Thursday, October 03, 2013

White Christmas


A few weeks ago I saw a sketch on Mojo Monday that I had an idea for but my mojo didn't have the time or wanted to do it. It stayed in my mind till I actually made and although this wasn't quite what was in my head its close and I think it turned out well.
The embossing folder is Whimsy from Lifestyle and a placed on a pearl on every dot, good job I got the pearls cheaply from e-bay.
The corners are a Joy die, I don't know if anyone has problems with these painted type dies but I find if I used a bar of soap that I used years ago that has dried out ( I used roll my embossing tool in it to help embossing vellum for parchment craft) over it this seems to work. Not sure what anyone else can used cos it must have taken about five years for it to dry out, glad I didn't chuck it out now.
The poinsettia I think could be Spellbinders which I embossed as well so that is why there isn't much of a curl of the petals. (I also have Marianne Pointsettia dies)
This time I used gold pearls for the centres and the sentiment is LOTV just the ends made into a fishtail using a square punch.

60 comments:

Åse-May said...

Stunning card.....:)

Hazel said...

Debby a beautiful white on white card, I love it .
Hazel x

kay said...

Beautiful x

cabio's craft corner said...

Gorgeous texture background and love your elegant design of this project. Great work Debby :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Sue said...

Stunning card Debby, I love the embossed background and gorgeous poinsettias
hugs Sue xx

Have A Scrap Happy Day said...

Oh wow, so elegant Debby. Another classic card.

Di said...

Brilliant card Debby! I love the white on white and such a beautiful design too.

I've got the same die and do agree that it's tricky to get out - I use waxed paper from Joanna Sheen which works a treat. As you say it'd be a long wait to dry a bar of soap out :)

Hugs, Di xx

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

Hi Debby what a fab card so elegant! I used wax paper for tricky dies too! Susan x

Carol said...

Ooo Debby this is really gorgeous Hun! Luv white on white. Thanx for all your luv and kindness on my blog. Thought I was following you but turns out I wasn't so now I am lol. Lotsa luv, hugs xoxo

Melodie said...

Wonderful and so elegant.
Hugs
Melodie

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Beautiful, I do love wow cards, must get my Poinsettia dies out

Stempelhexe said...

Wunder,- wunderschön ist die Karte geworden.

LG
Ulla

Jules said...

Hi Debby

A stunning finished look .. .. well worth all the effort!

Hope you are having a good week.

Love Jules xx

Stamps and Paper said...

Beautiful card Debby

Anne

Andrea, said...

Stunning card Debby, I love the splash of colour with the pearls

Beryl said...

This is so beautiful Debby. Love the design and the 'splash' of gold really makes it pop. Have you tried those dies with baking parchment.I use that for my most intricate dies (worst offender a Cheery Lynn Doily die)- it works a treat and you get a pretty vintage looking die cut too.
Beryl xx

Dawn T said...

what a very elegant card Debby. It is just delightful

Daisychain said...

Your card is so white that I can't see it. Has it melted into the background? Hugs Christine x

cuilliesocks said...

Gorgeously stunning Debby, lovely design, hugs Kate x

Helen said...

What a very gorgeous card. All details are beautiful. Regards, Helen

heidy said...

Gorgeous Debby!!
XXX Heidy

Hennie Kloppenburg said...

Beautiful christmas card, love it!
Hennie

Jennifer said...

What a beautiful card, white on white, you can never go wrong with it. Hugs, Jen xx
Krafty Keepsakes

Brenda Brown said...

Beautifully elegant Debby.
hugs {brenda} x0x

Sharon said...

Ooo Debby love this so clean and elegant, gorgeous!

Irene said...

A stunning white wonderland Debby!!

xx Irene

SemSee said...

This is so beautiful! I have problems with painted dies too. I recently bought some Marianne Design dies (for the first time), the pink ones, and I ended up with a pink edge to all the white die cuts I cut with it! I'll have to try the soap trick - thanks for the tip!! xx

tilly said...

a beautiful all white card, love all the pearls
Tilly

Pauline said...

Gorgeous!!! All white make for such an elegant card - fabulous Debby! Hugs,

rachel said...

wonderful card Debby - beautiful x

Marina said...

I love white on white cards and the golden splashes of colour give your elegant card that extra something.

Hugs,
Marina

McCrafty's Cards said...

Beautiful card Debby, I love the embossing the pearls and the poinsettia.
Kevin xx

mrlcidra54 said...

This card is gorgeous. I love it! Wonderful inspiration.

Clarissa said...

Beautiful card. I use the lining bag from cereals to get my intricate dies out.
Clarissa. X

Monique said...

Beautifull card!

Hugs Monique

Debs said...

Simply stunning!
Debs xx

Janet said...

Beautiful! x

Carla S. said...

This is absolutely gorgeous, Debby!

Deb said...

Wow, this is absolutely stunning!
Debxx

susiestacey said...

Stunning card x Susan x

Andreja said...

What a gorgeous card you made. All details are beautiful. Clean and Seample ... I like that very much :-))
Hugs, Andreja

Lorraine said...

So elegant - love it!
Lorraine x

Chrissy said...

So elegant Debby...beautiful.I love the pearls...I use baking papers on the die then my cardstock to cut my corner out, that helps..

luv CHRISSYxx

coldwaters2 said...

Wow Debby this is simply stunning, excellent creation.
hugs
lorraine x

Nicole said...

Very subtle Debby and absolutely gorgeous. Hugs, Nicole

Deborah said...

Stunning and elegant card Debby.

Deborah A

Cheryl W. said...

A lovely card, Debby!

Anneke said...

very elegant and classy card.
greetings from Ann

Kathleen said...

Beautiful and I love all the pearls.
Mmm I am getting rather annoyed with dies at the moment, to me for the price of some of them, they should cut perfectly, without having to use any additional items, really annoys me.

Kath x

Berry said...

Stunningly simple xmas card Debby hugs Rebekah xx

Whisper said...

What a stunning CAS card and am loving the idea about the soap too, as i have real problems with the MB Frostyville Wreath die, i just need to find some old soap now.

Thanks for the great tip on getting fishtails too, Luv Sam x

Tracy said...

Just stunning Debby. Perfect mix of textures and shapes. Hugs!

mckinkle said...

How beautiful Debby!

I so love white on white, so stunning!
Keryn x

coops said...

so gorgeous debby.really beautiful design :D

xx coops xx

mypaperstation said...

Debby, this is absolutely beautiful. I love the white with the gold in the centres of the pointsettia! It looks so "angelic" and you can almost "hear the angels singing"...

Archies Mum said...

Beautiful, love the style of your card

roffeycreations said...

Just like everyone else Debby I couldn't resist your card - just stunning Hugs Mxx

XxJULESxX said...

Stunning!!!!

Grenouille Greetings said...

You are definitely inspiring me with these white on white cards of yours Debby. You are genius at creating such striking makes. I am pretty sure the poinsettia is a Spellbinders. I'm going to go and play with mine now. Hugs, Lesley

Oma said...

This is a gorgeous card Debby! TFS! I love it so much that I cased it and hope you don't mind. My version can be seen here: http://oma-idratherbecrafting.blogspot.ca/2013/11/white-on-white-christmas-card.html