New Digital Paper from Quietfire Design

Hi it's Teresa here using a brand new addition to our already gorgeous line of digital papers called "Go Fly a Kite".  There are 3 sets in this new line that you can download/print to coordinate with your projects in beautiful shades of pale aqua, dark aqua and this gorgeous shade of avocado.  I love how all the prints mix and match so well together and the best part is if you mess up you can print a new piece.  And there is a new stamp in the Quietfire store that goes perfect with it and it's a quote by the amazing Winston Churchill.  It is called "Kites rise highest".   You can't get any better than that.  I created a simple card to let the papers really stand on their own and then framed the sentiment in with a fancy die cut shape.  All it needed was a pretty bow and metal button to finish it off.

The sentiment really is gorgeous and matches perfect with the kite papers don't you think?

And i printed up some extra papers in the dark red and dark aqua shades and used our new " Life doesn't have to be Perfect" stamp for it.  For this card i actually printed on only one side of the paper so that i could cut and fold it to make the card base like you see above.  And then i just cut a small piece of the printed kites to match with the diagonal stripe for the center panel and divided it ever so nicely with a leftover piece of the light aqua.  The chipboard frame i chalked to go with the prints and then stamped and framed the sentiment.

I love this one.  You could send this to anyone to cheer them up and think just a bit more positive :)

Thank you for stopping as always and i hope that you can pop on over to the store and try a few of these papers.  You are really going to love them...  Teresa

Quietfire Printable Papers:   Go Fly a Kite ( set of 3 designs)

Kites rise highest stamp

Life doesn't have to be Perfect stamp

Ribbon, brads, paper trimmer and scissors

Happy Birthday with New Elizabeth Craft dies

It's almost the beginning of my favorite season here in California and today i am sharing a new card with the new dies designed by Suzanne Cannon for Elizabeth Craft.  I used 2 dies for my card, one is the new smaller version of Happy Birthday that i just love and the other is that super adorable frame that you can make to go around it.  I used super basic papers and cut the dies from ivory and kraft cardstock and then added pretty fall flowers on the side to set the mood.  

And the dies cut like butter so you can make a whole set of these to give in different papers for gifts.  

Be sure and head over to the Elizabeth Craft website to see more of her new dies and have fun this weekend creating something fun.  

Merry Christmas....

 

Hello everyone,
Yvonne here with  a CAS (clean and simple) Christmas card using the Quietfire Design/ECD A Way With Words metal cutting die "Merry Christmas 2" (set of 2 dies).

The trees and snowflakes were created using ECD stencils and Structure paste.
After taking of the stencil (while the structure paste is still moist) I sprinkled on some white glitter for an extra snowy effect.

To give an extra 3D effect to the card the die-cut was glued upon the card using little pieces of 3D foam tape.

I hope you like the card.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs from Holland,
Yvonne

Congrats on your Wedding Day...

It's Friday and time for another post celebrating our team mate Yvonne on her wedding this week.   We are all so happy for her and I am sure it is going to be a wedding to remember for the rest of their lives.  Today i made a card with the Congrats Way with Words die.  It's a simple card with embossed dies and flowers for the back round in pretty purples and white.

I love the Congrats die because there is so many ways that you can use it.  And it's really nice paired with some of the old and new sentiments in the stamp shop.  You can use the dies with just cardstock or try inking it up like a rainbow or even stamping clear ink on top and embossing with clear embossing powder to make it stand out even more.  I added tiny little rhinestones on the letters in a few places to pop it out a little more and a few on the back round to make it more sparkly.  Everything is better with bling!!

Here is a closer look at the die and the flowers that i put at the bottom.  Yvonne loves flowers so i thought i would do some pretty ones at the bottom for her.

Thanks so much for stopping over and be sure and check back for more ideas and inspiration from all of us next week...  Can't wait to share all the fall cards we have for you!!

New Peace Christmas Die

It's Teresa here today. We are all so excited on the Quietfire team with the new release of dies for Christmas and the holidays.  Each of them is so pretty and it's going to be so fun to create all those memorable things that you make and give to your family and friends this year.  Today i chose the new Peace die and the Wreath die sets to create my card.

I wanted to keep this really simple just in case i decided to use it as my christmas card and had to make 50 of them.  I just used simple card stock from JoAnn's in pink, white and green and then found coordinating inks in my stash to give the dies more depth .  I used a square die too on the back and embossed it so that it made it more classy looking.  There is a really cute little poinsettia die in the set that i also cut in pink and inked both them and the little leaves that go with them to put on the top around the wreath.  And to make it all more 3D i added tiny pieces of 3D foam squares to pop it up more.  It went together really quick and that's really, really nice sometimes.

Here is a close up of the dies so you can see how pretty it looks.  There is so much that you can do with this die and the "New Peace" die.  And.....Here is a supply list for you:

New Peace "Way with Words" Die

New Wreath Die

New Poinsettia Die

Paper: Joann's Crafts

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares

Square die set

Pink rhinestones

pixie dust glitter

Scotch Quick dry adhesive

Elizabeth Craft double sided adhesive

paper trimmer, scissors

chalk inks in dark pink and green

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure and check back for more amazing

ideas with all the new release of dies this month.

A Way With Words - Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings Mini Album!

 

Welcome to A Way With Words!  Each day during this event we’re sharing projects made with the brand new Elizabeth Craft Designs word dies.  All these designs are from original hand lettering by Suzanne Cannon and can be found on the Quietfire site and on the Elizabeth Craft Designs site.  

It’s Kathy Jo here today and I am beyond excited to share my project using two of the new dies, Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings.  

 

I used both dies on a festive 5x7 Christmas album.  Full disclosure: this is the first time I have made an album.  I always thought that an album would be overwhelming or difficult but it was the opposite - it was easy to do using the new dies and stamps from Quietfire.  (I plan on making more!)

The Merry Christmas die was the focal point on the album cover. 

The first two album pages...

...have a sweet Santa scene on one page...

...and the next page has Quietfire's stamped sentiment, May your longest list this Christmas.  What a sweet sentiment!

Next we have a cute indoor stocking scene.

On the left is Santa filling the stockings with the wee ones looking on...

...on the right is Quietfire's stamped sentiment, Christmas is a piece of home.

The last two pages remind me of my hubby and I.  

The first sheet has a cover scene from The Saturday Evening Post and the heartwarming sentiment, My idea of a perfect Christmas.

The right side is an old postcard with snowflake tags:

The back of the album is a mirror of the front's layout.  The die used is the new Season's Greetings die.  Gorgeous die!

Thanks for visiting!  I really hope you enjoyed the new dies and stamps!  Don’t forget to stop by the Quietfire site and the Elizabeth Craft Designs site to see all of the lovely new dies!  

Big Crafty Hugs,
Kathy Jo