The Woods Would be Very Silent - Card

 
 

I wanted to share something made with the new Quietfire Design rubber stamps.  Of course designs are never the same in reality as they are inside your head....  But that's not necessarily a bad thing!

 

Here is what the new set looks like:

 

Here is a little information on how the images were made:
I used Mitchell Roundhand Nibs for the broad-edged lettering and Higgins Eternal Ink .  The pointed pen was a Gillott 303 using Higgins Eternal.  All artwork was done on either Canson Pro Marker Layout Paper or Boris #37 Layout Paper.

 

 

The products used in this card are shown in the image links, with the additional information that I used the colour Turquoise Gem to stamp the sentiment.

I hope you like the new stamps!  Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
Suzanne

I Will Honour Christmas - Card

I do love these Memory Box Dies!  It was impossible to resist that little version of Furry Woodland Creatures (those eating machines which devour precious flowers with great abandon....).  It seems every time I drive into Comox I see one or three and have to stop to let them cross the street.  I swear there is a field near here that grows them like a crop!  And I love every one of them.

I went for white and the blue grey of Distress Weathered Wood for this card.  There is one touch of red in this card - it's a simple bow made of waxed linen thread.

 

Here are the thumbnail links to the products.  The Embossing Folder is Spellbinders M-Bossabilities and it was diecut with Spellbinders Grand Ovals. If you find the links don't work, then the product may be sold out.

Thanks for stopping by! Suzanne

I Will Honour Christmas MB Deer Trio MB Wreath Die Grand Calibur Distress Inks Coloured Cardstock Double-sided Tape Pop Dots Glue Dots 4-ply Waxed Linen Thread

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I Will Honour Christmas

You know when I first penned this, I asked the Design Team about the British spelling of honour and would it bother anyone?  They said they liked it.  And after all, I rationalized, it was a quote of Dickens....

 

This card turned into a little bit of everything.  It's has Spellbinders and Memory Box and Sizzix.  I just adore this little Sizzlit snowman. He was coloured with Distress Markers and actually has some blue sponging around the edge of his body because he was originally going to be on a white background. He's such a happy little guy, I want to put him on all my cards!

 

I've always loved a card that Wanda did a few years ago with the Merry Christmas snowflakes as a background using a resist technique. (The links on that page will probably not work because we have a new website - Sorry!)  So my version was to stamp the snowflake stamp with VersaMark ink, sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat; then sponge Distress Tumbled Glass and Broken China over the paper.

Now Wanda would have known that she had to remove the clear embossing before she stamped over it with VersaFine Lagoon Blue, but she wasn't here!  And her ESP wasn't working!  However, it's not too much of a mess....

It was a little bit of a trick to trim the Memory Box die behind the Spellbinders Grand Decorative Oval diecut, but I more or less finessed it!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!  Suzanne

Here are the supplies I used.

Just for You Card

I really love the new Memory Box dies.  Many of them are very fine and delicate and I really wanted to show this one off without a lot of "clutter" around it.  I'm not quite sure I succeeded!

Card Synthesis
The bow was created with the Becca Bow Maker.It's so fast and easy to make bow with that baby!! I originally wanted to put the box under the Floral Square die cut, but it looked so cute along the side, that I caved.  I was going to use a diecut for the quote, but they all seemed too large, so I just cut and stacked rectangles.
Reagents:
Memory Box Floral Square die
Distress Ink was Peeled Paint
Paper was Kaisercraft English Rose
I used tiny little Micro Pop Dots for the Floral Die


Thanks for stopping by! Suzanne

You Are Amazing - Card

This card is made from the same paper "family" as the last card, Kaisercraft's Magnolia Grove.  I love this paper pack.  I could do a completely differently coloured card using the greens, too.

I try not to overwhelm you by using too many products, but this card just kept growing! Sorry!
This embossing folder is very nice.  In fact, it is laid out so that you can run your paper through your machine, cut off the top section and fold the corners in to make flaps.  Pretty interesting!

When I thought I should be done, the card seemed to be missing something.  Seems I did this with the last card, too....  So I added the Macarena Corners and that made me happy!

Here is the synthesis:
Reagents:
Quietfire's You Are Amazing rubber stamp
Magnolia Grove 6.5" Paper Pad by Kaisercraft
Red Pepper Pigment Pad (for stamping the quote)
Bundled Sage Distress Ink (for shading around the quote)
Crafts Concepts Embossing Folder Debonair Edges
Cardstock
Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Standard Circles Small
Memory Box Macarena Corner Die
Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Double-sided tape

Thanks for looking!  Suzanne

I Wouldn't Have Missed Being Your Friend - Card

If you wanted to know more about this card...

This card was originally not going to have any decorated paper on it, then I received this beautiful new paper set (Magnolia Grove) from Kaisercraft and had to use it!  This was my first opportunity to use my Becca Bow Maker and it worked easily (once assembled) and voila! I had a bow!  Next time I'll go for a more complicated bow!



Even though I was really please with my first Becca Bow, I thought it needed something else, so I added this very cool and delicate Memory Box Macarena Corner.

The two colours of stamping ink were blended around the edges of die cut bearing the quote by using the Foam Blending Tool.  The two colours give it so much more depth.  Distress Ink is not my favourite for stamping Quietfire Rubber stamps, although I used it here for colour matching.  I always think pigment inks work better for preserving the crispness of the lettering.  Note to Tim Holtz:  Make me Distress Colours in Pigment Inks!!

This was my first time using Pearl Flourishes and I was pleased that the adhesive strip they are on was firm enough to drap nicely over multiple layers.

A special thanks to Chris Wallace from Walnut Hollow for suggesting this quote.

Here are the ingredients for this card:

I Wouldn't Have Missed Being Your Friend

Magnolia Grove 6.5x6.5" Paper Pad from Kaisercraft

Spellbinders: Splendid Circles, Standard Circles Small

Memory Box: Macarena Corner

Foam Blending Tool

Butterscotch Pigment Ink Pad
Distress Ink: Victorian Velvet

Pearl Double Flourishes

Becca Bow Maker

Thanks for taking a look!  Suzanne



Happy Mother's Day! and Reminder

I've been dying to try the new Memory Box Valerian Flourish.  Awesome!  It cuts just like a Spellbinders die in the Grand Calibur.

Don't forget tomorrow is the start of our Spring Blog Buzz!  Tomorrow you can visit the blogs of  Yogi and Holly.
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Thanks for stopping by.  Suzanne