Using Quietfire Design dies with mixed backgrounds

How often do you change your mind on a design as you're making the card?  For me, lots! Only once in a while does it actually turn out how I pictured it.

So my projects today utilizes Quietfire Design dies combined with those perfectly good "leftovers."  There are quite a few dies to pick out of but with back to school still in mind, I went with Be Yourself and Good Luck.  From my stash of backgrounds I found a couple of wreaths I had just painted to make table setting number placards as well as a colored stamp from a recent play date.  (The older the scrap, the longer they stay in the scrap pile unfortunately.)

These first two cards could easily be swapped with any word die (I was really tempted to use the small Happy Birthday in them).  The wreaths were my first attempt at painting tiny roses and greenery - my Koi clean color brush made it very easy to mass produce these.  If you have other tiny artwork that are in your practice piles, consider turning them into cards! 

This cute boy card combines Be Yourself with this tiny superhero from My Favorite Things - just another good fit, I thought.  Hope you like my rather random post.  :)

Be Brave Bold Yourself metal die set

Good Luck metal die

Recycled Playing Cards

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with two cards I made using old playing cards and Quietfire Design dies.  Most of us have playing cards laying around, sometimes missing a few cards from the deck.  The fronts and the backs can be repurposed to create unique greeting cards.  For the good luck card, I just glued together a flush, put them on a pretty background and added the die cut 'Good Luck'. 

The background is a silver mirror cardstock that I dry embossed with an embossing folder.  It is very hard to photograph because it reflects everything!  You could also feature four aces or any other great poker hand.

You can also use the back of playing cards to create your card.  For the happy birthday card, I simply punched squares and adhered them to a cardstock base.  I dabbed the squares with embossing ink and added a coat of clear embossing powder, but you don't need to do this step. Easy and quick!

If you'd like more ideas about recycling playing cards, check out my article in the upcoming fall 2019 issue of Creative Scrapbooker magazine.  It should start arriving in mailboxes mid to late August and on newstands September 1.

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:  Good Luck metal cutting die, Happy Birthday - small metal cutting die

Other Supplies:  Clearsnap embossing ink and clear embossing powder, Close to My Heart cardstock and embossing folder, Crafter's Companion silver mirror cardstock.

Monochromatic in Green Good Luck Card

Hi!  My card today is very St. Patrick's Day themed with my little four leaf clover but I think this great die can be used for so many occasions - interviews, exams, or any occasions that warrants a bit of anxiety.  What a great way to show someone you are thinking of them!

I was trying to keep the card one color and I did that by using different shades of green.  My "Good Luck" kind of disappeared until I add a green die cut underneath the white words.  Just that little bit of extra layer really helps to pop out whatever die you are highlighting.

The four-leaf clover is made from the hearts of the Heart Spray die.  I popped them up on foam tape and added a strip of card stock for the stem.  The background is a quilted 3D embossing folder by Memory Keepers and the beaded circle die is by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Thanks for looking!

Good Luck metal die

Hearts and PawPrints Spray metal die

Butterfly Spray, Good Luck, Flourished Oval Frame, Thinking of You

Hello There!!!  It's Wanda here today.  We have been having a lot of "winter" this winter.  It seems to be making up for all the mild winters we had.  I am so ready for brighter colors and butterflies!!!!  I love how the colors came out on this card!!!

On a piece of Mixed Media Card I blended Distress Ink just using three colors but overlapping so it looks like five colors.  Water was sprayed over the blended ink and blotted with another piece of cardstock.  I was left with a wonderful mottled look.  The butterfly spray was die cut from this piece and look at all those gorgeous butterfly fallouts.  

A scrap piece of cardstock large enough to back the butterfly area was embossed with Gold Tinsel embossing powder and attached behind the butterflies.  The Flourished Oval Frame was die cut from heavy card and embossed with the same powder.  Thinking of You was stamped in black.  After attaching the Flourished Oval frame, a white gel pen was used to go around the oval, to outline the butterflies and to add doodles to the edges of the panel.  Everything was attached to a folded white card.

And I have another card for you today.  You can see how I used those gorgeous butterfly fallout pieces.  

For the background, Distress Ink was put on the craft sheet, water added, and then the color picked up with Mixed Media Cardstock.  A lot of water was used giving a light, very blended look.  This was dried.  I then used a piece of textured wallpaper to "stamp" the same colors over the panel.  I love how effective that stamping was giving the look of lots of texture.  Good Luck was die cut from the panel.  The die cut panel was attached to a dark green panel.  I set the die cut words back into where it was cut out to use a guide.  I then glued back in all the little fallout pieces being sure not to get glue on the words.  After all the pieces were glued in, I removed the words, sponged on some additional ink and attached them with clear foam tape.

The butterflies were attached as shown only gluing the bodies and folding up the wings.  Stamping was added to the open corners as shown.

The panel was attached to a folded white card.  

In this last picture you can see bits of the clear foam tape but in person they really aren't noticeable.

I hope you've enjoyed these cards today.  This is my last post on the Quietfire Creations Blog.  I will be taking a break from Design Team work.  I've loved working with Suzanne and her team!!!!  

Hugs, Wanda

Supplies:

Butterflies & Stars Sprays Cutting Dies

Good Luck Cutting Die

Flourished Oval Frame Cutting Die

Merry Christmas Collection Clear Stamps

Where Flowers Bloom Collection Clear Stamps

New this Month!

I'm excited to share my new die release with you!  It's 6 items (10 dies) that will combine beautifully with other A Way With Word dies.  The whole collection is full of amazing possibilities - almost 100 dies and sets for every occasion!  I could never have imagined it a few years ago and am so grateful to Els at Elizabeth Craft Designs for producing them.

These new designs are on the Quietfire site and are available for Pre-Order immediately!  I should be shipping them before the end of this month.

Stay tuned to the Design Team blogs for projects sharing these new dies!  Here are some sneak peeks from Wanda (top) and Diana (bottom).

I look forward to seeing what you'll create with the new A Way With Word dies!
Happy creating, Suzanne