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Learn to write your hurts

Hi!  Diana here with a few cards showing how my card making process goes sometimes.  Too often, I picture the layout and colors of a card and it looks great in my imagination - not quite as great when it becomes reality.  For example, I just got two long and skinny sentiments from the Quietfire store:  "Learn to write your hurts in the sand and carve your blessings in stone" and "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."  The sayings on these stamps are great!  I thought it would look so pretty stamped on white cardstock against a spray of flowers (by Altenew) on a kraft card base:

Eh, I don't hate it but I definitely don't love it.  So I left it for a couple of days and decided to try again.  This time I used a white card base with a more neutral background.  I also added a sponged green panel to frame the spray of flowers. 

Adding some matting really helps too, I think.  I like this much better!  So I guess my point is to just walk away and come back sometimes... also helps if you go ahead and stamp and color extras.  Lol!

Learn to write your hurts in the sand mounted stamp

Don't let yesterday mounted stamp

Summer Flowers Floral Scrapbook Page

I was delighted to be invited by Creative Scrapbooker Magazine to share a project on Facebook Live on June 17 2020!

You can see the archived broadcast HERE.  

Here is a list of the toys, er, tools I used for this project!  Happy Creating!

Suzanne

Supplies:

Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock https://creativescrapbooker.ca/super-stock/

Dies:

A Way With Words 4 Seasons  (Summer) ECD https://shrsl.com/1qzk5 

A Way With Words My Garden Flowers  Quietfire: http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/My-Garden-Flowers-Metal-Cutting-Dies.html      ECD https://shrsl.com/1h211

A Way With Words Flourished Frame  EDC  https://shrsl.com/2672w

A Way With Words Butterfly Flourish  ECD  https://shrsl.com/1pjc3

Stencil Cards: Leafy Branch Happy Birthday Stencil Card  https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/artists/230503/324211
Berry Branch Hello Stencil Card https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/artists/230503/324212

Stamps:

 How Lovely is the Silence http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/How-Lovely-is-the-Silence-Mounted.html 

Leafy Acanthus Background http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/Leafy-Acanthus-Background-Mounted-6106.html

Gilding Powder 
Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder: https://emeraldcreek.co/modern-gilding-powders-kells-gold/

 

VersaMagic Midnight Black for stamping sentiment 

Bazzill cardstock:

Chablis (dark pink) used for the word die cuts and Pinkini and for the Butterfly Flourish and Stitched Panel behind quote

and

Guacamole (dark green) used for the Flourished Frame and Lily Pond for the panel behind the photo.

White cardstock for stamping quote

vellum

Distress Oxides: Bundled Sage, Worn Lipstick 

Blending brushes

Glue Dots – Mini

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

Happy Birthday Card

Hey Quietfire Fans! For today's project I'm sharing with you my Happy Birthday Card. By combining a variety of stamps, dies and Modern Gilding Powder, they were perfect for creating my card. You'll want to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how to recreate my Happy Birthday Card at home.

Start by cutting a piece of Botanical Collage paper and a piece of white cardstock that measures 4" x 6". Adhere the collage paper to the white cardstock using a glue stick. Die cut a 3 1/2" Stitched Rectangle out of the botanical collage paper. 

Using a blending tool with foam, blend Distress Oxide Ink in Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio and Vintage Photo onto the rectangle. Spritz the rectangle with water. Dry the rectangle with a heat tool.

Apply Walnut Stain Distress Ink to the Grid Background stamp and stamp randomly on the rectangle. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. You'll need to stamp a total of five times. Dry the background piece.

Apply Emboss It Ink to the tea ring stamp from the Tea & Thee stamp set and stamp onto the rectangle as desired. Reapply ink to the stamp. You'll need to stamp a total of five times. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the stamped images. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Distress the edges of the rectangle. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut a 2 1/2" Stitched Oval out of a piece of white cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Distress Oxide Ink in Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio and Vintage Photo onto the oval. Spritz the oval with water. Dry the oval with a heat tool. Apply Walnut Stain Distress Ink to the Grid Background stamp and stamp randomly on the oval. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. You'll need to stamp a total of four times. Dry the background piece.

Apply Emboss It Ink to the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Twiggy Wreath and Sentiments stamp set and stamp onto the middle of the oval. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the sentiment. 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.

Apply Emboss It Ink to the tea ring from the Tea & Thee stamp set and stamp randomly on the oval four times. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. Sprinkle Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder over the stamped rings. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. 

Die cut the Flourished Oval Frame out of a piece of kraft cardstock.

Die cut a 4" Stitched Rectangle out of kraft cardstock. Distress the edges of the rectangle. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Next, you'll need the medium flourish from the Flourished Corners stamp set. Apply Emboss It Ink to the stamp and stamp onto a piece of white cardstock. Reapply ink to the stamp and stamp again onto the same piece of white cardstock. Sprinkle Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder over the stamped images. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Fussy cut the corner out. Ink the edges of the corners using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere one flourished corner to the top right corner of the 4" kraft rectangle. Adhere the other flourished corner to the bottom left corner of the 4" kraft rectangle.

Adhere the 3 1/2" background to the 4" kraft cardstock rectangle. 

Adhere the flourished oval frame to the stitched oval, placing the flourish as desired. Foam square the stitched oval to the middle of the 3 1/2" rectangle. 

Cut a piece of white cardstock that measures 4" x 10 1/2", score at 5 1/4". To finish the card, adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished Happy Birthday Card.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- Flourished Corners

- Grid Background

- Tea & Thee

- Twiggy Wreath and Sentiments

- Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder

- Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder

- Flourished Oval Frame

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Ovals

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Ink - Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio & Vintage Photo, Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Tim Holtz/Ideaology: Collage Paper - Botanical

- Misc: White Cardstock and Kraft Cardstock

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

- Katelyn

Wine Is Sunlight Gift Card

Hello and happy Monday! Kim here today with a simple but fun card share. As a wine drinker I love to give and receive wine. I also like to always include a handmade card or tag with the bottle of wine for a personal touch.

My card was made using the Quietfire Design set, Wine is Sunlight. It is one of my first sets acquired in my Quietfire Design collection and still remains one of my favourites!

For this card I knew I wanted my Southern Ridge chipboard wine bottle a deep warm purple, almost black but not! I grabbed some acrylic paints and custom blended a purple, black and beige to get the look I wanted. I used my trusted colour wheel to guide me through choices that would play well with that purple undertone. When using a colour wheel let it guide you, but remember you do not have to aim for perfection. As you see, my green has a bit more blue than the colour wheel, but I’m OK with that!

I used the green and yellow inks to add colour to the bottom and left side of my card which left a nice spot for my sentiment to sit.

My sentiment and wine bottle were embossed with Modern Gilding Powder - Copper Scroll! I adore this colour and use it often! I LOVE how it turned out!

I had some old, dried out metallic gold paint that I brushed on over the grapes to give the look of a label. I was surprised that it just needed to have some water sprayed over it to bring it back to life. I try hard to add old product from my stash to most projects ~ this was a WIN!

Before I permanently adhered my wine bottle, I felt I needed a bit more on the card, so I pulled out my Colorbox Spritzers [another OLD product in my stash!] and added a splash of colour. I made a quick mask to cover my quote so the splatter would not detract from the sentiment. I edged with some Vintage Walnut Distress Ink and secured my wine bottle!

Now, it’s ready to gift with a yummy bottle of Merlot or Syrah 🥰

Supplies:

Quietfire Design - Wine is Sunlight stamp set

Quietfire Design - Gilding Powder Copper Scroll ~ available from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies

Southern Ridge Trading Company chipboard 

Ranger acrylic paints, inks and media paper

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Colorbox Spritzers [ discontinued]

Mr. Perfect Father's Day Card

This could be a great anniversary card, too! (And it certainly should be delivered with tongue firmly planted in cheek!)

I made this card for the Elizabeth Craft Designs Father's Day designer's group post, so if you want to see more designs using their products, head on over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

I chose a "manly" paper for this card along with coordinating cardstock.  Here's how you can make this card, too!

Supplies:
A Way With Words You Are Perfect  QFD | ECD
A Way With Words Mr Mrs QFD | ECD
A Way With Word Flourished Frame  QFD | ECD
Moda Scrap Manly Man paper collection  ECD
Stitched Rectangles  ECD
Glue Dots
American Crafts Smooth Crimson cardstock
Core'dinations Latte cardstock
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

Instructions:

1. Create a 6 x 7" tent-fold card base from Latte cardstock.
2. Die cut a panel from a larger Stitched Rectangle using patterned paper from the Manly Man paper.
3. Use two smaller Stitched Rectangle to die cut a Crimson panel and a coordinating patterned paper panel as shown.
4. Die cut "Mr" from and the Flourish from the Flourished Frame from Crimson.  Cut "perfect" from a small piece from the backside of the Many Man info sheet (it coordinates perfectly with the collection!).
5. Use Glue dots to adhere the A Way with Word diecuts.  Use 3D Foam Squares to adhere the other panels together and to the card base.  Tuck the red flourish under the edge of the bottom panel as shown.
6. Give to the Dad!

Now if this is used as an anniversary card, I think it should be from....

Walk in Peace and Kindness

Hi, I'm over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog with this clean and simple card - and a timely message.  Hop on over there for a full supply list and instructions.  Thank you so much!

CONGRATS!

Hello Quietfire fans!  Betsy here today showing you how to made this graduation

card.  Our 2020 graduates will never forget this graduation.  Schools around

the world are being very creative on how they celebrate.  I have used:

Congrats Cutting Die - #1156

Grad 2020 Explosion Box - SVG

I started by choosing my papers.  I decided on specialty paper.  A silver mirror

card stock for the Congrats and a dark blue for the base.

First I die cut my "Congrats" out of the silver paper.  Then I cut the cap and 2020

from white card stock on my electronic cutting machine.  I decided to back

the cap in the silver paper.  I was also going to back the 2020 but it really didn't work

as well as the cap.

I fussy cut the cap so just a hint of the silver showed.  My card measures 3" x 6 1/4".

I cut a piece of the blue paper to 2 3/4" x 6".  I did a bit of stenciling with a

fireworks stencil and some quicksilver glacier paste.  I let that completely dry.

Then it was time to put everything together!

I adhered my blue panel to the base of the card.  I placed the cap hanging off the "s".  

I put the 2020 in the swoop of the "g".  I adhered little sparkly gems in and around

the fireworks, in the centers of the "0's" and in the center of the cap. 

And that finished my project!

This was such a fun card to make!  All that sparkle and I know the grad that I

am giving this to will love it!

Quietfire Products used:

Congrats Die #1156

Grad 2020 Explosion Box - SVG

Other Products used:

Specialty Paper - Tonic Studios

Nuvo Glacier Paste - Quicksilver

Tiny Irridescent gems

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Quietfire Design, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.