Believe

I just love burgundy and gold for the Christmas season.  I also love scrolls.  So here is a bit of a combination of the two.

Merry Christmas!

Supplies:
Quietfire A Way With Words Believe Quietfire | Elizabeth Craft Designs

Cardstock:

• Core’dinations Burgundy, Rouge, Heartfelt, Raspberry, Poinsettia
• Fancy Pants Gold Foiled Paper

Die cutting machine

Adhesives: Glue Dots, Tombow Stamp Runner, Pop Dots

Ribbon: May Arts 1mm metallic gold cord

Other: Mini-Mister, tweezers

This card uses the inlay technique.  You can read more about it in this blog post.
Instructions:

1. Form a tent-fold card base from burgundy cardstock measuring 7.5" x 5.75". Cut gold panel measuring 6.75" x 5.25".  Cut strip 12" wide x 5"high.  If you cut this strip with grain short it will make your life easier later!! (That is so the grain is parallel to the short side of the strip.)
2. Die cut Believe from the center of the 12" wide strip. Die cut Believe from 4 different coloured coordinating cardstocks and from gold. Lay out each set of your die cut pieces on their own sheet of white paper to help keep them separated.
3. Cut a piece of lightweight cardstock (any colour, as it will be hidden) to approximately 6" x 4" and apply adhesive across the middle portion where you will piece the word and counterspaces.
4. Lay down the gold Believe die cut in the middle of the adhesive and fit in the counterspaces from the other colours like a puzzle. (A pair of tweezers might help.) Apply adhesive around the edges of the inlaid cardstock and adhere it in position behind the 12" strip so it fills the hole.
5. Lightly spritz the edges of the 12" strip with water and gently roll the edges towards the middle.  (If you've cut the strip so the grain is parallel to the short side of the panel, the edges will start to curl on their own with light spritzing!) Use a Glue Dot to hold the curl in position while you repeat with the other side.
6. Adhere the rolled panel to the gold panel. Pierce holes as shown in the photo and wrap gold cord around the "scroll" to the back and secure with tape.  Adhere gold panel to card base with foam adhesive.

It's easy to make more cards with the leftover pieces!  You can add an embellishment to suit the occasion!

Thanks for stopping by!
Suzanne

Believe in Magical Butterflies

I was looking to make something a bit more elegant this time, so to complement the new Quietfire Metal Die, I chose a Spellbinders die plus some of my favourite Kanban paper.

Once I made the hard choices, this card went together quickly!

 


Supply List:
Quietfire Metal Die: Believe
Kanban: Farfalla
Spellbinders: Grand Calibur, A2 Valiant Honor
Co'ordinations: French Roast cardstock
Fancy Pants: 12x12"Gold Foiled cardstock
Tombow: Stamp Runner and 3D Foam Tabs











Instructions:

1. Form a 7" x 5" card from French Roast cardstock.  Die cut Believe from gold paper. Die cut small Spellbinders' Valiant Honor panel from French Roast.
2. Cut three panels (bottom to top): Gold to 6-3/8" x 4-3/8":: French Roast to 1/8" smaller all around:: Kanban Farfalla to 1/8" smaller than the French Roast.
3. Attach Believe to Spellbinders panel with 3D Foam Tabs (you will have to cut the foam tabs to a smaller size) and Spellbinders panel to Kanban paper with 3D Foam Tabs. Use Stamp Runner to assemble other layers as shown.  Attach Gold panel to card base with 3D Foam Tabs.

 

Thanks for stopping by to have a look!

Happy creating, Suzanne

Believe - In Flying Pigs

My very first card using the new Quietfire dies gave me a chance to use this Graphic 45 paper I've wanted to use for ages! We all believe in flying pigs, right?

This card was so easy to put together.  That's the joy of using coordinating paper!

Reagents (Supplies!):
Quietfire Believe cutting die
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe 12x12 cardstock
Coordinations cardstock: Rustic and Montego Bay
3L Scrapbook Adhesives Black 3D foam squares

Synthesis (Instructions!):

1. Form a 7" x 5" card from Montego Bay cardstock. Die cut Believe from Rustic cardstock.
2. Cut a 2.25" x 6.25" strip of flying pigs paper and a panel of coordinating patterned paper to 6.75" x 4.75". 
3. Cut one more panel of Montego Bay measuring  6.5" x 4 3/8".  
4. Assemble as shown using double-sided tape and black foam squares.  I cut the foam squares even smaller than they come using scissors!

Here is another similar card I assembled using the new Quietfire Hello die. This is a guy card for someone with a quirky sense of humour!

I cut a second Hello and used it as a drop shadow.

Thanks for dropping by! Watch out for those flying pigs! Call me if you see one.
Smiles, Suzanne