Here is my first effort in colouring the Pink Fresh Studio Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp Set with Copics and creating white flowers. I have taken my inspiration from Dawn Woleslagel using her colours to colour the flowers white without using grey colours. The colours I used tended more towards the warm side so I paired this with gold background and sentiment compared to my second card which was more cool. You can see this card here. I was quite pleased with my first effort and I will continue to learn more about Copic colouring. I have added some glitter to the flowers and leaves that coordinate with the gold glitter Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass die in the background.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp and Die set
We have just had Father’s Day last weekend in New Zealand and my husband was a keen sailor when he was young so when I saw the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle I had to have this collection. I loved how Dawn had created the whole package with stencils for a gorgeous background to the dies to create the scenes. The seagulls were sooo cute and the boat was so easy to put together. I have made several cards and some will end up being Christmas cards seeing as we have warm Christmas’ here.
I have used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create a ‘watercolour’ finish to my stenciled background and it really does look like the background is on a canvas. This was done prior to adding all the other elements which helped the images to pop. The Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Etched Dies which look like. they could be ropes carried through the nautical theme to frame the boat.
I have added some shells to the base of the card from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper collection to give an extra ‘beachy’ touch to the posts, buoys, seagulls, and life preservers at the bottom of the card. I coloured clear Bitty Sparkles with black alcohol marker and added them as eyes to the seagulls.
To finish the card front I added some Star Dust Stickles to the sea for some sparkle on the sea.
I just couldn’t bear to add a sentiment to the front so I added the sentiment from the Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set in the inside of the card.
Products Used:
Spellbinders Set Sail Dies
Spellbinders Guiding Light Dies
Spellbinders Oh, Buoy Dies
Spellbinders Uncharted Waters 6″ x 6″ Stencils
Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set
A few weeks back I did a 3D pop up vignette using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet and today I have a card showing you how to use the same dies on a card front. I also wanted to show how easy it is to mix and match old and new Amazing Paper Grace by combining the newer Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour with the older Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet. The two dies fitted together so well that they could have been part of the same set. For my card this time I have gone for blush pink, rose gold and creams with lots of glitter for a very sophisticated and elegant card that could be used for so many different occasions. (I wish you could see how pretty this card is and how it just sparkles – my husband was really taken with it!) Once I had all the flowers made this card came together very quickly.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have made a top folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I have layered blush pink card and rose gold pearl paper on the front of the card. To add more interest I have scored two lines on each side on the pearl rose gold paper.
I have die cut the large shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour out of pearl cream paper and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the inner decorative dies out of the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour in pearl ivory paper and adhered it to the over the shadow base. I added the inner plain die on top of the decorative frame. I die cut the outer decorative frame out of rose gold glitter paper and adhered it to the top of the shadow with foam strips.
I die cut the bouquet from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet Etched dies out of rose gold glitter card and then die cut the small basket area out of rose gold pearl paper and embossed it before adding it behind the ‘basket’. I added the ‘stems’ made from blush pink to the basket and then adhered the bouquet to the front of the card using foam strips in the centre of the frame to allow the bouquet to sit level.
I used a mix of rose gold pearl paper and rose gold glitter card to make lots of flowers and added them to the top of the basket using various levels of foam squares for more dimension.
I stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s Place Magnolia stamps in WOW embossing ink on rose gold pearl paper and heat embossed it with rose gold embossing powder. I then die cut the sentiment out using the tag die that comes with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet Etched dies and adhered it to the basket as shown. I added a small heart from the same die set using the rose gold pearl paper and card and added it to the label as shown.
To finish the card I added a pink and gold silk ribbon bow to the top of the tag and added a pearl to the bow as well as on the heart, on the top of the basket and in the centre of the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet
I was recently asked to do a birthday card for someone special who loved bears in a forest and purple chrysanthemums. I had an idea to do a diorama card that showed a bear in a forest surrounded by trees and woodland animals and I found this design for a handbag style diorama card on YouTube here that had been designed by Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Crafts. This fitted perfectly with what I was aiming to achieve although I did add some extra dimension and depth inside the diorama where I added some trees to create more of a forest feel and of course I had to add lots of sparkly flowers and butterflies and little creatures to further embellish the scene.
I have used a mix of mainly Amazing Paper Grace and Honey Bee Stamps dies to create this card and used a totally different colour scheme of kraft, teals and purples to what I would normally do but it came together very well. I purchased the bear and some of the woodland animals images from Etsy and they worked in well with the different flowers, trees, grass and animal dies to create the look of a forest.
Lots of shine and sparkle were added with glitter, clear sparkles, glitter paper and Stickles as this reflected on the recipient who is a lovely, bright and bubbly person and a joy to be around.
I know this card will always be treasured and I enjoyed putting all my love and energy into make this a very special birthday keepsake.
(Apologies for the photos – they were taken quickly and in poor light and it was really difficult to show how gorgeous this card really was.)
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Rectangles Etched Dies
Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Etched Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Celebration Etched Dies
Spellbinders Bunch of Borders Dies
Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder – Tufted
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Mum Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Trees Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts
Today I have my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio August 2024 Challenge. This month the challenge is to use washi tape and or use the following inks: Sparkling Rose/Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm, and Sage.
My card today features the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tape and was so easy to put together.
Once again I have hot foiled the background with the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate but this time I have used Matte Silver foil for a more subtle finish.
I then die cut four stitched scallop dies out of white cardstock and glued two sets of inner squares together before laying them on the front of the plaid squares overlapping them in the centre of the card front.
I die cut a couple of sets of the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tapes and then added them over the squares as shown – at the top and bottom of the squares and also in the centre where the squares meet.
I added a frame die cut using the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies using foam tape to hide the edges of the floral images.
The hot foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in the same Matte Silver foil and then die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut another three plain dies and stacked them all together with the foiled sentiment on top before adding it to the centre of the card over the flowers with some foam squares to make it even.
To finish the card I have added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die
Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Washi Tape
Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Squares
I enjoy creating beautiful flowers using the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies and the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Mum Honey Cuts is just gorgeous and so easy to put together. This card has been created for the August 2024 Honey Bee Stamps/Buzzworthy Challenge on Facebook which is all about sparkle. My card is all about sparkle and shine with glitter paper, sparkly gems and glitter on the flowers and leaves.
To create my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I watched an interesting video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use vellum in different ways so I die cut the Honey Bee Stamps Cover Plate Burlap die using vellum and then coloured it with some pale green ink to create my background for the gorgeous purple ‘Mums’. I love the soft finish of the vellum that contrasts with the strong vibrant purple flowers.
To create a focal point for the flowers and sentiment I have added a frame in purple glitter paper paper which also coordinates with the purple flowers. I die cut an extra plain frame out of white cardstock and glued it behind the purple frame for some extra dimension to the frame.
The flowers and leaves have been coloured with Copic markers and I assembled it using the instructions and used some foam squares for more dimension and depth with the flowers. For the sparkle I have used the Bearly Art glue to add some dots of glue on the flowers and leaves and then dusted some Sparkling Dust to create the shine.
To finish the card I have added a sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Stamp and Die Set that was stamped in dark purple ink on white cardstock before being die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut more plain sentiments and stacked them together with the stamped sentiment on top and then added it over the frame with foam tape to keep the sentiment level over the frame.
To complete the sparkle I have added some Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Glacier around the flowers, frame and sentiment.
Products Used:
Honey Bee Stamps Cover Plate Burlap
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Mum
Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frames
Pink Fresh Studio Purple Glitter Paper
Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Stamp and Die Set
What I love about Amazing Paper Grace dies is that the dies do all the heavy lifting and it takes no time at all to create beautiful, elegant and timeless cards. Today’s card uses just four Amazing Paper Grace die sets – one for a stunning background, one for highlighting the sentiment and two die sets for the flowers and leaves.
The lovely soft green and silver cardstock I have used makes a beautiful combination and really highlights the gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies. I then used the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Dreamer Stamp and Die Set to create the focal point for the silver heat embossed sentiment on the lovely tag die that comes with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies. The flowers were a combination of the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Five Flowers Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies that I had already made in my stash. This card took no time at all to come together.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a top folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I have then created layers using silver and green cardstock on the front of the card. I then die cut the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies out of white pearl cardstock. I then die cut the decorative die using all the inlay decorative dies out of green cardstock and adhered it to the shadow die. This was then added to the front of the card using fun foam for more dimension. I finished the card front with a piece of coordinating green ribbon across length ways over the decorative die.
I die cut the decorative label die from the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Dreamer Stamp and Die Set out of silver cardstock and adhered it to the centre of the decorative frame die with foam tape.
I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp set in Versamark ink on green cardstock and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the long decorative tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies and adhered it to the front of the decorative label die.
I had some leaves and flowers already made and used a petal from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies with a flower that I had made earlier here from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Five Flowers Etched Dies to make a totally new flower. The leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies had been coloured with a soft mint colour ink which matched the colours I had used so well
To finish the card I added a ribbon bow out of green ribbon with a pearl on top to the right side of the sentiment label and then added pearls to the decorative dies as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies
Today I have a card made for a very special person. She loves yellow and purple and was an avid gardener and taught me so much about gardening although I definitely do not have green fingers!! Her gardens were a riot of colour with the most amazing flowers including irises. This card is also my submission for the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge for sparkly cards on Facebook.
The Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Iris Honey Cuts were perfect for this card. The irises look so real and are very easy to assemble even without the instructions. I have used purple and yellow inks to colour the irises and then added some yellow pollen to the centre of the flowers and some Ultrafine Crystal Glitter on the outside of the flowers for some sparkle. The leaves have been coloured with green inks before assembling with the flowers.
For the background to the flowers and foliage I have embossed white cardstock using the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Sandie’s Garden which is just lovely layered with purple glitter cardstock.
The background foliage are leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery Honey Cuts which have been die cut from a light green cardstock and ink blended with green ink.
No garden is complete without bees and I have used the gorgeous bee from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Bugs Honey Cuts made from black and yellow cardstocks. The wings have been die cut out of vellum, coloured with a pale purple alcohol marker and then finished with some Perfect Pearls – Pearl for a luminescent finish.
The ‘With Love’ sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Etched dies and has been die cut out of purple glitter cardstock and stacked with another two layers of white dies before adding to the top right of the card. I have stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamps in dark purple ink on white cardstock and then die cut with the coordinating die. This was then matted with purple glitter cardstock and then added to the centre of the sentiment die with some foam squares.
Products Used:
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Iris Honey Cuts Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Bugs Honey Cuts Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery Honey Cuts Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamps and Coordinating Dies Honey Bee Stamps: 3D Embossing Folder – Sandie’s Garden Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Die Set Pink Fresh Studio Candy Violet Glitter Paper Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Black Onyx, Chamomile Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mustard, Lemon Whip, Marigold, Opulence Distress Inks – Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade, Sheer Lilac, Dusty Concord, Twisted Citron Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter Foam Tape Foam Squares My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Bearly Art Glue Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum Copic Marker BV02 Perfect Pearls – Pearl Flower Pollen – Yellow Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock
I have finally got round to finishing off my cards for the Pink Fresh Studio August 2024 Challenge. This month the challenge is to use washi tape and or use the following inks: Sparkling Rose/Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm, and Sage.
For my first card I have chosen to use the challenge inks to colour the images of the Vines and Roses – Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage. These are interesting colours to use together and ones that I would not normally put together. So I was pleasantly surprised how the coloured images came together to create a cool colour combination. I normally use a lot of gold and warm colours on my cards so it was nice to use silver for a change.
For my background for my card I have hot foiled the Diagonal Plaid Press Plate with Matte Silver and Silver Speckled Prism foils. The press plates foiled perfectly and the background really sparkles with the Speckled Prism foils.
One of my favourite frame layering dies is the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies and I use them a lot. Here I have die cut an outside frame as well as in inner frame for the florals and sentiments to be the focus of the card.
The sentiment is also one I use a lot as it can be used for so many different occasions – Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die. I have foiled the sentiment in Matte Silver foil and then stacked it with another two plain dies to add to the centre of the card.
To finish I added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio for a clean and fresh look.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Detail Black, Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage
Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls
Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock
Spellbinders Hot Foil – Matte Silver, Speckled Prism
I really enjoy playing the Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignettes as they are so versatile and can be used any way. Plus they can be folded up to fit in a standard envelope – a win win in my book. Becca Feeken is an amazing and innovative designer and this Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 – 3D Pop Up Bouquet is no exception. I have made a pop up card as well as making a conventional card (keep following me to see what I have made) using this die set. Everything is included in this die set to make a complete card and all I needed to do was choose my colour combination and the sentiment.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project today I have made a 3D Pop Up Vignette using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 – 3D Pop Up Bouquet following the instructions given with the packaging. I have used a mix of gold and glitter gold cardstock with white cardstock to make the flowers. For the base of the card I have die cut another front and back out of gold cardstock and added behind the white dies slightly offsetting them so there is a hint of gold on the base of the card front and back.
The sentiment is from the Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp Set which perfectly fitted the tag that goes with this die set.
To finish this gorgeous bouquet I added gold and white pearls to the centres of the flowers depending on the combination of colours of the flowers and I added a small white ribbon bow to the tag on the front and added a small gold flower and a gold pearl in the centre. White pearls were also added to the front of the ‘vase’ to complete the pop up card.
