question please do mostr of you make your base card colour white or cream because i

find it real hard to keep coloured cardstock for cardmaking clean even after washing hands i sometimes get odd fingerprints, and remedies to stop this is an anti static bag any good .
thanks in advance
susannah

To be honest I've never used an antistatic bag so don't know if they're any good, but have heard that talc is a good substitute - remember reading somewhere a while ago on a card forum about putting talc in the foot of an old pair of tights (cut off and tied up).

I use an anti-static bag when heat embossing, and definitely an improvement to the stray powder problem.

Another way to (partially) overcome this is to use coloured ink and clear powder -- that way stray particles which get embossed aren't normally quite as obvious.

I tried the 'use a fine brush to remove excess' technique, but found I was also removing loads I wanted to leave :blink:


Other than heat embossing, I've never had a problem with leaving marks on card blanks -- unless I pick one up straight after inking! Now keep a supply of baby wipes handy for wiping fingers after this :lol:

Must admit I tend to use white cardstock, I love the clean fresh look it gives.

I use loads of pale pink and blue for new baby cards, and have used red or green for Christmas and dark colours for mens cards.....

Tend to stick to white for female cards, although I've recently started to venture into pastels for this too :blink:

I love all colours. But a quick tip if you dont have an anti static bag, just use a tumble dryer sheet. It does the job and the card smells nice too!

Tend to use both white and cream, then it just depends on the image and colours I want to use - warm toned stuff goes on cream, and cool toned on the white.
Sharon.

I tend to use any colour - depending on the type of card. I just did a navy card for my friend's little boy just recently and he is mad on Fireman Sam - so I googled a pic, printed on white shimmer card, mounted it on red and stuck it on the navy with red foam letters for his name. Turned out quite nice and I will upload a pic when I can remember where I saved it to lol !!

Kaz x

I tend to use white as a base but would then sometimes cover nearly all the front with coloured card, just leaving a thin border.

I use all sorts of colours!!!

I tend to use mostly white/cream but use black or navy for men and always use talc and a cotton wool ball to stop any marks or embossing problems. I made a lovely stamped Christmas card last week using a pearlised green card and had no problems with it. If you want to use coloured card try talc or fabric cloths as above and you shouldn't have any probs at all HTH
Chrissie x

I tend to use a pale ivory/ cream the most, I find white can sometimes be a little stark but some creams have too much yellow in them. I thought I had bought some bargain card blanks recently but now I have come to use them they are too strong a cream.
Fussy, moi? :D

i use white and cream about the same,if i get marks on them it usaully comes off with a rubber,i like the white plastic ones:)

I do mainly hammered white and cream, followed by pastels.

I made my OWN antistatic bag out of talc as reccommended by RozRoz.

I find it works a treat...

Mainly white & cream but have had great fun this summer with hot pink, lime & Purple.