Month: March 2023

Mother’s Day Feathery Floral

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Today for Inspiration Wednesday Heartfelt Creations has release the gorgeous Feathery Florals collection. There are some beautiful images for colouring and look stunning standing on their own without dimensional flowers. For my Mother’s Day card today I have watercoloured the images with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and added them to a white on white background with a beautiful decorative oval die and a stunning embossed background. The flowers really pop!

For more details on the products I have used please visit here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/gallery/mother-s-day-feathery-floral

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”.  Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 4 7/8” x 6 7/8” and emboss with the Tufted embossing folder and adhere to the front of the card.  Die cut three decorative ovals using the Nos. 3 and 4 dies from the HCD2-7381 Fancy Classic Oval Frame Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Stack the three dies together, add Frosting Powder with Dries Clear glue on a sponge and adhere to the front of the embossed panel.  Adhere the plain oval from the previous die cut to the centre of the oval.  Using a stamp positioner stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-31018 Petite Feathery Florals Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink.

Stamp the floral images from the HCPC-31017 Feathery Florals Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink.  Colour the images with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Adhere the images to the top right and bottom left of the decorative oval with foam squares.

Stamp the butterfly image from the HCPC-31018 Petite Feathery Florals Cling Stamp Set in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock.  Colour with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating die.  Adhere to the card over the leaves on the bottom right of the card with foam squares..  Add Crystal Ultrafine Glitter to the butterfly wings with Dries Clear glue.

To finish add Simply White Nuvo Drops to the embossed background and sprinkle with Crystal Clear glitter.

Other Products Used:

Iris Cardstock, Nuvo Crystal Drops – Simply White, foam squares, stamp positioner, Spellbinders Embossing Folder – Tufted

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Amazing Paper Grace Quilty Friends

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I have another card to share with you today featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. This collection is so versatile and can be used in so many different ways. Today I am using the other quilt pattern from the Amazing Paper Grace Log Cabin and Flower Mini Quilts in the ‘eclipse’ technique where the pattern is raised rather than just an inlay design. The ‘eclipse’ technique is very simple and uses stacked dies to raise the shape above the rest of the card to create a shadow. This technique also reminds me of a video where twine was added to a leather bound manuscript to create a raised pattern on the manuscript front. The stitched edges of the inlaid pieces also reinforce the effect I was trying to achieve.

You can see the other card I have made using the same die here.

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

My Project:

My base card is 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and I have layered a slightly smaller plain card on top. I have die cut the largest postage edge die from the Amazing Paper Grace Square Postage Edge Dies out of white cardstock and layered onto the front of the card with foam. I then die cut the pretty background paper using the coordinating plain stitch edge die from the same set and adhered it to the front of the postage edge die. I die cut the second largest picot edge die from the Amazing Paper Grace Square Picot Petite Edge Dies in white cardstock and adhered it over the pattern paper.

To create the ‘quilt’ I have die cut a plain base out of white cardstock. I die cut three ‘quilt’ dies using the outline and inner dies from white cardstock. I stacked the three outline dies together and adhered it to ‘quilt’ base. I then die cut the ‘quilt’ from the pattern paper using the inner and frame dies. The outline was added to the stacked white dies and then I inlaid the inner pieces to the ‘quilt’ and this was added to the front of the card.

I stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Quilty Hugs Sentiment Stamp set onto white cardstock and die cut it with the sentiment die from the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Eight Point Star Dies and adhered this to the front of the card as shown with foam strips.

To complete the card I have handcrafted roses from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud dies and die cut the leaves from green cardstock. The leaves have been lacquered with 3D Crystal Lacquer and I have added Ultrafine Crystal glitter to the roses with clear gloss gel medium.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Log Cabin and Flower Mini-Quilts Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Eight Point Star Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Square Picot Petite Edge Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Square Postage Edge Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Quilty Hugs Sentiment Stamp set by Becca Feeken

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Fern

Dress My Craft – Sweet Treats Paper Collection

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Foam Paper

Foam strips

Ranger Archival Inks – Rosey Posey, Peachy Keen

Clear gloss gel medium

3D Crystal Lacquer

Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter

Handmade Green Paper

Groove Golf Tools

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A Special Christmas Ensemble

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Every year at Christmas time I like doing something special for my children. They usually get vouchers for Christmas but I like to make a special card, a gift card holder and a box of their favourite chocolates. This year I used a combination of Amazing Paper Grace and Spellbinders products to make a coordinating set for my daughter.

My Projects:

My daughter loves cats so for my card I have added a sweet cat with some Christmas foliage to the front of the gorgeous Holiday Labels Motifs Dies in red and gold. The largest stitched edge die from the rectangle Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge dies is the perfect size to trim the hot foiled background to fit the 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base. A hot foil sentiment on red cardstock finishes this card perfectly.

The Amazing Paper Grace October 2022 Die of the Month – 3D Poinsettia Surprise Envelope made the perfect basket to add small individually wrapped chocolates. I have continued with the red and gold them and used a gold cord to tie the top together. I have decorated the front with some Christmas foliage.

Finally I have made an envelope for the gift voucher using the December 2021 Die of the Month – Enchanting Pocket Notecard, Tag and Envelope. The Christmas foliage helped to tie all the different elements to create a stunning ensemble and this took very little time to complete and for once I had my projects finished well before Christmas Day!

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

October 2022 Die of the Month – 3D Poinsettia Surprise Envelope

December 2021 Die of the Month – Enchanting Pocket Notecard, Tag and Envelope

Holiday Labels Motifs Dies

Rectangle Postage Edge Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Merry Glimmer Sentiments Plate and Dies

Spellbinders Crossed Lines Card Front Glimmer Plate

Spellbinders Special Delivery Dies

Spellbinders Parcel and Post Dies

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Phone Booth, Snowdrift, Fern Rainforest

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Gems

Bearly Art Glue

Micro velcro dots

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Special Day Posies

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I have a special shaped slimline card to share with you today featuring the beautiful HCD3-7446 Slim Gateway Rectangle Die and the Ornate Peacock collection by Heartfelt Creations. There is so much detail in the gorgeous slimline die that I was reluctant to put too much detail on the front to cover it. The floral sprays seem to float on the card and the colours really pop!

For more details on the products I have used please visit here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/gallery/special-day-posies

Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.

Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of 9 ¼” x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼” along the 8 ⅕” and fold.  Die cut the shaped edge using the outline die from the HCD3-7446 Slim Gateway Rectangle Die hanging slightly over the edge.  Die cut two decorative dies using the No. 2 die from the HCD3-7446 Slim Gateway Rectangle Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper.  Add Frosting Powder to the die with Dries Clear glue on a dry sponge. Adhere the decorative die to the shaped base card.

Stamp the posy flourishes and border images from the HCPC-31015 Peacock & Posies Cling Stamp Set and the posy flourish from the HCPC-31014 Ornate Peacock Cling Stamp Set on Iris cardstock with Jet Black ink. Colour the images using Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut with the coordinating dies.  Adhere to the front of the card as shown with foam tape.  Add Heart of Gold Prills to the centres of the flowers and Micro Mini Pearl Beads to the flourishes.  Add Crystal Clear glitter to the centres of the feathers with Dries Clear glue.  

Die cut three sentiments using the sentiments die from the HCD3-7448 Slim Ornate Rectangle Die – two from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and one from gold cardstock.  Stack the three die cuts together with the gold die cuts on top and then adhere to the front of the card.

Iris cardstock, foam tape, Dress My Craft Micro Mini Pearl Beads