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Quietfire
Surprise*
Artwork ©2009 Monica
Black
Editing by Suzanne Cannon
from the online class, August 20, 2009 at Quietfire
Creations
*links go to www.quietfiredesign.ca
each link will open a new window.
When you are finished looking at the new page, just close it and
you will return here!
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Quietfire Rubber Stamps used in this class:
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1.Perhaps
they are not stars
Supplies:
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- Cut piece of smooth white cardstock about 1" larger on all sides
than intended finished card. Use painter's or artist's tape to
adhere to your worktable so that you won't accidentally wrinkle
or tear your paper.
- Stamp "perhaps they are not stars" image on smooth white cardstock
using Brilliance graphite black ink and Black glitter embossing
powder.
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STEP 1
- Using the side tips of the portfolio pastels to scribble on
colors. I used yelllow, red orange, red and red violet for the
first layer.
- Use your fingertip to begin working portfolios into paper.
Work in a circular motion, smoothing and blending the colors.
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STEP 2
This picture shows the piece after it has been worked a bit. After
you work the colors in using a circular motion start drawing the
colors out in a starburst fashion with your fingertip.
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STEP 3
Add more streaks of portfolio pastels as shown. I used red, violet
and violet blue. Use a tapping, pressing motion to work this layer
of color. You want to get the stark lines out but not blend them
totally into the underlying layer.
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STEP 4
- Add the final layer around the edges using the blue portfolio
pastel crayon. Work this in, using a circular motion. Use your
fingertip to slightly draw the color into the edges of the previous
layers.
- Once you have all the pastels applied and worked in, use a piece
of wadded up tissue paper to work on piece. Start with the middle
of the card, working and lifting excess color from around words.
Pay particular attention to the centers of letters so that the
words are mostly yellow.
- Wad tissue to an unstained area and use this to make drawing
and lifting motions from the center outward in a starburst fashion.
Continue until you are pleased with your results. Trim to fit
cardfront, leaving 1/4" all around.
- Use corner adorner interlaced punch on corners.
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- Mount on a prepared cardfront created using the darkest color
of the bazzill monochrom pack.
- Trace around top layer of card with a stardust gel pen. Attach
to prepared white card.
- Use corner rounder on card.
- Rub edges of card with brilliance pearlescent purple dewdrop
inkpad.
- Cut length of white silk ribbon. Place over scrap piece of white
cardstock and use red, violet and blue violet portfolio pastel
crayons to color the ribbon. Smooth and rub in colors.
- Use small hole punch in upper left hand corner of cardfront,
positioning it so that the hole is in the center of one of the
punched areas. Fold colored ribbon a couple of times and pinch
middle together. Thread thru hole from inside of card and pull
thru enough to open loops. Wiggle ribbons until the top of the
loops are over the punched hole. Thread ribbon ends thru the loops
and then glently pull on ends until they tighten. Draw flat scissor
blade along ribbons to curl.
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2. And the Day Came
Supplies:
- Cut a piece of light green cardstock from Bazzill monochrom
pack slightly larger than the Dreamweaver rose stencil.
- Use painter's tape to tape stencil on top of paper and tape
both to work surface. Use pallette knife and apply Dreamweaver
pearlescent embossing paste over stencil and paper.
- Scrape off excess paste and return to jar. Wash stencil immediately.
- Set embossed paper aside to dry for about an hour. when dry,
put stencil over embossing and retape to work surface.
- Use small paintbrush to apply Perfect Pearls berry twist and
forever green to stencil.
- Use a larger brush to burnish embossing to remove any excess
powder.
- Trim and use corner rounder. rub edges with Brilliance Galaxy
Gold ink and dip into tray of Gold embossing powder.
- Set with heat gun.
- Cut a piece of dark green Bazzill cardstock to 8 1/4" X 6 1/4".
Use Scor-it tool to create card.
- I used the largest Spellbinder mega nestabilities, curved rectangles
for this card. Follow directions on Spellbinders package for layer
sandwich for whatever cutting/embossing machine you have. I used
the Cuttlebug.
- Place prepared card so that the folded side is slightly inside
the cutting die. Run thru machine. Because of the thickness of
the double layer of cardstock in the prepared card, doing the
embossing step is not necessary (at least with the cuttlebug).
- Stamp small Flourish image repeatedly over front of card using
brilliance galaxy gold ink and gold embossing powder. Dust with
embossing powder after stamping each image and set with heat gun
when all images are stamped. Adhere stencil rose layer to card.
Use Sakura stardust pen (or any gold or sparkle gel pen) to color
embossed edges of card.
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Inside of card
- Cut piece of light green bazzill cardstock slightly larger than
the 3rd largest Spellbinder curved rectangle die.
- Run thru Cuttlebug and then run thru again to emboss edges.
- Stamp saying using Brilliance Graphite black ink.
- Use Sakura stardust pen on embossed edges.
- Adhere to card.
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3. The Secret of Genius
Supplies you will need:
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Instructions:
- Mix Perfect Pearls with water to create a paint.
- Spritz Perfect Ink Refresher on dark cardstock until wet.
Rub in with paper towel.
- Paint long squiggles on the paper, then spritz with more
Ink Refresher.
- Tilt and move the paper to mix the paint. (I found that
cheap black cardstock didn't work well. I finally tried
this on a piece of purple bazzill and that worked well)
- Finding the right mix of Perfect Pearls and water was
also a tricky thing. Just mix up small batches and find
what works best.
- Once I had a piece I was happy with I trimmed it to fit
a light purple card.
- Stamp saying onto scrap of light purple Bazzill with Versamark
and emboss with Holographic embossing powder
- Trim with decorative scissors.
- Adhere to card with glue.
- Attach Butterfly outline stickers as shown.
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4. Home is the Heart
Supplies you will need:
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- Create card using medium dark red bazzill cardstock from red
monochrom pack.
- Trim polished stone layer (instructions to follow) to fit front
of card so there is an even reveal on all sides.
- Use corner rounder on both card and polished stone layer. Adhere
background to card.
- Trace around the polished stone layer with gel extreme copper
pen.
- Stamp saying on medium light red cardstock from monochrom pack
using brilliance graphite black ink and clear embossing powder.
Heat set.
- Run thru cuttlebug machine using Spellbinders mega Nestabilities
Curved Rectangles. Rub edges with Brilliance Cosmic Copper ink.
Heat set.
- Fill in heart with red gel pen. Adhere to card as shown.
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Supplies you will need:
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Polished Stone Technique
The background layer is called polished stone and is created using
alcohol inks.
- Cut quarter sheet of white glossy cardstock.
- Use wood applicator handle and felt applicator pads to avoid
getting your hands inky and for better control.
- Stand applicator upright. Place several drops of these alcohol
inks on the felt pad: red pepper from the tuscan garden kit, bottle
from the rustic lodge kit and copper mixative. Add alcohol ink
solution to blend inks. Stamp over surface of glossy cardstock
til covered.
- Allow to dry and repeat until you are pleased with the look
of the piece. Replace felt pad and add several drops of the copper
mixative and alcohol ink solution.
- Stamp sparingly over piece to add highlights. Set aside to dry.
- When completely dry buff with a piece of tissue paper.
- Run thru cuttlebug machine using the d'vine swirl embossing
folder.
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5. Some Things are Felt
Supplies:
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- The base that the saying is stamped on is a tyvek tag. Tyvek
is a form of polymer fiber that you see in some mailing envelopes
and is commonly used as a moisture barrier in new home construction.
WARNING . . .
TYVEK RELEASES TOXIC FUMES WHEN HEATED.
DO ANY HEATING OUTSIDE IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA AND STAND UPWIND
OF IT.
- To color the tag I used Versamagic Dewdrop inkpads.the colors
used are Pixie dust, Spring Pansy and Perfect Plumeria.
- I started out by rubbing pixie dust lightly over the middle
area of the tag. Then I used Spring Pansy to add more color to
the edges and very lightly in areas of the middle. I followed
with scattered swipes of Perfect Plumeria. I let that sit to dry
about 10 minutes.
Pixie dust was then applied over all to blend and meld the colors.
Since I didn't want to heat set this I rubbed Perfect Pearls over
the tag using a white or neutral color called Perfect Pearl. I then
sprayed the tag with workable fixative and set aside to dry. Repeat
steps for coloring a second tyvek tag, doing both sides.
Go outside and heat the tag. Use a needle tool or skewer to hold
the tag from blowing away. Heat the tag, manipulating it as it crinkles
and crumples, until it is reduced to the size shown.
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Suzanne has a very cool lil white silk ribbon available. Cut a
lengh to fit card and wrap around both edges. Rub versamagic pixie
dust along the ribbon to color. Set aside to dry.
Quietfire Design carries the Bazzill monochromatic packs, available
in 8 color selections. Each package contains 5 sheets of 5 coordinating
colors measuring 12"x12". This paper has a very nice texture similar
to woven fabric such as linen.
- Use the 2nd lightest color from the red package to create a
horizontal card. Cut a layer of the medium purple slightly smaller
than your card. Attach to card.
- Stamp saying on tyvek card using Versamagic Perfect Plumeria.
Attach to card.
- Run a strip of double-sided tape on one side of prepared ribbon
and attach to card as shown. Be sure to burnish the layers together
so that you fully activate the adhesive. Failing to do so is the
most common cause of adhesion failure.
- Cut small pieces of the double-sided tape and affix puffy hearts
to ribbon.
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- Tie 3 heart charms onto short lengths of gold thread. Knot 3
threads together and put knot thru hole in the embellishment made
from the heated tyvek tag.
- Use glue to attach tyvek embellishment to tag on card. Hold
down in several places with fingers for a few minutes until the
glue begins to set up. Use small pop-dots cut in half to place
heart charms in position
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6. When this Christmas
Supplies:
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- Create card using medium dark green cardstock from bazzill monochrom
pack.
- Stamp saying on piece of light green bazzill cardstock using
versamark ink and red sparkle embossing powder. Heat set.
- Cut saying layer at angles and attach to card at an angle.
- Cut a piece of 1/4” wide double-sided adhesive tape to length
that will encircle saying.
- Drape tape on card, twisting and bending tape for a freeform
look. Press down firmly.
- Cut two other pieces to form “bow” loops and another piece for
the tails. Form bow in upper left corner. Try not to get your
fingerprints too much on the raw tape as the oils will reduce
adhesion for next step.
- Press sheets or pieces of red leaf varigated foil over tape.
Repeat until tape is completely covered.
- Tamp down with stiff brush to firmly adhere foil to tape and
tape to card. Burnish foil with soft brush to remove any excess
foil and return it to a container for future use.
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The original photos and instructions for the class may
be found on Monica's
PictureTrails site here.
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