I have a very pretty feminine card to share with you today. I love my roses and I just had to get the Pink Fresh Garden Roses set including the stamp, die, and stencils. It is just stunning!! My inspiration has come from Yasmin Diaz who is an influencer for Pink Fresh Studio. I follow Yasmin Diaz on Instagram and on her blog and she shared the instructions on how to make a step card without complicated scoring and cutting. It is so easy to make and can be decorated in so many ways.
My Project
I have created the base card using the instructions from here out of white cardstock. I die cut a plain circle die from my stash out of white cardstock and then the circle out using the Stitched Circle dies. I die cut one inner circle and three outer circles and added them to the base circle and added them to the front of the card. I then just stenciled the roses using Gina K inks – Light Carnation, Medium Carnation and Dark Carnations for the roses and Light Spruce and Medium Spruce for the leaves. I die cut them out using the coordinating die and I then cut out another plain die and stacked the two dies together with the coloured image on top. I then trimmed the flowers and added them to the top right of the circle and bottom left of the circle. In the middle of the circle I added a hot foiled sentiment that could be personalised for many occasions.
To finish I hot foiled the small butterflies from the Small Butterfly Hot Foil Plate with gold foil and then coloured the butterflies with the inks from the Fairy Dust ink collection. I die cut the butterflies and added one to the top right and one to the bottom left. To finish I added some gold pearls for decoration.
Pink Fresh Studio Products Used:
Garden Roses Stencil
Garden Rose Die
Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate
Small Butterflies Stencils
Small Butterflies Die
Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate
Perfect Sentiments Die
Stitched Scallop Circle Dies
Sparkling Diamonds Die
Fairy Dust inks
Gold pearls
Other Products Used:
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift
Neenah 80 Ib Classic Crest cardstock
Gina K inks – Light Carnation, Medium Carnation, Dark Carnation, Light Spruce, Medium Spruce
Iris are stunning flowers and I have another floral card to share with you. Today I have a card with purple and yellow irises made using the new Heartfelt Creations Iris Garden collection. These irises are just bursting out of the beautiful frame and heralding the start of spring and warm weather.
Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.
Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.
Instructions:
Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 9 1/4: x 8 1/2”, score at 4 1/2” along the shortest side and fold to create a base card of 4 14” x 9 1/4”. Cut a piece of striped decorative paper 4 1/4” x 9 1/4” and adhere to the front of the card. Die cut the decorative frame using the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 dies from the HCD3-7445 Slim Star Lattice Rectangle Die set out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Add Frosting Powder to the decorative frame using Dries Clear on a dry sponge. Die cut a frame out of pale yellow paper using the No. 2 and No. 4 dies and adhere behind the decorative frame. Adhere the frame to the front of the card using foam tape.
Adhere an EZ Stem wire to the centre of the frame.
Stamp the leave images from the HCPC-31020 Iris Garden Petals Cling Stamp Set in Olive ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the images with Leaf Green and Olive inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the leaves with Leaf Green ink and shape using the coordinating mold. Add 3-D Crystal Lacquer to the leaves and allow to dry. Adhere the leaves over the EZ Stem Wires as shown with foam squares.
Stamp the flower images from the HCPC-31020 Iris Garden Petals Cling Stamp Set in Violet ink and Citrus Burst inks on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres of the purple and yellow flowers with Fresh Lemon ink. Colour the petals of the purple flowers with violet ink and the petals of the yellow flowers with Buttercream ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the purple flowers with Violet ink and the edges of the petals with Deep Purple ink. Colour the yellow flowers on the backs with Buttercream ink and the edges with Sunflower ink. Shape the petals using the coordinating mold. Pierce the centres of the petals assemble the flowers. I have used 3 petals per flower and trim one set of petals in the centre. Insert yellow stamens in one purple petal that has be cupped inwards and add one trimmed petal to the cupped petals using a glue gun. Add the second complete set of petals cupped downwards and secure with hot glue. Add the last trimmed petal to the centre of the petals facing downwards using the glue gun. For the yellow and purple flowers I have used gold glitter stamens to the centres. Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium on a paintbrush. Add Heart of Gold Prills to the flowers as shown. Trim the wires and adhere to the EZ Stem wires and over the leaves as shown. Roll some single petals to create some buds and add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium with a paintbrush. Adhere under leaves as shown.
Stamp the small leaf images from the HCPC-31022 Iris Garden Accents Cling Stamp Set in Olive ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour with Leaf Green ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Adhere around the flowers as shown.
Die cut two sentiments from the HCD3-7448 Slim Ornate Rectangle Die – one from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and one from Silver cardstock. Adhere the silver sentiments over the white sentiments and adhere to the card front as shown.
Add some clear drops on the flowers and leaves.
Other Products Used;
Ranger Archival ink – Violet, Altenew ink – Buttercream, Dress My Craft clear drops, hot glue gun, clear gloss gel medium, paintbrush, foam tape, foam squares
I so love the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette collection from Becca Feeken. Becca has an impeccable eye for detail and this 3D Vignette Hot Air Balloon is no exception. I love all the festoons and the little basket which looks so realistic. And of course I had to add some sweet little handcrafted flowers to finish this card. These cards are so quick and easy to put together once you have everything die cut and ready to go.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have followed the instructions that come with this die set and created a pink and white striped balloon. I have added silver details with the festoons, ribbons and the wires for the basket out of silver cardstock. I added small clouds to the base of the balloon that have been lightly inked with blue ink and finished the card with some handcrafted flowers made using flowers from the Cinch and Go Flowers III and Petite Floral Potpourri dies. The leaves are from the Cinch and Go IV Flower dies.
Now that Easter is behind us it is not far until Mother’s Day. Every year I like to make a Mother’s Day card for myself and this year I have made another pillar card featuring Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose dies, Ferns & Ivy dies and Forget-Me-Knot & Ladybugs Dies. I finished off the card with a sweet butterfly from the Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies that I had hot foiled onto acetate. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Dies by Becca Feeken. The embossed finish is from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Orange Peel Embossing Folder by Becca Feeken – one of my go to embossing folders.
For the flowers I have used Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper. I absolutely love using this paper as it is so easy to colour and shape and when dry is very robust. For more information on this paper please contact Rajni on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/rajni.chawla.121.
The little ladybirds are so sweet and very easy to make. I die cut them out of red cardstock, shaped them and added the black marks with a fine tip black pen.
Welcome back to Inspiration Wednesday and today sees the release of the stunning Iris Garden collection. Irises make such a statement in the garden with their vibrant yellows and purples don’t you think. This collection features dimensional flowers and and a stunning image that is just perfect to colour. Today I am sharing a card that I have made using the floral image that has been painted with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers. I have created more dimension in the image by colouring several images and die cutting the flowers out separately to create more depth to the image.
Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.
Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.
Instructions:
Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 7” x 7 1/2”, score at 1/2” along the long side and fold the flap over. Cut a piece of silver card 7” x 7” and adhere to the 12” flap to create the 7” x 7” card base. Cut a piece of light purple paper 6 7/8” x 6 7/8” and adhere to the front of the silver card.
Die cut two decorative dies from the HCD2-7423 Diamond Fleur Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Add Frosting Powder to the dies using Dries Clear glue on a sponge and adhere to the front of the card as shown.
Die cut the frame base using the No. 2 die from the HCD2-73812 Simply Classic Oval Frame Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Die cut two decorative frames – one out of silver cardstock and one from Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper using the No. 2 nd No. 3 dies from the HCD2-73812 Simply Classic Oval Frame Die.. Adhere the silver frame over the white frame and then adhere to the front of the base frame. Die cut an oval out of silver cardstock using the No. 3 die from the HCD2-73812 Simply Classic Oval Frame Die. Die cut a decorative oval using the No. 3 and No. 4 dies from the HCD2-73812 Simply Classic Oval Frame Die and add Powder using Dries Clear glue on a sponge. Adhere the white decorative oval over the silver oval and adhere to the centre of the frame. Die cut a plain oval using the No. 4 oval die from the HCD2-73812 Simply Classic Oval Frame Die and adhere to the front of the oval frame. Adhere the oval frame to the front of the card as shown with foam tape..
Stamp the large iris bloom image from the HCPC-31021 Iris Garden Blooms Cling Stamp Set three times in Jet Black ink on Iris cardstock. Colour the images with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers. Die cut one complete image and the individual flowers from the other images. Adhere the small iris bud to the background image. Add the right iris flower to the base image using a single layer of foam squares and the left flower to the base image with a double layer of foam tape. Adhere the floral image to the front of the frame as shown.
Stamp the birthday sentiment from the HCPC-3843 Special Birthday Sentiments Cling Stamp in Obsidian Pigment ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and die cut using the rectangle die from the HCD1-7203 Ornamental Tags Die. Adhere to the base of the leaves with foam tape.
Stamp the small butterfly images from the HCPC-3953 Small Floral Butterfly Cling Stamp in Unicorn Ink on vellum and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating dies and adhere the butterflies on the card as shown. Add light blue iridescent gems to the bodies of the butterflies.
Happy Easter Sunday. I hope you are enjoying your Easter break with friends and family and indulging in delicious chocolates and hot cross buns.
Today I have a sweet card to share with you today featuring some older Amazing Paper Grace dies with new flowers and a gorgeous butterfly. I really love the Amazing Paper Grace dies that you can die cut and emboss and the finish is so elegant and beautiful! I have made a card base using the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rectangles, Hemstitch Rectangles and Isadora Trinkets dies to show how easy it is to get this gorgeous finish. I added some pretty handcrafted flowers and a sweet butterfly to embellish this card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a base card of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ out of white cardstock. I have layered die cut and embossed Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rectangles, Hemstitch Rectangles and Isadora Trinkets dies with gold for a classic and elegant finish.
I have made the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms and Petite Floral Potpourri dies and added them to leaves made from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers and the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Aug22 – Peekaboo Trellis and cut out of green cardstock. To finish the flowers I have added micro polystyrene balls that I have dyed with some pale lavender alcohol ink and added them to the leaves for more dimension and interest.
The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Card Builder – another one of my favourite dies. To complete the card I have created a butterfly out of vellum and cardstock and added it to the card.
The sentiment has been die cut three times – two from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock and stacked together with the gold on top and added to the middle of the card.
The Amazing Paper Grace Isadora Trinkets dies embossed so nicely.
The pink lily flowers have been inspired by a tutorial on the Amazing Paper Grace Encouragement Community Group on Facebook by Anita Kejriwal where she made some Alstromeras from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms.
I would like to wish you all a happy Easter. I hope you all have a lovely weekend celebrating this occasion with family and friends.
Mother’s Day is not far away and I have a sweet Mother’s Day card to share with you. I fell in love with the Altenew Vintage Lace Embossing Folder and the coordinating stencils because the honeycomb background is just gorgeous and I just love roses! I tend to gravitate to roses all the time… I have made a step card using a retired die from Spellbinders – Decorated Birthday Pop Up die and decorated the front with strips made from die cutting white card with the Lawn Fawn Quilted Background die. I then embossed a piece of white cardstock and coloured the roses with the coordinating stencil. I trimmed this down and added a frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Fluted Classics with foam tape to put the focus on the roses.
I reverse hot foiled the Mother’s Day sentiment from Spellbinders Happy Parents hot foil plate and die cut it with the coordinating die.
To finish I have added pink jewels to the intersections of the quilted background.
Products used:
Altenew Vintage Rose Embossing Folder and Coordinating Stencils
It is never too early for some Christmas inspiration and today I am sharing a Christmas card made from the Joyous Noel collection by Heartfelt Creations for Inspiration Wednesday. I love the lovely non-traditional blues and greens for this card and the angel is just beautiful!!.
Today’s project was created with products provided by Heartfelt Creations.
Scroll down past the photos for instructions on how to make this card.
Instructions:
Cut a piece of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 10” x 7”, score at 5” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 5” x 7”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 5” x 7” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of light blue pattern paper 4 7/8” x 6 7/8 and adhere to the front of the silver card.
Stamp the background image from th HCPC-3998 Joyous Noel Background Cling Stamp set on vellum using embossing ink and heat emboss with Bridal Tinsel embossing powder. Colour the front of the image with Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac inks. Die cut the image using the No. 4 die from the HCD2-7340 Eyelet Frame Gateway dies and adhere to the front of the card. Die cut the decorative gateway die using the No. 2 and No. 3 die from the HCD2-7327 Elegant Swirl Gateway Die from silver cardstock. Adhere the edge to the front of the background stamped image using foam strips. Die cut the inner edge using the No. 3 die from the HCD2-7327 Elegant Swirl Gateway Die out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Add Frosting Powder using Dries Clear glue on a sponge and then adhere the frame to the inside of the decorative frame.
Stamp the small and large spray images from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set in Leaf Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Add Crystal Clear to the leaves using clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush. Add a large and small spray to the top left of the frame and two small sprays to the bottom right of the card.
Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3958 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Setand the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set in French Ultramarine on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the centres of the flowers with French Ultramarine ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the flowers with French Ultramarine ink and shape using the coordinating molds. Assemble the flowers using two of each size and pierce the centres. Add small silver pearl stamens to the ivory rose hip stamen and insert into the centre of the flowers. Spread the silver stamens around the rose hip stamen and fasten with Dries Clear glue. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the flowers and rose hip stamen with clear gloss gel medium and a paintbrush. Trim the wires and then adhere a large flower and two small flowers to the top left of the frame and a medium flower to the bottom right of the frame over the leaf sprays.
Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set in Leaft Green ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper. Colour the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse ink and die cut with the coordinating die. Colour the back of the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse ink and shape using the coordinating mold. Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium on a paintbrush, trim and adhere around the flowers on the top left of the card.
Stamp the leaf images from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp Set in embossing ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Die cut with the coordinating die, trim and adhere around the holly sprays, leaves and flowers.
Stamp the angel image from the HCPC-3996 Joyous Noel Angel Cling Stamp Set in embossing ink on vellum and heat emboss with Bridal Tinsel embossing powder. Colour the back of the image with Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac and Wild Honey inks and die cut with the coordinating die. Add pale blue iridescent gems to the dress and Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the hair and dress. Die cut a plain angel out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and adhere the vellum angel to the front using Dries Clear glue behind the gems and glitter. Adhere the angel to the centre of the frame using two layers of foam squares.
Die cut the tag out of Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper using the die from the HCPC-3993 Holiday Star Cling Stamp Set. Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-3993 Holiday Star Cling Stamp Set in embossing ink on the tag die and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Sponge the edge of the tag with French Ultramarine ink and adhere to the bottom left of the frame using two layers of foam squares as shown.
While I am headed for autumn and winter here in New Zealand spring is on its welcome way to the Northern Hemisphere and Easter is just around the corner. Today I have another Easter card featuring gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace flowers to share with you. My inspiration was a picture in my mind of a little bunny rabbit in amongst all the pretty spring flowers with birds singing and Easter eggs strewn around the flowers. For my card I have used two Amazing Paper Grace flower dies for this card – Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V flowers and the ever so useful Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies to create a carpet of flowers with the rabbit sitting in them and some birds singing around it on a background of a gorgeous frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Chargeour by Becca Feeken.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card today I have made a 5″ x 7″ card base and layered a mix of pink papers and white cardstock to create the base for the card front. I have die cut three large decorative frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Chargeour out of white cardstock and stacked them together and then adhered it to the card front. I die cut one of the inner cuts using the smaller decorative die and adhered it to the middle of the frame. Another pink patterned paper was cut out using the smallest die from the same set and adhered it to the centre of the frame. I then added the rabbit and other ephemera to create the base for the flowers.
I have used soft pastel shades to colour the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V Etched Dies once I had shaped and assembled them I added them to the base of the rabbit as shown. I then added the leaves cut out from green cardstock from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V Flowers die set and added them around the flowers. I died some small polystyrene balls purple and added them on the nest and around the flowers.
I have die cut three Happy Easter sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Etched Dies – two from white cardstock and one from blue pattern paper, stacked them together with the blue sentiment on top and then adhered the words to the top of the card as shown.
Today I am sharing another gorgeous floral Easter card inspiration that is a slight departure from my usual style of cards. It is always good to stretch and challenge oneself! I have just purchased some beautiful Mintay papers – Elodie and I just love the soft pastel shades and designs of this collection. I have combined these papers and die cuts with some cute Easter themed Mintay Chippies and Heartfelt Creations flowers and dies for a sweet one of a kind Easter card. The florals remind us that for many around the world spring is on the way and it is time to ‘celebrate new beginnings’.
My project for today
I have created a 5″ x 7″ card base and layered different blue pattern papers and white cardstock to create the base. I die cut the decorative die from the Heartfelt Creations Decorative Circle Frames three times from white cardstock and then adhered to the front of the card. I die cut the eyelet edge circle from another contrasting pattern from the Elodie papers and adhere to the front of the decorative die. I have then added a mix of die cuts and chippies to the card front to create the background scene for the card. I have made lilies and small clematis flowers out of Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper and adhered them around the images and chippies. I then stamped and die cut the leaves from the Garden Lilies stamp and die set and the Holly Berry Spray stamp and die set. I shaped these leaves and then added them around the flowers as shown.
The pink filler flowers have been created adding the pink Prills to some floral wire with a hot glue gun. These make great fillers and the pink toned really well with the Elodie papers.
To complete the card I have stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Seasonal Motif Sentiments Clear Stamp Set in Altenew Obisidian Pigment ink on white cardstock and then die cut it out with the tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Just a Note Sentiments. This was adhered to the top right of the card and to finish I added a small blue jewel.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Decorative Circle Frames
Heartfelt Creations Garden Lily Stamps and Dies
Heartfelt Creations Climbing Clematis Stamps and Dies
Heartfelt Creations Holly Berry Spray and Dies
Heartfelt Creations Petite Pollen Stamens
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit
Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper
Amazing Paper Grace Seasonal Motif Sentiments Clear Stamp Set
Amazing Paper Grace Just a Note Sentiments (tag for sentiment)
Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow
Mintay Add On 6″ x 8″ Paper Pad – Elodie
Mintay Chippies – Easter
Mintay Papers – Elodie Die Cuts
Ranger Archival inks – French Ultramarine, Olive, Leaf Green, Sunflower
