Month: January 2024

Amazing Paper Grace Adoring You Valentine’s Day Card

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I have another Valentine’s Day card to share with you today. This card is full of sparkles, flowers and hearts with a couple of sweet butterflies for a wonderful romantic card that says I love you so beautifully.  I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Quartet dies to create a beautiful background for the hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – December 2022 Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard and the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – January 2021 Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentine’s Mailbox along with some beautiful peony and butterfly ephemera for an olde worlde/shabby chic feel but with a timeless and elegant look. And I was really happy with the colour combination of white, gold and pink that matched the flowers perfectly while the ivory glitter cardstock had hints of gold to create the overall harmonious effect.  Who wouldn’t want to receive this card on Valentine’s Day?

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

My Project

For my project today I have made a top folding 5 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ card out of Pink Sand cardstock. I then layered gold and white cardstock to the front of the card. I die cut the decorative square using the shadow die and the decorative insert dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Quartet dies. I then die cut the four panels using the inner shadow dies and the decorative insert panels and adhered them to the top of the decorative square. I die cut a plain square out of Ivory glitter cardstock and then adhered the decorative square to the front of the glitter card which was then added to the front of the card to make the base for the embellishments.

I die cut two decorative hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – December 2022 Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard – one from white cardstock and one from gold glitter cardstock. I added the white heart over the gold heart with the gold heart slightly offset to show some glitter. This was then added to a white shadow heart and added to the centre of the decorative square using foam tape.

I die cut three ‘Adoring You’ sentiments using the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Dies – two from white cardstock and one from gold glitter cardstock. I stacked the three dies together with the gold die slightly offset on top and this was adhered on an angle on the bottom right of the card. 

I stamped the ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ sentiment on white cardstock using Wow embossing ink and heat embossed it with fine line gold embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Adornments Dies and shaped it slightly before adhering the tag to the front of the heart using glue and foam tape slightly on an angle.

I added the pink bow to the top of the tag and then added the flowers and some hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – January 2021 Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox made from gold and pink cardstock. I then added a butterfly to the bottom right of the card.

To finish I added some pink jewels to the tag and the card front as shown.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Elegant Adornments Dies

Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Dies

Filigree Quartet Dies

Die of the Month December 2022 – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard

Die of the Month January 2021 – Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Friendships Sentiments Cling Stamp Set

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold, Ivory

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Pink Sand

Mintay Die Cuts – Peony Garden

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slpper

Wow Embossing ink

Ranger Fine Line Gold Embossing Powder

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Pink ribbon from my stash

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Love and Peace

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It has been a while since I have made any big flowers as I have been having a lot of problems with arthritis in my hands. However, I saw a challenge called ‘Peace’ in a Facebook group I belong to and I couldn’t resist getting my Susan’s Garden Floribunda Roses dies to make a Peace Rose. I have tried making this rose for a long time and I have finally realised that this rose is a very vibrant yellow with touches of pink on the outer petals so I was very happy with how my rose turned out – almost like the real Peace rose. I have added some Forget-Me Knots from Susan’s Garden to help us remember those that have been lost in wars over the centuries and the sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and is a reminder that Love is what makes the world so much better. 

Products Used:

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knots and Ladybirds Dies

Susan’s Garden Ferns & Ivy Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Winter Greenery

Heartfelt Creations Decorative Heart Die

Spellbinders Die Cutting Foam

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm, Latte 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Susan’s Garden Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Geo Foliage Glimmer Plate & Dies

Spellbiners Tufted 3D Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Gina K Designs Bodacious Blooms Layering Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Fresh, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Summer Shower, Gathered Twigs, Bubblegum, Sparkling Rose

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Prills – Express-O Yourself

Blending Brushes

Copic Markers YG67, YG64, G07, G03, YG03

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust

Susan’s Garden Shaping Mold

Black Fine Line Marker

Sending You My Love

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This month’s challenge for Simon Says Stamps is for ‘white on white’ projects and of course that is one of my favourite styles so I had to make a card. 

For my card I have added a lot of texture with an embossed background using the Altenew 3D Embossing Folder – Textured Wicker. I created a frame by die cutting 4 frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles which were stacked together and then I added the roses and leaves from the Altenew Craft-A-Flower – Garden Rose set. I added white leaves under the frame and then single leaves around the roses above the frame to add extra depth and dimension to the card. I added a hint of colour to the centre of the roses with light yellow ink and finished the roses with some glitter to make them shine.

The sentiment was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock using the stamp from the Altenew Dotted Blooms stamp set and die cut with the die from the Altenew Featured Sentiments Die set and matted with black cardstock before being added to the card with some foam squares.

Products Used:

Altenew Embossing Folder – Wicker Texture

Altenew Craft-a-Flower – Garden Rose

Altenew Stamp – Dotted Blooms

Altenew Featured Sentiments Die Set

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Dies

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Limoncello

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Happy Valentine’s Day

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Making Valentine’s Day cards are so simple with Amazing Paper Grace dies and today I have a Valentine’s Day card that was quick and easy to make. For my card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace December 2020 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard Dies which has all you need to make timeless and classic Valentine’s Day card your sweetheart will cherish forever. To complete this card I have added a sweet little heart from the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Facade dies and the sentiment from the Merry Everything Dies. This card took no time to put together and looks fabulous.

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

My Project

For my project today I have made a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding card out of white cardstock. I layered some gold and white cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies. 

To create the decorative base for my embellishments I used the Amazing Paper Grace December 2022 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Note Card dies. To start I die cut the outer scallop edged envelope die out of gold cardstock and trimmed the end to fit the card front before adhering to the front of the card. I then die cut the inner notecard die out of white cardstock using the decorative die insert at the shaped end. This was trimmed to fit inside the gold outer die and adhered to the front as shown.

I die cut the decorative rectangle and the shadow out of white cardstock and added the decorative die to the shadow die and then adhered this to the bottom half of the decorative dies.

I die cut a small decorative heart out of white cardstock using the small heart dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Facade die. I then die cut the shadow heart out of gold cardstock and adhered the decorative die to the shadow and then adhered the heart to the top of the white decorative base.

I die cut three sets of flowers out of ivory pearl cardstock and assembled them. These were glued to the centre of the decorative dies and added the leaves that have been die cut out of green cardstock.

I die cut three sets of sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything dies – two sets out of white cardstock and one set out of gold glitter cardstock. I stacked these together with the gold glitter sentiments on top and then adhered these over the decorative panel at the bottom half of the card.

To complete the card I have added gold pearls to the flower centres, the gold heart and around the sentiments.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

December 2022 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard Dies

Primrose Facade Dies

Merry Everything Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Cardstock

House of Paper 300 gsm White Cardstock

Creative Expressions Foundation Pearl Cardstock – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Thanks for Everything with Pink Fresh Studio

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I have just purchased some new inks from Pink Fresh Studio and they are just gorgeous. My favourite new colours to use are the Rose Garden set with Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia and Mulberry Bush colours in this set. I was very excited with this set and have used the colours in lots of new projects including this card for the Pink Fresh Studio January Challenge. This Challenge is a ‘Year in Review’ where we could pick any month from the last year to create a project. Of course I had to go for the April 2023 Challenge which was ‘Flowers’. I do not have the full range of Pink Fresh Studio inks for the ink colour challenge so I just went for the flowers instead. I just love the Garden Roses stamp, stencil and coordinating die set and the Rose Garden ink set was perfect with this set, which I paired with the new Green Gables ink set for the leaves. I also added some subtle shimmer and sparkle by adding Opalescent Stardust Butter to the entire rose flowers and they came out very soft, dreamy and romantic.

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I die cut two dies out of white cardstock using the Stained Glass die and turned one upside down before putting them on the front of the card.

I have gone for a no-line colouring finish by just using the stencils to colour the images with the pink and green inks. I then added some Opalescent Stardust Butter to all the roses and then die cut them with the coordinating die. The pressure of the die cutting machine helped to smooth out the stenciling nicely. I die cut another plain die and adhered the coloured image to the plain die and then added it to the front of the card using Bearly Art Glue.

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil set and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked the three dies together with the foiled sentiment on top. This sentiment was then added to the front of the card as shown.

To finish I added some pink jewels around the flowers and sentiment.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stencils and coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slippers

Hammermill Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

TCW Opalescent Stardust Butter

Blending Brushes

Small stencil trowel

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Have a Lovely Day With Amazing Paper Grace

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I love decorative shaped cards and today my card today is inspired by a video on YouTube showing how to make a decorative shaped card the easy way. This technique is so easy and can be used for many decorative dies that have a shadow die as well as a decorative frame. I have taken the technique a little further and created a ‘window’ card that highlights the gorgeous tag and sentiment in the inside back of the card. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace die to created the shaped decorative card base and decorated with handcrafted daisies made using the Amazing Paper Grace Delightful Daisy Garden Shutters Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Daisies Dies. I have also used ink blending to create more shape and dimension to the flowers and leaves for a more realistic look. I love these layered dies – they are so quick and easy to colour and assemble and are not too dimensional and overpowering for the base card. The flowers work well with the ornate and embossed background dies really well.

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

My Project

To make my card I have cut a piece of white cardstock 10″ x 7″ and folded it in half. I then die cut a shaped card using the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Dies by placing it over the folded edge. I then die cut a decorative window front out of the front of the card using the decorative frame die and the inside edge die. I die cut and embossed another decorative frame using all three dies and then adhered it to the front of the card. 

For the inside of the card I die cut a decorative die using just the shadow die and the decorative die and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I then got the left over inside panel of the front decorative die and using the edge die as a stencil blended ight green and pink inks before adding it to the centre of the card. I stamped the sentiment to a scrap piece of white cardstock out of Tuxedo Black ink and die cut it out with the large tag. I die cut another plain large tag, stacked them together with the sentiment on top and then added them to the middle of the coloured panel.

I die cut the daisy dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Delightful Daisies Garden Shutter dies and the small daisy dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Daisy Dies out of white cardstock. I coloured the flowers with Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom, Peony and Begonia inks and the stems and calyx with Sage and Eucalyptus inks. These were shaped and assembled before adding to the bottom right and top left of the card as shown. I have used foam squares on some leaves and flowers for extra dimension.

To finish I added Wink of Stella to the flowers and white pearls to the decorative die.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Cascading Grace Dies

Daisy Delight Garden Shutters Dies

Layered Daisy Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom, Peony and Begonia inks and the stems and calyx with Sage and Eucalyptus inks.

Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow

Bearly Art Glue

Blending Brushes

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Amazing Paper Grace Sending a Hug

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For my card today I have been inspired by a card by Becca Feeken from Amazing Paper Grace layering the Braided Grace Square dies to create a stunning and elegant card. I have layered the Braided Grace dies in a similar fashion and then added the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Square dies to create new layers and dimension. I then added some pretty handcrafted flowers and some gold pearls for a card that would be suitable for many occasions. I will look to do a video on how I have made these flowers at some stage. 

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

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card and layered it with gold cardstock and some very pretty gold and ivory floral paper. I then added a large Fluted Classic Square die in gold and layered it with some more of the pretty paper on the top to create a base for the decorative dies.

I die cut four decorative squares from the Braided Square Dies – two from ivory cardstock and two from gold cardstock. I adhered the ivory dies behind the gold dies and layered them on top of the Fluted Square dies – the first as a diamond and the second as a square to create eight points.

I then die cut the smallest square from the Fluted Classic Square dies out of gold cardstock and then added a small square of the patterned paper. This was then added to the centre of the Braided Square dies with foam tape in a diamond shape. To finish the card front base I die cut two small braided motifs from gold cardstock, stacked them together and added it to the top of the small square.

I stamped the sentiment from the Just a Note Sentiments Stamp set in clear embossing ink on vellum and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the coordinating die in the same stamp set and adhered it across the centre of the diagonal square with some glue on each end.

I die cut the leaves from the Petite Floral Bouquet Dies and the Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die out of green cardstock. I added the lighter green leaves from the Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die around the sentiment and centre square.

I die cut the flowers from the Grand Cinch and Go Flowers, Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die and Cinch and Go V Flower die sets from soft flower shaping paper. I coloured the petals with a combination of pink and yellow inks (listed below) and shaped and assembled them. I have used the Grand Cinch and Go Flower Dies with the Cinch and Go V Flower Dies for the larger flowers. I inserted yellow wire pollens through the centres of the small flowers. I added the three large flowers around the centre square and sentiment and added the larger darker leaves around them. I trimmed the wires to the small flowers and added them as fillers around the larger flowers. 

To complete the card I added gold pearls to the centres of the large flowers and to the end of the vellum sentiment banner to hide the glue.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Braided Grace Squares Die

Fluted Classic Square Dies

Petite Floral Bouquet Dies

Grand Cinch and Go Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go V Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die

Just a Note Sentiments Stamps and Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Creative Expressions Ivory Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest

Spellbinders Express Yourself Paper Pad

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Archival ink – Sunflower

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia, Lemon Whip

Blending Brushes

Soft Foam Mat

Small Ball Stylus

Silicone Mat

Bearly Art Glue

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

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I am so excited for my beautiful flowers and butterflies shaker card to be up for the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Card of the Year 2023. It is such an honour and a thrill to even reach this stage but there is still a long way to go. So I am asking for your help to make my card the Card of the Year.

You can vote for me here: https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-year-2023

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Amazing Paper Grace Sympathy Card

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I would like to take the time to wish everyone a healthy, safe and prosperous Happy New Year with lots of time for crafting therapy.

Today it is New Years Day in New Zealand and I have a gorgeous lilac and silver card to share with you today. I really love how Becca Feeken and former Amazing Paper Grace Creative Team Member Rajni Chawla mix and match layering dies and also snip dies to create a totally different look. Here I have used three different die sets – Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies, Postage Edge Rectangles Dies and Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies to create a very elegant base for the snipped Marvelous Medallion dies. The flowers are from the Marvelous Medallion dies and off course I had to add a sweet little butterfly. The sentiment is from Beccy’s Place Wren stamp set. (It wasn’t until after I completed the card that I realised that perhaps the sympathy sentiment was not a great choice for the start of the year but it suited the card and it is always handy to have spare sympathy cards on hand – what do you think?).

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

My Project

For my project I have created a shaped card base using three large Postage Edge Rectangles Dies – two in white cardstock and one in silver. I adhered the two white rectangles together with the right sides out and then scored at 3/4″ along one of the short sides to create a hinge. This hinge was glued to the back of the silver rectangle. I then layered an ivory plain layer with the large rectangle from the Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies in lilac cardstock. I die cut the large scalloped edge slimline die from the Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies out of silver cardstock. I cut this in half and trimmed about another inch of both sides before gluing the sides together to fit inside the lilac patterned rectangle. To finish the layers I added another plain layer of ivory card and the Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies in Lilac cardstock.

I die cut two medallions out – with the shadow from silver cardstock and the top decorative layer from Lilac cardstock. I then trimmed the outer edges and added them to the top and bottom of the inner rectangle as shown.

I die cut a small postage rectangle from the Postage Edge Rectangles Dies out of silver cardstock. I layered a plain layer of lilac cardstock on top. I stamped the sentiment from the Blue Wren stamp set from Beccy’s Place in Majestic Violet ink on ivory cardstock. I die cut this out using the smallest plain die from the Postage Edge Rectangles Dies and adhered it to the top of the lilac cardstock. This was then added to the front of the card to hide the edges of the medallion dies using foam tape.

I die cut the flowers using the soft flower shaping paper and coloured them in the centres with Grassy Knoll ink and the edges using Wisteria ink. I soaked these in water and then shaped them using a small ball stylus. For the larger flowers I have done two layers and for the smaller ones I have done a single layer. A small green wire pollen was inserted into the centres of the flowers.

I die cut the leaves from green cardstock and these were added to the top left of the sentiment.  I trimmed the wires from the flowers and then added the flowers over the leaves.

The butterfly from the Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies were made by using vellum coloured with Kitsch Flamingo and Shaded Lilac inks and then silver accents and a black body were added to complete the butterfly. The butterfly was then added to the bottom right of the sentiment.

To finish I added some silver pearls around the sentiment and to highlight the Marvelous Medallion dies.

I will have a full video tutorial on my YouTube channel shortly on how I have made this card and the flowers.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month February 2022 Marvelous Medallion Dies

Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies

Postage Edge Rectangles Dies

Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Rainforest

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Lilac

Rajni Chawla’s Flavourite Vellum

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Dress My Craft Green Wire Pollens

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Wisteria

Distress Oxide inks – Kitsch Flamingo, Shaded Lilac

Ranger Archival ink – Majestic Violet

Small ball stylus

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