Published

I've been published again in two different magazines. The thrill of being published just never dulls... it's always sooooo exciting.

This first card is published in the newest Somerset Studio Gallery issue. The girl is an image from Paper Imagery Designs and the bird is a stamp from Time to Stamp.


This next card is published in Take Ten Magazine. The tree is a Dreamweaver stencil and the rubber stamped flourishes and words are from Quietfire Design.

Christmas ATCs

I had a lot of fun making these atcs for a somewhat local mail in swap. Usually when I do mail-in swaps, I make all the atcs the same (or nearly) but this time I didn't. Last week I saw these awesome Christmas bird images used in some art projects on Audrey Hernandez's blog and knew I had to get them. They are from Retro Cafe Art and I bought the digital downloads so I could use them right away :) The music background images are from Paper Imagery Designs... I rubbed Rock Candy Distress Stickles on all the backgrounds, let it dry, cut them out, layered them onto cardstock atc blanks, and then sponged Distress Ink brushed corduroy around the edges. Next I layed out all the bird images I wanted to use (I'd cut them out while riding with dh to deliver some parts), a bunch of different embellishments, ribbons, stickers, decorative buttons, and flowers and just started putting them together. It was great fun!!!! and I had the hardest time trying to decide which atc to keep, LOLOL.

Birthday Card

A birthday card for our son-in-law. The tree stamp is from Rubber Stampede and "Happy Birthday" is an old Stampin' Up image. For the trees I started with a light blue paper, sponged some Brilliance moonlight ink, stamped the trees with Archival Ink jet black, tore them out, and then sponged around them with Distress Ink broken china, faded jeans, and black soot. The next layer is a greenish yellow textured paper... sponged the edges with broken china and faded jeans, then distressed the edges, and finished up by rubbed some black soot ink on them. Layered everything together, stamped "Happy Birthday" on the metal rimmed tag with jet black ink, sponged on some broken china and faded jeans... also rubbed some ink on the white string. Finished up by using a Sharpie marker to add the black dots.

News Flash

If you've been following the Quietfire Design blog hop then you know that to have a chance to win the grand prize you needed to keep track of the stamps used on each blog hop blog and then go to Suzanne's blog and leave a comment listing them all.

Well, Suzanne has decided to make it easy on everyone and all you have to do to be entered for the grand prize drawing is leave a comment. So quick, head over to Suzanne's blog to leave a comment for a chance to win.

AND THE WINNER IS.....

Good Morning!!! Thank you to everyone who visited my blog and to those who left comments... it was truly a joy reading each and every comment... thank you!!!

Now on to the winner.... once again what you are winning is a grabbag of Quietfire Design unmounted rubber stamps valued between $25-30. That is an awesome prize!!!! Also don't forget that there is a grand prize to be won... see the end of my previous post for that information.

I had my boys help me choose a number by asking them each to choose a number between 1-85 and then I split the difference between the two number they gave to come up with the final number.

AND THE WINNER IS....

quinn57 said...

What a very inspiring sentiment and lovely use of the Christmas colours. Thanks for sharing the technique tips - it will be fun to try this one too.

Remember to email Suzanne at Quietfire Design to claim your prize!!!

Quietfire Design Blog Hop Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the very first Quietfire Design blog hop. I hope you enjoy this simple card and that it inspires you.

The stamps used on the card are Glory to God in the highest and one of the images from Flourish 1. For the background I stamped the flourish with Versamark ink repeatedly on white cardstock, rubbed over it with red and green chalk using a cotton ball, and then stamped more flourishes using Brilliance galaxy gold ink... used a corner punch on each corner and then pierced holes along the edges using the Tim Holtz ruler and an awl. Lastly I sponged a little galaxy gold ink along the edges. The main image is stamped on white cardstock with black Versafine ink and cut out with the largest Spellbinder's Label Four die. Before removing the paper from the die, I rubbed some red chalk (again using a cotton ball) along the inside edges of the die. The background in layered to a folded red card. The main image is added using foam mounting tape. The card is finished off using Prima flowers (poinsettia) and a gold brad.

Leave a comment on this post to be entered for a chance to win a $25-$30 grab bag of Quietfire Design Rubber Stamps. A name will be chosen randomly from the list of comments on this blog entry and the name of the winner will be posted on this blog tomorrow (Sunday Nov 22).

The winner must contact suzanne@quietfiredesign.com to claim their prize!!!

Here is the list of participating blogs and dates.

Monday, Nov 16th - Yogi Grunwald
Tuesday, Nov 17th - Kristy Christopherson
Wednesday, Nov 18th - Kim Prince
Thursday, Nov 19th - Deborah March
Friday, Nov 20th - Suzanne Cannon
Saturday, Nov 21st - Wanda Hentges
Sunday, Nov 22nd - Becca Feeken
Monday, Nov 23rd - Monica Black

You need to take note of all the rubber stamps used on each DT's blog. At the end of the blog hop, go back to Suzanne's blog and list all the stamps used this week on everyone's cards to win a grand prize.

Quietfire Design Blog Hop

I am a day late posting this as the Quietfire Design Blog Hop started yesterday.... but you don't want to miss it, there are lots of prizes being offered throughout the week. Read on for the particulars.

On each blog please leave your comment in the comments section for a chance to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design Rubber Stamps.

A name will be chosen randomly from the list of comments on each blog entry and the name of the winner will be posted on that blog the next day. Then hop on over to the next blog on the list to see the fabulous art work done with Quietfire stamps and to leave a comment to enter the drawing for that blog.

The winner must contact suzanne@quietfiredesign.com to claim their prize!!!

Here is the list of participating blogs.

Monday, Nov 16th - Yogi Grunwald


Tuesday, Nov 17th - Kristy Christopherson


Wednesday, Nov 18th - Kim Prince


Thursday, Nov 19th - Deborah March


Friday, Nov 20th - Suzanne Cannon


Saturday, Nov 21st - Wanda Hentges


Sunday, Nov 22nd - Becca Feeken


Monday, Nov 23rd - Monica Black

NOTE: You need to take note of all the rubber stamps used on each DT's blog. At the end of the blog hop, go back to Suzanne's blog and list all the stamps used this week on everyone's cards to win a GRAND PRIZE.