July/19 - Double Z Card - ECD Love You Hearts - The Future Is Uncertain

 
This is another card I created for the Creative Scrapbooker Mag - Valentine's. It's definitely not Valentine colors, but I thought I'd do something a little different than what's expected... Sigh, doesn't look like they'll be using it...

I'm using a few dies "Calligraphic Elements 1" 3pce set; "Love" 4pce set and "You" 3pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design "HERE", "HERE" and HERE  

I'm using a rubber stamps quote from Quietfire Design. ("The Future Is Uncertain...") 

MC Nov/15 - ECD Merry Christmas - Hexagon Poinsettia Merry Christmas

My turn on the Quietfire Creations blog today with a hexagon card filled with poinsettia... BIG GRIN Love the use of the encyclopedia pages for the flowers.

Today's card uses the die "Merry Christmas" (available on Quietfire Design HERE)

 Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions, or click HERE to go to my web page

I'm also using a Quietfire Design sentiment stamp  ("Merry Christmas Plain and Simple" 6pce set )

 And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut Challenge  monthly Nov Xmas
Penny Black @ All Sorts  Monthly Nov Xmas
Craft Your Passion  #286 Anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs  #320 anything goes
City Crafter  #286 Xmas
Papertake Weekly  anything goes
TTCRD  #3 - 9  anything goes
Brown Sugar Challenge  #170 Flowers
Fussy n Fancy  #151 Flowers
Wags n Whiskers  #165 not square
All Sorts Challenge  #335 Xmas
Crazy 4 Challenges  #310 Xmas
Sweet Stampin Challenge  dies or punches
We Love 2 Create  #22 mixed media anything goes
Pile it On Challenge  #93 no square or rectangle
Scrapy Land Challenges  #29 anything goes

MC Oct/15 - ECD Best Wishes - Foil Edged - Blessed By The

I got my new laser printer the other day and have continued to experiment with foil and my laminator... Love the results from this card. Nicely aged look to the foil...


I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs "Berry Branch" to create the negative and positive foil edged pieces on the front, as well as die cutting it from fun foam to use as a stamp on the inside.


Also used the "Sea Glass" embossing folder for the edges and the "Best Wishes" die (also available on Quietfire Design HERE)

And quote stamp by Quietfire Design - "Blessed By The Christmas..."

Just click on any image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Oh La La Creations  #192 embossing (used dry and heat)
Fab n Funky  #279 Xmas
Penny's Challenges  #251 anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks  #270 anything goes
Cute Card Thursday  #397 sparkles
JW Scrap Shack  #112 anything goes
Polka Doodle Challenge  #44 sparkle, bling or glitter
Stamp and Create  monthly Oct use Kraft or brown (the striped cardstock)

MC Sept/15 - Poinsettia - Happy Holidays - Christmas is a Piece of Home

Here I go again with the word "love"... I guess I should come up with another word... But I do love this Poinsettia die by Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I created a couple different sized foam stamps with the die and heat shrunk them to create the background on the front and the detail on the inside.

I'm using a sentiment (3pce set) stamp on the front and a quote stamp on the inside by Quietfire Design.

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Wags n Whiskers  #163 die cut
JW Scrapshack  #108 anything goes
Crimbo Crackers  #90 Xmas someone special
Aud Sentiments Challenge  #141 Xmas
Fab n Funky Challenge  #275 Xmas

MC Sept/15 - QF Checkerboard Card - ECD Hello - If You Need

Suzanne Cannon came out with a new jpg/svg file which will be available on the Silhouette onLine store soon and I was in a mood to make a card but didn't know what direction I wanted to go in so was procrastinating... this got me started BIG GRIN

I eCut the card using cream toned cardstock (card size 5.25"h x 3.37"w). I backed the openings with Sookwang tape and sprinkled with Glitter Ritz micro fine glitter in "copper" and then a bit of "Gold". Burnished well.

Stamped the flower branch (Penny Black "Garden Blooms") using Versfafine Black Onyx.

Adhered the hummingbird (Designs By Ryn "Hummingbirds 1" set). I had previously created an eCut file to cut all my hummingbirds, stamped it with the black and painted with Golden's QoR watercolors, then applied some Elizabeth Craft Designs silk fine glitter "Warm Diamonds" on the body area.

Colored a piece of white fun foam (see pic below) using Acrylic daubers in two shades of green and purple. Die cut and then shrunk with my heat gun. Adjhered to card using Best Ever Glue.

detail of glitter on bird and border

Added the Cloud 9 Designs "Rain Drops" in each corner and then added a copper toned pearl.

On the inside stamped the same flower branch and colored with Prisma colored pencils.

inside of card

Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design "If You Need a Shoulder...) using the black and clear embossed.

I also added a piece of neutral toned scrapbook paper on the left side.

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy.

And it fits for these challenges:
City Crafter  #278 flat card (no extra postage needed...)
Fantastic Tuesday  #102 feminine
Papertake Weekly  things with wings
Tuesday Throwdown  #261 anything goes
Crafty Creations  #297 out on a limg (2nd entry)
Polka Doodle Challenge  #36 things with wings

MC Sept/15 - CAS - Flourishes Leaves - With Sympathy

I love Flourishes stamps, bummer they're not around anymore...

I'm using "Falling Leaves" SS078 set. Stamped them on a piece of paper, scanned and created silhouette images of each stamp then cut with my electronic cutter - avoids fussy cutting BIG GRIN - after cutting out, stamped the linear ones with Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed.

To color them, I sprayed water on my craft sheet and then added bursts from Ken Oliver's Color Burst (all the new colors except for Indigo), misted the mat again and then swished my leaves through the wetness. Allowed to dry naturally.

The sentiment (Elizabeth Craft Designs die "With Sympathy", also available at Quietfire Design) was die cut from white fun foam, first colored with Distress Stains (Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Wild Honey, Tarnished Brass), then I used mini pads ""Frayed Burlap". When dry, die cut and then hit the tops with some "Black Soot" and more burlap. Shrunk with a heat gun.

Side folded my white card (5"w x 7"h). Layered a piece of white Ruche cardstock, edge to edge.

Cut a piece of DP paper (DCWV "Elegant Wedding") and adhered to center of card front. Trimmed it with Peel Off border stickers. Adhered the falling leaves randomly and then adhered the sentiment using Best Glue Ever.

On the inside, stamped the quote "Invisible Tears..." using the black and clear embossed.

Applied some Distress mini pads to my craft mat, misted with water and stamped using the solid image stamps from the set. While I had the wetness on my mat, I ran a paintbrush through it and splattered on my card. I had some spare eCut leaves so added some of those as well.

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
MFP Stamp Shop  #277 sympathy card
Crafts For Eternity  #241 weather (blowing wind - falling leaves...)
Wags n Whiskers  #160 frame it
Oh La La Creations  #188  autumn
Die Cut Divas  (sketch see below)

ANYTHING GOES:
Craft Your Passion  #277
Incy Wincy Designs  #311
Cuttlebug Mania
Scrap Creations
TTCRD   #1 - 7

A Way With Words - ECD - Congratulations - Reminding One Another

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


I received my sample dies recently and couldn't wait to use them BIG GRIN. Today's card uses "Congratulations" (at Elizabeth Craft Designs and at Quietfire Design)

Quite some time ago I created glue gun stencils... finally I'm using one of them again. I also recently acquired the Copic attachment for my airbrush machine and used it to color my stencil. Love the soft look.

And I also decied to try something I recently saw by Jennifer McGuire, die cutting fun foam and then shrinking it with a heat gun.. The word "Congratulations" was done like that. 

Anyway you can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any card image. Enjoy.

I'm using a quote stamp from (Quietfire Design)

And fits for this challenge:
Pennys Challenges  #241 anything goes

A Way With Words - ECD - Best Wishes - Season's Greetings - Poinsettia Cards

 







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

I received my sample dies recently and couldn't wait to use them BIG GRIN. Today's cards uses "Best Wishes" (at Elizabeth Craft Designs and at Quietfire Design)  and "Season's Greetings" (at Elizabeth Craft Designs and at Quietfire Design)

The Xmas sentiment and quote are a couple of the newest stamps by Quietfire Design - "Christmas is a Piece..." and "Tiny Christmas Wishes"

Anyway, you can see all the details and descriptions by clicking on any card image. Enjoy

MC July/15 - Quill Daisies HB - Some People

It was a good session at our last quilling get together although a little short because of the weather.... managed to make all the daisies. BIG GRIN

I also had these frame edges (ECD "Oval Dots Frame Edges") in my leftover stash. So inked them with Versafine "Vintage Sepia" and embossed with Hot Stuff "Burnt Copper Leaves" twice to get a really thick coating.

Adhered the frame pieces to a white textured cardstock, trimmed down and punched out the excess white areas on the outside edges. Adhered this to a side folded (5.5"w x 7"h) olive green textured card.

Stamped my quote (Quietfire Design "Some People Come Into..." 2pce companion set) using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed. Adhered my quilled elements. Die cut some daisy leaves (ECD "Daisy")  from green decorated papers from my stash. Added the large white half pearls in each corner. Added the butterfly, also from my stash (ECD "Small BFly") adding a layer of Stickles "Ice Crystals" with my finger.

Die cut the "Happy Birthday from yellow fun foam which I had daubed with Distress Picket Fence acrylic dauber prior cutting to soften the yellow... then heat shrunk using my heat gun - this was something I saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog recently.

Adhered a piece of green satin ribbon with a simple bow & a rhinestone cabochon center, then adhered my shrunken word.

On the inside: Stamped the quote (Quietfire Design "May Your Home..." 5pce set) substituting the word "home" and stamping the word "Day" from "You May Not Be Able..." using the black on white cardstock. Created a mask with a post it note and then stamped the daisy background using Distress "Pumice Stone" and coloring with Prisma colored pencils.

Added the butterfly, also from my stash, (Memory Box "Pipi") and added some Stickles with my finger.

Wrote in the words "My Friend with a Zig black marker.

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Aurora Wings #17  something with wings
Incy Wincy Designs  #305 Things with Wings
Love to Scrap  #28 use 3 different or the same embellies (half pearls, ribbon, rhinestone)
Facebook Cardmaker Challenge  add hand lettering
Papertake Weekly  add layers and dimension
Crafty Creations  #294 put 4 of something (4 large half pearls - each corner)
Fab n Funky  #269 no DP
Sisterhood of Crafters  #37 Summer heat (either colors of theme)
Crafty Ribbons Challenge  #124 anything goes with ribbon
Sassy Studio Designs  #291 Bingo:  Ribbon, Lace, Glitter; die/puch, image, flowers; charm, sentiment, pearls
Fussy N Fancy  #144  Things with wings
We Love to Create  #14 anything goes - mixed media
Catch the Bug  Bingo: button. Texture, circle on card; Bugaboo image, no sq, borders; paper piecing, bling, 3 layers
Scribbles Designs  #31 HB
ANYTHING GOES:
Artistic Inspirations  #136
Crafty Sentiments
TTCRD  #21 - 28
The Paper Shelter  #213
Little Miss Muffet  #116
Brown Sugar Challenge  #156