Wow I am so excited to announce that my card has made the finals of the Card of the Month competition at Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. I would love your help to become the winner of the Card of the Month and I would appreciate it if you could vote for me here:
I recently won a challenge in a Facebook group for one of my cards and I was thrilled with my prize that I received. In it was this gorgeous stencil with no branding on it but I loved it. I am relatively new to stenciling and ink blending so I had another go at a rainbow design but this time I added some sparkle to the ink blending with some Nuvo glitter paste – Moonstone. I was thrilled with the result and I will definitely do this again. I have kept my card very simple so as not to distract from the pretty sparkly pattern and just added a simple white border from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles and a white flower die that I embossed from Spellbinders that I have had for quite a while. A simple hot foiled ‘Hello’ from Pink Fresh Studio and a stamped ‘Happy Birthday’ from Honey Bee Stamps finished off this card. I was inspired for my card from a card on Instagram – however that card featured a plain dramatic ink blended background and white accents. I am in my happy space with pastels and sparkles.
Scroll past all the photos for a list of the products I have used.
Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles dies
Spellbinders Asters and Poppies Dies
Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages 6″ x 6″ Stamps
Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Banner Honey Cuts
Pink Fresh Studio – Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating die
Today I have an elegant sympathy card featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Forever in our Memory from the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Sentiment Vignette collection by Becca Feeken. I have kept to a blue and white palette with a touch of silver accents. Lilies are often associated with sorrow and grief and I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Dies to adorn this card. I love how quick and easy a card can come together when you use these sentiment vignette dies.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have created a top folding base card of 5 1/2″ x 6″ out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of blue cardstock 5 1/4″ x 5 3/4″ and score two lines down each side 1/8″ apart 1/4″ inside each side and adhere to the front of the card.
Die cut the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Forever in Our Memory dies out of blue cardstock. Die cut the decorative die from the same set in white cardstock and emboss it before adding to the blue shadow. Adhere this to the front of the card. Die cut the shadow inner panel out of blue cardstock and two decorative sentiment dies out of white cardstock. Stack the two sentiment dies together and then add to the blue shadow before adding to the centre of the decorative frame with foam tape.
Die cut the lilies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Dies out of white cardstock with the stamen out of yellow cardstock. Colour the inside with Lemon Whip and Sunshine ink and assemble as per instructions. I added some Key Lime ink to the bottoms of the flowers.
Die cut the leaves and stems from green cardstock. Trim the stems and add around the decorative sentiment. Add the lilies and leaves to the stems. Die cut the stems from green cardstock and flowers from yellow cardstock from the October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies and assemble. Add these around the lilies and leaves. Die cut the stems only out of silver cardstock and add as accents around the flowers and leaves.
To finish add some silver pearls to the corners of the card and on the decorative die as shown.
Today I am sharing a quick and easy graduation card that my daughter requesting for her flatmate when she graduated with a PhD. For my card I have mixed and matched some Amazing Paper Grace dies with Spellbinders dies to create a simple yet very elegant graduation card. I have used red accents as this was the colour of the faculty where the friend studied.
My Project
For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I reversed foiled the background using the Spellbinders Glimmering Swag Glimmer Plate using gold foil. This was trimmed to 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhered to the front of the card. I then die cut the frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics die and adhered it to the front of the card using foam tape for some dimension. I die cut the inner panel using the next size down rectangle Fluted Classics die and adhered it to the centre of the card inside the frame. Finally, I die cut the smaller panel and embossing it with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder and adhered it to the front.
I die cut the graduation hat out of gold, black and red cardstocks using the Spellbinders Hat’s Off To You Dies and adhered it to the top right of the card. I decorated the card with the ‘congrats’ sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2020 – Elegant Infinity Dies, the stars from the Spellbinders Parcel and Post Christmas Decorations Dies and the numbers from the Spellbinders Victorian Numbers Dies.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2020 – Elegant Infinity Dies
Spellbinders Hat’s Off To You Dies
Spellbinders Glimmering Swag Glimmer Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate
Spellbinders Parcel and Post Christmas Decorations Dies
I have another card featuring Honey Bee Stamps products and this time I have used the Spring Greenery and Birds dies. These are just fabulous and so easy to make cards with.
My project.
I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding base card. I then die cut a piece of light blue cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhere it to the front of the card. I have then cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and die cut it using the Honey Bee Stamps Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Base – Honey Cuts. I sponged around the edges with Sky Blue ink and then adhere it to the front of the card. I die cut two dies using the Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top – Honey Cuts, stacked them together and adhered it to the front of the card.
I have die cut the bird using blue, red, black, grey and cream cardstock. I have sponged blue ink on the winds and body of the bird before assembling it and adhering it to the top right of the card.
I have die cut a range of leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery and adhered them on the bottom left of the card. I die cut the flowers out of blue and purple cardstock and sponged the edges with Lavender Fields ink before assembling them and adding them over the leaves.
To finish I have stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock. I have die cut this with the coordinating die and also die cut another plain die. These were adhered together with the stamped image on top and adhere to the bottom right of the card.
Today I am sharing a Father’s Day card that I have made for my husband for Father’s Day. This was another quick and easy card to make as I already had all the foliage and flowers die cut and the cat and mouse were easy to die cut and add to the card. This cat die looks exactly like our cat from the back.
My Project
For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I ink blended yellow and blue inks to the centre of the card front to provide a backdrop to the leaves and animals. I cut another piece of white cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and die cut the oval aperture out using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Elegant Twist dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Gina K Designs Hole in One Stamp set to the bottom of the panel in black ink and then adhered this panel to the front of the card using foam tape.
I die cut a range of foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Spring Greenery from a range of green cardstock and white cardstock which was coloured with inks. These have been trimmed and added to the centre of the oval frame.
The cat has been die cut out of black cardstock and added to the centre of the oval with foam tape for dimension. The mouse has been cut out of brown cardstock and I sponged the edges with Frayed Burlap ink before adding it to the front of the oval with foam tape for dimension.
I love lacy dies and these Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Slimline Borders Dies are just stunning to add some pretty edges and decorative backgrounds to add some flowers and a butterfly. These border dies can be used in so many ways and today I have done a 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ card. I had some flowers left over from a previous project so this card was so quick and easy to put together. You can see the other card card here and on that post there is a link to a video tutorial on how I have made these flowers on YouTube.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of white cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and scored at 1/8″ intervals down the long side of the card and then adhered it to the front of the card.
I cut the following pieces of card:
Blue card – 4 1/2″ x 4″
White card – 3″ x 4″
Pink card – 2″ x 4″
I die cut each end of the blue card with the ‘broderie anglais’ edge and stitch edge dies, the white card with the scallop and stitched dies and the pink card with the lacy decorative edge dies. I then layered the pink strip to the white strip to the blue strip and adhered them to the front of the embossed layer on the front of the card.
I cut a strip of white card 7/8″ x 4″ and embossed a line at 1/8″ along each long side to add some interest to this panel. I then stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layers Floral Stamp Set in Jet Black ink to the right side of the strip. This was then added to the centre of the pink lacy edged strip.
The flowers were made using the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Heart Facade Dies. I have ink blended pink and yellow inks on white cardstock before die cutting the flowers out and assembling them. I have also used the same flowers on another card that you can see here. The small sprays are from the Amazing Paper Grace October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies and have been die cut out of yellow and green cardstock. I added some gold pearls to the centres of the open flowers.
To finish the card I added a blue, white and gold butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies.
I was asked to make a birthday card for my husband’s colleague for her father-in-law who is a keen golfer and here is the card that I made for her. I have created a z-fold card to set a scene for a golf course with trees, foliage, golfing accessories and a bird that symbolises the scoring at golf. The golfing images have been coloured with copic markers and I have used a range of different Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies to make my backdrop. This is such a fun interactive card and I know that the recipient will cherish this.
For the instructions on how I have made this base card please visit my post here and scroll past the photos below to see the list of all the products I have used for this card.
Products used:
Heartfelt Creations – Hollyhock Garden Paper Collection
My card today has been inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest and I immediately thought the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Emmeline Treillage die would make a beautiful background to some gorgeous handmade flowers using the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies and leaves and a butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies. I have kept the colours very muted and limited to blue, green and white with a touch of lemon to keep with the sympathy theme of the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of pale blue cardstock 4 1/8″ x 4 3/8″ and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I then die cut the lacey front out using the beautiful ‘daisy chain’ die from the Amazing Paper Grace Emmeline Treillage die. I die cut another decorative die from a piece of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ white cardtock and adhered it to the front of the card for more strength.
I die cut three decorative ovals from the Amazing Paper Grace Double Halo Oval dies and stacked the decorative frame together and adhered it to the front of the card. I then stamped the sentiment in black ink on one of the inner ovals and adhered it to the inside of the frame.
I die cut the leaves out of two different colour green cardstocks using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies and adhered them to the left of the oval. I then made the dimensional flowers from flower shaping paper using the flower dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies. The blue flowers where coloured with French Ultramarine ink and the smaller flowers were coloured with Citrus Burst inks. Once these were assembled I adhered them over the leaves.
I made the butterfly out of white, blue and black cardstocks using the butterfly dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies and adhered it to the right of the oval as shown.
To finish the card I have added some white pearls to the centres of the flowers and the daisies on the decorative background die.
I have another White and Gold Christmas card to share with you today featuring the stunning Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. This die set has everything you need for a very elegant Christmas card and I have added a Christmas themed embossed background using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and an elegant frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom die. This card came together very quickly.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have made a 5″ x 7″ side folding card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder before adding it to the frame of the card. I then made a frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die out of white and gold cardstock. I die cut two outline frames in white cardstock to get more of a ‘stained glass” effect and to complete the frame I have inlaid the decorative elements in the frame with white cardstock.
I die cut the tree and presents out of white and gold cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. The tree and presents had their embellishments added and was then added to the front of the card inside the frame.
To finish I added the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree in white backed with gold to go across the tree as shown.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree
Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die
Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder
