Inspiration from our Talented Customers!

Every once in a while, I get lucky enough to be sent photos of artwork which customers have created using the Quietfire rubber stamps.

This beauty is from Hellen E. in Australia.  Hellen doesn't have a blog, so I'm very happy she send this to me!

And from Carole At Carole's Soulfelt Creations (I had trouble viewing her blog using IE - but it's perfect with FireFox!)

but Carole says one of her favourites is here. I'm so glad I don't have to make a choice - they're all wonderful!

 

I've been meaning to share this one for a while. Jeneen is the Queen of ATCs and she created and gave me this adorable one. This is my little black fellow, who takes great interest in assisting with anything related to Waxed Linen thread.  I swear he can hear it coming off the spool from a dead sleep at the other end of the house. *sigh*  I think three wraps around the table is his current record.   Needless to say, he and Jeneen have a interesting relationship.....  He is one happy kitty when she visits!

Thank you all for sharing your work!
To Everyone:
Please let me know if you've uploaded something you have used Quietfire products on.  I'd love to share it!
You are also welcome to add your links to our Facebook Page, too!
Thanks for visiting, Suzanne

Kozmetica Script Typeface

Meet Kozmetica Script.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother....  What an elegant beauty.
Designed by Alejandro Paul and Angel Koziupa. See more details of it here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzanne

Burberry Baby Card - Chiara

Or Do-It-Yourself Plaid!

Chiara was born a few months ago to a family that loves Burberry! Chiara even had a little Burberry dress for her christening.
Here is the result of my efforts to create the Burberry tartan using the perfect tool for the job; the Dreamweaver Stripes stencil.  I think I know this tartan pretty well by now! (One day I'll get it perfectly!)



Card Synthesis

Handlettering on cardstock

Reagents:

Mitchell Roundhand Nib

Higgins Eternal Ink 

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Spellbinders: Classic Ovals Small, Lacey Ovals

Dreamweaver stencil – stripes

Removable Tape

Gesso

Ink Blending tool

VersaMagic Dew Drops Midnight Black

Ranger Distress Aged Mahogany

Card Blanks

Burgundy Cardstock

Fawn coloured cardstock

ribbon

Sookwang Be Creative Double sided tape

Glue Dots and Pop Dots

Thanks for visiting!

Suzanne

Baby Card & Album - Sofianne

Recently my friend had her first grandchild.

It's hard to decide what to send when you don't know what they have and don't have! I knew there would be a card....  I wandered through a baby store and came out bewildered.  And then I remembered I'm a bookbinder....  I thought I could probably come up with something that no one else would give!

I started out with these adorable little rocking horse stickers from Martha Stewart and designed with Spellbinders around their colour scheme.  Here is the card.

I love the dimensional effect that the Pop Dots give.  And when you layer the Edgeabilities just right, you get this little heart peaking through.

One of my favourite thing about Spellbinders is the ovals.  You can draw and cut a circle pretty easily, but ovals....  that's another thing.  And you get this gorgeous embossed edge.  Absolutely classy.  It knocks anything you make up a notch (or two!).

Here is the album made to match the card - it's designed as a little coffee table brag book!

And here is where I get on my bookbinder's soapbox (it's been a while!). These stab bindings look so lovely and you can dress them up so beautifully, but really they're a horrible binding for a Western book.  The Japanese binding uses soft oriental paper and a soft cover and having the book lie flat and the pages fold over the previous page isn't such a big issue.

Adapting the binding for Western uses requires some finesse.

Here is a photo I took before I bound the book.  You can see the spacers between the pages, inserted so the book won't yawn at the foredges when photos are added.  You can also see the pages are scored sequentially so that they will fold over the page before it.

Card Synthesis:

Card Blanks

"Sofianne" handlettered with a Mitchell Roundhand Nib

Winsor & Newton Maganese Blue watercolour

Arches Text Wove paper

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Spellbinders: Classic Ovals Small, Classic Ovals Large, Lacy Ovals, Edgeabilities Classic Petal

Coordinations Core Color

Sookwang Be Creative Double-sided Tape

Glue Dots, Pop Dots

Ribbon

Brag Book Synthesis:

Pre-cut bookboard

Black acid-free cardstock

Self-adhesive Linen Hinging Tape

Oriental paper

Coordinations Core Color

Spellbinders - as in the card above

Scor-it-All

Drill

Glue, Xyron

Ribbon

Nerves of Steel ('cause I haven't made one in so long!!!)

Thanks for looking!
Suzanne

Donald Jackson on Today

Thanks to Roann Mathias for the Facebook heads up about this interview on msnbc.com!
The last time I saw Donald Jackson was up in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where I was living.  He came to teach a workshop.  He is very entertaining - unfortunately it didn't really show up in this interview! Too bad!

I was so sick that weekend.  He very sweetly gave me a pat on the shoulder.  I didn't bother telling him I wasn't contagious.  I was pregnant!  (Never been so sick in my whole life!)

If this video makes you want to know more, here is the website for the Saint John's Bible

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Thanks for visiting! Suzanne

Terre Fry - Snowflakes are the Fairydust

Congratulations to artist
Terre Fry
for her full page spread in the current issue of
Paper Creations magazine!

In the article Terre lists all the supplies and describes how she created her card. In addition to an excellent close-up photo of the project, there is a diagram in the pattern pull-out so you can precisely position all of the elements and layers in the card.

Absolutely beautiful Terre!!
Thanks so much for using Quietfire Rubber!

Snowflakes are the Fairydust is available here.



If the Broom Fits

Here is my contribution to this week's Created byhand Challenge!
This week's theme is Witches/Circle Dies

NOTE:

This week two lucky Challenge participants will each receive one of the stamps from the new Quietfire Wicked set. Names will be randomly chosen and posted with the Sampler!  Happy creating!

Card Synthesis

Reagents:

Flying Kitty image from the internet
Cardblanks

If the Broom Fits & Wicked
Golden Ivory Waves – Decorative paper for moon
Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Accents
Spellbinders Standard Circles Large
Tim Holtz Kraft Glassine paper
Archival Ink Black
VersaMark Ink

Thanks for stopping by!
Suzanne

A Grandmother Pretends

Judi Kauffman is becoming a frequent guest designer at Quietfire Design.  Her latest: A batch of Halloween cards and an ATC. 

Two of Judi's friends have recently become grandmothers, so she was elated to find a stamp that so perfectly fits their new role (the Erma Bombeck quote).  

Judi used black ink for all stamping, both black ink and metallic copper ink to smudge and alter the edges of the pieces.  The bats are punched from Black Iris Shimmer Sheetz (Shimmer Sheetz is from Elizabeth Craft Designs, the punch is from Stampin' Up!), the spider web border is a Martha Stewart around the Page duo, the spider is a Cuttlebug die.  Judi said she's not sure if the ghost and pumpkiin brads are still available or not (she got them several years ago from Stainslaus Imports), but it would be easy to find alternatives.

Thanks for sharing Judi!!
Suzanne

Birthday Card!

Made for my friend Susan in Connecticut! (ahem, way late.  Sorry!)

Card Synthesis:

Handlettering on Arches Text Wove

Mitchell Roundhand Nib
Manganese Blue watercolour

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Spellbinders

•  Grand Rectangles
•  Classic Rectangles Small
•  Fleur De Lis Rectangles
•  Grand Shapeabilities Wonderful Wings

Nestabling, Turquoise Fleur De Lis Rectangles
VersaMagic Dew Drops Sea Breeze
Card Blanks
Core Color (Core’dinations)
Sookwang Be Creative Double sided tape
Glue Dots, Pop Dots


Thanks for dropping by!
Suzanne

Ancient Manuscript Making

Thanks to Georgia Angelopoulos for pointing this out to me.  Great viewing for any beginning calligrapher or bookbinder!  Some things haven't changed much over the centuries.

Interesting, I was taught to add the slit to my quill last - but whatever works - and I ain't gonna argue with Thomas Ingmire!