Patricia's Creative Corner

What’s a Cardlet, pray tell?  A Cardlet is a small motif, complete with background, sentiment and character that combine to make small card or layers onto a larger card.  We’re delighted to introduce you to the Sweet Cardlets Collection.

Becca Feeken sent over these lovely dies and watercolors for me to try.

Sweet Cardlets show up in a Glimmer format with a matching die.   They are metal plates that are used in the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System to transfer foil to paper through a combination of heat and pressure.  The Glimmer machine base is rolled through your die cut machine to deliver that pressure.  As long as you have a machine that can accommodate thick dies – like steel rule dies, you’re all set. A word to the wise, it is very addicting.  (Compatibility charts on the Spellbinders website)

The Inspiration behind Sweet Cardlets

We gotta fess up here.  There’s no such word as cardlets, yep, Becca straight up made it up.  You have to agree though, it sounds really cute, right?  Well that was the inspiration behind sweet cardlets.  As you can imagine it has something to do with cards and moreover, little cards.  

Always mindful of the budget, Becca wanted to create a collection where each set is all you need to make a little card.  Sweet Cardlets are small motifs with a 3″ x 3″ footprint.  Each has a background, a main character and several sentiments.  

We found it the right size to fit on an A2 card and even to layer onto an A7 card.  In fact, the 3″ background can be repeated for a long background or a larger background.  Dies cut out each main character and three sentiments with each set give you lots of options.

Each of our Creative Team members will show you their take on cards made with the Sweet Cardlets Collection.  Today we’re all using Jane Davenport Watercolors in some technique to show off Sweet Cardlets.

My Projects For Today

For my projects today I have used the very beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Lovely Ladybug Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Sweet Cardlets by Becca Feeken and the Heart Felt Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Sweet Cardlets by Becca Feeken.

Here are what the dies look like:  

And here are the projects that I have made – a card and coordinating box using watercolours and hot foiling. I have created the background by foiling with Opal Glimmer Foil on watercolour card. I have then used the watercolours to highlight the resist effect of the foiling. The box has a shaker element to add a fun element to the project.

Designer Tip:  

I have used the watercolours to colour my flowers and leaves so the colours matched with the background image that I had hot foiled and then coloured. The result is coordinating colours in the flowers and background that is harmonious to the eye.

Here is the Spellbinders video showing amazing new samples as well as a walkthrough of the entire collection:

https:// youtu.be/ reAkX2HkGwY

Sweet Cardlets Availability:

These dies and plates are available from Spellbinders right now! Click here: Sweet Cardlets Collection

Sweet Cardlets Collection Blog Hop!

Click on the links to each member, they’re waiting to inspire you to create something beautiful:

Visit Beatriz Jennings
Visit Patricia Manhire
Visit Agnieszka Posluszny
Visit Elena Olinevich
Visit Sathya Kala Sankaran
Visit Tara Brown
Visit Linda Parker
Visit Rajni Chawla
Visit Kate Skonieczna

Giveaway!  

You could win an Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month! Enter to win on our new Instagram Account https://www.instagram.com/amazingpapergrace_creates/. All  of the entry details are there, look for this image below:

Happy Crafting

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

Strike a pose!! In this world of smartphones and selfies, everyone is a photographer.  Because every day we are tied to cameras of some sort, it seems only fitting to acknowledge our love of the camera.  It is hard to resist!  Today we are sharing the Amazing Paper Grace October 2020 Die of the Month – 3D Pop Up Vignette Camera.

Becca Feeken of Amazing Paper Grace sent me these lovely dies to create with.

Pop Up 3D Vignette Camera Details

Becca shared that this is one of her passion projects and we all see why – cameras are everywhere!  What better icon to symbolize a tie to our everyday joys and our memories, and preserving them.  It is an instrument that brings us such joy and through using brings us closer to people, events, and places.
Today we want to inspire you to think of different combinations using the 3D Pop Up Vignette Camera.

Let us help you with the inspiration!

1. Pop Up Card
2. Card Front
3. Pop Up Mini Scrap Book
4. Shaped Card
5. Shaped Scrapbook
6. Gift Card Holder
7. Wedding Tablesetting Favor
   
   What are yours?  Be share to share in your comments!

There are 16 dies included in the 3D Pop Up Vignette Camera.

I have made a card with a coordinating basket that is perfect to give to someone special. I love a crisp blue, white and silver colour combination and here I have combined the September APG Die of the Month – Lattice Quandrante as a background to the camera. I have handcrafted the roses and daisies from the Amazing Paper Grace flower dies and they complement the colours of the camera and card perfectly.

Designer Tip:

Making a basket is a great way to practice putting the camera together and working out where all the small pieces fit together.

Supplies: 

Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud

Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Flowers III

Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Flower V

Paper: 

Creative Expressions Periwinkle Cardstock, Silver Mirror Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

DMC Soft Floral Oriental Paper

Ink:

Ranger Archival ink – Vivid Chartreuse, Library Green,

Distress ink – Spun Sugar

Memento – Lilac Posies

Accessories:

Wire Stamens

Accessories:  Amazing Paper Grace October 2020 Die of the Month – 3D Pop Up Vignette Camera

Visit the Creative Team for 3D Vignette Camera Inspiration

We had a blast this month working with the 3D Pop Up Vignette Camera. Visit each Creative Team blog linked below for their take on creative paper crafting ideas with the new Amazing Paper Grace October 2020 Die of the Month!

Visit Joanna Wisniewska
Visit Beatriz Jennings
Visit Patricia Manhire
Visit Agnieszka Posluszny
Visit Nida Tanweer
Visit Tara Brown
Visit Linda Parker
Visit Rajni Chawla
Visit Kate Skonieczna
Visit Becca Feeken at Amazing Paper Grace

Did you see a project that tickled your fancy?  Let us know in the comments!

Where can you find us:

SHARING – Amazing Paper Grace Creative Encouragement Community on Facebook.

POSTING – Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month page on Spellbinders —–> Upload so others can see your work!

TALKING – AmazingPaperGrace_Creates our new account on Instagram.  You ask there, we answer there.

If you are new to the blog, you may find this helpful –  ——–> How the Club Works.

If you missed the introduction, this will bring you up to date  ————–>  Commonly Asked Questions.

Happy Crafting

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia

Kia Ora Koutou

Welcome back to some inspiration from Heartfelt Creations featuring the fabulous new Special Sentiments stamps and dies.

Products Used:

Elegant Especially for You Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3934
Elegant Especially for You Die, HCD1-7319
Purr-fect Posies Paper Collection, HCDP1-2102
Wild Aster Cling Stamp Set, HCPC-3887
Wild Aster Die, HCD1-7257
Stairway Gardens Die, HCD1-7281
Courtyard Elegance Die, HCD1-7283
Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50 – White, HCPP1-475
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, HCST1-401
Bridal Bouquet Stamens-Small, HCS1-460
Stack and Store Daubers-Pack of 30, HCDA2-450
Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear, PGM15015
Rajni Chawla’s Frosting Powder, PGM15016
Groove Golf Tool Set, DMCT4185
Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, 159723
Memento Dye Ink Pad – Lilac Posies, TSMP501
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Vivid Chartreuse, RACP531
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Library Green, RACP475

Other Products: 

Distress Oxide ink – Mowed Lawn, Versamagic ink – Pretty Petunia, spray adhesive, white cardstock, florist wire, Ranger Embossing Powder – Silver Tinsel, Hero Arts Embossing & Watermark ink, Reeves Gloss Gel, heat gun, silver cardstock

For more ideas on creating with the Special Sentiments Stamps & Dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/-dYnAWXIH3E.

For more tips on creating with the Wild Aster Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/1mriCKqh-Ac.

For more ideas on creating with the Decorative Royale Square & Circle Dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/tqmtn_TiVVw.

Instructions: 

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 12” x 6”, score at 6” along the long side and fold to create a base card 6” x 6”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 6” x 6” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of pink patterned paper 5 7/8” x 5 7/8” and adhere to the front of the card. Die cut the decorative die using the No. 2 die from the HCD1-7283 Courtyard Elegance Die set and the decorative inner dies from the HCD1-7281 Stairway Gardens Die set out of silver cardstock and adhere to the front of the card.

Die cut two background dies from the HCD1-7319 Elegant Especially for You Die set – one out of white cardstock and one out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Sponge the edge of the white cardstock with Pretty Petunia and Lilac Posies ink and add Frosting Powder using spray adhesive. Adhere this to the plain background die.

Stamp the Especially For You sentiment from the HCPC-3934 Elegant Especially for You Cling Stamp Set in embossing ink on white cardstock and heat emboss with Silver Tinsel embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating sentiment die and then die cut another sentiment die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Adhere the embossed sentiment to the plain die and then adhere to the background die. Adhere to the front of the card as shown.

Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Vivid Chartreuse and Mowed Lawn inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the edges with Lilac Posies ink and on the backs with Vivid Chartreuse ink and then shape with the Groove Golf Tools. Add Crystal Clear with gloss gel and trim and adhere around the bottom left of the decorative sentiment as shown.

Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp set in Pretty Petunia ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres of the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Sponge the edges with Pretty Petunia and Lilac Posies inks and the backs of the flowers with Pretty Petunia ink. Shape using the Groove Golf Tools, assemble with two of the same size petals and pierce the centres with the pointed edge of the Groove Golf tools. Colour the white stamens with Vivid Chartreuse ink and insert through the centres of the flowers with fine wire. Fasten the stamens with Dries Clear glue and trim the threads. Adhere over the leaves as shown.

To make the buds, assemble the flowers as before but have the flowers shaping in like a cup instead of open. Stamp the small flower images from the HCPC-3887 Wild Asters Stamp in Library Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Vivid Chartreuse and Mowed Lawn inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the backs of the flowers with Vivid Chartreuse ink and then shape using the Groove Golf tools. Pierce the centres of the green flowers and thread some florist wire and create a hook to hold it in place. Add the pink flowers to the centres and trim the florist wire. Adhere the flower bud as shown.

Happy Crafting

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia