Stamping technique: Mix and Match stamp sets

 

Hello Crafty Friends!

Often times when crafting I tend to focus on one particular stamp set- forgetting that I have stamp sets to mix and match.  Quietfire Design has so many lovely stamp sets that work well together and it is fun to mix them!  Why not experiment and create a project using more than one set?  Mixing and matching is easy to do and is a great way to get even more uses out of your Quietfire Design stamps and dies.

Valentine's Day is just under three weeks away and I wanted to create a sweet love card.  I have a lot of white scrap paper so I challenged myself to create a card front using just white card stock.  First, I had to determine what stamp I wanted as the focal point.  I chose "I love you" from the I don't tell you often enough stamp set:

This stamp set has already had a lot of use on different cards and I welcomed one of the stamps to be used again.

Next I wanted to frame the sentiment.  One of the newly released stamp sets was an easy choice: Twiggy Wreath and Sentiments.

The sentiment is beautiful inside the twiggy heart:

Last, but certainly not least, was the background.   I am lucky enough to have each of the Quietfire Design stamp background stamps.  The crackle background called my name and I answered!  It was heat embossed in gold.  Next, three different shades of pink ink were added to the background.  The result is a stunning gold and pink background with the oh-so-heartwarming "I love you" elevated above.

The different stamps sets do work well together.  Challenging yourself to mix and match stamp sets or dies or digital files will definitely increase your creativity and projects. 

Do you have a favorite Quietfire Design mix and match?  We would love to hear about your favorites and/or see your projects!  Feel free to do so in the comment section below or share on the new Facebook page: Suzanne Cannon Fan Group!

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

Mixed Media Valentine's Card

Hello and a Happy Monday to You!!!  Yes, Mondays can be happy... if we let them be :-)  

It's Wanda (Art By Wanda) here today to share a Valentine's mixed media card using products from Suzanne's A Way With Words line from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  

I started with a 5" square of watercolor paper adding Grit-Paste through the hearts of the Hearts & Paw Prints Sprays Stencil in 3 lines flipping the stencil for the center line so the hearts sit together better.

Once the paste was dry I added color with Distress Spray Stains.  The Brushed Pewter was dripped on instead of being sprayed on.  I was heavy handed when spraying the Tattered Rose and Picket Fence getting puddles of color and allowing colors to blend and run and then dried it with a heat tool.

I deepened the color around the edges with Distress Ink Fired Brick.

Next I added embossing around the edge with Fran-tage Powder.  I rubbed an embossing ink pad on the edge, added the powder and heated.  When the edges were done I added some random spots/piles of powder on the card and heated it from underneath so I didn't blow the powder around.  I love these spots as you can really see the different grains in the powder.

"love you" (Love & Hearts Collection) is stamped on white cardstock with Archival Ink Jet Black.  I then drew a heart around the words, cut it out and added embossing.  Since I loved those spots of embossing on the card so much, I put more powder on the edges of the heart and heated it from the bottom.  I did get a few specks in the center but thought it looked fine for the card.

Gold mesh ribbon and cheesecloth start my grouping.

"love" from the Baby Love cutting die set was cut from red cardstock.

I made the Garden Notes Rose 2 flower for my card.  There is a video on the Elizabeth Craft Designs You Tube channel for this flower Here.  I used green cardstock for the stem, cutting 2 to layer.  Shading was done with Distress Ink Peeled Paint and Highlights with Pan Pastel Bright Yellow Green.  The pieces for the rose and rosebud were cut from White Soft Finish Cardstock.  I inked the edges with Distress Ink Worn Lipstick.  For the rose I punched a small circle and built my flower on that because once it was built I sprayed it and the pieces for the bud with Ranger Mica Spray Pearl.  This way I could spray the rose without spraying everything else.  I attached the stem to the card, glued on the rose and built the bud right on the card. 

The love you heart was attached with foam tape.  I also added some wet glue onto the tape so it would press through the cloth and ribbon giving a good bond to the card.

The red hearts are Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored Hearts colored with Red Pepper Alcohol Ink.

In this picture you can see the shimmer from the Mica Spray on the rose.  I also added some dots of Nuvo Glitter Drops Honey Gold onto the card.  You can see a couple in this picture.

I'm very pleased with how this card came out!!!  I hope you are too!!

Thanks for following along and, please, if you have time, leave us a comment.

Hugs, Wanda

Script love

Hello!  Today I am using a new die from Quietfire Design A Way With Words line.  It's from a set called "Baby love" but I used just the delicate love to make a Valentine's Day card.  I am casing  a card by Suzanne Cannon - you can see the original card (and many other beautiful ones HERE. at 0:35)  I first made a thin red mat to go with the script love.  The heart is Simon Says Stamp Heart of Roses - just a single layer of the die cut in white.  Any heart die will work.  

Since the love is so delicate, I used red cardstock adhered to double sided adhesive and then die cut it out so that I could stack it on top of each other four times.  

Sorry for the overcast tone - it's been cloudy here for the past few days.

Thank you so much for looking!

Baby Love

Remember Heritage Wedding Layout

Hi, Connie Nichol here today with a scrapbook layout featuring my grandparent's wedding photograph.  Both of my grandparents passed away quite some time ago and I think it is important to capture the who, what, when before all the details are forgotten.  I used the May sketch from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's Sketchy Challenge as inspiration for the page design.  For the circle element on the sketch, I used a paper doily.  You can buy a whole package of these at your local dollar store.

The Quietfire Design word die 'Remember' was perfect for the page title.  This die was just released last month and is manufactured by Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I chose to use the Quietfire Design 'love gives us a fairy tale' stamp to embellish the page.  This stamp is one of 8 in the Valentines/Love set shown below.  I then used the Elizabeth Craft Designs die 'stitched circles' to cut out the stamped sentiment and a coordinating mat.  I added more embellishments from my stash - a few flowers and charms and a chipboard corner flourish that was covered with embossing ink and a few coats of white embossing powder.

Supplies Used:  Core'dinations cardstock, FabScraps patterned paper, chipboard and metal charms, Quietfire Design stamp, Elizabeth Craft Designs dies, Clearsnap ink and embossing powder, Prima flowers, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L adhesive and photo corners, dollar store paper doily.

Isn't this a great stamp set?  So many options for  Valentine or Anniversary cards, as well as wedding layouts.

Valentine's Day/Love, Calligraphic Love Bits

Hi!!!  It's Wanda here today to share a Valentine's Day card.  I'm using stamps from two different sets, Valentine's Day/Love Set of 8 Stamps and Calligraphic Love Bits Set of 6 Stamps. 

On a piece of white cardstock (2 3/4" x 5 1/2"), spread a thin layer of white embossing paste.  Spray water on the small heart stamp and press it into the paste.  Repeat spraying with water and stamping into the paste until you've stamped enough hearts.  If some paste sticks to the stamp, clean it off before respraying with water and stamping.  Once finished, clean the stamp well as you don't want any paste to dry on the stamp.  While the paste is still wet, set panel on craft sheet and spray with Distress Spray Stains Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, and Brushed Pewter.  Take a damp towel and lightly blot areas between the hearts to remove some color and add texture to the top of the paste.  Set panel aside to dry.  You'll have ink left on your craft sheet.  Spray with some water and drag a manila tag through it.  This tag can be saved for a future project.  The pasted panel can be gently dried with a heat tool.  If you get the paste too hot it will puff and distort. 

Stamp the two larger hearts onto a scrap of white cardstock and emboss with Silver Embossing Powder.  Add color to the hearts with Distress Inks and a water brush.  Dry hearts and cut out leaving a small border.

Stamp Happy Valentine's Day on a strip (7/8" wide) of white cardstock and trim ends.

Cut white cardstock (4 1/8" x 5 3/8"), emboss with the Tim Holtz Dot Matrix Folder, rub Distress Stain Brushed Pewter over the texture and around the edges.  

Attach the pasted panel to the embossed panel.  Cut two pieces of Idea-ology Linen Ribbon long enough to wrap to the back of the pasted panel.  Lightly rub Distress Stain Brushed Pewter over one side of the ribbon, dry and attach (with Brushed Pewter side up) as shown taping the ends to the back.  Edge the Happy Valentine's Day piece with the Brushed Pewter.  

Attach main panel to folded white card.  Attach hearts and sentiment with Foam Mounting Tape.

I hope you've enjoyed today's card and Happy Valentine's Day on Sunday!!!

~Wanda