Sunday, May 20, 2012

And the Winner is......

Janet L. said...
Pretty, pretty, pretty! I've always loved blue and green together and what could be better than adding gold to the mix!!
 
Thanks for all for your kind words and comments. I respond to all who leave contact info and tried to answer all your questions.
 
I'll be back later in the week with a thank you card and be sure to visit  Quietfire Style to 
see all the winners and Suzanne's lovely creation.
 
I'll be teaching this week-Containers for our lives- Soft Cover Journals- for a Master Gardner Convention- and if you would like to have a class in using stamps, inks, card and book making- almost anything fiber- please contact me.
 
I hope to see a lot of what y'all are doing with the new rubber.
 
Create without Limits!!!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Quietfire Design Spring Blog Hop


Welcome to the Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Buzz!

Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to their new Spring selection of rubber stamps!  Each day designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using the new rubber stamps.
  Visit each of their blogs on the day of their featured project, post a comment on their Blog Hop post and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   Each Designer will randomly choose a winner from the comments on their own Blog Hop post, so make sure you’ve commented by midnight Friday, May 18th.  Tell your friends!
All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Sunday May 20th. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)
 
Here is our schedule:
Monday, May 14th: Yogi , Holly
Tuesday, May 15th: Robyn***You are here***, Dawn
Wednesday, May 16th: Wanda, Sherry
Thursday, May 17th: Monica, Terre
Friday, May 18th: Suzanne
 
The complete set of new rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Buzz!
Happy Buzzing and good luck!!


New Spring rubber and new Spring Distress Ink-sounds like a challenge!
Using only Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers ( and gold, when in doubt add gold)
I created this Friendship Book Necklace. It can also be hung as an ornament.
Inside are three envelope pages that contain tag affirmations and a pin.







This is the front cover inside-lots of surfaces for quotes.

Background has flourishes.
Quotes could be added to the envies too!




Below close up of front cover- can you see the heart flourishes? They are stamped in lilac and  thermal embossed with interference purple.






   Below is inside back cover -Love this quote-
 


 I'll walk you through some of my process.

I began by swiping the ink pads on  my craft sheet.
The yellow and lavender are so light I added some drops of reinker, and some Picket Fence stain.
I dropped and twisted white card stock into the inks, dried and repeated till I got what I wanted ; also added ink with the blending tool, and sprayed with Perfect Pearl mist.

 I have several dies for envelopes and inserts and none fit into my cover which I had decided to make from Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles-largest die.
 Place the fold of your card below the cut line of the die to get a shaped card.
 Cut out dummies from scrap paper to get the shape you want, then make a template out of package plastic for the envelope pages.
 
Right you can see one of one of the sheets with an envie cut out
and the dark line is the outline of the plastic template.

Tags and labels are die cut from manila folders- I have a lifetime supply of these in various shades of old paper. The Friends quote is on  Spellbinders Label 8 and the Amazing and Love tags, Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio Two. I painted on the tags with reinkers and water.
The quotes are thermal embossed with Versafine( I cheated on the color here).

To assemble the book, fold up your envies and place inside of the cover. Line it up and hold in place with a clip.
Make two holes with a drill punch, or awl and insert eyelets.
Add a ribbon, and that's all there is too it.











Below are the inside pages with their inserts. One page is mostly lilac, one mostly lemon and mostly mostly peacock.


And, a matching pin with Bee and dandelion. The die is Spellbinders Lacey Circles-smallest die. I covered the bee with Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze for fun! Stickles jewels.
 I love your comments and they enter you into the drawing for $50 of Quietfire Design Rubber!

Be sure to Buzz over to Dawn to see what inspiration she has in store for you.

To see more of what I have done with the New Rubber please visit here, Here, here, Here, here, Here and here.
Thanks for looking and please post your creations with Quietfire on our Facebook page and link in your comments.


Thursday, May 10, 2012

Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Hop Sneak Peak

Hop back here, Tuesday May 15!
*****Inspiration***Prizes*****



Here is the full Schedule
Monday, May 14th: Yogi , Holly
Tuesday, May 15th: Robyn, Dawn 
Wednesday, May 16th: Wanda, Sherry
Thursday, May 17th: Monica, Terre
Friday, May 18th: Suzanne
Happy Buzzing and good luck!!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Quietfire Design Spring Blog hop Announcement!

Be sure to check back here Tuesday May 15!

The Quietfire Design Garden Delights Blog Buzz
Quietfire Design would like to introduce you to their new Spring selection of rubber stamps!  Each day two  designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using the new rubber stamps.  Visit their blog on the day of their featured project, post a comment on their Blog Hop post and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50!   There are a whopping *nine* designers sharing their creations with you, so there nine grab bags available. You must have commented on the blog hop posts by midnight Friday, May 18th.  One name will be randomly drawn from each blog, so you have lots of time to enter!  Tell your friends!
The complete set of new rubber stamps will remain on special at 20% off throughout the Blog Buzz!

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Style blog on Sunday May 20th. If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address.  (Her email address is in the sidebar of the Quietfire Style blog)
Here is a sneak peak at our schedule and the awesome designers you will be visiting
Monday, May 14th: Yogi , Holly
Tuesday, May 15th: Robyn, Dawn 
Wednesday, May 16th: Wanda, Sherry
Thursday, May 17th: Monica, Terre
Friday, May 18th: Suzanne
Happy Buzzing and good luck!!