Falalalala Card

Hey Quietfire Fans! For today's project I'm excited to share with you my Falalalala Card. I combined a variety of dies and Modern Gilding Powder, which were all perfect for creating this Christmas card. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my Falalalala Card at home.

To start, choose a couple of Christmas patterned papers. From one piece of patterned paper, die cut a 4" Stitched Rounded Rectangle. From the other piece of patterned paper, die cut a 3 1/2" Stitched Rounded Rectangle. Distress the edges of both papers. Ink the edges of both papers using Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From a third piece of coordinating Christmas patterned paper, die cut the Flourished Frame out of it.

Die cut the Falalalala die out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the word. Sprinkle Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder over the entire surface of the word. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Apply Emboss It Dabber to a piece of white cardstock. Sprinkle Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder over the white cardstock. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. From the Peace on Earth die, you'll need the stars. Die cut the stars out of the embossed paper. You'll need a total of three.

From the Flourished Holly, die cut all of the piece out of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Dabber to the skeleton holly leaf and the holly leaf bunch. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the two pieces. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Forest Moss Distress Ink over the entire surface of the two holly leaves. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Fired Brick Distress Ink over the entire surface of the berries. 

Adhere the Flourished Frame to the 4" stitched rounded rectangle. Foam square the 3 1/2" stitched rounded rectangle to the middle of the 4" stitched rounded rectangle.

Adhere the Falalalala word to the middle of the 3 1/2" stitched rounded rectangle. The bottom of the Falalalala word will sit 1/8" from the bottom of the 3 1/2" stitched rounded rectangle.

Adhere the Flourished Holly together. Foam square the Flourished Holly to the top of the Falalalala word.

Use foam squares to adhere the three stars as desired around the Falalalala word.

To finish the card, cut a piece of white cardstock that measures 5 1/4" x 8", score at 4". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeups of the finished card.

Here is the finished Falalalala Card.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Flourished Frame

- Peace on Earth

- Falalalala

- Flourished Holly

- Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder

- Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder

- Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Rounded Rectangle

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot, Fired Brick & Forest Moss and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Prima Marketing Inc.: Christmas in the Country Collection

- Misc: White Cardstock

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my Falalalala Card at home. 

- Katelyn

Falalalala...But First Coffee! A Gift Card Holder.

Happy Monday! Kim here with a FUN gift card holder using the FALALALA die and But First Coffee stamp set! These two may not have ever been meant to”play” together, but play well they do! 

This past summer I purchased a set of pewter reindeer ornaments. They were each individually packaged in burgundy envelopes, perfectly sized at just over 3.25” x 5”. I saved all nine and have been decorating them to used for gift cards! [ reduce-reuse-recycle! ]

I started by die-cutting my FALALALA die from a scrap. These dies....cut like butter! 😍

I then embossed the die cut using Dragon Berry Modern Gilding Powder. I used two coats to achieve this smooth, dimensional look. The colour is amazing and I LOVE how it keeps the details!

I stamped my coffee cup and quote onto some white Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock using Ranger Archival Black Ink.

Next, I edged my card using Distress Oxide Ink and adhered my embossed quote after running it through my Xyron. You could stop at this step, but why? 

I stamped the coffee cup onto a scrap of water colour paper and quickly scribbled some colour on with my Derwent pencil crayons.

Using a water brush, I smoothed the colour out and cut along the lines of the image. 

I like to edge hand cut images like this with a black marker. I used a few small adhesive foam squares and placed it on top of my original stamped image. Randomly placed sequins snow flakes, finish the gift card holder perfectly!

I have tucked in a $10 coffee card in a few of these. They will be the perfect little gift to say thank you to people who I want to acknowledge this time of year!

I won’t be on the blog again until the New Year! HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and yours!

SUPPLIES:

Falalalala Die

But First Coffee stamp set

Dragon Berry Modern Gilding Powder

Creative Scrapbooker Super-Stock

Ranger Archival Black Ink

Ranger Distress Oxide

Xyron

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares

Gilded Falalala with Holly

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a quick and simple Christmas card featuring two of the new dies released by Quietfire Design and two of the new gilding powders.  These gilding powders come in six colours and are a lovely fine embossing powder.

I die cut the Falalala and the flourished holly leaves and berries out of inexpensive white cardstock.  (Frugal tip:   I go through so much cardstock, I buy the large packages of 8.5x11 110 lb cardstock at Staples. You get 250 sheets for $21.99 CAD, so it works out to about 9 cents a sheet).  I coated the die cuts with Versamark embossing ink before sprinkling with the gilding powders and heating to melt.  I did this twice to get a nice smooth coat.

The 'berries' in the holly are some Robin's Nest dew drops I had laying around.  Beads, sequins or even a dab of glitter glue would also work to accent the berries.  Add adhere the diecuts to the cardstock base and layer it up as desired with silver paper or dry embossed white cardstock. That's it - all you need are dies, cardstock and gilding powder.  Have fun!

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:  Falalala and Flourished Holly dies, Acanthus Teal and Dragon Berry gilding powders

Other Supplies: Staples white cardstock, Crafter's Companion silver mirrored cardstock, Versamark ink, Robin's Nest dew drops

Sneak Peek with Falalalala

I'm over on the Elizabeth Craft Design Blog today with a Christmas card featuring new dies and stamps that will be available later this month - hop on over for full directions and supply list.  Thanks!