Tag: 3D Card

A Handbag Style Pop-Up Diorama Birthday Card

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Kia ora Koutou

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

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Bugs Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Stamp Set

Heartfelt Creations Floral Fashionista Dies

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Teal Topaz

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Avocado, Artichoke, Aqua Sky, Ocean Side, Evergreen, Juniper, Peacock, Clover

Gina K Cardstock – Chocolate Truffle

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Paper – Ocean Blue

Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, Ancient Mariner, Peeled Paint

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Soft Lilac, Candy Violet

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic marker E47, YR27, 100 – small bird

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Small pink flowers:

Ranger Archival inks – Magenta Hue, Candy Violet

Frosted Lace Stickles.

Go Green Prills

Butterfly – Copic Markers – V09.V05, V04, V01, Crystal Stickles

Clear sparkles from stash

DMC Sparkling Dust

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Foam Tape

It was really hard to take photos of this card to do it justice and so I have made a short video to show you how it works here:

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Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentine Mailbox

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You are in for a treat today with this stunning 3D Valentine’s Day card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentine Mailbox. I love how easy it is to put this card together and it took longer to decide on the embellishments from the Peony Garden collection from Mintay. The front opens up like a mailbox but I decided to leave the front closed and created a diorama scene instead using some pretty papers. The pink and gold combination is so pretty and very romantic with a shabby chic feel. This mailbox would be a gorgeous decoration to sit on the table for a romantic candlelight dinner with roses and chocolates. If you did want to send this in the post the card will lay flat for posting.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have die cut the mailbox out of pink cardstock and assembled the mailbox according to the instructions from Amazing Paper Grace. To create the diorama I have added some scenic paper die cut using the inner plain die to the second panel from the front and I added a small butterfly using foam tape for some more depth and interest to the diorama. For the front door I have kept it shut and added some acetate behind the decorative front for stability and to add the gold glitter decorative die to the front. 

To decorate the mailbox I die cut two ‘MAIL’ sentiments – one from pink cardstock and one from gold glitter cardstock and adhered the gold sentiment behind the pink sentiment and slightly offset it for a peak of gold glitter. This was then added to the top of the mailbox.

The mailbox was embellished with die cuts from the Peony Garden collection from Mintay and I have added a small envelope made from a die in this Valentine’s Day die set and added some hearts made from pink and gold cardstock in the envelope and on the top behind the sentiment. 

To finish I have added some pink jewels to the gold decorative die on the front.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – January 2021 Valentine Mailbox

Other Products Used:

Mintay Peony Garden Die Cuts

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Ballet Slipper

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Acetate

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slipper

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Amazing Paper Grace Cozy Home Scene

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Today I have a special card to share with you that I have made for someone that has moved into our neighbourhood and in my street. I wanted to make a card to welcome her to our friendly neighbourhood and Amazing Paper Grace had the perfect dies to do this. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene collection – in particular the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene – Cozy Home Dies. I just love all the details and textures in these dies. I have also added a couple of cats from the Amazing Paper Grace Rolling Along Scene dies as these are coming soon to the household. And to finish the card I have added some Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Blossoms to remind her that it was spring when she moved in. These are not colours I normally use but I am really pleased at how they worked together in this card.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have used grey cardstock to make the card base using the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Card Base dies. I have added some scenic pattern paper in the background to create my scene background and used acetate to hold the sentiment so the background is not blocked. For the house I have added yellow cardstock behind the windows and white trims to the windows and a white door. I also die cut the bottom half of the house out again in green cardstock to create grass. The fence has been die cut in white and I also added some green grass in front of the fence using the grass die from the Amazing Paper Grace Rolling Make a Scene Along Dies.

The measurements for the inserts are:

Back insert – acetate is 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″

Middle insert – House is 4 3/4″ x 2 3/4″

Front insert – Fence is 4 3/4″ x 1 3/4″

For the front of the card scene I have added a white scallop frame and a blue rectangle decorative frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Scallop Facade Frame Dies. The blue frame is the same colour in the background paper and tides the whole card together.

To finish the front I have added some pink and yellow cherry blossoms from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Dies.

The Make a Scene interactive section has then been added to a top folding 5″ x 7″ grey card base. Inside the card I have added a piece of white cardstock to write on and made a label using the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Adornments dies out of white and grey cardstock. I have also hot foiled the ‘Welcome to the Neighbourhood’ sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace You Are My Home Hot Foil Plates on grey cardstock in blue foil.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Make a Scene – Cozy Home Dies

Make a Scene – Card Base Dies

Make a Scene – Rolling Along Dies

Elegant Adornments Dies

Scallop Facade Frame Dies

Layered Cherry Blossoms Dies

You Are My Home Hot Foil Plate

Other Products Used

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Graphite, Snowdrift, Rainforest, Chamomile, Onyx, Portobello

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Duck Egg Blue

Heartfelt Creations Paper – Hollyhock Garden

Spellbinders Acetate

Spellbinders Foil – Blue

Lightweight white cardstock from my stash

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slipper, Lemon Whip

Distress Oxide inks – Mowed Lawn, Frayed Burlap

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet

Bearly Art Glue

Foam squares

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