Creative Card Crew Challenge #89 White on White

Our next challenge over at Creative Card Crew is White on White. You can use only white with no image or have the image be the only color on the card. I chose the latter.

The White on White Challenge is Sponsored by,

Marianne Designs

I began by printing this beautiful Sabrina image by Saturated Canary on Copic X-Press It Blending Card. I colored the image using Copic Markers. Since the image only had a couple of dots for the nose, I tried a new technique that indicates the bridge of the nose with the light coming from in front of the image. I even impressed my self, it wasn't as hard as it looks. I really like the results.

I embossed the base card using a Cuttlebug folder that has clean strips. I cannot find the name of the folder anywhere. If I do, I will link it below.

I die cut the image using Spellbinders Twenty. I used various dies to cut all of the other components (see supplies list below).

I used the flower dies from MFT's Blueprints 5 to cut multiple flowers. I stacked them and added a pearl brad from The Paper Studio. 

Honestly, I was a bit intimidated by this challenge. I've never attempted a one color card. These types of cards rely on texture to make them pop. I'm not sure if my first attempt was the best, but I love it.

Please join us for the White on White challenge over at Creative Card Crew. Until then, thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Dana Desmond

Products List

• The Paper Studio Heavy Weight Cardstock
• Saturated Canary Sabrina
• MF Die-namics Blueprints 5
• MFT Die-namics Medium Fancy Flourish 
• MFT Die-namics Stitched Scallop Edges
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Corner Flourish
• Spellbinders Labels Twenty
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Die Cuts from Digi Images Using Silhouette Cameo

I'm sure this isn't new to all of you "seasoned" Cameo users, but I just had to share. This will save me hours and hours of my precious craft time.
I just made my own die cuts from digi images I purchased from CC Designs and the print and cut feature on my Silhouette Cameo.

I really love to color with my Copics, but I hate to fussy cut my images. I have problems with my hands going numb when I try to do small tasks. So the other day I decided to try and see if I could create die cuts using my Silhouette Cameo.

It took me a while to do the first one because I'm such a novice with this software, but after that, I was able to fly through them. Some of the images have interior areas that need to be cut out. I couldn't find a way to do this automatically with the software. Luckily, I'm familiar with Adobe Illustrator and Cameo software works in much the same way. So, I was able to "draw" in the interior cut lines.

I was even able to cut the images with and without a border. Although without a border won't work on all images. An example would be the girl on the swing wouldn't work well without a border because of the butterflies and vine. However, the image below works perfectly.

This was my first try cutting these images. They need a few tweaks, but overall, I think it was a success. It takes a little bit of time to create the cut files (I sat with my laptop in my lap while I watched a movie and created a whole set.), but once you do, you can save them to your library and you always have them to cut at any size you may need. Now I will never have to fussy cut these images again. Gotta love that.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting,

Dana Desmond