Christmas in July- "Peace" + a Giveaway!

Hello Crafty Friends!

Yesterday Quietfire Design started their Christmas in July celebration: a week full of Christmas inspiration…and a giveaway!  Woo-who!

Today is my day to share a project and I used the elegant “Peace” die as the focal point of the card front.  

You may recognize some of the colors used as I also used the pink metallic paper on recent wedding projects.  I had some of the card stock left and thought it would look great for the die cut.  The gorgeous metallic die cut really pops on the card front.

Card Instructions:

1. Create 5.5" x 4.25" top fold card using ivory card stock.
2. Mat pink card stock on card front.
3. Cut ivory card stock and dry emboss using desired embossing folder.  Adhere pink sparkle ribbon and smaller ivory ribbon vertically using double sided adhesive tape.  Create and adhere bow using liquid adhesive.
4. Die cut Peace twice: once with metallic pink card stock and once with pink card stock.  Offset mount using liquid adhesive.

The lovely Peace die cuts, embossed details and mix of shimmer and shine help to make this an elegant holiday card for a loved one on your list.

To celebrate Christmas in July we’re having a giveaway!  One randomly chosen follower will win a $25 gift certificate for the Quietfire website.  All you have to do to be eligible is comment on the Quietfire Creation blog posts and follow us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/user/QuietfireDesign   Entries close Sunday July 29, 2018 at midnight.  Good luck!!

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

Distress Oxide Ink with Transparent Paste; Glory to God in the Highest; Peace; Dotty Stencil

Hello!!!  It's Wanda here today to share a card for Christmas in July!!

*Onto Mixed Media Cardstock work up a background with Distress Oxide Ink (Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint).  

*Using the Misti, stamp Glory to God in the Highest multiple times with Archival Ink jet black. 

*Die cut the quote from the background with a Stitched Rectangle die (ECD). 

*Place the Dotty Stencil over the background piece lining up the dots evenly around the cut out rectangle area.

*Scrape Transparent Texture Paste Gloss (Ranger) through the stencil, remove stencil, clean stencil, allow the paste to air dry.  **Do not heat transparent paste to dry it as it will not go clear if you do. 

*Create folded card base from light green cardstock, layer with dark pink cardstock, then with white cardstock edges distress, then with background piece.

*Layer quote to white cardstock and attach to card over die cut area using foam mounting tape.

*Die cut Peace from white cardstock, brush edges with Wink of Stella Gl. Clear.  Add some extra dots with the glitter pen here and there.  Glue die cut to card. 

I Will Write Peace

It’s Suzanne today with a very delicate looking card. White for purity.

I’ve wanted to letter this quote for years and it finally happened.  The author of the quote is Sadako Sasaki who was a toddler living in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb fell.  Although she and most of her family escaped, she was diagnosed with leukemia a decade later.

There is an old Japanese legend which says if you fold 1000 origami cranes, you will be granted a wish.  When Sadako learned of it, she began folding cranes.  She passed away in October 1955 at the age of 12.

Sadako’s classmates raised money to build a memorial dedicated to her and other children who were victims of the bomb.  In 1958 a statute was unveiled in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. It is Sadako holding a golden crane with a plaque reading:  “This is our cry.  This is our prayer. Peace in the world.”

You can read more about Sadako here.

To make this card you will need:

A Way With Words Peace   Quietfire site | Elizabeth Craft Designs site
Quietfire Design rubber stamp  I Will Write Peace
Garden Notes – SmallPoinsettia and Poinsettia6 piece set
SoftFinish Cardstock – White, Silver Gray
Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts VersaMagic Midnight Back
USArtQuest Mini Prills Minnie Pearls
Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Double Sided Adhesive
Kids choice glue
Foam Tape adhesive
 

Instructions:

1.       Fold a 7 x 5” tent fold card from white cardstock.

2.       Die cut Peace once from white cardstock and once from gray cardstock. Adhere the gray diecut behind the white diecut, slightly offset to create a dropshadow effect.

3.       Cut a rectangular panel measuring 5.5 x 3.5” from white cardstock and a mat 1/8” larger all around from gray cardstock. Adhere together.

4.       Stamp sentiment on white rectangular panel on the right as shown.

5.       Create Susan Tierney-Cockburn’s Poinsettias from white by following her video tutorial HERE and adhere to the stamped panel.

6.       Adhere the Peace diecut to the white panel.  Use foam adhesive to adhere the panel to the card front.

 

Happy creating! Suzanne

Peace - Joy on Earth

Yogi here today with an easel Christmas card using my other poinsettia stamp from Penny Black. Love doing these watercoloring type cards...

I'm using an A Way With Words dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs "Peace"  also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm using a "Fill er Up" stamp and part of a sentiment stamp from  Quietfire Design  

("Joy - Fill 'er Up"); ("Peace on Earth/O Little Town  2pce set)

Scored, and folded my dark green textured card, then die cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs "Stitched Ovals" die set, slightly off the fold line  to create the easel (6"w x 4.25"h easel closed)

 
Stamped the poinsettia (Penny Black "Red Star") using my Misti and various Distress colors, misted with water and stamped, then used a damp paintbrush to blend the colors. Dried. Used a Derwent Inktense dark brown watercolor pencil in between the petals to highlight the shadows. Blended with the paintbrush. Die cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs "Stitched Ovals" die set, sponged around the edges with a dirty brown sponge.

Die cut a slightly larger stitched oval from the dark green cardstock, then painted it with Acrylic daubers "Mowed Lawn", dried and adhered the poinsettia layer on to it then onto the card front.

On the floor: Stamped the "Joy" using Distress Picket Fence and embossing with White embossing powder. Colored the letters, partially with a white Prisma colored pencil to lay a foundation on the dark green, then with a light green or red pencil. Blended using a Lyra Splendor Blender pencil.

Stamped the "On Earth", masking the rest of the stamp, inking with the white and embossing with the white embossing powder.

Die cut the "Peace" (on Quietfire Design HERE) from white cardstock, inked with Versamark and embossed with Pearlescent embossing powder. Adhered to a scored piece of dark green cardstock to act as my stopper.

Peace die - When This Christmas - easel card

Yogi here today with an easel card and a watercolored stamped image using my Misti...

I'm using an A Way With Words die from Elizabeth Craft Designs "Peace"  also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm using a  quote  stamp  from Quietfire Design  

("When This Christmas...")

Scored, die cut (Spellbinders Grand Labels 23) and folded my dark blue Bazzill Monochromatic card to create the easel. Die cut another piece for my front. To create the easel: I folded my cardstock in half and then die cut both layers together in an "Off the Edge" technique to avoid cutting the half's apart.

I used my Misti tool, inked the Penny Black "Berry Kissed" stamp with various Distress mini pads in appropriate colors on 90# Arches HP watercolor paper. Spread the inks around with a paint brush and water adding more color where needed. Added some background color, wet on wet technique. Die cut with the next size of Grand Labels 23. Sponged the edges with a dirty blue sponge. Added Glossy Accents to the berries.

Ran the Stormy Pad over my bluish die cut word "Peace" ( "Peace"  also available on Quietfire Design HERE). Applied Versamark and clear embossed.

Tied some brown/white butcher twine around the upper right edge and tied a bow. Adhered to front.

On the floor:
Die cut another white layer, sponging the edges with the blue and adhering to floor.

Stamped the quote ("When This Christmas...") on white cardstock inking with Versafine "Satin Red" all over and hitting here and there with "Blue Lagoon". Clear embossed. Die cut with the largest of Labels 23. Sponged stormy sky around the edges. Added a crease/fold in the upper area to act as my stopper.

Created a silhouette image of my holly stamp Sheena Douglas "Holly",  electronically cut it from white cardstock (just fussy cut around your stamped image if you don't have an electronic cutter...), then inked my stamp with green, red and brown, stamped then clear embossed. Used the same colors of Distress pads and painted it in. Cut it apart where needed and adhere to both sides.