MC Feb/12 - Scrap BKgr'd - HB card

and still using scraps... see side bar for the story.

Love the background on this card which came from the scraps of about 6 other decorated backgrounds. The rosette was a scrap as well, not sure why that was, but probably ended up using a different rosette. Well anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

I'm also using one of the tiny sentiments from Quietfire Design

And it fits for these challenges:
Stamps Fun Creativity  #86  Birthday
Lil Red Wagon  #120  use 3 stars (the star eyelets)
Simon Says Challenge   make a tag or use one
Aud Sentiment  #48 Use the word Happy
Card Makin Mamas  #39 Birthday
Crafty Ann's Challenge  #59 Bold & Bright
Frosted Designs  use brads or eyelets
Simply Create Too  #7 Add Sunshine to your Day
Totally Paper Crafts  #104 ribbons & bows (3 ribbons & 1 bow)
All Sorts Challenge   #142  Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge  #79 Stitching (faux or real)
CES Challenge  #73 Spots & dots
Craft Your Days Away  #39 Paper Piecing
Crazy 4 Challenges  #124 Stripes & polka dots
One Stop Craft Challenge  #170 Make your own background
The Secret Crafters Saturday  #173 Bingo: gems, brads, glitter; swirls, flowers, pearls; ribbon, bow, leaves
Corrosive Challenges  #143 add dimension or something with pop dots.
Paper Sundaes  #108 Birthday

MC Feb/12 - SB Labels 16 - Music

Suzanne from Quietfire Design issued a challenge on the Spellbinders Yahoo Group to make a creation using Spellbinders dies and upload it to the photo album. The challenge closes Midnight on Sunday, Feb 19th (Pacific time) and you could be eligible to win 1 of up to 3 prizes of beautiful calligraphed rubber stamps.

This is my entry, and by the way, I'm still only using my scraps...

I'm also using one of the stamps from Quietfire Design

To see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
The Play Date Cafe  #119  White, Black & Hot Pink
Trimmie's Craft Challenge  #142 No DP
Rainbow Ladys Challenge  #192 Mardi Gras (to me it's all about the music)

MC Feb/12 - PCGadgets - Get Well Soon

Continuing on with only using my scraps, this is another card that I've only used my scraps...

And I'm using all three of my Purple Cow gadgets I got the other day - Trim It, Wire It & Pin It.

Also using a tiny sentiment stamp from  Quietfire Design

To see more details and descriptions, please click on card image and enjoy.

and it fits for these challenges:
Cooking it up with Katie  #89 Use something that comes on a spool (wire), sentiment + metal (the butterfly staple)
Flutterby Wednesday  #190 Anything with wings
Color Create Challenge  #90 Lilac, Blue, White & Kraft
Cute Card Thursday  #204 Flower Power
Digi Doodle Shops Best  #95 Anything goes
Do You Stack  Up  #59 Layers
Moving Along with the Times  #136 Get Well Soon
Southern Girls Challenge  #38 Distress (definitely distress the wire...)
Crafty Catz Weekly  #20  Favorite Things (my new Purple Cow gadgets)
Shelly's Images  Anything Goes

WOYWW - What's on your Desk Wed #141

My desk is a mess... It's been a while since I've uploaded what's on my desk but thought I'd give it a go again. Julia over at Stamping Ground   shows us hers and the rest of us... follow along BIG GRIN

I've given myself a challenge to only use the scraps of cardstock and paper that I've amassed over the years to create any new cards... I've also given myself to the end of March, to see how it goes. Hence the more than messy desk. Those drawers on the left side have a few of the stash pile, more all over my home. The card in the foreground is only done with scraps.

Then I also just picked up a package at the post office. Got my new Purple Cow "Wind It', Pin It, and Trim It gadgets. You can see a couple of wire forms I made using the Wind It gadget (on the left). Going to have fun with it. The Trim it has 9 blades in the housing to do all kind of cutting edges. I like it because it's all in one cutter... and then that Pin It gadget, which I haven't actually used yet, but has really nice staples of leaves, hearts, butterflies etc and can staple it anywhere on the page (magnetic type gadget).

So that's what's on my desk. Look forward to seeing everyone else's desk.

MC Feb/12 - Not a Bowl of Cherries

I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a tendency to pull out a sheet (8.5 x 11") of cardstock and cut off a piece I need, or when making a card, trim off the excess, and all these pieces land in boxes and drawers to use at a later time - when that later time will be - who knows. So I now have piles of stashes of every kind of cardstock and paper and I'm going BONKERS... So I have consciously challenged myself to only use my scraps to create my cards. I'm giving myself till the end of March (of this year... BIG GRIN), to see how far I get into my stash. The only exception would be for my main card base, and that I'll allow myself to use a new piece of cardstock. But even there I'm really going to try to only use all my pre-folded cards I've bought over the years. So all that being said, this is my first card using my challenge and I even used a pre-folded card base this time. YES!!

I'm very happy with the results. I think its a good encouragement card. Love those cherries - a Flourishes stamp. And surprisingly enough I'm not using one of Quietfire Designs stamps this time - that's a rarity.

Anyway, click on card image to see more details and descriptions. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Totally Stampalicious  Lots of different textures (glossy, dry embossing, canvas, textured CS etc.)
Colour Q   #124 Red, Pink (hard to see, but on the dots on the medallions), pool (lettering & on ribbon), white,vanilla (the ribbon color)
Fashionable Stamping  #15 Monochromatic
Flourishes  #156 incorporate red (I think I did that - Big grin)
Scrap Creations  3 layers
Belli Challenge  #137 1 ribbon, 2DP (the little squares), 3 colors (red, pool & touch of green), 4 rhinestones/pearsl
Crafts & Me Challenge  #71 Distressing (on the medallions
Fresh Brewed Designs  #83  Red Hot
Fab 'n Funky Challenges  #108 Try something new (the challenge to myself as above - not easy)
Penny's Challenges  #73 Anything goes
Simply Create Too  #6 Red Hot
Pixies Crafty Workshop Challenge  #7  use your scraps
The Shabby Tearoom  #100 inspir image (see below)

MC Feb/12 - Queen of Hearts 2012 Challenge

Valentine's day has finally arrived and with it the Queen of Hearts challenge on the Quietfire Blog...

Don't forget to upload your project to be in the running for some free rubber.

As I mentioned in a previous post, just got some lovely stamps from Chocolate Baroque in the UK, made a silhouette image and cut with my electronic cutter to create the fan which closes to reveal a quote underneath. Just click on card image to see more details and descriptions and enjoy.

MC Feb/12 - Darkest Stars - Keep Strong

I don't know about you guys, but when I think of a Spellbinder's die matching up with a stamp, I think of neat, even borders, image or quote centered nicely, maybe another die cut one size up etc etc. But that's not always what can happen when you're dealing with long skinny type quotes. Yes the quote fits, but what do I do with all that extra space?? Well hopefully this card illustrates what can be done and that a perfectly sized matching die is not always necessary.

The quote is from from Quietfire Design and I think says it all for someone going through a hard time in their life. Luckily I don't need to use the card...

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Paper Sundaes  #107 use 2 of the following Cream, Blue, Distress & pearls
The Crafty Pad    #157  B is for -  beautiful (ok so I'm partial to my own work...), or blue or...
Crafty Cardmaker  #61 Monochromatic

MC Feb/12 - Shaped - Clear 2 Hearts - Origin

Love the way this card turned out although until I realized I needed a shaped card for one of the challenges, it didn't look like this - BIG GRIN

I'm using my favorite floral stamp from Hero Arts, and a fabulous textured Mulberry paper, and the card base is clear plastic. Anyway, to see more details and descriptions, please click on card image and enjoy.

I'm also using a quote stamp from Quietfire Design.

And it fits for these challenges:
Anything Challenge  #60 Distress, Charms, Animals, Shape Card; your own flowers, anything, anything, Bling; 2 stamped images, anything, anything, die cuts; swirls/pearls, flowers, stitching, ribbon/lace (the only thing I didn't use is animals & stitching...)
Creative Craft Challenge  Bingo:  ribbon, brown, flowers; pink, brads, lace; gems, scallops, blue
Reasonable Ribbon  #41 Red, Pink + ribbon
Flutterby Wednesdays  #189 Love + Butterfly
Shellys Images  Red, Pink & White
All Sorts Challenge  #141 Anything goes
2 Sisters Challenge  #78 Anything goes + a heart
CES Challenge  #72   3 or more layers
Mark's Finest Papers  #94 Shaped card
One Stop Challenge  #169 heart, flowers & ribbon
Our Creative Corner  For a best friend
The Secret Crafter Saturday  #172 Red, white, black & texture
Totally Gorjuss  #118 Love
SSDS Challenge  Red, white & pink
Incy Wincy Designs  #132  Love, pink, white & black
One Stitch at a Time  #100  Anything goes
Opus Gluei  #24 Warm fuzzies (valentine, or from the cold with some texture)
The Cute & Girly  Love is in the Air
Colour Q  #123 see color inspir image below (the peachy tone is in the BFly)

Colour Q color inspir

MC Feb/12 - Chocolate & Roses

I was asked to be a guest bartender on Raise The Bar this week with the theme of Chocolate & Roses A.K.A. brown & red. Well I guess I combined both thoughts and made an easel card...

I picked up a bunch of new stamps from Chocolate Baroque in England and love them. Also love that I got them in 5 days. That's faster than I get some of my own Canadian mail and rarely get US mail that quick either. Go figure...

I'm also using a word sentiment from Quietfire Design.

And to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy

And it also fits for these challenges:
One Stitch at a Time  #99 with love
Cupcake Craft Challenge  #78 Pink & red (when closed that's what it is)
Die Kreativen Stempel Freunde  #44 Valentine
Die Cut Dreams  #107 Pink, red & a heart
Lexis Creations  #58 Love
Oh La La Creations  #98 Valentine
Paper Playtime  #67 Hearts  or Love and use your Cricut (cut the rose)
Stamps Fun Creativity  #85 Hearts
The Pink Elephant  #134 use some pink
Everybody Art Challenge  #179 Love
Papertake Weekly  Anything goes
Scrap Creations  Valentine
Top Tip Tuesday  #69 Valentine
Tuesday Throwdown  #84 Valentine
Belli Challenge  #136 Hearts & Valentine
Crafts & Me Challenge  #70 Use a new image (digi or rubber)
Crafty Purple Frog  Use flowers
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #37 Love
Delightful Sketches  Love
Fab n Funky  #107 Love
Penny's challenges  #72 Love
Simon Says Challenges  Love
Stamp with Sarah Kay  #162 Love
Cute Card Thursday  Love themed
Trimmie's Craft Challenge  #141  Valentines
Do you Stack Up  Love
Paper Play challenge  #12-6 Love Letters
Rainbow Ladys Challenge  #191 Have a Heart
Card Makin Mamas  #38 Valentines
Crafty Catz Weekly  #119 Valentines
Fussy n Fancy  #56 with all my heart
Prairie Fridays  #72 Love/Romance
Craft  Your Days Away  #38  Stitching (faux or real)

VSN Feb/12 - 5 Daisies & 2 hearts

Just got my February/12 Vamp Stamp News Magazine issue and one of my cards is on the back cover using both Quietfire Design and gg design rubber stamps. No idea why the 2nd card didn't make it in, but it is in the online readers gallery.

Anyway, click on either card to see more details and descriptions and enjoy

MC Jan/12 - Step Card - May the Wings

This particular step card usually has the outside panels in the background and the large center panel in the foreground. I decided to do the reverse, creating a shadow window of my center panel. I like the result and the options it can give you.

I'm also using one of Quietfire Design.newest butterfly quote stamps. This quote is so nice and goes well with so many occasions.

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Lexis Creations  #57 Fancy Folds
Flourishes  #153 S=Center Step Card
Craft Your Days Away  #37 distressing
Pile it on Challenge  #5 Just Because

MC Jan/12 - Cone Flowers - Love

Sorry that it's been a while since my last post, have been busy at work - tax time...

Today's card is another "Love" card, using a new petal shape for my cones. Usually I just fold my sides of the circle over once, but this time I used a scalloped circle and folded them back to create a little ruffle in the petal. Will do this again, love the look.

It's also the first time I've ever made a frame around a punched out tag.

I'm using a quote from  Quietfire Design, lots of charms, glitz, lace, ribbon, and layers. Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge  #176  Love
Inspiration Avenue  Alphabet/text

TSG Clear Stamps  #140 Love is in the air
My Time to Craft Challenge  #171 favorite embellie (usually handmade flowers)
Tuesday Throwdown  #82  Charms
Belli Challenge  #135 fancy frame
Cooking it up with Katie  #88 hearts, punches & embossing
Crafts & Me Challenge  #68 Pink & Sparkly
Crafty Purple Frog  Show us some love
Flutterby Wednesdays  #187 embossing + BFly/faerie etc
Do You Stack Up  #56  Ribbons
Moving Along with the Times #132 use flowers as focal or background etc.
Paper Play Challenge  #12-4 Lace
Craft Catz Weekly  #117 things with wings
Fussy And Fancy  #55  Polka Dots
Raise the Bar  #89 Pink, Silver, Ribbon &  Tag
Shelly's Images  Use text
Stampin for the Weekend  #25 Embossing
Totally Papercrafts  #101 Pearls & Lace
All Sorts Challenge  #139 Hearts
Crazy 4 Challenges  #121 Lots of  Layers and embellies
Drunken Stampers  #82 Use something new (the flower petal folding tech)
Mark's Finest Papers  #92 4 layers
One Stop Craft Challenge  #167 Stitching (FAUX or real)
Secret Crafter Saturday  #170 Ribbon
Corrosive Challenges  #141 Hearts
The Crafty Pad  #155 Valentine/Love
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge  #149 Diamonds or pearls

And Anything Goes Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge 
Digi Doodle Shops Best   #91
SSDS Challenge

Shabby Tearoom inspiration image

The Shabby Tea Room  #97 white/cream, silver, pink, Sparkly & Bright & Inspir Image (see at right)

2 Sisters Challenge  #76 Sketch (see below)

2 Sisters Sketch

Winner Quietfire Design Butterfly Blog Flutter & MC Jan/12 BFly Iced Cupcake

Good Morning all, and thank you so much for all your lovely comments and participation in our blog hop. I thought an iced cupcake would be the perfect ending to our hop... and don't forget the butterfly circle stamp set is on special at 20% off till January 23rd.


All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Saturday January 21st. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)

And the winner from my blog is #63:
cindy b. said...
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us. Beautiful!! cindy b


I thought the iced cupcake would be a tasty ending, so I whipped one up, putting lots of icing and butterflies... I won't say what flavor the cake or icing is - use your imaginations. BIG GRIN

Of course it's using the newest stamps from Quietfire Design. And to view more details and descriptions etc, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Cutie Stampers  #119 forgotten decorations or not used in ages (the word brad, eyelet punch)
Incy Wincy Designs  #130 Bold & bright
The Pink Elephant Challenge  #131 Favorite color (reds)
City Crafter  #92 decorate the inside and outside
Creative Card Crew  Seeing red
Fashionable Stamping  #13 Butterflies or bugs
Papertake Weekly  Buttons, bows, bling & bloom
Scrap Creations  Die Cuts
Crafty Creations  #153 Valentines card
Crafty Purple Frog  Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed Designs  #79 Buttons & bows
Fab 'n Funky challenges  #104 Bingo: Hand made embellies, digis, 2 DP's; unused stamp, flourish, lace/twine; vintage, lace, BFly
Flutterby Wednesdays  #186 Anything goes + BFly
Lili Red Wagon  #116  use 2 different ribbons
Penny's Challenges  #71 Ribbons & bows
Aud Sentiment  Challenge  #46 Use the word "Love"
Moving Along with the Times  #131 something with wings
Paper Play  #12-3 use ribbons
Card Makin Mamas  #37 use something old - more than 6 mths (the brad is a couple years old...)
Crafty Ann's Challenge  #57 use or do something new (the rubber stamps and this shape of card)
Frosted Designs  use vellum or acrylic or transparency
Raise the Bar  #88 use circles
Simply Create Too  #5 Love is in the air (we must have crossed paths in space...)
Totally Paper Crafts  #100 make your own flowers
Wags 'n Whiskers  #71 Valentine/Love card.
2 Sisters Challenge  #75  embossing wet or dry (both)
The Secret Crafter Saturday  #169  Food or Drink
SSDS Challenge  Have a heart
Stamptacular Sundays  #147 Texture
Our Creative Corner  Inspir. Image the cake, icing and topping on the cake were my inspirations (see below)

Our Creative Corner inspir image

MC Jan/12 - With Deepest Sympathy

At my age, I'm so glad I haven't had to use too many of these types of cards. But it's always good to be prepared... And I wish the pic would be better. It's hard to see the softness of the stamping.

I'm using a sentiment stamp from Quietfire Design

Just click on the card image to see more details and descriptions. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Die Cut Dreams  #106 Sympathy
Stamps Fun Creativity  #82 Pink & Grey
The Shabby Tea Room  #96 Grey/silver, pink, peach & lilac, lace (fabric or CS) & a metal embellie

MC Jan/12 - BFly Cut Out - Valentine's

I was doodling, not know what direction I wanted to go in, and came up with triangular cut out design of this floral/butterfly. Cut it out with my electronic cutter and liked the look and created the card. Definitely a couple of boo-boos along the way... the first being - I cut the excess cardstock away around the triangles, and then said to myself - how was it going to stand. Sheesh - so much for that great idea. ROFL. The second boo boo - I don't like making symmetrical type cards, I always forget to check which orientation it's going in when I stamp something else to it, and sure enough, that's what happened on this card... The "Fluttering by... starts on the wrong side. Luckily this card is going to a really good friend, who either won't notice or will take it in stride.

But I'm using the brand new Quietfire Design Butterfly Circle stamps that just came out. The circle one under the flaps and the quote on the inside.  Love them

Anyway, to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

PS Don't forget to comment on my BLOG HOP Post, and the posts from the other designers to win a bunch of rubber stamps.

And it fits for these challenges:
Crazy Challenges  #102 Bingo: Ribbon/lace, flourish, pink; embossing, image, tag; die cuts, words, gems/pearls
Inspiration Avenue  Butterflies
PollyCraft Challenge  #123  Bingo: Ribbon, buttons, die cut; Sparkle, Polly Image, Lace; Flowers, punches, pearls
Totally Stampalicious  Valentine's
Reasonable Ribbon  #40 Valentine's

MC Jan/12 - HA Large Flower - How Old

Well, I had this urge to paint a large flower... So pulled out my Hero Arts Large Flower stamp and did just that.

You can see more details and descriptions by clicking on card image. Enjoy.

I'm also using a quote stamp from Quietfire Design.

and it fits for this challenge.
Fresh Brewed Designs  #78 pink, white & kraft
Do You Stack Up  #54 pink
One Stitch at a Time  #96  anything goes

Welcome to the Quietfire Design Butterfly Blog Flutter

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to the new Butterfly Circles stamp set!  My project is below, using the new Butterfly Circles stamps.

Just comment below and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   We will be giving away five grab bags in total and all the names will be drawn on Friday, January 20th at midnight PST, one name from each blog, so you have lots of time to enter!  Tell your friends!

The Butterfly Circles rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Flutter!



All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Saturday January 21st. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)

HERE'S THE SCHEDULE:

Sunday, January 15th: Yogi (http://yogiemp.blogspot.com)  (YOU ARE HERE!)

Monday, January 16th: Suzanne (http://quietfirestyle.blogspot.com/)

Tuesday, January 17th: Robyn  (http://rainbowweaves.blogspot.com/)

Wednesday, January 18th: Monica  http://blackcatscolortrails.blogspot.com/

Thursday, January 19th: Wanda  (http://artbywanda.blogspot.com/)

HAPPY FLUTTERING & GOOD LUCK

My project uses several of the stamps from the Butterfly Circle set. Very versatile.

To see more details and descriptions for my card, just click on card image and enjoy.

MC Jan/12 - Dots & Stripes - True Friend

Well there are several challenges that are calling for dots, stripes or both... And then there were a couple for aquamarine/blue or turquoise... and then stars, and this is what came of those challenges.

I'm using a quote stamp from  Quietfire Design.

And if you'd like to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #35 Monochromatic (use Aqua/turquoise)
Simon Says Stamps  Spots or Stripes
Moving Along with the Times  #130 Spots or Stripes
Frosted Designs  Use paint (the dot bkg'rd paper stenciled with acrylic paint)
Totally paper Crafts  #99 Spots or Stripes
2 Sisters Challenge  #74 Use metal (the smaller star)
Crazy 4 Challenges  #119 Monochromatic blue
Mark's Finest Papers  #90 Border punches (4 different ones)
One Stop Craft Challenge  #165 Spots & ribbon
The Secret Crafter Saturday  #168 Anything goes + blue
Totally Gorjuss  #114 Use a star

MC Jan/12 - Thanks Sew Much

Boy did I get inspired when I saw one of Tim's On the Edge dies. I used his as a jumping off place and created my own, cutting with my electronic cutter, adding real thread on the spool, real buttons, adhesive backed aluminum foil for the scissors, thimble and thread spool. Love it...

Bummer - I'm just noticing I forgot to put an eyelet or brad or something to mimic the screw in the scissors... Oh well, next time.

To see the rest of the details and descriptions and close ups etc, just click on card image and enjoy.

I'm using a little flourish heart from Quietfire Design.. Haven't used this stamp in ages...

And it fits for these challenges:
Crazy Challenge  #101 Lace or pearls (used both)
Incy Wincy Designs  #128 Vintage
The Pink Elephant  #130 hearts
TSG Clear Stamps  #138 Paper Piecing
Scrap Creations  Glitter
Crafty Creations  #152 Use something New (Spellbinders die)
Flutterby Wednesday  #185 Bright Colors + BFly
Digi Doodle Shops Best  #89 Embossing (I've done both types)
Paper Play Challenges  #12-2 Stitching
Pixie Dust Studios  #109 Hearts
Some Odd Girl  Lots of Bling (pearls & Stickles)
Southern Girls Challenge  #35 Sparkle
Alphabet Challenge  Y is for "You can Choose"
Crafty Catz Weekly  #115 Use something new (Spellbinders die)
Stampin 4 the Weekend   #24 Out with the old (use something from last year or older...) The shell buttons are from eons ago.
Cooking it up with Katie  #87  Pink, Pearls & Flowers

STAY TUNED: Quietfire Design Butterfly Blog Flutter

STAY TUNED...

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to our new Butterfly Circles stamp set! 

Each day one of our designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using this set.  

* Visit their blog on the day of their featured project, 

* post a comment on their Blog Flutter project post 

and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   

We will be giving away five grab bags in total and all the names will be drawn on Friday, January 20th at midnight PST, one name from each blog, so you have lots of time to enter!  Tell your friends!

The Butterfly Circles rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Flutter!


Each Design Team member will be randomly choosing a winner from their list of comments,
so make sure you’ve commented on each blog.

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Saturday January 21st. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)

HERE'S THE SCHEDULE:

Sunday, January 15th: Yogi  (THAT'S ME)

Monday, January 16th: Suzanne (http://quietfirestyle.blogspot.com/)

Tuesday, January 17th: Robyn  (http://rainbowweaves.blogspot.com/)

Wednesday, January 18th: Monica  http://blackcatscolortrails.blogspot.com/

Thursday, January 19th: Wanda  (http://artbywanda.blogspot.com/)

GOOD LUCK

MC Jan/12 - Dragon Happiness

Flourishes Noon Time Challenge has a Year of the Dragon Inspiration Image to play with. This is my take on it.

Love the variation of colors, but I opted to go in a more traditional direction.

Just click on card image to see more details and descriptions and enjoy.

MC Jan/12 - Flower Pot Cup - Happy Birthday

Well here's another card using the Spellbinders Flower Pot die. Who would a thunk I'd have so much fun with this die set. I also created the card with a few challenges in mind, Flourishes Tuesday challenge with an inspiration image, another one asking for a silhouette image and another asking for bright colors... Plus I was playing around with my ribbon pieces and put them together in this big fat bow...

I'm also using some sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design. Please click on card image to see details and descriptions

And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Card Makers  #59 no floral embellies
Anything Goes Challenge  #58 Anything Goes
City Crafter  #91 use a black silhouette image
Flourishes  #151 inspir image (see below)
Paper Take Weekly  use a die cut
Aud Sentiments  #45 use a sentiment and your scraps
Crafty Anns challenge  #56 Let's think hot (colors)
Paper Sundaes  #102 use full strength colors

Flourishes Inspiration Image

MC Jan 12 - Pop Up - Butterflies

I love these new butterfly/quote word stamps from Quietfire Design too much. Sheesh - so had to use another one...

PS don't forget to stay tuned for our upcoming blog hop using these gorgeous stamps and a chance to win some rubber...

I was checking Amazon and came across a pop up book by Jackson Paul, and on the cover is this beautiful, yet very simple pop up card of a dove flying off the top of the card. It spoke to me... had to try and make one using a butterfly.

To see more details and descriptions, please click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Pixie Dust Studios  #108 Monochromatic
Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps  #70 White on white + 1 color
Marks Finest Papers  #89 use brads or eyelets
Cupcake Craft Challenge  #174 Use something new (the quote stamp the the ribbon leaves)
Lexis Creations  #56 Anything Goes

MC Jan/12 - Flower Pots - The Butterfly

I have gotten a whole bunch of new toys this past week or so, and you know me - gotta play with them BIG GRIN.

So in this batch of toys I have the Spellbinders Flower Pot dies - I've wanted them since they came out, but kept saying "why do I need them, they are such a basic shape, I could cut them out with my electronic cutter.." - But then a deal came along and now their in my arsenal... I also got the Blossom Three set which I used for the quote on shrink plastic. I also got Cheery Lynn's "a Pair of Ferns" gorgeous dies - love that I can cut 2 at the same time (the reverse of each other). Then I got the Hero Arts "Blossom Art" clear stamp set (there are 3 flowers in it that are gorgeous...) And finally the Butterfly quote and flourish from Quietfire Design - stay tuned for a BLOG HOP, using these new butterfly stamps, that's coming next weekend I think.

And I'm using the origami type butterfly that I found instructions for HERE (http://www.papercraftcentral.com/paper-butterfly.html) 

Anyway, to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Craft Your Passion  #91 Anything Goes + Distressing
Crafty Creations  #151 Heat Embossing
Fresh Brewed Designs  #77 Use something new (see list above)
Dude Time Doodles  Anything goes
Fab n Funky challenge  #102 something new (see list above)
Flutterby Wednesdays  #182  Anything Goes + BFly
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  Something New (see list above)
Cute Card Thursday  #198 Something New (see list above)
Simply Create Too   #4  more than 2 layers
All Sorts Challenge  #136 Paper Piecing
2 Sisters Challenge  #73 Things with Wings
CES Challenge  #67 Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges  #118 Use something new (see list above)
One Stop Craft Challenge  #164 Bingo (lace/ribbon, die cuts, paper piecing) or (Flowers, Die Cuts, Emboss) + a few others
Our Creative Corner  Shaped card
Corrosive Challenges  #140 Use something new (see list above)

Queen of Hearts 2012 Challenge

Looks like we're doing it again for 2012 - the Queen of Hearts challenge.

Don't miss out, you could win a bunch of rubber stamps.

Just click on the image to check out the rules and regulations. 

GOOD LUCK

VSN Jan/12 issue

Only one of my cards made it into the January 2012, Vamp Stamp magazine, but that one's on the cover BIG GRIN, and It's using one of the latest winter stamps from Quietfire Design; the other one is in their online gallery..

NOTE: There was a question in the comments of what I squeezed to make the background. I used DISTRESS STAINS.

Just click on either card to see more details and descriptions for that card. Enjoy

MC Jan/12 - White on White - Hugs

Well there was another challenge using white on white, but this one didn't allow any other color... and then there was Flourishes challenge of a tri-fold card and the rest evolved again, glitter rhinestones, half pearls etc..

I'm using a Quietfire Design quote stamp on the front.

To see lots more details and pics, click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Die Cut Dreams  #105 White on white - no color
Incy Wincy Designs  #127 Anything goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge  #129 Anything Goes
Flourishes #150 Tri Fold card (Flourishes stamps on inside flaps)
My Time to Craft Challenge  #170 XOXO Hugs & Kisses (see the inside of card)
Paper Take Weekly Anything goes
Reasonable Ribbon  #39 Sparkle & ribbon (3 ribbons and lace on front)
Scrap Creations Something new (rhinestone flourishes) & old (quote on front & all the textured papers)
Top Tip Tuesday  #67 Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown  #79 something shiny (lots)
Delightful Sketches  Hearts

CBH Jan 3/11 - Layer Dies - A Book

This week over on Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations theme is Layer dies or In with the New. I've wanted to layer this Labels set since I got it and finally hunkered down and did it. Love the look. And pairing it up with a Flourishes "From the Desk of" set just fit so right. And the quote in the booklet is a Quietfire Design quote from the Nature Quote Marks set.

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

Happy New Year

Hi there bloggers. I'm keeping this post real simple...

Here's wishing you and yours a very

HAPPY NEW YEAR

May 2012 be better than 2011, may it keep you healthy and safe and of course creative.

Jan/12 - Bugaboo Digis - Let Them Eat Cake

I was asked to be a guest designer on Quirky Crafts blog challenge and to use a Bugaboo digi stamp. The theme is "Food Glorious Food". As it turned out I got two digi's. I wasn't that intrigued by the first image, so got one that was more "me". The funny thing is, when I printed the images out on my white card, I really liked both of them, they were clean looking, so hence I made two cards - Big Grin.

The first image I got was the chick holding the cake, and while I was percolating what to do with her, I decided to go "French" and use Quietfire Designs French phrases, Flourished Eiffel Tower & the quote stamp from the Let them Eat Cake set. I paired it  up with a new stamp from Old Island Rubber stamps, the Cafe chair and table (it has two chairs, but I left one off). Everything was stamped with Versafine Black Onyx. I only colored the digi with colored pencils so it would stand out. Added teardrop green rhinestone earrings and green Stickles on the shoes (she definitely needed the glitz BIG GRIN) I liked the clean and fresh look of the white. I added just a touch of edging with Distress my dirty red sponger.

The second image is one I chose and love the quirkiness of the chick... Again I kept the card simple, only coloring the digi with colored pencils and adding a piece of aluminum tape for the stove outline. Used a couple sizes of an alphabet stamp set (Just Rite "Brayton") to stamp the "Let's Celebrate" along the side. The blurb is part of the digi set and then I punched it out with a jumbo Fiskars punch, sponging some Dusty Concord around the edges.

And it also fits for these challenges:
Die Kreativen Stempel Freunde #41 Happy New Year
Cute Card Thursday  #197 Happy New Year
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #135 Happy New Year
Totally Paper Crafts  #97 time to party
CES Challenge  #66 Party, Party, Party
One Stitch at a Time  #94 Use a digi
Opus Gluei  #121 Old (the french stamps & punch), New (the digi stamps)
Paper Sundaes  #101 Old (the french stamps & punch), New (the digi stamps)
Pile it On Challenge  #1 Anything Goes

MC Dec/11 - 2 Cups - Now Tell me

Well I guess this is the last card I'll be uploading for 2011... but I know there's something coming in 2012. BIG GRIN

I was in a mood to make a card with coffee cups, so got out my Flourishes stamp set "Coffee with Friends" set #29. I stamped the coffee cup outline on some cardstock and created an image to cut on my electronic cutter, cut 2 of them out and then stamped them with Versafine Black Onyx. Colored them with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils and blended with a water brush. When dry, re-stamped the cup and clear embossed.

Side folded a baby blue cardstock to create a 5"w x 7"h card. Stamped the background lace (Harmonie #56004) with the black and clear embossed.

Die cut the Spellbinders Beaded Circle from white cardstock, Stamped my quote (Quietfire Design) with the black, stamping twice to omit the middle line of the quote... ("the teapot is behind you") which I thought inappropriate for this card. ROFL. Clear embossed the stamping then sponged some Distress Faded Jeans all over. Adhered to card. Punched out a bunch of small black circles which I adhered to each beaded element on the die cut, then adhered silver half pearls in each center.

PS: The whitish line you see around each pearl is actually the shine from the silver pearl.

Adhered my cups and added Liquid Pearls "White Opal" dots for steam.

And it fits for these challenges:
Shelly's Images  Black, Silver + 1 color
Anything Challenge  Blue + 1 color
2 Sisters Challenge  #72 Winter colors (like blue, purple, white or silver)

MC Dec/11 - Daisy Stem Trio - Happy Birthday

I got this new set of stamps from Stampendous yesterday and had to use them. LOVE that daisy stamp. Needed a vase for my flowers so die cut the heart... and to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

I'm also using a digi stamp (Happy Birthday banner) from TLC  and the digi image is free at the moment but not sure for how long and can be found HERE.

I'm also using a part of a quote stamp from Quietfire Design

And it fits for these challenges:
City Crafter  #89 use a cutting technique
Colour Q  #117 Black, White + 1 color (yellow)
Top Tip Tuesday  #66 anything goes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #34 Anything goes (something old "my friend stamp", something new - "Daisy stamp", + use a stamp)
Lil Red Wagon  #113 something new (Daisy Stamp)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  Anything goes
Stamp with Sarah Kay  #159 Hearts
Aud Sentiments  #44 anything goes (double if using the HB digi)
Rainbow Ladies Challenge  #185 Anything goes
Frosted Designs  use something new (Daisy stamp)
Prairie Fairy Fridays  #69 things with sparkly wings

MC Dec/11 - White on White Thank You

I love making these flowers which I came across almost a year ago on  Stamping and Stitching  blog and still love them.

I'm using one of the Thank You stamps from the Thanks set from Quietfire Design

... and if you want to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
TSG Clear Stamps  #136 Thanks or gratitude
City Crafter  #88 mainly white
Creative Craft Challenge  White on White
Crafty Creations  #149 Thank You

CBH Dec 27/11 - Flower Dies - Bonne Fete

This weeks Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations theme is Flower Dies or "Out with the Old" no way do I do that theme - I keep everything... BIG GRIN

If you've checked out my blog lately, you'll see I did some perfume bottles on a card the other day, but this time I'm using Spellbinders "Heirloom Ornaments 2010" and "Nested Hearts" sets and for the flower that I did in that previous post, I used a punch, and this time used Spellbinder's "Dahlia" set. Here's a link to the tutorial I used from Swirlydoo's blog for the flower.

And of course I'm using various stamps from Quietfire Design

So if  you want to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

MC Dec/11 - Tim's Ornaments - Passion Joy

I came across this wonderful tutorial on Swirlydoos blog to make the flower on the card. Easy and so effective.

And then I was looking at one of my die cuts using Tim's Carved Ornament Movers & Shapers die and said to myself, it reminded me of a perfume bottle, and this is the result...

Lots of details and descriptions on my website, so just click on card image to see them and enjoy.

I'm using several word/quote stamps from Quietfire Design

And it fits for these challegnes:
Inspiration Avenue  something new, old, blue & borrowed (Tim's die, Flourish leaf die, bottom of card, borrowed the flower instructions)
Paper Playtime  #63 Anything goes + sentiment
Pollycraft Challenge  #121 Punch it
Stamps Fun Creativity  #78 Use your favorite supply (too hard to choose - Die cutting, Distress Stains & Embossing)
Totally Stampalicious  Make it Sparkle
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  Bingo: gems, no DP & Flowers (plus lace, glitter & punches/dies)
Simply Create Too  #3 Shape it
Totally Gorjuss  #111 For someone Special
All the rest are Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge  #173
Crafts & Me challenge  #96
Digi Doodle Shops Best  #88
Stampin for the Weekend  #23
Mark's Finest Papers  #87
Secret Crafter Saturday  #166
Corrosive Challenges  #139 (no Xmas)
The Crafty Pad  #152 (no Xmas)

MC Dec/11 - Ornament - Fa La La

Just got this ornament Sizzix movers & shapers die. Love it. It's of course one of Tim's dies. Had to use it... Then I was updating my challenge list and started using a bunch of the themes and here's the result - BIG GRIN

Love the way it turned out. I'm also using a sentiment stamp from the latest Quietfire Design Xmas rubber.

And this weeks Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations theme is Xmas or Red/Green.
This week one lucky Created By Hand Challenge participant will  receive one Quietfire stamp  . The winner will be randomly chosen and posted with the Created By Hand Sampler! Happy creating!

And to see more details and descriptions, please click on card image and enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
Lexis Creations  #55 Xmas (no red or green)
Everybody Art Challenge  #172 White & Blue
Reasonable Ribbon  #38 Anything goes + ribbon
Scrap Creations  snow
Crafts & Me Challenge  #95 Xmas
Crafty Creations  #148 Embossing & glitter
Crafty Purple Frog  cold, snowy, wintery
Delightful Sketches  Anything Goes
Lil Red Wagon  #111 Xmas
Aud Sentiment  #43 Winter with a sentiment
CCEE Stampers  #11-50 Ornament
Color Create  #86 Blue, white & silver
Cute Card Thursday  #195 stripes (the ribbon pattern)
Do You Stack Up  #50 Winter
Paper Play  #50 Xmas
Pixie Dust Studio  #105 Stitching
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #133 Xmas card with removable ornament
Card Makin Mamas  #35 Xmas
Frosted Designs  Use ribbon
Fussy & Fancy  #52 monochromatic and sparkle
Prairie Fairy Fridays  #68 Xmas card no red or green
Shelly's Images  Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers  #86 Xmas card
One Stop Craft Challenge  #162 Xmas sparkle
Cute Daisy May  Sparkle & Shine
One Stitch at a Time  #93 Anything Goes
Opus Gluei  #120 Snow and stuff - White Xmas
Quirky Crafts  #25 Some Steampunk