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This is my place to share my creative bits and pieces. My art has no rules, no limits and absolutely no order. My projects change with my moods but for the last few years, my main focus has been paper art. Cards, collage, mixed media and as many techniques as I can get to. My inspiration comes from everywhere.

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Showing posts with label Queen of Hearts Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen of Hearts Blog Hop. Show all posts

Saturday, February 15, 2014

SHE'S A WINNER!


Hi Everyone!
THANK YOU all so much for your wonderful comments during the Quietfire Design Queen of Hearts blog hop. It was a great week, and I'm glad to know, you enjoyed it too.
 
The winner from my blog is-
 
Con, please email me -(address is on the sidebar, just below my pic), your snail mail, so Quietfire can send you your prize. Please email before midnight Sunday, February 16th, or I'll have to choose another winner.
Thank you for your great comment.
 
 
Be sure to go over to QUIETFIRE CREATIONS and vote on your favourite challenge entry.
 
Have a great weekend and thanks again for joining us for our Queen of Hearts Blog Hop!
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, February 14, 2014

NOT JUST VALENTINES

Happy Valentine's Day!
This is the last one for Valentine's day.
I layered the e-cut over some gelli print paper, then put it through a poppy embossing folder. Attached it to the card base, added a bit of blue gel pen ink to the heart, and a bit of bling to the corner.
That's it, and it would be great for an anniversary or wedding card as well.
 
I'm reminding you of the Queen of Hearts blog hop this week. You still have time to enter the challenge, and enter for prizes. Check out Quietfire Creations for all the details, but you need to get to it today! It's snowing, you  may as well stay in and create!
 
Thanks for looking!
 

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

VALENTINE CHALLENGE & A STUNNER OF A STAMP!

Look at this beauty of a stamp from Quietfire Design. Absolutely perfect for this challenge card.
Suzanne shared CardMaker Challenge and I thought I'd give it a shot. The challenge is-
one paper, one heart, one sentiment stamp, and one embellishment.
 
 
I laid a heart die cut over my stencil, right on the card front. Then sponged inks through the stencil.
( I never got a photo of that but this photo shows my heart die cut over the stencil.)
 
This stencil was cut with my Silhouette Cameo, using an ornament filler design from Suzanne at Quietfire Design.
I removed the stencil, placed the heart die cut over again and sponged a lighter ink onto the card base. I followed this up with going around the edge again with the darker colour. I stamped the beautiful word with archival black ink.
Then made the embellishment......
The faux charm was made by applying gold embossing powder to foam tape, cut into a circle. Once heated and melted, more embossing powder was added. I built up four layers, and while the last layer was still hot and molten, I stamped the floral heart stamp that had been inked up with Versamark ink. Once cool, I stuck it to a folded ribbon, and attached it to the card.
I hope you're ready for Valentine's day, but if not and you'd like to see more, go HERE. 
 
Thank you for looking and don't forget to check out todays posts for the Queen of Hearts Blog Hop and Challenge.  
 
Have a wonderful and amazing day!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monday, February 10, 2014

QUEEN OF HEARTS- FIND YOURSELF A CUP

Welcome to the Queen of Hearts Event!
Here is my contribution!
The friendliness and caring felt in THIS stamped phrase, brings an image to mind, of a shared pot of tea, and warm conversation. A jar of tea, makes a great little gift. Not over the top like a Ferrari with a big bow, but something that implies warmth and caring.
As you can see, the band around the jar, has layers of DESIGNER PAPER, matting the stamped sentiment. I used SPELLBINDERS NESTIBILITIES LABELS SIX to cut the paper layers.
Designer paper and the SENTIMENTon the glass insert is enough for the lid.
I hope this simply done gift jar inspires you- so many sweet gifts can be given in a jar, any time of year, and any occasion. Or better yet, no occasion at all- just because.
 
Here is our Blog Hop Schedule and the dates each designer will be posting (Click on each person's
name to go to their blog):

Feb 10 - Holly and Teresa
Feb 11- Sherry and Jutta
Feb 12 - Wendy and Terre
Feb 13 - Yogi and Robyn
 

Feb 14 - Suzanne and Wanda

For a chance to win….
Leave a comment below before midnight PST February 14, 2014. A winner will be randomly chosen
from my list of comments and your name will be posted on February 15, 2014.
For more details AND to enter in the Queen of Hearts Challenge, please visit
Quietfire Creations  

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

IT'S ALMOST HERE!

 
We are gearing up to show you some amazing stuff for our Queen of Hearts Blog Hop!
You really don't want to miss it- more details here...
 
http://quietfirecreations.blogspot.ca/2014/01/coming-soon-queen-of-hearts-blog-hop.html

 
So, warm up your creative muscles, and be ready for February 10th.
 
 
See you here!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

QUIETFIRE QUEEN OF HEARTS BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Quietfire Queen of Hearts Blog Hop!
 
We’re sharing our love/Valentine project ideas with you as we lead up to the big Queen of Hearts event on February 14th! 
Today is my turn!
 
Each day designers will be posting brand new artwork they have created using Quietfire rubber stamps.  Visit our blogs on the day of our featured project, post a comment on our Blog Hop post (see the schedule below) and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50! (yes, Suzanne doubled the value from the original announcement!)  Each Designer will randomly choose a winner from the comments on their own Blog Hop post, so make sure you’ve commented on all the blogs by midnight Thursday, February 14th.  Tell your friends!
 
All winners will be posted on the Quietfire Creations Blog on Sunday February 17th. 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 Creations Blog)
 
Here is our schedule:
Saturday, Feb 9th: Terre, Holly
Sunday, Feb 10th: Wanda
Monday, Feb 11th:  Sherry
Tuesday, Feb 12th: Yogi
Wednesday, Feb 13th: Robyn
Thursday, Feb 14th: Suzanne
Don’t forget to leave a comment! Good luck!!
 
Here is my Valentine for you-
 
 
The heart can angle this way......
 
or this way. Why?
 
 
It's a  magnet! I took apart a cookie tin from the Thrift Store and using old scissors, cut out a rough heart shape. Attached a magnet to the back of the heart and we have a connection.
 
 
I used a dental tool to scratch up the side of the tin that I was applying the Dimensional Glaze to. This is to give it 'tooth', something for the glue to really hang onto. Better than a slick surface.
 
 
The heart was also clear embossed for protection and added strength.
 
 
Thank you for stopping by today. Please go see what Terre has to show you and don't forget to take part in the Queen of Hearts Challenge. I think you'll be so glad you did!
 
 
Stamps:
Hand in Hand Life's Journey Begins
 
Stencil: