Just Living is Not Enough ...

Today I used a beautiful stamp from Quietfire Designs.  The name of the stamp is 'Just Living is not Enough'.  To frame the sentiment, I used Fitted Ovals and Fitted Frames 4 - Curvy Ovals.  The sentiment was stamped in the center of the ovals, using VersaFine black ink.  The Oval Frame was attached to the front of the card, which was covered with a piece of design paper.

The pretty lilies were created using Susan's Garden Notes Lily die set.  They were shaped using Susan's Flower Tool Kit.  Behind the flowers Leafy Branch 6 - Wheat die cuts were added.

To finish the card, two hot pink Dancing Butterflies were added.

Hope you enjoyed by card today.  Links to the products used are below.  Thank you for stopping by.

Stamp from Quietfire Design:

6044  Just Living is Not Enough


Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Garden Notes - Lily Leafy Branch 6 Wheat Fitted Ovals Fitted Frames 4 - Curvy Ovals Dancing Butterflies Soft Finish Cardstock, White Limited Edition Pink/Silver Fine Pointed Tweezers Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 64mm Large Molding Pad (6.5" X 12"/16.5mm X 30mm) Susan's Garden 4pcs. All metal Tool Set in Luxury Case Leaf Pad 4" X 6" (5 Pack) Kids choice glue

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Christmas Waves a Magic Wand

We had our first snowfall yesterday and it inspired me to create this Christmas card.

I used the Quietfire Creations Christmas Waves a Magic Wand rubber stamp.  Isn't that a beautiful verse for a Christmas card!

To create a dimensional scene, Els van de Burgt Studio Dotted Scallop Oval and Fitted Oval frame die sets were used to die cut an opening in pieces of 6x6 inch card stock.  At the bottom of the Fitted Frame Oval, two snow banks were added.  They were die cut using Karen Burniston's Outdoor Edges die.  A Gold Line Peel Off Sticker was used to line the die cut edge of the Fitted Oval Frame.

A piece of vellum was die cut to fit behind the die cut Fitted Oval.  Three Susan's CountryScapes Woods 4 trees were die cut and glued to the front of the vellum.  This piece was attached to the back of the Fitted  Oval frame.  On the card base, three more CountryScapes Woods 4 trees were attached so they would appear further back in the forest.  The vellum was to represent fog between the trees. The snow added to the trees was created by using DecoArt Snow-Tex paste.

Using Susan's CountryScapes Critters 6 die set, the deer was die cut and color sponged on.  Pine boughs were die cut using Susan's Garden Notes Whitepine Bough & Pinecone die set and a small red poinsettia made using Garden Notes Small Poinsettia die set.  

The Oval layers were attached to the front of the card with dimensional tape between layers.  The Quietfire verse was stamped, then fussy cut around the words and attached to the lower right corner.  The deer was attached on the outside of the ovals using dimensional tape.  

Gold Peel Off Line Stickers were added around the outside frame, then the Pine boughs and Poinsettia added.

You can complete this card with the following products:

Quietfire:

5713:  Christmas Waves a Magic Wand

 Elizabeth Craft Designs:

CountryScapes Critters 6

CountryScapes Woods 4 Holiday Evergreen & Trimmings

Garden Notes Small Poinsettia

Garden Notes Whitepine Boughs & Pinecone

Outdoor Edges

Dotted Scallop Ovals

Fitted Oval Frames

Gold Line Peel Off Stickers

Soft Finish White Cardstock

Joy

Today I am posting the card I designed for my Quietfire Creations Design Team Blog Post.  It is a card using two beautiful stamps designed by Suzanne Cannon from Quietfire Creations.

 I fell in love with the Joy stamp which is in the Quietfire Creations Flourished Ornament stamp set.  Isn't it beautiful!

To show off this beautiful stamp, I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs Dotted Scalloped Oval die set and die cut one of each size ovlas.  The ovals were layered, using dimensional tape, so that the edge of each die cut matched at the top of the largest oval.  These ovals are very dimensional.  Before attaching the smallest oval, I used VersaMark and Ultra Fine Gold Embossing Power to stamp the sentiment.  This oval set was attached in the middle of the card at the upper edge.

Two flowers were created using Susan's Garden Notes Poinsettia and Garden Notes Small Poinsettia die sets.  Ten pine boughs were die cut using Susan's Garden Notes Whitepine Boughs & Pinecone die set.  The poinsettias were die cut using white card stock and a brush dipped in bright pink reinker, was brushed down the center of each petal.   The poinsettias and pine boughs were arranged at the bottom of the oval die cuts.  Gold cording and beads were added around the arrangement.  The green background was outlined using Elizabeth Craft Design Gold Peel Off Line Stickers.  Two Gold Peel Off Sticker Corners were added at the top.  There were some gold pieces left when the Gold Corner Stickers were pulled off the sticker sheet.  I used a few of these pieces under the sentiment.

The Quietfire Creations Christmas Waves a Magic Wand stamp is one of my favorite to use on Christmas cards.  This sentiment is perfect for anyone.  This is the stamp I used on the inside of this card.

In keeping with the ovals on the front of the card, the two largest Dotted Scallop Ovals were die cut.  The Christmas Waves a Magic Wand sentiment was stamped using VersaMark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder.  

I always add an extra piece of card stock to the inside of my cards that is slightly smaller than 6x6 inches.  A Gold Peel Off Line Sticker was added to the bottom of the piece.  To match the front of the card, two more Gold Peel Off Corner Stickers were added inside.

Be sure to go over to the Quietfire Creations Store to find just the perfect stamp or die to create your holiday cards.

Products from Quietfire Creations:

6043 Flourished  Ornament

5713 Christmas Waves a Magic Wand

Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Dotted Scallop Ovals

Garden Notes Poinsettia

Garden Notes Small Poinsettia

Garden Notes Whitepine Boughs & Pinecone

Gold Peel Off Stickers

Autumn Serenity

Autumn is such a beautiful time to travel and view all the beautiful colors of the season, have fun going to the pumpkin patch and baking/eating wonderful things such as pumpkin bread or chocolate chip pumpkin cookies, that are available this time of year.

Today my card was created using the A Way With Words 4-Seasons Autumn die combined with one of the stamps from the Quietfire Creations Garden Bench Collection.  

The wreath was created by die cut two of the Els van de Burgt Studio Entwined Circles. Thinking of how much fun it is to go out to the pumpkin patch to see the variety of pumpkins stacked high,  I added pumpkins die cut using Els van de Burgt Studio Pumpkin die set. For the Fall leaves, I used Susan's Garden Notes Woodland Leaves die set.  A few Elizabeth Craft Design Peel Off Stickers were used behind the pumpkin patch. 

I hope you are enjoying this colorful season!

Garden Bench Collection - set of 4 stamps

A Way With Words - 4-Seasons die set

Entwined Circles

Pumpkin  (The pumpkin dies are now out of stock and will be replaced next year with a new pumpkin die set.  You can purchase the Pumpkin Peel Off Stickers to complete this project.)

Garden Notes Woodland Leaves

Gold Peel Off Stickers

Autumn is a Second Spring

This is the card I designed for my Quietfire Creations design team blog post, which you can see at this LINK.

I love the beautiful stamps by Suzanne Cannon.  Today I have an Autumn card using Suzanne's Autumn is a Second Spring rubber stamp.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece of tan card stock.  The card stock was die cut to fit behind Susan's die cut Garden Notes Round Grapevine Wreath.  This was centered on the card front.

To add fall colors, flowers were created using Susan's Garden Notes Chrysanthemum, and Sunflower dies; Susan's Garden Woodland Leaves dies, plus Els van de Burgt Studio Pumpkin and Berry Branch die sets. 

 A piece of gunny sack trim was added at the bottom of the wreath and all die cuts arranged around the wreath.  For extra dimension to the Berry Branch, I added dots of Love Letter, irRESISTible Pico Embellisher, by Imagine Crafts.  The leaves were colored using Viva 3D-Stempel-Farbe Stamp Paint.  To complete the card, a small bow was added to the top of the wreath.

Supply List:

5645 - Autumn is a Second Spring 

Die sets from Elizabeth Craft Designs include:  Garden Notes Round Grapevine, Garden Notes Chrysanthemum, Garden Notes Sunflower, Susan's Garden Woodland Leaves, Els van de Burgt Studio Pumpkin and  Berry Branch.

Quietfire Creations Design Team Blog Hop for World Card-Making Day

The Quietfire Creations Design Team is extending an invitation to everyone to join in our World Card-Making Day Blog Hop today, Saturday October 1, 2016!   Hop from blog to blog, be inspired and leave a comment on each World Card-Making Day blog post.  Each designer will have a random drawing, from comments on their own blog, for a winner.  Prizes will be stamps and or dies!  Be sure to leave a comment on each blog before Midnight, Sunday, October 2. Drawings will be held next day and winners announced shortly afterwards.

Here are the other blogs to visit and leave your comment:

Selma http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.ca (You are here)

Robyn http://rainbowweaves.blogspot.ca/

Teresa http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.ca/
Kathy Jo http://daisysanddaffodils.blogspot.(ca/
Yogi  http://yogiemp.blogspot.ca/
Suzanne  http://quietfirestyle.blogspot.ca/ 
Diana  http://yourstrulybydiana.blogspot.ca/

For my card I have used one of Suzanne's new stamps - Christmas is the Day, which is actually attached to the inside of the window of this card.  Over the die cut window is a piece of acetate that has a piece of Glitterfoil attached over it.  A frame for the opening was die cut using two sizes of Stitched Frames.

The gold Christmas die cut sentiment was die cut using Suzanne's A Way With Words "Merry Christmas - 2" die.  To help elevate this sentiment, a second Christmas was die cut using Fun Foam and the two pieces glued together.

To decorate the card further, Susan's Garden Notes Small Poinsettia dies were used for the flower and Els van de Burgt Studio Holiday Garlands 2 die set used for the border on the side and the additional snowflakes.

When you open the card, you will see the gold embossed sentiment that shows through the window on the front of the card.  At the bottom, another Holiday Garland was added.

Be sure to visit all 7 Quietfire Creations Design Team Blogs, and leave a comment before Midnight, Sunday, Oct 2, for a chance to win prizes.  You have 7 chances to win Quietfire stamps or dies!

New products used on my cardQuietfire Creations include:

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Christmas is the Day stamp set

A Way With Words - Merry Christmas 2 die set.

Products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Garden Notes Small Poinsettia

Holiday Garlands 2

Stitched Squares

The Woods Would be Very Silent

Good Morning.  Today I have a have a card designed using one of Suzanne Cannon's beautiful Quietfire Creations stamps.  I love the message on this stamp -  it tells us we all need to try, even if we are not the best!

I used a piece of 6x6 inch design paper for the background. To frame the sentiment, I die cut two ovals using the new Els van de Burgt Studio Entwined Ovals from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The ovals were glued to the design paper. Using the Misti Precision Stamping Tool, the sentiment was stamped inside the oval using VersaFine Black Ink.

Using Susan's Garden Notes Chrysanthemum and Zinnia dies, flowers were die cut for the bottom of the card.  I wanted to add a bird similar to the one in the design paper, so I used Susan's Garden Birds 1 die set.  The flowers and bird were attached at the bottom of the Entwined Oval.

You can purchase the Quietfire Creations "The Woods Would Be Very Silent" stamp set at this LINK.

The Elizabeth Craft Designs dies include:

Els van de Burgt Studio Entwined Ovals

Susan's Garden Notes Chrysanthemum

Susan's Garden Notes Zinnia

Susan's Garden Notes Garden Birds 1 

Let It Snow

Let It Snow --  Can you tell someone is loving the snow!  This snowman is.  This is the card I designed for my Quietfire Creations Design Team Blog Post using Suzanne Cannon's new A Way With Words  - Let It Snow die.  You can see complete details on the Quietfire Creations Blog at this LINK.

Be sure to check out all the beautiful A Way With Words dies to create your beautiful holiday cards.

Products used:

A Way With Words - Let It Snow

Joset Designs Snowman

Els van de Burgt Studio 5 Part Pine

Karen Burniston's Outdoor Edges

Karen Burniston's All Season Tree

Silver Peel Off Sticker Corners

Glitter Dots Peel Off Stickers

Hello Summer

Good Morning.  Today I have a bright, sunny card for my Quietfire Creations Design Team post.  Please go over to the Quietfire Creations blog at this LINK to read all about this card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Good Morning.  Today I have a card I designed for my Design Team Post at Quietfire Creations, using another new, beautiful, rubber stamp that is now available.  Please visit the Quietfire Creations Blog at this LINK for more information.

Thank you for stopping by today.

God Gave Us Memory

It won't be long until we start collecting the dies and stamps we need to use for our Holiday cards.  I love working with the stamps and dies designed by Suzanne Cannon from Quietfire Creations.

This is a picture of the new A Way With Words - 4 Seasons die set.  I used the Winter die from this set, for this card; it was die cut using black card stock.

This is the Quietfire Design "God Gave Us Memory" rubber stamp.  The sentiment was stamped, using black VersaVine ink, on the upper right corner of a piece of design paper.

The flower was created using Susan's Garden Notes Rose 1 die set.  Under the Rose, I added pieces of a gunny sack type ribbon and shredded the ends.  On top of the ribbon, Pine Boughs were added; these were die cut using Susan's Garden Notes Whitepine Bough & Pinecone die set.  Both die sets are available from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  To create a Winter type card, Faber Castell Whipped Spackle was added to the Pine Boughs.  Glue was dropped around the spackle, the rose leaves and on some of the rose petals, then Ranger Distress Stickles - Clear Rock Candy Dry Glitter was sprinkled on. 

This card will be perfect for someone with a Winter birthday!

4 Seasons - Set of 4 dies 

God Gave Us Memory Rubber Stamp

Garden Notes Rose 1

Garden Notes Whitepine Bough & Pinecone 

Craft & You Design - Rose Garden (design paper)

In Summer

Good Morning.  Today I have a card I designed for my Quietfire Creations Design Team Post.  It was created with one of the new Quietfire Creations rubber stamps.  Dies for the flowers and frames are from Elizabeth Craft Designs.   You can see all the details on the Quietfire Creations Blog at this LINK.

Thanks for stopping by.

I Don't Tell You Often Enough

Have you seen all the beautiful new stamp sets from Quietfire Creations?  Here is a LINK to the new products that are now available.

This is a 6x6 inch card.  I cut a piece of light purple card stock 5 3/4 inches for the background. To give this piece some texture, I used Suzanne's new Crackle Background Stamp. I am excited to have this new background stamp and I am sure you will want to add it to your stamp collection too!

I used a piece of design paper from my stash and die cut it to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Dotted Scallop Rectangle dies.  

For the Sentiment, I used one of the stamps from the "I Don't Tell You Often Enough" stamp set.  It was stamped on white card stock with black VersaFine Ink then die cut is one of the small Dotted Scallop rectangle dies.  Before removing it from the die, purple ink was sponged around the edges.  This piece was attached with dimensional tape at the bottom of the card.  

For extra "glamour", a little glitter was added to flowers and chairs and a few flat back pearls added.  

Stamp sets used:

I Don't Tell You Often Enough

Crackle Background