PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Sept 9, 2021 21:40:05 GMT
As a spinoff of this poll, do you usually mix white & cream on a layout/card/project? TIA. |
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Post by joblackford on Sept 9, 2021 22:11:55 GMT
not if I can help it!
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on Sept 9, 2021 22:14:04 GMT
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Sept 9, 2021 22:17:11 GMT
I can't think of any time that I have. I would not be completely against it, but at this point, no.
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Post by kimba on Sept 9, 2021 22:29:41 GMT
Usually by accident. It's usually affixed down and too late.
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Post by joblackford on Sept 9, 2021 22:53:14 GMT
Actually one of the things that drove me crazy when we bought our house was that the previous people painted everything flat white in the kitchen and bathroom - trim, walls, handles, everything - but then they bought all cream/off white appliances, shower/tub, sink, floors... no! pick one or the other!
(I know in decor you can mix them if you know what you're doing but no, I'd really rather not)
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Post by mom on Sept 9, 2021 22:54:09 GMT
Not willingly. I hate cream.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Sept 9, 2021 23:54:01 GMT
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Post by honeypea on Sept 10, 2021 0:03:43 GMT
Doesn’t bother me.
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Post by CardBoxer on Sept 10, 2021 0:08:15 GMT
Yes. My inspiration was an artist’s drawing of a crow holding a feather in her beak that we purchased from a gallery shop when on vacation. I loved the crow but didn’t like the color of the paper - it looked dirty. An amazingly talented framer said he knew how to solve it - and he triple matted it (varying widths) with shades of white/off white and cream. It made the paper the crow was drawn on look intentional.
Later I played with paper with different shades of white, cream, ivory, etc. When there were at least three different ones it looked on purpose - especially if there were different textures. When only two, it looked like a failure to match. (It can work in rooms, too.)
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Sept 10, 2021 0:24:31 GMT
I wouldn’t say on the regular but it doesn’t bother me. I mix them occasionally.
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 10, 2021 2:48:46 GMT
I'm sure I do. I also mix square and round journal cards. Let's just say I'd never be picked to be on a design team. Sometimes my photos don't face upright in divided sheet protectors.  
I usually use one or two papers from a collection on most pages, but when it's a random assortment of photos with no real theme or event, the mixing of white and cream probably happens.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Sept 10, 2021 5:51:36 GMT
Yep, this is me too. I generally prefer white to cream based papers, although there are definitely instances when a photo needs the warmer tones. I do tend to use a white border on my photos, but I don't consider that to be mixing white and cream. |
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Sept 10, 2021 13:18:21 GMT
Usually not.
I love Vicki Boutin though, and she often mixes them in one line. Drives me crazy to have a cream paper with matching stickers that have white borders. I have no idea why she does that.
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Post by riversong1963 on Sept 10, 2021 15:13:22 GMT
I chose "On the regular" because it really doesn't bother me. Like I said in the other thread, if it looks good and like it, it's a go.
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 10, 2021 16:10:40 GMT
I try not to, but I also try not to purchase anything cream colored...and definitely avoid cream colors that are too close to a manilla folder color because that is one of my least favorite colors!
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Post by scrapperal on Sept 10, 2021 16:12:29 GMT
Yes. My inspiration was an artist’s drawing of a crow holding a feather in her beak that we purchased from a gallery shop when on vacation. I loved the crow but didn’t like the color of the paper - it looked dirty. An amazingly talented framer said he knew how to solve it - and he triple matted it (varying widths) with shades of white/off white and cream. It made the paper the crow was drawn on look intentional. Later I played with paper with different shades of white, cream, ivory, etc. When there were at least three different ones it looked on purpose - especially if there were different textures. When only two, it looked like a failure to match. (It can work in rooms, too.) Thanks for the tip! Sigh, so hard to find good framers nowadays. Any chance you could post a photo? |
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Post by CardBoxer on Sept 10, 2021 16:28:55 GMT
Yes. My inspiration was an artist’s drawing of a crow holding a feather in her beak that we purchased from a gallery shop when on vacation. I loved the crow but didn’t like the color of the paper - it looked dirty. An amazingly talented framer said he knew how to solve it - and he triple matted it (varying widths) with shades of white/off white and cream. It made the paper the crow was drawn on look intentional. Later I played with paper with different shades of white, cream, ivory, etc. When there were at least three different ones it looked on purpose - especially if there were different textures. When only two, it looked like a failure to match. (It can work in rooms, too.) Thanks for the tip! Sigh, so hard to find good framers nowadays. Any chance you could post a photo? Agree about good frame shops! They’re almost always privately owned, and the one we used closed when the owner retired during the pandemic after being in business for decades. I located one of his framers at another shop, so fingers crossed. My dad collected art, some expensive, some very low budget, and often spent much more on framing than on the art. By osmosis I inherited the love of excellent framing. I’ve tried to get a photo of the crow and there’s too much glass reflection plus colors aren’t true since I use my phone. My photos aren’t on a photo site though I wish I had started that. But I’ll try again and will use my old SCS gallery if successful. |
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Post by CardBoxer on Sept 10, 2021 17:03:37 GMT
Here’s the photo, but it looks way more subtle than IRL, sorry. Yellow undertone on the crow paper, then white, then cream (warm), then softer white on the outside. Frame is a bit like tree bark. (Why did I say the crow was holding the feather?  ) I’m influenced a lot by having studied color at IACC-NA. While it was for the “built” environment, as they say, color is color, and it’s fun bringing it from a building or room to A2 sized paper. A couple good framers have helped me by example in how they tie together unrelated elements or weird colors using other colors, texture or dimension. The photo might be removed from SCS since it’s not a card or handmade, and I’m not a paying member now, where photos go up immediately without review. www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/3053840?&cat=500&ppuser=428749 |
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Post by scrapperal on Sept 11, 2021 3:53:15 GMT
Yay, they approved your photo at SCS. I would never have thought to mix those matting colors. I will have to branch out on my cardmaking.
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 11, 2021 18:56:50 GMT
Yep, I do. It doesn’t bother me at all.
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Post by myboysnme on Sept 12, 2021 1:20:56 GMT
I don't use either one much at all but I would have no issue mixing them.
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clio
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Post by clio on Sept 12, 2021 22:45:17 GMT
I don’t like stark white - whenever possible prefer will use off-white, ivory, cream…anything else. Even my standard card base is Neenah Desert Storm.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on Sept 13, 2021 3:35:27 GMT
I have a quite the dislike for cream especially those horrid yellow based creams. I can not tell you how many rentals I have lived in that have used that yellow based cream and to top it off have warm toned light bulbs through the house.
I still do use cream in my scrapbooking because sometimes using a certain colour or pattern paper just does not work with white.
I will mix the two if I have to but I still live in the land of matchy matchy and prefer the colours to be as close and complimentary as possible.
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Post by riversong1963 on Sept 13, 2021 13:14:37 GMT
Sometimes "cream" is used to describe all off-white colors, but that isn't the case. For example, I really like ivory, but I don't like a yellowish cream.
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