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Amazing Paper Grace Congrats Fanfare Elegant Rectangles

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Welcome back for another Amazing Paper Grace post. Today I have gone back to my favourite style – ivory and gold classic and elegant card featuring the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2020 Fanfare Elegant Rectangles Etched Dies. I so love the lacy and delicate dies that are perfect to add pretty handcrafted flowers made with the flower dies that came in the same set. This would be the perfect wedding card that will make a wonderful keepsake for the wedding album.

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

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I then added some gold cardstock to the front and layered some ivory pearl card over it after scoring two lines on each side 1/8″ apart.

I die cut to outer decorative frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2020 Fanfare Elegant Rectangles Etched Dies – one from ivory pearl card and one from gold card. I trimmed the gold frame in half and added it behind the ivory frame and then adhered it to the front of the card.

I die cut 8 medallions from the same die set out of ivory pearl card and trimmed 6 of them in half. These motifs are designed to be trimmed and can be slotted on to edges for a decorative finish. I added four flourishes to each corner of the card and then added a lacy decorative edge to each side of the inner cut out and I then added the 6 lacy edges around the inner cut out and adhered the pretty lace edged inner cut out to the centre of the frame with foam tape.

I die cut an oval frame out of ivory pearl card using the small oval dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Oval Etched Dies and added the frame to the centre of the inner panel with foam tape and the inner oval to the centre of the frame.

I die cut the leaves out of light green cardstock using the leaf dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies and trimmed them to add to the top left and bottom right of the oval frames. I die cut small leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies out of gold glitter cardstock and added them around the green leaves.

I die cut the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2020 Fanfare Elegant Rectangles Etched Dies out of soft flower shaping paper. These were coloured with pink, yellow and blue inks, shaped and assembled with wire pollens. The wires were trimmed and the flowers were added over the tleaves.

I die cut the butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Etched Dies using the ivory pearl card and yellow pearl card with the body made from gold glitter cardstock. The butterfly was assembled and added to the bottom of the fluted classic frame.

I die cut four sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2020 Elegant Infinity Etched Dies – three from ivory pearl card and one from gold cardstock. These were stacked together with the gold die on top and then added to the centre of the oval fluted classic frame.

To complete the card I added pearls to the decorative frame and the corner motifs.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Die of the Month July 2020 Fanfare Elegant Rectangles Etched Dies

Die of the Month March 2020 Elegant Infinity Etched Dies

Summer Label Motif Etched Dies

Spring Label Motif Etched Dies

Fluted Classics Oval Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Paper

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – Yellow

DMC Soft Floral Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot

Ivory Pearl Cardstock from stash

Pearls

White, Dark Yellow and Brown Wire Pollens

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Sky Blue, Lemon Whip

Foam squares, strips

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Victorian Crest Shabby Chic Birthday Card

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I was recently asked to do a birthday card for my husband’s boss and the brief was that the recipient loved fashion. I purchased some gorgeous fashion related papers and ephemera and teamed it up with the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Dies to create a very romantic, shabby chic birthday card. I have also used just one floral die set – the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies to create three different flowers which were the aged using Perfect Pearls to further enhance the shabby chic feel of the card.

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

My Project

I created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I layered rose pink cardstock, floral paper, ivory pearl paper and striped paper to create the background to the embellishments.

I die cut the large decorative frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest Etched Dies out of rose pink cardstock and embossed it for more depth and dimension. I then added this to the front of the card using foam tape. I then die cut two inner floral frames from the same die set out of ivory pearl paper, stacked them together and them added it to the inside of the frame.

I fussy cut the elements from the Mintay Her Story Paper and added them to the inside left of the frame using foam tape to add more dimension to some of the images.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies out of soft flower shaping paper and coloured them with Sage and Eucalyptus inks to tie in with the colours on the pattern paper. These were spritzed lightly before shaping and when dry were added to the bottom left of the frame over the ephemera.

I die cut the rose petals using the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud Etched dies out of soft flower shaping paper. I coloured the roses using Coral Berry and Lemon Whip inks before spritzing them, shaping and assembling. into two roses. The small rose petals were coloured with Ballet Slipper, Strawberry and Grapevine inks and the small pale pink flowers were coloured with Lemon Whip and Cherry Blossom inks. I used wire pollens for the centres of the small flowers. When the flowers were assembled I added Copper, Bronze, and Pearl Perfect Pearls to the flowers using a water brush to get the antique look I was after. Once all the flowers were assembled and completely dry I added them over the leaves.

I then added more floral and foliage ephemera from the pattern paper around the flowers and leaves.

I stamped the sentiment from the amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layers Clear Stamp and Die set on ivory pearl paper with Wow embossing ink and heat embossed it with Rose Gold Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the coordinating die and another couple of plain dies. These were stacked together with the sentiment on top and then added to the card as shown.

To finish my card I added pearls to the outer and inner decorative frames and on the chair.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Victoriana Crest Etched Dies

Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp and Die Set

Other Products

Craft Perfect Baroque Rose Card

Mintay For Her paper

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sage, Eucalyptus, Lemon Whip, Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom

Altenew inks – Strawberry, Grapevine, Coral Berry

Perfect Pearls – Copper, Bronze, Pearl

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Rose Gold Embossing Powder

Foam squares, strips

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

















Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Knots Anniversary Card

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I have a stunning anniversary card to share with you today featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies as a base for gorgeous flowers and some elegant Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist layering dies. A timeless and classic hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant occasion Hot Foil Plate and a pretty coordinating ribbon bow finishes the card beautifully.

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

My Project

To make my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of cream cardstock. I added a layer of rose pearl card and another layer of pink pearl paper that I had scored every 1/8″ for some texture.

Using the outer shadow die I die cut a shadow out of pink pearl paper which I then embossed with the inner decorative die. I die cut two decorative dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies – one from rose pearl card and one from rose glitter card. I trimmed the glitter die in half and then adhered the rose die over the glitter die slightly offsetting the glitter die. This was then added to the embossed shadow die before adhering to the front of the card.

I wrapped some pink/gold silk ribbon to the centre of the dies.

I then die cut the layers for the centre using the large and medium dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant twist Ovals Etched Dies alternating the rose pearl card and the rose glitter cad. I added the top layer using foam tape.

I hot foiled the sentiment to the pink pearl paper using Rose Gold Foil and die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die. I die cut another plain die from the rose card and adhered the sentiment to this before adding to the middle of the oval dies.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cottage Flowers dies out of light green cardstock and inked the leaves with green ink to create shape and dimension. The leaves were then added to the left side of the oval.

I die cut small leaves out of light green cardstock from the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies and added them around the bigger leaves.

I die cut the flourish from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud dies out of rose gold glitter cardstock and adhered it over the leaves.

I die cut the flowers out of flower shaping paper using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers dies. I coloured these with pink inks and sprayed them with Glimmer Mist. The flowers were then shaped and assembled when dry with two of one size petals and one smaller petal. I used brown wire stamens in the centres. I die cut the sepals out of green cardstock and inked the edges with green ink before adding them to the base of the flowers. The wires were trimmed and the flowers added over the top of the leaves.

I die cut the smaller flowers out of flower shaping paper using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies. These were coloured with pink and peach inks and sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Once dry these were shaped and I added some yellow pearl stamens to the centres. I then added the small flowers around the leaves and larger flowers.

To finish the card I made a bow out of the pink and gold ribbon and added it to the right side of the oval and added a rose coloured pearl to the centre.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Die of the Month August 2019 Elegant Knots Etched Dies

Sweet Cottage Flowers Etched Dies

Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies

Grand Cinch and Go Flowers Etched Dies

Spring Label Motif Etched Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Etched Dies

Elegant occasion Hot Foil Plate

Elegant twist Ovals Etched Dies

Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Other Products Used:

Craft Perfect Baroque Rose Cardstock

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Rose Glow

Pink Fresh studio Rose Gold Glitter Card

Dress My Craft Flower Shaping Paper

Close to My Heart Colonial White Cardstock

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, Aqua Sky

Spellbinders Foil – Rose Gold

Pink Fresh studio inks – Ballet slipper, Mulberry Blush, Sunkissed, Cherry Blossom, Eucalyptus

Altenew ink – Grapevine

Heartfelt Creations Pearl Stamens

Dress My Craft Brown Wire Pollens

Glimmer Mist

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Foam Tape

Rose Pearl from my stash

Scor-Pal Scoring Board

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Concertina Card

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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

With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies

Other Products Used:

Close to My Heart Cardstock – Colonial White

Mintay Peony Garden Paper

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue PressBearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Pop Up 3D Vignette Typewriter

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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

Ornamental Valance Dies

Other Products Used:

Mintay 6 x 8 Add-On Paper Pad – Peony Garden

Mintay Paper Die-Cuts – Peony Garden, 60 pcs

Mintay Paper Elements – Peony Garden, 27 pcs

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Rose Glow

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Black Onyx

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Tape

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Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Get Well Card

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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

Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments Stamp Set

Lacey Edges 1

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slippers, Sparkling Rose, Bubblegum, Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Card

Hammermill White Cardstock

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Foam tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Pink Fresh Studio Peonies and Butterflies Challenge Card

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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

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Card

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Hammermill Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Spellinders Foil – Matte Gold

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape/squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Snip It Flowers Anniversary Card

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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.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

DOMAPG-0919 Snip it Flowers

Square Fluted Classics

Petite Picot Squares

Butterfly Garden Shutters

All Occasions Sentiments Stamp

Petite Floral Potpourri

My Sweet Friend

Just a Note Sentiments Tag Clear Stamp and Die Set

Other Products Used:

Creative expressions Ivory Pearl Card

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Glacier, Onyx

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Foam Tape

Fun Foam

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

White Pearls

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Card March 2024

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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.

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

House of Paper White Cardstock 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape/squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Carnations

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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

Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies

All Occasions Sentiments Dies

Postage Edge Oval Dies Dies

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Layered Tulip Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Snowdrift, Rainforest

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Creative Expressions Essentials Cardstock – Pastel Green

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Sky Blue, Lemon Whip

Altenew Obisidian Pigment Ink

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – yellow, white

White seam binding ribbon

Blending Brushes

Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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