Celebrate! Quick Quotes July Club Q Layout

Hello, Alicia with you today, showing off July Club Q and my precious nephew.  I am also sticking with this month's challenge: use red, white and blue.  There were so many neat pieces in this month's kit.  I just had to chalk the stars! I used Capri Blue and Barn Board chalking inks to do the job. 

Quick Quotes pretty much does all the work besides chalking, however, I will provide the steps I used.

• Ink all edges and the chipboard stars
• Layer the pre-cut squares centering as you go
• Adhere 3 large inked stars to 3 small pre-cut squares
• Crop pictures and create mats (I used an additional sheet of paper)
• Arrange and adhere photos
• Arrange and adhere 3 star/square embellishments
• Adhere banner to bottom white space
• Add sentiment
• Randomly adhere remaining stars

Here's a close up of my inked star on the square.  How cute is that?  Quick Quotes creates some fantastic kits that are super easy to use.

I used my Canon printer to print these vibrant photos.  One of my favorite qualities of the Canon inks is how fast they dry.  I can print and cut within minutes without a problem.

Quick Quotes products:

July Club Q

Secret Garden 103 paper

Powderpuff chalking inks:  Capri Blue and Barn Board

Canon Products:

PIXMA iP8720 Wireless Printer

PGI 250XL CLI 251XL 6 Color Value Pack

other products:

rub-on sentiment

Thank you for stopping by.  Don't forget to play along with this month's Quick Quotes challenge open until 7/25.

Alicia

The Edge of the Sea...Quick Quotes Navigator layout

Alicia blogging today with a layout from my January vacation.  I love watery vacations!  Navigator papers are perfect for documenting my experience.  I used several leftover die cuts from the April Club Q layouts.  I also used several pieces from Navigator 500 Quotes and Phrases.  I inked all edges generously with Powderpuff Chalking inks.

I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 Wireless Printer to print just the right pictures to scrap. In this area of the resort the waves crash against rocks and make for quite a splash zone. I took dozens of pictures to try and capture the perfect spray of water.  Do you remember long, long ago when you had to wait until you printed the entire roll of film to even determine if you captured good pictures?  We have come a long way and it is so easy to print off just the perfect pictures at home with fantastic quality.

I finished off my layout with some netting and seashells.  I used pop dots to bring the quote pieces up off the page and over the fiber.  It is a little bulky and I don't scrap every page like this but it just finished off this layout so beautifully.

Quick Quotes Products:

Navigator papers:  102, 103, and 105

Navigator 500 Quotes and Phrases

Powderpuff chalking inks:  Bermuda, Sandy Shore, and Tropical Punch

leftover pieces from April Club Q

Canon products:

PIXMA iP8720 Wireless Printer

PGI 250XL CLI 251XL 6 Color Value Pack

other products:

seashells and fiber

ink pen and pop dots

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Alicia

Life Together...Quick Quotes Mini Album

Hello Quick Quotes readers, Alicia here with you today (and for another year!)  I have a mini album I created for a Christmas gift.  I made this for my brother in law with the hopes it would be used on his desk. He absolutely loved it!  I used select pieces from the  Adventure Awaits collection to maintain a masculine feel throughout.

To begin this project:

• Cut a piece of chipboard to 6.25"x8.75"
• Score at 4.25" and 4.5"
• Adhere magnet with strong tape to outside front cover
• Layer strong tape on top of magnet to adhere to cover paper
• Cut 2 pieces of Quick Quotes designer paper to 6.25"x10-11" (the extra length is to create the flap, overlap to your preference)
• Ink ALL edges with Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks
• Adhere each paper piece to the outside and inside cover leaving the flap open
• Embed the second magnet inside the flap to meet up with the magnet on the cover (use plenty of strong tape to stay in place
• Seal the magnet in the flap
• Adhere ribbon to edges of flap for durablity

I kept the flap shorter because I wanted to use this great quote on front.  I placed it on the cover to determine how long I wanted my flap prior to cutting the paper. In hindsight I should have used a couple of sets of magnets spread apart or not put so many photos inside...I couldn't help myself there were so many cute ones!  I did realize this issue and for that reason there are no bulky embellishments inside the album so that it would stay shut with one magnet set and lay flat.

Basic directions for the accordion inside:

• Cut a 12"x12" piece of card stock to 2-6"x12"
• Score consecutively at 4"
• Adhere the two pieces together
• Adhere one end to the front inside cover and one to the back inside cover
• Cover the card stock with pieces of 4"x6" Quick Quotes designer paper 
• Add photos and sentiments
• Don't forget to ink all those edges with Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks

You may can tell from the photos I have three pieces of paper, I did not start with a 12"x12" piece so it complicated the process a little but allowed me to add extra pages!

The Adventure Awaits 105 paper was perfect for this project since one side has 6 panels at the 4"x6" size.  If possible I used the deigns from the paper to provide the sentiment.  On other pages I used pieces I cut from Adventure Awaits 12x12 Quotes Phrases sheet.

I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to easily print the photos I downloaded from Facebook for my mini album.  This project went very smoothly because of the great products.

Quick Quotes products used:

Adventure Awaits 101, 102 and 105

Adventure Awaits 12x12 Quotes Phrases

Sunset  and Navy Powderpuff Chalking inks

Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

other products:

wood veneer, ribbon, card stock and magnets

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://craftaholicsrus.blogspot.ca/2018/01/challenge-2-pattern-paper.html until 1/15x

https://minialbummakers.blogspot.com/2018/01/january-mini-album-tutorials-and.html until 1/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Life is Better when you are laughing...Quick Quotes and Canon

Hello, Quick Quotes readers.   Alicia with you today and I am still scrapping my wedding album.  I used several Quick Quotes paper packs to create the two layouts I am sharing today.  I used elegant and richly colored pieces to accentuate the stained glass window in the venue.  I also relied on my Cricut for the various shapes cut from the paper.

I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to print the vibrant 5x7 photos.

Details of the layers of paper, ribbon and pearls.

On my second layout I used some manual cutting tools to cut several of the layers but still included Cricut cuts.  Since both of these layouts featured the stain glass window I wanted to keep some embellishments the same.  Layering the pearls and other embellishments on top of the die cuts really make the layers of Quick Quotes paper pop!

I thought I would share some helpful hints on printing the best photographs with your Canon printer.  Find your Printer properties or Printer preferences and adjust your settings to fit your print job.  My print program defaults to a standard 8.5x11 paper print.  I often use that setting so I don't want to permanently change that setting.  However, I have adjusted the setting for my photography printing and saved those settings which makes it so easy to get great photos every time.  You can see from my collage below that the 5x7 photo print is saved with high quality settings.

Quick Quotes Products:

Earth Wind Fire collection:  106 and 108

Urban Oasis collection: 101 and 102

49 Shades of Grey collection: 104 paper, Die Cut Stickers and 500 word sheet

Whistlin Dixie 107 paper

Midnight Confessions PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

Canon 5x7 glossy photo paper

other products:

Cricut Close to My Heart Artiste cart

Pearls, flowers and misc brad

Tim Holtz/Sizzix dies

DL Art crinkle ribbon Christmas Wish

Jolee's embellishments

Creative Memories Custom Cutting system

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Happy Hauntings: Quick Quotes and Canon Halloween cards

Happy Hauntings, Quick Quotes readers, Alicia here today with some quick and easy Halloween cards.  I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to print out various Halloween images.  I cut them out and layered them with Quick Quotes papers from several different collections.

This first card uses a super creepy stack of skulls I printed and paired with papers from the 49 Shades of Grey collection. I printed many different images on 8.5x11" piece of Canon High Definition paper.  The image details printed so well on this specialty paper.  I printed this particular image twice.  I used the second print to cut out individual skulls and layer them at different levels.

I made a few other cards using printables, papers, stamps, gems, die cuts and ribbons.

I would like to note that this last card was sent to a little boy requesting Halloween cards as he fights a battle with cancer.  If you would like more information, here is a link to his Facebook page.

Quick Quotes products used:

Midnight Confessions PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Mulberry 105 Paper

Urban Oasis paper

Whistlin Dixie 105 paper

Whistlin Dixie 108 paper

49 Shades of Grey 101 paper

49 Shades of Grey 102 paper

49 Shades of Grey 104 paper

Canon products:

PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

Canon High Definition paper 8.5x11

other products used:
Our Daily Bread Designs stitched rectangle die
Stampin Up punch
Tim Holtz dies
stamps from Art Impressions, Inkadinkado Creepy Crawly, and Close to My Heart Frightfully Fun
various digital images from Creative Memories, Scrapgirls and more
sequins and enamel dots

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2017/10/198-spooky.html until 10/28 (C15)x

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/challenge-57-i-put-spell-on-you.html  until 10/28x

https://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.ca/2017/10/challenge-58-q-is-for-quick-easy.html  until 10/30

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2017/10/challenge-125-anything-goes-with.html  until 10/30x

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/191-halloween-sentiment.html  until 10/30x


Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
Alicia

Red Rocks! Quick Quotes September Club Q Layouts

Hello, Alicia with you today and I am using the rest of my September Club Q.  I also used my PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to not only print the photos but also the titles.  

I am on top of it with this layout, literally and figuratively, these are photos from a trip  just last month to Colorado.  These photos are from the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison which is at 6,400 feet above sea level!  In addition, this trip was a check off my bucket list.

  

I used Plum Powderpuff chalking ink to cover the white board titles included with this month's kit.

Here's my PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer in action.  I found it very helpful to adjust the settings depending on the paper and the document.  And another helpful hint is to use Canon brand paper which makes for more vivid photos.

This is a two page layout and here is page two.  I used the die cut frames included with September Club Q.

I inked all the edges with Midnight Confessions including the white board that I previously inked with  Plum.  Double inking blends and gives more dimension to the embellishments.

Quick Quotes Products used:

September Club Q

Powderpuff Chalking inks:  Plum and Midnight Confessions

Canon Products:

PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://another-freaking-scrappy-challenge.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-2017.html until 9/30

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/08/lm-359-polka-dots.html until 9/30

invited to be GDT

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Alicia

Quick Quotes Off the Page: Shadow box

Good morning,  Alicia with you today.  I have created a lovely shadow box for my niece. I did not intend for it to be monochromatic, after using  Jade PowderPuff Chalking Ink to color the outside scroll work I searched my Quick Quotes paper collection for matching papers, I found some from several different collections that came together perfectly.

 

I used my PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to print not only the photograph but the sentiment.  I found this great quote when I searched the web.  I just copied it, changed the font and printed!  I don't like to waste the good Canon paper, so I included several other quotes and a photo on the pages for use later. 

I used two different inking techniques on my project either of which could be used for the August Quick Quotes challenge:  to use colored inks.

1. Inking wood or chipboard
2. Inking edges to create dramatic shading

I cut dozens of pieces for flowers using  a die set.  I inked all the edges with the same Jade PowderPuff Chalking Ink as the outside of the box. I shaped the flowers as I inked them.

   

After cutting the papers to fit the inside of the box, I added the flowers around the edges.  After adhering the quote and the flowers, I finally added some pearls and bling to finish it off.

Quick Quotes products used:

49 Shades of Grey 102 paper

Adventure Awaits 103 paper

Windsong 104 paper

Jade PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Canon products:

PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

other products used:

shadow box

pearls and crystal bling hearts

Spellbinders Anemone flower and label dies

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/1st-august-2017-classic-design-team.html until 8/26x

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2017/08/348-anything-goes.html until 8/28x

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/august-challenge.html  until 8/31x

I hope you have enjoyed this project. 

Alicia

I'll love you forever: Quick Quotes Serenade layout

Good morning!  Alicia blogging today.  I am using the gorgeous new paper collection called Serenade. It is not available quite yet, but you may see it in Club Q kits and definitely at Quick Quotes Private Reserves and the Mini Reserves this fall.  I have also used my  PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to print the 5x7 photo.  These are my engagement photos and the beginning of my wedding album.

I actually used two sheets of the same paper and fussy cut some of the elements.  I lined up the design with the original paper but used pop dots for a dramatic effect.  I did a lot of fussy cutting on this layout but that just goes to show what you can do with paper and cutting utensils.

Here's my PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer in action.

Here I am showing the back of the fussy cut paper.  I use a detail knife to cut around the image I wanted on top of the photo.  I placed adhesive just on the edges of the fussy cuts so that the photo would adhere in the perfect spot.

And here's how the detail cuts look, I just love how layered it is without actually using a lot of paper. Of course, I did add a few die cut pieces from other papers in the collection as well.

Quick Quotes products:

Serenade collection  (coming soon)

Midnight Confessions PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Vellum Quote

Canon products:

PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer

other products:

Tim Holtz flourish die

heart dies and punches

Kiwi Lane bracket template

Creative Memories cutting system circles

bling

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://another-freaking-scrappy-challenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/august-2017-challenge.html until 8/30x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-august.html until 8/30x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia