A Card Pair - Imaginisce and Kiwi Lane

Imaginisce teamed up with Kiwi Lane and I was able to try out a couple of their templates. I received Aspen Court and Shapes. Right away when I saw the Aspen Court templates I thought hills, so I created a window card with dirt hills for this fun ATV die cut from the Outdoor Adventure collection. I ran the yellow pattern paper through my computer to create the sentiment, then used the Kiwi Lane Shapes circle to cut out a sun. The Clicut worked great to create the window in my card.

On my second card I used the two hexagon shapes from the Kiwi Lane Shapes set. Hexagons are very trendy and I thought they would make a great background for my card. I cut out several from different pattern papers in the Love You More collection and adhered them to a Black Ice piece of paper. I covered enough of the paper with hexagons that I could then trim it down to card size. The templates work great for cropping your photos too. You can see through them. I marked my photo and then used my Clicut to cut it out. The blade will cut through the templates so use an acrylic guide.

 

I love how this last one turned out :)

Supplies:
Imaginisce Pattern Paper: Outdoor Adventure, Black Ice and Love You More; Die Cut: Outdoor Adventure; Stickers: Love You More; Clicut; i-Mat 8x8; i-Rock; Lighted Tweezers; heart gems; Foam Adhesive;
Quick Quotes Chalk ink in Mocha Mama, Midnight Confessions, and Baja Blue;
Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry die cut
Kiwi Lane Aspen Court Mini set and Shapes set

Hang in there, It's almost Friday
~Marcia

State Fair Mini - Quick Quotes inspiration

Hello Quick Quotes friends! Marcia here today with an awesome Be Bold mini album to share with you. Quick Quotes has the most amazing albums that coordinate with the new paper collections! That's right, the inside pages coordinate with the collections. Making a mini can be as easy as just adding your photos or getting  more elaborate and piling on the embellishments! The Be Bold collection is perfect for ALL of those summer pictures, not just the beach! Take a peek at my State Fair mini...

I strategically covered up the surfboard on the cover with pattern paper to make it appropriate for my state fair photos.The inside front and back covers also had surfboards that I covered up.

 

Marcia's photography tip:  Be sure to pass your camera around, so there are pictures of you too!

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Be Bold Mini Album
Be Bold 6x6 Paper Pad
Be Bold 12x12 700
Be Bold stickers
Powderpuff inks in  Midnight Confessions, Lemonade, and Green with Envy, Coconut, Red Hot, and Blue Hawaiian

Other Supplies:
Kiwi Lane Cascade Trails templates
Bazzill: cardstock
GCD Studios adhesive pearls
Studio Calico wood veneers
Alpha stickers: October Afternoon, Echo Park, Webster's Pages, and Simple Stories
Spellbinders Edgabilities Scallop die cut
EK Success scallop punch
Creative Memories square punch
My Mind's Eye acrylic stamps (Dilly Dally collection)
Studio Calico polaroids
Adhesive: Xyron Mega Runner, Scotch 3M fast drying glue, Imaginisce foam tape

Check out these Quick Quotes mini albums. They are so amazing!
~Marcia

Enjoy the Sweet Life - Quick Quotes Inspiration

Hello Quick Quotes friends! Marcia here today to share a retirement card I made for a friend of mine using the Be Bold 6x6 paper pad. I love these bright colors for a happy occasion, it just makes me smile (and wish I was the one retiring! lol). Here is my card ...

I used the Kiwi Lane arrow template from the Nature collection. It gives the card a "Go, See, Do!" feel doesn't it. The 6x6 paper pads have smaller prints which I love. The patterns are more proportional for a small card versus a layout. The paper pads also have coordinating sentiment and cardstock sheets. "The Sweet Life" sentiment is just one of many included in the 6x6 paper pads. I used one of the cardstock sheets to punch my flower I placed on my sentiment. It's so nice to be able to reach for a coordinating cardstock color and not spend 15 minutes comparing all my yellow cardstock and deciding which one matches best.

The wood veneer sailboat was inked with the Powderpuff Coconut White and Midnight Confessions chalk ink.

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Be Bold 6x6 Paper Pad
Be Bold 12x12 200, 300
Be Bold Stickers
Powderpuff inks in  Midnight Confession, Lemonade, and Coconut

Kiwi Lane Templates;
Nature - arrow

Other Supplies:
Button: Fancy Pants
Wood Veneer: Studio Calico
Twine: The Twinery
Punches: McGill (flower), EK Success (border and corner)
Adhesive: Xyron Mega Runner, Scotch 3M fast drying glue, Imaginisce foam tape

I hope I have inspired you today to check out those 6x6 paper pads!
~Marcia

Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace - Club Q inspiration

Hello Quick Quotes friends!  I am here today with some Club Q inspiration. I love playing with the Club Q kits. The March kit is full of gorgeous papers from the Dusty Roads collection., chipboard pieces, and die cuts. I was inspired to create this 2 page layout of one my Girl Scout troops visiting the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace in Savannah, Georgia. Juliette Gordon Low is the founder of Girl Scouts. Yes, I was a fearless Girl Scout leader for 12 years! and not just for one troop but both of my daughter's troops! Boy, did we have some fun times!! We attended a special interest session at the Birthplace where the girls learned about bygone fashions, tried on corsets and hoop skirts (which they absolutely loved doing), and learned to be proper ladies. I am sure glad fashions have changed, because it's not easy (or comfortable) to sit while wearing a corset and hoop skirt!
Alright enough talk, here is my layout ...

This was my first time using the Kiwi Lane templates. I used the Cascade Trails wavy templates to cut papers that help to emphasize my photos in the corners. The big butterfly is from the Nature templates. Isn't he fun!

I used the charcoal powderpuff chalk ink to stamp some bricks onto the paper to add some interest in the corners. You can also use your inks to give your flowers some color, like I did here.

Here you can see how I used the templates up close. Oh ya, my daughter, She's the unladylike one! lol.

Quick Quotes Supplies:
March Club Q kit
Dusty Roads 6x6 paper pad
Powderpuff inks in  Plum Crazy, Charcoal, Green Tea, Blue Moon

Kiwi Lane Templates;
Nature 2 - Butterfly
Cascade Trails - 3A and 3B

Other Supplies:
Flowers: Prima (Primmers white cotten), Kaisercraft (Mini Blooms in Honey and Amethyst)
Metal Hanger: Maya Road (Love Hangers)
Rubber Stamp: Impression Obsession (Brick)
Die Cut - Cheery Lynn (small Fanciful Flourish), (small butterfly)
Ribbon - Offray
Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle
Eyelets - Making Memories

I hope this gives you some inspiration for your Club Q kits!
~Marcia