I have been out of action for a while due to having surgery on a couple of fingers and missed last month’s Pink Fresh Studio challenge and it has taken a while to get back into cardmaking again.
This month’s challenge at Pink Fresh Studio is ‘Thank You’ and the following ink shades are the best matches for the colors in the challenge: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.
It is always handy to have Thank You cards in my stash so I thought I would have a play with some new products at the same time. I have recently purchased the Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames and thought I would make a shaped easel card with the dies and it just looks gorgeous! My inspiration for adding the flowers to the front has come from one of the Pink Fresh Studio designers on Instagram a while ago.
I have hot foiled the flowers, butterflies and the sentiment using Aura foil and coloured the images with the challenge inks before embellishing the front of the card and creating the easel. A light sprinkling of glitter and some iridescent dew drops add the finishing touches to the card.
Scroll past the photos for a list of the products I have used.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
I have another sweet baby boy card to share with you today. This time I have made a gorgeous shaped card using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies and decorated it with some lovely soft knit blue patterned paper by Mintay. Most of the embellishments came from this die set with the ‘baby boy’ word dies from the Amazing Paper Grace My Sweet Friend Etched Dies. This card was so quick and easy to make and so pretty with the gorgeous paper.
Check out Becca Feeken’s video here on how you can make bifold, trifold and many more options on YouTube here.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a bi-fold card usinf the base and decorative tiara inerts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies out of heavy weight pearl cardstock. I die cut two plain panels out of the blue pattern paper and two decorative panels out of pearl cardstock. I adhered the decorative dies to the paper panels and then adhered the panels to the front and back of the card.
I decorated both front and backs of the card using the flowers and leaf dies that came with the Tiara Trifold die set. I added a ‘Hello’ sentiment to the front of the card and also added the small label die to the bottom of the card front with foam tape. This was decorated with some flowers and the ‘baby boy’ word dies from the Amazing Paper Grace My Sweet Friend Etched Dies which I die cut from the pattern paper.
To complete the card I added pearls to the decorative top, flower centres and on the trellis on the front of the card and a sweet bird above the flower on the front of the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies
This week I have a simpler card to share with you made using one of my favourite Amazing Paper Grace dies – Tallulah Frill. This die set is just so beautiful and one I reach for a lot when I want to make timeless and classic cards that will become keepsakes. I have not been able to do much cardmaking lately, but I have been learning how to colour with Copic markers through some classes at Kit and Clowder which I am really enjoying as I have always loved colouring. So I decided to combine my love for cardmaking with my love for colouring and this card was the result.
The image I have coloured here is a digital stamp from Beccys’ Place and the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set went perfectly with it to create a pretty lacy frame to create an elegant card that can be kept to decorate a mantel or table.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock and then matted a lifht teal card on top leaving a narrow white mat.
I downloaded the digital stamp onto X-Pressit Paper and then coloured it with Copic markers. I trimmed this to 4 1/8″ x 2 7/8″.
I die cut two outer decorative frames using the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set and one decorative edge out of white cardstock. I added the decorative edge die behind one short edge of the frame before adding the second frame beneath the first frame. I then adhered the coloured panel behind the frame, making sure the white does not show behind the small lacey edge inside the frame. This frame was then added to the card front.
To complete the card I added clear Wink of Stella to the flowers and cup and pearls to the decorative frame.
The first Amazing Paper Grace collection by Becca Feeken’s for Spellbinders was just gorgeous! The filigree details on her dies were stunning and the ability to emboss them just elevated them to a whole new level! For my card today I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Pocket Dies from this collection to create a beautiful detailed background for a hot foiled sentiment, pretty flowers and finished with butterflies and pearls and of course a light dusting of glitter on the flowers.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My base card is a side folding 5″ x 7″ card made from white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and die cut the pockets from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Pocket Dies using just the decorative insets and made sure I embossed both ends, I then die cut 4 pockets – two from white cardstock and two were from gold cardstock. the white pockets were embossed and the gold dies were adhered under the white dies slightly offset, before adding them to the decorative die cuts on the white panel. I then die cut the inner section out of the blue cardstock using the edge dies to cover the mid section. The entire panel was then added to a piece of 5″ x 7″ blue card.
I created a medallion by die cutting two ends of a piece of white cardstock using the half circle decorative die and the outer edge die from white cardstock. I die cut two separate medallion dies out of gold cardstock and added them under the white die cut sides slightly offsetting the gold dies. I then die cut a shadow out of blue cardstock using just the edge dies and adhered this behind the decorative dies. This medallion was added to the front of the card with foam tape.
I made a band using a combination of gold, white and blue cardstocks and added it across the centre of the card and wrapped over the edges and secured with double sided tape. This was then added to the front of the base card.
I die cut and embossed two decorative label dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Dies from white cardstock, stacked them together before adding the label across the band with foam tape.
The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Crescent Band Hot Foil Plate set and has been reverse hot foiled with Aura foil and die cut using the small circle die from the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Dies. I die cut another two plain white circles which were all stacked together and added the foiled sentiment on top. I added the sentiment to the centre of the decorative label.
The leaves and rose buds and flowers have been handcrafted using the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies. The leaves were cut from light green cardstock and I have added Mowed Lawn ink to the edges before shaping the with my fingers and then adding them to the top left of the sentiment. I have used a soft floral shaping paper for the flowers and coloured them with a soft pink ink before assembling them. I have used the sepal de from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies on the rosebuds before adding them over the leaves.
I added small blue flowers made using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies around the roses and leaves.
To finish the card I have made three butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Garden Shutter Butterfly Bliss Etched Dies from blue, white and gold cardstocks with black bodies and some pearls on the decorative dies. A light dusting of Sparkle dust on the flowers and leaves finishes the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Cascading Grace Pocket Dies
Cascading Grace Dies
Garden Shutter Butterfly Bliss Etched Dies
Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies
Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies
Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies
Filigree Crescent Band Hot Foil Plate
Richelieu Square Dies – Circle die to cut out sentiment
Other Products Used:
Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Onyx
DMC Flower Shaping Paper
DMC Wire Yellow Pollens
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock
Hammermill White Cardstock
House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm
Small and medium ball stylus
Spellbinders Foil – Aura
DMC Sparkling Dust
Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate
Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow
Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock
Bearly Art Glue
My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press
Foam Tape
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sparkling Rose
Today I have a very elegant white and gold thank you card to share with you. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate as a base for layering die cuts and added some sweet flowers. I have also used a die – the Amazing Paper GraceA2 Swirl Background Etched Dies – to create the embossed finish on the background
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card today I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of brushed gold cardstock 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and I then cut a piece of white cardstock and embossed it using the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Swirl Background Etched Dies for some texture and added it to the front of the gold card.
I heat embossed both ends of the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and then die cut it with the die that comes with this set. I matted this with some brushed gold cardstock and added it to the front of the card. I then die cut two edges out of brushed gold cardstock using the small topper die from the same set. I added these over the hot foiled images on the front of the card. To hide the join I cut a 1″ strip of brushed gold cardstock, embossed a line 1/8″ each side before adding a strip of hot foiled border using the hot foil plates from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Glimmer Borders and Sentiments on top and then adding to the front of the card and folding the edges of the band behind the front panel before adhering the complete panel to the card base.
I die cut three small circles using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circle dies – one from brushed gold cardstock, one from gold glitter cardstock and one from mirror gold cardstock. I layered these together to show the brushed gold cardstock rim, the gold glitter shadow and the mirror gold elegant twist on top. This was then added to the front of the band and panel with some foam tape.
The sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate has been hot foiled using Aura foil on Hammermill cardstock. This was die cut with the coordinating die and I also die cut two other plain dies to stack together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was then added to the centre of the circle medallion.
The flowers were die cut from white cardstock, coloured with light yellow ink and then shaped using my fingers and then added to the bottom left of the circles. I die cut green leaves using the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Etched Dies, shaped with my fingers and added around the flowers. I also added some gold glitter leaves using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Etched Dies.
To finish the card I added some Frosted Lace stickles to the flowers and gold pearls to the centre of the flowers and on the decorative dies, corners of the central panel and on the hot foiled border.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and Dies
My card today is centred around the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Flourish Frame die along with some gorgeous rolled flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Loop Roll Flowers. It is always good to try something different and I was happy with these flowers once I realised that I had to use a very light weight paper when rolling these flowers. I have also had a play with layering different die cuts for the background and I love the different textures I created. And I absolutely loved this pale blue, cream and pale green colour combination and will definitely revisit it again in the future. The hot foiled sentiment in silver really added some elegance to the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I then matted some light blue embossed paper with some cream cardstock and added this panel to the front of the card.
I then die cut the inner decorative dies out of cream cardstock and embossed the small detail die on each end of the inner elongated oval die. These were adhered to the centre of the card.
I then die cut a medium rectangle frame out using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and adhere it around the inner decorative dies on the front of the card.
I then die cut the outer frame out of cream cardstock and embossed the die for more detail. I added this to the card using foam strips.
Another rectangle frame was made this time using the small dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and adhered horizontally over the outer frame using some foam strips to keep the frame level.
To finish the background I die cut a circular frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Tiara Rondelle Etched Dies out of cream cardstock and this was added over all the frames and dies.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate in Prism foil on Hammermil cardstock and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut another two plain dies and a silver die and stacked them together before adding the foiled sentiment on top and the silver die slightly offset to show some silver at the bottom. The sentiment was then added to the centre of the frames using foam squares in the centre to keep level.
I die cut one large loop die and three small loop dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Loop Roll Flowers out of pearl paper from my stash. I used double sided tape to adhere the edges together before rolling the dies to make flowers. I added one small flower to the centre of the large flower and added it to the bottom left of the sentiment. I then added another small flower beside that flower and the other small flower to the top right of the frame.
I then die cut the leaves out of green cardstock – some were left intact and some were the outline dies. These were added around the flowers and I had to trim the leaves around the small flower at the top right of the card.
To finish the card I added pearls to the centre of the flowers and on the decorative frame.
Welcome back and today I have another card to share with you today that was quick and easy to make using just a couple of dies and an embossing folder for more texture and depth to the background. I had coloured a beautiful foiled floral image with Copic markers and because there is no coordinating die I decided to use the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies to die cut the image out with an oval die and make it the centre piece of the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock.
I then cut a piece of brushed gold cardstock 5″ x 7″ and matted it with white cardstock before adding another layer using brushed gold cardstock and an embossed a layer of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder with fun foam. I then added gold ribbon to the four corners before adding the entire panel to the front of the card.
I then die cut the decorative frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies out of white cardstock and then die cut a shadow frame out of brushed gold cardstock. The gold frame was adhered behind the decorative frame and then was added to the card front with foam squares.
I hot foiled the press plate from the Better Press System with gold foil and then coloured the image with Copic MarkI die cut the coloured image out using the inner plain oval die from the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies and then I die cut the decorative inner frame out of white cardstock before adhering it to the coloured oval image. This was then added to the centre of the frame.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate in Aura foil on Hammermill cardstock before die cutting it with the coordinating die. I then die cut another two plain dies before stacking the dies together with the foiled sentiment on top. The sentiment was then added to the frame using some foam tape in the centre of the frame to keep the sentiment level.
I added a gold ribbon bow to the top of the oval frame and pearls to decorate the decorative oval frame and also the decorative oval over the coloured image.
My card today has been cased from a card I saw on YouTube which I have always loved. However, I have switched it up by making a square card with matted layers and dimension for the base of the card and using a different hero die – the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Doily Etched Dies – and I have also used handcrafted flowers to embellish the card. I have also used a stunning pink and ivory colour combination that really shows the delicacy and elegance of the Amazing Paper Grace dies.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered ivory pearl cardstock with pearl rose gold cardstock followed by ivory pearl cardstock and pink flocked pattern paper that has been added using fun foam.
I die cut the middle sized rectangle from using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies out of pearl ivory cardstock and added it to the centre of the card front with foam strips.
For the second layer of dies I die cut the decorative circle die from the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Doily Etched Dies out of pearl ivory cardstock and added it to the centre of the rectangle using some fun foam for more dimension. I dent die cut a circle out of the patterned paper and added it to the centre of the decorative circle.
I have die cut two inner decorative ovals from the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest out of pearl ivory paper and stacked the two ovals together before adding it to the front of the patterned circle.
For my final layer I die cut a small rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and added it over the oval and base layering dies with foam strips.
I have hot foiled the sentiment from the Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in Aura foil on Hammermill paper and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked these together with the foiled sentiment on top and added it to the centre of the frames.
I have die cut the flowers using the flower dies from the Amazing Paper Grace 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 before adding it to the top left of the frame.
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. Coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink, shaped them with my fingers before adding them around the flower.
I die cut the flower out of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies, coloured them with pink ink before assembling them. The flower was then added to the card with a triple layer of foam square behind the flower and leaves.
I then die cut more green leaves using the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Etched Dies and coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink before added them to the card under the frame.
I die cut the small leaves from light green cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies and added small sprigs around the flowers and leaves.
To finish my card I have added small pearls to the doily die and medium pearls to the floral oval die.
I love making cards with birds, flowers and butterflies and the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers are just perfect for me because they do amazing birds, flowers and butterflies for me to use! Once all the dies are cut and the layers are put together it does not take that long to make the card which makes me happy. I love using sentiments that suit all occasions and this sentiment is just so cheery and sweet.
I am sure that whoever gets this card will be cheered up with the cute bird with the bird’s nest and the gorgeous Dogwood flowers on a gorgeous texture background.
Products Used:
Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Sandie’s Garden
Here is my final submission for this month for the Pink Fresh Studio September Challenge 2024. This month challenge is creating using leaves and wreaths and the colour combination is Raspberry Bliss, Paradise, Mulberry Blush, Mimosa, & Citron.
For this card I have used the Pink Fresh Studio English Garden Washi tape to create the wreath using the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies as a guide to making the wreath.
I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire on how the get more out of vellum and I was inspired to use the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass die to die cut the background out of vellum and then coloured it with Mint ink. This technique made a soft background that still harmonised with the washi tape images.
The sentiment has been hot foiled with gold foil from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and the die cut with the coordinating die. I also die cut several plain dies to stack together and with the foiled sentiment on top I have added it to the centre of the circle.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio English Garden Washi tape and coordinating die
Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die
