Friends, Be With Those Who Help Your Being ~ Rumi

Hello! Kim here with another share on the Quietfire Creation’s blog. My second now since the COVID-19 pandemic entered our world! Now is the perfect time to scrapbook layouts of happier times when physical distancing was not part of our norm.

I printed this photo from New Year’s Eve first. It didn’t take long to ‘audition’ a few stamps and dies from my Quietfire Design collection to find which ones worked best for the story I wanted to tell.

I cut the ‘Friends’ title using the Elizabeth Craft Designs steel cutting die, designed by Suzanne Cannon. I embossed with Kells Gold Gilding Powder twice, which gave it beautiful, dimensional shine, a fun touch for my New Year photo.

I stamped the Rumi quote “Be with those who help your being” using Distress Oxide ink on a small piece of cardstock. This stamp is sold unmounted. Do NOT let this scare you away, I just add temporary adhesive to the back and stick it on my stamping platform [or acrylic block], easy-peasy! It is the perfect quote for this fun group of friends who always make me smile!

The layout uses papers and embellishments from Pink Fresh, from a monthly kit I received from Scrap Shotz. The colours are fun and vibrant, like my friends!

Don't forget to pull out your Quietfire Design stamps and dies when scrapbooking, they just might be the PERFECT embellishment!

SUPPLIES:

Quietfire Design stamp ~ Gentle Thoughts

Emerald Creek Co. ~ Kells Gold Gilding Powder 

Elizabeth Craft Designs ~ Friends steel cutting die

Elizabeth Craft Designs ~ double sided adhesive

Scrap Shotz kit / Pink Fresh

Ranger ~ Distress Oxide Inks

Friend forever with Clear Embossed Background

Have you ever made such a pretty background or found the most beautiful designer paper and then have trouble covering it up?  I do - all the time!  I think the best thing about word dies is how easy they are to use.  I don't have to worry about losing a good amount of real estate for a sentiment because of the blank space - it can just go right on top of most backgrounds.  

I love clear embossing and so I was playing around with the leafy acanthus background die and made this base layer by rotating the stamp and stamping in the corners.  After clear embossing, I used Distress Oxide ink Lucky Clover and Fossilized Amber to bring out those beautiful lines.

I die cut the Friends 3 times and layered them on the card.  I snuck a tiny addition underneath - a small over die with Forever all clear embossed and sponged with the same ink colors.

I still get to see much of my pretty background but I've also managed to get in a bold sentiment.  Hope you like it!

Friends metal die

Leafy Acanthus Background Stamp (Mounted)

Life Journey Words Stamps (Mounted)

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello everyone! Welcome back!  It's Day 2 of the Quietfire - Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop and Giveaway!  Are you all tuned up for more goodness?  Excellent!  Make sure you enter to win the prizes - read on to the end of the post for details!

Our first card today is from Diana, our Queen of CAS!  She makes the most elegant cards where the message just pops out.

Hi, everyone!  It's Diana here today to share with you my card for this hop.  I made a Christmas card with some very classic colors and papers - they were a  perfect backdrop to this beautifully lettered Christmas quote by Suzanne.

 
I started by stamping in black Versafine ink on a sheet from K and Company EB Visions of Christmas paper and embossing over the black ink in clear.  I then die cut the quote out with Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles.  I use the Scrapbook Adhesive foam squares to pop up the layer.  The matting layers were also from the same paper stack.   

 
What's a Christmas card without some gold?  I added some gold foiling by cutting up strips of Scrapbook Adhesive Sheets and burnishing the gold foil sheet (from the 3D Foam Christmas Shapes kit) over them.  I love the subtle look of it.    I added a bow with some garnet seam binding.
 

 

Quietfire Design
Christmas Eve was A Night of Song

 Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L Supplies
3D Foam Squares white mix
Adhesive Sheets 4x6 
EZ Runner Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser #01200
NEW 3D Foam HolidayEmbellishment Kit

Others:  Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles

 

Connie is our scrapbooker and has created this sweet fun page to inspire and make us smile!

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a scrapbook layout featuring some fussy cut patterned paper and lots of dimension from 3D foam adhesive.

 

The patterned paper is a leftover sheet from a line called ‘Where the Wild Things Are” and although the theme didn’t really go with the enlarged photograph I wanted to scrapbook, the colours were perfect!!   So all I need was fussy cut bits of the leaves from a sheet of the patterned paper and tucked them under the photo.  To make the layout really pop, I used 3D foam squares, both small and large to pop up some of the leaves, as well as the monsters and the stamped ‘We do not remember days’ quote.

 

 

For the title, I die cut Friends from a piece of white cardstock and  adhered it to the photo by rolling up small Dodz adhesive dots and applying them to the back of the die cut.  This is a very non-messy way of adhering a detailed die cut which also gives a little bit of dimension.

Quietfire Design:
Friends metal cutting die
We do not remember days stamp
 
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:EZ Runner Permanent Strips Dispenser  
3D Foam Squares  White Mix
Dodz Adhesive Dots Small
Other supplies:  Bazzill cardstock, Paper House Productions patterned paper and monster die cut, Clearsnap ink.

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Friends R Special - You Are The Best - Happy Birthday

Yogi here today and was in a mood to use butterflies...

I'm using a bunch of dies and a stencil from Suzanne and Elizabeth Craft Designs. Suzanne came out with a bunch of stencils and I'm using the "Butterflies/Stars Spray Stencil" (on Quietfire Design HERE). Then I'm  using a couple and a part of A Way With Words dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs "Friends", "Special Moments" 2pce die set, and "R from Remember" also available on Quietfire Design HERE, HERE and HERE

And using a couple sentiment stamps from Quietfire Design, as well as a design element butterfly

("I Don't Tell You Often Enough..." 5pce set); ("Let Them Eat Cupcakes/Happy Birthday" 4pce set);  ("Butterflies/Dragonflies" 7pce set) 


Scored and folded my minty  Bazzill Monochromatic cardstock to create the side easel, cutting another piece the same size as card for the front.
I started with 12 x 12" cardstock. Cut the cardstock to 5" x 12". Scored vertically at the 7" point leaving a 5" end piece which I scored diagonally to create the fold for the side easel. see diagram above.

 
Stenciled the spray of butterflies using various colors of Distress pads.

Adhered a piece of yellow floral ribbon.

Die cut the large butterfly (Sizzix Bigz Butterfly/embossing combo) from a scrap piece of decorated cardstock. Ran through with the embossing die, then hit the high points with Versamark and embossed with "Queen's Gold" embossing powder. Adhered to card front.

Die cut the various words "Friends", "Special", and "Remember" from white cardstock. Trimmed around the letter R from remember. Inked the words with a brown stamp pad and embossed with Emerald Creek "Oil Rubbed Bronze" embossing powder. Adhered words to front.

On the floor: Adhered a strip of pearl ribbon to act as my stopper.

Stamped the sentiments onto a scrap piece of the minty green cardstock using Versafine "Vintage Sepia" and clear embossed. Trimmed the piece down, rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch, inked the edges with a dark brown Distress pad sponged some of the brown around the edges and adhered to floor with 3D foam tape.

Stamped the butterflies using another piece of scrap decorated watercolor paper. The large one embossed with Pearlescent embossing powder. The smaller butterflies using white embossing powder. Fussy cut around the images and adhered to floor.

Final touch, added pink/mauve/green mini rhinestones to the bodies.

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy

Always be my friend

Hello!  It's been a while since I played with my color bursts - and they are just as fun and easy as ever!  I used half a sheet of watercolor paper and Alizarin Crimson so that I would have plenty for this card.  

I then die-cut out two sets of roses from Elizabeth Craft Designs Roses and A Way With Words "Friends" out of the color burst sheet. I also cut the Friends out of black card stock for a shadow effect and the outline of the roses was done in white card stock.

I thought this sentiment from the "Always be my friend" went perfectly with the word die so I stamped in in Versafine black ink in the lower right hand corner.

Friends die

Always be my friend

ECD Friends - Be With Those - When I Made This - HB

Yogi here today... I was a little stumped as to what I wanted to make for my blog post...  and then I decided to make something simpler than my norm...

I'm using an "A Way With Words" dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs ("Friends"), designed by Suzanne Cannon (also available on Quietfire Design HERE). 

HINT: If you are having difficulty positioning your die cut word and keeping the vertical parts of the letters from splaying, cut your word die from clear plastic to use the negative as a positioner. Position the clear plastic where you want your word to sit, tape down so it doesn't move, apply glue to your positive die cut and then press it into the clear plastic piece, carefully remove the clear plastic while holding down the letters as you are lifting the plastic from your word. When plastic is removed continue pressing your word to adhere completely.

Also using several other products from Elizabeth Craft Designs "Stitched Rectangles", "Bunch of Flowers", "Lady Bugs" and one of Bianca Petroschi stamps "Robin" (not colored like a robin BIG GRIN...). 

I'm also using a new quote stamp & a birthday sentiment stamp as well as a combination of parts to create my own quote... from Quietfire Design  ("Be With Those..."); ("Happy Birthday Plain And Simple" 7 pce set); ("When I Saw This...") & ("If I had a Star..." new version is slightly smaller)

I had this dirty paper towel from cleaning my craft sheet of various watercolors and Color Burst stuff sitting on my table, and I really liked the colors, so separated the 2 layers and adhered one of them on some thin white cardstock with a glue stick. Then die cut several of the "Friends" words as well as the little flowers.

Side folded my white card (5"w x 7"h).
Cut a piece of pale pink pearlescent scrapbook paper and ran through my die cutting machine using the Spellbinders tan mat to emboss the stitching detail of the die without cutting it. Note: placed the die on the back of my scrapbook paper so I would get a textured stitch detail on the front. Inked the quote stamp using Versafine "Vintage Sepia" and then hitting here and there with "Black Soot", stamped and clear embossed. Trimmed it down, making sure my rectangle was centered and adhered to card front.

Adhered my "Friends" words.
Tooled the flowers on a piece of fun foam then adhered 2 layers together and then on to card front. Added a textured light pink jewel to the flower centers.
Die cut the lady bug pieces, colored the black part with a Zig Writer and the yellow part with Winsor and Newton Permanent Marker. Inked the yellow with Versamark and clear embossed. Adhered to front.

On the inside: On a piece of white cardstock, stamped the elements for the quote using a stamp positioner.
First, inked the stamp, masking the word "saw" using the black soot, clear embossed. Masked around the word "made"inked with the black, stamped it on some tracing paper to get my position, reinked the "made" word and stamped onto my quote, clear embossed. Die cut with the stitched rectangles and sponged with a dirty pink sponge.

Die cut the next size up of rectangle from the pearlescent paper and adhered the 2 layers together then on to the card.

Created an eCut file of the Robin stamp (or just fussy cut around it...), cut from white cardstock, stamped with the black and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Adhered to card.

Cut the "Happy Birthday" stamp between the two words, positioned on my acrylic block, inked with the black, stamped and clear embossed.


Hope you enjoyed seeing how I made this card and maybe give some of the hints a try. BIG GRIN


Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy.

Thanks Cuddlers/Friends, Wine is sunlight - Guest Designer Kim Goudy

Hello! Kim Gowdy here again with a second, Guest Designer post for Quietfire Designs. It’s always fun creating with new products, especially when it’s from a company you already LOVE!

A couple weeks back I designed a project using the “WINE IS SUNLIGHT” stamp set.
 I created a tag that I wasn’t quite sure how I would use.

I decided to use it for my current project as a scrapbooking embellishment!

This project was so fun and simple to put together! I used Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine’s November Sketchy Challenge as a starting point for my project!

After choosing my supplies, I chose to use the Quietfire Design “Thanks Cuddlers” to stamp Colorbox Frost White pigment ink over the black background paper.

I used the Elizabeth Craft Design “Friends” die; designed by Suzanne Cannon of Quietfire Design to create my title. I cut it out three times and layered them to add a bit more dimension to the title.

I wanted to include both larger pictures on my layout, so I used some washi tape to join them, creating an extra spot for journaling and means to adding another picture without affecting the layout design.

I hope these projects have inspired you to create with Quietfire Design's amazing stamps and dies! Thanks Suzanne for inviting me to play on your blog this month!

Supplies:

• Quietfire Design stamps 
• Elizabeth Craft Designs dies 
• Fancy Pants “Office Suite” collection
• Clearsnap Inks
• DCWV burlap
• Kuretake Wink of Stella markers
• CTMH washi tape

You may find Kim in any issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine as well as her Blog, Facebook and Pinterest

Keep Your Faith - Those Who Find - HB - Side Easel

Yogi here today with, I think, a very involved card... BIG GRIN - but loving all the little details... if you're going to make something for a friend, shouldn't it be extra special...

I'm using some of the newest cardstock on the Elizabeth Craft Designs website. Just fabulous "Soft Finish". It's got a smooth side and a textured side. Both accept Pan Pastels wonderfully. It's like silky velvet. WOW is all I can say... The flowers, Friends word (also available on Quietfire Design HERE), and bird are done on the textured side, the leaves on the smooth side. The cardstock reacts beautifully to tooling.

Also using the "Bark" embossing folder from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I'm using a bunch of Quietfire Design quote and sentiment stamps. ("Keep Your Faith..."); ("Those who find..."); ("Happy Birthday Plain and Simple" 7pce set).

card closed

I scored and folded my brown cardstock to create the easel (see back below). Cut another piece of the brown cardstock for my front and covered it edge to edge with a brown on brown polka dotted scrapbook cardstock (Bo Bunny "Chocolate Dot"). Adhered it all to the front.

Inked up the Bark embossing folder with Distress "Ground Espresso", misted with water and ran through my machine. Repeated the process. Removed from folder, then sponged "Tea Dye" all over the high points. Folded the cardstock at the join of the 2 embossings and cut them apart with an x-acto knife, then spliced them together again. Unless you know they were spliced it is really hard to see...

Used Spellbinders "Matting Basics "B" 5 x 7 die set to cut out the frame. Adhered to card front.

For the leaves, applied the Pan Pastels to the smooth side of the cardstock. It adhered beautifully... (see pastel background pic below). Die cut the leaves and used a small balled stylus to add veining, then touched areas with more pastels for contrasts. Hit the edges with a Versamark pad and embossed with Queen's Gold.
Stamped the quote ("Keep Your Faith...") with Versafine Toffee and embossed with the gold.  

Die cut the bird from the textured side of the white cardstock and also colored with the pastels, adding some black fine tipped marker lines in the wing and beak. Final touch added a very small black rhinestone for the eye.

The flowers were die cut from the textured side and colored with the pastels after die cutting. First with red in the centers and then with yellow on the edges, then tooled both on front and back with a large balled stylus on a foam mat. Adhered the leaves and flowers, then the glittered pearl centers adding a dab of Best Ever glue.

Die cut the "Friends" (Friends word - also available on Quietfire Design HERE) from the textured side and colored with streaks of various Pan Pastel yellows (lightest on top and darker on the bottom). Scored a piece of the BoBunny cardstock to be the same height as the front edge around frame. Adhered the bottom edge of the word to the scored lip edge. Adhered the fold to the floor to act as the stopper.  

On the easel floor arranged the birthday sentiments ("Happy Birthday Plain and Simple" 7pce set) on my stamping block and repeatedly stamped using Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed.
Stamped the quote ("Those who find...") on a scrap piece of the BoBunny paper using the Toffee and embossing with the gold. Hand cut a scrap piece of the bark background to create the frame and adhered the quote to the back, trimmed down excess. Adhered to floor with 3d foam tape.

Tied a yellow silk bow and adhered to frame with hot glue.

Added some left over leaves. 

Click on any image to enlarge. Enjoy

Pan Pastels Leaf Background