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.
I live in New Zealand and we have warm Christmases here and snowy Christmas scenes are not relevant, so I have found some fabulous free A1 generated kiwi Christmas images from a Facebook group to create some kiwi Christmas cards. I love this sweet kiwi on the beach surrounded by our New Zealand Christmas trees – the pohutakawa, and created a quick and simple Christmas card using layering of coloured cardstock and a lovely frame die. The Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Etched dies was perfect to frame the image and I added some gorgeous red poinsettia and green foliage with a simple Merry Christmas die to complete the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card base is a top folding 6″ x 6″ white base card. I have layered white and red cardstocks to create the background with the top matted red and white layer raised with fun foam.
I die cut the raised frame using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Etched diesusing white and red cardstocks and then added the image to the centre of the frame. To get the raised effect of the frame I die cut three frames out of white cardstock and adhered it over the red base.
I added glossy accents to the light bulbs and glitter to the sea, flowers and background.
I die cut the postage image using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Postman Etched Dies out of dark grey pearl cardstock and adhered it over the top left corner to provide a base for the flowers.
The poinsettias and foliage are from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies and have been die cut out of red and green cardstocks. To add a bit of shimmer to the flowers I have used Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink Crimson Cheer to the edges of the petals and Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink Festive Fir to the foliage and green petals before assembling them with a gold pearl in the centres of the flowers.
To complete the card I added the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Silent Night Etched Dies set. To get the dimension for the sentiment I die cut three sentiments out and stacked them together before adding it to the base of the image as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies
The final countdown is on for Christmas and today I have a Christmas card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies to create an advent calendar with the 25th December highlighted. I have kept to traditional Christmas colours of red and gold and some beautiful Christmas papers and allowed the dies to look like an advent calendar.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My base card is 6″ x 6″ and I have layered red and patterned paper on the base card. I also added some red satin ribbon across the top left and bottom right of the card.
I then added a layer of gold and red cardstock with black foam to create dimension. Following this I then layered some pattern paper with gold cardstock and added this to the top of the card with more black foam.
I die cut the calendar frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies out of red cardstock and adhered it to the pattern paper and then matted it to gold cardstock before adding it to the front of the card leaving space above and below for the sentiments and month with more black foam.
I die cut the numbers and the word ‘December’ from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies out of red cardstock and adhered the numbers inside the squares. I die cut another frame out of gold cardstock and snipped it to a single square which was added over the 25th square. I die cut the numbers 2 and 5 out of gold cardstock and then adhering them to the highlighted square.
To finish the calendar I added red squares to the empty squares and then some gold pearls to complete the bottom row.
I die cut the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasion Words Dies twice – one from red cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I adhered the red words over the gold words slightly offsetting the gold sentiments for a shadow and then adhered the sentiments to the card under the calendar frame. I repeated the same procedure for the word ‘December’ which was place above the calendar frame.
I added a red ribbon bow to the top left corner and added a poinsettia and foliage made using the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Poinsettias Dies to the bow. A gold pearl to the centre of the flower finished the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar
Happy Occasion Words Dies
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh
I really love the versatility of the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignettes and I also love the beautiful vignette scenes as well where you can layer a 3D scene very quickly, including the sentiment for any occasion. Today’s Christmas card has a nativity scene made using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies with the Amazing Paper Grace Nativity. Layering Set Dies in a classic and elegant white and gold combination. I have made the nativity scene the focal point of the card by using foam strips to layer the vignette in the centre of the card and making it pop from the stunning background die. I have finished the card with some white and gold poinsettias from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My finished card is 5″ x 5 1/2″ and the base is layered in gold and white card. I die cut a plain frame and a gold frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies and adhered them together.
I die cut two star ‘ray’ vigentte dies – one from gold card and one from white card and adhered them together with the gold slightly offset. I then die cut the nativity scene from white card and two sentiment vignettes from gold card. I adhered the two sentiment vignettes together and then layered all the vignettes together with foam strips.
I die cut a plain insert out of white card and ink blended yellow and green inks and added it behind all the vignettes.
I then added the frame to the front of the card with foam tape and then added the vignettes to the centre of the frame.
To finish I added some pearls to the star ‘rays’ and the white poinsettias and gold foliage to the top left of the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Nativity. Layering Set Dies
Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies.
Wow Christmas is just around the corner and I have some more Christmas card inspiration for you using the fabulous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2019 – Solstice Snowflake Die. This is an amazing layering die set and I have used different silver finished cardstock to show up the layers beautifully on a layered blue and silver base card. To complete the card I have just added a silver reversed hot foiled sentiment to let the layers of silver and texture to shine.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My finished card ia 6″ x 6″ and I have laywered dark and light blue patterned paper with silver to create the base for the decorative dies.
I have used a mix of brushed metallic silver card, matte metallic silver card, two different glitter metallic Cardstock and some silver cardstock on the different layers of the dies. I have also used foam tape to create dimension with the outer frame and also the snowflakes in the centre of the frame.
To finish the card I have added some Glacier gems for some sparkle and an iridescent reversed hot foiled sentiment using the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate and die cut using the label die from the Amazing Paper Grace Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set. For an extra snowflake oomph I added a snowflake die from the Amazing Paper Grace Snowflake Splendor Dies to the centre of the frame as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month November 2019 – Solstice Snowflake Die
S5-429 Snowflake Splendor Dies
GLP-120 Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate
SDS-054 – Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set (die used to cut the sentiment)
Other Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock – matting and small snowflake
Heartfelt Creations Festive Winterscape Paper Collection
Spellbinders Brushed Metallic Silver Cardstock (Small hexagons x 2)
I am late posting this card because I had an incident last week and have had to rest and also be careful with using devices and my computer for a few days. I am slowly starting to feel a little better but I will make sure I do get rest when I need it.
Today’s card is a very quick and easy card using just three die sets the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 Home Sweet Home with a sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies and small holly embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and festive paper for a more traditional Christmas card. This card is a standard size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and folds flat for easy posting.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Here is my final submission for the Pink Fresh Studio November 2024 which is about ‘Thank You’ and the ink shades that are the best matches for the colors in the challenge are: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.
This card is full of lots shine and sparkle with glitter, glitter card and shiny reverse hot foiled butterflies. For the sparkle I have die cut the background die from the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass from Pink Fresh Studio Ivory Glitter cardstock. I then die cut the frame from the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame out of gold cardstock.
I stamped and heat embossed the roses from the Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp with fine gold embossing powder. The roses were coloured with the challenge inks before the image was die cut with the coordinating die. I added the roses over the gold frame with the bottom left of the flowers under the frame to give the feeling that the flowers were growing through the frame. The frame with the flowers were then added to the front od the card with foam strips and tape.
I added the hot foiled sentiment to the front over the flowers using scrap card for more dimension.
The butterflies were reverse foiled using the foil left over from the previous butterflies that I had foiled and once die cut I added two butterflies around the sentiment with foam squares.
To complete the card I sprinkled some glitter to the flowers and gold dust gems around the flowers and frame.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die
Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame
Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp, Stencils and coordinating die
Eek it s only 4 weeks to Christmas Day!! Today I have gone outside my comfort zone with this lovely shaker card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies. My inspiration for this card comes from a video I saw on Youtube. The creator used masked a lovely embossing folder to create a snow hill scene and used pink, green and ink colours for her card. I have used a purple, blue and green colour combination for a non-traditional card that is a lot of fun.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock.
I cut a piece of white card 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and blended the sky at the top with Shaded Lilac ink. The various size hills out die cut out of white cardstock using the two hill dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies. and were shaded with Tumbled Glass ink.
I used a snow stencil and Allene’s True Snow on the background and added glitter to the snow.
The houses were die cut out of lilac cardstock and shaded with Shaded Lilac ink. The trees are from both the Amazing Paper Grace Silent might Make a Scene Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace November Die of the Month 2018 Christmas Village Dies and were cut out of green cardstock and shaded with Mowed Lawn ink.
I used some lighter weight acetate to create th shaker element and added a mix of clear, iridescent, pink and teal sequins with some small silver stars to create the shaker element.
To complete the card I have added a silver Santa and his reindeer to the top of the card and the sentiment from a dark blue card lined with silver card.
Finally, I added some snow to the top of the acetate with Simply White Nuvo Crystal Drops ansd sprinkled them with glitter.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
S5-462 Silent Night Make a Scene
November Die of the Month 2018 Christmas Village Dies
Other Products Used:
Distress Oxide inks – Mowed Lawn, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glas
