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Welcome to the Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Buzz! Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to their new Spring selection of rubber stamps! I used Garden Delights stamp set to create this Garden Tag. I started with a manilla...

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a summer layout featuring digital cut files and a stamp from Quietfire Design.    A few years ago my boys decided to canoe (i.e. float) down the North Saskatchewan River.  They launched in Edmonton, and I was instructed to pick them up downstream in three hours time.  Unfortunately, the

Hello on this beautiful Tuesday!!!  I hope you are having a good week!! Today I'm sharing a journal card with you.  I intend to make a bunch of these 4" x 6" cards and then bind them into a book.   For the background I started by gluing part of a world map from an old atlas onto a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor paper.  I lightly brayered paint (Fresco Finish Sherbet, Mermaid, Teresa Green) over the paper being sure not to cover everything up.  Stenciling was done with the same colors of paint.  After being sure the paint was completely dry, the quote was stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black using the stamp platform so I could stamp a few times to get a nice, dark quote.  The Grid Background was stamped with Archival Ink Peat Moss along all 4 edges.  Next came a bit more stenciling to help blend in the breaks in the grid stamping.  I die cut the Flourished Oval Frame and Butterfly from white cardstock.  The butterfly was embossed with Baked Texture Ancient Amber embossing powder.  The frame as well as around the edges of the card are embossed with Baked Texture Patina Oxide embossing powder. Quietfire Supplies Used.... (click the picture to go to the item on the Quietfire Website) I hope you've enjoyed today's post!!! Hugs, Wanda

Yogi here today with a tutorial on making faux "Macarons"... I love Macarons but since they have too much refined sugar which I try to abstain from, I have to be happy with the faux ones. Sigh!!! Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy I'm using several A Way With Word dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, "It's A Party"; "Let It Snow"; "Calligraphic Elements 2 - Ampersand" all 3 also available on Quietfire Design HERE, HERE and HERE I'm also using several sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design "Just For You" 4pce set; "Twirl and Enjoy" 3pce set; "Happy Birthday Plain and Simple" 7pce set Folded my white card in half (5" square") and then used the outside edge as a guide from the largest die of the Beaded Circles (Elizabeth Craft Designs) to cut my circle. Scored and folded the front half in half to create the easel. Cut another white circle for the front piece. Ran it through my embossing machine using the "Coffee Bean" embossing folder (Elizabeth Craft Designs), inking one side with Distress "Old Paper" and clear embossing after dry embossing. Hit the high points with "Ground Espresso" pad. Adhered to card front. Die cut the largest beaded circle, keeping the negative piece for the floor. Inked the beaded circle using the espresso pad and adhered to card. Created my Macrons - see tutorial at bottom. Die cut the party  from "It's A Party" from pink cardstock and the 's & "Let" from  "Let It Snow" from aqua cardstock, cutting off the bits I needed to create the word "let's" Adhered all my elements to the front. Adding some colored enamel dots. On the Floor: Sponged the negative of the beaded circle using "Fossilized Amber". Sponged some espresso around the edge of the floor. Adhered the negative piece to the floor. Stamped the words " "Just For You - Celebrate" 4pce set", "Twirl and Enjoy" 3pce set", and "Happy Birthday Plain and Simple" 7pce set, masking off the areas I didn't want to stamp using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossing. Die cut the "Calligraphic Elements 2 - Ampersand" from a red cardstock and adhered. Adhered the bottom edge of the red Macarons to act as my stopper. MACARONS TUTORIAL: Step 1: Created the Macrons by cutting fat oval shapes (use a die or punch or electronic cutter, or cut by hand...) - you need 3 the same size ovals for each Macarons. Keep one of your negative pieces as well to use as a stencil. Step 2: Place the stencil approx 3/16" above the bottom edge (you can see this with the open space from the negative cut out), hold the negative piece and your oval firmly and sponge with your meringue color, laying down a heavier color around the edges going to nothing in the center. Step 3: Remove stencil and sponge the upper edge Step 4:  then sponge the lower edge where the traditional feet of Macarons is. Step 5: Sponge the 2nd oval in a similar way placing the stencil approx 1/4" above the bottom edge and sponge. Remove stencil and sponge the bottom edge white area.  Step 6: With a matching colored pencil that is slightly darker than your sponged color add little nicks and dots to create the "feet" look. (pay attention to what area your are adding the nicks...) You can color the 3rd oval which is your filling or leave it white and use Viva Pearl Pens or Liquid Pearls to give that glossy filling look.  Step 7: Adhere the 3 layers.   Step 8: add the Viva Pearl or Liquid Pearls in a thin bead.

Hello!!!  I'm sure you're in shock with me posting 3 days in a row... lol.  I'm hoping to get some more posts in this week sharing some...

Hi everyone... I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday with your family and friends for Christmas and I hope you have lots of memories to scrap in the days ahead... I am really looking forward to spending some relaxing time in the coming weeks ahead and can't wait to get crafty again for 2017. Today I have a fun easel back project that i made with the new stamp "In the Midst of Winter".  It's one of my favorites because there are 3 other stamps that go with it in the series for all the other seasons so you could make a really pretty one with each stamp and set it out to decorate your house. How pretty would that be to do?  This one i did with shades of aqua, white, grey and dark charcoal. The chippy die is from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.  I thought it had the perfect shape to surround my stamped image and then add pretty snowflakes to set the scene. I also stamped the lightest aqua piece of paper with clear stamped snowflakes from the  "Let it Snow flurried snowflakes" stamp set.  I used a versa mark ink and embossed them with clear so that i would get just a subtle image on the back round and it wouldn't compete too much with the title stamp.  I love it so much i might even get a frame for it. Here is the picture of the stamps... They are so pretty and there is so many designs that you can pick from to use on all kinds of projects. Supply List: In the Midst of Winter Stamp Let it Snow flurried snowflakes stamp set Versafine black onyx ink Versamark ink Stardust embossing powder, diamond stickles, 3D Foam squares by Scrapbook Adhesives GSLC Chipboard Swirl Cardstock Thanks so much for stopping by ......  Teresa

Happy Wednesday!!  Today I'm sharing a tag that uses 3 of the brand new A Way With Words dies - Live (1164), Laugh (1163), and Love (1165).  I put double sided adhesive onto Elizabeth Craft Design's 85# soft finish cardstock and cut my words with the adhesive on the front of the words.  I then glittered each word with warm diamond silk microfine glitter and set them aside.  My tag is created from 100# soft finish cardstock using the Elizabeth Craft Designs die set, Tags & More 9 - Sparkle (1077).  After the tag was cut I colored it using Distress Spray Stains.  I sprayed shaded lilac, wilted violet, and broken china on my craft sheet not overlapping too much.  I shook and opened Distress Spray Stain brushed pewter and, using the stem of the spray part, shook some drops of the pewter over the sprayed colors.  Next I sprayed the tag with water and then pressed and smooshed it into the ink on the craft sheet.  I lifted the tag and dried it.  It could be dipped again, before or after drying, but I liked how it came out the first time.  I die cut one each of the Elizabeth Craft Designs die set Snowflakes (757) from a matte coated heavy white card and used these die cuts as masks.  I laid a snowflake on my tag and inked over it with Distress Ink broken china.  I did this about 3 times with each size of snowflake.  I kept the largest and smallest snowflake to layer onto the tag.  The large snowflake was left with the just the broken china ink.  The small snowflake was inked over with wilted violet creating a deep purple.  I cut one more small snowflake from the same card as the others and inked it with wilted violet.  Each snowflake was then inked with embossing ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Onto all 3 of these snowflakes I added Elizabeth Craft Designs glitter dots.  The snowflakes are glued onto the tag just in the center.  The words are glued down completely.  Another tag was cut from white cardstock, cutting just the tag shape, no extra cut outs, and glued to the back allowing the white to show through the front of the tag.

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I hope that you all had an amazing Christmas Holiday yesterday!!  I love this time of year and hopes of starting a new year with even more special things planned always keeps me in good spirits and i can't wait to start 2018. Can you believe it's almost a New Year?   So-- with all of that in mind--- i thought i would create a card that i could send to a special friend for always being there for me.  I think everyone has them and receiving a special card would be really nice even for me.  I created my card using one of the new Cling Rubber stamps called  "The best thing- Believe in you" and i wanted to keep it simple so i used a pretty hemstitch oval die by Becca Feeken to stamp my sentiment in black and that way it would stand out great with the Kaisercraft papers that i used.   And behind the oval die is another of Becca Feeken's dies called "Braided Grace Square".  I made two of them one in each of the papers and alternated the pattern to create a pretty back round under my gorgeous sentiment.  And i just finished it with a pretty ivory bow and a sparkling star.  It's simple yet really elegant... just how i like it.  And i hope you do too! Thank you so much for stopping over and best wishes for a wonderful new year!!    Teresa

Hi Everyone it's me Teresa and i am sharing a painted project today that i did with something i found while cleaning up in my garage a few weeks back.  I used to do alot of  decorative painting and had lots of leftover things so when i found this star box i new it would be perfect to put my sentiment on.  I used #5970 "If I had a star" and i really like the way it came out using the wood and paper together. To make this project i first sanded my box really well and then painted it white. Then i sanded it again and then painted the outsides with Antique Gold (Deco Art-Americana) and let it all dry really well.  Next i traced around the box with a piece of paper and cut it down to make a pattern for the yellow dotted paper which i cut out.  To adhere it to the box i used my favorite "Perfect Paper Adhesive" and let that dry completly. Don't forget to push out all the bubbles under the paper as it is drying so it will be flat and nice. And then i stamped my beautiful sentiment on yellow printed paper to match with Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and embossed it with clear.  I used a Spellbinders Standard  Circles Large die to cut it out and did another layer with the Scalloped Circles to put under it to make it stand out more. And then i glued it on with 3D foam dots and added some pretty flowers and now i can fill it with goodies to give to someone special that i have in mind.   Mixing papers and wood is really fun and you can create some beautiful gifts--- so have fun, be creative with it and get  out all those Quietfire stamps you have and have a go at it....

Hello, Diana here to share a couple of cards with you. After Terre's gorgeous black and white card last week, I've been inspired to create some of my own.  My first card is an in-laid/shaker card.  I used Spellbinder's Marvelous Circles and Standard Cicles to frame my sentiment from the If You Don't Believe in Miracles set.  I stamped it in black pigment ink and then clear embossed.   For the shaker element, I die-cut the largest Marvelous Circle die out of both silver and white card stock.  I then adhered the open white with the silver inlaid inside on clear acetate.  To pop up the top layer, I used fun foam around the circle and also the inside circle.  It would a waste of a lot of beads not to cover up the center of foam since it wouldn't show!  Finally I added a double red bow for a bigger splash of red.   If You Don't Believe in Miracles My second card is also black and white with a pop of red.  I had just gotten the new LOVE Fill 'er Up stamp sets in the mail so I had to play.  And this card is mostly that... just playing.  :) I stamped the letters and embossed them.   Then I just doodled with my black ultra fine Sharpie marker different patterns. LOVE - Fill 'er Up Hope you get to play with your crafty stuff too!

Hello!!  Wanda here today combining embossing paste and embossing powder to get great texture and dimension.  You can get a variety of looks from this depending on what color of paste you use and what kinds or colors of embossing powder you use.  It can also be a great way to use up some of that old powder you have sitting around especially if you want to mix it up some by combining colors similar to what I did below.   I started with a piece of watercolor paper just to have a little more weight to the paper but you could use regular cardstock, colored or not.  You can leave the paper as is or add color which I did with Distress Inks (spiced marmalade, mustard seed, fired brick). Next is the paste.  I'm using translucent paste through a Dylusions stencil.  Place the stencil on your paper and apply the paste with a palette knife (or you could use an old credit card).  Pull the stencil straight up, scrape off the excess paste and put it back in the jar.  Wipe off your stencil and knife so the paste doesn't dry on it.  Add your embossing powder while the paste is still wet.  Here I'm using Distress embossing powder (spiced marmalade, pine needles, and fired brick).  Most of the colors of Distress EP have been discontinued, including these, but Suzanne has these 3 colors left (limited supply) if you want to get them while you can find them.  I first added some pine needles by pinching some out of the container with my fingers and sprinkling it around on my paste.  I tapped the paper moving the powder around and then dumped off the rest flicking the back of the paper.  It was at this point that I noticed I hadn't got my Distress Ink completely dry.  I wasn't worried about excess powder between the paste dots but if you don't want that, be sure you dry your ink thoroughly and you might want to use an anti-static bag.  Next I did the same thing with the fired brick powder adding a bit more than I did of the pine needles.  Lastly I poured spiced marmalade over the rest.   You can let this sit until the embossing paste is totally dry and then heat to melt the powder or you can heat it right away and the paste will bubble in some places, which I like and so I did.  To me it just adds extra texture.   Next I repeated to add dots to the rest of my paper.  Here are a couple of close-ups of the embossing so you can see how all the dimension and the great texture that you get. For the leaves on my card, I die cut them from a scrap of natural cardstock (I didn't need to cut the whole die), sprayed on some distress stains that I had placed in mister bottles, dried them, added some stamping (Tiles stamp set) with Archival Ink sepia, and inked the edges a little with Distress Ink.   The quote was stamped onto natural cardstock with Archival Ink jet black, torn out and layered on torn-edge scraps of red and green cardstock.  I distressed the edges of the background, layered it to green cardstock and then the red folded card.  I added a piece of some gold meshy stuff (I've had it a long time) and the leaves.  Finally I decided to splatter some paint.  I used Distress Paint tarnished brass and a water brush. I put some paint on my craft sheet, picked it up with the wet water brush and holding the water brush loosely in my hand tapped it against my finger.  As the paint is flying off it becomes more watery and you get different shades of dots.   Quietfire stamp - The doors we open and close Quietfire stamp set - Tiles Watercolor paper Natural Cardstock Colored Cardstock Distress Inks - mustard seed, spiced marmalade, fired brick Archival Ink - jet black, sepia Embossing Paste - translucent Dylusions stencil - chequered dots Distress Embossing Powder Distress Stains Water Brush Tim Holtz die - autumn gatherings Distress tool Distress Paint - tarnished brass  Just to give you one example of another look, here is another start of a project (I'll finish and share it one of these days).  I started with a small tag, added Distress Inks (vintage photo, dusty concord, broken china), used translucent paste through a stencil and then clear embossing powder.  It didn't take as long to get the embossing powder on so there was more of the paste that was still wet and I got even more bubbling in some areas. Fun!!!!!!!!!!  Some of the areas bubbled enough that the paste turned a little white looking which I liked too.

Hello Crafty Friends!   Today is my day to post at Q uietfire Creations and I created a card using the sweet  "Some People Come Into Ou...

Yogi here today with a Christmas card... Click on any card image to enlarge. Enjoy. I love this Ornate Frame from Sizzix... and thought it would make a nice Xmas plaque type card. And even though it has a relatively large bow, it does lay pretty flat  so postage should be normal... BIG GRIN Side folded my white card (5"w x 7"h). Used Tim's "Striped" layered stencil and Distress pads ("Worn Lipstick" & "Festive Berry") using a sponge to apply, then clear embossed. Lifted the stencil and moved it over to continue with the pattern. The frame (Sizzix "Ornate Frame") was cut from white cardstock (keep the drop out piece). Distress pad direct to paper with "Scattered Straw", then hit here and there with Distress mini pads "Crushed Olive" & "Mowed Lawn", then direct to paper with "Worn Lipstick", clear embossed, then smeared "Black Soot" all over and clear embossed again. Adhered to card front. Love the look of all these mingled colors... Stamped the quote (I Will Honour...) onto the drop out piece using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed. Used a dirty red sponge to color the edges, then adhered into frame. Tied a 5 loop peg bow using Sari Ribbon ("Marmalade") and adhered to top of frame using a glue gun. PS I ironed the ribbon on a low setting first to get it nice and flat... On the inside, stamped the sentiment (Merry Christmas Sentiments) with the Onyx, clear embossed, stamped again on some tracing paper to make a mask which I cut about an 1/8" larger than the calligraphy. Sponged some Festive Berry and then some Aged Mahogany using the Stripes stencil.

Hello Crafty Friends! The spring weather is really picking up here in beautiful Nova Scotia.  I love seeing the spring bulbs blooming an...

Judi Kauffman created this beautiful card using the Congratulations die from Suzanne Canon's "A Way With Words" collection for Elizabeth Craft Designs. See it here: http://blog.elizabethcraftdesigns.com/2015/07/a-way-with-words-clean-and-simple-cards/

Sherry Cheever as Walkin' On the Bad Side for Spellbinders and Quietfire Designs; March 2014

It's time for a new project over on Quietfire Design's blog today. I'm sharing my Destiny Card that features a variety of Quietfire Designs...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  It's Suzanne here today with a closer look at our big news.  If you receive our newsletter or follow us on Facebook, you will already be aware of the exciting changes.  Thanks for your enthusiasm! For those of you who have been asking, it's time to celebrate.  YES!  We have new dies coming very soon. I am so pleased to be a new licensed designer with Elizabeth Craft Designs. We're starting with a collection of twelve very special word and greeting dies that began as my own calligraphy - pen and ink hand-lettering (not a computer font). It's easy to make simple cards in minutes: Cut, add to a card front made of layered rectangles and embellish a bit. You may see the dies and packaging for A Way With Words in the Elizabeth Craft Coming Soon category.  (I will be carrying the dies on the Quietfire site in Canadian Dollars later in August)  If you want your local store to carry these, simply ask them to contact Elizabeth Craft.  They have all the wholesale information specific to this collection ready to send. Dies will ship to stores the first week of August and sales on the Elizabeth Craft site will open next week. We'll be sharing lots of projects here and on the Design Team personal blogs and you'll see our dies used over on the Elizabeth Craft blog too, so make sure you're signed up for their updates.   Videos and tutorials will be coming soon! Here is the whole collection.  Stay tuned!  We'll unleash the Quietfire Design Team soon and you will be delighted with the infinite ways you can create with these dies.  And don't underestimate the power of mixing and matching! We look forward to seeing what you can do, too! Happy creating, Suzanne