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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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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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Amazing Paper Grace Sending a Hug

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For my card today I have been inspired by a card by Becca Feeken from Amazing Paper Grace layering the Braided Grace Square dies to create a stunning and elegant card. I have layered the Braided Grace dies in a similar fashion and then added the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classic Square dies to create new layers and dimension. I then added some pretty handcrafted flowers and some gold pearls for a card that would be suitable for many occasions. I will look to do a video on how I have made these flowers at some stage. 

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

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card and layered it with gold cardstock and some very pretty gold and ivory floral paper. I then added a large Fluted Classic Square die in gold and layered it with some more of the pretty paper on the top to create a base for the decorative dies.

I die cut four decorative squares from the Braided Square Dies – two from ivory cardstock and two from gold cardstock. I adhered the ivory dies behind the gold dies and layered them on top of the Fluted Square dies – the first as a diamond and the second as a square to create eight points.

I then die cut the smallest square from the Fluted Classic Square dies out of gold cardstock and then added a small square of the patterned paper. This was then added to the centre of the Braided Square dies with foam tape in a diamond shape. To finish the card front base I die cut two small braided motifs from gold cardstock, stacked them together and added it to the top of the small square.

I stamped the sentiment from the Just a Note Sentiments Stamp set in clear embossing ink on vellum and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment out using the coordinating die in the same stamp set and adhered it across the centre of the diagonal square with some glue on each end.

I die cut the leaves from the Petite Floral Bouquet Dies and the Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die out of green cardstock. I added the lighter green leaves from the Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die around the sentiment and centre square.

I die cut the flowers from the Grand Cinch and Go Flowers, Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die and Cinch and Go V Flower die sets from soft flower shaping paper. I coloured the petals with a combination of pink and yellow inks (listed below) and shaped and assembled them. I have used the Grand Cinch and Go Flower Dies with the Cinch and Go V Flower Dies for the larger flowers. I inserted yellow wire pollens through the centres of the small flowers. I added the three large flowers around the centre square and sentiment and added the larger darker leaves around them. I trimmed the wires to the small flowers and added them as fillers around the larger flowers. 

To complete the card I added gold pearls to the centres of the large flowers and to the end of the vellum sentiment banner to hide the glue.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Braided Grace Squares Die

Fluted Classic Square Dies

Petite Floral Bouquet Dies

Grand Cinch and Go Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go V Flowers Dies

Cinch and Go Four Flowers Die

Just a Note Sentiments Stamps and Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Creative Expressions Ivory Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest

Spellbinders Express Yourself Paper Pad

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Archival ink – Sunflower

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia, Lemon Whip

Blending Brushes

Soft Foam Mat

Small Ball Stylus

Silicone Mat

Bearly Art Glue

Dress My Craft Wire Pollens – Yellow

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

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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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A Seaside Wedding Card

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I was recently asked to make a wedding card for my husband’s colleague and the brief was the couple loved the beach and ocean so I immediately thought of the Heartfelt Sea Breeze collection and after that the card came together very quickly. I have added a bridal arch and birds from Marianne Designs and the wedding couple is from Creative Expressions. I had already made the flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose dies and the colour was perfect for the card. And I also saved a lot of time die cutting the images from the paper collection.

My Project

I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card from white cardstock for my card base. I then layered gold cardstock and patterned paper for the base for the embellishments. I made sure to measure the top layer so that the boat was visible in the centre of the bridal arch.

I die cut a fence from the paper collection and trimmed it in half placing the halves on the sides of the card. I then die cut some grass from the paper collection and added over the fence on the right side.

I die cut two bridal arches – one from gold cardstock and one from white cardstock. I adhered the gold die behind the white die and offset it lightly for a glimpse of gold. The arch was then added to the front of the card with foam strips.

I die cut two wedding couple dies – one from black cardstock and one from white cardstock. I then embossed the die on some pearlised cardstock and cut around the embossed edge. I added the white die cut over this and trimmed the black die to add the male figure to the die. This was then added to the front of the bridal arch with foam squares.

I die cut the bird on the marker image from the paper collection and then die cut a separate die from plain cardstock. I adhered the coloured image to the plain die and then added it to the bottom left of the card with foam tape.

To complete the background I die cut the birds from the paper collection and trimmed them and added them around the base of the card.

I die cut the flowers using the Small and Large Wild Rose dies from watercolour paper. I coloured them with Pink Peony, Sunflower, Peachy Keen inks, wet them and shaped them with the coordinating molds. When dry I assembled them and added some stamens through the centres and added them to the top right of the card. The leaves were coloured with Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse and Leaf Green inks and also shaped using the coordinating mold and were then added around the roses.

To finish I added some glitter to the sea and some die cut birds from the paper collection.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbor Die Set

Heartfelt Creations A Day at the Sea Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments Cling Stamp

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Small Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Large Wild Rose Mold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Creative Expressions Special Occasions Sentiments – The Happy Couple

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0276

Marianne Designs Creatables – LR0298

Bockingford Watercolour Paper – 150 GSM

Ranger Archival inks – Pink Peony, Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green. Sunflower, Peachy Keen

Bearly Art Glue

Creative Expressions Diamond Sprinkles

Foam strips, tape, squares

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Amazing Paper Grace Pearls and Lace with Love

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I have another soft and romantic card full of pearls and lace to share with you today featuring the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace March 2022 Die of the Month – Bella Ovalette. I have been going through my stash of papers and dies and found this absolutely beautiful pearl embossed paper that my daughter had bought for me from Sydney many years ago. It is such a soft and pretty silver/blue colour and was perfect as the background to the stunning dies. Everything is included in this Bella Ovalette die set including the flowers and leaves and all I needed to add extra was the sentiment from Beccy’s Place. Lots of different layers on top of the embossed paper makes this card so ‘amazing’ in real life.

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″ card out of white cardstock. I trimmed the blue/silver paper to 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ and added it to the front of the card.

I die cut the one decorative base out of white cardstock using the large decorative frame and then die cut two decorative frames using the decorative frame and the inner rectangle frame from white cardstock. These were stacked together and then added to the card front. I then die cut 4 decorative rectangles using the plain rectangle die, the middle decorative die and the inner plain die out of white cardstock. I stacked these together and added them inside the larger decorative frame.

I die cut two inner decorative accents using the small accent die and the circle die and adhered them together.

Using the decorative accent as a guide for placement I stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s Place on one of the discarded inner panels from the rectangle dies using Tuxedo Black ink. This stamped inner panel was then added to the inside of the rectangle frames.

I die cut the flowers out of soft flower shaping paper and coloured one set with light blue ink and the other set with light yellow inks. After spritzing the petals with water I shaped them using a small and medium ball stylus on foam mats. Once dry these were arranged on the bottom right and the top left of the rectangle frame as shown.

I die cut the leaves from the light green cardstock and added them around the flowers as shown.

To finish I added pearls to the flower centres and on the die cuts.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

March 2022 Die of the Month – Bella Ovalette

Other Products Used:

Beccy’s Place Stamp Set – Magnolia

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Silver/blue embossed pearl paper from my stash

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Flower Shaping Paper

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Lemon Fresh

Altenew ink – Sea Breeze

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Small and medium ball stylus

Foam mat

Pretty Pink Posh – Marshmallow Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

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An Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Wedding Card

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Today I am channeling my inner Becca Feeken with a beautiful wedding card made by layering gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace dies. I have always been a big fan of Becca’s designs and how she has used different dies together and added gold accents and this card has been inspired by one of her designs using the Amazing Paper Grace Hannah Elise Layering Frame dies from the Chantilly Lace collection. I have added a decorative tone on tone background to the card with the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 Lattice Quadrangle and then added a pretty romantic rose, a pearl encrusted bow, some foliage, a sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments and lots of pearls to finish with a stunning wedding card that is a gift in itself. I also wanted the floral embellishments to look like a rose with seed pearl decorations adorning the bride’s hair and to me I feel I have achieved this.

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

My Project

I have made a top folding 6″ x 6″ card base out of white cardstock. I layered gold and cream cardstock to the front to make the base for the embellishments. I die cut two decorative background dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 out of cream cardstock, adhered them together and then added it to the front of the card.

I die cut a base from cream cardstock and two decorative dies using the Amazing Paper Grace Hannah Elise Layering Frame dies – one from gold cardstock and one from cream cardstock. I stacked these together and added the decorative frame to the cream base using foam strips. I added the gold centre decorative die to the inside of the frame.

I die cut two frames from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments – one from gold and one from cream cardstocks. I trimmed the gold die down the centre lengthways and adhered both sides behind the cream die ensuring the gold is slightly offset behind the cream die. I then adhered this to the centre of the gold decorative frame. I stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments in Wow embossing ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I then die cut the sentiment out using the small rectangle die from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Sentiments. This was matted with gold cardstock and adhered to the front of the sentiment frame.

I die cut the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Double Bow and Flowers dies from cream cardstock and assembled the dies to create a bow. I added pearls to the centre of the bow and then added the bow to the top of the sentiment die.

I die cut, coloured, shaped and assembled a single rose from the Amazing Paper Grace Candlewick Rosebud dies. I used Peachy Keen, Rosey Posey and Magenta Hues to colour the rose. I die cut two leaves from the same die set and adhered them to the bottom of the sentiment die as shown. I then adhered the rose over the leaves in the centre.

I die cut several small sprays from the Amazing Paper Grace Fall Label Motifs Dies out of gold cardstock. I added small pearls to some of the sprays and added them around the green leaves along with some plain gold sprays.

To finish I added some pearls to the corners and on the dies as shown.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month September 2020 Lattice Quadrangle

Hannah Elise Layering Frame Dies

All Occasions Sentiments Stamps and Dies

Petite Double Bow and Flowers Dies

Candlewick Rosebud Dies

Fall Label Motifs

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Ivory

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Bearly Art Glue

Small brad

Fun Stampers Journey Pearls

Ranger Archival inks – Peachy Keen, Rosey Posy, Magenta Hue

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Foam Strips

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Hello Happy Birthday

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I have another birthday card to share with you using more of the clematis flowers that I made last week for my YouTube channel. Once again I have used a die that I have had in my stash for many years. I love dies that have ornate decorative features and lots of lattice and this die from Sue Wilson – Striplets – Lattice Window is one that I will never give away. I love making layers to create dimension and depth and here I have die cut several times to get the dimension I wanted and was able to use all the die cuts with no waste. Another bonus. I have also started going through my cardstock stash and begun using my old stock up. Another bonus! Overall I was really happy with how this card turned out.

My Project

For my card I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I then layered up white pearlescent cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies. I die cut three lattice windows out of the pearlescent card. I stacked three outer frames together and added it to the centre of the card. I die cut the lattice inner using the left over inner panels and adhered them to the centre and sides of the decorative lattice window.

I die cut three ‘hello’ dies – two from scrap pearlescent card and one from silver card. I stacked the sentiments together with the silver on top and then adhered it to the bottom right of the decorative windows.

I hot foiled the sentiment using silver holographic foil on pearlescent card and die cut it with the coordinating die. I matted the sentiment using silver metallic cardstock and added it below the ‘hello’ sentiment with some foam tape.

I then made the leaves and flowers (see video below my list of products I have used) and adhered them to the card as shown.

Products Used:

Creative Expressions Striplets – Lattice Window

Altenew – Hello die

Spellbinders – Everyday Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Spellbinders Foil – Silver Holographic

Spellbinders Silver Metallic Cardstock

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Cardstock – White with Gold Tint

Spellbinders Silver Metallic Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Holographic Silver

Ranger Archival inks – Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green, Olive, Periwinkle, Violet, Buttercup

Medium and Large Ball Stylus

Soft flower shaping mat

Dress My Craft Micro Thread Stamens

Dress My Craft Yellow Wire Pollens

Upholstery thread

Bearly Art Glue

Foam tape

Spellbinders Susan’s Garden Shaping Mold

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Heartfelt Creations Climbing Clematis Flowers Two Ways

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Today I am sharing a card made with Heartfelt Creations Climbing Clematis that has been shaped and coloured in two different ways to make a beautiful floral birthday card. I was inspired by a card on Pinterest that used the beautiful Marianne Creatables LR0300 die to create a stunning but simple base for some hand made flowers. This die is one of my favourites as you can emboss it to get some amazing texture and depth to the die cut. Plus I have had numerous requests to do more flower making tutorials and today I have a video on my YouTube channel showing you how I have made these clematis flowers and how to put them on the card.

My project

For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I then die cut the gorgeous Marianne Creatables LR0300 die out of white cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card using foam tape.

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Plate on white cardstock using silver holographic hot foil and die cut it with the coordinating die. I then matted it lightly with silver cardstock and adhered it to the bottom right of the card.

I then die cut the flowers and leaves, coloured them and shaped them and allowed them to dry. Once assembled the flowers and leaves were then added to the top of the card.

To finish the card I added some white pearls to the decorative die.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Climbing Clematis Dies

Heartfelt Creations Garden Lily Dies

Marianne Designs LR0300 Dies

Spellbinders Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Plate and Coordinating Die

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Spellbinders Silver Metallic Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Holographic Silver

Ranger Archival inks – Vivid Chartreuse, Leaf Green, Olive, Periwinkle, Violet, Buttercup

Medium and Large Ball Stylus

Soft flower shaping mat

Dress My Craft Micro Thread Stamens

Dress My Craft Yellow Wire Pollens

Upholstery thread

Bearly Art Glue

Foam tape

White pearls

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Patricia

Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Christmas

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's Creations2 Comments

Kia ora Koutou

Christmas is less than two months away and I have some more Christmas card inspiration for you today. I was inspired by a couple of cards I saw on Instagram and thought I would mix the two ideas to make my own version using Amazing Paper Grace dies. So for my card I have mixed two Amazing Paper Grace interactive collections – Make a Scene and Pop Up 3D Vignettes to create a beautiful elegant slightly dimensional Christmas card embellished with some beautiful Christmas Roses or Hellebore flowers. I love the soft tones that I have used in this card with the muted ink blended background highlighting the white on white scene from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene Dies. The Amazing Paper Grace Grand Christmas Lattice Arch Dies were a perfect frame for the Make a Scene dies and also gave me some space for my flowers.

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

My Project

For my card I have created a top folding base card measuring 5″ x 5 3/4″ out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of plain white card 5 3/8″ x 4 5/8″ adhered it to the front of the card. I die cut a plain frame and decorative frame out of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Grand Christmas Lattice Arch Dies. I ink blended one of the inside panels using Lemon Whip, Sky Blue and Summer Shower inks and added it to the front of the card using the previously cut frame as a guide. I then die cut three different height white ‘hills’ using the three different shaped landscape dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene dies. The width of these pieces was 3 3/8″ just enough to cover the sides of the coloured insert. I then added these to the bottom of the ink blended panel using foam squares in between each piece. I then adhered the decorative frame over the plain frame and added it to the font of the card using thicker foam strips.

To decorate the inside of the frame I have die cut the different houses and trees from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene Dies out of white cardstock and added them in between the layers using foam squares as need.

I die cut three Santa and reindeer dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I die cut a shaped strip out of acetate using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Dies and adhered the Santa and reindeer dies to it before added it to the frame as shown.

I die cut four Merry Christmas sentiments out of white cardstock using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Silent Night Make a Scene dies. I stacked the four dies together and then adhered the sentiment at the base of the scene.

I die cut some foliage and holly leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Labels Motifs Dies out of different colours of green cardstock and adhered them to the top left of the card on the frame. I handcrafted the flowers using the larger flower die from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – March 2020 Elegant Infinity using soft flower shaping paper and micro thread stamens. These were added over the foliage. To finish the flowers I added some green leaves using the leaf die from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V Dies.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Grand Christmas Lattice Arch Dies

Silent Night Make A Scene Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – March 2020 Elegant Infinity (flowers)

Cinch and Go V Dies (leaves)

Holiday Labels Motifs Dies (foliage)

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, Parsley

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Acetate

Dress My Craft Soft Floral Paper

Dress My Craft Micro Thread Stamens

Bearly Art Glue

Bearly Art Foam Strips

Spellbinders Foam Squares

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sky Blue, Summer Shower

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Patricia