Winter White

It's Saturday again.  Wow, the time just whizzes by so quickly.  This week at Our Creative Corner, Liliana is our host and she wants us to make something with a decorative edge but there is a major twist - she also says it must be all white - with the exception of the sentiment, it must be entirely white!  Now that's a challenge, but it's one that I love!

I just got these wonderful Melissa Frances hangers into the boutique.  They have a distressed flower on each clip - yummy!  I decided the hanger was the perfect starting point for an all-white wall hanging.  The white corrugated cardboard from my shop was a little too ivory so I gave it a quick coat of gesso and then rubbed just a dry brush or to of black ink over it to give it more of a distressed look.  I covered chipboard with white cardstock and cut three dress forms using the Sewing Room die, then dry embossed them using the BINGO, Post Card and Flourishes texture fades.  I edged them with the gesso to give the edges a white finish, keeping the gray chipboard from showing on the edges where they were due cut.  When that was dry, I sponged the edges with Antique Linen DI and also dry brushed them a tiny bit with Jet Black Archival ink.

From the top down, items used are as follows:  Base is white corrugated cardboard coated with gesso, Melissa Frances Flower Hanger, "delight" sentiment from Chit Chat stickers, white lace cut with Vintage Lace Decorative Strip Die, metal filigree coated with white embossing powder, tiny flowers cut with Tattered Flowers Decorative Strip Die, sentiment - Wendy Vecchi, Sewing Room dress forms, heart from my boutique, flower made from canvas and tulle  cut with the Tattered Flowers die plus a piece of vintage crocheted doily, Melissa Frances pearl in center, butterfly cut with Stampin' Up Sizzix die, coated with Distress Stickles Rock Candy glitter, Melissa Frances resin appliqué.  See thumbnails below to purchase from The Funkie Junkie Boutique - all Melissa Frances is our Friday Focus this week, 15% off sale through Thursday, January 24th.

Be sure to check out the wonderful winter whites over at Our Creative Corner.

I am also entering this into Sugar Creek Hollow's Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I chose Flowers/Pearls/Die Cuts.

Corrugated Cardboard - White (6 sheets)	Claudine Hellmuth Gesso	Melissa Frances 4" Flower Clip Hanger	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Vintage Lace Die
Shabby Paper Crafting Embellishments - White Filigree Metals	Mega Metals Value Set - 18 Piece Filigree Metals	Ranger Embossing Powder - Weathered White Antiquities	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Mini Sewing Room Dies - Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers Magnetic Die by Tim Holtz	Melissa Frances Cream Pearl Embellishments
Melissa Frances Tea Party Applique Resin Embellishments	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy