Month: September 2025

‘Tis the Season with Amazing Paper Grace

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Kia ora Koutou

I was asked recently to make some New Zealand Christmas themed Christmas cards and I thought it would be a great opportunity to use the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Borders – Graceful Frame Maker Etched Die to create a frame for this cute kiwi on a beach scene. I was really happy with how this card turned out. And I love the cute Santa kiwi too!

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

My Project

I am so amazed at the ingenuity of this die to create so many different frame combinations and for this card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Borders – Graceful Fans Etched Dies to make a fan border for the image. I have also used the Amazing Paper Grace Classic Fluted Square Etched Dies to complete the frame. I have added some poinsettias and foliage from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies and the I have mounted the foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies on the banner from the Amazing Paper Grace Vintage Pierced Banners Etched Dies. To finish the card I have added some sparkle on the sea and the flowers using some Diamond Stickles and to the hat with Stickles Frosted Lace and some gold pearls to the corners and flower centres.

You can see how this die works in this video that Becca Feeken has made here:

Amazing Paper Grace Products used:

S4-1151 Fluted Classics Squares Etched Dies

Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies

S4-820 Vintage Pierced Banners Etched Dies

S6-112 Graceful Borders – Graceful Frame Maker Etched Die

S4-703 Graceful Borders – Graceful Fans Etched Dies

Other Products:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Ruby Red

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Hammermill White Cardstock

Free NZ Kiwi image from Facebook

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 80 Ib cardstock

Foam Tape

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Stickles – Diamond

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Opal

PFS gold pearls

Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 inks – Very Berry, Festive Fir

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Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge – Monochromatic Magic

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This month’s Pink Fresh Studio Challenge theme is Tone-on-Tone & Monochrome Magic. ✨ Pick a single color and bring it to life by layering different tones and shades—or explore the tone-on-tone technique for added depth and dimension. To spark your creativity, we’ve provided a color palette to choose from—just pick one hue as your star and let it shine!

Our monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!

My card today would fit into the Anything Goes Challenge but I feel it can also fit into the Monochromatic Magic theme as I have used purples and grey colours with a touch of silver for a soft and subtle colour palette.

My Project

My card is a standard side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card with a twist. I have trimmed the front panel down and added a lace border and a grey plaid strip tone on tone card to the front panel. I have hot foiled the Magnificent Magnolia image on white cardstock and coloured it with purple and grey inks. I added some purple inks to the leaves to keep with the tone on tone theme and then added it over the front edge.

For the inside back of the card I have used the Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate to add some interest on the panel by using grey ink on the grey card to tie in with the plaid front and floral image.

I added silver accents with the lace on the front panel and also with the base layer of the sentiment panel on the inside back panel. The sentiment has been reverse hot foiled as well to allow it to stand out on the white background.

Finally, I have added silver pearls to the front and back of the card as shown.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate, Stencils and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Die

Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Die

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sheer Freesia Wisteria, Lavender, Misty Coast, Rocky Slope

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Spellbinders Better Press Pebble Card

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock 110 Ib

Hammermill Cardstock

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas with Amazing Paper Grace

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Kia ora Koutou

One of my favourite papercraft techniques is hot foiling and I do it a lot – particularly for sentiments. I have purchased a Better Press machine but I tend to use the plates for hot foiling instead. Amazing Paper Grace has the most beautiful and elegant hot foil plates and today I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Filigree Quatrefoil Hot Foil Plate as a base for my Christmas card. I have used non-traditional colours for my card and I love the how the colour combination of pink, gold and green work with the pops of traditional red berries.

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

Amazing Paper Grace Products used:

GLP-123 Merry Filigree Quatrefoil Hot Foil Plate 

S4-1239 Holiday Label Motif Etched Dies

S4-928 Hemstitch Circle Etched Dies

Other Products:

Spellbinders Colorwheel Cardstock – Rainforest

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Fern, Pink Sand, Wild Berry

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Raspberry

Gina K Designs Cardstock – Chocolate Truffle

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock

Lawn Fawn Mirror Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Distress ink – Kitsch Flamingo, Mowed Lawn

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Ballet Slippers

Waffle Flower Adhesive Strips

Glossy Accents

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Foam Tape

Foam Squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Poinsettia

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It is scarily close to Christmas now and I have another Christmas card to share with you using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Coronet Etched Dies as a beautiful frame for a pretty poinsettia image I found on Facebook. I have used vellum for the insert to add texture but still allow the image to show through. I have added some embellishments around the frame (listed below) and a fabulous full silver bow to finish off the card. I love the clean simplicity of this card and the red poinsettia really pops through the white and silver accents of the card.

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

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S4-1051 Oval Coronet Etched Dies

S4-926 Tags Etched Dies

S4-1243 Merry Flourish Etched Dies

SES-046 Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

S5-462 Silent Night Make A Scene Etched Dies

Other Products:

House of Cards White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Craft Perfect White Vellum

AI poinsettia image from Facebook

Pearls from stash

Silver satin ribbon

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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Adoring You Amazing Paper Grace

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Cardmaking is so easy when you have beautiful decorative dies that do all the heavy lifting resulting in timeless, classic and elegant cards. My card today features the stunning Amazing Paper Grace February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Etched Dies by Becca Feeken as the base. This die set is so versatile and I have used it several times as a gatefold card but here I have created a 5″ x 7″ card with it. I have used a classic white and gold combination which goes well with the pink flowers and green leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Blossoms Etched Dies and the gold sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Etched Dies. To finish my card I have added a white sating bow and glittery gems to the centre of the open flowers and to the decorative die itself.

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

Amazing Paper Grace Products used:

Die of the Month February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Etched Dies

S4-1194 Layered Cherry Blossoms Etched Dies

S5-493 Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Etched Dies

Other Products used:

Spellbinders Gold Metallic Card

Spelllbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Chamomile

Concord & 9th Cardstock Ballet Slippers

Gina K Designs Cardstock – Chocolate Truffle

Lawn Fawn – Pearlescent Vellum

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Ballet Slippers

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Clear with Gold Dust

Stickles – Crystal

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Double sided tape

Foam Squares

Fun Foam

White satin ribbon

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Sending Big Hugs with Amazing Paper Grace

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Today’s card has been inspired by a reel from Instagram and I have given it an Amazing Paper Grace Twist by using the Amazing Paper Grace Curvy Labels Etched Dies to create a ‘tunnel’ aperture and I added a pretty edge using the Amazing Paper Grace Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies which has been lined with the same pink on the butterflies and the base of the card front. I have added foam tape between the layers of white card to create more depth and dimension to the card front and also to the flowers. I think the finished card is so crisp, fresh and also quite elegant and can be used for so many different occasions.

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

My Project

I have created a base card of 6″ x 6″ out of white cardstock. I then added matted pink and white cardstock to the front of the card. I cut two further pieces of white cardstock each 1/8″ smaller and also die cut the aperture out using the Amazing Paper Grace Curvy Etched dies – the bottom card is slightly smaller aperture to get the ‘tunnel’ effect. I also die cut the decorative edge out of the bottom of the top layer using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies using the outer edge cutting die only. I die cut a shadow out of pink cardstock and added it to the back of the decorative edge and added another white complete decorative edge to the top of the previously cut edge for extra strength and depth. On the second layer I have used my scoreboard to score lines 1/8″ to the bottom for more interest. I have created the base for the aperture by hot foiling the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Background Hot Foil Plate with Opal foil and then sponging pink over it for a resist effect. The layers were all added together with foam tape and I added some acetate behind the bottom layer before adding the pink resist background onto the card front.

I have made the flowers using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies. I have used pink inks to colour the flowers and then added green foliage and small yellow and green flowers which were added around the left side of the aperture.

To finish the card I added a decorative swirl to the top of the card using the flourish die from the Amazing Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Etched Dies and a motif at the top of the decorative edge from the Amazing Paper Grace Marquise Diamond Pendant Etched Dies and added pearls to the decorative dies as shown.

Finally I have added a couple of sweet butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Motif Etched Dies and the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp set has been stamped in black and cut small to fit the decorative edge using foam strips.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S4-930 Curvy Labels Etched Dies

S4-994 – Marquise Diamond Pendant Etched Dies

S4-1220 Summer Label Motif Etched Dies

S4-1238 Spring Label Motif Etched Dies

S4-993 – Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies

S4-996 – Delicate Tendril Border Etched Dies

GLP-041 – Glorious Glimmer Elegant Background Hot Foil Plate

Other Products:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Pink Sand, Chamomile

Spellbinders Colorwheel Cardstock Tutu, Fern

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Opal

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp Set

Foam Tape

Foam strips

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Spellbinders Pearls – Oyster

Gina K Designs inks – Light Carnation, Medium Carnation

Momento ink – Tuxedo Black

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