Quietfire Summer Blog Hop - Day 5

Hi, Diana here to wind up this fabulous blog hop here on Quietfire Design.  If you haven't commented on this week's blog hop, don't forget to go back and leave a comment for a chance to win.  Details at the bottom of this post.

Today I am sharing a couple of cards that use the same dies and stamp - just colored differently for a boy or girl.  It's handy to have both on hand if you don't know - and there always those surprises!  But this beautiful stamp from the Welcome Little One set works for either case.

The first card is done an a natural card stock - it has bits of handmade paper and is just a bit of a creamy gray - not quite white.  I honestly have no idea where I got it from but since I haven't gone out to shop much, I am really digging deep into my craft supplies!  Lol!

I stamped the card on white card stock and die cut it out of double stitched oval die.  The delicate flowers and frame is from this month's Spellbinders small die set.  I could not help but add some butterflies from the Butterflies Spray dies.    I used Copics to color my flowers.

For the baby girl card, I used white card stock for my base but sponged the top a soft pink and the bottom a very light green.  Again the butterflies match the flowers for an overall "pink" card but not overwhelmingly so.

As promised, here are the blog hop details.....

Each day we will be sharing a project or two to inspire your summer creativity.  We also have prizes!  There will be 2 prizes awarded, valued at $50 each and are a combination of Dies, Stamps and Digital files.  (Suzanne will have a look at the interests of the winners to decide what to give away! If you’re not a digital person, you won’t want those files!) To be eligible to win, you must leave a sweet comment on each Blog Hop blog post!  Visit Quietfire Creations and Quietfire Digital blogs to enter.

Here is the list of posts that you will need to comment on:

Monday: Suzanne on Quietfire Creations 

Tuesday: Katelyn on Quietfire Creations, Robyn on Quietfire Digital

Wednesday: Betsy on Quietfire Creations, Connie on Quietfire Digital

Thursday: Kora on Quietfire Digital

Friday: Diana on Quietfire Creations (You are here!), Kim on Quietfire Digital

Deadline for commenting is midnight Saturday, July 25, 2020

Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 26^th.

Good luck!

Supplies for this project:

Welcome Little One Stamps

Butterflies Spray die

Quietfire Summer Blog Hop - Day 2 - Something Special is Happening! Baby Shower Invite

Welcome to Day 2 of the Quietfire Summer Blog Hop! It’s Katelyn here today. 

Each day we will be sharing a project or two to inspire your summer creativity.  We also have prizes!  There will be 2 prizes awarded, valued at $50 each and are a combination of Dies, Stamps and Digital files.  (Suzanne will have a look at the interests of the winners to decide what to give away! If you’re not a digital person, you won’t want those files!) To be eligible to win, you must leave a sweet comment on each Blog Hop blog post!  Visit Quietfire Creations and Quietfire Digital blogs to enter.

Here is the list of posts that you will need to comment on:

• Monday: Suzanne on Quietfire Creations
• Tuesday: Katelyn on Quietfire Creations (you are here), Robyn on Quietfire Digital
• Wednesday: Betsy on Quietfire Creations, Connie on Quietfire Digital
• Thursday: Kora on Quietfire Digital
• Friday: Diana on Quietfire Creations, Kim on Quietfire Digital

Deadline for commenting is midnight Saturday, July 25, 2020

Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 26^th.

Good luck!

For my project today, I've created this cute Something Special is Happening! Baby Shower Invite, which features A Way With Words Dies and Stamps as well as Modern Gilding Powder.

To start, you'll need three pieces of baby themed patterned paper. From the first patterned paper, die cut a 4" Stitched Rectangle out of the paper. From the second patterned paper, die cut a 3 1/2" Stitched Rectangle. From the third patterned paper, die cut a 3" Stitched Rectangle out of the paper. Ink the edges of all three rectangles using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

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

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

Die cut a 5/8" Fitted Fishtail out of white cardstock. From the Please Join Us Stamp, you'll need the Something Special is happening! Apply Emboss It Ink to the stamp and stamp onto the fitted fishtail. Sprinkle Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder over the stamp saying. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool. Cut the fishtail down to 3 7/8". Ink the edges of the fishtail using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Diagonal Stitched Fishtails die, die cut the 3/4" fishtail out of a fourth piece of coordinating patterned paper. Cut the fishtail down to 4 1/8". Ink the edges of the fishtail using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Little Ones die, die cut the base of the onesie out of white cardstock. Cut the top portion of the onesie out of the same patterned paper you just die cut the fishtail out of.

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

Adhere the 3" stitched rectangle to the 3 1/2" stitched rectangle. Adhere the flourished oval frame to the middle of the 3" stitched rectangle.

Adhere the top of the onesie to the bottom onesie piece. Foam square the onesie to the middle of the flourished oval frame. Adhere the fitted fishtail to the diagonal stitched fishtail. Adhere the diagonal stitched fishtail 5/8" from the bottom and 1/4" from the left of the 4" stitched rectangle. 

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 closeups of the finished invite.

Here is the finished Something Special is Happening! Baby Shower Invite.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

- A Way With Words, Little Ones

- A Way With Words, Flourished Frame

- A Way With Words, Flourished Oval Frame

- A Way With Words, Please Join Us Stamps

- Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder

Other Supplies Used:

- Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies: Fitted Fishtails, Diagonal Stitched Fishtails and Stitched Rectangles

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Vintage Photo and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Emboss It Dabber

- Echo Park: Hello Baby - Baby Boy Words, Starry Night, Boy Alphabet Blocks and 4x4 Journaling Cards

- Misc: White Cardstock

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my Something Special is Happening! Baby Shower Invite. 

Don't forget, Deadline for commenting is midnight Saturday, July 25th. Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 26th. Good Luck!

- Katelyn

Stamp Focus: Fill'er Up "Love" stamp set

Hello Crafty Friends!

We are celebrating baby this month at Quietfire Creations and today I am sharing a baby card using a stamp set that was originally designed for Valentine's Day: Fill'er Up Love stamp set

This beautiful stamp set is not only great for Valentine's Day but also wedding cards, scrapbook pages, home decor and, as following this month's theme, a baby card.

Card Instructions:

1. Use an alcohol resistant ink to stamp each of the letters onto white card stock or specialty marker paper.
2. Color each letter as desired using alcohol markers. 
   
    
3. Die cut each letter using a square die.
4. Mount each letter onto coordinating square patterned paper using double sided adhesive tape.
5. Mount letter stack to a Kraft card base using double sided foam tape.
6. Create double bow and mount to card front using liquid adhesive.
7. Apply button or other embellishment to card bow center.

The card can easily be created for a boy or girl.  What I like about the card front is that it could also be mounted into a frame or onto a wall.  A sweet little decoration for the sweet little one.

Did you see the FB Live with Suzanne last Thursday?  It was a fabulously cheery card and Suzanne shared new techniques using a new (at least to me!) product.  If you did not catch it live, feel free to hop on over to the Quietfire Design page on Facebook to see the video. 

Interested in seeing the FB Live this week?  You can see it on the Quietfire Design Facebook page this Thursday at 7pm EST.

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

"Little One" baby card

Hello Crafty Friends!

Are you loving Suzanne's new stamp and die release?  It has been fun in my crafty room using all of the new product.  The new release has product for your birthday, wedding, and baby projects (to name a few!). The baby collection is darling and the Little Ones dies are too stinking cute.  The wee feet are the focal point of today's baby card.

Also used is the lovely Little One stamp from the Welcome Little Ones stamp set.

Gold card stock and blue card stock were both cut with the Little Ones feet die (I wanted to accentuate the heart created by the feet).

Little One was stamped using coordinating blue ink.  A tag was created and gold applied to the edge.

Isn't it a sweet card?  I told you the Little Ones die set was too stinking cute!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a happy, crafty day.

Big Hugs,

Kathy Jo