I recently purchased the gorgeous Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis Honey Cuts and my goodness this is a fabulous flower set to get. I had very few get well cards and this set was perfect for one. Here I have coloured the bowl, flowers and leaves with Copic markers and assembled them using foam squares for more dimension. Because the flowers are so dramatic I just added a white on white background by die cutting the Honey Bee Stamps Burlap Honey Cuts out of white cardstock and adding it to the front of the card. Add a sentiment and some iridescent rhinestone and the card was made very quickly.
I have another Valentine’s Day card to share with you today. This card is full of sparkles, flowers and hearts with a couple of sweet butterflies for a wonderful romantic card that says I love you so beautifully. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Quartet dies to create a beautiful background for the hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – December 2022 Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard and the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – January 2021 Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentine’s Mailbox along with some beautiful peony and butterfly ephemera for an olde worlde/shabby chic feel but with a timeless and elegant look. And I was really happy with the colour combination of white, gold and pink that matched the flowers perfectly while the ivory glitter cardstock had hints of gold to create the overall harmonious effect. Who wouldn’t want to receive this card on Valentine’s Day?
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project today I have made a top folding 5 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ card out of Pink Sand cardstock. I then layered gold and white cardstock to the front of the card. I die cut the decorative square using the shadow die and the decorative insert dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Quartet dies. I then die cut the four panels using the inner shadow dies and the decorative insert panels and adhered them to the top of the decorative square. I die cut a plain square out of Ivory glitter cardstock and then adhered the decorative square to the front of the glitter card which was then added to the front of the card to make the base for the embellishments.
I die cut two decorative hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – December 2022 Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard – one from white cardstock and one from gold glitter cardstock. I added the white heart over the gold heart with the gold heart slightly offset to show some glitter. This was then added to a white shadow heart and added to the centre of the decorative square using foam tape.
I die cut three ‘Adoring You’ sentiments using the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Dies – two from white cardstock and one from gold glitter cardstock. I stacked the three dies together with the gold die slightly offset on top and this was adhered on an angle on the bottom right of the card.
I stamped the ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ sentiment on white cardstock using Wow embossing ink and heat embossed it with fine line gold embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Adornments Dies and shaped it slightly before adhering the tag to the front of the heart using glue and foam tape slightly on an angle.
I added the pink bow to the top of the tag and then added the flowers and some hearts from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – January 2021 Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox made from gold and pink cardstock. I then added a butterfly to the bottom right of the card.
To finish I added some pink jewels to the tag and the card front as shown.
Making Valentine’s Day cards are so simple with Amazing Paper Grace dies and today I have a Valentine’s Day card that was quick and easy to make. For my card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace December 2020 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard Dies which has all you need to make timeless and classic Valentine’s Day card your sweetheart will cherish forever. To complete this card I have added a sweet little heart from the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Facade dies and the sentiment from the Merry Everything Dies. This card took no time to put together and looks fabulous.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project today I have made a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding card out of white cardstock. I layered some gold and white cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies.
To create the decorative base for my embellishments I used the Amazing Paper Grace December 2022 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Note Card dies. To start I die cut the outer scallop edged envelope die out of gold cardstock and trimmed the end to fit the card front before adhering to the front of the card. I then die cut the inner notecard die out of white cardstock using the decorative die insert at the shaped end. This was trimmed to fit inside the gold outer die and adhered to the front as shown.
I die cut the decorative rectangle and the shadow out of white cardstock and added the decorative die to the shadow die and then adhered this to the bottom half of the decorative dies.
I die cut a small decorative heart out of white cardstock using the small heart dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Facade die. I then die cut the shadow heart out of gold cardstock and adhered the decorative die to the shadow and then adhered the heart to the top of the white decorative base.
I die cut three sets of flowers out of ivory pearl cardstock and assembled them. These were glued to the centre of the decorative dies and added the leaves that have been die cut out of green cardstock.
I die cut three sets of sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything dies – two sets out of white cardstock and one set out of gold glitter cardstock. I stacked these together with the gold glitter sentiments on top and then adhered these over the decorative panel at the bottom half of the card.
To complete the card I have added gold pearls to the flower centres, the gold heart and around the sentiments.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
December 2022 Die of the Month – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard Dies
I have just purchased some new inks from Pink Fresh Studio and they are just gorgeous. My favourite new colours to use are the Rose Garden set with Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia and Mulberry Bush colours in this set. I was very excited with this set and have used the colours in lots of new projects including this card for the Pink Fresh Studio January Challenge. This Challenge is a ‘Year in Review’ where we could pick any month from the last year to create a project. Of course I had to go for the April 2023 Challenge which was ‘Flowers’. I do not have the full range of Pink Fresh Studio inks for the ink colour challenge so I just went for the flowers instead. I just love the Garden Roses stamp, stencil and coordinating die set and the Rose Garden ink set was perfect with this set, which I paired with the new Green Gables ink set for the leaves. I also added some subtle shimmer and sparkle by adding Opalescent Stardust Butter to the entire rose flowers and they came out very soft, dreamy and romantic.
My Project
For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I die cut two dies out of white cardstock using the Stained Glass die and turned one upside down before putting them on the front of the card.
I have gone for a no-line colouring finish by just using the stencils to colour the images with the pink and green inks. I then added some Opalescent Stardust Butter to all the roses and then die cut them with the coordinating die. The pressure of the die cutting machine helped to smooth out the stenciling nicely. I die cut another plain die and adhered the coloured image to the plain die and then added it to the front of the card using Bearly Art Glue.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil set and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked the three dies together with the foiled sentiment on top. This sentiment was then added to the front of the card as shown.
To finish I added some pink jewels around the flowers and sentiment.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stencils and coordinating Die
Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating Die
I love decorative shaped cards and today my card today is inspired by a video on YouTube showing how to make a decorative shaped card the easy way. This technique is so easy and can be used for many decorative dies that have a shadow die as well as a decorative frame. I have taken the technique a little further and created a ‘window’ card that highlights the gorgeous tag and sentiment in the inside back of the card. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace die to created the shaped decorative card base and decorated with handcrafted daisies made using the Amazing Paper Grace Delightful Daisy Garden Shutters Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Daisies Dies. I have also used ink blending to create more shape and dimension to the flowers and leaves for a more realistic look. I love these layered dies – they are so quick and easy to colour and assemble and are not too dimensional and overpowering for the base card. The flowers work well with the ornate and embossed background dies really well.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
To make my card I have cut a piece of white cardstock 10″ x 7″ and folded it in half. I then die cut a shaped card using the shadow die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Dies by placing it over the folded edge. I then die cut a decorative window front out of the front of the card using the decorative frame die and the inside edge die. I die cut and embossed another decorative frame using all three dies and then adhered it to the front of the card.
For the inside of the card I die cut a decorative die using just the shadow die and the decorative die and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I then got the left over inside panel of the front decorative die and using the edge die as a stencil blended ight green and pink inks before adding it to the centre of the card. I stamped the sentiment to a scrap piece of white cardstock out of Tuxedo Black ink and die cut it out with the large tag. I die cut another plain large tag, stacked them together with the sentiment on top and then added them to the middle of the coloured panel.
I die cut the daisy dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Delightful Daisies Garden Shutter dies and the small daisy dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Daisy Dies out of white cardstock. I coloured the flowers with Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom, Peony and Begonia inks and the stems and calyx with Sage and Eucalyptus inks. These were shaped and assembled before adding to the bottom right and top left of the card as shown. I have used foam squares on some leaves and flowers for extra dimension.
To finish I added Wink of Stella to the flowers and white pearls to the decorative die.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Cascading Grace Dies
Daisy Delight Garden Shutters Dies
Layered Daisy Dies
Other Products Used:
Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper
Beccy’s Place Magnolia Stamp
Memento ink – Tuxedo Black
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Cherry Blossom, Peony and Begonia inks and the stems and calyx with Sage and Eucalyptus inks.
I would like to take the time to wish everyone a healthy, safe and prosperous Happy New Year with lots of time for crafting therapy.
Today it is New Years Day in New Zealand and I have a gorgeous lilac and silver card to share with you today. I really love how Becca Feeken and former Amazing Paper Grace Creative Team Member Rajni Chawla mix and match layering dies and also snip dies to create a totally different look. Here I have used three different die sets – Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies, Postage Edge Rectangles Dies and Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies to create a very elegant base for the snipped Marvelous Medallion dies. The flowers are from the Marvelous Medallion dies and off course I had to add a sweet little butterfly. The sentiment is from Beccy’s Place Wren stamp set. (It wasn’t until after I completed the card that I realised that perhaps the sympathy sentiment was not a great choice for the start of the year but it suited the card and it is always handy to have spare sympathy cards on hand – what do you think?).
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my project I have created a shaped card base using three large Postage Edge Rectangles Dies – two in white cardstock and one in silver. I adhered the two white rectangles together with the right sides out and then scored at 3/4″ along one of the short sides to create a hinge. This hinge was glued to the back of the silver rectangle. I then layered an ivory plain layer with the large rectangle from the Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies in lilac cardstock. I die cut the large scalloped edge slimline die from the Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies out of silver cardstock. I cut this in half and trimmed about another inch of both sides before gluing the sides together to fit inside the lilac patterned rectangle. To finish the layers I added another plain layer of ivory card and the Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies in Lilac cardstock.
I die cut two medallions out – with the shadow from silver cardstock and the top decorative layer from Lilac cardstock. I then trimmed the outer edges and added them to the top and bottom of the inner rectangle as shown.
I die cut a small postage rectangle from the Postage Edge Rectangles Dies out of silver cardstock. I layered a plain layer of lilac cardstock on top. I stamped the sentiment from the Blue Wren stamp set from Beccy’s Place in Majestic Violet ink on ivory cardstock. I die cut this out using the smallest plain die from the Postage Edge Rectangles Dies and adhered it to the top of the lilac cardstock. This was then added to the front of the card to hide the edges of the medallion dies using foam tape.
I die cut the flowers using the soft flower shaping paper and coloured them in the centres with Grassy Knoll ink and the edges using Wisteria ink. I soaked these in water and then shaped them using a small ball stylus. For the larger flowers I have done two layers and for the smaller ones I have done a single layer. A small green wire pollen was inserted into the centres of the flowers.
I die cut the leaves from green cardstock and these were added to the top left of the sentiment. I trimmed the wires from the flowers and then added the flowers over the leaves.
The butterfly from the Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies were made by using vellum coloured with Kitsch Flamingo and Shaded Lilac inks and then silver accents and a black body were added to complete the butterfly. The butterfly was then added to the bottom right of the sentiment.
To finish I added some silver pearls around the sentiment and to highlight the Marvelous Medallion dies.
I will have a full video tutorial on my YouTube channel shortly on how I have made this card and the flowers.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Die of the Month February 2022 Marvelous Medallion Dies
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Christmas Day filled with fun and laughter and the love of family and friends.
New Zealand is the first country in the world to celebrate Christmas Day and I am waking up to Christmas Day here while I know some people are still in Christmas Eve around the world. This is my final Christmas card for this year and it seems fitting that I have used this die set from Amazing Paper Grace – All Hearts Come Home. The sentiments are just lovely and I have only used the one die set and an embossing folder for this very elegant and pretty Christmas card. I have sort of CASEd a card from one I saw on Instagram but I have added some sparkling embossing to make it my own.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I have made a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of Glacier cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and adhered it to the front of the card. I then cut a piece of vellum the same size and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and added some glitter with WOW Embossing Ink for a little sparkle.
I die cut two frames from the Amazing Paper Grace All Hearts Come Home Dies out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered them together before gluing them to the front of the sparkly embossed vellum. I die cut the house out of Snowdrift cardstock and adhered some gold mirror cardstock on the back which was trimmed to the house. This was added to the middle of the frame. Finally I die cut the banner sentiment out of gold and Snowdrift cardstock and adhered them together and added to the top of the vellum. I added glue to the back of the vellum behind the die cut shapes only and adhered this to the front of the blue card on the card base.
I die cut two sets of the ‘for christmas’ sentiments – one from gold and one from white cardstock. I adhered the gold card sentiment dies to the white sentiment dies and adhered the sentiments to the base of the frame as shown.
To finish the card I have added gold .pearls to the frame as shown
We are on the last week before Christmas and I have another downunder Santa Christmas card to share with you. We are meant to be in summer here but we have had a lot of rain and storms over the last week so it will be quite a relief if we get a warm summer’s day for Christmas Day. My card today features another image from Montarga Rubber Stamp Shop in Christchurch and I have teamed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Square Dies which made a wonderful frame for the festive green, red and gold papers. I have also added some embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies on the corners of the square frame. Once I had the image coloured it did not take long for me to make the card once I had sorted the papers and dies.
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Richelieu Squares Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Noel Mini Slimline Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene
Montarga Rubber Stamps Sunbathing Santa – 2301
Heartfelt Creations Candlewick Christmas Paper Collection
Sometimes it is best with pretty papers just to let the background dies and beautiful papers tell the story when making a card. I have just purchased some beautiful papers from Mintay Papers and decided to create a shabby chic look with lacy background dies to highlight the stunning images from this collection. Rather than using actual lace the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill Layering Frame Dies did all the work for me to create the lacy shabby chic look which allowed the pretty images to show through. All I needed to finish this card was a sweet little sentiment and pearls and my card was done.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
For my card I created a side opening 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2: base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of green cardstock the same size and added it to the front of the card. I then layered a busy floral background paper to the front.
I die cut two outer decorative frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill Layering Frame Die out of white pearl cardstock and adhered them together for more depth and dimension. Before adding this to the card front I cut another piece of green cardstock 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ to fit just under the centre of the frame to add some contrast to the pattern paper and I then added it to the card front. I cut another piece of green cardstock the same size as the smaller layering die and added a small floral and cat image to the front of this. I die cut two inner decorative frames out of pearl cardstock and adhered them together before adding them to the pre-prepared floral panel and then added it to the centre of the larger frame.
I then added the ephemera to the card using some foam squares for extra dimension.
I stamped the ‘hello’ sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Seasonal Motif Sentiments Clear Stamp Set in English Ivy ink on white pearl cardstock. I die cut this out using the small tag die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cascading Grace Die set and adhered it to the base of the flowers at the bottom right of the card. I added a small white satin bow to the tag.
To finish I added pearls to the inner and outer decorative frames.
Christmas is just around the corner and I have a special card I made for a colleague of my husband. the brief was to have Paddington Bear and lots of snow. I purchased a cute Paddington Bear image from Bubblegum Designs from Etsy and printing it on watercolour paper and then made my card around this image. I used the Heartfelt Creations Ornate Window stamp and die set to create a window that can be opened out to look at Paddington Bear in the snow with his presents and Christmas tree beside a cute street lamp. I even added a little robin to the top left of the window frame to further add to the English Christmas theme. I was very happy with how this card turned out.
For the rest of the card I have used other products from Heartfelt Creations and Honey Bee Stamps to add all the embellishments to the card. Scroll past all the photos for the full list of products I have used.
