eCut Chickadee - Sing As If - HB

It's Yogi here and my turn again BIG GRIN. I love the "Chickadee" and that word "Sing" eCut files, and the new Illuminations set, so couldn't resist using them. I'm also using my newest stencil from Memory Box. I had mentioned to my friend when I was buying it that I knew I was going to curse, but bought it anyway... and I was right. All the loose protrusions just want to catch on my sponge... So I decided to give it a light spray of Krylon Easy Tac - YES!!! So here are all the directions for this card.

Side folded my white cardstock (5"w x 7"h). Used a Memory Box stencil ("Brilliant") and lightly sprayed the back of it with Krylon Easy Tac, then carefully sponged Distress colors (Mustard Seed, Dried Marmalade & Worn Lipstick). Used a piece of scrap cardstock as a mask and sponged some of the orange around the edges.

I eCut the chickadee (it's 4"w) and then eCut it again as a blackout. The blackout I colored yellow and the cut out I colored with a black Zig Writer marker, then applied Versamark and clear embossed. Adhered the two elements together. Adhered to card.

Colored a piece of 90# watercolor paper on both sides using Dylusions dye ink sprays (Sunshine Yellow, Pomegranate Seed & Cherry Pie) and lots of water. Tilted the paper to merge and blend colors, then dried with a heat gun. Die cut with Die-Namics "Mini Royal Rose" die set. Used a bead making tool to coil the flower, then let it expand and glued it down. When the glue dried I adhered it to the card.

eCut the word sing, then again as a shadow. The top layer I sponged with the Distress pads, then with the Versamark pad and embossed with Sticky embossing powder, sprinkled with Distress "Star Dust" glitter and heat set again. The shadow layer I colored with the black marker, then adhered the two elements together and onto the card.

Stamped the rest of the "Sing" quote with Versafine Black Onyx.

Stamped the "Happy Birthday" (10 tiny stamp set) with the black and cut it out like a speech bubble, sponged a bit of Distress around the edges and used a colored pencil to outline it, then adhered to card.

On the inside I stamped the "Illumination" border, then the Italic capital "D" then the rest of the word all using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossing. Used colored pencils (red & a yellow) and a Lyra Splendor Blender to decorate the letters. Wrote in the rest of the saying with a Zig Writer.

Used the scarp cardstock and the sponge to color the edges.

Click on either image to enlarge. Enjoy.

Thank You - Gratitude - Easel Gelli Bkg'rd

card size closed: 7"w x 5"h

Yogi here today with my favorite backgrounds - Gelli Prints & dye inks... (PS - click on any image to enlarge - enjoy)

Creating the Gelli Print: I used Memento dye ink pads, but any juicy dye ink pad will work on cheap cold press watercolor paper.

I pounced "Dandelion" all over the Gelli plate, then did about 4 pounces of each of the next colors, overlapping them and angling my pad for each pounce "Tangelo", "Teal Zeal", "Lilac Posies". Then I brayered the Gelli plate to blend the square edges from the dye pads. Be careful if you brayer too much you'll get MUD... so just once or maybe twice over any area. Place a stencil over the Gelli Plate (Prima 12 x 12 #960445 - dots/circles) and pounce with a clean piece of paper towel to remove some of the dye ink from the opening in the stencil. Remove stencil and lightly mist with water and pull your print. Dry.

Don't bother cleaning your Gelli plate if you do more printing, adds character to subsequent prints. BIG GRIN

Then eCut my "Thank You" word. Carefully removed it from my mat, keeping all the little pieces (don't lose them...). I applied some Distress "Peacock Feathers" on the word only, and clear embossed.

Cut another piece of cardstock (white) the same size as my card front. Applied double side tape all over it and adhered the cut out Gelli plate print to it. I then inserted the embossed word and started inserting the little drop out pieces. When done, you can run your finger over the whole piece and it will be just one layer, no raised areas.

The white area you see above is the area where I still have to insert the drop out pieces and shows the double sided tape showing through.

I trimmed down my Gelli eCut piece. Wrapped a piece of pink twine around twice, adhering it to the back. Adhered the white lace around both side edges and top area using Allene's glue.

Die cut the flowers (Marianne Creatables LR0162) from some cheap felt (Michael's store) & hand painted canvas material I had left over from some journal projects. Shaped them and adhered the bottoms with hot glue, then hot glued them to the card.

Die cut the leaves (Memory Box "Sonora Rose") from another Gelli print background. This die has embossed vein leaves, so I lightly swiped the Peacock pad over the the leaves (the veins show up more now). Shaped them with a large balled stylus on a foam mat and adhered with the glue gun.

Added some floral buttons I picked up at the last sewing show. The dragonfly is a Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam cut out which I sprinkled with glitter. I added the white pearl heart shape (K&Co adhesive gems pkg.)

Adhered to the front of my my easel folded deep pink card.

 Stamped the lace floral background (Harmonie stamps) using Versafine Toffee and embossing with white embossing powder direct to floor.

Stamped the quote on a small piece of the Gelli background using Verafine Black Onyx and clear embossing. Trimmed close.

Die cut the border 3 times from a left over piece of the card using  (Marianne Creatables CR1242), then splicing them together. Adhered to floor with a double layer of 3D foam tape.

As a final touch added some pearl flourishes from the K&Co pkg & a small bow..

Thank You & Friend Cards - Nina Brackett Guest Designer

Nina here again guest posting for Quietfire Design.

Today, I am highlighting the QFD cut files that you can purchase HERE. These cut files are so delicate and I was afraid my Silhouette wouldn't cut them right, but was I wrong! I love their elegant design and they make a great focal point.

My first card uses the Friend cut file and is vintage shabby with girly pink all over.  The doily is by SRM Stickers. I also embellished with a Spellbinders Moroccan die cut, Want2Scrap pearls, paper flower and seam binding.

My second card is also vintage shabby, but milder on the girly scale (just my style). This time the focal point is the lovely Thank You cut file. I did some distressing and stitching on the edges and placed buttons to matched the strip of patterned paper (from Crate Paper's Maggie Holmes collection).

I think this is the first time in a while that I didn't do any stamping on my cards. With these stunning Quietfire Design cut files, I didn't need to. The cut files added more dimension and a different look from my usual stamped cards. And I love the results!