MC June/18 - Earrings & Tag - ECD Flourished Night Sky - Moon & Star - Soar

Suzanne just came out with a new batch of fabulous dies and clear stamps under the Elizabeth Craft Designs label. I've made some samples for Els to take to her shows. Love these earrings...

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Flourished Night Sky - Moon & Stars" 4pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

And I'm using a clear quote stamp set from Quietfire Design ("Soar Collection") also available on Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE 

Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy Or click HERE to go to my website

And it fits for these challenges:
Polka Doodle Challenge  #24  anything goes
QKR Stampede  #300 anything goes
All Sorts Challenge  #472 use 2 dies
Cut It Up Challenge  #150 no cards

Copperplate greeting cards - ECD Courage, Happy Anniversary

As I mentioned recently I took a Copperplate class with Paul Antonio... And our Guild is looking for stuff about "fauna" for our next journal... so I created these two cards.

Did the calligraphy using a Nikko G nib and Sumi ink on calligraphy paper, trimmed down and adhered to my card front. My cardstock bled... so had to improvise..

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Courage" and "Happy Anniversary" 2pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE and HERE

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Card Mania Challenge  #105 nautical
Fashionable Stamping  #136 seaside
Crafty Sentiments Challenge  water
The House That Stamps Built  #DC66 summer vacation
4 Crafty Chicks  #407 anything goes
Cute Card Thursday  #534 sune, sea & sand
Alphabet Challenge  F for fish
Crafty Catz Weekly  #421 anything goes

MC June/18 - Morning Glories WC - ECD Smiles - Live Like The Gate Is Open - HB

A friend pointed me to a card done in watercolors and I really liked the look so checked it out...  Sandy Allnock "Bokeh Cherry Blossoms" Instead I used a Stampendous "Morning Glory" image

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Smiles"  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I 'm also using one of the newest stamps from Quietfire Design  ("Live Like Someone...")

And on the inside using a clear stamp set from Quietfire Design "Birthday Collection" 8pce set also available on Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge  #67  joyous occasion
TTCRD  #12 - 18  anything goes
Inspiration Destination  #152 use real stamps or anything goes
Pause, Dream Enjoy Challenge  #24 anything goes
Pennys Challenges  #384  anything goes

MC June/18 - Coffee Cup - ECD Hugs - Coffee, Friends & Bookmark

I just got the newest stamps from Suzanne - coffee and tea related and a couple others.... LOVE THEMI'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Hugs"  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I 'm also using a bunch of the newest stamps and a couple from a previous release from Quietfire Design  ("But First, Coffee" 8pce set); ("Tea" 7pce set); ("Tulips" design element); ("Life Doesn't Have To Be Wonderful to Be Perfect"); "Crackle Background") 

 

And on the inside using a clear stamp set from Quietfire Design "Birthday Collection" 8pce set also available on Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration  #448 colors yellow, pink & green
MMM Challenge  #73 resist embossing
Tuesday Throwdown  #396 tag (since it has a hole and ribbon and is a bookmark, I think it can also qualify as a tag...)
Fab n Funky Challenge  #398 sunny colors
The Paper Shelter #343 ribbons, buttons or pearls
JW Scrap Shack  #237 anything goes
All Sorts Challenge  #471 ladies night out. (what's better than friends and coffee)
We Love To Create  #9 anything mixed media

MC June/18 - Easel Home On The Range - DAD You Are The Best

My turn on the Quietfire Digital Blog today and since it's almost Father's Day, thought I'd make a nice western card...

The font works great in emails, Word, Excel etc. I used it in my SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot)

I'm using sentiment stamps on the floor from Quietfire Design

("I Don't Tell You Often Enough" 5pce set);

These are the electronic cut files I'm using from Suzanne available on Silhouette. Click image to purchase. 

 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc, or click HERE to go to my website. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges  #438  for a guy/father's day
Digi Stamps for Joy  #149  for a guy or anything goes
Scribbles Design  #65 for a guy
Simply Create Too  #139  for a guy
Artistic Inspirations  #202  father's day or anything goes
Polka Doodle Challenge #23 anything goes
QKR Stampede  #299 anything goes
Sweet Stampin Challenge  for a guy or father's day
Simon Says  Frame It

MC June/18 - Easel Rosebud Wreath - ECD Make a Wish - HB

Suzanne just came out with a new batch of fabulous dies and clear stamps under the Elizabeth Craft Designs label.

I've recently seen easel cards by Crafter's Companion that look fantastic made with their new die sets.  I new I had to try making one with the dies I have on hand... I don't even want to think about what those Crafter's Companion die sets are going to cost...BIG GRIN.

I'm using several a A Way With Words dies  "Rosebud Flourished Wreath" 9pce set, "Flourished Butterfly" 3pce, "Calligraphic Elements 2" 3pce set, "Make A Wish"  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE,  HERE, HERE, and HERE

And I'm using a clear stamp set from Quietfire Design ("Birthday Collection") also available on Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Aud Sentiment  #205  sentiment
Moving Along With The Times  #73 girls BD

ANYTHING GOES:
Scrapyland  #91
Cute Card Thursday  #533
Crafty Catz Weekly  #420

Black Letter with Renate Worthington

I took a two hour per week (Wednesday evenings) for 4 weeks workshop with Renate Worthington - one of our Guild members May 9 to 30 of 2018. Love Renate's lettering style and she's such a wonderful teacher...

There's a whole bunch of samples and an exemplar for the Blackletter style we were studying.

The image above is a sampler for decorating the words/letters

Enjoy

MCJun/18 - Pocket Invitation - ECD RSVP, Rosebuds, You're Invited

Suzanne just came out with a new batch of fabulous dies and clear stamps under the Elizabeth Craft Designs label. I've made some samples for Els to take to her shows.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "You're Invited", "RSVP", "Rosebuds" from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE, HERE and HERE

And I'm using a clear stamp set from Quietfire Design ("Numbers/Months") also available on Elizabeth Craft Designs HERE 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Love to Scrap Challenge  #110 wedding, anniversary, engagement
Craftaholics R Us  #23 Love You card
Simon Says Stamps  Wedding or Anniversary
The Paper Shelter  #342 letters or numbers
4 Crafty Chicks  #406 Love is in the air or anything goes
Brown Sugar Challenge  #279 wedding or party

Baby Card - ECD Welcome Little One

The wait is over. All the newest dies and clear stamp sets designed by Suzanne are all available now on http://QuietfireDesign.ca and http://elizabethcraftdesigns.com/ 

I'm using "Little One" 7 pce die set and "Welcome Little One Collection" clear stamp set, both available on Quietfire Design HERE & HERE 

This card is something so out of my realm... baby cards are just not something I make. Sheesh. Don't ask me why I made one though...

Click on card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Inspiration Destination  #151 anything goes
Little Miss Muffet  #190 anything goes

MC June/18 - Garden Gems - Thank You

As I mentioned recently I took a Copperplate class with Paul Antonio... I also just got this Penny Black stamp from Simon Says Stamps called "Garden Gems". I made a sample to show my friends this week and since it was sitting on my desk and I wanted to make a thank you card... I grabbed it and did some calligraphy. Love the way it turned out.

Click on card image to see more details. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Fashionable Stamping  #135  floral
Penny Black @ all Sorts Challenge  monthly May in the garden
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge  #22 flowers
Pennys Challenges  #382 anything goes
The Paper Shelter  #341  flower power
4 Crafty Chicks  #405 anything goes

Paul Antonio - Copperplate & Flourishing

I took a 4 day workshop this past weekend with Paul Antonio. Eye opening... He definitely does fabulous work. Since we did a lot of pencil work, we didn't get too much time to do ink work - sigh!!.

The top piece has some of Paul's flourishing and under it I tried to emulate him...

This is some of what I did in class. Click on any image to see a bit more on my website. Enjoy

Sneak Peek with Make A Wish die

A Sneak Peek especially for you! My project includes "Make a Wish" die from Suzanne Cannon's new and exciting collection of dies and stamps! Tune in on June 5 to see lots of projects on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog and web site on June 5...Not too long to wait...

Check back after June 5th to see all the details and descriptions etc.
Enjoy

MC Apr/18 - 3D- ECD Friends - Always Believe - HB

I gave an all white one of these structure cards to a friend recently who was celebrating her 80th birthday... and one of my other friends there asked me to make one for her too... also in white, but since I'm adverse to making the same things more than once..., I added a touch of color to this one. I so love that the card lies flat...

And I recently received a bunch of goodies from Amazon.ca - Spellbinder's  Majestic Labels 25. Another beautiful die set... and I thought it would be perfect to create the 3D card for her. I'm using the same principles as Becca Feekan used in here creations. You can see the all white one I made HERE

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Friends" from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm also using a quote stamp from Quietfire Design which I love... ("Always Believe...") 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Moving Along With The Times  #71 only a sentiment no image
Catch The Bug  flowers (2nd entry)
Die Cut Divas  April showers bring May flowers


ANYTHING GOES:
Digi Stamps For Joy  #148
Love To Scrap Challenge  #109
Corrosive Challenges  #5
Artistic Inspirations  #200
TTCRD  #15-21
Craftaholics R US  #20
Crafty Creations Challenge  #366
Inspiration Destination  #150
Penny's Challenges  #380
Scrapyland Challenge  #90
4 Crafty Chicks  #403
Little Miss Muffet  #189
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge  #417
JW Scrap Shack  #234
Polka Doodle Challenge  #20
QKR Stampede Challenge  #296

MC May/18 - Digi Iris Thank You - Give Thanks

My turn on the Quietfire Digital Blog today and Suzanne came out with a Spring Flower Dingbat font which I love...

The font works great in emails, Word, Excel etc. I used it in my SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot)

I'm using a quote stamp on the inside from Quietfire Design  ("Give Thanks" 2pce set);

These are the electronic cut files I'm using from Suzanne available on Silhouette. Click image to purchase.

   

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy or click HERE to go to my website.

And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Catz Weekly  #416  anything goes
Cut It Up Challenge  #147 flowers
JW Scrap Shack  #233 anything goes
QKR Stampede  #295 anything goes
Catch The Bug  flowers

MC May/18 - Impossible Card - ECD Sending Hugs - Life Doesn't Have To Be

I recently came across this card structure called "The Impossible Card" and was intrigued...

You can see the HOW TO instructions for the structure HERE

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Sending Hugs Kisses"  3pce set  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design

And I'm using one of the newest stamps from Quietfire Design ("Life Doesn't Have to Be Perfect...")

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Creatalicious Challenge  #138 anything goes opt sentiment
Aud Sentiments Challenge  #202 for a guy + sentiment

ANYTHING GOES:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge  #199
Crafty Sentiments Challenge 
TTCRD  #1-7
Penny's Challenges  #378
Cute Card Thursday  #528

MC April/18 - ECD Flourished Oval- Mom You Are So Loved

My turn on the Quietfire Creations blog today and I made a top fold card... a rare occurrence for me.

I was gifted with a sampler pack of cardstock and papers in various colors from Paper-Garden.ca Thank You. Love their cardstocks., such beautiful pearlescent and metallic papers. I'm using 3 from the sampler pack..

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Flourished Oval Frame" 2pce set and "Butterfly Flourish" 3pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE and HERE

And I'm using a design element and sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design ("Keep Calm and Call MOM" 3pce set): ("You Are" 5pce set) 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. or click HERE to go to my website. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:

Sir Stamps a Lot  for a girl
Scribbles Designs Challenge  #64 for a female
Inspiration Destination Challenge  #149 anything goes opt rubber stamp
The Paper Shelter  #336 die cuts
Art Impressions Stamps  #231 winged things
Cute Card Thursday  #527 pink
Brown Sugar Challenge  # 277 pearls or mother's day
Cut It Up Challenge  #146 bugs or critters

ANYTHING GOES:

The House That Stamps Built  #A2581
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  
Tuesday Throwdown  #389
Crafty Sentiments Challenge
TTCRD  24 - 1
Avenue 613  #208
Crafty Creations Challenge  #365
4 Crafty Chicks  #400
Crafty Catz Weekly  #414
JW Scrap Shack  #231

Concertina Bird Booklet with Lynn Slevinsky workshop

I took a one day workshop (April 21, 2018) with Lynn Slevinsky to create the Concertina booklet. It was a fun crafting day. I did quite a bit of prep work prior the class because I knew there wouldn't be enough time to do all I wanted to do in the booklet... and even so there are still a few pages unfinished... One day. All the calligraphy was done during the class...

Click on any image to see all the details and descriptions and more pages... Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Scrapyland Challenge  #88  anything goes
Little Miss Muffet  #187 anything goes
Crafty Catz Weekly  #413 anything goes
Dies R Us Challenge  #95 springtime
JW Scrap Shack  #230  anything goes
Polka Doodle Challenge  #16 anything goes
QKR Stampede  #292 anything goes
Catch the Bug  #614Bingo Die cuts, sentiment, texture

MC Apr/18 - Easel Digi Coffee - Chalkline Font - Life Doesn't Have To Be Perfect

My turn on the Quietfire Digital Blog today and I've been itching to do a coffee card...

I'm using one of Suzanne's fonts that work great in emails, Word, Excel etc. I used it in my SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) software and printed out the background and other text. Love that font, it's so funky...

I'm using one of the NEWEST quote stamps from Quietfire Design  ("Life Doesn't Have To Be Perfect...");

Also using a couple electronic cut files from Suzanne available on Silhouette. Click image to purchase. 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc., or click HERE to go to my website. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
We Love To Create  #7 mixed media anything goes
Stamps Fun Creativity  #322 for a guy
Die Cut Divas  monthly April  anything goes

MC Apr/18 - Easel Cosmos - ECD Remember - The Only Time

I got a whole whack of stamps recently. I mentioned a while back when I created some cosmos flowers with my electronic cutter and said "why doesn't anyone make cosmos stamps...". Well it seems AlteNew heard me. so couldn't wait to play with it. BIG GRIN

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Remember" from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm also using one of the newest quote stamps from Quietfire Design ("The Only Time...") 

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #147 anything goes opt: bright colors
MMM Challenge  #69 in the garden
Southern Girls Challenge  #180 favorit color combo (love purple and yellow)

ANYTHING GOES:
Craft Stamper  Monthly April
Corrosive Challenges  #4
Artistic Inspirations Challenge  #198
Incy WIncy Designs  #16 - 22 opt spots

MC Apr/18 - Easel Oval Tulips - ECD Be Happy - You Can Do Anything

Suzanne from Quietfire Design just came out with another batch of fabulous stamps... had to use a couple more of them BIG GRIN.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Brave, Bold, Be Yourself" 4pce set and "Happy Birthday" 2 pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE  and HERE

And I'm using two of newest quote and Decorative Element stamps from Quietfire Design ("Tulips"); ("You Can Do Anything")

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And fits for these challenges:
Incy Wincy Designs  #2 - 15 nature and all it's beauty
Simply Create Too  #137 die cuts
Crazy Challenge  #272 Spring
Lil Red Wagon  #441 use something that shines (the Nuvo Crystals should be shining...but very disappointed with them)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  add texture (the Nuvo Cyrstals don't shine but definitely add texture...)
The Paper Shelter  #334 flowers
Art Impressions Stamps  #230 something uplifting
Moving Along with the TImes  #69  Spring
Crafty Catz Weekly  #412 favorite color combo or anything goes
All Sorts Challenge  #463 spring flowers
ANYTHING GOES:
4 Crafty Chicks  #398
JW Scrap Shack  #229
Polka Doodle Challenge  #15
QKR Stampede  #291

MC Apr/18 - Easel Pandas - ECD Warm Thoughts - I Am THe Family Face

Suzanne just came out with a new batch of fabulous cling mounted stamps... had to use one of them BIG GRIN.

And I don't know if you heard, but Calgary just got a family of Panda bears from the Toronto zoo. I think we have them for the next 5 years. So Suzanne from Quietfire Design came out with a set of panda electronic cut files available on Silhouette OnLine store. Click image to purchase. Love them.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Warm Thoughts" 2pce set  from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

And I'm using one of newest quote stamps from Quietfire Design ("I Am The Family Face...")

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Fab n Funky Challenges  #389 cute critters
The House That Stamps Built  DCC44 all creatures great and small
Sweet Stampin Challenge  embossing
ANYTHING GOES:
Pinspirational Challenges  #213
TTCRD  #10 - 16
Crafty Creations Challenge  #364
Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenge  #15
Pennys Challenges  #375