I was really excited to be able to purchase the Cattitude Stamp and Die set along with the Cat Tree House die set from Waffle Flower in time for my daughter’s birthday. She loves cats and has got two kittens so this set was perfect. I did struggle with this card as it is totally outside my comfort zone but my daughter loved it. I used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create the carpet effect and I wasn’t sure what to put behind the cat tree so I went with using a stencil to create a rainbow background and then I embossed it with an embossing folder from Marianne Designs – DF3424. The colourful background really made the cat tree and cats stand out a lot. I was not confident colouring the cats with Copics so just went for a black silhouette and it looked very cool. I also added a quirky cat from the Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Boo Die set as my daughter loves that quirkyness. The finished card ended up being 5″ x 6″ which I felt was a more balanced composition.
I love the versatility of the Amazing Paper Grace dies and how you can make an interactive card with one set of dies and yet make a quick and simple card with the same set. Today I have a very quick and easy card using just the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Card Dies. This die makes the most amazing reveal shutter when you open the card up but here I have kept it simple and used some pretty papers and a lovely sentiments topped with some gorgeous flowers from the same die set. What more could you want from a single die set.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I layered some gold card and pretty pearl paper for the front of the card. I then die cut the decorative small panel out of gold cardstock and the shadow panel out of cream pearl card from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Card. I adhered the decorative panels to the cream shadows and then added them to the front of the card. I cut a piece of gold cardstock 5/8″ x 4 5/8″ and adhered it over the gap in the middle between the decorative panels.
I stamped the birthday sentiment to a piece of cream pearl cardstock with Wow Embossing ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then die cut the sentiment out using the medium label die that comes in the Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Dies. I die cut a frame out of gold cardstock using the medium and small label dies and adhered it to the sentiment frame. This label was then added to the front of the card with foam tape.
I made a full bow out of pink and gold silk ribbon and adhered it to the base of the label slightly to the right.
I die cut the flowers out of pink and yellow cardstock and added some extra yellow ink to the centre of the yellow flowers and pink ink to the centre of the pink flowers. I assembled them with two of each colour flowers and added a gold pearl to the centres. One flower was added to the bow and the other was added to the top of the label as shown.
I die cut the leaves out of green cardstock, shaped them slightly with my hands and then added them around the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2020 – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card Dies.
Other Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations All Occasions Sentiments Cling Stamp SEt
I have recently purchased the new Spellbinders BetterPress system as I had seen some gorgeous plates and samples made with the BetterPress. And as I love colouring I thought I would have a go. I am still working out the best way to use it as I am getting a little bit of movement when I am pressing the plates. I think I need my Platinum next to the BetterPress so I can minimise the likelihood of movement. However, I do love the image that comes with the machine and I will look to add more plates over time when my budget and time allows.
My Project
For my card I created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I impressed two images using the floral plate and sentiment plate that came with the machine on porcelain cardstock. I coloured on image using Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut it out with a small rectangle die from the Spellbinders Matting Basics A Die set. I cut a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than the die cut image and adhered the coloured image on top of the black cardstock. This was then added to the top of the plain black and white image aligning the lines. This was then added to the front of the card base.
I die cut two large frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Rectangle Dies, adhered them together and added them to the card front.
I also pressed the sentiments from the Spellbinders – Fancy Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set in black ink on the porcelain cardstock and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I added a mat out of black cardstock to the sentiment and then added this to the front of the card over the flowers with foam squares as shown.
To finish the card I added a little sparkle with some clear irridescent gems around the sentiments.
Products Used:
Spellbinders Better Press Machine and Plates
Spellbinders – Fancy Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set
Welcome back and today I have another card to share with you today that I made for the Pink Fresh Studio March 2024 Challenge. The challenge for this month was to use frames and the Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.
For my card I have used the Fancy Circles frames for the frame component and I have used all the inks to colour in the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best image using the coordinating stencils. I am enjoying these challenges because it makes me use different colour combinations to what I normally use like the pink inks.
To make my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of lighter weight white cardstock and die cut it using the Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate and this was added to the front of the card. I die cut two large frames using the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Frames dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I adhered the frame to the front of the card slightly lower than centre using foam tape. I then added one of the extra circles to the inside of the frame.
I stamped the image from the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp set on Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib in Tuxedo ink. I coloured the images with the Challenge inks using the coordinating stencils and then die cut the image. I die cut another plain die and added the coloured image to the top and adhered it to the top half of the circle using foam tape for added dimension and strength.
To complete my card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut two extra plain sentiments and stacked the three dies together with the stamped sentiment on top. This was glued to the inside the frame at the base of the circle. Then I added some blue jewels around the sentiment and flowers.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp, Stencil and Coordinating Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Die
Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Sky Blue
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.
I seem to have been doing a lot of beach themed papers lately and I have another beach themed card for you today. I was asked to do a birthday card with a beach theme and a westie dog in it. The Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze collection was perfect and I was so happy with how this turned out just like I had planned it in my mind. I wanted a little dog running up from the beach towards you among all the shells, birds and boats. Because I wanted this card done very quickly I die cut all the small embellishments out of the papers and all I had to do was trim the paper, add the frame, sentiment and flowers I had already made some time before and I was done. Once again I have downloaded the image for the dog from CoolerPainting on Etsy and printed it on watercolour paper and it was perfect! I was told that the recipient cried when she received this card which makes me very happy.
My Project.
I created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I layered gold cardstock with a beach image paper for the base. I die cut the boat, seagull on marker and some birds from the paper collection and die cut plain dies to add the patterned dies on top for more dimension. These were added over the images on the paper. I die cut two frames from the Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. The gold frame was adhered to the white frame and then added to the card front with foam strips. I die cut more images from the paper collection and added them to plain dies and these were added to the card front. The gate was trimmed in half for both sides of the card and I added some shells, foliage and more birds to the bottom of the card. I also added some seagulls to the main body of the card. The westie image was printed onto watercolour paper, fussy cut and then added to the bottom of the frame to look like he was running up to meet you.
I made the hibiscus flowers and leaves out of watercolour paper and these were added to the top right of the card. To finish I added some more foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Foliage which I die cut out of green cardstock around the hibiscus flowers and leaves.
To finish I added some Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the sea and generally over the card using Bearly Art Glue.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection
Heartfelt Creations A Day At the Sea Die
Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die
Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour
Heartfelt Creations Tropical Hibiscus Die
Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die
Heartfelt Creations Lattice Flourish Gateway Die
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock
Heartfelt Creations Stamens
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts
One of my brother-in-laws loves VW cars and has his own VW Beetle which is his pride and joy, so I always try to make a birthday card featuring a VW car. I had an old Crafter’s Companion Die-sire ‘Circle Swing’ die set and this became a fun interactive base for the car. He also loves gardening and I have used Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts and Lovely Layers – Dianthus Honey Cuts to decorate the card. The stamp is from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop and it fitted perfectly on the card framed with all the flowers and foliage.
My Project
For my project I die cut and assembled the base card following the instructions from the ‘Circle Swing’ die set. I used the Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pines pale green paper as a background for the decorative dies.
I stamped the VW car image using Memento ink on copic friendly cardstock. I coloured the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut the image. I placed this image on the inner circle that is facing the front when the card is folded up.
I die cut three ‘happy birthday’ dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasions Words Dies, stacked them together and then added them to the back side of the inner circle.
I die cut the foliage and flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts dies in different colours and assembled them before adding them to the sides of the card and both front and back of the inner circle. I coloured the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus with purple and green inks before assembling them and adding them around the foliage as shown.
Products Used:
Crafter’s Companion Die-sire ‘Circle Swing’ die set
Today I have a masculine card that is perfect for those who love BMW cars. I was asked to do a BMW themed card for my husband’s colleague and I ended up making two cards for her to choose from with a BMW theme and this was one of the cards. I have used the BMW colours Black, Blue and White (although the blue is not exact) to create this card and the Heartfelt Creations French Courtyard Dies was perfect to frame an approximation of the BMW Logo. I added some more shine and sophistication to the card with a silver hot foiled sentiment from Spellbinders and I also added a sentiment to the inside of the card to make this an extra special card. The BMW logo has been made using a combination of the Heartfelt Creations Basic Circle Dies – Large and Small and the Heartfelt Creations Letters and Numbers Dies and I was very happy with how it turned out. This card is really quite dramatic and perfect for anyone men or women who are into this brand of car.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations French Courtyard Dies
Heartfelt Creations Stairway Gardens Die
Heartfelt Creations Letters and Numbers Dies
Heartfelt Creations Basic Circles Dies – Small
Heartfelt Creations Basics Circles Dies – Large
Heartfelt Creations All Occasions Sentiments Cling Stamp Set
Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments
Spellbinders Foil – Silver
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock
Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock
Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock
Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Blue Dusk
I have a cute birthday card to share with you today that I made for someone special. They have this lovely dog so I thought that I would make a card with a fence with lots of flowers and a dog kennel and dog in front of it. I had a lot of fun doing all the layered flowers and foliage and it turned out rather lovely I thought and it was well received which is good.
Scroll past all the photo for a list of all the products I have used to make thi card.
Products Used:
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dianthus
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fency
Spellbinders Ferns & Ivy Dies
Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette Pet House
Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments Stamp and Die set
Today I am sharing a card I made for my brother-in-law for his birthday. He is a keen sailor and loves the ocean so I made a special card for him using a combination of Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze and Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies. The Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Cling stamp and coordinating die set is one I use a lot and here I have created an ornate window frame looking out onto a seascape with a light house and finished it with dogwood flowers and a cute bird.
My Project
I have made a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered gold and light green paper on the front.
I stamped the light house image from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour cling stamp set on X-Press It card and coloured it with Copic markers. I stamped a plain image of Magic Masking Paper and trimmed it to cover the image I had coloured. I then ink blended some sky in the background using the Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil and ink blended the sea with pale yellow and blue inks. I then die cut it out with the plain window die from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame cling stamp set and adhered it to the front of the card.
I then stamped the window frame image twice from the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling stamp on gold cardstock and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut one full frame including the window panes and the window, and one ornate heading from these images. I glued the window to some acetate and then trimmed to fit the window. I added the outside decorative frame to the front of the coloured image with foam tape and then added the window inside the frame.
I die cut the bird from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts using grey, black and white colours to represent seagulls and added it to the top right of the window frame. I then die cut the dogwood flowers from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts and assembled them and added them to the bottom left of the window frame.
To finish I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. This was added to the window frame as shown.
Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window Frame Cling Stamp and coordinating die
Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Cling Stamp set
Heartfelt Creations Snowy Pine Paper Collection
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts
I have another birthday card to share with you using more of the clematis flowers that I made last week for my YouTube channel. Once again I have used a die that I have had in my stash for many years. I love dies that have ornate decorative features and lots of lattice and this die from Sue Wilson – Striplets – Lattice Window is one that I will never give away. I love making layers to create dimension and depth and here I have die cut several times to get the dimension I wanted and was able to use all the die cuts with no waste. Another bonus. I have also started going through my cardstock stash and begun using my old stock up. Another bonus! Overall I was really happy with how this card turned out.
My Project
For my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I then layered up white pearlescent cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies. I die cut three lattice windows out of the pearlescent card. I stacked three outer frames together and added it to the centre of the card. I die cut the lattice inner using the left over inner panels and adhered them to the centre and sides of the decorative lattice window.
I die cut three ‘hello’ dies – two from scrap pearlescent card and one from silver card. I stacked the sentiments together with the silver on top and then adhered it to the bottom right of the decorative windows.
I hot foiled the sentiment using silver holographic foil on pearlescent card and die cut it with the coordinating die. I matted the sentiment using silver metallic cardstock and added it below the ‘hello’ sentiment with some foam tape.
I then made the leaves and flowers (see video below my list of products I have used) and adhered them to the card as shown.
Products Used:
Creative Expressions Striplets – Lattice Window
Altenew – Hello die
Spellbinders – Everyday Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die
Spellbinders Foil – Silver Holographic
Spellbinders Silver Metallic Cardstock
Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – White with Gold Tint
