Tutorial with Video! Fancy Fold Friendship card

Hello Crafty Friends!

Are you a member of the Suzanne Cannon Fan Group on Facebook?  It is a happy place for fans of Suzanne to see projects using her product, learn about special sales, be the first to learn about new product, and watch Facebook Lives that share new techniques and tutorials.  The FB Lives occur on most Thursday evenings at 7pm EST and sometimes during the week we might share a special FB Live.

Last Thursday I shared a fancy fold card using three of Suzanne's gorgeous stamps.  The card has special folds revealing a sweet hidden message:

 Lift the band and then the banner to reveal the sentiment:

The card is fun and easy to make!  Check out the video for the card instructions (Click here if you are viewing this through email):

Suzanne Cannon stamps used:
Twiggy Wreath and Sentiments
You are Sunlight
Friends are

Thank you for stopping by!
Have a happy, crafty day!
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Video Tutorial: mixed media Reindeer flight

Hello Crafty Friends!

Kathy Jo here with a video tutorial to create this peaceful and beautiful mixed media card.  The card uses several Quietfire Design product for a whole lot of crafty fun!

Here is a link to the tutorial.  Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section on this blog post or in YouTube comments.  Enjoy!

Quietfire Design product used:
Flourished Christmas Minis die set
Home for the Holidays Sentiments stamp set
Leaf and Snowflakes Spray stencil

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a happy, crafty day.
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Video Tutorial- Watercolor Poinsettia background

Hello Crafty Friends!

Don't you just love trying out new techniques?  Like creating a beautiful, yet easy to make, watercolor poinsettia background?  Or learning some new tricks to mount vellum- without seeing the adhesive through the vellum?  Or a simple way to adhere paper in a specific location with less fuss or messing up?  Well, perhaps today's tutorial video will provide those tips and tricks for you!  And, you get to create an oh-so-lovely Merry Christmas card.

This card is created using the newly released Merry Christmas die and Poinsettia stamp...a perfect festive duo!

Grab a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy!  If you wish to see this on YouTube, click HERE!

Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below!  Or to share a link to your Quietfire Merry Christmas card.  We would love to see it!

Have a happy, crafty day!
Big Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Christmas in July - Word Dies Standing on Their Own!

Hi there, it’s Suzanne here today with a cool project that you may have seen before. But today I’m going to add a little extra fun.  Many of these dies can stand on their own with a little help, but if you add some embellishments to them, they can make awesome home décor.  For Christmas you can add them around the house – on the tree, on a mantle, on the dining table. You can tuck them in all sorts of unexpected places.  Spread the cheer!  Here’s how we do it.

(If you're receiving this as an email update, please watch the video tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XXCL_72USh8)

Thanks for watching!

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Technique video tutorial: Coffee & Friends are the perfect blend

Hello Crafty Friends!

It was inky fun in my craft room last weekend using two newly released stamp sets from Quietfire Design: But First, Coffee and Tea & Thee.   The stamp sets are perfect for the tea or coffee lovers on your gift list.

I definitely wanted to share the techniques used to create the background as it is much easier to follow the technique via video.  (Here is the link to the YouTube video.)  You will want to have two pieces of watercolor paper handy as you will have ink left on your craft mat.  That's right, two cool backgrounds created at once.  :)

A closeup of the quote and the inky background.  After the background was adhered to the card front I added some sparkle with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

The large torn upper left corner is actually a pocket for a gift card.  (Make sure you leave a large enough area free of adhesive or glue if you decide to create a gift card packet.)

Such awesome tea and coffee stamp sets!  I like that each set has many stamps to play with: the tea set has 7 stamps and the coffee set has 8 stamps.  Yay!  Imagine all of the different projects you can create!

Thank you for stopping by.  I do hope you enjoyed the project and the technique video.

Have a happy, crafty day!

Big Hugs,

Kathy Jo

Summer 2016 A Way With Words Dies Release

We have a simply wonderful collection of brand new words to share with you!  Elizabeth Craft Designs is releasing 13 new A Way With Word dies and sets for your crafting pleasure.

Although they are a summer release, we have lots of winter and Christmas dies.  What is even more amazing is our hugely expanded ability to mix and match the new dies with those from previous releases.

I created a little video in order to share some of the beautiful creations made by the Quietfire Design Team and guest designers (and even a couple of glimpses from Els van de Burgt!).  A huge thanks to each one of them.

This is just a sneak peek! Most projects will be found in detail here on this blog and on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog in the coming weeks. Follow us on Facebook for all the up-to-date information and where you can go to see each project! 

You may view this video here or go to YouTube. You'll see lots of other new Elizabeth Craft Designs dies in the video.   They compliment A Way With Words so beautifully!



As I write this, the dies are not far off, and you can

Pre-Order them now on the Quietfire site HERE!

They are in the Coming Soon Category of the Elizabeth Craft Designs website.

I hope you love the new A Way With Word Dies!

I look forward to seeing what *you* do with them.  Make sure you tap me on the shoulder if you post something using them!

Happy creating, Suzanne



Cuts of the Week - Halloween Card in a Box Tutorial

Hello my spooky lovelies!  It's Suzanne here today with a tutorial on the new Quietfire Halloween Card in a Box.  You may find this project on the Silhouette America site here.  And it's brand new!

You can find templates all over the web for these kinds of cards, but I wanted to have the basic shape at my fingertips for use any time and never have to measure any of the elements. (Yes, I'm *that* lazy!  But really, it's more of a time thing.) Expect to see a few variations of the Quietfire Card in a Box soon!

Here is how you make the Halloween Card in a Box.

Supplies:
Halloween Card in a Box: https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com...
Core’dinations Nightfall Cardstock
American Crafts Cardstock in Apricot, Ash, Stone and Butter
Black 80# Cardstock from Quietfire
Tombow Stamp Runner 
ThermoWeb 3D Foam Squares & Glue Dots http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/Glue-Do...
Bone Folder http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/Bone-Fo...
Double Sided Tape http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/Be-Crea...
 
Thanks for stopping by and having a look!
Suzanne

Here are some of the other Quietfire digital cutting files available at the Silhouette Store.

A Way With Words

We're celebrating the release of our brand new collection of craft dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs called A Way With Words!  We are simply delighted so many designs are available to you all at once.  As I write this, the dies are on their way to me and shipping to customers from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

For the next two weeks the Quietfire Design Team will be sharing lots of different ways you can use these dies. It's very exciting and simply wonderful to see the amazing variety emerging from design studios around the world! Make sure you're signed up for the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog Posts because their designers have a whole different and very rich style of using the Quietfire dies.







We already have a well-stocked Pinterest Board to spark your creativity. You can see our gallery of Techniques and Tutorials on the Quietfire site here.

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I created this little video as an introduction to the new dies.  Excuse my voice, I've been fighting the plague since I got home from holidays!

 

Welcome to the new Quietfire-Elizabeth Craft Designs dies!

Merry Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas!  Happy Holidays to all who celebrate anything at this time of year!  All the best for a happy, healthy and creative 2015!

Here are the simple supplies:

Mitchell Roundhand Nib

Higgins Eternal Ink

Boris #37 Layout Pad

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