Even a Small Star

Hello Quietfire fans!  Betsy here to share with you this galaxy card

featuring:

Even a Small Star #5808

Modern Gilding Powders: Gothic Black

I had watercolored the main panel quite some time ago.  Check on my blog for a

tutorial of this watercolored piece.  Link at the end of this post.

I cut the main panel to 3 1/4' x 4 1/2".  I covered an A2 size white top folding

card base with black glitter paper.  Next I heat embossed the sentiment

using the Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powders.

I centered the sentiment in the lightest part of the panel.  In the upper left corner

I lifted off paint using a small liner brush and water.  

I adhered the panel onto the base using very strong double sided tape.  I placed a

star embellishment over this area and my card was done!

Quietfire Products Used:

Even a Small Star #5808

Modern Gilding Powders:  Gothic Black

Other Products Used:

Hot Press Watercolor paper

Watercolor Paint

Start Sequin

Glitter paper

A2 size top folding white card base

Double sided tape

Make sure to check my blog for the watercolor tutorial:

Caring Heart Cards

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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.

A Card Featuring the Even A Little Star Stamp

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with you today!

Today I'm sharing a fun card that features a beautiful stamp,
  some gorgeous gilding powder, and a fabulous digital cut file! 

Here's the card I made:

Before I began, I knew that I wanted to use the Acanthus Teal Gilding Powder,

along with the Even a Small Star Stamp.

As I was trying to decide just what to make,

I popped over to check out Suzanne's section in the Silhouette Design Store.

I entered "star" in the search menu and many options popped up.

This is the one that caught my eye the most!

It's called: Knitted Star.

Isn't that a fun design? 

It could be made in so many wonderful colour combinations!

Since I was using the teal gilding powder, I opted for a teal and yellow combination.

The file includes one more smaller star mat.

I chose not to use it, as the stamp fit perfectly in the bigger space.

I cut all the layers out first.

Using embossing ink, I stamped the sentiment onto the star.

I sprinkled it with the gilding powder and hit it with my heat tool. 

In my photos the embossing looks greener than the paper

but in real life it's an excellent match!

I adhered all the layers together, and mounted them on a white card base.

Finally, I added a small ribbon bow, and a few matching sequins!

I think it's a fabulous design!

The star on the knitted background is just so cozy and fun!

Quietfire Products Used:

Even a Small Star Stamp 

Acanthus Teal Modern Gilding Powder

Knitted Star Digital Cut File

Other Materials Used:

Recollections Cardstock;

VersaMark Embossing Ink;

Unknown Sequins;

Offray Ribbon.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!
I'll be back soon to share another fun project!

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Even a Small Star

I'd like to welcome Nancy Nickel to the Quietfire Design Team!  Here is a little bit about Nancy in her own words:

Hello, from the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada! I live here with my sweet and tolerant husband. Our two girls are all grown up, and we have a lot of fun in our empty nest. It's a good thing we have snow half the year (or more), as I really like to hibernate. What a great excuse to stay at home and craft! To keep myself from becoming totally anti-social during my hibernation, I enjoy meeting and making new crafty friends online, from all over the world! The rest of the year I try to balance crafting with taking long walks along the river with my husband, popping in at the farmers' market, and having picnics in our favorite parks. 

Hello, everyone!

It's Nancy here with you today. I'm so excited to be sharing my very first official Design Team Post with you! I'm thrilled to be here! I find all the Quietfire products so creatively inspiring. My goal is to share some fun projects with you, in hopes of inspiring you to try these great products for yourself!

Today I have combined a Quietfire stamp with a Quietfire Digital Cut File  to create a fun card.

Here it is:

I don't usually begin with an angle photo but I wanted you to see the see-through nature of the card.

I have lots of photos to share in hopes you can really see how this card comes together.

It's so easy to make but it looks like it took some effort, doesn't it?

I began by cutting the Nesting Stars Folded Card out of a night sky coloured cardstock.

You can see that I already have my sentiment stamped and sparkle embossed.

I wanted to make sure it fit before I went any further.

Then I cut a second card out of a pretty gold shimmer cardstock.

I'll use this card base for another card. All I really needed was the smallest star cutout.

I really wanted it in the pretty gold shimmer, and using the same cut ensured the perfect fit.

I decided to make my card a tent-fold card.

I began with a side-fold card, so the cut does work either way.

This is what the inside of the card looks like.

I forgot to take one before the card was finished 

but it's important to see that little star cutout on the inside of the card.

I wanted the little gold shimmer star to be floating in the card.

To do this I actually laminated it, and then cut out a 4 3/4" square.

Since I recently bought a laminator, I am always looking for more ways to use it.

However, if you don't have one, you could easily adhere your star onto a piece of acetate,

sandwich it in two pieces of transparency, or adhere a star on each side of a piece of clear packaging.

The nice thing about the shimmer cardstock is that the sparkle shows through.

If you don't have the shimmer cardstock, just add some glitter or some other form of sparkle.

We want this little star to be special and have some twinkle! 

Next comes the only tricky part about putting this card together. 

The floating star piece is inserted under the front of the card, as shown in the photo below.

However, it must be lined up with the little star cutout that is in the inside of the car, shown in the photo above. 

It's really not all that tricky to do in person,

it's just tricky to explain with photos! lol 

I had a small piece of double sided tape ready.

Once I had my star piece just where I wanted it, I lifted up the corner edge of the card

and slipped the piece of tape in to secure the laminted piece securely to the card base.

Then I could open the card up and adhere the rest of it in place all the way around.

 It's also hard to get a good photo showing it because of the glare. 

If you look closely at the photo below, 

you can see how the gold star aligns perfectly with the cutout star behind it, 

when the card is closed flat.

Even when the card is standing open you can see how the stars all nest beautifully into each other.

Here's a closer look at the stamped sentiment:

"Even a small star SHINES in the DARKNESS."

It was stamped with embossing ink, and then covered with a pretty gold sparkle embossing powder

before being heat embossed.

Isn't that a lovely sentiment?

It works so beautifully with the card.

To finish it off, I simply added a few sequins.

Quietfire Design Products Used:

Even a Small Star Stamp

Nesting Stars Folded Card Cut File

Other Materials Used:

Recollections - Cardstock, Holiday Shimmer Cardstock;

Stampendous Embossing Ink;

Ranger Embossing Powder - Enchanted Gold;

Unknown Sequins;

Hilroy Laminator.

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Thanks so much for stopping in today!

I hope you liked looking at my card! I sure enjoyed making it! 

See you again soon! 

Nancy :o)