MC Aug/18 - Easel Birch Trees - ECD Best Wishes - Dona Nobis

Tim is coming out with a new version of the birch Trees, one without the border... So I asked myself, do I really need that die... and as it turns out with this card - no I don't... but that's not saying I won't end up buying it anyway. ROFL.

I'm using an A Way With Words dies  "Best Wishes" 2pce set and "Flourished Circle - Love, Joy, Peace" 4pce set from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE  and HERE

And I'm using a quote stamp from Quietfire Design  ("Give Us Peace...")

Also using an electronic file from Suzanne Cannon available on Silhouette OnLine store. Click image to purchase

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenge  monthly Aug  dots or stripes (the birch trees do make a pretty stripe pattern BIG GRIN)
Penny Black @V All Sorts Challenge  something starting with "B" (blue, birch trees, bird, best wishes)
Mod Squad Challenge  something water (snow is frozen water...)
Sunny Day Crafting  #27 any animal
Moving Along With The Times  #77 for a guy
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #479  Xmas
My Time to Craft  #377  more than 1 fold
Sweet Stampin Challenge  Xmas

ANYTHING GOES
TTCRD  7 - 13
Tuesday Throwdown  #404
Pause, Dream Enjoy Challenge  #32
Pennys Challenges  #392
The Paper Shelter  #349

MC Dec/17 - Poinsettia - ECD Thanks - Thankful

 

My turn on the Quietfire Digital blog today and I thought it was time to start making Xmas Thank You cards... This was a quick and easy side fold card, and even though it's a tooled flower, it mails with one regular stamp.


I'm using an electronic cut file from Suzanne, available on the Silhouette onLine store. Click on image to purchase.

And I'm using an A Way With Words die "Thanks" from Elizabeth Craft Designs, also available on Quietfire Design HERE

I'm using a sentiment and design element stamp from Quietfire Design. ("Being Thankful" 6pce set); ("Merry Christmas Poinsettia" 2pce set)

Click on any card image to see all the details and descriptions etc or click HERE to go to my web site. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:

TTCRD  #19 - 25 anything goes

Stamps Fun Creativity  #314 anything goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge  #140 anything goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge  #178 anything goes

CBH Jan 3/11 - Layer Dies - A Book

This week over on Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations theme is Layer dies or In with the New. I've wanted to layer this Labels set since I got it and finally hunkered down and did it. Love the look. And pairing it up with a Flourishes "From the Desk of" set just fit so right. And the quote in the booklet is a Quietfire Design quote from the Nature Quote Marks set.

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

CBH Dec 27/11 - Flower Dies - Bonne Fete

This weeks Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations theme is Flower Dies or "Out with the Old" no way do I do that theme - I keep everything... BIG GRIN

If you've checked out my blog lately, you'll see I did some perfume bottles on a card the other day, but this time I'm using Spellbinders "Heirloom Ornaments 2010" and "Nested Hearts" sets and for the flower that I did in that previous post, I used a punch, and this time used Spellbinder's "Dahlia" set. Here's a link to the tutorial I used from Swirlydoo's blog for the flower.

And of course I'm using various stamps from Quietfire Design

So if  you want to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

CBH Dec 13/11 - Star Dies - Pacem

This week's Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations challenge is "Stars" or "Light". I'm also using one of Suzanne's newest Xmas stamps from Quietfire Design.

 And to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

MC Nov/11 - Ornament Die - Cheers

Well this is definitely not a one layer card - big grin. I was in a mood to do an easel card using the ornament die set from Spellbinders, and then there was a color challenge I liked and then there was a recipe I wanted to use... you know the story - and this is the result.

This week's challenge over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is Dear Santa or Ornament dies. I guess it's obvious which theme I chose to work with...

AND

This week one lucky Created By Hand Challenge participant will  receive one Quietfire stamp  . The winner will be randomly chosen and posted with the Sampler! Happy creating!

I'm using a holly leaf design element from the latest Xmas rubber from Quietfire Design - it's nicely flourished leaves.

Anyway to see lots more details, close ups and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers  #57 Heat embossing
Craft Your Passion  #86 Holiday or winter related
Oh La La Creations  #94 Lots of Sparkle
Stamps Fun Creativity  #75 Distressing
Flourishes  #146 Flower, ribbon & a tag
Scrap Creations  Xmas card
Top Tip Tuesday  #62 White, Silver and a hint of 1 other color
Cooking it up with Katie  #86 Anything Goes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #33 Xmas card
Fab 'n Funky  #101 Anything Goes
Pennys Challenge  #67 Tie something on card
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  anything goes
Stamp with Sarah Kay  #157 Easel card
Stamptacular Sunday  #140 Anything Xmas

MC Nov/11 - Heart Dies - HB

Woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep... so why waste the time. I got up and created this card and then went back to sleep BIG GRIN.

I like the look of it. Unless I make something else, it will be for a special person whose birthday falls a couple of days before Valentine's Day.

This weeks Created By Hand  and Quietfire Creations is Family or Heart dies. 

And I love using this Happy Birthday stamp from  Quietfire Design.

Anyway to see ore details and descriptions, just click on card image. Enjoy

And it fits for these challenges:
Creative Card Crew  Monochromatic
Crafty Purple Frog  For someone special
Fab 'n Funky challenge  #100 Happy Birthday
Crafty Ann's Challenge  #54 Monochromatic
Drunken Stampers  #79 Monochromatic
One Stitch at a Time  #90 Seeing Red

CBH Nov 22/11 - Sq Dies - Thanks

This week's challenge over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is to use Square Dies or Thanks. Looks like I incorporated both choices - Big Grin.

I'm using a "thanks" stamp from Quietfire Design

Anyway click on card image to see details and descriptions, enjoy

AND Suzanne is giving away more rubber...
This week one lucky Created By Hand Challenge participant will  receive one Quietfire stamp  . The winner will be randomly chosen and posted with the Created By Hand Sampler! Happy creating!

CBH Nov 15/11 - Leaves - Thinking of You

 This week's Created By Hand & Quietfire Creations challenge is "Leaves". Well fall is gone, winter is here in the Calgary region. We've have several days of snow already. SIGH!!!

So I inked up a bunch of Flourishes leaves from the "Falling Leaves #SS078" set with Distress pads in red, yellow and Forest Moss, misted with water, and stamped, repeating the process to do the whole left border on a cream toned card. Dried it and colored the background of the border with Super Ferby colored pencils in a silvery green. Added a black embossed line using a PaperMate Eraser Mate pen and black embossing powder.

Die cut the bare tree (Tim's Sizzix die), inked it up with Walnut Stain, adhered to card. Stamped a bunch of leaves, again using the Distress pads and misting with water, but also doing a 2nd generation stamping, so some were a deeper color and some a lighter color. Stamped the sentiment with Versafine Vintage Sepia.

PS: This week one lucky Created By Hand Challenge participant will  receive one Quietfire stamp. The winner will be randomly chosen and posted with the Sampler on the Created By Hand blog! Happy creating!

MC Nov/11 - Postage - Poppies Gratitude

gg designs issued a sketch challenge (see sketch below) this month and asked us to use one of her stamps (if you don't have one, use what you have) - I used the Poppies - love them. Perfect timing too... PS the winner will receive the fabulous teapot/cut set that I often use and used in the November Vamp Stamp News on their cover.

And this week's challenge over on Created By Hand & Quietfire Creations is to use Postage Dies or Faux stamps

To see more details and description, just click on card image - Enjoy

I'm also use a Quietfire Design quote and sentiment stamp.

And it fits for these challenges too:
Crafty Card Makers  #55 Pink, Brown & Cream
Craft Your Passion  #82 Bingo : Flowers, Free, Bling (the flourish is glittered), also used punch, sentiment & Distress.
Oh La La Challenges  #92 Stitching
The Pink Elephant  #123 Distressing
Anything Challenge  #53 Stitching
Tuesday Throwdown  #73 Give Thanks
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #31 Gratitude
Flutterby Wednesdays  #178 Thanks/Gratitude + BFly (very small hiding in the flourish)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge  Buttons
Dutch Dare Card Challenge  #137 Give Thanks
Paper play Challenges  #44 Buttons
Rainbow Lady's Challenge  #177 Poppies
Crafty Ann's Challenge  #54 Floral Frenzy
Crafty Catz Weekly  #107 Anything Goes
Fussy & Fancy  #46 Be Thankful + sentiment
Prairie Fairy Fridays  #65 No black lines
Raise the Bar Challenge  #82 no embellishments (cardstock die cuts etc are OK)

Arlene Faber layout

CBH Nov 1/11 - Label Dies - Xmas Balls

This week's theme over on Created By Hand is Grandmothers or Label Dies. You may recognize the Xmas Balls. I had done some watercolor circles background a little while back and used them for ATCs and the left over piece I used on this card.

I'm also using the Quietfire Design  "Textured Word" set that I love. To see more details and descriptions, just click on card image. Enjoy

MC Oct 25/11 - Tag Dies - Pumpkin Boo

This week's theme over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is "Halloween" or "Tag Dies" - I guess I used both. BIG GRIN

Well there are more Halloween themed challenges this week and one of them is a shaped card, so that's how my pumpkin started. Then the others all dealt with Halloween colors...

I hand drew the pumpkin shape and cut it out. Used a Papermate Eraser Mate pen to draw my separation lines and embossed with black embossing powder. Direct to paper with Spiced Marmalade, then edged with Aged Mahogany.

Cut out my black shapes for eyes, nose & mouth. Stamped the spider flourish (Inkadinkado) coming out of it's mouth - UGH...

Die cut Spellbinders the floral flourish from Grungepaper and the Fancy Tags  from white cardstock. The leaf flourish I coated with Distress Picket Fence, when dry, direct to paper with Distress stamp pad Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles & Walnut Stain. The tag was sponged with Dried Marigold and then Dusty Concord. Stamped the word with Versafine Black Onyx. Looped the tag onto the vine and adhered both.
With the leaf flourish and tag the card ends up being 5"w x 7"h

I'm using one of the Halloween stamps from Quietfire Design.- so cute.

And it fits for these challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown  #71 Shaped Card
Color Throwdown  #134 See color combo below
Challenges by AR  #102011 Shaped or 3d
Stamp Insanity  #78 Trick or treat
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #125  Autumn
Frosted Designs  Inspiration Image (see below)
Prairie Fairy Fridays  #64 Wet embossing
Raise the Bar  #80 Orange & Black
Shelly's Images  Anything Goes
Stampin For the Weekend  #19 Spooky
All Sorts Challenge #126 Halloween
2 Sisters challenge  #62 Pumpkin Patch

Frosted Design Inspiration Image

SSDS Challenge  Food

Color Throwdown combo

CBH Oct 11,11 - Candy - Halloween

This week's theme over at Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is Candy or Pennant dies. I don't have any Pennants dies and am not really in to banners and things like that, so I opted for Candy - BIG GRIN.

I love using Dreamweaver stencils and love these two I used on the card. As long as those spiders stay on my card and don't enter my house Sheesh!! I'm also using one of the newest Halloween stamps. This sheet of Halloween stamps by Quietire Design is just awesome.

Anyway to see more details etc, just click on card image and enjoy.

MC Oct/11 - Circles - Snowladies

I'm ROFL. Boy do I like making snowladies this way - inside, without getting any snow on me or getting cold and wet hands and feet... and have you ever seen a snowlady?? I haven't.

Love the way this card came together.

This week over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations the theme is Witches or Circle Dies. I guess it's a little obvious which one I chose to do... BIG GRIN

Even though this card isn't using the Halloween stamps, I have made quite a few using them. Just check my cards this month. AND - This week two lucky Created By Hand 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!

And I'm using a fun Xmas stamp from  Quietfire Design - although slightly altered - sorry Suzanne...

Anyway, just click on card image to see details and descriptions.

And it fits for these challenges:
Rainbow Lady's Challenges  #173 in the moonlight
Frosted Designs  use any 4 of these (yellow; ribbon/lace; chipboard; flowers; misting/inks; buttons; stickers; rub-ons)
If the Shoe Fits  #93 Females
Prairie Fairy Fridays  #63 Anything Girlie
Raise the Bar Challenge  #78 sweet animals
Simply Create Challenges  #53 use something older than 6 months (the hat stamp - I even had to look for it... also the buttons and reindeer)
Totally Paper Crafts  #87 animals
Mark's Finest Papers  76 no DP
Cute Daisy May  Xmas card
Stamptacular Sunday  #133 Distressing (various)
Little Claire's Designs  #14 monthly Xmas card
Crafty Cardmakers  #53 anything goes
Woodware USA Clear Stamps  #47 Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge  #51 Inspired by an Xmas Song (I'm a little Snowman II - see website for words)

CBH Oct 4,11 Oval Dies - Home

This week's theme on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is Oval or Square dies.

I've used a Quietfire Design rubber stamp quote.

To see more details, just click on card image - enjoy

CBH Sept 27/11 - Blue & Orange - Hugs & Kisses

This weeks theme over on  Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is Mango Sunsets or the colors Blue & Orange.

I found this fun guy online, printed him out and touched him up with some colored pencils, then cut him out. I think hes so cute.

Main card is white which I did a direct to paper around the edges with Spiced Marmalade. The next layer is also direct to paper with Distress Faded Jeans, embossed it with some Halloween embossing folders & sanded down the high points. Cut out the circle with my EK Success circle scissors from white cardstock. Stamped the flourish bats (Inkadinkado) with black stamp pad, adhered my witch.

The cardstock for the tag was first sponged with the Marmalade, then stamped with my words (Quietfire Design Halloween 2011 new rubber stamps), then die cut to fit.

CBH Sept 20,11 - Points - Snow

This week's challenge over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is "What's the Point" or "Rectangles/Squares" and I've got another Xmas card done. Yeah!! Slowly but surely wins the race.

Anyway the card uses the latest Snowflake set from Spellbinders, a quote on the inside and the "Snow" word on the outside, both from Quietfire Design.

To see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

MC Sept/11 - Sapphire - Let it Snow

Well I picked up these decorative petals at Michael's the other day - regular $16.99 and got them for $1.69 - what a great deal for 300 petals. Half were a metallic gauzy type and half were a creamy white with pink splotches. Why cut your own petals when you can get them for this price. So out came the low melt glue gun and voila a flower emerged. BIG GRIN.

Now you may have noticed some snowflakes on the card and the stamped sentiment saying "Let it snow...", but then when you get to the bottom of the card that's where it says, "I've got spring in my heart", and with that I can handle the winter that's around the corner.

There's lots of bling in the ribbon (metallic & glitter)

This week's theme over on Created By Hand and Quietfire Creations is "Sapphire"

Anyway to see more details and descriptions, just click on card image and enjoy.

And I'm using a Quietfire Design Xmas stamp.

And it fits for these challenges:
Digi Stamps 4 Joy  #26 Spring with handmade flower
Pennys Challenges  #61 Inspiration Image (See pic below)
YNS Challenges  #50 use a song for inspiration (Let it snow)
Cute Card Thursday  #180 use at least 1 punch (technically I used 3, although only 1 is visible)
Moving Along with the Times  #114 Handmade flower
Paper Play Challenges  Wk 35 Make your own flower
Trimmies Craft Challenge  #118 Sketch (see below)
Craft Your Days Away  #28 Make your own flower
Marks Finest Papers  #71 Bling
Cute Daisy May  Bling it
Stamptaculars Sunday Challenge  #127 Sky's the Limit (anything goes)

I tilted the sketch