Soar Collection

Hello Quietfire fans!  Betsy here on the blog today sharing a card I made with the

Soar Collection

by Suzanne Cannon

available at:

ElizabethCraftDesigns.com

This is a wonderful collection to create with!  Lots of possibilities!

This is what I used for my card today:

The Modern Gilding Powders in Gothic Black are available at:

EmeraldCreekDesigns.com

First, I prepared my base of pale yellow card stock.  I cut it to 6" x 6 1/4"

and scored it at 3".  I cut my patterned paper to 2 3/4" x 6".

I stamped my images with a black hybrid ink and then heat embossed

them with the Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powders.  Despite my best

efforts with the anti-static powder bag, it was a hot and muggy day so

I did get stray  dots of the embossing powder.  😒

I decided to color my images with Copic markers to make the butterflies more

noticeable.  The colors I used:

Blues:  B00, B32, B23

Pinks:  RV000, R81, R85

Yellows:  Y11, Y02, Y15

I kept the shading to the centers and I was very careful not to let my markers

make contact with the melted embossing powder.  At this point I adhered my

panel to the card base. I felt it needed a bit of shimmer and shine so I first made

little butterfly bodies with light green glitter drops.  I also added just the tiniest

dots I could possibly make randomly over the background.  This really

made the black embossing powders dots seem not to stand out so much.

As a final embellishment I added some tiny clear iridescent butterflies.

And that finished my project!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial!  Suzanne's work is always

such a job to create with!

Betsy

Don't forget:

Let Your Dreams Soar

Hello Everyone!  Betsy here on the blog today with this very ethereal card using the Soar Collection and Soar die!

I was very inspired by the dreamy quality of Suzanne's calligraphy and the images in the stamp set.  And the die cut "Soar" really needed some sparkle behind it!

I started by choosing a paper that went with my theme...in this case clouds and stars in the sky, cutting it to be 4" x 5 1/4".  I used the die, retaining the inner bits that I knew would have to be glued back on.  I cut a piece of heat resistant acetate and glued it behind the die cut. Then I adhered

the extra bits so the word would be clear. 

Then I put this panel in my MISTI to be stamped.  I placed all of the butterfly stamps and the sentiment on at one time.  I curved the sentiment...so easy to do as they are photopolymer.  I stamped everything in black hybrid ink and then heat embossed with Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powders.

At this point I colored in the outer parts of the butterfly wings with a white Prisma color pencil and then made hi-lights with a white gel pen.

Next it was time to make the shaker.  I placed foam tape all over the back of the panel.  I paid particular attention to the area around the die cut portion, making sure I placed my foam tape completely around the outer edge of it and that there were no gaps.

I cut a side folding A2 size card base out of dark blue card stock.  I placed my shakers bits, 

in this case clear diamond sparkles, onto the base where they would be 

captured by the foam taped top panel.

I gently placed my top panel over the shaker bits and made sure they were all contained before pressing it down firmly.

I added 5 iridescent star sequins to my piece and numerous tiny stars.  I added Liquid Pixie Dust on the actual paper in places where it was lighter.

This finished my card!

Quietfire Design Supplies Used:

Soar Collection 

 Soar 

Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powders

Other Supplies Used:

DCWV Zodiac Paper

White Prisma Color Pencil

#10 White Gelly Roll Pen

Lawn Fawn Liquid Fair Dust

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

Misc Dark Blue Card Stock

Misc Star Sequins

Foam Tape

MISTI Stamping Tool

Thank you so much for joining me today.  I hope you are inspired to create your own 

version of my "Let Your Dreams Soar" card. 

 Happy Papercrafting!

Betsy

Foil Fun! "You are never to old"

Hello Crafty Friends!

Yesterday on the weekly "Show Me Sunday" on the Suzanne Cannon Fan Page on Facebook, I shared the start of the card posted today.  The card uses three of Suzanne's stamps: Butterflies, the Grid Background, and "You are never too old".

The butterflies and Grid Background were stamped using watermark ink (such as Versamark) and embossed using adhesive embossing powder (by WOW).  Next, foil was placed on the hot glue stamped image, rubbed into the glue, and removed to show the beautiful foiled results:

 In the negative areas I applied Postbox Red Paint Pen (by Ranger).  Love the grey, red and gold color combo!

The quote was stamped onto the grey paper using back dye ink.  The red paint was applied on the stamped quote as shown below.

 The grey card stock was cut to size, mounted on coordinating paper and then mounted on a tent fold grey card.  The final touch was were some half pearls and gold bling.

Crafting and playing with different stamps is a great way to explore creativity and to use your stamps in ways you never considered.  If was fun to play with this card and see where the creative road lead me.  How will Suzanne products inspire you?  Feel free to share your creativity on the Suzanne Cannon Fan Page!  We would love to see it.

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