Give me the Splendid Silent Sun Card

 

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

To start, die cut a 4 1/4" Stitched Oval out of kraft cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the Give me the Splendid Silent Sun quote and stamp in the middle of the stitched oval. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the entire surface of the stamp image. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Distress the edges of the oval. Ink the edges of the oval using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Flourished Oval Frame, die cut the frame out of white cardstock.

Die cut a 4 3/4" Stitched Rounded Rectangle out of a piece of white cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to teh Grid Background stamp and stamp onto the left side of the rectangle. Reapply Emboss It Ink to the grid background stamp again and stamp on the remaining area of the rectangle. Sprinkle Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder over the entire surface of the rectangle. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the rectangle. Spritz the rectangle with water. Allow the rectangle to dry. Once the rectangle has dried, distress the edges of the rectangle. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

For the background of my leaves, I used left over prints from when I did some gel printing. But you could also use fall themed patterned paper or cardstock. Choose two of the leaves from the Leaves stamp set and apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the first leaf stamp. Stamp five times on the paper. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the second leaf stamp and stamp four times on the paper. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. Fussy cut all the leaves out. Ink the edges of all the leaves using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 4" Stitched Rounded Rectangle out of a piece of kraft cardstock. Die cut a 3 3/4" Fitted Rounded Rectangle out of white cardstock. Distress the edges of both rectangles. Ink the edges of both rectangles using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the flourished frame to the 4" stitched rounded rectangle. 

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

Foam square the stitched oval to the middle of the 3 1/2" stitched rounded rectangle.

Adhere the nine leaves as desired around the stitched oval. 

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

Here are a few closeup shots of the finished card.

Here is the finished Give me the Splendid Silent Sun Card.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Grid Background

- Give me the Splendid Silent Sun

- Leaves

- Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder

- Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder

- Flourished Frame

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Ovals, Stitched Rounded Rectangle and Fitted Rounded Rectangle

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Distress Oxide Ink - Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber and Jet Black Archival Ink

- Misc: White Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock and Gel print press leftover prints

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I have inspired you to recreate my Give me the Splendid Silent Sun Card at home.

- Katelyn

If Nothing Ever Changed

Good Morning.  This is Selma Stevenson today.  I have designed a card using the beautiful Quietfire "If Nothing Ever Changed" rubber stamp.

 

Here is how the card was created:

1. Use a frame die, large enough to go around the verse, and die cut an opening in a 6" square piece of card stock. 
2. Stamp the verse on a slightly larger piece of card stock that will fit under the die cut opening; sponge around the verse with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. 
3. Attach the verse under the die cut opening, using dimensional tape. 
4. Use two larger dies to cut a frame to go over the die cut opening and attach it with dimensional tape. 
5. Die cut butterflies.  I used two sets of Elizabeth Craft Designs (ECD) Butterflies.  The solid part was die cut using ECD Purple Iris Shimmer Sheets, and the lacy, top butterfly, was die cut using black card stock.  The two butterfly die cuts were attached together under the body, with ECD Clear Double Sided Adhesive. 
6. Die cut four Elizabeth Craft Designs Leafy Branches and attach below die cut frame. Add one small  piece of the Leafy Branch inside the die cut frame for dimension. 
7. Die cut Susan's Garden Hydrangea petals for the flowers.  Add a single Prill to the center for the stamen  To finish the card, three lavender sticky back pearls were added to the upper left corner. 

Thank you for stopping by today -- I hope you enjoyed my project.

Below is the link to the Quietfire stamp featured today:

 

5980 - If Nothing Ever Changed - mounted

Hug Book Page: I Dwell in Possibility

Hi there!  It's Suzanne today here to share a Hug Book Page with you.  What's a Hug Book?  Click here to learn more!

I decided to continue on with Teresa's theme of a graduation book.  She did such a beautiful job on the book, it inspired me to work outside my usual colour range!  I went with my theory that simplicity is elegant.

Not only did I continue with Teresa's colour palette (except I added gold), I used the same Becca Feeken design  die set.  By offsetting the design elements to the bottom, it will break any repetition in centered page design and wake the reader up!

Supplies:
I Dwell in Possiblility
Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts VersaFine Onyx Black
4x6" Gray cardstock 
Spellbinders Becca Feeken Design Arched Elegance
Die cutting machine
Gold paper or foil would work
Stamp Positioner
Hug Book

Instructions:

1. Cut 4x6" gray cardstock
2. Die cut the cardstock by aligning the die 1/4" from the bottom and approximately 3/4" from the opening edge of the book.  The center of the page will actually be shifted because part of the page is embedded in the binding.
3. Use a stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment.
4. Cut a piece of lightweight gold paper or foil to 4x6".  You can adhere this to the back of the gray cardstock, or it can become a new blank page behind your gray page.  It's that easy!

Thanks for stopping in and having a look!
Happy creating! Suzanne

Hug Book page: A baby is such a beautiful way...

Hello All!  Kathy Jo here sharing a page for a baby Hug Book.  If you missed last week's post regarding the hug book, here is a link.  And here is the link to the hug book in the store.

The description sums it up well:

Hug Books are reusable, expandable and use no harmful glues to hold the pages together. Simply pull back the cover and the spring clamp opens up, insert the pages and it snaps back together. If you make a mistake or want to add a few extra pages, simply reopen the spring clamp and adjust as necessary.

I like the ease and versatility of the book.  This would be a sweet gift for a grandma, new parents, newlyweds, a friend's birthday, Christmas gift, etc.  It is available in black or tan and can fit in a purse (Helllooooo brag book!).  The pages inserted should be flexible so it probably is best to not stack too high with flowers, bows, etc, if you do want it to be a purse friendly brag book.  Admittedly, it was strange to not stack a lot on the page but I am happy with the results.  I started with Quietfire's A baby is a beautiful way stamp:

It was stamped in green on ivory Graphic 45 paper.  Next, it was die cut using Spellbinders' Labels 47. Yellow Graphic 45 paper was die cut using Spellbinders' Labels 47 Decorative Elements and Distress ink in Fired Brick applied along the edges.  The dies were mounted on Graphic 45's Secret Garden paper that was cut to  6" wide x 4" high.  It was scored 0.25" from the end for easy flipping in the book:

On the back side I added four die cut corners so that the gift receiver can add a favorite baby photo.

Here is a look at the front again:

Quick and easy first page to a book!  A gift book could be made in a reasonably short time with a pad of paper, some sentiments and photo corners.  Gotta love it when a beautiful album or book can be made in reduced time!

Hope you enjoyed the first page of my hug book!  Will share more when I complete them!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Introducing the New Quietfire Metal Dies

It's so exciting to finally have these.  I've been planning this for a long time and it's amazing to finally see it happen!

For all those who'd rather have a real die than a cutting file, we now have the start of the  Quietfire Metal Dies line.  We hope you love them as much as we do!  I just can't stop playing with them.  Please note that Believe and Hello are both available as digital cutting files.  The links are in the product descriptions on our website.

These dies are wafer thin steel dies, made in the USA, and can be used in most table top die cutting machines.
Sandwich Recipes:
For the Grand Calibur: use the same sandwich as for Spellbinders dies.
For the Cheery Lynn Crossover: use pressure setting at approximately #4.


Only a few members of the Quietfire Design Team have received the new dies in the mail, but we wanted to share what we've done so far!

Here is Yogi's first creation - you can see the rest of this fabulous card, including the inside on her blog here.

 

Kathy Jo has been burning the midnight oil with the new Quietfire dies! She'll be posting these designs on her blog over the next few days.

 She started with a guy card...

Then she moved on to practical and pretty....  (wait till she gets this on her blog, then you can see the inside!)

then Kathy Jo moved on to just plain pretty (and golden!).

I've been having so much fun!  Here is what I've done so far.  You can see and read more details (like which patterned paper I used, as well as complete instructions) on my blog here.  

Flying pigs. I know you believe.

The direct link to blog post with these cards is here.

I had a little inlay fun!  Normally a calligrapher would fill in all these counterspaces with paint, but now you can do it with paper! You can read more here.

And here is Believe combined with a Quietfire rubber stamp. See the details here.

I hope you've enjoyed our little introduction. Please visit the designers' blogs to see lots more!  The design team will be posting even more creations over the next few days.  I'll share their post on the Quietfire Facebook Page and I've started a new Pinterest Board for the dies as well.
Happy creating!
Thanks for visiting!  Suzanne

Live in the Moment tag...and a Giveaway!

Happy Monday, All!  Kathy Jo here to share a tag using the beautiful Quietfire stamp "Live in the Moment":

Such a lovely sentiment and it is so true!  The sentiment makes me think about the current weather here in Nova Scotia and how I will definitely try to take advantage of every moment in the upcoming spring.  With spring on my mind, I picked some cheerful Graphic 45 paper and applied to a tag.  Next I adhered a bundle of flowers and ribbon.  A key with gem was added.

Tim Holtz Distress Markers in Worn Lipstick and Peeled Paint were applied to the stamp.  The sentiment was stamped onto ivory card stock and then fussy cut as shown.  It was elevated on the tag using two layers of foam dots.  

Here is another look at the entire tag:

To celebrate the upcoming spring, I am doing a giveaway on my blog.  One lucky commenter/follower will win the lovely "Live in the Moment" stamp!  Leave some love here and hop on over to my blog for more details.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Tuesday Winsday - CardMaker Magazine

We've had a little break from Tuesday Winsday, but we're back.  As no doubt you've heard, we have a card on the cover or the current issue!  Our prize this week is a copy of this issue!

Did you know this card is the CardMaker Featured Project this month and complete instructions are online and downloadable here?  You don't even need to buy the magazine!

To enter to win our giveaway, simply follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter entry box below. You can just comment or you can do all the other things to get more "points" or entries.

 Good Luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Quietfire Selfie Giveaway!

We're trying something new and fun for us!  We're still celebrating having a Quietfire created card on the cover of CardMaker Magazine. (It's a really big deal!)  It's on news stands now!

We're going to give away a package of stamps valued at approximately $25 to someone who takes a selfie of themselves in front of a news stand holding (or beside) a copy of "our" CardMaker magazine!  You must post your selfie on our Quietfire Design Facebook page before February 1, 2015 and you'll automatically be eligible!

This doesn't have to be great photography, but we want to see at least *part* of you (even an ear or eyeball!) and the magazine.  Of course if you purchase the magazine, CardMaker will love you!

We're looking forward to "seeing" you!  Good luck!

Selfie example!

Don't worry, he won't win - he's already got me and all the stuff that I come with!  ;-)

Love is Friendship Valentine's Day card

 

Hello All!  Happy 2015! Kathy Jo here to share a shabby Valentine's Day card using Quietfire's stamp, Love is Friendship:

The papers used were from Graphic 45's Time to Flourish except the postcard which was Place in Time. The edges were distressed using my Zutter and distress ink applied.  Stickles was applied at will.  

The lace heart and corners were die cut using Spellbinders die set Lace Hearts.   

 The heat embossed stamped sentiment fit the post card perfectly!

The flowers were from my stash and wrapped in antiqued seam binding. Pearls were added to the heart die cut.

The card may look like it took a lot of time to make but it really came together surprisingly quickly.  Perhaps it was due to an over abundance of tea consumed. :)  Whatever the reason, I really do like the stamped sentiment on the post card.  It looks beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your Friday and weekend!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo