-catcher--and one of the 4x6 ephemera cards. I chose a pink subtle pattern with a teal butterfly and "Just Be Yourself" sentiment. I trimmed it down to create a sentiment banner, and then fussy cut the butterfly, embellishing with some white gel pen and set it aside. Next I attached my paper panel using Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape, then I popped up the sentiment banner on the same foam tape and glued down my butterfly, just in the center & folded up the wings for dimension. Finally, I added a couple of white dots to the small butterflies on the paper & a few pink rhinestones for a little bling and a generous coat of clear Wink of Stella to the feather images. 

To bring the outside of my card to the inside, I added a panel of pink cardstock and used the "you are One of a Kind" sentiment from the Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane: Only You stamp set in Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers ink. Finally, I fussy cut some feather images from one of the other sheets of paper and scattered them around the sentiment.

For my second card, I selected the panel with the largest dream-catcher image, that doesn't quite fit on the panel. Using Versafine Onyx Black ink, I stamped the "you are One of a Kind" sentiment again, inside the opening of the dream-catcher image. 

I popped up the panel on my card base with Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape & then added a few Kaisercraft, pink rhinestones from the June "Summer of Love" kit. 

To bring the outside in, I added a panel of mint cardstock and stamped the "Beautiful, Special & Unique" sentiments from the Heidi Swapp Magnoila Jane: Special Words & Icons stamp set, in Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry ink in my Misti. I shifted it slightly and stamped again in Versafine Onyx Black.

For my final card, I took the final paper panel and stamped the "Thankful for You" sentiment from the Heidi Swapp Magnoila Jane: Special Words & Icons stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I again used Woodware 1mm foam mounting tape to pop up my panel, before adding a generous scatter of pink Kaisercraft and Queen & Co rhinestones from my stash. I went simple with this card and added a thin strip of the panel I had trimmed off to the edge of the inside of the card, to finish it up. 

I hope you've enjoyed this trio of cards as much as I enjoyed working with the Lemoncraft Daydream collection.

If you haven't yet, I encourage you to check out Lemoncraft on Facebook, Instagram & their Blog! Don't worry, it's in both Polish & English.