Believe in Yourself - Card Set by Yvonne van de Grijp, Guest Designer

Hello everyone, it's Yvonne here today.

First of all, thank you so much for your lovely comments on my first guest designer blogpost on July 9th....it´s such a pleasure to create with Quietfire´s beautiful stamps!

Today it´s time for my second guest designer blogpost.

When I saw the Quietfire stamp set "If You Don't Believe in Miracles"(#5685), I immediately knew I had to have it....

I guess like most of us, I can relate so well to these stamps, for sometimes it can be hard to believe in yourself and that everything will be okay again eventually....

So, the cards I made,  made especially for all of you.... as a positive thought to remind that we should always believe in ourselves and in our strength.... 

Card 1:  If you don't believe in miracles".....  (additional suggested product links are at the bottom of this post)

* Trim white cardstock to a card base size 6"x6".

* Trim kraft cardstock to size 5¾"x5¾" and glue upon card base.

* Trim two pieces of patterned paper to size 5½"x5½", distress the edges using a TimHoltz  Paper Distresser.  Ink the edges using an Ink blending  tool and Distress  ink (color used: Brushed Corduroy) and glue upon card base.

* Glue lace ribbon over the card base and distress the edges by slightly pulling out some threads.

* Trim white cardstock to a banner size  2½"x 5¼" and ink the edges. Glue upon card base using foam squares.

* Cut a banner slightly smaller than the white one and glue upon the banner.

* Cut/emboss/stencil Spellbinders® S4-345 Picot Edge Circles #4 (with #1 being the smallest die template) . Glue upon card base using foam squares.

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* Stamp  Quietfire "If You Don't believe in Miracles"sentiment on white cardstock using using Jet black Archival ink. Cut/emboss using Spellbinders S4-114 Standard Circles Large #5. Glue upon card base using foam squares.

* Embellish with rhinestones and lots of mulberry flowers....

Card 2: "Believe in yourself".....

* Trim white cardstock to a card base size 5"x7".

* Trim kraft cardstock to size 4¾"x6¾" and glue upon card base.

* Trim two pieces of patterned paper, one  to size 4½"x2½" and  one to size 4½"x4" . Distress and ink the edges. Glue upon card base.

* Glue  lace and glitter horizontally upon the card base.

* Cut/emboss Spellbinders S4-348 Postage Stamps #4 from white cardstock and ink the edges. Glue upon card base using foam squares.

* Cut/emboss Spellbinders S4-426 Luscious Labels One from patterned paper and glue upon card base.

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* Stamp Quietfire  "Believe in Yourself" sentiment onto white cardstock. Cut/emboss using SpellbindersS4-126 Classic Squares Large #4 and glue upon card  using foam squares.

* Embellish with a large bow and self-adhesive pearls.

Card 3: "Believe".....

* Trim white cardstock to a card base size 6"x6".

* Trim kraft cardstock to size 5¾"x5¾" and glue upon card base.

* Trim two pieces of patterned paper, one  to size 5½"x2" and  one to size 5½"x3½". Distress and ink the edges. Glue upon card base.

* Glue lace ribbon over the card base and distress the edges by slightly pulling out some threads.

* Glue a piece of patterned paper size 3¾"x 2" on lower side of the card base.

* Cut/emboss/stencil Spellbinders S4-425 Elegant Ovals #3 and  S4-110 Classic Ovals Large #4 stacked from green cardstock.

* Cut Spellbinders S4-112 Classic Ovals Small #5 from white cardstock.

* Use the white left over frame to cut/emboss Elegant Ovals #3 to make a frame. Ink the edges and glue upon green oval.

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* Stamp Quietfire sentiment upon white cardstock. Glue behind the green oval using foam squares. Cut of any edges that stick out from underneath the green oval. Glue upon card base using foam squares.

* embellish with lots of flowers and a strip of rhinestones.

I hope you like the cards and that they might inspire you to send someone a positive thought....  

It's been such a pleasure being guest designer for Quietfire and I would like to send  personal thank you to Quietfire's Suzanne Cannon for believing in me and giving me this opportunity.....
 


Big hug to all of you

Yvonne van de Grijp

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