Snowbirds 2011

You'll have to forgive me this little digression.

Every year the Snowbirds practice for three weeks in my backyard.  Almost literally.  This morning I tramped off to the local beach in the rain and hail assuming they'd do one fly-by and their annual show would be over due to the extremely low ceiling.  Well we got a bit more than that!  Yippee!  I love these things!  I have no desire to fly them, although I've been known to jump out of a Cessna or two....  (I like to say I've taken off 7 more times than I've landed in an airplane)  All these photos were taken today except for the one of #6 which was taken off our back deck a few days ago. The single gray aircraft is a F-18 Hornet and I couldn't believe I could see the pilots in my photo.  I mean they were close, but not *that* close.
And I'd just like to say.  Yay Nikon!  I've never had a camera like this.  fyi: it's an 18-105 lens.

Snowbirds website
Snowbirds on Facebook
and I haven't found their official Twitter or YouTube sites yet!

Hoppy Easter! Bunny Card

If you've followed me for a while, you will remember this little fellow. He is covered with a used dryer sheet to make him look a bit fuzzy and he's closed at both ends to make a pocket for a wee book.

You can find a pattern for him here!

There is lots you could do with him!  First thing I plan to do is roll him through an embossing folder....

What can *you* do with him?

I'd love to see!
 
Go ahead, use the Quietfire Bunny from the template to create a card and link your artwork back here!  We'll be looking for your creations till April 24th!

Hoppy creating!

Now Show Us Yours!

The Quietfire Designers have been sharing their creations all week, 

now show us yours!

We'd like to see what you do!  Share your blog with us by clicking on the Froggy below and entering your blog url.

I'm taking submissions until April 23, 2011 at midnight EST.

At that time, I'll do a random draw for a prize (as yet to be determined because I haven't had enough coffee today!!) 

I look forward to visiting your blog!

And the Winner Is....

 Thank you to everyone who has commented today!  I've enjoyed your thoughts immensely!

And thank you for making this a wonderful week for the whole team of designers featured!

The complete list of winners will be announced in the Email Newsletter. If you're not already signed up, you may do so on this blog in the right hand column at the top.

And without further ado.....
the drum roll....

Our lucky winner #26 is TinaH

Tina, please email me within the next 48 hours to claim your prizes!

Thanks again to everyone who played.
See you soon!

Quietfire Design Spring Blog Hop

 Welcome to your final stop in our (almost!) week long Spring Blog Hop! Thanks so much for taking the time to visit us each day. I hope you've left your comment on every blog.  Make sure you check back to see if your name has been drawn as a winner.

We have been celebrating the honour of Quietfire Design becoming a Preferred Product Partner with Spellbinders™ Paper Arts.  We are so excited!  Our objective was to show you some of the ways you can combine Quietfire Design rubber stamps with Spellbinders Dies.  You can find a slide show on the Quietfire homepage with even more examples (and I think I can add even more to that slideshow now!)

A HUGE thanks to the Quietfire Design Team and Alumni and our Created byhand Challenge Shephardess for their beautiful creations and enthusiasm!  They have really enjoyed your comments.  We've learned a lot this week and I hope you have, too! A round of applause for them! Here is the list of their blogs once again. Visit anytime, they'd be delighted to hear from you.

 Wanda Hentges

 Becca Feeken

 Monica Black

 Yogi Grunwald

 Robyn Josephs

Suzanne Cannon (right here!)

Here is how you win today's prize:

Each day a lucky participant will win one of the Quietfire Rubber stamps used that day plus Suzanne's choice of Spellbinders™ die! To enter, simply comment below by midnight EST and you will be eligible for a random draw.

The winner will be announced here tomorrow. If your name is announced, please claim your prize by emailing me within 48 hours or we will draw again!

Here is my artwork contribution to the Blog Hop:

 

The Queen of Everything Crown!

If you are signed up to received the newsletters, you will received notice when I have uploaded the directions for making this crown.  And you'll read who won prizes this week, too!

Here are the Spellbinders™ Dies I used for this project:

Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities Fleur De Lis Doily Accents

Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities Banner Basics 2

Spellbinders™ Nestabilities Classic Ovals Small

Spellbinders™ Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large

Quietfire Design Rubber Stamps:

Queen of Everything

So leave your comment below to be eligible to win today's prizes - and come back tomorrow to see if you won in our random draw.

Thanks for visiting.  It's been our pleasure!

Create without limits!

Suzanne

Quietfire Design/Spellbinders Spring Blog Hop

 


Announcing the
Quietfire Design Spring Blog Hop!


Quietfire Design is celebrating the honour of being chosen as a Preferred Stamp Partner with Spellbinders™ Paper Arts!

Each day a different Quietfire Designer will post their amazing creations combining Quietfire rubber stamps and Spellbinders products in a blog entry (days and links to each blog below). Simply comment on their Quietfire Blog Hop post by midnight EST and you will be eligible to be chosen in a daily random draw. Every day a lucky participant will win one of the Quietfire Rubber stamps used that day plus Suzanne's choice of Spellbinders™ die!

The deadline for commenting on each blog post is midnight EST on the day the artwork is posted and the winner will be announced the following day on the blog you commented on. Once your name is announced in the follow-up blog post, please claim your prize by emailing the blog owner within 48 hours or we will draw again!

Here is our list of blogs and their special Quietfire Blog Hop days
Saturday, April 2:  Wanda  Hentges
Sunday, April 3: Becca Feeken
Monday, April 4: Monica Black Tuesday, April 5: Yogi Grunwald
Wednesday, April 6: Robyn Josephs
Thursday, April 7: Suzanne Cannon

See you on Wanda's blog tomorrow! 

Thanks for playing! Happy Hopping and good luck!

New Designer Project

Don't miss Yogi's project this week!  It's in the Project Gallery with instructions (including details on making those fun flowers) and links to the products!

Honolulu Cookie Company Box

Whenever you see good design, you just can't help but admire it! 

When we were in Hawaii just after Christmas, we found the Honolulu Cookie Company.  Now they make pretty fine cookies (their coconut shortbread is to die for!), but what I had to have was a box full of their cookies - because of the *box*! This box has lots of moving parts and is heavy.  There is a little spot of velcro to keep it together - it should have a padlock...!

And how can you resist a little pineapple shaped cookie?  They're so inviting.  Another brilliant design element.

It must have cost a small fortune to produce these boxes.  I have to stand up and applaud them for "going for the gusto"!

Very cool.
Very yummy.
Very creative!

Winterfest 11 on Two Peas

Are you a member of the Two Peas Forum? Design Team Member Deborah March has posted a challenge on her Two Peas Blog. The rules are simple...her challenge is to create a card incorporating favourite quotations/sentiments (they don't have to be Quietfire but it helps you if it is!). The randomly chosen winner will received two Quietfire Rubber Stamps. Read all Deborah's details here.

Good luck and Happy Creating!

Artwork by Deborah March



This Week's Designer Project

This is Deborah March's beautiful Empty Questions Box.  More photos and complete instructions with links to the products can be found here!  Thanks Deborah!