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Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Christmas Card

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My Christmas card today is full of layers, textures and dimension created using several different dies from Amazing Paper Grace. The hero of the card is the gorgeous and very versatile Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Animal House Dies. This die set can be used as a cat or dog house but can equally be used as a birdhouse because of the circle die that goes with this set. I have paired this bird house with the sweet birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and Christmas foliage and flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Dies. The texture on this card comes from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder, the background die – A2 Amazing Paper Grace Corner Cotillion Dies and the embossed woodgrain finish on the base of the bird house.

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

My Project

To create my card I have created a top folding 5″ x 6″ base card out of white cardstock. I added a layer of gold cardstock and then added embossed a piece of 4 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ blue cardstock with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder before adding it to the front of the card. I die cut two decorative dies from the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Corner Cotillion dies out of white cardstock and added it over the blue embossed layer.

To make the birdhouse I die cut the base die out of brown cardstock and embossed it with an old woodgrain embossing folder from my stash. I then sponged some brown ink on the edges to create more depth to the embossing. I then die cut an inner base out of blue cardstock using the plain die and then adhered it to the base house die. I then die cut two decorative fronts – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I then die cut the circle out of both dies before adhering them together with the gold die behind the white die slightly offset. This decorative front was then added to the base of the birdhouse using foam strips. I die cut the roof out of brown cardstock and sponged the edges with brown ink before adding the two white edges to create the ‘fringe’. The roof was then added to the top of the birdhouse with foam strips and then the entire bird house was adhered to the card front.

I die cut the birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies out of white, gold and blue cardstocks and then assembled them. I added some holly and ivy to the birds using the dies from this set then I die cut four flourishes from the same die set out of gold cardstock. I stacked two dies together to create two flourishes. I added a flourish to the top right of the bird house and the other to the bottom left of the birdhouse. The birds were then added over the flourishes using several layers of foam tape as required to secure the birds as shown.

I die cut and assembled the foliage dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Dies using brown, red and green cardstocks. These were then added under and over the flourishes and the birds. I die cut the poinsettia flowers out of white cardstock and coloured them with blue ink before assembling them with two layers of petals each. I added a gold centre to each flower and then adhered them to the base of the birds.

I made the sentiment out of white and cardstock using the sentiment strips from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and adhered it to the birdhouse with foam strips.

To finish the card I added Simply White Nuvo Drops to the flourishes on the background dies and on the birdhouse front.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

A2 Corner Cotillion Dies

Pop Up 3D Vignette Pet House Dies

Holiday Label Motif Dies

Sugarplum Tweets Dies

Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Other Products Used:

House of Cards White Cardstock – White 300gsm

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Portobello, Fern, Rainforest, Glacier, Wild Berry

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Nutmeg

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Doe, Summer Time

Foam tape/strips/squares

Woodgrain embossing folder from my stash

Nuvo Crystal Drops – Simply White

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year with Amazing Paper Grace

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Today I have my last Christmas card for Christmas in July and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace May 2019 Die of the Month – Nostalgic Serenade to create a background for the gorgeous bird and snowman and some snowy poinsettias. The very sweet embellishments take the background layering dies to a new dimension for a classic, timeless and elegant card that will delight the recipient for many years to come. And the copperplate script hot foiled sentiment adds the perfect finish to this card.

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

My Project

For my project I have created a top folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered gold and ivory pearl card to the front. I then die cut the outer frame from the Amazing Paper Grace May 2019 Die of the Month – Nostalgic Serenade out of gold cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card with foam strips. I die cut the inner label from the same die set out of gold cardstock and added it to the centre of the frame using thicker foam tap. I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Holiday Glimmer Sentiments using gold foil on ivory pearl card before die cutting with the inner plain edge die and added this to the gold label with foam tape.

I die cut two flourishes out of gold cardstock from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and adhered one to the top right of the frame and one to the bottom left of the frame. I die cut the bird out of white and gold cardstocks, assembled it before adding it to the top right of the frame over the flourish with foam tape.

I die cut the snowman out of white, blue, orange cardstock using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies and assembled it before gluing to some gold cardstock. I cut the snowman out leaving the gold behind the snowman and then added it to the left of the frame over the flourish with foam tape

I die cut the foliage from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Poinsettia Sleigh out of green cardstock and added the leaves around the bird and snowman.

I die cut the poinsettia flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Poinsettia Sleigh out of white cardstock. I coloured the flowers with green and blue inks before assembling with two petals per flower of the same size. I added snow to the flowers using TCW Opalescent Stardust Butter and then when dry added them around the bird and snowman.

To complete the card I added some gold pearls to the centre of the snowman belly, the poinsettias and around the sentiment.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month May 2019 Nostalgic Serenade Dies

Sugarplum Tweets Dies

Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies

Die of the Month November 2020 – Pop Up 3D Poinsettia Sleigh Dies

Elegant Holiday Glimmer Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Rainforest, Persimmon, 

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300gsm

Spellbinders Fashion Gold Pearls

TCW Opalescent Stardust Butter

Foam Strips

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Seaside, Summer Shower, Limencello

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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Pink Fresh Studio July 2024 Challenge

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I am enjoying playing with the Pink Fresh Studio Challenge July 2024 this month. This month the challenge is using Geometric designs on your projects and the coordinating inks are: Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower & Eucalyptus.

I have gone totally outside my comfort zone with my first (hopefully) card for this challenge and gone with a black and white theme using the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die as my geometric element. I have die cut two dies – one from silver glitter paper and one from white cardstock and mixed up this die by putting the white die on top of the silver die upside down to create even more patterns with the die. I have also used the Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies as a diamond in the centre of the card to tie in the diamond geometric theme and also provide a focal point for the sentiment which has been heat embossed with white on black cardstock.

I have coloured the floral images from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set using a no line colouring technique and after die cutting the images I have gone around the edges with black Copic marker to help the images blend into the black background. I am not a fan of using grey colours to colour flowers white and for the flowers I used the colours that Dawn from Wplus9 Design demonstrated here and I was very pleased with my first effort. I also used Dawn’s method of adding glitter to the images but next time I will use a much finer glitter but it still looks stunning in real life.

Some silver pearls finish the card and focus on the sentiment.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp and Die set

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Glitter Paper

Pink Fresh Studio Metallic Pearls – Silver 

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

X-Press It Card

Copic Markers E00, G20. BG70, YG00, E00, B20, G99, YG24, Y15, Y11

YG67, YB63, YG25, YG23, 100

Foam Tape/squares

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Versamark ink

Ranger White Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Floral Garden Birthday Card

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I started this card a while ago and it did not look right so I put it to one side for a while and then came back to it to finish it off. I love creating flowers using the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies and after creating my base with Amazing Paper Grace dies and patterned paper from Mintay I added a riot of flowers and foliage from different Lovely Layers sets to create a paper flower garden. A garden would not be complete without birds and bees and and so I have added a couple of birds and a bee to finish this floral birthday card. Somehow all the colours seemed to work together an is reminiscent of a English country garden fill of wildflowers.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Oval Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month October 2021 – Flourished Flourit

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Iris Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Wild Flowers Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – April Showers Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Bugs Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Stamp Set

Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Honey Cuts

Mintay Papers – Elodie

Neenah

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock Chamomile, Onyx, Rainforest, Peridot

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Pastel Green

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Peony, Sunkissed, Mimosa, Lemon Whip, Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Doe, Soft Lilac, Lavender, Candy Violet, Sheer Freesia, Wisteria, Slumber, Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Mint, Meadow

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Versamark ink

Perfect Pearls – Pearl

Copic Markers B00, G00

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Yellow Pollen

Anna Griffin Embossing Folder –

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Taylored Expressions Iridescent Gems

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Amazing Paper Grace All Hearts Come Home for Christmas

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I have another Christmas in July card for you today featuring the fabulous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Die of the Month July 2021 Home Sweet Home along with some Christmas themed die sets from the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Flourishes Collection as well as a dies from other collections and even including from a Halloween die set – products listed below the photos. I wanted to show how to mix and match different dies to create a single card to show how versatile Amazing Paper Grace dies are and how they can all fit together in many different themes.

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

My Project

To make my card I have created a to folder 5″ x 7″ card base out of white cardstock. I then embossed a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and added it on the front of the card. I then die cut a decorative frame out of blue cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Eyelet Lace Frame and backed it with a gold frame before adding it to the front of the card.

I die cut the house out of white, yellow, gold and blue cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 – Home Sweet Home Dies and assembled it according to the instructions. Before adding the house to the front of the card I die cut two trees from the Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Cottage dies out of brown cardstock, trimmed the trees and added a tree and extra branch on the right side of the card and a small branch on the top left of the frame. I then added the house to the front of the card with some foam for extra height in the centre of the card.

I die cut the small birdies from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala Dies out of white and gold cardstock. I trimmed each bird and mixed the gold and white sections. Two birds were added to the top of the tree branches on the right side of the card and one bird to the top left of the card using a small foam square.

I die cut the snowman out of white, blue, orange cardstock using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies and assembled it before gluing to some gold cardstock. I cut the snowman out leaving the gold behind the snowman and then added it to the left of the house with foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment banner from the Amazing Paper Grace All Hearts Come Home A2 Card Front Dies from white cardstock and backed it with gold cardstock before adding to the top of the house using multiple layers of foam tape to make it flat. I die cut three sentiment words from the same die set – two from white and one from gold cardstock. I stacked the sentiments together with the gold sentiment on top and added it to the frame under the house.

I die cut the small holly leaves and berries from green and red cardstocks using the small dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and adhered them to the top of the decorative eaves and either side of the sentiment on the frame.

I die cut snowflakes out of white glitter paper using the snowflake dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies and added them around the house and on the frame.

To finish I added iridescent gems to the snowman and in the centres of the snowflakes for some sparkle.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month July 2021 – Home Sweet Home Dies

S4-1244 Sugarplum Tweets Dies

S5-533 Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies

S5-534 All Hearts Come Home A2 Card Front

SES-046 Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

S4-1071-Spooky-Cottage Dies

S5-428 Holly Frame Gala Dies

S6-184 Eyelet Lace Frame Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Fern, Phone Booth, Glacier, Chamomile, Persimmon

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Nutmeg

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Taylored Expressions Iridescent Gems

White glitter card from my stash

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Foam tape/squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Decorative Gatefold Card

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Here is my second card for my Christmas in July series. This time I have created a gatefold card using the Amazing Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Dies to create a stunning, elegant and timeless Christmas card to keep on the mantle all year round. I love how Becca has added two separate edge dies on her border dies and this makes it so much easier to create gatefold cards. Here I have created a decorative gatefold card using the Delicate Tendril Border die, decorated it inside with the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square dies and accented it with the beautiful flourish from the Delicate Tendril Border Dies set. I made a belly band to keep the card together and used the Amazing Paper Grace Splendid Trilliant Dies to decorate the band and although this die set is from another of Becca’s collections it worked really well here as it is a similar motif. The band was decorated with flowers and Christmas accents from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif dies.

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

My Project

Front of Card

For my project I cut a piece of white cardstock 5″ x 10″, scored at 2 1/5″ and 7 1/2″ along the long side before folding the card into a gatefold card measuring 5″ x 5″. I die cut each end of the card using the outer edge die and the inner decorative dies from the Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Dies to make the decorative sides. I die cut and embossed two border motifs using both edge dies and the inner decorative die out of white cardstock and adhered these to the sides. I then die cut four decorative flourishes – two from gold cardstock and two from white cardstock. I adhered the white dies behind the gold dies and then added the flourishes to each side by the folds as shown.

Inside Back of Card

For the inside cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I die cut a decorative frame out of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square dies and then added this to the inside back. I die cut two decorative square frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Square dies out of white cardstock and a plain frame out of gold cardstock. I stacked the decorative frames together and added the gold frame behind before adding this to the inside back over the decorative square. I die cut the small shadow circle out of gold cardstock and the decorative circle from white cardstock. I added the decorative circle over the gold circle and then added it to the centre of the square decorative dies. I die cut four flourishes from the Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Dies, trimmed them to the central motif and added them around the circle dies. I die cut four sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene dies – three from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I stacked the dies together with the gold die on top and then added the die inside the frame as shown.

To complete the card I added pearls to the decorative dies on the front and inside back of the cards.

Belly Band.

I cut a piece of white cardstock 1″ x 12″ and scored at 3 3/8″ and 8 5/8″ and fold to create the band. I then cut a piece of gold metallic card 3/4″ x 11″ and scored along each long side 1/8″ before adding to the white band. I then glued the band together making sure the band was loose enough to go over the pearls on the card.

I die cut and embossed the motif from the Amazing Paper Grace Splendid Trilliant dies out of white cardstock and adhered it to the front of the band. I die cut two flourishes from the Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Dies, trimmed them to the central motif added them to the top and bottom of the central rectangle of the motif. I have handcrafted the green and pink poinsettia out of flower shaping paper and green cardstock using the poinsettia dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Poinsettias and added it to the centre of the motif. I added some gold flourishes that I had trimmed along with holly and ivy from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motifs Dies set and the branches from the November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh.

To finish the belly band I added a gold pearl to the centre of the poinsettia and pearls to the decorative die.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Delicate Tendril Border Dies

Splendid Trilliant Dies

Holiday Label Motif Dies

Cinch and Go Poinsettia Dies

November 2020 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh

Elegant Twist Square Dies Dies

Silent Night Make A Scene Dies

Richelieu Square Dies

Other Products:

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Pink Fresh Studio – Gold Gems

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Ranger Archival inks – Magenta Hue, Vivid Chartreuse

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, Wild Berry, Portabello

Spellbinders Gold Metallic Card

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Gathered Twigs

Pretty Posh Pink Pearls – Marshmallow

Stickles – Frosted Lace

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A Cattitude Birthday Card

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I was really excited to be able to purchase the Cattitude Stamp and Die set along with the Cat Tree House die set from Waffle Flower in time for my daughter’s birthday. She loves cats and has got two kittens so this set was perfect. I did struggle with this card as it is totally outside my comfort zone but my daughter loved it. I used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create the carpet effect and I wasn’t sure what to put behind the cat tree so I went with using a stencil to create a rainbow background and then I embossed it with an embossing folder from Marianne Designs – DF3424. The colourful background really made the cat tree and cats stand out a lot. I was not confident colouring the cats with Copics so just went for a black silhouette and it looked very cool. I also added a quirky cat from the Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Boo Die set as my daughter loves that quirkyness. The finished card ended up being 5″ x 6″ which I felt was a more balanced composition.

Products Used:

Waffle Flower Cat Tree House Die

Waffle Flower Cattitude Die

Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Boo Dies

Spellbinders Sentiment One Dies

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slipper, Sunkissed, Lemon Whip, Ocean Breeze, Slumber, Soft Lilac, Gathered Twigs, Misty Coast, Rocky Slope, Metropolis

Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap

Stencil from stash

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock White 110 lb

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Lunar Grey, Onyx, Graphite

Marianne Designs Embossing Folder DF3424

Brown Twine

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Birthday Dogs and Flowers

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I was recently asked to make a birthday card for someone who loves alsatian and bichon frise dogs and off course flowers. So I pulled out a mix of different brands to make the flowers and background which worked well together to create a wonderful garden for the dogs. I purchased the dog images from Etsy and printed them on watercolour paper and fussy cutting them to add to the card. The recipient of the card was thrilled with it.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette – Pet House

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fence Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers -Winter Birds Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts

Sizzix Susan’s Garden Anemone Dies

Spellbinders Fancy Sentiment Strips BetterPress Plate and Die Set

Spellbinders Peach Blossom Dies

Spellbinders Gardenia Dies

Spellbinders Hollyhock Dies

Spellbinders Forget-Me-Knot and Ladybird Dies

Susan’s Garden Flower Making Paper

Mintay Paper – Elodie

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Rainforest, Phone Booth, Fern, Onyx

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80lb

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300gsm, Latte

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Dove,

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Lemon Whip, Sage, Eucalyptus, Wisteria, Bubblegum, Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Sky Blue, Sheer Lilac, Key Lime, Grassy Knoll, Fresh Pear, Gathered Twigs,

Distress inks – Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

Woodgrain embossing folder from stash

Yellow Flower Pollen

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam tape

Fine tip Black Pen

3D Crystal Lacquer

Prills – Power Outage

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Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Village

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It is the 1st July here in New Zealand and I have my first Christmas card to share with you today. I absolutely love the flexibility of the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignettes and how they can be made into a 3D vignette or can be added to a card front. For my card today I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2018 3D Vignette – Christmas Village as a card front but still creating some dimension between the layers using foam tape. I love how the gorgeous decorative frame which I have done white on white really highlights the colourful scene inside the frame. To finish the Christmas theme I have put this frame on an embossed Christmas background using the Amazing Paper Grace Embossing folder Holly Flourish.

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

My Project

For my project I have made a top folding 5″ x 6″ card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of gold card 5″ x 6″ and added it to the front of the card. I cut a piece of white pearl cardstock 4 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish embossing folder and added it to the front of the gold card.

I die cut one shadow frame using the frame die from the Christmas Village die set out of white pearl cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I die cut one frame using one of the inner hill dies and the outer frame out of white pearl cardstock and added it to the shadow frame using foam tape. I die cut the inner panel out of white pearl cardstock and ink blended it with blue and yellow inks and adhered it to the centre of the frame. I die cut the Santa die three times – two out of white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I stacked these dies together with the gold die on top and then added it to the frame.

I die cut all the village elements out of white pearl cardstock and coloured the tree with brown ink, the trees and ivy leaves with green ink and the church and house with pink inks. I added coloured sa piece of scrap white pearl cardstock with yellow ink and then added a small piece of coloured card behind the church and house to look light light shining out the windows and a gold cross at the top of the church steeple. I added the tree to the background and the houses and trees and white fence in front of and behind the hill with foam squares for more stability for the elements.

I die cut a frame using the sentiment inner die and the outer die out of white pearl cardstock. I die cut the sentiment out of gold cardstock and trimmed it to fit the base sentiment die. This layer was added to the frames using foam tape. I added the leaves around the sentiment.

To complete the vignette I die cut two plain outer frames – one with white pearl cardstock and one from pearlescent vellum and a decorative frame out of white pearl cardstock. I adhered these three frames together with the plain frame, vellum frame and the decorative frame as the sandwich. This was then added to the front of the vignette with foam tape.

To finish the card I added a small white bow out of seam binding at the base of the frame and pearls to the leaves, on the decorative frame and on the holly berries on the embossed background and drops of Crystal Stickles on ink blended background for some snowy sparkle.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month November 2018 3D Vignette – Christmas Village

Amazing Paper Grace Embossing Folder – Holly Flourish

Other Products Used:

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Icicle

Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum

House of Paper White Cardstock 300gsm

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Peony Begonia, Grassy Knoll, Eucalyptus, Gathered Twigs, Lemon Whip, Seaside

Crystal Stickles

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Pearls

White Seam Binding

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Challenge Card No. 2

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This is my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge for June 2024. This month the challenge is to create an ombre or gradient element and the ink colours are Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac.

This card ended up quite different to what I had planned – I made so many mistakes that I had to cover up but in the end the card turned out ok I guess… I was trying to do a different gatefold card after watching an older video of Jennifer McGuires but I ended up gluing the right side flap down and adding the frame on the inside back of the card to cover up some excess glue but this actually gave a good space to write sentiments in the end.

My Project:

I cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and scored at 3″ and 7 1/2: to create a gatefold card. I used the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate by hot foiling with Spellbinders Opal foil to create the resist background for my rainbow ink blending using the challenge inks. I then trimmed this panel to two pieces – 2 7/8″ x 5 3/8″ and 1/18″ x 5 3/8″ and added these panels to the left and right side flaps. I ended up gluing the right flap down to the inside back of the card. I die cut 3 frames from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I then die cut a piece of vellum to fit behind the frames an I die cut a plain frame out of white cardstock and added it to the back of the frames to neaten the back before adding it to the left side panel and overhanging on the right side.

For the inside back of the card I die cut a panel out using the medium size dies from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock and adhered it to the inside back.

I stamped the floral image from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set in Wow embossing ink and heat embossing with gold embossing powder. I coloured the images using the coordinating stencil set using the challenge inks before die cutting the flowers out. I die cut another plain floral die and added the coloured image on top and added it to the right of the frame using foam squares inside the frame.

I stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set and gold embossed it before die cutting. I die cut another three plain dies and stacked them all together with the stamped image on top. This was then added to the bottom left of the frame using some foam tape to ensure the sentiment is flat.

I finished the card by adding some Glacier gems around the sentiment and flowers.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp, Stencil and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frames

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Spellbinders Foil – Opal

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Wow Embossing Ink

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Patricia