Masculine "Thanks" card

Hello Crafty Friends!  Kathy Jo here sharing a masculine "Thanks" card using Quietfire Designs' Fill'er Up T Thanks stamp:

I don't know about you, but sometimes I find masculine cards to be tricky: I always want to use a big bow or glitter or flowers or butterflies on my projects.  However, masculine cards typically do not have those much loved components.  So when I decided to make a thank you card for a male friend of ours, I was not sure where to start.  Luckily Quietfire Design's Thanks stamp is perfect for a feminine or masculine card.

The corrugated tent fold card base had Distress inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo applied to the edges.  Next, two pieces of Tim Holtz patterned papers were layered.  The top piece was torn along one edge and embossed using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Trendy Tiles embossing folder.  Distress Ink was added to the edges.  Spellbinders postage stamp die set was used to cut scrap red patterned paper.  Thanks was stamped using black Archival Ink onto two sheets of patterned paper.  The "T" from the orange paper was fussy cut and adhered as shown.

Some twine and black gems were the finishing touches on the manly thanks card.

I do hope that you enjoyed the manly card!  I know I enjoyed making it- the Fill'er T is such a fun stamp!

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

Happy Birthday- CHA 2016 Sneak Peek of new die!

Hello Crafty Friends!  Kathy Jo here and I am very excited to share another sneak peek of the soon to be released Elizabeth Craft Designs die designed by the ever-so-talented Suzanne Cannon.

My first project using the die set was a birthday gift card holder for my brother in law.  I don't know about you all, but sometimes I can find masculine cards a little difficult.  Luckily the new happy birthday die set is perfect for masculine or feminine cards.  Below are the steps to make the gift card holder:

• Cut double sided patterned paper to 4 x 12". Score at 4" and 8". Cut last square at a diagonal and fold in as shown. Apply adhesive tape to bottom edge only. Cut white card stock to 3.5" x 3.5" and adhere to left side.

• Cut white card stock and Kraft card stock.  Using Tim Holtz stencil (Speckles), apply Ranger Ink texture paste on the Kraft card stock.  Remove stencil and apply Distress Glitter in Clear Rock Candy.  Air dry.

 

• Using the thick patterned card stock from the stencil packaging (yes, you read that correctly- the grungy paper packaging behind the stencil), die cut with "happy birthday".  The dies cut through the packaging easily.  (Not only does grungy background match the masculine card, using the packaging is a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle!)
• Assemble card front and add four gems.

Voila!  The masculine card was completed in a flash and had some masculine/glittered/textured sass.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I do hope you enjoyed the sneak peek and the card!
Big Crafty Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Mothers Hold Their Children's Hands card, How Old Would You Be masculine birthday card

Hello All! Kathy Jo here sharing my first post for the Quietfire Creations blog!  I am very honored and happy to be part of the Quietfire Design Team.

Today's post will show two card projects: one feminine and one masculine.

Mother's Day is fast approaching and I cannot think of a more perfect stamp for a card than Quietfire's Mother's hold their children's hands sentiment. It is such a sweet and heartwarming sentiment!

Here is a closeup of the sentiment. It was stamped and embossed in a pale green to match the base die cuts. The top two die cuts are from one of my favorite sets of Spellbinders- Opulent Ovals. Opulent Ovals has lovely curves that compliment the flourishes on the stamp set.

The pink and ivory paper was made by using Spellbinders Impressabilities Flourish as a screen. Tim Holtz' Victorian Velvet was applied as shown.

Next I would like to share the birthday card I made for my dad.  The card front used the Quietfire stamped quote "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?".  This is a great stamp- not only is the the quote absolutely amazing but because any baseball fan would love it.  (As soon as I saw this stamp, I had to have it!)  The quote was from Satchel Paige- a professional baseball player that many would argue was one of the best pitchers of the 20th century.  My dad is a baseball fan so this stamp was a must on his card!

To stick with the baseball theme, I used Graphic 45's Good Ol' Sport paper.  All edges were stained using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Vintage Photo, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain.  The card base is a Recollections corrugated card base.  The quote was die cut using Spellbinders Marvelous Squares.

The paper pennants were adhered to give an appearance of blowing in the wind. The largest die from Spellbinders A2 Fancy Ribbon Threader was distressed and had ivory twine threaded through the holes as shown.  

The inside of the card used Quietfire's Happy Birthday stamp from the Happy Family Days with Calligraphic Frame set.  Marvelous Squares die cut more of the Graphic 45 paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the new stamps and new Spellbinders at Quietfire Designs!  There are two specials right now: new stamps are 20% off and you can pick a free special offer Spellbinders with any in stock Spellbinders order of $48 or more.

Mother's Day card supplies: 
Quietfire Designs (Mothers hold their Children's Hands stamp), Spellbinders (Opulent Ovals, Labels Twenty Eight, Exquisite Labels Eleven, Flourish Impressabilities, Moroccan Accents), Tim Holtz (Victorian Velvet ink).

Masculine birthday card: 
Quietfire Designs (How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?, Happy Family Days with Calligraphic Frame), Spellbinders (A2 Fancy Ribbon Threader, Marvelous Squares), Graphic 45 (Good Ol' Sport), Tim Holtz (Distress Inks in Vintage Photo, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain), Recollections (corrugated card).