There are always flowers...

Hello, friends! It's Nancy back on the blog today!

This month I'm sharing a fun card that features a number of wonderful Quietfire Design products!

Here's the card I made:

I found a piece of watercolour paper on my desk, so I began with that.

I stenciled the Dotty design onto the paper using some pink ink. 

I then stamped the wonderful sentiment, on to the stenciled background, using VersaMark ink.

I sprinkled it with the beautiful Dragon Berry Modern Gilding Powder, tapped it off,

and set it with my heat tool.

Isn't that a beautiful shine?

I mounted the watercolour piece onto a slightly larger card base, using foam tape.

Then I die-cut the pretty rose and added it in place on the card front.

I curled up the leaves for some extra dimension, and put a little piece of foam tape under the rose.

This card was lots of fun to put together using these fabulous products!

It would be a lovely card to send for so many different occasions!

Quietfire Products Used:

Floral Banner & Quote Stamp

Modern Gilding Powder - Dragon Berry 

Long Stem Rose - Metal Cutting Die

Dotty - Stencil

Other Materials Used:

DCWV Textured Cardstock;

Watercolour Paper;

VersaMark Embossing Ink;

Hampton Art Pink Ink;

Foam Tape.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!
I'll be back soon to share another fun project!

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Cherish Moments - There are Always Flowers - Lupines

Yogi here today. I LOVE Lupines. They remind me of good times when I lived in PEI. I have several in my garden here in Calgary and they always put a smile on my face.

I'm using a die "Cherish" and "Moments" 2pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE and HERE

I'm using a rubber stamp quote and design element from Quietfire Design. ("Flower Banner & Quote - There Are Always Flowers..." 2pce set) 


Printed and manipulated a digital image of the lupines onto my white cardstock, aligning it to the right side of the cardstock. Trimmed it down, scored and side folded it to create a 5"w x 7"h card.. 

Colored with Prisma colored pencils. (PS find your favorite flower image, enlarge it and print it out.) Sponged some Distress
blue lightly around the edges.
 
Die cut the "Cherish Moments from a dark blue cardstock and from tissue box cardstock. Adhered the 2 layers together. I like the thickness I get this way... Adhered to card front. Wrote out my word "the", trimmed down and adhered to card.

 

On the inside: Stamped the quote and border using Versafine Clair - "Morning Mist" and clear embossed. Colored with the Prisma colored pencils.

"There are always flowers"

Hello Crafty Friends.

You know when you have a rough day and nothing seems to be going well?  This rough day may spread to two days, a week, whatever.  Your car may break down one day, the next day your washer breaks and spills out an entire load of water on your floor and this pattern may continue to the next day.  (That happened to me...what a week!)   It may wear on you and possibly put you in a not-so-happy state of mind.  It happens to everyone.  Gasp!  Spoiler alert:  Life isn't always sunshine and lollipops.  Next time this happens to a friend or loved one- or even you- head into the craft room, pull out the Floral Banner & Quote set, and make a card.  This thoughtfulness can mean so much to the person having a bad time.  Imagine if you received a card made using this stamp set.  Wouldn't that make you feel a little better?  Perhaps this beautiful stamp can bring sunshine to an otherwise gloomy day.

For my card I made sure that the quote was the focal point of the front.  I chose darker patterned papers and card stock to ensure that the quote popped.

The gorgeous calligraphy quote is so very lovely and inspiring.  It is a wonderful stamp set to have on hand.  And don't forget to make a card or little sign for you, too.  Your future self may thank you.

Thank you for stopping by!
Have a happy, crafty day.
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo