I have another Christmas card to share with you today and this time I have mixed and matched different white and cream cardstock to create a card with so many different layers and textures using Amazing Paper Grace products. There is a hint of pearl card, pearlescent vellum, glitter card and mirror card to highlight the different layers and dies and to finish the card I have added some matte metallic gold card accents and gold pearls to bring this design together. And to keep to the festive occasion I have added a lovely Christmas embossed layer behind the decorative die cuts.
Pro tip – I should have added some acetate behind the top sentiment die and added it to the front with some more foam strips for more dimension and depth to the Christmas scene.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Products Used:
Die of the Month July 2020 – Fanfare Elegant Rectangles
I can’t get over how fast this year has gone and it won’t be long until it is Christmas – eek!! However, there is Halloween to get through first and today I have a Halloween card to share with you featuring dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Halloween Add-ons collection by Becca Feeken paired with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 Pop up 3D Vignette Home Sweet Home. This card is totally outside my comfort zone with the dark colours and the ink blended background but I must say that I am pleased this card came together very well. I love the pop of yellow in the windows and door and the sparkly silver accents really pop with the spooky background. And isn’t the cat just the cutest!!
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
S3-405 Spooky Boo Etched Dies
S4-1071 Spooky Cottage Etched Dies
Die of the Month July 2021 – Pop up 3D Vignette Home Sweet Home
I am excited to announce that my beautiful Christmas card has been selected to go in the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine October Card of the Month competition. I would love for you to vote for me and share the link to help me win. Here is the link: https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-month-october-2025/. Thank you so much for supporting me in my creative journey. Wishing you all a wonderful day.
I was asked recently to make some New Zealand Christmas themed Christmas cards and I thought it would be a great opportunity to use the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Borders – Graceful Frame Maker Etched Die to create a frame for this cute kiwi on a beach scene. I was really happy with how this card turned out. And I love the cute Santa kiwi too!
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I am so amazed at the ingenuity of this die to create so many different frame combinations and for this card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Borders – Graceful Fans Etched Dies to make a fan border for the image. I have also used the Amazing Paper Grace Classic Fluted Square Etched Dies to complete the frame. I have added some poinsettias and foliage from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies and the I have mounted the foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies on the banner from the Amazing Paper Grace Vintage Pierced Banners Etched Dies. To finish the card I have added some sparkle on the sea and the flowers using some Diamond Stickles and to the hat with Stickles Frosted Lace and some gold pearls to the corners and flower centres.
You can see how this die works in this video that Becca Feeken has made here:
Amazing Paper Grace Products used:
S4-1151 Fluted Classics Squares Etched Dies
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies
S4-820 Vintage Pierced Banners Etched Dies
S6-112 Graceful Borders – Graceful Frame Maker Etched Die
S4-703 Graceful Borders – Graceful Fans Etched Dies
This month’s Pink Fresh Studio Challenge theme is Tone-on-Tone & Monochrome Magic. ✨ Pick a single color and bring it to life by layering different tones and shades—or explore the tone-on-tone technique for added depth and dimension. To spark your creativity, we’ve provided a color palette to choose from—just pick one hue as your star and let it shine!
Our monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!
My card today would fit into the Anything Goes Challenge but I feel it can also fit into the Monochromatic Magic theme as I have used purples and grey colours with a touch of silver for a soft and subtle colour palette.
My Project
My card is a standard side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card with a twist. I have trimmed the front panel down and added a lace border and a grey plaid strip tone on tone card to the front panel. I have hot foiled the Magnificent Magnolia image on white cardstock and coloured it with purple and grey inks. I added some purple inks to the leaves to keep with the tone on tone theme and then added it over the front edge.
For the inside back of the card I have used the Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate to add some interest on the panel by using grey ink on the grey card to tie in with the plaid front and floral image.
I added silver accents with the lace on the front panel and also with the base layer of the sentiment panel on the inside back panel. The sentiment has been reverse hot foiled as well to allow it to stand out on the white background.
Finally, I have added silver pearls to the front and back of the card as shown.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate, Stencils and Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Die
Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Die
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die
One of my favourite papercraft techniques is hot foiling and I do it a lot – particularly for sentiments. I have purchased a Better Press machine but I tend to use the plates for hot foiling instead. Amazing Paper Grace has the most beautiful and elegant hot foil plates and today I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Filigree Quatrefoil Hot Foil Plate as a base for my Christmas card. I have used non-traditional colours for my card and I love the how the colour combination of pink, gold and green work with the pops of traditional red berries.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
It is scarily close to Christmas now and I have another Christmas card to share with you using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Coronet Etched Dies as a beautiful frame for a pretty poinsettia image I found on Facebook. I have used vellum for the insert to add texture but still allow the image to show through. I have added some embellishments around the frame (listed below) and a fabulous full silver bow to finish off the card. I love the clean simplicity of this card and the red poinsettia really pops through the white and silver accents of the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Cardmaking is so easy when you have beautiful decorative dies that do all the heavy lifting resulting in timeless, classic and elegant cards. My card today features the stunning Amazing Paper Grace February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Etched Dies by Becca Feeken as the base. This die set is so versatile and I have used it several times as a gatefold card but here I have created a 5″ x 7″ card with it. I have used a classic white and gold combination which goes well with the pink flowers and green leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Blossoms Etched Dies and the gold sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Etched Dies. To finish my card I have added a white sating bow and glittery gems to the centre of the open flowers and to the decorative die itself.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Amazing Paper Grace Products used:
Die of the Month February 2019 – Enchantment Tall Flip and Gatefold Etched Dies
Today’s card has been inspired by a reel from Instagram and I have given it an Amazing Paper Grace Twist by using the Amazing Paper Grace Curvy Labels Etched Dies to create a ‘tunnel’ aperture and I added a pretty edge using the Amazing Paper Grace Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies which has been lined with the same pink on the butterflies and the base of the card front. I have added foam tape between the layers of white card to create more depth and dimension to the card front and also to the flowers. I think the finished card is so crisp, fresh and also quite elegant and can be used for so many different occasions.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have created a base card of 6″ x 6″ out of white cardstock. I then added matted pink and white cardstock to the front of the card. I cut two further pieces of white cardstock each 1/8″ smaller and also die cut the aperture out using the Amazing Paper Grace Curvy Etched dies – the bottom card is slightly smaller aperture to get the ‘tunnel’ effect. I also die cut the decorative edge out of the bottom of the top layer using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies using the outer edge cutting die only. I die cut a shadow out of pink cardstock and added it to the back of the decorative edge and added another white complete decorative edge to the top of the previously cut edge for extra strength and depth. On the second layer I have used my scoreboard to score lines 1/8″ to the bottom for more interest. I have created the base for the aperture by hot foiling the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Background Hot Foil Plate with Opal foil and then sponging pink over it for a resist effect. The layers were all added together with foam tape and I added some acetate behind the bottom layer before adding the pink resist background onto the card front.
I have made the flowers using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies. I have used pink inks to colour the flowers and then added green foliage and small yellow and green flowers which were added around the left side of the aperture.
To finish the card I added a decorative swirl to the top of the card using the flourish die from the Amazing Paper Grace Delicate Tendril Border Etched Dies and a motif at the top of the decorative edge from the Amazing Paper Grace Marquise Diamond Pendant Etched Dies and added pearls to the decorative dies as shown.
Finally I have added a couple of sweet butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Motif Etched Dies and the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp set has been stamped in black and cut small to fit the decorative edge using foam strips.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
S4-930 Curvy Labels Etched Dies
S4-994 – Marquise Diamond Pendant Etched Dies
S4-1220 Summer Label Motif Etched Dies
S4-1238 Spring Label Motif Etched Dies
S4-993 – Floral Tiara Topper Etched Dies
S4-996 – Delicate Tendril Border Etched Dies
GLP-041 – Glorious Glimmer Elegant Background Hot Foil Plate
Today’s card features some layering with the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Sampler and Candlewick Classics collection by Becca Feeken. These collections are among my all time favourite collections because they work so well together and create beautiful designs and textures that are timeless and classic. I have added some soft pink handmade flowers and very pale lemon flowers on green leaves to continue the romantic feel to this card. Who wouldn’t want to receive this card!
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
The base card is a side folding 5″ x 7″ card made from Alabaster cardstock. To create the base for the layered dies I have matted gold and Alabaster card to the front of the card and for extra interest I have scored a border using my scoreboard on the top Alabaster layer. I then matted gold cardstock with some ivory embossed paper from my stash and added it to the card front.
I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle and Square Candlewick Classics dies to create frames out of the Alabaster cardstock. I have added a medium rectangle frame on the card front and added the plain centre. I then added a square frame to the front of the rectangle frame. but turning it around 90 degrees with foam tape. I die cut two of the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Canopy Etched Dies – one from gold cardstock and one from Alabaster card. I stacked these together with the gold frame on top and then wrapped the Canopy frame around a small rectangle frame to the top of the previous frames with foam tape. To finish the layering I have added the plain insert for placing the sentiment on the card.
I die cut four ‘With Love’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Card Builder Etched Dies – three from Alabaster cardstock and one from gold cardstock. These were stacked together with the gold sentiment on top and then added to the middle of the layered frames.
I have die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies and Cinch and Go Five Etched Dies out of two shades of green cardstock. I added some Mowed Lawn inks to the leaves and then added them around the top left of the frame.
The flowers have been made using the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Five Etched Dies and Grand Cinch And Go Flowers Etched Dies using some soft flower shaping paper. For a harmonious colour palatte I have coloured the big flowers with pinks and light green/yellow inks and then used the same light green/yellow ink on the smaller flowers. I have added flowers over the leaves and added Crystal Stickles to the larger flowers and Frosted Lace for the smaller flowers and pearls to the centre of the small flowers.
To finish the card I have added pearls to the Candlewick Canopy die, the square and rectangle dies and some pearl trim from my stash around the top matted layer and a single pearl flower inside the frame by the sentiment.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
S5-399 Candlewick Rectangles Etched Dies
S4-1034 Candlewick Squares Etched Dies
S4-1016 Candlewick Canopy Etched Dies
S4-995 Cinch and Go Five Etched Dies (small flowers and leaves)
S5-492 With Love Regalia Card Builder Etched Dies
S5-436 Grand Cinch And Go Flowers Etched Dies
S4-867 Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies (leaves)
Other Products Used:
Lawn Fawn Gold Mirror Cardstock
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, AlabasterBearly Art Glue
My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press
Bearly Art Glue
Foam Tape
Foam Squares
Dress My Craft Soft Floral Flower Shaping Paper
Dress My Craft Stamens
Distress ink – Mowed Lawn
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemincello, Cherry Blossom, Peony
