Quietfire Frame It! Butterflies blessing upcycled frame

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy April to you!  This month at Quietfire Creations we will be sharing framed projects using Quietfire Design product.  I am kicking this month of with an upcycled frame using the Quietfire Design stamp from the Butterflies Circles stamp set.

The cool wood frame was picked up at a local second hand store- although I have seen similar frames at the dollar store.  It was perfect for the Irish Blessing stamp!  Below are the steps used to create the project.

Instructions:

1. Pick out cool frame. 
2. Use black Archival Ink and stamp blessing onto ivory patterned paper. (Graphic 45 Nature Sketchbook was used for all papers.)  Die cut using Spellbinders Circle die.  Apply gold marker along edge (optional).
3. Die cut red pattern paper using Spellbinders Stately Circles.
4. Die cut gold card stock or gold construction paper using Spellbinders Tiara Rondelle.
5. Cut patterned papers to fit into frame.
6. Mount all above to frame opening.
   
7. Fussy cut butterflies and mount as desired.
   

In the photo above I added a wee butterfly at the end of one of Suzanne's flourishes to make it appear like it is the butterfly's path.

What a fun little project and a great piece of framed art to enjoy or give to someone.  Quietfire Design product is beautiful in upcycled or new frames.

Thank you for stopping by!  I do hope you enjoyed the project and it inspires you to frame your favorite Quietfire Design product!

Have a happy, crafty day.

Big Hugs,

Kathy Jo

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Butterflies Wings - Quietfire Quick FX Blog Hop

Hello everyone,

Yvonne here on the second day of the Quick Fx Stencil bloghop showcasing the "A Way With Stencils".

I hope you enjoyed the wonderful projects by Suzanne (yesterday) and Yogi (earlier today).

For my project I used the A Way with Stencils "Butterflies and Stars Sprays".

Butterfly Circles Wall Hanging

Hello Crafty Peeps, Terre here with a Quietfire Design twist, this project is not a card, can you believe that? I am using an oldie but goodie stamp set that just happens to match my favorite line if papers, Butterfly Circles, May the Wings, set of 5 stamps - Mounted.  This wall decor project has been fussy cut and die cut and blinged up, not to mention stamped and inked, wow are you as tired as I am from describing all that was done in this project?

Who loves adding glitter glue to flowers to make them nice and shiny? I do!

The paper collection is Once Upon A Springtime from Graphic 45 this one was one of my favorite paper collection, with all the flowers and fairies and it just fit nicely with the Butterfly Circles, May the Wings, set of 5 stamps - Mounted. Well I have you have been inspired and create one of your own decorative wall hanging until next time Crafty Smiles, Terre

Butterflies card

Happy Monday, All!  Kathy Jo here sharing a butterfly card using stamps from two different Quietfire sets.  Yes, spring is supposed to be here which means that flowers will be in bloom and butterflies will flutter by soon.

The front of the card used the butterflies stamp from the Butterflies Circles set:

It was stamped on Prima's Butterfly paper and die cut using Spellbinders circle die.  It was then layered on a die cut doily.  Around the doily is a circle of punched butterflies and in the middle of each of the large butterflies is a wee pearl.

The inside contains the beautiful butterfly sentiment, If Nothing Ever Changed:

It was also stamped on the Prima paper:

So pretty!  Love the swirls on the sentiment.  It is if the sentiment is about to gracefully fly off the page.  

I do hope the butterfly card brought happy thoughts of spring to your day!  Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

May the wings of the butterfly

Hello!  Today I'm bringing you some more spring because there is plenty of winter outside.  And truly, I use any excuse to use butterflies.  This time I stamped up this sentiment from the Butterfly Circles, May the Wings with a Kaleidoscope ink pad.  It's an old pad someone gave me a while back but it's still in great inky condition and I love it that the different pads slide together for inking and away for storage.  After stamping, I die-cut out my quote using Spellbinders Labels Two and sponged the edges while still in the frame with a bit of green ink.

Taking my cue from the different colors in the sentiment, I added Poppystamps Cheviot and Delaney butterflies and a floral spray with Wild Orchid Flowers and the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish.  The solid bottom layer of the butterfly was sponged with Distress Stains Tumbled Glass and Seedless Preserves.  I also used the Tumbled Glass to sponge the edges of my base layer.

Butterfly Circles, May the Wings

Thank you so much for looking and I hope you are staying warm and safe!

Butterfly Circles

Hello!  I hope you are staying warm!  It's really cold here:  5 degrees with windchill of -18.  New record low!  Still glad I'm not in Massachusetts but it's strange that my friends in Alaska are experiencing warmer weather than I am here in Virginia.  All to say that I'm creating my own spring in my craft room!  And what better way to signal spring than butterflies?  Suzanne had just sent me this sweet Butterfly Circles set and I love love love this big stamp.  The letters and flourishes intertwine in the coolest way and there's a perfect space in the center for my butterfly dies.  

I first did a rainbow color wash on watercolor paper.  I used Memory Box's Darla and Vivienne Butterflies for my focal point and added some layered, punched butterflies.  The large stitched circle die is from Lil' Inkers and the paper from Colorbok was sponged around the edges with distress ink Salty Ocean.   Some pearls for the butterfly body for my final touch.  Hope you like it!

Butterfly Circles

 Stay warm and safe!

Masking Tutorial - May the Wings of the Butterfly

Yogi here today with another CAS card.

I side folded my white card (4.25"w x 5.5"h)

I die cut the butterflies (Sizzix Tim's On The Edge die "Butterflight") from Tim's adhesive backed Masking material. Used the negative of the mask and then inserted the cut apart butterflies and sponged one butterfly at a time with Distress Festive Berry, Mustard Seed, Broken China. Removed the positive butterflies and stamped the "Bonne Fete" and "Happy Birthday" through the mask, using Versafine Black Onyx. While the mask was in place, used a black Micron pen to outline the butterflies.

Removed the negative mask. Stamped the "Bonne Fête" in the bottom section and clear embossed it.

Put the positive butterflies down, putting a small piece of tape where I had cut them apart. Sponged with a dirty purple sponge that had the Picked Raspberry on it, then added Shaded Lilac and Broken China.

Stamped the quote "May the Wings" with the black and clear embossed.

As a final touch, put a bit of Quickie Glue in the small butterfly and sprinkled with Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter in gold.

CAS - Dahlia - Thank You card

Yogi here today with a CAS card.

Side folded the white cardstock to make a 4.25"w x 5.5"h card.

Die cut the Dahlia (Spellbinder's ""Dahlia") from white cardstock to use as a stencil and a mask.

Lay the die cut drop out piece on my card where I want the design to land. Taped it at one corner with removable tape. Lay the stencil down positioning it to fit around the Dahlia, taped the stencil down with removable tape, and then removed the drop out piece.

Stamped the two line "Thank You" stamp with Versafine Black Onyx, stamping off the edges, removed stencil and clear embossed. Stamped the butterfly with Versafine "Satin Red" and touching here and there with the black pad, clear embossed.

Placed stencil back in place and sponged Distress "Mustard Seed" heavily around edges and lighter toward the center, then "Worn Lipstick" lightly around the edges. Removed stencil.

Die cut a Cheery Lynn Designs "Fanciful Flourish" from white cardstock to use as a stencil. Placed my Dahlia drop out piece in place with removable tape, then positioned the Flourish sprig taping down with removable tape. Sponging with "Shabby Shutters" & the Lipstick.

Technique: ink up the sponge and press down firmly, lightly wiggling the sponge in place to transfer the ink. If you try to sponge in a normal circular motion, the stencil will lift and get destroyed. Continue till the area is colored, then go back in and touch here and there with a red sponge. Move the stencil to another area to continue the design.

Stamp the 1 line "Thank You" with the black.

Place the die over the design, tape down with removable tap and emboss using the tan mat to get a nice Dahlia impression.

Enjoy and have fun creating.

Butterfly circle - Mosaic Card

click on card for larger view

Yogi here with you today. I recently made a card using Spellbinders Lattice die and loved all the little squares that were popping out of the die BIG GRIN. So I had to use them...

I side folded my white cardstock (5.5"w x 4.25"h). Applied Sookwang tape, keeping a 1/8" border all around. Started adhering my drop out squares (light mint Bazzill monochromatic cardstock) and leaving a space between them. I also added a piece of green Ruche paper (I ran out of little squares sigh...). When done, sprinkled with Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter "Bronze", burnished well.

Stamped the butterfly circle on white cardstock with Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed. Die cut with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped circle large set. Used tracing paper to make a stencil/mask of the inner portion of the circle so I could stamp the flower sprig (Flourishes "Magnolias") also with the black. Colored with Prisma colored pencils.

Stamped a portion of the Garden Delights stamp and hand cut with a wavy contour. Sponged a bit of brown on the edges and adhered to card. Adhered the circle.

Die cut the butterfly (E Craft Designs "Small Butterfly") from white cardstock. Sponged distress Worn Lipstick, then applied Perfect medium and embossed with Stampendous Stamp 'n Bond embossing powder. Sprinkled Ranger's Stickles Fine Glitter "Stardust" and reheated to set. Adhered to card with a foam square.

Hope you give a try to using your drop out pieces. There are some interesting things you can do with them.
Have a great day

Butterfly Circles Card



Well hello there! Terre here with a fun and flirty card! This card was created using Quietfire Designs Butterfly Circles May the Wings Stamp set. For my paper line today I chose to use My Mind's Eye "indie chic" paper, the blue satin ribbon is from May Arts, the beautiful bling swirls are from Want2Scrap and the die templates are Le Papillion Two and Floral Ovals from Spellbinders.

I air brushed the die template then stamped my Butterfly Circles May the Wings sentiment, it added just enough pop of color.



Thank you for stopping by my blog post today, I hope you will give this amazing stamp set a try, we would love to see what you create so make sure to find us on Facebook and show us what you create. Crafty smiles, Terre!