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 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
Wow Christmas is just around the corner and I have some more Christmas card inspiration for you using the fabulous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2019 – Solstice Snowflake Die. This is an amazing layering die set and I have used different silver finished cardstock to show up the layers beautifully on a layered blue and silver base card. To complete the card I have just added a silver reversed hot foiled sentiment to let the layers of silver and texture to shine.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My finished card ia 6″ x 6″ and I have laywered dark and light blue patterned paper with silver to create the base for the decorative dies.
I have used a mix of brushed metallic silver card, matte metallic silver card, two different glitter metallic Cardstock and some silver cardstock on the different layers of the dies. I have also used foam tape to create dimension with the outer frame and also the snowflakes in the centre of the frame.
To finish the card I have added some Glacier gems for some sparkle and an iridescent reversed hot foiled sentiment using the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate and die cut using the label die from the Amazing Paper Grace Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set. For an extra snowflake oomph I added a snowflake die from the Amazing Paper Grace Snowflake Splendor Dies to the centre of the frame as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month November 2019 – Solstice Snowflake Die
S5-429 Snowflake Splendor Dies
GLP-120 Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate
SDS-054 – Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set (die used to cut the sentiment)
Other Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock – matting and small snowflake
Heartfelt Creations Festive Winterscape Paper Collection
Spellbinders Brushed Metallic Silver Cardstock (Small hexagons x 2)
I am late posting this card because I had an incident last week and have had to rest and also be careful with using devices and my computer for a few days. I am slowly starting to feel a little better but I will make sure I do get rest when I need it.
Today’s card is a very quick and easy card using just three die sets the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 Home Sweet Home with a sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies and small holly embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and festive paper for a more traditional Christmas card. This card is a standard size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and folds flat for easy posting.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
Gee I can’t believe we are into September already and Christmas is coming whether we like it or not! Today I have used the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenge on Facebook to get some more Christmas Cards done. The challenge was to make a project using stripes and they were perfect for my cards.
For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I made the stripes for the background using the Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate on my Glimmer machine using Prism foil on Hammermill cardstock for a more holographic finish to the background. This was trimmed to 4″ x 5 1/4″ and matted to silver cardstock before adhering to the card front. I added a circle frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Oval dies – I have embossed the white circle die cut and added a silver shadow before adding to the top half of the card using some foam strips for more dimension.
I added foliage to the bottom half of the circular frame using the Honey Bee Stamps:Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery Die set – branches, pine leaves, and mistletoe.
The gorgeous poinsettia is from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia Honey Cuts and I have coloured the flower with pink inks before assembling together using some foam squares for more dimension and I used some silver glitter card for the centre of the poinsettias. The poinsettia was then adhered over the foliage using foam squares. The leaves were coloured with green inks and then added under the poinsettia as shown. To finish the poinsettia I have added some sparkle by using a fine tip on my adhesive bottle on the flowers and sprinkling Sparkling Dust to create some subtle sparkle without being over the top.
The robin is from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds Honey Cuts and was perched above the poinsettia on the left of the frame.
I was feeling lazy and added a sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 4 Holiday Pack in silver to the top right of the frame with foam squares in the centre to keep the sentiment level. (Actually to be fair I do not have many Christmas sentiments that can be hot foiled).
To complete the card I have added some silver pearls around the sentiment and around the frame.
My Christmas card today is full of layers, textures and dimension created using several different dies from Amazing Paper Grace. The hero of the card is the gorgeous and very versatile Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Animal House Dies. This die set can be used as a cat or dog house but can equally be used as a birdhouse because of the circle die that goes with this set. I have paired this bird house with the sweet birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and Christmas foliage and flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Dies. The texture on this card comes from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder, the background die – A2 Amazing Paper Grace Corner Cotillion Dies and the embossed woodgrain finish on the base of the bird house.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To create my card I have created a top folding 5″ x 6″ base card out of white cardstock. I added a layer of gold cardstock and then added embossed a piece of 4 3/4″ x 5 3/4″ blue cardstock with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder before adding it to the front of the card. I die cut two decorative dies from the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Corner Cotillion dies out of white cardstock and added it over the blue embossed layer.
To make the birdhouse I die cut the base die out of brown cardstock and embossed it with an old woodgrain embossing folder from my stash. I then sponged some brown ink on the edges to create more depth to the embossing. I then die cut an inner base out of blue cardstock using the plain die and then adhered it to the base house die. I then die cut two decorative fronts – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I then die cut the circle out of both dies before adhering them together with the gold die behind the white die slightly offset. This decorative front was then added to the base of the birdhouse using foam strips. I die cut the roof out of brown cardstock and sponged the edges with brown ink before adding the two white edges to create the ‘fringe’. The roof was then added to the top of the birdhouse with foam strips and then the entire bird house was adhered to the card front.
I die cut the birds from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies out of white, gold and blue cardstocks and then assembled them. I added some holly and ivy to the birds using the dies from this set then I die cut four flourishes from the same die set out of gold cardstock. I stacked two dies together to create two flourishes. I added a flourish to the top right of the bird house and the other to the bottom left of the birdhouse. The birds were then added over the flourishes using several layers of foam tape as required to secure the birds as shown.
I die cut and assembled the foliage dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Dies using brown, red and green cardstocks. These were then added under and over the flourishes and the birds. I die cut the poinsettia flowers out of white cardstock and coloured them with blue ink before assembling them with two layers of petals each. I added a gold centre to each flower and then adhered them to the base of the birds.
I made the sentiment out of white and cardstock using the sentiment strips from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and adhered it to the birdhouse with foam strips.
To finish the card I added Simply White Nuvo Drops to the flourishes on the background dies and on the birdhouse front.
I have another Christmas in July card for you today featuring the fabulous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Die of the Month July 2021 Home Sweet Home along with some Christmas themed die sets from the Amazing Paper Grace Christmas Flourishes Collection as well as a dies from other collections and even including from a Halloween die set – products listed below the photos. I wanted to show how to mix and match different dies to create a single card to show how versatile Amazing Paper Grace dies are and how they can all fit together in many different themes.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have created a to folder 5″ x 7″ card base out of white cardstock. I then embossed a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and added it on the front of the card. I then die cut a decorative frame out of blue cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Eyelet Lace Frame and backed it with a gold frame before adding it to the front of the card.
I die cut the house out of white, yellow, gold and blue cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 – Home Sweet Home Dies and assembled it according to the instructions. Before adding the house to the front of the card I die cut two trees from the Amazing Paper Grace Spooky Cottage dies out of brown cardstock, trimmed the trees and added a tree and extra branch on the right side of the card and a small branch on the top left of the frame. I then added the house to the front of the card with some foam for extra height in the centre of the card.
I die cut the small birdies from the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Frame Gala Dies out of white and gold cardstock. I trimmed each bird and mixed the gold and white sections. Two birds were added to the top of the tree branches on the right side of the card and one bird to the top left of the card using a small foam square.
I die cut the snowman out of white, blue, orange cardstock using dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies and assembled it before gluing to some gold cardstock. I cut the snowman out leaving the gold behind the snowman and then added it to the left of the house with foam tape.
I die cut the sentiment banner from the Amazing Paper Grace All Hearts Come Home A2 Card Front Dies from white cardstock and backed it with gold cardstock before adding to the top of the house using multiple layers of foam tape to make it flat. I die cut three sentiment words from the same die set – two from white and one from gold cardstock. I stacked the sentiments together with the gold sentiment on top and added it to the frame under the house.
I die cut the small holly leaves and berries from green and red cardstocks using the small dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Dies and adhered them to the top of the decorative eaves and either side of the sentiment on the frame.
I die cut snowflakes out of white glitter paper using the snowflake dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Let It Snowman A2 Card Front Dies and added them around the house and on the frame.
To finish I added iridescent gems to the snowman and in the centres of the snowflakes for some sparkle.
It is the 1st July here in New Zealand and I have my first Christmas card to share with you today. I absolutely love the flexibility of the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignettes and how they can be made into a 3D vignette or can be added to a card front. For my card today I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month November 2018 3D Vignette – Christmas Village as a card front but still creating some dimension between the layers using foam tape. I love how the gorgeous decorative frame which I have done white on white really highlights the colourful scene inside the frame. To finish the Christmas theme I have put this frame on an embossed Christmas background using the Amazing Paper Grace Embossing folder Holly Flourish.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have made a top folding 5″ x 6″ card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of gold card 5″ x 6″ and added it to the front of the card. I cut a piece of white pearl cardstock 4 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish embossing folder and added it to the front of the gold card.
I die cut one shadow frame using the frame die from the Christmas Village die set out of white pearl cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I die cut one frame using one of the inner hill dies and the outer frame out of white pearl cardstock and added it to the shadow frame using foam tape. I die cut the inner panel out of white pearl cardstock and ink blended it with blue and yellow inks and adhered it to the centre of the frame. I die cut the Santa die three times – two out of white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I stacked these dies together with the gold die on top and then added it to the frame.
I die cut all the village elements out of white pearl cardstock and coloured the tree with brown ink, the trees and ivy leaves with green ink and the church and house with pink inks. I added coloured sa piece of scrap white pearl cardstock with yellow ink and then added a small piece of coloured card behind the church and house to look light light shining out the windows and a gold cross at the top of the church steeple. I added the tree to the background and the houses and trees and white fence in front of and behind the hill with foam squares for more stability for the elements.
I die cut a frame using the sentiment inner die and the outer die out of white pearl cardstock. I die cut the sentiment out of gold cardstock and trimmed it to fit the base sentiment die. This layer was added to the frames using foam tape. I added the leaves around the sentiment.
To complete the vignette I die cut two plain outer frames – one with white pearl cardstock and one from pearlescent vellum and a decorative frame out of white pearl cardstock. I adhered these three frames together with the plain frame, vellum frame and the decorative frame as the sandwich. This was then added to the front of the vignette with foam tape.
To finish the card I added a small white bow out of seam binding at the base of the frame and pearls to the leaves, on the decorative frame and on the holly berries on the embossed background and drops of Crystal Stickles on ink blended background for some snowy sparkle.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month November 2018 3D Vignette – Christmas Village
Amazing Paper Grace Embossing Folder – Holly Flourish
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas Day filled with fun and laughter and the love of family and friends.
New Zealand is the first country in the world to celebrate Christmas Day and I am waking up to Christmas Day here while I know some people are still in Christmas Eve around the world. This is my final Christmas card for this year and it seems fitting that I have used this die set from Amazing Paper Grace – All Hearts Come Home. The sentiments are just lovely and I have only used the one die set and an embossing folder for this very elegant and pretty Christmas card. I have sort of CASEd a card from one I saw on Instagram but I have added some sparkling embossing to make it my own.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of Glacier cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and adhered it to the front of the card. I then cut a piece of vellum the same size and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and added some glitter with WOW Embossing Ink for a little sparkle.
I die cut two frames from the Amazing Paper Grace All Hearts Come Home Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered them together before gluing them to the front of the sparkly embossed vellum. I die cut the house out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered some gold mirror cardstock on the back which was trimmed to the house. This was added to the middle of the frame. Finally I die cut the banner sentiment out of gold and Snowdrift cardstock and adhered them together and added to the top of the vellum. I added glue to the back of the vellum behind the die cut shapes only and adhered this to the front of the blue card on the card base.
I die cut two sets of the ‘for christmas’ sentiments – one from gold and one from white cardstock. I adhered the gold card sentiment dies to the white sentiment dies and adhered the sentiments to the base of the frame as shown.
To finish the card I have added gold .pearls to the frame as shown
This is my penultimate Christmas card for the year and I have my final New Zealand themed Christmas card. I have used a similar design that I have used in the past but this time I changed the orientation and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies for the background and used pink papers and a pink poinsettia for a more non-traditional feel to go with the summer Christmas themes. Once again I have used the fantail image from Montarga Rubber Stamps shop as my focal point on a background of stenciled clouds. The Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Poinsettia and Winter Greenery Honey Cuts are just gorgeous and make it so easy to create beautiful bouquets of flowers and foliage on my cards.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Circle Dies
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Poinsettia
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Heartfelt Creations Winter’s Eve Paper Collection
Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Stamp and Die Set
