Today I have another downunder Christmas card to share with you featuring a nautical theme with a kiwi twist. When I saw the stunning Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle at Spellbinders I had to get this set as it was perfect for masculine cards, for the sailing enthusiasts as well as Christmas cards to send overseas. For the Christmas cards I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut some pohutakawa flowers to add a kiwi flavour to the cards I sent overseas. The pohutakawa tree is a New Zealand native tree that blooms with red flowers at Christmas time and is known as the New Zealand Christmas tree. I have also added some background with the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Collection papers and coordinating dies. Of course I had to add some glitter to the flowers and sea to add some sparkle. Watch out for more Christmas cards to come for Christmas in July celebrations.
Products used:
Spellbinders Uncharted Waters Stencil
Spellbinders Set Sail Etched Dies
Spellbinders Guiding Light Etched Dies
Spellbinders Oh Buoy! Etched Dies
Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Paper Collection and Dies – birds
Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Paper Collection and Dies- shells
Heartfelt Creations A Day At Sea -Paper Collection and Dies – grass, frame
Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp and Die
Today I have a very special birthday card I made for a very special person using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken. Shaped cards are so easy when you use a 3D Vignette die and my favourite 3D Vignette die is the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Vaulted Cabinet Etched Dies. I love the shape of the aperture and I especially love the swirls and flourishes in the decorative background too. I have paired these dies with the Amazing Paper Grace Birthday Wishes Vignette Etched Dies from the Beautiful Sentiment Vignette Dies Collection by Becca Feeken to change this to a birthday card. Finally I added a beautiful hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cardlets Collection on the interactive pivot banner for extra meaning and a sweet butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Etched Dies to the front.
I have used soft pinks, cream and white with accents of gold for this card for a soft, vintage, romantic and elegant shaped card that the recipient loved.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
You can watch a video here on how to create the pop up element on a card as well as in the mini album here: https://youtu.be/AMmUn1SxksI?si=xtKsM7mR1UkQKgII. You can also see how adding the shadow die to the edge of folded cardstock creates the shaped card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used.
S4-1029 Grateful Thankful Blessed Layering Etched Dies
S4-1032 Interactive Pivot Banner Etched Dies
S5-408 Grand Vaulted Cabinet Etched Dies
S5-455 Birthday Wishes Vignette Etched Dies
GLP-219 Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Dies
Die of the Month August 2022 Peekaboo Trellis Panels Etched Dies
S6-183 Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters 5×7 Card Base Etched Dies
Welcome Back to my blog and since it is Christmas in July I have a very summery Christmas card to share with you that I made last year and never had the chance to post. This card was very quick and easy to made using some gorgeous dies from Amazing Paper Grace to frame the Santa image which I got free from a Facebook page.
My Project
I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Square Dies and the Postage Edge Square Dies for the frames and decorated it with a poinsettia and foliage using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies.
The sentiment is Te Reo (Maori) and has been printed on the computer and then die cut with the small rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Giving Occasions Stamp and Die and matted with some red cardstock and added to the bottom of the frame with some gold pearls.
It is hard to see in the photo but I added some Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the sea and Santa to give the card some sparkle.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Postage Edge Square Dies
Fluted Classic Square Dies
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies
I apologise for not posting anything for a while but I had a bad fall at the end of last year and ended up with concussion and a broken nose. The concussion was causing a lot of issues and I had to take a break away from using the computer and my devices to allow my brain to heal. I have been attending Concussion Clinic and that has also been really helpful with exercises to get my brain back together. I am almost back to my ‘normal’ self and it is time to get back to what I enjoy doing best which is cardmaking.
While I was away from screens I did a lot of colouring with Copic markers as I found it very relaxing and therapeutic and it settled a lot of the headaches. The image I have used today is from one of Kit and Clowder’s bonus classes from Nov/Dec 2024. As I could not follow the colouring on the computer I just coloured the flower by going of Alyce’s colouring in the booklet that was provided with the class and I am so happy how it turned out. I then used the Amazing Paper Grace Adoria Square Frame die from the Amazing Paper Grace Shadowbox collection by Becca Feeken too create a frame for the image and which could also be used as a card. I left putting a sentiment on the front so that if I use it as a card I can add the appropriate sentiment or it can be kept as a frame on a table.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card is 6″ x 6″ and I have layered white and brushed gold cardstock with foam tape to create the base for the floral image.
To add more texture I die cut two of the medium sized decorative squares out of white cardstock and trimmed each in half and added it to the four corners of the top layer of white cardstock. I then added some white satin ribbon to cover the joins.
I then cut a piece of white cardstock 5″ x 5″ and die cut the square aperture out using the larger square die from the Adoria Square die. Using this as a template I added the coloured image to the card base and then added the frame with foam tape.
I die cut two outer decorative frames from white cardstock and adhered them together before adding them to the frame.
To complete the card I added pearls to the inner edge of the frame and on the decorative frame and then added a white satin bow to the base of the frame and added more pearls over the bow.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Adoria Square Frame Etched Dies
Other Products Used:
Image from Kit and Clowder Free Bonus Class Nov/Dec 2024
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I have a pretty Valentine’s Day card to share with you featuring the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2019 Snip It Flowers Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Square Etched Dies. I have added some hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Mini 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox and pretty flowers and letters from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month October 2019 One Kind Word Alphabet Collage Etched Dies. Inside I have matted gold, pink and white layers using the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Squares and added some extra flowers and the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Words Etched Dies. To create extra depth and dimension I have foam tape between layers.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month September 2019 Snip It Flowers Etched Dies
Die of the Month October 2019 One Kind Word Alphabet Collage Etched Dies
Die of the Month January 2020 Mini 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox
We are in the middle of the summer wedding season here in New Zealand and today I have a special card that is also a Save the Date invitation that can be kept as a special memento for the wedding album. Most wedding planning etc is done online and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Classic Elegance Tall Pocket to create a pocket for an Save the Date invitation using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator with the dates on the back. I have used sweet blush and pink tones for the card front and the invitation. The flowers are from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator and the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms. I absolutely love the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Sampler Collection dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Etched Dies was perfect for the top of the invitation.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card base is 5″ x 7″ and I have matted gold and Barely Peach card on the card front. I then cut another piece of Barely Peach card slightly smaller and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder. I then ink blended the edges with Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar oxide inks. I die cut the pocket from the Classic Elegance Tall Pocket Etched Dies out of Barely Peach card. I also die cut a pocket out of acetate and trimmed it to fit behind the pocket before adding this to the card front. The acetate backing allowed me to add the flowers to the pocket.
To make the invitation I cut a piece of Barely Peach card 4″ x 5″ and using the bottom edge die from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Etched Dies die cut the edge from one short end. then cut another peice of gold cardstock 3″ x 4″ and matted it with a smaller blush card which had two lines scored around each end and has been ink blended with Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar inks. This was then placed on the front of the invitation. I die cut the ‘Save the Date’ words from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies out of gold cardstock and two layers of blush card. These were stacked together on added to the front of the envelope.
For the back of the envelope I repeated the same process with the matted layers and then added the grid and the Date and the numbers from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies.
I die cut two flourishes from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Edged Corner Dies and added them to the base of the matted layers and also die cut two edges from the same die set out of gold cardstock and added them to the top front and back of the invitation.
I have die cut the flowers using the flower dies from the 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. I added the flowers to the bottom left of the pocket and also to the decorative edge and the top of the pull out invitation.
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 and the leaf dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Edged Corners Edged Corner Dies. I coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink, shaped them with my fingers and spritzed the with some Glimmer Mist before adding them around the flowers.
I die cut the small flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies out of flower shaping paper. I coloured them with Lemon Whip ink and spritzed them with water before shaping them. Once they were dry I added them around the larger flowers and leaves and added a yellow iridescent gem to the centre of the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month June 2020 – Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies
I have another very quick and easy shaped card made using just a die and a hot foil sentiment from Amazing Paper Grace. For this card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Rectangle Etched Dies to both create the base card and make a frame for some beautiful pattern paper from Mintay. The elegant hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate Set added the perfect sentiment to complete the card. And of course an Amazing Paper Grace card is not finished until pearls are added to the decorative filigree die.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
I live in New Zealand and we have warm Christmases here and snowy Christmas scenes are not relevant, so I have found some fabulous free A1 generated kiwi Christmas images from a Facebook group to create some kiwi Christmas cards. I love this sweet kiwi on the beach surrounded by our New Zealand Christmas trees – the pohutakawa, and created a quick and simple Christmas card using layering of coloured cardstock and a lovely frame die. The Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Etched dies was perfect to frame the image and I added some gorgeous red poinsettia and green foliage with a simple Merry Christmas die to complete the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card base is a top folding 6″ x 6″ white base card. I have layered white and red cardstocks to create the background with the top matted red and white layer raised with fun foam.
I die cut the raised frame using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Etched diesusing white and red cardstocks and then added the image to the centre of the frame. To get the raised effect of the frame I die cut three frames out of white cardstock and adhered it over the red base.
I added glossy accents to the light bulbs and glitter to the sea, flowers and background.
I die cut the postage image using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Postman Etched Dies out of dark grey pearl cardstock and adhered it over the top left corner to provide a base for the flowers.
The poinsettias and foliage are from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies and have been die cut out of red and green cardstocks. To add a bit of shimmer to the flowers I have used Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink Crimson Cheer to the edges of the petals and Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink Festive Fir to the foliage and green petals before assembling them with a gold pearl in the centres of the flowers.
To complete the card I added the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Silent Night Etched Dies set. To get the dimension for the sentiment I die cut three sentiments out and stacked them together before adding it to the base of the image as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Etched Dies
The final countdown is on for Christmas and today I have a Christmas card made using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies to create an advent calendar with the 25th December highlighted. I have kept to traditional Christmas colours of red and gold and some beautiful Christmas papers and allowed the dies to look like an advent calendar.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My base card is 6″ x 6″ and I have layered red and patterned paper on the base card. I also added some red satin ribbon across the top left and bottom right of the card.
I then added a layer of gold and red cardstock with black foam to create dimension. Following this I then layered some pattern paper with gold cardstock and added this to the top of the card with more black foam.
I die cut the calendar frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies out of red cardstock and adhered it to the pattern paper and then matted it to gold cardstock before adding it to the front of the card leaving space above and below for the sentiments and month with more black foam.
I die cut the numbers and the word ‘December’ from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar Dies out of red cardstock and adhered the numbers inside the squares. I die cut another frame out of gold cardstock and snipped it to a single square which was added over the 25th square. I die cut the numbers 2 and 5 out of gold cardstock and then adhering them to the highlighted square.
To finish the calendar I added red squares to the empty squares and then some gold pearls to complete the bottom row.
I die cut the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasion Words Dies twice – one from red cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I adhered the red words over the gold words slightly offsetting the gold sentiments for a shadow and then adhered the sentiments to the card under the calendar frame. I repeated the same procedure for the word ‘December’ which was place above the calendar frame.
I added a red ribbon bow to the top left corner and added a poinsettia and foliage made using the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Poinsettias Dies to the bow. A gold pearl to the centre of the flower finished the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month June 2020 Snip It Grid and Calendar
Happy Occasion Words Dies
Die of the Month November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh
I really love the versatility of the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignettes and I also love the beautiful vignette scenes as well where you can layer a 3D scene very quickly, including the sentiment for any occasion. Today’s Christmas card has a nativity scene made using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies with the Amazing Paper Grace Nativity. Layering Set Dies in a classic and elegant white and gold combination. I have made the nativity scene the focal point of the card by using foam strips to layer the vignette in the centre of the card and making it pop from the stunning background die. I have finished the card with some white and gold poinsettias from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My finished card is 5″ x 5 1/2″ and the base is layered in gold and white card. I die cut a plain frame and a gold frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies and adhered them together.
I die cut two star ‘ray’ vigentte dies – one from gold card and one from white card and adhered them together with the gold slightly offset. I then die cut the nativity scene from white card and two sentiment vignettes from gold card. I adhered the two sentiment vignettes together and then layered all the vignettes together with foam strips.
I die cut a plain insert out of white card and ink blended yellow and green inks and added it behind all the vignettes.
I then added the frame to the front of the card with foam tape and then added the vignettes to the centre of the frame.
To finish I added some pearls to the star ‘rays’ and the white poinsettias and gold foliage to the top left of the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Grand Lattice Arch Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Nativity. Layering Set Dies
Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh Dies.
