Notepads with Quick Quotes~

Hi, Connie here with a useful gift idea for the school year.  I created with scrap pieces of pattern paper from the Catalina Island, Farm House and Anchor Aweigh Collections by Quick Quotes.  If you have a  3" X 12" scrap piece, you have enough paper to embellish a notepad for yourself or a special teacher.

To get this size of notepad, go to an office supply house and purchase a set of 12 legal size pads and ask them to cut them in thirds.  Most stores will do the cuts at no charge.  You will end up with lots of notepads!!!  Add the pattern paper to the back of the pad with a strong adhesive.

Make a little wrap around flap, for the top of the notepad, and decorate using stickers, pearls, flowers or die cuts.  Teachers will love them!! They look so pretty on a desk or by the phone.

Supplies used:

Quick Quotes : Catalina Collection, Farm House Collection and Anchor Aweigh Collection.

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink: Caribbean Blue, Peach Tree, Seafoam

Other:

Legal size note pads cut in thirds

strong adhesive

Petaloo

Want 2 Scrap

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer/DT Member

Mixing it up with Quick Quotes~

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using two different paper collections by Quick Quotes.  I decided on the Serenade Collection and the Mulberry Collection.  Lovely purple tones in both collections.

The photo is a scanned copy of a vintage picture of my mother.  It is a little blurry from age but I was thrilled to get it.  I printed the photo from the Canon iP8720 in a 5" X 7" size and  the journal information also.  The photo is such a treasure to me.

Embellishments were added along with Die Cuts from Quick Quotes. The pattern papers were shaded with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks.   The wooden girl head is also colored using PowderPuff Chalk ink (Clay) by Quick Quotes.

Products used:
Quick Quotes: Serenade Collection (coming soon)
Quick Quotes: Mulberry Collection
Quick Quotes: Mulberry Quotes & Phrases
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks: Violet, Clay, Midnight Confessions.
Canon Printer iP8720

Other:
Embellishments

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Connie Mercer/DT Member

Fun Photo Strip scrapbook page with Quick Quotes and Canon~

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the Earth Wind Fire Collection by Quick Quotes.  I wanted to create a fun photo strip to go under the focal photo and the Canon iP8720 helped out with that. Take a look~

Instructions for the photo strip:

Using the Garden Image program from Canon I created a collage, using the same two photographs twice.  Once the collage was created and ready to print out I changed the setting to grey scale.

Once the photo is printed  cut it length ways to get the photo strip look. Adhere to white cardstock and then a darker color cardstock. I went with solid green in the Earth Wind Fire Collection. The focal photo was printed in color.

These are so fun to make and look great on a scrapbook page. Once those elements are created the page is ready to complete with embellishments. The accent papers are shaded with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks. Die cuts are added from the Earth Wind Fire Collection also.

Supplies used:
Quick Quotes: Earth Fire Wind Collection
Quick Quotes: Earth Fire Wind Die Cuts
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks: Midnight Confessions, Seafoam, Evergreen, Light Moss, Feather Gray 
Canon Printer iP8720
Other:
Buttons Galore & More
Beacon Quick Grip
Petaloo flowers
stickers

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Windsong Collection by Quick Quotes~

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the new Windsong Collection by Quick Quotes. I played off of the subtle seafoam color in the paper and added seafoam cardstock to bring out the color in the pattern paper.

The title is chipboard and it is easily colored with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk ink.

The more you pat it with color the darker it will become.  The chipboard stickers were colored with PowderPuff Chalk ink also.

The flowers are also shaded with PowderPuff Chalk ink.  Pull them apart and it is

 easy to get good a coverage of ink on them.  

Supplies used:

Quick Quotes: Windsong Collection: 104 and 105.

Quick Quotes: Farmhouse die cuts

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks: Antique Linen, Seafoam and Midnight Confessions

Other:

Want2Scrap: chipboard title and Rhinestones

Divine Twine

Petaloo flowers

leaves

Tumble Dye

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Connie Mercer/DT Member

Mixing it up with Quick Quotes

Hi, Connie here was a scrapbook page using the Farmhouse collection and the Anchors Aweigh collection.  So fun to mix the collections. The papers really go well together.  Let me show you ~

The orange (Anchors Aweigh) die cut paper was cut using a giant circle punch.  The background paper is from the Farmhouse collection.  The orange color matches perfect!!  I added some stamping to the background with the Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks.  Rich colors and a great look.

The letters were white and then colored with the Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks. Love how they took the color. 

Quick Quotes Products:

Farmhouse 103

Anchors Aweigh 101

Farmhouse die cut stickers

Farmhouse chipboard stickers

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink: Blue Lagoon, Seafoam, Sunset and Peach Tree.

Other:

Petaloo

Stamps: Darkroom Door, Wendy Vecchi, Bo Bunny

S.e.i./Black Tunble Dye

stickers, twine

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Connie Mercer/DT Memeber

Quick Quotes ~ Mucho love!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page combining papers from the 49 Shades Of Grey Collection and the Whistlin' Dixie Collection by Quick Quotes.  So many of the papers go well together, so know need to work with only one collection at a time.

The background sheet and the center sheet have stenciling and splatters for added texture and dimension.  The embellishment cluster is using Quick Quote products and the flowers are by Petaloo.

 

Products used~
Quick Quotes: 49 Shades of Grey/103
Quick Quotes: Whistlin' Dixie/ 104, 100
Quick Quotes: Whistlin' Dixie/ die cut stickers, chipboard die cuts
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks: Java, Coal Miner, Green with Envy

Other~
Petaloo
Clear Scraps/chevron stencil
irRESISTible  texture spray
Wink of Stella
stickers

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

49 Shades of Grey with Quick Quotes!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the 49 Shades of Grey Collection by Quick Quotes. This is a great collection of black, grey and white color tones that work perfect with the other collections by Quick Quotes.

 The inside page has a special edge and I wanted to share with you how that was done.

Instructions~
#1. Cut a half inch off two adjoining sides. Making the paper 11 1/2" X 11 1/2".
#2. Adhere to the 101 (grey polka dots) paper, leave about an inch from the edge with no adhesive.
#3. Take a water pen and run a line of water along the edge with no adhesive.
#4. Fold and bend the wet paper. Do all the edges the same way.
#5. When the edges are dry, ink for shading.

Makes for an unique paper edge and holds the ink well.

#6 Title and journal page.
#7. Add embellishments.

Products used~
Quick Quotes/ 49 Shades of Grey 102, 101.
Quick Quotes/ 49 Shades of Grey die cut stickers
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Ink/ Coal Miner, Feather Gray

Other~
Petaloo
Wink of Stella
irRESISTible Texture Spray
stickers, doilies, corners.

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Fun Times with Quick Quotes!

Hi, Connie here with a fun scrapbook page celebrating Friends!!!!  I'm using 49 Shades of Grey and matching Quick Quotes PowderPuff Inks, to shade with.  Take a look~ don't laugh!!!  It's OK if you laugh we had a great time being silly.

I'm loving the 49 Shades of Grey Collection.  It is full of great patterns and colors !!

I mixed in some Whistlin' Dixie (leaves) and loved the splash of color it provided. The leaves are shaded with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink/Antique Linen.

Products used:
Quick Quotes 49 Shades of Grey/ 103, 101.
Quick Quotes Whistlin' Dixie/ 103
Quick Quotes 49 Shades of Grey/ chipboard die cuts
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink: Antique Linen, Coal Miner, Feather Gray

Other Products:
Petaloo Flowers
stickers, pearls.

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Connie Mercer/DT Member

A Pocket Page with Clear Scraps!

Hi, Connie here with a pocket scrapbook page but with a twist!  I used one acrylic sheet by Clear Scraps with an acrylic word.



Instructions:
1. Cut 1" off one side of the 12 x1 12 acrylic sheet by Clear Scraps.
2. Adhere the acrylic to the pattern paper using Beacon 3-IN-1.  The opening to the pocket will be Horizontal.
3. Add washi tape for design on bottom and top of page.



 4. Use Black StazOn Ink and add color to the acrylic word (Purrfect).



5.  The page should look like this~



6. Next step is the photo collage.  This is a good project for all those photos, that go to one event,  to keep them together.

 

7. Make tabs for the photo pages.
8. Decorate the front of the Acrylic sheet.  For added interest,  I used the 12 Chevron stencil by Clear Scraps with black StazOn ink on the front acrylic page.

Products Used:
Acrylic Sheet by Clear Scraps
12 Chevron Stencil by Clear Scraps
acrylic word (Purrfect) by Clear Scraps

Other products:
Paper/Quick Quotes
Stamp/Darkroom Door
Petaloo
StazOn Ink
Washi/JBS

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Connie Mercer/DT Member

Cards for Mommy and Daddy with Quick Quotes.

Hi, Connie here with a couple of "mommy" and "daddy" cards using Gypsy Rose from Quick Quotes. The quote cards are from the Family Bundle set.

I created a card front by using a background stamp. Then adhered that to the pattern paper. Added the Quote card, extra embellishments and it is ready to give! Designer note on the "daddy" card~Would be cute to add "My heart belongs to daddy all the time"  

Mommy card

Quick Quote products used:
GR 300
Quick Quotes Bundle/Family
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Ink/Peach Tree and Bloody Mary

other:
Petaloo
Darkroom Door rubber stamp
pearls, twine, leaves and paper butterfly

Daddy card ~
Quick Quotes products used:
GR800
GR400
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Ink/Cool Miner, Mocha Mama, Antique Linen, Warm Sand
Quick Quotes Bundle/Family

other:
Darkroom Door rubber stamp
Sizzix/clock Tim Holtz
enamel dots

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

A Birthday Card with Quick Quotes!

Hi, Connie here with a "Happy Birthday Card" using many of the papers from Quick Quotes.
They are from different collections but work so well together.  And did I mention you
will only need small pieces.

The main element, of this card, is the chipboard window frame from the Bag o' Chips / Birthday Collection by Quick Quotes..  Each section has a different paper in i,t to give the window a very unique look. The frame is colored with Quick Quotes PowderPuff Ink/Seafoam.  This card could be made in any size you wish.  

Quick Quotes Products:
Catalina Island300
Catalina Island400
Celebrate200
Joyride100
Quick Quote PowderPuff Chalk Ink/Seafoam
Bag o' Chips/Birthday

Other Products:
Petaloo
white cardstock
twine, brad, paper twine, sentiment stamp

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Connie Mercer/DT Member

Clear Scraps ~ A Card from the Mixable Cutie Album!

Hi guys! I'm here with a half chipboard, half acrylic card made from the Mixable Cutie Album by Clear Scraps.  This album comes with five pages.  I used the first two pages to create the card.






Instructions~
* Cover the chipboard with some pretty pattern paper. I used paper's by Pion Design. Gorgeous vintage designs.
* Stencil the acrylic cover with random patches of a design.  I used the Chevron Stencil by Clear Scraps.  The ink is StazOn.
*  I used a tag from the paper set and added twine, a flower and trim to decorate the front.
* The inside of the card has a vintage photo copy and the sentiment.
* Tie the two pieces together with twine.

Supplies used~
Clear Scraps
Pion Design
Petaloo

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Connie Mercer
Clear Scraps DT

A pretty boy~ with Quick Quotes!

Hi guys! I'm here with a scrapbook page using the Gypsy Road Collection by Quick Quotes.  This page has a sad ending but a crazy beginning, so I had to scrapbook the story.

This beautiful boy, Cardinal, loves flying into my craft room windows all day long.
Drives me crazy!!!
I wish he would stop but it has allowed me to get some good shots of him sitting on the tree branch.
Early this morning the cat must of had enough also, because we found red feathers out by a big tree in the yard.  It has been quite, no more banging into the windows~kinda sad but kinda nice!!!
My tribute to a pretty boy!!!  

Quick Quotes products used~

Gypsy Road 200

Gypsy Road 100

Gypsy Road 300

Joy Ride 400

Gypsy Road stickers

Sunset PowderPuff Chalk Ink

Other~

Petaloo Flower

Sizzix Rosette die by Tim Holtz

October Afternoon

American Crafts

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Mini cards with Quick Quotes and Petaloo!

Hi, Connie here with a mini card set using scraps of Quick Quotes papers

and Petaloo flowers.  These are perfect for a small gift or gift bag.

Instructions~
* I started out with a pile of paper pieces and cut them down to 3" x 3".

* Add flower ( Petaloo) to center of paper.
* Add twine ~ I used a hot glue gun for the flower and the twine.
* Double mat the sentiment and pop up with foam adhesive.
* Cut Kraft cardstock  3 1/2" x 7" fold in the center.
* Adhere card front to Kraft card.

I loved creating these small gift cards and felt really good about
using up my scraps of Quick Quotes papers.  My motto~don't throw
anything away, you can always make some small gift card sets.

Supplies by Quick Quotes~
Joy Ride 200
Celebrate 200
Joy Ride 100
Catalina Island 400
Orange Slice PowderPuff Chalk Ink
Seafoam PowderPuff Chalk Ink
Blue Lagoon PowderPuff Chalk Ink
Buttercup PowderPuff Chalk Ink
Other ~
Petaloo Flowers
Stamper Anonymous/Tim Holtz

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Connie Mercer / DT member

Quick Quotes & Petaloo~gorgeous together!

Hi, Connie here with an "off the page" project using the gorgeous flowers from Petaloo and the gorgeous papers and Powderpuff Chalk Inks from Quick Quotes.  So fun creating with these fabulous products:)

Instructions:
*Take an old muffin pan and using Tim Holtz's paper Rosette die (large) cut 6 rosettes out of Gypsy Road 300 and Gypsy Road 400, 3 of each paper.
* Ink the rosettes with Sunset PowderPuff Chalk Ink.
* Using 1/2" foam, adhere the rosettes to the center of each section in the muffin pan.
* Adhere the butterfly by Petaloo to each section of the muffin pan.

* Using the burlap trim, from Petaloo, create a center banner for flowers and the date.
* Wet glue or hot glue will work for this.
* Attach a favorite photo, to one of the sections of the muffin pan.

This is the muffin pan before I started altering it with the beautiful Petaloo and Quick Quotes products. You can see more inspiration, using the Petaloo flowers on the Petaloo Blog here.

Quick Quotes products used:
Gypsy Road 300
Gypsy Road 400
Gypsy Road die cut stickers
Sunset PowderPuff Chalk Ink

Other Products used:
Petaloo flowers and trims

Thank for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/ Quick Quotes DT