Month: May 2024

Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Card

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I am leaving this a bit late but here is my challenge card for the Pink Fresh Studio May 2024 Challenge. The challenge for May is ‘Flower Power’ and the recommended inks are Bubble Gum, Sunkissed, Citron, Atlantis, & Ocean Breeze. For my card I have used the Vines & Roses stamp, stencils and coordinating dies to create the flowers and use the inks. I had a lot of fun mixing and matching the Citron, Atlantis and Ocean Breeze inks on the leaves and the Bubble Gum and Sunkissed inks on the flowers.

My Project

I have created a side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut another piece of white cardstock the same size and lightly blended Ocean Breeze ink on using the stencil from the Stained Glass Window stencil set. I die cut the Stained Glass die out of white cardstock using the coordinating die and adhered this over the stenciled image. This panel was then added to the front of the card.

I die cut two large frames using the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock. I stacked these together and added the frame to the front of the card.

I stamped the images from the Pink Fresh Studio Roses & Vines stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and coloured the images with the challenge inks before die cutting with the coordinating die. I added a leaf spray to the top right and bottom left of the card going over the frame.

I die cut three medium frames and one background from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies and stacked them together on the plain background before adding them to the card front over the leaves.

I then added the leaves and flowers to the top right and bottom left of the inner frame using foam squares to get some depth and dimension to the layers.

The sentiment is from the Pink Fresh Studio roses & Vines stamp set and has been stamped in Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die. I also die cut three plain dies and stacked the dies together with the stamped sentiment on top. This was added to the card as show using some foam tape where needed.

To finish the card I have added some Glacier jewels to the centre of the frame for some sparkle.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Vine & Roses stamp, die and stencils

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass die and stencil

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Bubble Gum, Sunkissed, Citron, Atlantis, & Ocean Breeze.

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Crest Shabby Chic Birthday Card

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I was recently asked to do a birthday card for my husband’s boss and the brief was that the recipient loved fashion. I purchased some gorgeous fashion related papers and ephemera and teamed it up with the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies to create a very romantic, shabby chic birthday card. I have also used just one floral die set – the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies to create three different flowers which were the aged using Perfect Pearls to further enhance the shabby chic feel of the card.

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

My Project

I created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I layered rose pink cardstock, floral paper, ivory pearl paper and striped paper to create the background to the embellishments.

I die cut the large decorative frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Etched Dies out of rose pink cardstock and embossed it for more depth and dimension. I then added this to the front of the card using foam tape. I then die cut two inner floral frames from the same die set out of ivory pearl paper, stacked them together and them added it to the inside of the frame.

I fussy cut the elements from the Mintay Her Story Paper and added them to the inside left of the frame using foam tape to add more dimension to some of the images.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies out of soft flower shaping paper and coloured them with Sage and Eucalyptus inks to tie in with the colours on the pattern paper. These were spritzed lightly before shaping and when dry were added to the bottom left of the frame over the ephemera.

I die cut the rose petals using the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies out of soft flower shaping paper. I coloured the roses using Coral Berry and Lemon Whip inks before spritzing them, shaping and assembling. into two roses. The small rose petals were coloured with Ballet Slipper, Strawberry and Grapevine inks and the small pale pink flowers were coloured with Lemon Whip and Cherry Blossom inks. I used wire pollens for the centres of the small flowers. When the flowers were assembled I added Copper, Bronze, and Pearl Perfect Pearls to the flowers using a water brush to get the antique look I was after. Once all the flowers were assembled and completely dry I added them over the leaves.

I then added more floral and foliage ephemera from the pattern paper around the flowers and leaves.

I stamped the sentiment from the amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layers Clear Stamp and Die set on ivory pearl paper with Wow embossing ink and heat embossed it with Rose Gold Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the coordinating die and another couple of plain dies. These were stacked together with the sentiment on top and then added to the card as shown.

To finish my card I added pearls to the outer and inner decorative frames and on the chair.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Victoriana Crest Etched Dies

Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp and Die Set

Other Products

Craft Perfect Baroque Rose Card

Mintay For Her paper

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sage, Eucalyptus, Lemon Whip, Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom

Altenew inks – Strawberry, Grapevine, Coral Berry

Perfect Pearls – Copper, Bronze, Pearl

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Rose Gold Embossing Powder

Foam squares, strips

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

















Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Knots Anniversary Card

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I have a stunning anniversary card to share with you today featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies as a base for gorgeous flowers and some elegant Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist layering dies. A timeless and classic hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant occasion Hot Foil Plate and a pretty coordinating ribbon bow finishes the card beautifully.

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

My Project

To make my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of cream cardstock. I added a layer of rose pearl card and another layer of pink pearl paper that I had scored every 1/8″ for some texture.

Using the outer shadow die I die cut a shadow out of pink pearl paper which I then embossed with the inner decorative die. I die cut two decorative dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies – one from rose pearl card and one from rose glitter card. I trimmed the glitter die in half and then adhered the rose die over the glitter die slightly offsetting the glitter die. This was then added to the embossed shadow die before adhering to the front of the card.

I wrapped some pink/gold silk ribbon to the centre of the dies.

I then die cut the layers for the centre using the large and medium dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant twist Ovals Etched Dies alternating the rose pearl card and the rose glitter cad. I added the top layer using foam tape.

I hot foiled the sentiment to the pink pearl paper using Rose Gold Foil and die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die. I die cut another plain die from the rose card and adhered the sentiment to this before adding to the middle of the oval dies.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers dies out of light green cardstock and inked the leaves with green ink to create shape and dimension. The leaves were then added to the left side of the oval.

I die cut small leaves out of light green cardstock from the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies and added them around the bigger leaves.

I die cut the flourish from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud dies out of rose gold glitter cardstock and adhered it over the leaves.

I die cut the flowers out of flower shaping paper using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers dies. I coloured these with pink inks and sprayed them with Glimmer Mist. The flowers were then shaped and assembled when dry with two of one size petals and one smaller petal. I used brown wire stamens in the centres. I die cut the sepals out of green cardstock and inked the edges with green ink before adding them to the base of the flowers. The wires were trimmed and the flowers added over the top of the leaves.

I die cut the smaller flowers out of flower shaping paper using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies. These were coloured with pink and peach inks and sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Once dry these were shaped and I added some yellow pearl stamens to the centres. I then added the small flowers around the leaves and larger flowers.

To finish the card I made a bow out of the pink and gold ribbon and added it to the right side of the oval and added a rose coloured pearl to the centre.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies

Sweet Cottage Flowers Etched Dies

Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies

Grand Cinch and Go Flowers Etched Dies

Spring Label Motif Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies

Elegant occasion Hot Foil Plate

Elegant twist Ovals Etched Dies

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Other Products Used:

Craft Perfect Baroque Rose Cardstock

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Rose Glow

Pink Fresh studio Rose Gold Glitter Card

Dress My Craft Flower Shaping Paper

Close to My Heart Colonial White Cardstock

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, Aqua Sky

Spellbinders Foil – Rose Gold

Pink Fresh studio inks – Ballet slipper, Mulberry Blush, Sunkissed, Cherry Blossom, Eucalyptus

Altenew ink – Grapevine

Heartfelt Creations Pearl Stamens

Dress My Craft Brown Wire Pollens

Glimmer Mist

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Foam Tape

Rose Pearl from my stash

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Concertina Card

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Many years ago when I started paper crafting I remember making these beautiful screen cards by folding card stock and using punches to create the legs and decorate the tops. Becca Feeken has taken this concept to the next level with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2019 – Graceful Concertina. Making delicate and intricate concertina cards is now so quick and easy and it took me longer to decide on the decorations of the card. This card reminded me of Victorian style screens that could be found in the boudoir in a stately house, and I selected the Mintay Peony Garden papers and ephemera to further emphasize the vintage feel.

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

My Project

I have made the concertina base card using the instructions from Becca Feeken here, however, I did not use the gold accents and instead keeping to a very simple design with cream cardstock. I have decorated the card with papers from Mintay Peony Garden collection and added extra die cuts to create my scenes. I kept the centre panel plain to add the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies on the front and to have a space for the greeting on the back.

To finish I added some pearls to the decorative panels.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2019 – Graceful Concertina

With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies

Other Products Used:

Close to My Heart Cardstock – Colonial White

Mintay Peony Garden Paper

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue PressBearly Art Glue

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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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Rainbow Unicorn Baby Card

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My daughter’s friend is having a baby and loves unicorns and rainbows so I made this card for my daughter to give her friend for a baby shower and she cried when she received it. It fitted perfectly in the theme of the baby shower. I have used a range of products from different companies for this card and I was very happy with how it turned out.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Rectangles Dies

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Dies

Marianne Designs Creatables LR2018

Spellbinders Sentiments For Every Day Hot Foil Plate

Trinity Stamps Rainbow Sunshine Die Set

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Phone Booth, Chamomile, Beeswax, Rainforest, Glacier, Peridot, Soft Lilac, Snowdrift, Persimmon, Purple Mist, Gold Metallic Card

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, Nutmeg, Lilac

Neenah Solar Classic 80Ib White

Hammermill Paper

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, 

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

Unicorn from stash

Foam Tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

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