Music Expresses

 I always wished I had some musical talent - but at least it does not stop me from enjoying music!  And I get to make pretty cards with some great quotes about music - like this one from Victor Hugo.

Initially I only wanted the quote and the music die by Memory Box but as you can see, the music die was just a wee bit shorter than I needed.  It was striking just black and white but also kind of plain.

I added some color using Tim Holtz wild flowers - it also hid the the staff lines that did not make it all the way to the edge of card.

Supplies:

Music Express stamp (from Emerald Creek Designs)

Memory Box Party Music die

Tim Holtz Wildflower dies

 

Photo Cards using the ColorSplash App

 Hi, Connie Nichol here today with a few cards that were published in the fall issue of Creative Scrapbooker Magazine.  These days I take most of my pictures with my phone, and started experimenting with some of the many photo apps that are available.  These photos are edited with Color Splash, a free app that allows you to remove and add color with your finger tip.  Super easy to use and can result in a very dramatic effect.  Just add a die cut Way with Words die of your choice - mount on a cardstock base (with or without a bit of embellishment) and call it good.  Super quick and easy.  I especially love the Cheers die with a wine photo.  

Have a wonderful day and make sure to take lots of photos.  You can turn all of them into cards!

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

Twiggy Happy Anniversary

Worry by Corrie Ten Boom

 Hello! Today I am using one of my favorite stamps by Suzanne and great news - you can find it at the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies!  I've got a supply list at the bottom of the post. 

I stamped it with black Versafine ink and die cut it out with the Flourished frame die.  I kept all the pieces from the inside the flourished die cuts.  

After I embossed the frame with Celtic Mint Modern Gilding Powders, I realized I wanted a thicker look so I die cut several more and adhered all the dies together.  

I glued all the pieces together on a 4.5" x 6" card base.  I added more interest to the bottom of the card by gilding a butterfly die cut with Armenian Pink Modern Gilding Powder and some extra flower die cuts I had by Altenew.

Thanks for looking!

Supplies used:

Flourished Frame die (from Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Butterfly Flourish die (from Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Worry - stamp (from Emerald Creek Design)

Modern Gilding Powders - Celtic Mint (from Emerald Creek Design)

Modern Gilding Powders - Armenian Pink (from Emerald Creek Design)

 

Miss You Card

Who are you missing this summer?  These are certainly strange times.  Here is a card you can send to someone who adds lots of colour to your life, but you haven't been able to "play with"!  This is part of the Elizabeth Craft Designs group post. To see more projects with this theme, hop on over to their blog! 

You don't need a lot of things to make this card!  Here is the supply list with links:

Miss You

Flourished Frame

White Soft Finish Cardstock

Micro Glue Dots

Instructions:

1. Form a 5x7" tent-fold card base from white Soft Finish Cardstock.
2. Die cut the Flourished Frame and Miss You from white Soft Finish Cardstock.
3. Type out "life is colo(u)rless without you" on white paper and trim.  Cut a mat slightly larger and adhere together.
4. Attach all elements to the card base using Micro Glue Dots as shown!
5. So easy!!  Now get that puppy in the mail!

Happy creating! Thanks for dropping in to have a look.

Suzanne

CAS Baby Love card

Hi, Diana here with this clean and simple card over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. Hop on over to see how I made it as well as the full supply list.

Gilded Shoot for the Moon Card

Happy August! Kim here on the blog today with a quick share. Sorry I do not have a step by step photo view, as I had more to-dos than weekend available! 

My card was actually quite simple to put together!

1] Cut a 5x10” sheet of cardstock, fold in half for your card base.

2] I cut a 4.5” square of Ranger ~ Dina Wakley Media Collage Collective paper. Within that        square I cut a circle, set aside.

3] I added Elizabeth Craft Designs double seeded adhesive to both sides of a scrap of cardstock and cut out the star from the Flourished Christmas Minis 2 set.

4] Use the patterned paper as a guide to place your star and set aside one ever agin. Before revealing the adhesive on the top side of the star, wipe your card with a dryer sheet to remove static for the next step.

5] Now remove the protective backing on the star, revealing the adhesive and sprinkle with Modern Gilding Powder ~ Forever Platinum, use heat gun to set.

6] Adhere the patterned paper now,  I had some little gold, sequin stars that I glued down for extra interest and texture.

7] Using a stamp positioner, I stamped my sentiment on a piece of 5x5” Duralar film, using the card underneath as a guide to position. I used StazOn ink for it’s permanency and quick dry time.

8] I used four mini Glue Dots at the edges to secure the Duralar down and had four small blue stars that were perfect for hiding the the dots of adhesives!

Hope this month offers up some crafting time. August CHEERS to you! 

Supplies:

Quietfire Design ~ Soar Collection

Quietfire Design ~ A Way With Words, Flourished Christmas Minis 2

Quietfire Design ~ Modern Gilding Powder, Forever Platinum

Elizabeth Craft Designs double sided adhesive

Glue Dots - micro

Ranger’s Dina Wakley Media Collage Collective

Duralar film

StazOn Ink

Unknown star sequins

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