I have been out of action for a while due to having surgery on a couple of fingers and missed last month’s Pink Fresh Studio challenge and it has taken a while to get back into cardmaking again.
This month’s challenge at Pink Fresh Studio is ‘Thank You’ and the following ink shades are the best matches for the colors in the challenge: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.
It is always handy to have Thank You cards in my stash so I thought I would have a play with some new products at the same time. I have recently purchased the Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames and thought I would make a shaped easel card with the dies and it just looks gorgeous! My inspiration for adding the flowers to the front has come from one of the Pink Fresh Studio designers on Instagram a while ago.
I have hot foiled the flowers, butterflies and the sentiment using Aura foil and coloured the images with the challenge inks before embellishing the front of the card and creating the easel. A light sprinkling of glitter and some iridescent dew drops add the finishing touches to the card.
Scroll past the photos for a list of the products I have used.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
I have another sweet baby boy card to share with you today. This time I have made a gorgeous shaped card using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies and decorated it with some lovely soft knit blue patterned paper by Mintay. Most of the embellishments came from this die set with the ‘baby boy’ word dies from the Amazing Paper Grace My Sweet Friend Etched Dies. This card was so quick and easy to make and so pretty with the gorgeous paper.
Check out Becca Feeken’s video here on how you can make bifold, trifold and many more options on YouTube here.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a bi-fold card usinf the base and decorative tiara inerts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies out of heavy weight pearl cardstock. I die cut two plain panels out of the blue pattern paper and two decorative panels out of pearl cardstock. I adhered the decorative dies to the paper panels and then adhered the panels to the front and back of the card.
I decorated both front and backs of the card using the flowers and leaf dies that came with the Tiara Trifold die set. I added a ‘Hello’ sentiment to the front of the card and also added the small label die to the bottom of the card front with foam tape. This was decorated with some flowers and the ‘baby boy’ word dies from the Amazing Paper Grace My Sweet Friend Etched Dies which I die cut from the pattern paper.
To complete the card I added pearls to the decorative top, flower centres and on the trellis on the front of the card and a sweet bird above the flower on the front of the card.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies
This week I have a simpler card to share with you made using one of my favourite Amazing Paper Grace dies – Tallulah Frill. This die set is just so beautiful and one I reach for a lot when I want to make timeless and classic cards that will become keepsakes. I have not been able to do much cardmaking lately, but I have been learning how to colour with Copic markers through some classes at Kit and Clowder which I am really enjoying as I have always loved colouring. So I decided to combine my love for cardmaking with my love for colouring and this card was the result.
The image I have coloured here is a digital stamp from Beccys’ Place and the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set went perfectly with it to create a pretty lacy frame to create an elegant card that can be kept to decorate a mantel or table.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock and then matted a lifht teal card on top leaving a narrow white mat.
I downloaded the digital stamp onto X-Pressit Paper and then coloured it with Copic markers. I trimmed this to 4 1/8″ x 2 7/8″.
I die cut two outer decorative frames using the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set and one decorative edge out of white cardstock. I added the decorative edge die behind one short edge of the frame before adding the second frame beneath the first frame. I then adhered the coloured panel behind the frame, making sure the white does not show behind the small lacey edge inside the frame. This frame was then added to the card front.
To complete the card I added clear Wink of Stella to the flowers and cup and pearls to the decorative frame.
Today I have a very elegant white and gold thank you card to share with you. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate as a base for layering die cuts and added some sweet flowers. I have also used a die – the Amazing Paper GraceA2 Swirl Background Etched Dies – to create the embossed finish on the background
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card today I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of brushed gold cardstock 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and I then cut a piece of white cardstock and embossed it using the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Swirl Background Etched Dies for some texture and added it to the front of the gold card.
I heat embossed both ends of the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and then die cut it with the die that comes with this set. I matted this with some brushed gold cardstock and added it to the front of the card. I then die cut two edges out of brushed gold cardstock using the small topper die from the same set. I added these over the hot foiled images on the front of the card. To hide the join I cut a 1″ strip of brushed gold cardstock, embossed a line 1/8″ each side before adding a strip of hot foiled border using the hot foil plates from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Glimmer Borders and Sentiments on top and then adding to the front of the card and folding the edges of the band behind the front panel before adhering the complete panel to the card base.
I die cut three small circles using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circle dies – one from brushed gold cardstock, one from gold glitter cardstock and one from mirror gold cardstock. I layered these together to show the brushed gold cardstock rim, the gold glitter shadow and the mirror gold elegant twist on top. This was then added to the front of the band and panel with some foam tape.
The sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate has been hot foiled using Aura foil on Hammermill cardstock. This was die cut with the coordinating die and I also die cut two other plain dies to stack together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was then added to the centre of the circle medallion.
The flowers were die cut from white cardstock, coloured with light yellow ink and then shaped using my fingers and then added to the bottom left of the circles. I die cut green leaves using the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Etched Dies, shaped with my fingers and added around the flowers. I also added some gold glitter leaves using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Etched Dies.
To finish the card I added some Frosted Lace stickles to the flowers and gold pearls to the centre of the flowers and on the decorative dies, corners of the central panel and on the hot foiled border.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and Dies
My card today is centred around the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Flourish Frame die along with some gorgeous rolled flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Loop Roll Flowers. It is always good to try something different and I was happy with these flowers once I realised that I had to use a very light weight paper when rolling these flowers. I have also had a play with layering different die cuts for the background and I love the different textures I created. And I absolutely loved this pale blue, cream and pale green colour combination and will definitely revisit it again in the future. The hot foiled sentiment in silver really added some elegance to the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I then matted some light blue embossed paper with some cream cardstock and added this panel to the front of the card.
I then die cut the inner decorative dies out of cream cardstock and embossed the small detail die on each end of the inner elongated oval die. These were adhered to the centre of the card.
I then die cut a medium rectangle frame out using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and adhere it around the inner decorative dies on the front of the card.
I then die cut the outer frame out of cream cardstock and embossed the die for more detail. I added this to the card using foam strips.
Another rectangle frame was made this time using the small dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and adhered horizontally over the outer frame using some foam strips to keep the frame level.
To finish the background I die cut a circular frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Tiara Rondelle Etched Dies out of cream cardstock and this was added over all the frames and dies.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate in Prism foil on Hammermil cardstock and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut another two plain dies and a silver die and stacked them together before adding the foiled sentiment on top and the silver die slightly offset to show some silver at the bottom. The sentiment was then added to the centre of the frames using foam squares in the centre to keep level.
I die cut one large loop die and three small loop dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Loop Roll Flowers out of pearl paper from my stash. I used double sided tape to adhere the edges together before rolling the dies to make flowers. I added one small flower to the centre of the large flower and added it to the bottom left of the sentiment. I then added another small flower beside that flower and the other small flower to the top right of the frame.
I then die cut the leaves out of green cardstock – some were left intact and some were the outline dies. These were added around the flowers and I had to trim the leaves around the small flower at the top right of the card.
To finish the card I added pearls to the centre of the flowers and on the decorative frame.
Welcome back and today I have another card to share with you today that was quick and easy to make using just a couple of dies and an embossing folder for more texture and depth to the background. I had coloured a beautiful foiled floral image with Copic markers and because there is no coordinating die I decided to use the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies to die cut the image out with an oval die and make it the centre piece of the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock.
I then cut a piece of brushed gold cardstock 5″ x 7″ and matted it with white cardstock before adding another layer using brushed gold cardstock and an embossed a layer of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder with fun foam. I then added gold ribbon to the four corners before adding the entire panel to the front of the card.
I then die cut the decorative frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies out of white cardstock and then die cut a shadow frame out of brushed gold cardstock. The gold frame was adhered behind the decorative frame and then was added to the card front with foam squares.
I hot foiled the press plate from the Better Press System with gold foil and then coloured the image with Copic MarkI die cut the coloured image out using the inner plain oval die from the Amazing Paper Grace Bella Luce Oval Etched Dies and then I die cut the decorative inner frame out of white cardstock before adhering it to the coloured oval image. This was then added to the centre of the frame.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate in Aura foil on Hammermill cardstock before die cutting it with the coordinating die. I then die cut another two plain dies before stacking the dies together with the foiled sentiment on top. The sentiment was then added to the frame using some foam tape in the centre of the frame to keep the sentiment level.
I added a gold ribbon bow to the top of the oval frame and pearls to decorate the decorative oval frame and also the decorative oval over the coloured image.
I love making cards with birds, flowers and butterflies and the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers are just perfect for me because they do amazing birds, flowers and butterflies for me to use! Once all the dies are cut and the layers are put together it does not take that long to make the card which makes me happy. I love using sentiments that suit all occasions and this sentiment is just so cheery and sweet.
I am sure that whoever gets this card will be cheered up with the cute bird with the bird’s nest and the gorgeous Dogwood flowers on a gorgeous texture background.
Products Used:
Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Sandie’s Garden
I often like to make more than one card at a time when I have a die out just to get a feel of how versatile the die set is. And the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies was no exception. For my card today I have used the small decorative side panels to create a pretty background for the sweet flowers and the sentiment and I kept the same colour combination that I used in the previous card as it was just beautiful and elegant. This card was very quick and easy to made and great to have in my stash.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of ivory pearl card to fit on top of the card.
I die cut the frame using the largest frame dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangle Etched Dies out of ivory pearl cardstock and made sure to emboss the die to get the texture and dimension from the die. I die cut a shadow frame out of silver cardstock by removing the decorative die from the frame. I adhered the silver shadow frame to the decorative frame and then adhere the frame to the front of the card using foam strips.
I die cut the panel out of green pearl cardstock by using the decorative side pattern twice to create a 4 1/4″ x 3 1/2″ and this was adhered to the front of the card. I stamped the birthday sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set in Versamark ink on the green pearl cardstock and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I die cut this out with the coordinating die from the same stamp and die set. The sentiment was then added to the card with foam squares.
I die cut the word ‘Hello’ using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2021 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies three times – once from silver cardstock and twice with pearl green cardstock. I stacked these dies toghether with the silver die on top and then added it at an angle above the sentiment as shown.
I die cut flowers out of pink cardstock and leaves out of a mint coloured green cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies. I added some flowers and leaves from the top right and bottom left of the card and finished the card by adding some pearls to the centres of the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies
Die of the Month July 2021 – Tiara Trifold Etched Dies
Today I have a sweet and simple card to share with you today made using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2019 – Enchanting Battenburg Corners Etched Dies. Sometimes a simple and yet so elegant card is all you need to convey your feelings and this card says it all. Becca Feeken often takes her inspiration from traditional sewing and needlework techniques and many of the Amazing Paper Grace dies are designed to be embossed to create the look of lace. The Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2019 – Enchanting Battenburg Corners Etched Dies were designed to create the beautiful textures that is reminiscent of the beautiful Battenberg lace. You can find out more about the origin of Battenburg lace here.
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 created the shadow for the lace dies by using the corner edge dies on two sides of a piece of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ blue cardstock. I then die cut two complete corner dies using the small lace corner dies out of white cardstock and embossed them to create the texture. These were then added to the shadow die.
I die cut a small label from white cardstock and the next size up label out of blue cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Franscesca Labels Etched Dies. I glued the white label to the blue label before adding it to the centre of the decorative dies.
I then cut a piece of blue cardstock 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and embossed it using the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder. I added the decorative medallion I had created to this using foam tape.
I added a strip of white satin ribbon across the centre of the decorative medallion and adhered it behind the embossed card and then added the entire panel to the front of the card.
I stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp set on white cardstock using Tuxedo Black ink and then die cut it out using the small tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Etched Dies. This was then added to the centre of the labels using some foam tape.
To complete the card I added a double bow using the white satin ribbon and some pearls to the decorative die and on the bow.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month June 2019 – Enchanting Battenburg Corners Etched Dies
Orange Peel Embossing Folder
Cascading Grace (small tag)
Francesca Labels
Other Products Used:
Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp
Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Blue Dusk
One of my favourite colour combinations when making cards is pink and gold and today I have a gorgeous birthday card just full of pink and gold with a touch of ivory. In June of this year I made a totally different card (for me that is) using the Amazing Paper Grace Rose and Filigree Duo Slip in Card Etched Dies that was full of drama with a black and red colour combination and yet was very easy to make using the ‘slip in’ component of the dies. You can see the card here. For today’s card I have used the rose filigree decorative dies to create a beautiful background for some layered dies, some cherry blossoms and a lovely birthday sentiment finished with a coordinating pink and gold silk ribbon bow.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project today I have created a top folding 5″ x 6 card out of white cardstock. I trimmed a piece of pink and cream striped paper from Mintay and added added a strip of pink and gold ribbon down the centre of the paper before adding it to the front of the card.
I die cut four decorative rose filigree dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Rose and Filigree Duo Slip in Card Etched Dies – two from pink cardstock and two from gold cardstock. The gold dies were adhered behind the pink dies slightly offset for a hint of gold. These dies were then added to the front of the card.
I die cut a piece of pink cardstock using the base die from the same die set and used my trimmer to cut a frame 1/4 wide out of the paper. I then added the frame to the front of the card with some foam strips.
For the oval frames in the centre of the card I used cream and gold cardstocks using the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Oval Etched dies, pink cardstock for the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Picot Etched Dies and cream cardstock for the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Oval Etched Dies on top.
I made some cherry blossoms using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Blossoms Etched Dies out of pink cardstock, the leaves from green cardstock and the branch from brown cardstock. I added some Cherry Blossom inks to the centre of the pinks flowers before assembling them. The flowers were draped over the top right of the oval frames.
The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Celebration Scene Etched Dies and I have die cut three layers – two from pink cardstock and one from gold cardstock. This was then added to the centre of the oval frames on an angle.
To finish the card I have added a pink and gold silk ribbon bow to the top of the card and added some gold pearls to the bow, the centres of the flowers and to highlight the sentiment.
