Where Flowers Bloom, All Occasion Card.

Hello Quietfire Design fans! Kim here with a card share for you, but FIRST...have you had a chance to check out the new website? Isn’t it lovely? You’ll notice there is no longer a shop or shopping cart...but no worries! Suzanne’s fabulous designs will be show cased here and available from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and the Silhouette Store! 

Let’s get started!

My card was made using the Where Flowers Bloom Collection. I hope to share a couple of techniques to ‘push’ your stamps. I am also working with an old Elizabeth Craft Designs’ sticker sheet from my stash!

The first layer of my card uses the stickers as well as elements from the stamp collection, which I embossed using the Modern Gilding Powders in Armenian Pink and Celtic Mint. They are lovely, soft colours that play well with the silver flowers and add some extra interest.

Next,  I prepared a tag using a quote from the stamp collection, embossed with Gothic Black Gilding Powder. These Gilding Powders are perfect for embossing fine details, with end results that are consistently sharp! Gothic Black has quickly become my favourite black embossing powder ❤️.

Next I added some interest to the tag by randomly stamping the dotted flower head around the edges and embossing with Armenian Pink Gilding Powder. It’s a fabulous way to make the stamp do double duty and ties into the colour from the background. I LOVE how it turned out!

Once I had my card base cut and scored, I decided to add some embossing to the edges as well. This made a custom card base to co-ordinate with the card front. Sometimes it’s those little details that take a project to the next level.

I popped my tag onto the base using foam adhesive and added a bit of ribbon from my stash! Voila! A ‘many’ occasion card ready for giving!

...and BTW, I honestly live by this quote. I bring flowers in to my home year round, it’s so good for the soul!

Happy paper crafting!

~kim

Supplies:

Where Flowers Bloom Collection - available from Elizabeth Craft Designs

Modern Gilding Powders: Armenian Pink, Celtic int & Gothic Black

        -available from Emerald Creek Crafting Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Supplies: Peel-Off Stickers 

Ranger Industries Emboss It Grey & Embossing Dauber

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L: tape runner and foam squares

Be not afraid of going slowly

Hello!  I'm a huge fangirl of Jennifer McGuire and she recently did a video on "split cards."  I went back to her inspiration and did a "normal" version of it.  I had tried one with the split effect but decided I just really like the layout.    

The easiest way to do these type of cards is if you have a large die that will go across the card such as these Lawn Fawn puffy cloud die.  I'm not sure how I missed it but I'm getting my hands on the Elizabeth Craft Design Adventure Edges come June 22 at the Scrapbook Expo.  Those would be perfect for these type of cards.

Back to this one, I used white cardstock and vellum for cloud dimension and the Elizabeth Craft Design Hot Air Balloons was sponged with Distress Oxides.  The basket was colored with Copics.  I thought this quote was perfect for this image because though I've never been on one, I think hot air balloons move pretty slowly.  Lol!

Where Flowers Bloom Collection (Quietfire Design | Elizabeth Craft Designs)

Flourished Night Sky - You Are Amazing - Where Flowers Bloom - Easel Flower Branch

Yogi here today with a bit of a surprise... This is the 1st time I've used Suzanne's basic flower from Flourished Night Sky die set. It was a little too plain for my style of card making, but then I looked at it... and decided to put slits in it and voila I love this die. BIG GRIN My whole perspective changed, Love when that happens.

I'm using a die "You Are" 2pce set, "Amazing" 2pce set  and "Flourished Night Sky" 4pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE, HERE and HERE  

I'm also using a clear quote stamp ("Where Flowers Bloom Collection" 8pce set) from Quietfire Design also available from Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE  

  

Scored and folded my white cardstock to create the easel structure. Cut a piece same size as card and adhered to card front then cut a piece of Mid toned blue paper and adhered to card front. Cut a smaller rectangle from cream toned textured cardstock and adhered to card front.

Die cut the "flower" shape from a light blue cardstock that I had sponged and hit direct to paper with various Distress blue pads. Cut slits between the scallops to create a 4 petal flower. Tooled with a split oval shape tool on the backside. Turned flower right side up and pressed down with a small balled stylus.

 

Die cut the "Berry Spray" (Elizabeth Craft Designs) from a white cardstock and colored with Distress brown pads. Adhered to card front. Adhered a bunch of the tooled flowers. Added a dot of Liquid Pearls "Petal Pink" to each flower center.

Die cut some "Curvy Leaves" (Elizabeth Craft Designs) from alcohol decorated paper. Adhered to card.

Stamped the butterflies on another alcohol background piece of paper using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed, then fussy cut them out. Adhered to card front adding mini amber rhinestones to the bodies.

Die cut the words from an aqua blue glitter adhesive backed cardstock and adhered to card front.

 

On the floor:
Stamped the quote onto white cardstock using the black and clear embossed. Die cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs "Stitched circles" die set. Adhered to card floor.

Adhered some branches, a few flowers and some leaves and another butterfly - this one just colored with Distress blue.

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

Journal pages: Butterflies and inspiration

Hello Crafty Friends!

How is your end of 2018?  Are you thinking of 2019 goals or activities?  It looks like a busy first couple of months for me so I am working on my January and February journal pages now.  Today I would like to share the week at a glance for Jan 6-12. 

There was no plan for the pages as I just wanted to play and see where the playing led me.  It may seem strange to see butterflies in January but I wanted some color and "happy" in my layout.

The quote is great for the New Year.  It is from the Where Flowers Bloom collection:

The month and numbers are from the the Months & Numbers collection and the butterflies (so cute!!) are in the Soar collection.  Funny how the numbers fit so well in the largest butterfly. 

The foliage is also from the Where Flowers Bloom collection:

Do you use Quietfire Design product in your planners or journals?  We would love to see them!  Feel free to share on Facebook and tag us @QuietfireDesign.  Are you on Instagram or Twitter?  Use #qfdcalligraphy and we will leave some love on your post.  :)

Oh!  And did you check out the Boxing Week Sale at Quietfire Design? 
40% off Christmas stamps
15% off A Way With Words dies
50% off Almost Gone Forever goodies

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

Autumn - The Thankful Receiver

Hello!!!  It's Wanda here today to share an Autumn card.  I am ready for some cooler (not cold) weather but it's suppose to be in the 90s here in Southern Iowa today.  By Wednesday it's just the 70s.  70s will be nice but it won't stay and it'll be 80s the rest of the week.  

My background is created on translucent Yupo paper.  I used some bright alcohol inks in fallish colors.  Next I used wadded up plastic wrap to "stamp" Alcohol Lift-Ink.  As I lifted the alcohol ink I then stamped it onto regular white cardstock.  Once I was done stamping I blotted the lift-ink off the yupo and then buffed the paper.  

Next I flipped the yupo paper over and stamped the music image from the Crows Set multiple times with Archival Ink Jet Black until the paper was filled. 

I gently dried the black ink with a heat tool being sure not to get the yupo too hot.  You can see how the music comes through in this picture.

I stamped the harvest quote from the A Bit of Fragrance Collection on my stamped off paper and then die cut it with a Stitched Rectangle.  I also die cut my yupo with a larger Stitched Rectangle.  

The yupo paper was attached to white cardsock.  I stamped one image from the Where Flowers Bloom Collection on the center-bottom of the yupo paper.  I wrapped the quote panel with twine, tied a bow, and attached the panel to the yupo panel with thick foam mounting tape.  

You might notice that this card is not the card I showed at the top.  It was my original card and then after taking pictures I decided I should also use the Autumn die.  Everything was attached together so I created a panel by tearing around the main area using a metal ruler.  This would have been a very nice card also.

I die cut the word Autumn from white cardstock, inked it with Distress Ink Barn Door and Festive Berries, coated it with Embossing Ink and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder.

I hope you've enjoyed today's card/cards.  Have a wonderful week!!!

Hugs, Wanda

Acrylic Paint on an Acrylic Block; Mothers Hold their Children's Hands

Hello!!!  It's Wanda (Art By Wanda) here today with a couple of cards to share including a tutorial for creating the background color.  It's hard to believe it's March already and as quickly as March has come, May will be here in a flash so it's not too early to think about Mother's Day.  My first card uses a stamp just perfect for that occasion.  

For my background I'm using acrylic paint, specifically Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics (colors - coral, orchid).  I put a small puddle of each color on my craft sheet.

I spread the color using my finger, blending where the colors came together, and making sure it was a large enough area for the acrylic block I wanted to use.

Press the acrylic block into the paint.

Distress Oxides With Plastic Wrap; Courage; Worry; Butterfly

Hi There!!!!  It's Wanda (Art By Wanda) today to share a round card with you.  I've used 2 of Suzanne's cutting dies and 2 of her stamps.

For the background we have Distress Oxide Inks (Ranger Ink) onto Dylusions Mixed Media Cardstock (Ranger Ink).  Starting at the center of my paper I applied the inks directly from the ink pads - Fossilized Amber in the center, then working out both directions, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet.  After putting the inks on the paper I sprayed a lot of water on the paper so the colors would bleed together.

Over the wet inks I put a piece of plastic wrap making sure there were wrinkles in the plastic.