A Seaside Wedding Card

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I was recently asked to make a wedding card for my husband’s colleague and the brief was the couple loved the beach and ocean so I immediately thought of the Heartfelt Sea Breeze collection and after that the card came together very quickly. I have added a bridal arch and birds from Marianne Designs and the wedding couple is from Creative Expressions. I had already made the flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose dies and the colour was perfect for the card. And I also saved a lot of time die cutting the images from the paper collection.

My Project

I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card from white cardstock for my card base. I then layered gold cardstock and patterned paper for the base for the embellishments. I made sure to measure the top layer so that the boat was visible in the centre of the bridal arch.

I die cut a fence from the paper collection and trimmed it in half placing the halves on the sides of the card. I then die cut some grass from the paper collection and added over the fence on the right side.

I die cut two bridal arches – one from gold cardstock and one from white cardstock. I adhered the gold die behind the white die and offset it lightly for a glimpse of gold. The arch was then added to the front of the card with foam strips.

I die cut two wedding couple dies – one from black cardstock and one from white cardstock. I then embossed the die on some pearlised cardstock and cut around the embossed edge. I added the white die cut over this and trimmed the black die to add the male figure to the die. This was then added to the front of the bridal arch with foam squares.

I die cut the bird on the marker image from the paper collection and then die cut a separate die from plain cardstock. I adhered the coloured image to the plain die and then added it to the bottom left of the card with foam tape.

To complete the background I die cut the birds from the paper collection and trimmed them and added them around the base of the card.

I die cut the flowers using the Small and Large Wild Rose dies from watercolour paper. I coloured them with Pink Peony, Sunflower, Peachy Keen inks, wet them and shaped them with the coordinating molds. When dry I assembled them and added some stamens through the centres and added them to the top right of the card. The leaves were coloured with Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse and Leaf Green inks and also shaped using the coordinating mold and were then added around the roses.

To finish I added some glitter to the sea and some die cut birds from the paper collection.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbor Die Set

Heartfelt Creations A Day at the Sea Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments Cling Stamp

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Creative Expressions Special Occasions Sentiments – The Happy Couple

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0276

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0298

Bockingford Watercolour Paper – 150 GSM

Ranger Archival inks – Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green. Sunflower, Peachy Keen

Bearly Art Glue

Creative Expressions Diamond Sprinkles

Foam strips, tape, squares

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Interactive Car Themed Birthday Card

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One of my brother-in-laws loves VW cars and has his own VW Beetle which is his pride and joy, so I always try to make a birthday card featuring a VW car. I had an old Crafter’s Companion Die-sire ‘Circle Swing’ die set and this became a fun interactive base for the car. He also loves gardening and I have used Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts and Lovely Layers – Dianthus Honey Cuts to decorate the card. The stamp is from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop and it fitted perfectly on the card framed with all the flowers and foliage.

My Project

For my project I die cut and assembled the base card following the instructions from the ‘Circle Swing’ die set. I used the Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pines pale green paper as a background for the decorative dies.

I stamped the VW car image using Memento ink on copic friendly cardstock. I coloured the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut the image. I placed this image on the inner circle that is facing the front when the card is folded up.

I die cut three ‘happy birthday’ dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasions Words Dies, stacked them together and then added them to the back side of the inner circle.

I die cut the foliage and flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts dies in different colours and assembled them before adding them to the sides of the card and both front and back of the inner circle. I coloured the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus with purple and green inks before assembling them and adding them around the foliage as shown.

Products Used:

Crafter’s Companion Die-sire ‘Circle Swing’ die set

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus

Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasions Words Dies

Montarga Rubber Stamps – 1769G VW Car

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pines Paper Collection

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Chamomile, Rainforest, Purple Mist

Concord &9th Cardstock – Sprout

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

X-Press It Card

Altenew inks – Lavender Fields, Firefly, Grass Fields

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Happily Ever After

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I have another timeless and elegant wedding card for you today. While I love making elaborate cards with handmade flowers, sometimes it is quite refreshing to make a quick and easy card using just a few dies. The Amazing Paper Grace Layered Happily Ever After Dies from the 3D Vignette Collection by Becca Feeken had just what I needed for a card and all I needed to complete the card was just three other die sets (listed below the photos) also from Amazing Paper Grace. This card looks amazing in real life and it only took about an hour to complete.

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

My Project

I have made a 4 3/4″ x 6″ top folding card base out of white cardstock and I added a layer of ivory cardstock to the front of the card. I die cut a large rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Picot Petite Rectangle dies out of gold cardstock and added it to the front of the card. I cut a piece of pearl ivory embossed paper from my stash to fit the inside of the decorative frame.

I die cut two large label dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Francesca Labels dies – one from ivory and one from gold cardstock. I cut the gold label in half and added it behind the ivory label offsetting the top and bottom of the label for a hint of gold. This was then added to the front of the card.

I die cut the wedding couple using the edge and wedding couple die from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Happily Ever After Dies out of gold cardstock. I then die cut three die cuts using the Happily Ever After die and border die out of ivory cardstock. I stacked the three dies together and then adhered these over the gold wedding couple die. I die cut another label from the Francesa Labels die out of vellum and adhered the decorative dies to the label. I then added the vellum label with the decorative dies to the other labels on the front of the card just by adding glue behind the die cuts.

I made a bow from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Double Bow and Flowers Die set from ivory cardstock and adhered it to the base of the decorative dies. I die cut the flowers from the ivory cardstock and added them around the bow.

To finish I added gold pearls to the centre of the flowers and a large one at the top on the label.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Picot Petite Rectangles

Layered Happily Ever After

Francesca Labels

Petite Double Bow and Flowers

Other Products:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Flower Shaping Paper

Creative Expressions Foundations Cardstock – Ivory

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Pearl embossed paper from my stash

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

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Wishing You a Wonderful Kiwi Christmas

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I have another Kiwi Christmas card to share with you today that features a gorgeous Tui using a stamp from Montarga Rubber Stamps. The Tui looks black but the colours when up close are purple/blue, green and bronze iridescent colours but as I am still learning about Copic markers I have stuck to blues and purple colours. You can find more on the Tui here.

I have used a range of Heartfelt Creations, Amazing Paper Grace and Honey Bee Stamps products to make this card and I was very happy with the result. I love how the tui on the flax branch just organically rises up from the poinsettia and Christmas foliage. I have die cut the leaf image from the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers in silver to represent the silver fern and make it uniquely New Zealand.

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Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Festive Winterscape Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lanterns Stamp and Die sets

Amazing Paper Grace Petite Picot Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Ovals

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Ovals

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers

Rubber Stamps by Montarga 1999 Tui on a Flax Bush

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Copic Markers 

White gel pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Alabaster

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Card

Concord & 9 Cardstock Nutmeg, Sprout, Cranberry, Evergreen

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Silver mica powder

Green mica powder

Craft Artist Mica Magic

Amazing Paper Grace Pearls and Lace with Love

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I have another soft and romantic card full of pearls and lace to share with you today featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace March 2022 Die of the Month – Bella Ovalette. I have been going through my stash of papers and dies and found this absolutely beautiful pearl embossed paper that my daughter had bought for me from Sydney many years ago. It is such a soft and pretty silver/blue colour and was perfect as the background to the stunning dies. Everything is included in this Bella Ovalette die set including the flowers and leaves and all I needed to add extra was the sentiment from Beccy’s Place. Lots of different layers on top of the embossed paper makes this card so ‘amazing’ in real life.

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

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I trimmed the blue/silver paper to 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and added it to the front of the card.

I die cut the one decorative base out of white cardstock using the large decorative frame and then die cut two decorative frames using the decorative frame and the inner rectangle frame from white cardstock. These were stacked together and then added to the card front. I then die cut 4 decorative rectangles using the plain rectangle die, the middle decorative die and the inner plain die out of white cardstock. I stacked these together and added them inside the larger decorative frame.

I die cut two inner decorative accents using the small accent die and the circle die and adhered them together.

Using the decorative accent as a guide for placement I stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s Place on one of the discarded inner panels from the rectangle dies using Tuxedo Black ink. This stamped inner panel was then added to the inside of the rectangle frames.

I die cut the flowers out of soft flower shaping paper and coloured one set with light blue ink and the other set with light yellow inks. After spritzing the petals with water I shaped them using a small and medium ball stylus on foam mats. Once dry these were arranged on the bottom right and the top left of the rectangle frame as shown.

I die cut the leaves from the light green cardstock and added them around the flowers as shown.

To finish I added pearls to the flower centres and on the die cuts.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

March 2022 Die of the Month – Bella Ovalette

Other Products Used:

Beccy’s Place Stamp Set – Magnolia

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Silver/blue embossed pearl paper from my stash

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Flower Shaping Paper

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Lemon Fresh

Altenew ink – Sea Breeze

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Small and medium ball stylus

Foam mat

Pretty Pink Posh – Marshmallow Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

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A Masculine Card for BMW Lovers

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Today I have a masculine card that is perfect for those who love BMW cars. I was asked to do a BMW themed card for my husband’s colleague and I ended up making two cards for her to choose from with a BMW theme and this was one of the cards. I have used the BMW colours Black, Blue and White (although the blue is not exact) to create this card and the Heartfelt Creations French Courtyard Dies was perfect to frame an approximation of the BMW Logo. I added some more shine and sophistication to the card with a silver hot foiled sentiment from Spellbinders and I also added a sentiment to the inside of the card to make this an extra special card. The BMW logo has been made using a combination of the Heartfelt Creations Basic Circle Dies – Large and Small and the Heartfelt Creations Letters and Numbers Dies and I was very happy with how it turned out. This card is really quite dramatic and perfect for anyone men or women who are into this brand of car.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations French Courtyard Dies

Heartfelt Creations Stairway Gardens Die

Heartfelt Creations Letters and Numbers Dies

Heartfelt Creations Basic Circles Dies – Small

Heartfelt Creations Basics Circles Dies – Large

Heartfelt Creations All Occasions Sentiments Cling Stamp Set

Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments

Spellbinders Foil – Silver

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Blue Dusk

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Tape

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It’s a Dog’s Birthday Card

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I have a cute birthday card to share with you today that I made for someone special. They have this lovely dog so I thought that I would make a card with a fence with lots of flowers and a dog kennel and dog in front of it. I had a lot of fun doing all the layered flowers and foliage and it turned out rather lovely I thought and it was well received which is good.

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Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fency

Spellbinders Ferns & Ivy Dies

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette Pet House

Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments Stamp and Die set

Pink Fresh studio – Mint, Meadow, Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Summer Shower, Sky Blue, Lavender Fields

Distress inks – Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

Creative Expressions Essentials Cardstock Sky Blue, 

Hero Arts Cardstock – Lavender

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Snowdrift, Portobello

Mica Magic – Midnight Aurora

Pink Fresh Studio blending brushes

Taylored Expressions Jewels

Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black

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Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman

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Today I am sharing a card that I have created for a challenge in a Facebook group I belong to and the challenge is to create a card featuring a snow globe from any company’s designs. Of course I had to go to Amazing Paper Grace and the Let It Snowman dies from the Christmas Flourishes Collection by Becca Feeken. The colour combination on this card has been inspired by a card I saw on Instagram. I don’t normally put gold accents with soft blue and white but this combination really does work. This die set is an A2 set by I have made this A5 to really show up the embossed background I have created.

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

My Project

To make my card I have created a side opening 5″ x 7″ card from white cardstock. I have added a piece of 5″ x 7″ Snowdrift card to the front of the card to coordinate with my die cuts. I then cut a piece of soft blue cardstock 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and added it to the front. I cut a piece of vellum the same size and embossed it with the Holly Flourish Embossing Folder. Before adding the vellum to the front of the card I die cut three frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Let it Snowman A2 Card Front Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and some snow flakes from some white glitter paper I had in my stash. I stacked the three frames together and added them to the embossed vellum. I added some snowflakes above the frame. I then added some glue behind the snowflakes and frame and added the vellum to the front of the card.

I die cut the main body of the snowman out of Snowdrift cardstock and then added gold to the back of the body and trimmed it to fit. I hot foiled Opal foil to some blue cardstock and then die cut the hat and some snowflakes out of the lovely shiny blue card. The accents were die cut from gold cardstock and the nose from orange cardstock. I assembled the snowman and added it inside the frame.

I die cut the sentiment from Snowdrift and gold cardstocks, assembled them and added them to the base of the frame.

I added the blue snowflakes to the frame and more white glitter snowflakes to the centre of the frame around the snowman as shown.

To finish I added gold pearls to the frame, snowflakes and the snowman.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Let it Snowman A2 Card Front Dies

Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Glacier, Persimmon

White glitter paper from my stash

Spellbinders Foil – Opal

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

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Sea Breeze Happy Birthday Card

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Today I am sharing a card I made for my brother-in-law for his birthday. He is a keen sailor and loves the ocean so I made a special card for him using a combination of Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze and Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies. The Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Cling stamp and coordinating die set is one I use a lot and here I have created an ornate window frame looking out onto a seascape with a light house and finished it with dogwood flowers and a cute bird.

My Project

I have made a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered gold and light green paper on the front.

I stamped the light house image from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour cling stamp set on X-Press It card and coloured it with Copic markers. I stamped a plain image of Magic Masking Paper and trimmed it to cover the image I had coloured. I then ink blended some sky in the background using the Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil and ink blended the sea with pale yellow and blue inks. I then die cut it out with the plain window die from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame cling stamp set and adhered it to the front of the card.

I then stamped the window frame image twice from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling stamp on gold cardstock and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut one full frame including the window panes and the window, and one ornate heading from these images. I glued the window to some acetate and then trimmed to fit the window. I added the outside decorative frame to the front of the coloured image with foam tape and then added the window inside the frame.

I die cut the bird from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts using grey, black and white colours to represent seagulls and added it to the top right of the window frame. I then die cut the dogwood flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts and assembled them and added them to the bottom left of the window frame.

To finish I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. This was added to the window frame as shown.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling Stamp and coordinating die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Cling Stamp set

Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pine Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set and coordinating die set

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Chamomile

Concord & 9th Cardstock – White, Black Onyx, Cobblestone, Nutmeg

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Lemon Whip, Grassy Knoll

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

Gina K Masking Magic Paper

Copic Markers

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Strips

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Happy Birthday Sunshine

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I have been going through my considerable stash of dies that I have and I decided it was time to start using them in my cards. I have also been going through my cardstock stash and discovered some very pretty cardstock that I have forgotten about. Once again my card has been inspired by one that Becca Feeken has done but I have put my own twist in it by using slightly different dies and cardstock. I love the bright and summery colours I have used and that this card can be mailed easily as it is flat.

My project

I have created a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card out of heavy pearlescent cardstock. I then layered yellow and pearlescent cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies. I die cut layers out of pearlescent and yellow cardstock using the dies from the A2 Scalloped Borders One Dies from Spellbinders. I have slightly decreased the size of the top two layers to create some interest.

I die cut a large and medium label from the Amazing Paper Grace Francesca Labels – the larger label from yellow cardstock and the smaller from pearlescent card stock and these were added to the top of the card. I then die cut the band using the die from the Spellbinders Romantic Agenda set out of pearlescent card stock and then added some yellow cardstock behind it. I die cut two small ovals from the Spellbinders Floral Ovals die – one from pearlescent cardstock and one from yellow. I removed the little stars from the pearlescent oval and added the yellow oval behind so the yellow stars would show. I then added this oval behind the embossed oval on the band. This was then added to the card over the base of the labels as shown.

I reverse hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiment in gold and die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut two extra plain dies and stacked them together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was added to the top of the card as shown.

I die cut flowers and leaves from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms from blue, yellow and green cardstock. I die cut the leaf accents out of gold cardstock and then added the flowers and leaves to the top left of the card and peeking out of the bottom right of the band.

I die cut two butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies out of pearlescent, yellow and gold cardstock, assembled them and adhered them to the card as shown.

To finish I added pearls to the centre of the band, around the sentiment and the top corners.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Francesca Labels

Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments

Spellbinders Floral Oval

Spellbinders Romantic Agenda

Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl – Yellow, Snow White

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Fun Stampers Journey Pearls

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