Giveaway reminder!

Hello Crafty Friends!

Just a reminder that Monday June 25 at midnight (Pacific) is the deadline to enter to win the $35 gift certificate from Quietfire Design!  Entry is easy: leave a comment on the Wedding Weekend posts (comment on both days for two entries) and a bonus entry to if you follow Quietfire Design on Instagram.

Good luck!!!

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

Wedding Weekend and GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!

It is a special weekend at Quietfire Creations...it is Wedding Weekend!  On Saturday and Sunday I will be sharing wedding projects- photos and videos- using the newly released dies and stamps from Quietfire Design.  And guess what?  There is a giveaway, too!  Woo-who!!!  One lucky crafter will win a $35 gift certificate to the Quietfire Design store!

Hope on over to today's post to see the projects and enter into the draw.

Hope you enjoy the projects!  Good luck on the draw!!!

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

"What greater thing" Love/wedding card

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today is my day to post at Quietfire Design and I created a love/wedding card for my post.  The card used Elizabeth Craft Designs beautiful die called Lace Pocket.  Oh my.  As soon as I saw it, I knew that it would be perfect for cards and scrapbooking projects.  I played for a while with the new die and ended up creating the card.  The die works so well with Quietfire Design quotes!  The new stamp from Quietfire Design, What greater thing, is the focus of the card front.

All of the colored card stock is also from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  The flowers are from Recollections and the wrinkle ribbon from the Quietfire Design store.

Feel free to hop on over to Quietfire Design to see more photos of the card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I do hope you enjoyed the card.  :)

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

This card is entered into the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, AG

"What greater thing" Love/Wedding card

Hello Crafty Friends!

It was my time to share another project at Quietfire Creations and I created a love/wedding card using the Quietfire Design stamp set, What greater thing:

Such beautiful calligraphy and what a lovely sentiment!  Perfect for a wedding card, scrapbook page, or a wedding invite.

The blue patterned paper is from Graphic 45's Botanical Tea collection.  Dies used: Spellbinders Opulent Ovals and Becca Feeken's Graceful Floral Lace.

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

2017 Queen of Hearts Blog Hop

Welcome to the Quietfire Design's 2017 Queen of Hearts Blog Hop!

This week we're celebrating the release of the newest dies, stencils and stamps from Quietfire Design by sharing our best projects!

My project for the blog hop is a scrapbook page for our wedding album.  The page used the new die set "Sweet Smiles"

and Quietfire Design's "Together Forever" stamp

The die set and stamp are a perfect pairing for the wedding's cake cutting photo.

Aren't the dies and stamp gorgeous?!  

The papers used are from Graphic 45's A Ladies' Diary set.

An ornate metal key and a heart doily were added to a corner. 

Black card stock was used for the dies.  Love how the dies pop against the paper!

The stamp is so lovely.  Suzanne's calligraphy is beautiful!

Here is our Blog Hop Schedule with the dates each designer will be posting (Click on each person's name to go to their blog):

Sun Feb 12 - Suzanne
Mon Feb 13 - Wanda and Connie
Tues Feb 14 - Robyn and Teresa
Wed Feb 15 - Kathy Jo and Diana
Thurs Feb 16 Yvonne and Yogi
Fri Feb 17 Selma

What would a celebration be without a giveaway!? Suzanne is giving away stamps, dies or stencils to random winners on each blog. 

Make sure you leave a comment below before midnight Sunday February 19, 2017. A winner will be randomly chosen from my list of comments and the winner's name will be posted on Quietfire Creations shortly afterwards. Visit and leave comments on all the designers Queen of Hearts blog posts! You can go back if you've missed any of them. 

Good Luck!

Fairy Tale Wedding card

Happy Sunday, Crafters!

Yesterday a friend of ours was married.  Of course I had to make a card but I did not want to make it too over the top girly so I set restrictions on myself: two layers, no bows, no Stickles and no flowers.  I did not adhere to the two layers restriction but it did fit in a standard envelope!  :)

The stamp was from Quietfire's Valentine's Day/Love stamp set.  It was die cut using Spellbinders Ovals and the edge had silver applied.  The next layer was Spellbinders' Elegant Ovals.  Four corners from Spellbinders Gold Elements was adhered as shown.  The lovely background paper was from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress.  Of course, I added some gems...but not a lot!  I showed very good restraint.  :) And although I reached for my Stickles, I resisted the urge and did not apply any.  (However, I made a card immediately after this one and I made sure to use the Stickles at will.  LOL)

In case you do not know the Quietfire stamp set, it is shown below.  It is a sweet set!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

CAS wedding card- Craftin Desert Divas DT challenge card

Helllloooo Crafters!

The design team has been busy with a new challenge over at Craftin' Desert Divas: Say it with a Sentiment.  Awesome challenge!  And I had just the card for it...

Recently I was asked to make a wedding card for a work colleague.  I said yes, of course, but then quickly realized I never made a wedding card before!  Luckily I own a couple of JustRite stamp sets and I just happened to have three sets that worked for this card:  Vintage Pearls Labels ("To have and to hold"- sentiment on the card front), Kindness (the gorgeous stamped background surrounding the front sentiment), and Antique Valentine Tags One (the fancy heart scroll and "Congrats" sentiment on the inside).  All of the stamped images were embossed in silver and Stickles was applied to add more shimmer.

Spellbinders Labels 20 was used on the front and inside, as shown.  The pretty lattice paper is from My Mind's Eye mini pad, Be Amazing.

So there you have it- my first wedding card!  Guess what else it is?  My first design team member post for Craftin' Desert Divas!  YAY!!!  

The challenge runs for two weeks and I hope to see your project in it!  :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo