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Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante Box

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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.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Lattice Quadrante

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies

Lyrical Layered Florals Stamp and Die Set

Pinkaboo Trellis Dies

Candlewick Circles Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Pastel Green

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

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

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo

Blending Brushes

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow, White

Foam tape

And here is the complete ensemble with the card and coordinating box.

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Butterfly Hugs

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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

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sunkissed, Sparkling Rose, Paradise, Spruce Tips

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circles Die

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Hammermill Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Spellbinders Acetate

Spellbinders Sequins – Opal

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Foam tape

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Amazing Paper Grace Lattice Quadrante

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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.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Lattice Quadrante

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Cinch and Go Flowers III Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

With Love Regalia Card Builder Dies

Lyrical Layered Florals Stamp and Die Set

Pinkaboo Trellis Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Pastel Green

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

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

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo

Blending Brushes

Wow Embossing ink

Ranger Fine Line Gold Embossing Powder

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow, White

Foam squares

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Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis

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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.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Amaryllis Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Honey Cuts – Burlap

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Sentiments Stamp set and coordinating die set

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm

Copic Markers

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

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Amazing Paper Grace Adoring You Valentine’s Day Card

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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.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Elegant Adornments Dies

Adoring Fleurette Card Builder Dies

Filigree Quartet Dies

Die of the Month December 2022 – Sweetheart Envelope and Notecard

Die of the Month January 2021 – Pop Up 3D Vignette Valentines Mailbox

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Friendships Sentiments Cling Stamp Set

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold, Ivory

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Pink Sand

Mintay Die Cuts – Peony Garden

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slpper

Wow Embossing ink

Ranger Fine Line Gold Embossing Powder

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Pink ribbon from my stash

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Amazing Paper Grace Happy Valentine’s Day

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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

Primrose Facade Dies

Merry Everything Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Cardstock

House of Paper 300 gsm White Cardstock

Creative Expressions Foundation Pearl Cardstock – Ivory

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Thanks for Everything with Pink Fresh Studio

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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

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slippers

Hammermill Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

TCW Opalescent Stardust Butter

Blending Brushes

Small stencil trowel

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Have a Lovely Day With Amazing Paper Grace

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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.

Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow

Bearly Art Glue

Blending Brushes

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Amazing Paper Grace Sympathy Card

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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

Fluted Classics Rectangles Dies

Postage Edge Rectangles Dies

Scalloped Symphony Notecard Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Creative Expressions Pearl Card – Ivory

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Rainforest

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Lilac

Rajni Chawla’s Flavourite Vellum

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Dress My Craft Green Wire Pollens

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Wisteria

Distress Oxide inks – Kitsch Flamingo, Shaded Lilac

Ranger Archival ink – Majestic Violet

Small ball stylus

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All Hearts Come Home for Christmas with Amazing Paper Grace

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Meri Kirihimete

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

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

All Hearts Come Home Dies

Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Glacier

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Creative Expressions Gold Mirror Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Wow Embossing Ink

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter Diamond

Bearly Art Glue

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