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Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Reveal Shutter Card

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Last week I posted a quick and simple card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Card Dies. This week I have a card showing the elegant reveal shutter element when you open the card using the dies provided in this die set. This would be a perfect wedding card or a very special card for a significant occasion. This die set makes it so easy to create a stunning interactive card in no time at all.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

There is a video tutorial from Becca Feeken on how to assemble this card here.

Inside Back of Card

I have cut a piece of cream cardstock 6″ x 12″ and scored at 3″ and 9″ and folded the sides in to make a 6″ x 6″ gatefold card base. For the inside back of the card I have added a piece of gold cardstock and coordinating cream and gold pearl pattern paper. I then added a gold frame using the small and medium size label dies. I die cut the shutter mechanisms out using the dies in the die set out of cream cardstock. I die cut the label out of the of the middle using the middle sized label die and then adhered this to the inside back by the top and bottom tabs using foam tape. I gold embossed the sentiment on some scrap cream cardstock and die cut it out with the middle sized label die and then added the stamped label inside the aperture. To finish the centre panel I added a gold frame using the medium and large label dies to the aperture opening.

I die cut two side pieces out of cream cardstock using both the decorative panel and base and added gold cardstock behind the decorative panels.. These side panels were added to each side of the centre panel according to the instructions for the die set.

Back of Card

I die cut two decorative panels out of gold cardstock making sure they matched and threaded cream organza ribbon through the centre of the dies and then added both panels on the back of the card.

Front of Card

I added a gold and cream pattern pearl paper to both front panels. I die cut two decorative panels out of gold cardstock and threaded cream organza ribbon through the centres of the panels before adding a plain cream backing to the panels. These panels were added to both side panels.

I die cut the flourishes from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebuds out of the cream cardstock and added one to the top left and one to the bottom right of the side panels. I die cut, coloured and assembled the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies. These flowers were added over the flourishes as shown. I added small green leaves around the flowers and small light green leaf flourishes from the Amazing Paper Grace Adoring Fleurette Etched Dies around the flowers.

To finish the card I added small pearls to the centres of the flowers and closed the card with the organza ribbon.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Dies.

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies

Adoring Fleurette Etched Dies

Other Products Used:

Cream organza ribbon

Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Wow embossing ink

Heartfelt Creations All Occasions Sentiments Cling Stamp Set

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Rosies Studio Pearlised Cardstock Cream

Pearl Pattern Paper from stash

Pearls

Ranger Archival inks – Rosey Posey, Sunflower, French Ultramarine

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout

Foam Tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month December 2018 Softly Spoke’n Flip and Gatefold Mother’s Day Card

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Today I have a very special Mother’s Day gatefold card to share with you made using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Card Dies. What a stunning die this is and this is a companion to the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month December 2018 Softly Spoke’n Flip and Gatefold Dies in that these dies can be used to make gift baskets, boxes, gatefold cards and so much more. And I loved this colour combination of cream, rose gold and pink and felt that it was perfect for a very special elegant Mother’s Day card.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my project I have die cut two side panels out of cream pearl card using only the outline dies and the small triangular inserts on both sides. The left side I also die cut the small aperture out while on the right side I did not die cut the aperture out. I added an extra 1/2″ on one side of each panel which I scored along 1/2″. I added a small strip of pink pearl card behind the small decorative triangles and then folded over each side and adhered the two sides together.

Inside Back of Card

I cut a piece of cream cardstock 5″ x 7″ and glued the 1/2″ flap of the panels to each side of this card. I cut another piece of cream cardstock 5″ x 7″ and adhered it over the base hiding the strips. For the inside of the card I have cut a piece of cream pearl card 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and added it to the inside back. I then cut a piece of rose pearl card 4 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ and added it to the inside back. I then added another piece of cream pearl card slightly smaller over the rose card. I die cut a rectangle out of rose gold card using the medium Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Dies and cut another plain rectangle out of pink pearl card which was adhered behind the decorative rectangle. I die cut a medium rectangle using the Amazing Paper Grace Picot Petite Rectangle dies and added it to the front of the panel. I cut a small rectangle from the Hemstitch Rectangles die out of cream cardstock and adhered this to the front of the pink panel. I die cut two decorative panels from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Card Dies out of the rose gold pearl card and trimmed them down to added behind the rectangle panel. These were all adhered to the inside back of the card. I die cut the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Words Dies out of the rose gold pearl card and adhered it to the centre of the panel.

Front of Card

For the front of the card I die cut two large decorative panels out of rose gold cardstock and two shadow dies out of pink pearl card and added these together and adhered them to both sides of the card. I die cut an extra four ‘handles’ from the base die out of rose gold card and added them to the front and back of the panels for extra strength.

I stamped the sentiment from the Heartfelt Creations Occasion Sentiments Stamp Set on pink pearl cardstock in Wow Embossing ink and embossed it with Rose Gold Embossing Powder. This was then die cut using the small rectangle die and added to the right side of the card as shown.

I made a full bow out of pink and gold silk ribbon and adhered it to the bottom left of the card front.

I die cut the flowers out from the Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Card Die set out of flower shaping cardstock and coloured them with yellow and pink inks. These were then shaped and assembled using one of each size petal. I added a rose gold pearl to the centre of each flower and added a flower to the bow and three flowers to the top right side of the card.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of white cardstock and blended green ink to create realistic looking leaves. These leaves were added around the flowers as shown.

To finish I made a beautiful butterfly from the Summer Label Motif Dies out of pink, cream and rose gold pearl card and added it to the top right of the card.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

DOMAPG-FEB19 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Card

Summer Label Motif Dies

Hemstitch Rectangles Dies S5-308

Picot Petite Rectangles Dies

Merry Everything Words Dies

Other Products Used:

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Rose Glow

Rosies Studio Pearlised Cardstock – Cream

Close to My Heart Cardstock – Colonial White

Bazzill Rose Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Neenah Classic Crest

Heartfelt Creations All Occasions Sentiments

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Rose Gold Embossing Powder

Rose Gold Pearls from stash

Foam tape

Silk ribbon from my stash

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Ranger Archival inks – Sunflower, Goldenrod, Pink Peony

Altenew inks – Aloe Vera, Matcha

Blending Brushes

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Amazing Paper Grace Lacework Finery Slip-In Congrats Card

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I loved the Amazing Paper Grace dies by Becca Feeken since I first discovered them several years ago for their timeless, romantic and classic look which will never date. Today I have made a card using one of Becca’s earlier designs for the Die of the Month series – Lacework Finery Slip In Card. Here is a video on how Becca has made a card using the ‘slip-in’ feature of the dies. I have still used the ‘slip-in’ feature but in a different way. And I love that there are some flower dies in this set so I could create beautiful flowers for the card. This is such a pretty and feminine card that would be great for special birthdays, weddings or any celebration.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have made a 5″ x 7″ card base out of pink Centura Pearl cardstock. I used the outside die and the inner ‘slip’ decorative die and the two corner dies to die cut the card front. I then cut a piece of ivory cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and a piece of pink pattern paper 4 5/8″ x 6 5/8″ and adhered it to the front of the ivory cardstock before slipping in inside the decorative frame. I then die cut another single decorative panel and added it to the the front of the card crossing over the other decorative panel. To hide the join I cut a strip of 1″ wide pink cardstock and adhered a strip of 5/7″ ivory cardstock and a strand of ribbon which was then added over the centre of the dies and the edges were folded over the sides of the card. I then added this front panel to the base card.

I die cut a shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Oval dies out of ivory cardstock and a decorative frame out of pink cardstock and adhered them together. This was then added over the centre of the dies with foam tape.

I die cut three ‘Congrats’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Infinity dies out of pink cardstock, stacked them together and added it to the centre of the oval as shown.

I die cut leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch & Go Flowers III out of light green cardstock and adhered them to the right of the oval and over the ribbon on the left side.

I die cut the flowers from the Lacework Finery Slip-In die set out of flower shaping cardstock. The petals were coloured with pink and yellow inks and then shaped before assembling with two petals of each size. I then added pearls to the centres of the flowers and added them over the leaves on the right side and the leaves and bow on the left side.

To finish the card I added pearls to the ovals in the centre of the card and to the decorative dies and edges of the card front as shown.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

DOMAPG-0119 Lacework Finery Slip in Card

DOMAPG-0320 – Elegant Infinity

Cinch & Go Flowers III

Other Products Used:

Mintay Papers Peony Garden 6” x 8” Paper Pack

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – Pink

Creative Expressions Pearl Cardstock – Ivory

Concord &9th Cardstock – Sprout

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Mulberry Blush, Lemon Whip

Pearls from my stash

Silk ribbon from my stash

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

An Amazing Paper Grace Easter Basket

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Happy Easter to all those that celebrate. I have a very sweet, spring inspired Easter basket to share with you today featuring the stunning Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – December 2018 Softly Spoke’n Flip and Gatefold Card. This die has been designed by Becca Feeken to create beautiful and elegant baskets as well as stunning cards. This basket is perfect for Easter eggs and/or chocolate or even a special gift for someone special.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have created the basket following the directions by Becca Feeken here using yellow cardstock as my base. However, I added some pearlescent vellum behind the decorative dies at the top of my basket to allow me to add some embellishments later. I die cut two handles out of gold cardstock for each side of the basket.

I decorated the base of the basket using the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Slimline Borders Dies out of white and yellow pearlescent cardstock. I then added a strip to the centre of the edge dies to coordinate with the gold handle accents. I used the left over oval from the basket and added it to the front and back of the basket over the decorative edges with foam tape. I die cut the centre motifs out of white cardstock and gold cardstock and added them to the yellow oval and added a gold pearl to the centre of the motifs. To finish the trims I added pearls to the lace edges.

For the flowers I have used the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies and coloured them with blue ink. I added the flowers to a stem from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Daisy Dies with some leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies. I die cut some leaves from the same die set from gold cardstock and made a small bouquet with the flowers and leaves which was then glued to the top of the basket as shown. To finish the bouquet I added a bow made from white seam binding.

I stamped the sentiment from the Beccy’s Place Magnolia stamp set on white pearl card with Wow Embossing ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then die cut this sentiment out using the small tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace die and added it around the bow with white satin ribbon.

To complete the basket I die cut two butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of white and yellow pearl cardstock and the body out of gold cardstock. I assembled the butterflies and added them to the basket with foam tape.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Softly Spoke’n Flip and Gatefold Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

Romantic Slimline Borders Dies

Cascading Grace Die

Layered Daisy Dies

Other Products Used:

Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Crafter’s Companion Yellow Pearl Cardstock

Crafter’s Companion White Pearl Cardstock

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Altenew inks – Alpine Aster

Spellbinders cardstock – Rainforest

White Seam Binding

Dress My Craft Satin Ribbon

Spellbinders Gold Pearls

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Pearls from my stash

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Amazing Paper Grace Snip It Flowers Anniversary Card

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I have been a huge fan of Becca Feeken since she first started Amazing Paper Grace and I have absolutely loved her intricate and decorative designs that can be used in so many ways. The Amazing Paper Grace September 2019 Die of the Month – Snip It Flowers is one of these dies that can be used in so many ways and I know that I will be using this die a LOT! I love the floral motifs that can be snipped to create lots of different designs and here I have created a small square with the die and framed them with the newer Picot Petite Square and Fluted Classic Square dies for an elegant, timeless and classic design. Of course I had to add some flowers, butterflies and pearls to finish the card.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have made a 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ top folding card base out of heavy white cardstock. I then added a layer of gold, ivory and blue cardstock. I cut another piece of ivory and blue cardstock and layered them together and added this to the front of the card with fun foam. I die cut two panels of the Snip It Flowers out of ivory cardstock and trimmed one die to 9 flowers. I then trimmed the flowers only of the second die and adhered them to the complete die for a little more dimension. This was then added to the front of the blue square. I die cut the larger floral motif out of blue cardstock and the smaller floral motif out of ivory cardstock and layered them to the centre of the flowers.

I die cut the large square frame from the Picot Petite Square dies out of gold cardstock and then added the large square frame die cut from the large Fluted Classic Square dies out of ivory cardstock. The whole frame was then added to the front of the decorative dies with foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment from the All Occasions Sentiments Stamp in Wow embossing ink on vellum and heat embossed it with fine detail gold embossing powder. I die cut this out using the banner die from the Just a Note Sentiments Tag Clear Stamp and Die Set and adhered this to the centre of the card at each end only and added a pearl to each end to hide the glue.

I die cut the leaf flourish from the My Sweet Friend die set out of light green cardstock, trimmed it and added it around the right side of the sentiment. I die cut small flowers using the dies from the Petite Floral Potpourri die set and coloured them with pink, yellow and blue inks. These were shaped and I added some wire pollen stamens to the centre. I trimmed the wires and added the flowers over the leaves and around the sentiment as shown.

To finish I added two butterflies from the Butterfly Garden Shutter set made from ivory, blue, black and gold cardstocks and white pearls to the centre of the flowers on the background die.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

DOMAPG-0919 Snip it Flowers

Square Fluted Classics

Petite Picot Squares

Butterfly Garden Shutters

All Occasions Sentiments Stamp

Petite Floral Potpourri

My Sweet Friend

Just a Note Sentiments Tag Clear Stamp and Die Set

Other Products Used:

Creative expressions Ivory Pearl Card

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Glacier, Onyx

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Foam Tape

Fun Foam

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

White Pearls

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Card March 2024

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Welcome back and today I have another card to share with you today that I made for the Pink Fresh Studio March 2024 Challenge. The challenge for this month was to use frames and the Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.

For my card I have used the Fancy Circles frames for the frame component and I have used all the inks to colour in the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best image using the coordinating stencils. I am enjoying these challenges because it makes me use different colour combinations to what I normally use like the pink inks.

To make my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of lighter weight white cardstock and die cut it using the Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate and this was added to the front of the card. I die cut two large frames using the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Frames dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I adhered the frame to the front of the card slightly lower than centre using foam tape. I then added one of the extra circles to the inside of the frame.

I stamped the image from the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp set on Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib in Tuxedo ink. I coloured the images with the Challenge inks using the coordinating stencils and then die cut the image. I die cut another plain die and added the coloured image to the top and adhered it to the top half of the circle using foam tape for added dimension and strength.

To complete my card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut two extra plain sentiments and stacked the three dies together with the stamped sentiment on top. This was glued to the inside the frame at the base of the circle. Then I added some blue jewels around the sentiment and flowers.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp, Stencil and Coordinating Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Die

Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Sky Blue

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape/squares

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Sending a Hug with Amazing Paper Grace Rose Garden

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I have been enjoying going back through the Amazing Paper Grace Dies of the Month and creating with them and it is interesting to see how much I have progressed both with cardmaking and also with taking photographs since these dies came out. Here is my original post when this die set came out. Today I have made a card using the Amazing Paper Grace December 2020 Die of the Month – Rose Garden Promise. I have coloured the roses and leaves with Copic Makers and added some Wink of Stella to the coloured images to create a sparkly stained glass window effect. Of course I had to add some flowers but these could easily be omitted to be able to send easily in the mail.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have made a 5″ x 7″ top folding card out of heavy weight white cardstock. I cut a piece of white alcohol marker friendly cardstock 5″ x 7″. I die cut the outline die out of scrap white cardstock and used this as a stencil to colour the roses and leaves with Copic markers. I then added some clear Wink of Stella to the coloured images. I die cut two outline dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together before adding them over the coloured images. I then die cut another die out of gold cardstock and paper pierced the frame to highlight the coloured images.

I die cut three sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Picture Perfect Window Scene Dies – two from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I stacked these together with the gold die on top, cut the sentiment in half and added it to the centre of the frame.

I die cut a flourish out of gold cardstock and adhered it to the top left of the frame. I made some small pink and yellow flowers using the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies and added them over the flourish. I die cut small leaves out of green cardstock using the small leaf dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Blossom dies and added them around the flowers.

To finish the card I added some gold pearls around the sentiment.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Rose Garden (Die of the Month December 2020)

Picture Perfect Window Scene Dies

Layered Cherry Blossoms

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Mirror Gold Cardstock

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Spellbinders Essential Cardstock – Rainforest, Snowdrift

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Begonia

Distress Oxide ink – Mowed Lawn

Copic Markers – R85, R83, R81, RV00, G99, YG67, YG63, YG03

Wink of Stella – Clear

Spellbinders Gold Pearls

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Amazing Paper Grace Carnations

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I have been in a flower making mood lately and had another look at the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers dies to see what I can make with these dies. I had been seen a few paper carnations lately and thought I would give these dies a go at making paper carnations and they came out beautiful!! Because these were larger flowers I made a larger card base to place them on and I used the stunning Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Slimline dies which were a die of the month from June 2021 to create a beautiful lacy base for the flowers. This larger card that would be great for any special milestone or occasion and as a keepsake in a frame.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

To make my card I have created a side folding 7″ x 5 3/4″ card base out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of Snowdrift cardstock 7″ x 5 3/4″ and adhered it to the front of the card. I cut three decorative strips from the Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and three shadow dies out of Glacier cardstock. The decorative strips were adhered to the blue shadows. I cut a piece of Glacier cardstock 6 3/4″ x 5 5/16″ and adhered the decorative strips to the blue card and then adhered the decorative panel to the front of the card.

I die cut the large postage edge oval from the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Oval Dies Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the stitched edge plain large oval out of Glacier cardstock and adhered it to the front of the white postage edge oval. I die cut two large label dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Dies out of Snowdrift and embossed one before adding it to the centre of the oval. I die cut two small label dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and stacked them together. I stamped the image from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments Stamp and Die set in Obsidian ink on Snowdrift cardstock. I die cut and embossed the sentiment using the small label die and then adhered it to the stacked small labels. I die cut a small shadow die out of Glacier cardstock and adhered it behind the stacked labels and then adhered the completed label to the front of the larger label. I die cut two edges from the larger slimline decorative die from the Victorian Splendor Dies and trimmed them to make four corners. Two corners were added above the label and two were added below the label.

I die cut, coloured and shaped the flowers into carnations using the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers. I used two petals of each size to make the large carnations. These were coloured with Ballet Slipper inks and edged with Sparkling Rose ink. I spritzed the petals and then using a small ball stylus I made lines in each petal to break the fibres and then I then pleated each petal and allowed them to dry. These were assembled using the large dies at the base and working to the small dies at the top. For the small buds I have used one small and one medium petal and then added a sepal from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go III Flowers set die cut out of pastel green cardstock. I made the stems using the stem dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Tulip Dies and added the leaves to the stems from the Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies.

I added the leaves from the Sweet Cottage Flower dies around the left side of the oval and then adhered the flowers over the leaves. I added some flowers that I had left over from another project made using the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies as fillers and then added small leaves from the Victorian Splendor Dies which were die cut out of Rainforest cardstock around the flowers and larger leaves. To finish my bouquet of flowers I added a white bow made from seam binding ribbon.

To finish I added white pearls to highlight the decorative labels and corners.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Die of the Month June 2021 Victorian Splendor Slimline Dies

Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies

All Occasions Sentiments Dies

Postage Edge Oval Dies Dies

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Layered Tulip Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Snowdrift, Rainforest

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Creative Expressions Essentials Cardstock – Pastel Green

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Sky Blue, Lemon Whip

Altenew Obisidian Pigment Ink

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – yellow, white

White seam binding ribbon

Blending Brushes

Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Wishing You All the Best

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Today I am sharing a second card that I created for the for the Pink Fresh Studio February 2024 Challenge which was to use the following Pink Fresh Studio inks Sparkling Rose, Sunkissed, Spruce Tips, and Paradise and gold or have some hearts in your project. This colour combination is just so beautiful and I will be using it again.

For my project I have created a top folding A2 sized card. I cut another piece of white card slightly smaller and lightly stenciled the background using Turquoise ink. This was then adhered to the card front.

I then die cut circles out and added them to the front of the stenciled image – I used two outer and one inner circle to create some dimension. I ink blended some Turquoise ink to one of the inner circles and then added it to the centre of the frame.

I stamped the Magnolias stamp using WOW embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I then coloured the flowers and leaves using the challenge inks – Sunkissed, Sparkling Rose, Paradise and Spruce Tips. The images were die cut and layered around the circle as shown.

For the sentiment I hot foiled the sentiment in Matte Gold Foil and die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut another two plain dies and stacked these together and adhered the sentiment to the right of the flowers using some foam tape.

I hot foiled the small butterflies with Matte Gold foil and then coloured the butterflies with the coordinating stencil using Sunkissed and Sparkling Rose inks. I then die cut the butterflies and added this butterfly to the circle above the sentiment.

To finish my card I added some gold pearls around the flowers to meet the challenge brief.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Magnolias Stamp, Die and Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Die and Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Scallop Circles

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Paradise, Spruce Tips, Sunkissed, Sparkling Rose, Turquoise

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Spellinders Foil – Matte Gold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape/squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante Box

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Today I have a box to share with you that I made to coordinate with my last card. I enjoy making boxes and they are so easy to create. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 Lattice Quadrante dies as a frame work for my box and the same colours and embellishments from my card on the box to create this ensemble. This ensemble would be fabulous to give as a gift and the box is perfect to keep treasured keepsakes in it.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

The Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante Die set has four identical motifs that function as inlays or can be used altogether with a rim to make a rounded central element.

My Project

For my project I made a base box measuring H 2 1/2″, Length 4 1/4″ and Width 4 1/4″. I added a 1/8″ to the top to allow for the lid to fit snugly. I cut a piece of white cardstock (300 gsm is a good weight to make boxes with) 9 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ and scored each side at 2 1/2″ in. I trimmed the ends to make the flaps and then glued the flaps inside the box to create the box. For the top I have cut a piece of white cardstock 9 7/8″ x 8 7/8″ and scored each side 1″ in. I trimmed the ends to make the flaps and then glued them inside to create the top of the box. I have photos showing how I have created the flaps to make the box here.

I die cut two shadow dies out of pale blue cardstock and two decorative die out of white cardstock using the shadow die and the four decorative corner dies. I die cut eight decorative corners out of gold cardstock using the decorative corners and the edge dies. I adhered the gold decorative corners under the white decorative corners slightly offsetting them and then added the decorative dies to the blue shadow base. I glued the box base to the top of one of the decorative squares and the box top to the back of the decorative square to create the decorative finish to the box.

I die cut a plain circle out of blue cardstock and a circle frame out of white cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Circle dies. I die cut a plain gold frame to glue under the decorative frame and then added the frame to the blue base using foam tape. This was then added to the top of the box.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go III dies out of green cardstock and adhered them over the bottom left of the frame,. I die cut, coloured and shaped the flowers from the same die set, assembled them and added them over the leaves. I die cut small filler flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri dies and coloured them in yellow and blue inks, I shaped them and added wire stamens through the centres of the flowers, trimmed the wires and added them to around the larger pink flowers. To finish the bouquet I added some gold leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Pinkaboo Trellis Dies.

I die cut three ‘With Love’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies – two from pale blue cardstock and one from gold cardstock. These dies were stacked together with the gold die on top and then added to the centre of the frame.

I made a butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of vellum and accented it with a gold body. This was added to the frame as shown.

I die cut eight corner dies using the decorative die and edge dies – four from white cardstock and four from gold cardstock. I adhered the gold dies under the white dies slightly offsetting the gold dies. I then die cut four shadow dies just using the edge dies and adhered the decorative corners to the shadow dies. I trimmed these corners and added them to base of the four sides.

To add the trim to the box top around the sides I cut four pieces of gold cardstock 1/2″ x 4 3/8″, scored along each side of the strip and adhered them to the four sides of the box top. I then cut four pieces of blue cardstock 12″ x 4 3/8″ and adhered them to the centre of the gold strips.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Lattice Quadrante

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies

Lyrical Layered Florals Stamp and Die Set

Pinkaboo Trellis Dies

Candlewick Circles Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Pastel Green

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sky Blue, Lemon Whip, Cherry Blosssom

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo

Blending Brushes

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow, White

Foam tape

And here is the complete ensemble with the card and coordinating box.

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Patricia