Live In The Moment

 Good Morning.  This is Selma today with a card using a combination of the A Way With Words "Live" die, and the "Live In The Moment" rubber stamp.

 

This is a 6x6 inch card.  Using Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Squares and Fitted Circles, a frame was created for the beautiful Live sentiment.The flowers were created using Susan's Garden Notes Cosmos and a small Elizabeth Craft Designs butterfly added to complete the front of the card.

On the inside of the card, the Live In the Moment was stamped using VersaFine ink.  ECD Stitched Circles and Fitted Frame dies were used to frame the sentiment.

The beautiful Live die cut is so perfect paired with the Live In the Moment stamp.  Who do you think would enjoy receiving this card?

Products:

9500-1164 - Live
6142 - Live In The Moment

Live in the Moment tag...and a Giveaway!

Happy Monday, All!  Kathy Jo here to share a tag using the beautiful Quietfire stamp "Live in the Moment":

Such a lovely sentiment and it is so true!  The sentiment makes me think about the current weather here in Nova Scotia and how I will definitely try to take advantage of every moment in the upcoming spring.  With spring on my mind, I picked some cheerful Graphic 45 paper and applied to a tag.  Next I adhered a bundle of flowers and ribbon.  A key with gem was added.

Tim Holtz Distress Markers in Worn Lipstick and Peeled Paint were applied to the stamp.  The sentiment was stamped onto ivory card stock and then fussy cut as shown.  It was elevated on the tag using two layers of foam dots.  

Here is another look at the entire tag:

To celebrate the upcoming spring, I am doing a giveaway on my blog.  One lucky commenter/follower will win the lovely "Live in the Moment" stamp!  Leave some love here and hop on over to my blog for more details.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Live in the Moment... Fancy Fold Card

Hello All!  Kathy Jo here to share one of my favorite fancy fold card styles.  The card is using Quietfire's Live in the Moment stamp and Kaisercraft's Bubblegum Hills paper, also available at Quietfire.  I do not remember the name of this folded card but I do remember how to make it!  So let's get started...

First, you will need four round die cuts.  For my card I used Couture Creations' Blossom Yarn doily die.  Other good dies to use are Spellbinders' Lacey Circles, Beaded Circles and Scalloped Circles (to name a few).

You will need to score them in half- make sure your "pretty side" is down.  After scoring, fold them to 90º.  Keep that scoreboard out because you will need to it join the folded doilies together.

Using the scoreboard, place the first folded doily along the top edge of your scoreboard.  Place a few mini glue dots on the underside of your second doily just in the areas where the two doilies will meet. Join it as shown below.  Make sure that the two doilies are 90º to each other or you will not have a perfectly square card.

Take the third doily and add a few more glue dots.  Line it up again at 90º to another doily and adhere.

The last doily will need to have glue dots placed on the bottom of the doily and on the top.  You are taking this last doily and placing it on top of one doily and on the bottom of the other adjoining doily.  You can see the overlaps in the photo below.

Take your pretty patterned Bubblegum Hills paper (I chose the butterflies!) and use a circle die to cut out the paper.  (I also used Tim Holtz Distress ink in Walnut Stain along the edge.)  Adhere to the inside of your folded card.

Next, cut 4 small circles from the matching blue paper in the Bubblegum Hills pad and apply more Walnut stain to the edges.  Score the blue die cut circles in half and apply to the outside of your card.

To keep the card folded, you an either make a band, use magnets or tie it.  This card is using white seam binding to tie the card.  To get the correct length, wrap the seam binding around the card and tie it on the side.  Cut with a few inches extra length on either side of the bow.  When you are happy with the bow, place a piece of tape on the back of the card over the seam binding...

...and cover that with a square of more of the butterfly paper (don't forget to ensure that your patterned paper inside and out are in the same direction).  The ribbon is super secured to the back!

Next, adhere the ribbon to the right circle half on the front of the card.

Stamp Live in the Moment in Walnut Stain on white paper and then die cut using a die from Spellbinders' Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents.  The same die is used to cut another piece of the butterfly paper.  The stamped die cut is then adhered to the front of the card and then the butterfly die cut is adhered to the inside.  (The double die cuts are needed to ensure that your sentiment on top lays flat to the folded card.)

Tie the bow and VOILA!  Your super special four fold card is complete.  Here is a view of the card completely open.  Isn't it lovely?  

Here is a closeup of the front...I love this stamp!  So pretty!

Thanks for making it to the end!  Hope it wasn't too long of a tutorial!

Have a good weekend!

Hugs, Kathy Jo

Live in the Moment - Cards by Judi Kauffman

Our friend and frequent guest designer Judi Kauffman shared these cards she made recently for her article in Scrapbooking.com.

Thank you Judi!  Love them!

 

 

The whole article may be seen here.
I really like this card - what a sweetie!

Live in the Moment - Butterfly Card

 

Our friend and frequent guest designer Judi Kauffman shared a card she made with Live in the Moment stamp from Quietfire Design, silver butterfly peel-offs on altered Shimmer Sheetz from Elizabeth Craft Designs, papers from Karen Foster Design.

In case you want to make it precisely as shown, here are the details:
Stamp #6142, Butterflies #2539, papers Colorful Butterflies 64949 and Love My Mom 64947, White Iris Shimmer Sheetz altered with Jacquard Products' Pinata Color inks in Havana Brown and Senorita Magenta.

Stamping and smudging: Adirondacks inks from Ranger in Espresso, Stream and Raspberry. Card base is white, with the card front completely covered by Love My Mom paper. Butterfly wings have a double layer held with foam squares for dimension (extra pieces are part of the sticker sheet).

Live in the Moment, You are Amazing, Serenity

Charmaine Stack here again as guest designer for April. Thanks for all the lovely comments regarding my Mother’s Day cards. This time I have a couple of uncomplicated cards to share using the beautiful new stamps from Quietfire Design. The joy of these stamps is that they can easily take center stage and do all the “heavy lifting” in a card design.

First up, we have this card with an embossed navy front created with Spellbinders M-Bossabilities 3D Framed Labels 18. Using this type of embossing folder makes a card come together in a snap! I tapped Ranger’s Perfect Medium Stamp Pad across the raised cardstock and dusted Perfect Pearls Pewter powder (from the Aged Patina Kit) over top with a soft paintbrush. I cut out an aperture to strategically frame the“Live in the Moment” quote using a Spellbinders Labels 18 die. The quote was stamped with Versafine Deep Lagoon ink and clear embossed.

The Serenity Prayer is stamped on white cardstock using the Royal Satin Kaleidacolor Stamp Pad. I then cut it out with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Oval die. I mounted it on purple cardstock cut with the Spellbinders Floral Ovals die. Four red gemstones and a striped bow coordinate with the red cardstock card base. For photos showing how to do this small, neat bow, please visit this post on my blog.

And lastly, here is a card featuring “You are Amazing” from an earlier Quietfire stamp release. I stamped the sentiment in Brilliance Galaxy Gold on brown cardstock. The tree is created with a Dreamweaver Tree of Life stencil using Glossy Black Embossing Paste. After the paste had dried, I placed the stencil back over the tree and pounced Ranger’s Perfect Medium Stamp Pad over all and dusted on an assortment of Perfect Pearls from the Aged Patina Kit to colour the tree. I spritzed some gold shimmery mist across the panel. I rounded the top corners on a sage green base card, then did the same with the brown panel and drew around the edges and across the torn bottom with a gold leafing pen. Simple, but elegant – just like the sentiment! Thanks for visiting today and making my time as guest designer for April so enjoyable.

Live in the Moment!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I have an altered frame using one of the new March releases, Live in the Moment, to share.  I don’t know about you, but for me I always look at what altered items I can make with Quietfire Gentle Thoughts.  Without fail I can always find the perfect sentiment to use in a frame or another gift item.

I started with one of the Michael’s dollar frames that I always have on hand, painted it black and then applied a layer of black embossing paste with a mini harlequin stencil.  Once the embossing paste had dried, I replaced the stencil and misted with gold perfect pearls and water mixture.

The sentiment was embossed in black, mounted on chipboard, and then trimmed down to fit the inside of the frame.    Black cardstock spritzed with gold leafing was used as the background for the sentiment.

The flowers and foliage (Spellbinders Blossom Five and Foliage) were die cut from watercolor paper and then inked with Ranger Distress Stains.  

The flourishes (Spellbinders Venetian Motifs) were also die cut from watercolor paper and then colored with a gold leafing pen.  

Corsage pins used as embellishments were also covered with the gold leafing pen and all the splatters with made with the gold leafing pen using either a color spritzing tool and/or canned air. 

That’s all for me today . . . thanks for joining me!



Project Supplies:

Quietfire Design - March 2013 Stamps, set of 3 Quietfire Design - Live in the Moment VersaMark Stamp Pad Ranger Inkssential Accessories at Quietfire Designs Ranger Distress Stains at Quietfire Designs Spellbinders at Quietfire Design Dreamweaver Embossing Paste, Black Matte, 4oz.

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Mothers Hold Their Children's Hands, God Grant me the Serenity...,Live in the moment...

Robyn here, following once again in Holly's ink prints! If you haven't given this grid technique a try,I encourage you to do so!

I was on my way to a Fiber Arts Alliance gathering and wanted an easy to transport and stunning way to showcase the new stamps and how versatile they are.

I started out by practicing the technique using my brass rules and a grid mat to make my lines nice and straight. No measuring required with brass rules.

This is a 5 by 4  card stock with 3/4" squares

Then I got small!

I made 3 ATC's, starting with the individual words I pulled out of each stamp, thermal embossed in gold.

Then I stamped the Gingkos in VersaFine Olympia green( almost black- I'm allergic to black) and then my grid lines. I used the watercolors (i forget what-senior moment!) on the leaves.

 I colored with Distress Broken China and Wild Honey mixed with Scattered Straw.

I decided to mount the ATC's on a fan fold base bordered in
gold acrylic paint.

 The back was looking bare, so I added ATC's with the full quotes-keep it simple!

Hope over to my blog for a bit of a back story(pun intended!)

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Comments and questions always welcomed!