Many years ago when I started paper crafting I remember making these beautiful screen cards by folding card stock and using punches to create the legs and decorate the tops. Becca Feeken has taken this concept to the next level with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2019 – Graceful Concertina. Making delicate and intricate concertina cards is now so quick and easy and it took me longer to decide on the decorations of the card. This card reminded me of Victorian style screens that could be found in the boudoir in a stately house, and I selected the Mintay Peony Garden papers and ephemera to further emphasize the vintage feel.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
I have made the concertina base card using the instructions from Becca Feeken here, however, I did not use the gold accents and instead keeping to a very simple design with cream cardstock. I have decorated the card with papers from Mintay Peony Garden collection and added extra die cuts to create my scenes. I kept the centre panel plain to add the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies on the front and to have a space for the greeting on the back.
To finish I added some pearls to the decorative panels.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2019 – Graceful Concertina
I am really enjoying taking a stroll down memory lane with the Amazing Paper Grace Dies of the Month and I really love the Pop Up 3D Vignettes as they are just ‘amazing’ and so full of detail that they look so real. Today I have the stunning Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Typewriter which was the Die of the Month for April 2020. This die takes me back to my school days and learning to type on the old typewriters little knowing how vital touch typing was going to be in the future. For my card I have chosen to create a ‘flat’ card using pretty papers and embellishments and a beautiful background die to showcase this beautiful die set.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To create my card I have created a top folding 5 3/4″ x 6″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered gold card and patterned paper from Mintay Peony Garden paper to the front of the card.
I die cut three frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Ornamental Valance dies – two from pearl pink paper and one from gold cardstock. I stacked the two pink dies together and then trimmed the gold die in half before adding it behind the pink dies offsetting slightly for a hint of gold. The frame was added to the front of the card and then I added the inner label in gold on top of the frame.
I die cut the typewriter out of gold and pearl pink cardstock and assembled it according to the instructions. Becca Feeken also has a video here on how she constructed the Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Typewriter here. For the sentiment pieces I have used some labels from the Mintay Paper Elements – Peony Garden, 27 pcs as white or cream cardstock was too stark. And I added black cardstock on the back to highlight the sentiments. I layered the sentment pieces on first and then added the typewriter base over them with foam tape for dimension. I embellished the typewriter with ephemera from Mintay Peony Garden die cuts using foam tape for dimension and stability.
To finish the card I added pearls on the keys, and on the typewriter as well as on the Ornamental Valance die and gold pearls to the front of the typewriter.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Typewriter Dies
I am getting low on get well cards and used my recently purchased Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy stamp, die, hot foil plate and coordinating stencils to create a pretty, colourful and floral get well card. Pink and gold make a gorgeous combination and here I have used the Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter card to highlight the lacy edge dies and also the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die background. I have also gold embossed the flowers to coordinate with the gold accents and gold embossed sentiment. I am sure that this card will cheer anyone up.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Stamp, Stencil and Die
Welcome back and today I have another card for the Pink Fresh Studio March 2024 Challenge.. The challenge for this month was to use frames and the Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.
For my card today I have used the Pink Fresh Studio Rounded and Braided Rectangle dies to frame luscious peonies coloured with Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus and Ocean Breeze inks and finished with a gold hot foiled sentiment, butterflies and gold pearls.
For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of heavy weight white cardstock. I die cut the outer and inner braided frames from a piece of white 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card and backed it with some gold glitter card before adding it to the card front. I then die cut a frame using the middle braided dies on white cardstock and backed it with some gold glitter cardstock and added it to the card front with foam tape for dimension.
I hot foiled the Peony Fantasy images in gold foil and coloured them with the challenge inks before die cutting them out. I added the flowers and leaves to the top right and bottom left corners using foam tape on the top flowers for added dimension.
I hot foiled the sentiments using the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut two other plain sentiments and stacked them with the foiled sentiment on top and then added the sentiment to the centre of the frames.
I used the Pink Fresh Studio solid hot foil plate to reverse foil the small butterflies in Matte Gold foil and die cut them with the coordinating die. I added a butterfly to the bottom right and top left of the frame as shown.
To finish I added some gold pearls around the sentiment.
Products Used
Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencil and Die set
Pink Fresh Studio Rounded and Braided Rectangle dies
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Die
Pink Fresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die set
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus and Ocean Breeze
I have been a huge fan of Becca Feeken since she first started Amazing Paper Grace and I have absolutely loved her intricate and decorative designs that can be used in so many ways. The Amazing Paper Grace September 2019 Die of the Month – Snip It Flowers is one of these dies that can be used in so many ways and I know that I will be using this die a LOT! I love the floral motifs that can be snipped to create lots of different designs and here I have created a small square with the die and framed them with the newer Picot Petite Square and Fluted Classic Square dies for an elegant, timeless and classic design. Of course I had to add some flowers, butterflies and pearls to finish the card.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ top folding card base out of heavy white cardstock. I then added a layer of gold, ivory and blue cardstock. I cut another piece of ivory and blue cardstock and layered them together and added this to the front of the card with fun foam. I die cut two panels of the Snip It Flowers out of ivory cardstock and trimmed one die to 9 flowers. I then trimmed the flowers only of the second die and adhered them to the complete die for a little more dimension. This was then added to the front of the blue square. I die cut the larger floral motif out of blue cardstock and the smaller floral motif out of ivory cardstock and layered them to the centre of the flowers.
I die cut the large square frame from the Picot Petite Square dies out of gold cardstock and then added the large square frame die cut from the large Fluted Classic Square dies out of ivory cardstock. The whole frame was then added to the front of the decorative dies with foam tape.
I stamped the sentiment from the All Occasions Sentiments Stamp in Wow embossing ink on vellum and heat embossed it with fine detail gold embossing powder. I die cut this out using the banner die from the Just a Note Sentiments Tag Clear Stamp and Die Set and adhered this to the centre of the card at each end only and added a pearl to each end to hide the glue.
I die cut the leaf flourish from the My Sweet Friend die set out of light green cardstock, trimmed it and added it around the right side of the sentiment. I die cut small flowers using the dies from the Petite Floral Potpourri die set and coloured them with pink, yellow and blue inks. These were shaped and I added some wire pollen stamens to the centre. I trimmed the wires and added the flowers over the leaves and around the sentiment as shown.
To finish I added two butterflies from the Butterfly Garden Shutter set made from ivory, blue, black and gold cardstocks and white pearls to the centre of the flowers on the background die.
Welcome back and today I have another card to share with you today that I made for the Pink Fresh Studio March 2024 Challenge. The challenge for this month was to use frames and the Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.
For my card I have used the Fancy Circles frames for the frame component and I have used all the inks to colour in the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best image using the coordinating stencils. I am enjoying these challenges because it makes me use different colour combinations to what I normally use like the pink inks.
To make my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of lighter weight white cardstock and die cut it using the Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate and this was added to the front of the card. I die cut two large frames using the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Frames dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I adhered the frame to the front of the card slightly lower than centre using foam tape. I then added one of the extra circles to the inside of the frame.
I stamped the image from the Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp set on Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib in Tuxedo ink. I coloured the images with the Challenge inks using the coordinating stencils and then die cut the image. I die cut another plain die and added the coloured image to the top and adhered it to the top half of the circle using foam tape for added dimension and strength.
To complete my card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. I die cut two extra plain sentiments and stacked the three dies together with the stamped sentiment on top. This was glued to the inside the frame at the base of the circle. Then I added some blue jewels around the sentiment and flowers.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Nothing But the Best Stamp, Stencil and Coordinating Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Die
Pink Fresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Sky Blue
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Mango Sorbet/Fruit Punch, Sunkissed, Sweet Mustard, Eucalyptus, and Ocean Breeze.
I have been in a flower making mood lately and had another look at the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers dies to see what I can make with these dies. I had been seen a few paper carnations lately and thought I would give these dies a go at making paper carnations and they came out beautiful!! Because these were larger flowers I made a larger card base to place them on and I used the stunning Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Slimline dies which were a die of the month from June 2021 to create a beautiful lacy base for the flowers. This larger card that would be great for any special milestone or occasion and as a keepsake in a frame.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have created a side folding 7″ x 5 3/4″ card base out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of Snowdrift cardstock 7″ x 5 3/4″ and adhered it to the front of the card. I cut three decorative strips from the Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and three shadow dies out of Glacier cardstock. The decorative strips were adhered to the blue shadows. I cut a piece of Glacier cardstock 6 3/4″ x 5 5/16″ and adhered the decorative strips to the blue card and then adhered the decorative panel to the front of the card.
I die cut the large postage edge oval from the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Oval Dies Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the stitched edge plain large oval out of Glacier cardstock and adhered it to the front of the white postage edge oval. I die cut two large label dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Splendor Dies out of Snowdrift and embossed one before adding it to the centre of the oval. I die cut two small label dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and stacked them together. I stamped the image from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments Stamp and Die set in Obsidian ink on Snowdrift cardstock. I die cut and embossed the sentiment using the small label die and then adhered it to the stacked small labels. I die cut a small shadow die out of Glacier cardstock and adhered it behind the stacked labels and then adhered the completed label to the front of the larger label. I die cut two edges from the larger slimline decorative die from the Victorian Splendor Dies and trimmed them to make four corners. Two corners were added above the label and two were added below the label.
I die cut, coloured and shaped the flowers into carnations using the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers. I used two petals of each size to make the large carnations. These were coloured with Ballet Slipper inks and edged with Sparkling Rose ink. I spritzed the petals and then using a small ball stylus I made lines in each petal to break the fibres and then I then pleated each petal and allowed them to dry. These were assembled using the large dies at the base and working to the small dies at the top. For the small buds I have used one small and one medium petal and then added a sepal from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go III Flowers set die cut out of pastel green cardstock. I made the stems using the stem dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Tulip Dies and added the leaves to the stems from the Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies.
I added the leaves from the Sweet Cottage Flower dies around the left side of the oval and then adhered the flowers over the leaves. I added some flowers that I had left over from another project made using the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies as fillers and then added small leaves from the Victorian Splendor Dies which were die cut out of Rainforest cardstock around the flowers and larger leaves. To finish my bouquet of flowers I added a white bow made from seam binding ribbon.
To finish I added white pearls to highlight the decorative labels and corners.
Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:
Die of the Month June 2021 Victorian Splendor Slimline Dies
Today I have a box to share with you that I made to coordinate with my last card. I enjoy making boxes and they are so easy to create. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 Lattice Quadrante dies as a frame work for my box and the same colours and embellishments from my card on the box to create this ensemble. This ensemble would be fabulous to give as a gift and the box is perfect to keep treasured keepsakes in it.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
The Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante Die set has four identical motifs that function as inlays or can be used altogether with a rim to make a rounded central element.
My Project
For my project I made a base box measuring H 2 1/2″, Length 4 1/4″ and Width 4 1/4″. I added a 1/8″ to the top to allow for the lid to fit snugly. I cut a piece of white cardstock (300 gsm is a good weight to make boxes with) 9 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ and scored each side at 2 1/2″ in. I trimmed the ends to make the flaps and then glued the flaps inside the box to create the box. For the top I have cut a piece of white cardstock 9 7/8″ x 8 7/8″ and scored each side 1″ in. I trimmed the ends to make the flaps and then glued them inside to create the top of the box. I have photos showing how I have created the flaps to make the box here.
I die cut two shadow dies out of pale blue cardstock and two decorative die out of white cardstock using the shadow die and the four decorative corner dies. I die cut eight decorative corners out of gold cardstock using the decorative corners and the edge dies. I adhered the gold decorative corners under the white decorative corners slightly offsetting them and then added the decorative dies to the blue shadow base. I glued the box base to the top of one of the decorative squares and the box top to the back of the decorative square to create the decorative finish to the box.
I die cut a plain circle out of blue cardstock and a circle frame out of white cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Circle dies. I die cut a plain gold frame to glue under the decorative frame and then added the frame to the blue base using foam tape. This was then added to the top of the box.
I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go III dies out of green cardstock and adhered them over the bottom left of the frame,. I die cut, coloured and shaped the flowers from the same die set, assembled them and added them over the leaves. I die cut small filler flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri dies and coloured them in yellow and blue inks, I shaped them and added wire stamens through the centres of the flowers, trimmed the wires and added them to around the larger pink flowers. To finish the bouquet I added some gold leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Pinkaboo Trellis Dies.
I die cut three ‘With Love’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies – two from pale blue cardstock and one from gold cardstock. These dies were stacked together with the gold die on top and then added to the centre of the frame.
I made a butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of vellum and accented it with a gold body. This was added to the frame as shown.
I die cut eight corner dies using the decorative die and edge dies – four from white cardstock and four from gold cardstock. I adhered the gold dies under the white dies slightly offsetting the gold dies. I then die cut four shadow dies just using the edge dies and adhered the decorative corners to the shadow dies. I trimmed these corners and added them to base of the four sides.
To add the trim to the box top around the sides I cut four pieces of gold cardstock 1/2″ x 4 3/8″, scored along each side of the strip and adhered them to the four sides of the box top. I then cut four pieces of blue cardstock 12″ x 4 3/8″ and adhered them to the centre of the gold strips.
I am a bit late with this challenge but I have had some camera issues and eventually had to get a new camera which I am still learning to use. This card is for the Pink Fresh Studio February 2024 Challenge which was to use the following Pink Fresh Studio inks Sparkling Rose, Sunkissed, Spruce Tips, and Paradise and gold or have some hearts in your project. I went for the inks as I do have them and I was very happy with my pretty colourful butterflies. I had to add the green inks and as I did not have any Pink Fresh Studio leaf dies I decided to do some ink smooshing with the Paradise and Spruce Tip inks and create a shaker element that looks like sky with the opal coloured sequins looking like clouds. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circle dies to create the frame as this is similar to a Pink Fresh Studio die. I created some subtle texture just with scoring every 1/8″ on the top panel and finished the card with some hot foiled sentiments in gold and some gold pearls.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die
Today my card combines two of my favourite methods of cardmaking – die cutting and flower making using Amazing Paper Grace dies. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 Lattice Quadrante as the base for pretty flowers and an elegant sentiment and finished with some gorgeous butterflies. I love how easy it is to create beautiful, elegant and classic cards with Amazing Paper Grace dies.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock. I have then layered gold, white and pale blue cardstock to the front of the card. I cut a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than the blue panel and die cut the top right and bottom left using the decorative insert corner inserts from the Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante dies. I then die cut four more stand alone corner dies using both the decorative inserts and the edge dies – two from blue cardstock and two from gold cardstock. I adhered the gold corners under the blue corners slightly offsetting the gold to allow a peak of gold. I then adhered the corners over the previously cut corners before adding this panel to the front of the card.
I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go III dies out of green cardstock and adhered them over the bottom left corner lattice. I die cut, coloured and shaped the flowers from the same die set, assembled them and added them over the leaves. I die cut small filler flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri dies and coloured them in yellow and blue inks, I shaped them and added wire stamens through the centres of the flowers, trimmed the wires and added them to around the larger pink flowers. To finish the bouquet I added some gold leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Pinkaboo Trellis Dies.
I die cut three ‘With Love’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies – two from pale blue cardstock and one from gold cardstock. These dies were stacked together with the gold die on top and then added to the top right lattice corner as shown.
I stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layered Florals Stamp and Die Set in embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. This was then die cut with the coordinating die and I also die cut a plain die and added the embossed sentiment on top. I added this over the die cut sentiment using some foam squares.
To finish the cards I made two butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies out of vellum and accented with gold bodies. These were added around the sentiment as shown.
