Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I have a pretty Valentine’s Day card to share with you featuring the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2019 Snip It Flowers Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Square Etched Dies. I have added some hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Mini 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox and pretty flowers and letters from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month October 2019 One Kind Word Alphabet Collage Etched Dies. Inside I have matted gold, pink and white layers using the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Squares and added some extra flowers and the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Words Etched Dies. To create extra depth and dimension I have foam tape between layers.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month September 2019 Snip It Flowers Etched Dies
Die of the Month October 2019 One Kind Word Alphabet Collage Etched Dies
Die of the Month January 2020 Mini 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox
Today I am continuing with the wedding theme and possibly taking myself to Valentine’s Day. I have a gorgeous gift basket to share with you made using the Amazing Paper Grace Favorably Simple Gift Box Etched Dies from one of Becca Feeken’s earliest collections the Wedding Collection. This die set was incredibly easy to put together (you can see a video on how to make this box here) and it took me longer to decorate the box. This gift box would be great to put the wedding rings in for a wedding ceremony, or put an engagement ring for a proposal or even special jewellery or chocolates for Valentine’s Day.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I die cut the front and back out of Barely Peach card and the bases of the box out of gold card. I have used some very pretty pearlised embossed paper from my stash to decorate the front and back of the box. I then used the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners in gold highlights at the top and bottom of the box.using the Barely Peach card for some contrast on the bottom of the gift box. Scroll down to see the back of the box for what I have done both front and back of the box.
The pretty flowers and leaves are from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners and made using some soft flower shaping paper while the leaves have been die cut out of green cardstock. I have set the flowers on a gorgeous flourish from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies die cut out of gold and Barely Peach card..
To finish the gift box I have added two double sided hearts made from the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Heart Facade dies decorated with some crystals and a silk ribbon bow at the top of the flourish and flowers.
We are in the middle of the summer wedding season here in New Zealand and today I have a special card that is also a Save the Date invitation that can be kept as a special memento for the wedding album. Most wedding planning etc is done online and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Classic Elegance Tall Pocket to create a pocket for an Save the Date invitation using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator with the dates on the back. I have used sweet blush and pink tones for the card front and the invitation. The flowers are from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms. I absolutely love the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Sampler Collection dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Etched Dies was perfect for the top of the invitation.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card base is 5″ x 7″ and I have matted gold and Barely Peach card on the card front. I then cut another piece of Barely Peach card slightly smaller and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder. I then ink blended the edges with Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar oxide inks. I die cut the pocket from the Classic Elegance Tall Pocket Etched Dies out of Barely Peach card. I also die cut a pocket out of acetate and trimmed it to fit behind the pocket before adding this to the card front. The acetate backing allowed me to add the flowers to the pocket.
To make the invitation I cut a piece of Barely Peach card 4″ x 5″ and using the bottom edge die from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Etched Dies die cut the edge from one short end. then cut another peice of gold cardstock 3″ x 4″ and matted it with a smaller blush card which had two lines scored around each end and has been ink blended with Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar inks. This was then placed on the front of the invitation. I die cut the ‘Save the Date’ words from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies out of gold cardstock and two layers of blush card. These were stacked together on added to the front of the envelope.
For the back of the envelope I repeated the same process with the matted layers and then added the grid and the Date and the numbers from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies.
I die cut two flourishes from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Edged Corner Dies and added them to the base of the matted layers and also die cut two edges from the same die set out of gold cardstock and added them to the top front and back of the invitation.
I have die cut the flowers using the flower dies from the Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies out of Barely Peach Cardstock. I added some Kitsch Flamingo ink to the centre of the flowers, shaped the petals with my fingers and then assembled the flowers with two petals. I die cut the large and medium sized stamens using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies out of flower shaping paper. I coloured the stamens with Lemon Whip ink and then shaped them with a ball stylus. I adhered two of each sized together making sure they overlapped and then added the larger and smaller stamens to the centre of the flower. I then added a pink iridescent jewel to the centre of the flower. I added the flowers to the bottom left of the pocket and also to the decorative edge and the top of the pull out invitation.
I die cut the leaves out of green cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Die and the leaf dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Edged Corner Dies. I coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink, shaped them with my fingers and spritzed the with some Glimmer Mist before adding them around the flowers.
I die cut the small flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies out of flower shaping paper. I coloured them with Lemon Whip ink and spritzed them with water before shaping them. Once they were dry I added them around the larger flowers and leaves and added a yellow iridescent gem to the centre of the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month June 2020 – Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies
I have another very quick and easy shaped card made using just a die and a hot foil sentiment from Amazing Paper Grace. For this card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Rectangle Etched Dies to both create the base card and make a frame for some beautiful pattern paper from Mintay. The elegant hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate Set added the perfect sentiment to complete the card. And of course an Amazing Paper Grace card is not finished until pearls are added to the decorative filigree die.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
