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A Nautical Father’s Day Card

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We have just had Father’s Day last weekend in New Zealand and my husband was a keen sailor when he was young so when I saw the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle I had to have this collection. I loved how Dawn had created the whole package with stencils for a gorgeous background to the dies to create the scenes. The seagulls were sooo cute and the boat was so easy to put together. I have made several cards and some will end up being Christmas cards seeing as we have warm Christmas’ here.

I have used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create a ‘watercolour’ finish to my stenciled background and it really does look like the background is on a canvas. This was done prior to adding all the other elements which helped the images to pop. The Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Etched Dies which look like. they could be ropes carried through the nautical theme to frame the boat.

I have added some shells to the base of the card from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper collection to give an extra ‘beachy’ touch to the posts, buoys, seagulls, and life preservers at the bottom of the card. I coloured clear Bitty Sparkles with black alcohol marker and added them as eyes to the seagulls.

To finish the card front I added some Star Dust Stickles to the sea for some sparkle on the sea.

I just couldn’t bear to add a sentiment to the front so I added the sentiment from the Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set in the inside of the card.

Products Used:

Spellbinders Set Sail Dies

Spellbinders Guiding Light Dies

Spellbinders Oh, Buoy Dies

Spellbinders Uncharted Waters 6″ x 6″ Stencils

Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Dies

Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder’

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Phone Booth, Lunar Grey, Graphite, 

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 100 Lb

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80 Lb

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ocean Breeze, Turquoise, Waterfall,Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Marigold, Clementine, Sage, Eucalyptus, Grassy Knoll

Distress inks – Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber, Ground Expresso

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Copic Marker – 100

Stickles – Star Dust

Foam Squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Basket With Love Amazing Paper Grace

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A few weeks back I did a 3D pop up vignette using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet and today I have a card showing you how to use the same dies on a card front. I also wanted to show how easy it is to mix and match old and new Amazing Paper Grace by combining the newer Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour with the older Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet. The two dies fitted together so well that they could have been part of the same set. For my card this time I have gone for blush pink, rose gold and creams with lots of glitter for a very sophisticated and elegant card that could be used for so many different occasions. (I wish you could see how pretty this card is and how it just sparkles – my husband was really taken with it!) Once I had all the flowers made this card came together very quickly.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my project I have made a top folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I have layered blush pink card and rose gold pearl paper on the front of the card. To add more interest I have scored two lines on each side on the pearl rose gold paper.

I have die cut the large shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour out of pearl cream paper and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the inner decorative dies out of the Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Romantic Chargeour in pearl ivory paper and adhered it to the over the shadow base. I added the inner plain die on top of the decorative frame. I die cut the outer decorative frame out of rose gold glitter paper and adhered it to the top of the shadow with foam strips.

I die cut the bouquet from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet Etched dies out of rose gold glitter card and then die cut the small basket area out of rose gold pearl paper and embossed it before adding it behind the ‘basket’. I added the ‘stems’ made from blush pink to the basket and then adhered the bouquet to the front of the card using foam strips in the centre of the frame to allow the bouquet to sit level.

I used a mix of rose gold pearl paper and rose gold glitter card to make lots of flowers and added them to the top of the basket using various levels of foam squares for more dimension.

I stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s Place Magnolia stamps in WOW embossing ink on rose gold pearl paper and heat embossed it with rose gold embossing powder. I then die cut the sentiment out using the tag die that comes with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet Etched dies and adhered it to the basket as shown. I added a small heart from the same die set using the rose gold pearl paper and card and added it to the label as shown.

To finish the card I added a pink and gold silk ribbon bow to the top of the tag and added a pearl to the bow as well as on the heart, on the top of the basket and in the centre of the flowers.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month January 2020 Pop Up 3D Vignette Bouquet

Romantic Chargeour

Other Products Used:

Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp set

Gina K Cardstock – Barely There

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Rose Glow

Rosies Studio Pearlescent Cardstock – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio Rose Gold Glitter Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm

Pearls from my stash

Ranger Rose Gold Embossing Powder

Wow embossing ink

Foam squares/tape

Pink and gold silk ribbon

Scoreboard

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Thanks for Everything Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Card

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Today I have my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio August 2024 Challenge. This month the challenge is to use washi tape and or use the following inks: Sparkling Rose/Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm, and Sage.

My card today features the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tape and was so easy to put together.

Once again I have hot foiled the background with the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate but this time I have used Matte Silver foil for a more subtle finish.

I then die cut four stitched scallop dies out of white cardstock and glued two sets of inner squares together before laying them on the front of the plaid squares overlapping them in the centre of the card front.

I die cut a couple of sets of the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tapes and then added them over the squares as shown – at the top and bottom of the squares and also in the centre where the squares meet.

I added a frame die cut using the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies using foam tape to hide the edges of the floral images.

The hot foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in the same Matte Silver foil and then die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut another three plain dies and stacked them all together with the foiled sentiment on top before adding it to the centre of the card over the flowers with some foam squares to make it even.

To finish the card I have added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Washi Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Squares

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock 

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Matte Silver

Foam squares

Foam tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Wishing You a Beautiful Day with Amazing Paper Grace

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What I love about Amazing Paper Grace dies is that the dies do all the heavy lifting and it takes no time at all to create beautiful, elegant and timeless cards. Today’s card uses just four Amazing Paper Grace die sets – one for a stunning background, one for highlighting the sentiment and two die sets for the flowers and leaves.

The lovely soft green and silver cardstock I have used makes a beautiful combination and really highlights the gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies. I then used the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Dreamer Stamp and Die Set to create the focal point for the silver heat embossed sentiment on the lovely tag die that comes with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies. The flowers were a combination of the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Five Flowers Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies that I had already made in my stash. This card took no time at all to come together.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have created a top folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I have then created layers using silver and green cardstock on the front of the card. I then die cut the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies out of white pearl cardstock. I then die cut the decorative die using all the inlay decorative dies out of green cardstock and adhered it to the shadow die. This was then added to the front of the card using fun foam for more dimension. I finished the card front with a piece of coordinating green ribbon across length ways over the decorative die.

I die cut the decorative label die from the Amazing Paper Grace Beautiful Dreamer Stamp and Die Set out of silver cardstock and adhered it to the centre of the decorative frame die with foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp set in Versamark ink on green cardstock and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the long decorative tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies and adhered it to the front of the decorative label die.

I had some leaves and flowers already made and used a petal from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies with a flower that I had made earlier here from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Five Flowers Etched Dies to make a totally new flower. The leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies had been coloured with a soft mint colour ink which matched the colours I had used so well

To finish the card I added a ribbon bow out of green ribbon with a pearl on top to the right side of the sentiment label and then added pearls to the decorative dies as shown.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month March 2019 – Spun Blessing Oval Etched Dies

Beautiful Dreamer Stamp and Die Set

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Five Flowers

Other Products Used:

House of Cards White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Crafter’s Companion White Pearl Cardstock

Craft Perfect Pearlescent Cardstock – Blue Frost

Fun Foam

Dress My Craft Soft Flower Shaping Paper

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Stamp Set

Ranger Embossing Powder – Silver

Versamark ink

Green Seam Binding

Altenew inks – Pink Diamond, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry, Minty Mint

Dress My Craft yellow/white thread stamens

Foam mat

Medium and small ball stylus

Medium Groove golf tool

Pearls from my stash

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Pink Fresh Studio Challenge August 2024 – Hope Your Day Is Wonderful

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I have finally got round to finishing off my cards for the Pink Fresh Studio August 2024 Challenge. This month the challenge is to use washi tape and or use the following inks: Sparkling Rose/Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm, and Sage.

For my first card I have chosen to use the challenge inks to colour the images of the Vines and Roses – Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage. These are interesting colours to use together and ones that I would not normally put together. So I was pleasantly surprised how the coloured images came together to create a cool colour combination. I normally use a lot of gold and warm colours on my cards so it was nice to use silver for a change.

For my background for my card I have hot foiled the Diagonal Plaid Press Plate with Matte Silver and Silver Speckled Prism foils. The press plates foiled perfectly and the background really sparkles with the Speckled Prism foils.

One of my favourite frame layering dies is the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies and I use them a lot. Here I have die cut an outside frame as well as in inner frame for the florals and sentiments to be the focus of the card.

The sentiment is also one I use a lot as it can be used for so many different occasions – Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die. I have foiled the sentiment in Matte Silver foil and then stacked it with another two plain dies to add to the centre of the card.

To finish I added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio for a clean and fresh look.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Detail Black, Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock 

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Matte Silver, Speckled Prism

Foam squares

Foam tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Wishing You the Best Pink Fresh Studio

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I had so much fun using the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate making different backgrounds that coordinate with the flowers that I have made. My card today uses the Summer Shower and Eucalyptus inks that I used to colour the leaves in the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp for the diagonal plaid and it makes the whole card look cohesive and balanced. I also ink blended the lighter yellow and blue tones of these colours for the background inside the frame which helps to make the flowers pop more from the background. I also added an extra layer behind the flowers to give the flowers more stability and dimension and did the same for the sentiment. To finish my card I added some Pink Fresh Studio Glacier gems for some sparkle around the sentiment.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frames Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Stamps and Die set

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Spearmint Green

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Glacier

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sky Blue, Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower & Eucalyptus.

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Memento Black ink – Tuxedo Black

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Happy Birthday with Pink Fresh Studio

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I enjoy colouring with alcohol markers but sometimes it is good to use stencils to colour my images as it makes it quick and easy to make a card. When I first got this Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But The Best Stamp & Die Set I wondered how it would look with a die cut edge when I saw a video that Bibi Cameron did on YouTube here using acetate to make a die cut edge be more stable. So I used the same concept but just did it a little differently and I was very happy with how it turned out. I added an extra layer of the die cut edge on top as well as another layer of the flowers to add some dimension to the card.

I also had some fun with embossing the Plaid Press Plate. using my Platinum machine and the lovely soft finish to the embossed edge came from a happy accident. I had tried inking the plate before embossing but it did not work out well and thought I had cleaned the plate but it wasn’t and it came out with this lovely soft aqua colour and it just worked so well with the colours I had used in the flowers. Especially as I had used an aqua colour (Turquoise) to ink the images first and also with the sentiment. I added a 1 1/2″ x 5 3/8″ strip to the bottom of the inside back to be able to show up the flowers better.

I struggle with leaving a lot of white space and as I had some of the plaid embossed card left I added a small strip and another coordinating plain aqua strip to the top of the card to cover the lacy edge from the Pink Fresh Studio Lacey Edgers 1 Dies.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Lacey Edgers 1 Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But The Best Stamp & Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio. Delighted For You Stamp and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Glacier

Acetate

Pink Fresh StudioInks – Turquoise (sentiment), Lemon Whip, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Waterfall, Slumber

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300 gsm

White card 80 Ib from my stash

Creative Expressions Foundation Card – Spearmint Green (?)

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Honey Bee Stamps Sending a Hug

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I really loved colouring this image from Honey Bee Stamps Everything Beautiful Stamp set and thought I would try a different colour combination of yellow and pink. I am still getting to know the Copic colours and combinations and this was a good lesson using colours and also to practice light sources from classes I have taken from Kit and Clowder.

My Project:

For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2 base card from white cardstock. I have die cut both the top and bottom plates using the Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy Top and Bottom cover plates. I ink blended some green ink on the bottom cover plate before adding some green cardstock behind the coloured card. I die cut two top cover plates and adhered them together before adding it to the front of the card.

I stamped the floral images on copic friendly paper with Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with Copic Markers before die cutting them with the coordinating dies. I die cut another die out of white cardstock and adhered it behind the large floral image and then added this to the front of the card with foam tape. I added the small flowers behind the main flowers as shown.

To complete the card I stamped the sentiment from the Everything Beautiful Stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock. I die cut this out with the coordinating die plus another out of plain white card. These were stacked together with the stamped image on top and then placed over the flowers.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps Everything Beautiful Stamp & Die Set

Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy Top and Bottom Cover Plates 

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm.

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

XPress-It Card

Copic Markers – Y67, YG63, YG23, YG25, E99,YR24, YR23, Y11,R85, R83, R81.RV00, E93

Distress Ink – Mowed Lawn

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Foam Tape

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Amazing Paper Grace With Love Fleur de Lis Grandeur

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I have another Amazing Paper Grace beautiful, timeless, and elegant shaped card to share with you today using the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month May 2020 Fleur de Lis Grandeur Foldover Die set. This die set is a quintessentially Becca Feeken design with the decorative inlays, the ability to layer dies in many ways and even to be able to make beautiful boxes to create a stunning ensemble. You can also make a shaped card, a 6″ x 6″ card or an envelope, and also use the inner square dies to make a note card. What more can you want from a die set! There is even a flower die to help you complete your project. For my card I have made a shaped 6″ x 6″ card and used the inner square decorative frame dies to create a very pretty aperture for my sentiment. And I love this sentiment as it can be used in so many different settings such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries etc.

You can watch Becca creating a notecard with matching decorative envelope here.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

To make my card I made a top folding shaped card out of blue cardstock by diecutting the card using the large shadow die and leaving one side of the die slightly over the edge of the fold. I then die cut two decorative large square dies using the four decorative corners out of ivory pearl cardstock. These dies were stacked together and then added to the front of the card. I then die cut one small plain square die out of blue cardstock and four small decorative dies with the centres removed. I stacked two of the decorative dies together and then added it to the plain blue square and added it to the centre of the card front. I then stacked the remaining two small decorative square dies together and rotated them around 90 degrees and added it to the front of the card using foam strips.

I die cut three sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia dies – two from ivor pearl card and one from gold glitter card. I stacked these together with the gold die on top and then added it to the centre of the frame.

I die cut some foliage from the Amazing Paper Grace My Sweet Friends Dies out of light green cardstock, trimmed and added it to the top right and bottom left of the frame.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch & Go IV Dies out of green cardstock and shaped them using my fingers and added them over the light green foliage.

To make the flowers I used the flower die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month May 2020 Fleur de Lis Grandeur Foldover Die set and die cut the petals out of flower shaping paper. I coloured the petals with yellow and pink inks, spritzed them and shaped them using a medium ball stylus. Once the petals were dry I then assembled them with two layers per flower. I then die cut the small stamens out of the same paper using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies, coloured them with yellow ink and shaped them before adding them to the centre of the flowers. I added three flowers to the top right and bottom left over the leaves.

To complete the floral bouquets I added some leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of gold glitter paper and added them around the leaves and flowers.

I die cut the butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of cream and yellow pearl cardstock and the body out of gold glitter cardstock. I assembled the butterfly and added it to the card as shown.

To complete the card I added yellow gems to the centres of the flowers and pearls highlighting the background dies and some Star Dust Stickles to the flowers and butterfly.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month May 2020 Fleur de Lis Grandeur Fold Over Dies

Cinch & Go IV Dies

With Love Regalia Dies

My Sweet Friends Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

Cinch and Go Blossoms (stamens) Dies

Other Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Limoncello

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Rainforest, Peridot

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Cardstock

Pearls

Star Dust Stickles

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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Amazing Paper Grace Sugarplum Tweets Christmas Card

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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.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

A2 Corner Cotillion Dies

Pop Up 3D Vignette Pet House Dies

Holiday Label Motif Dies

Sugarplum Tweets Dies

Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Other Products Used:

House of Cards White Cardstock – White 300gsm

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Portobello, Fern, Rainforest, Glacier, Wild Berry

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Nutmeg

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Doe, Summer Time

Foam tape/strips/squares

Woodgrain embossing folder from my stash

Nuvo Crystal Drops – Simply White

Beartly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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