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Amazing Paper Grace Stained Glass Birthday Wishes

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I have been going through my Amazing Paper Grace Dies and found the gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace Stained Glass Floral Bouquet collection and specifically the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Etched Dies and decided to have some fun with it. I also had a play using a new technique (for me) – ‘smooshing’ colour onto watercolour paper and added some shine and sparkle to further enhance the stained glass effect. I found this was great for colour coordinating as the colours all harmonised due to using the same colours throughout the card. Another bonus was that I only used two die sets as everything was all included in the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Etched Dies and all I needed was a sentiment die from the Amazing Paper Grace Celebration Scene Etched Dies.

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

My Project

For my card I have made a side opening 5″ x 7″ card out of white cardstock. I die two outer frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Etched Dies – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. I adhered the gold die over the white die and added it to the cardfront. I coloured a piece of watercolour paper using the ‘smoosh’ technique with Squeezed Lemonade and Saltwater Taffy inks. When dry I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to the surface for a shiny finish. I die cut this out using the inner rectangle die. I then die cut two decorative rectangles out using the Nos. 3,4 and 5 dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Etched Dies – one from gold cardstock and one from white cardstock. I adhered the white die to the front of the coloured panel. I coloured two pieces of watercolour paper using the ‘smoosh’ technique using Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn inks. When dry I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer over the top. Once dry I die cut the stained glass window out of one of the green panels and then paper pierced the leaves onto the decorative stained glass window die on the coloured background. I then added the gold outline die to the top for the stained glass effect and a white centre for the sentiment. This panel was then added to the front of the card inside the frame using some fun foam.

To make the flowers and leaves I ‘smooshed’ a piece of watercolour paper with Saltwater Taffy and Kitsch Flamingo inks. When dry I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer that had some ultrafine glitter added for a sparkly shine. While that was drying I die cut the bases of the flowers and leaves out of white cardstock and the outline out of gold cardstock. Then I added the gold outline dies to the white bases and die cut the flower centres out using the inner dies from the pink glittery and sparkly paper and the leaves from the other piece of green shiny paper. These were then paper pierced to create the stained glass effect. I added these on the card as shown and used some foam squares for some dimension.

To finish my card I have die cut three happy birthday sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace Celebration Scene Etched Dies – two from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. These were stacked together with the gold on top and then added to the centre of the frame.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Deco Bloom Etched Dies

Celebration Scene Etched Dies

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Bristol Smooth Watercolour Paper

Distress Oxide ink – Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron

3D Crystal Lacquer

Fun Foam

Art Glitter Ultrafine Crystal Glitter

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Peony Birthday Wishes

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Welcome back and today I am featuring the stunning Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Peony die. I have been watching a video on YouTube by Dawn Woleslagle at Wplus9 Design on how to colour the layered flowers from Honey Bee Stamps using ink blending to create depth and dimension. So I purchased the Peony die and had a go and I was thrilled with the result. There is so much texture to the flowers and leaves even though they are actually flat. I will definitely be doing more of this colouring.

My Project

I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of white glitter paper that has been in my stash for too many years 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and coloured the whole piece with Fresh Pear and Grassy Knoll inks and added it to the front of the card. I then die cut two dies from the Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top out of white cardstock. I adhered the two dies together and placed them over the sparkly green card front.

I die cut all the pieces of the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Peony die out of white cardstock and coloured them with Light and Medium Carnation inks for the flower and buds and Light and Medium Spruce for the leaves. I assembled the flowers and buds together using some foam tape for dimension. I added the leaves to the bottom right of the card and then adhered the buds around the leaves. The large peony was added using some foam squares.

I stamped the sentiment from the Beccy’s Place Stamp Set – Blue Wren in Obsidian ink on white cardstock and die cut the banner out using the Heartfelt Creations Arrows and Banners Die set. I then adhered the sentiment to the card front with foam squares.

To finish I added some sweet ladybirds from Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knots and Ladybugs that I had in my stash and added them around the flowers and leaves. I then added some clear iridescent gems to the centres of the daisies on the decorative daisy die

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Peony

Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knots and Ladybugs Dies

Heartfelt Creations Arrows and Banner Dies

Beccy’s Place Stamp Set – Blue Wren

Gina K inks – Light Spruce, Medium Spruce, Light Carnation, Medium Carnation

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll

Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Phone Booth

Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib White Cardstock

Taylored Expressions Iridescent gems

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Strips and squares

Fine tip black marker pen

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Hello Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Dogwood Flowers

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I am really loving the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Honey Cuts and I have another gorgeous card to share with yo featuring the Lovely Layers – Dogwood Flowers. This is such a gorgeous set and I have just purchased the birds from Honey Bee Stamps and I can’t wait to make some more cards with the flowers and birds together. I love the soft pastels of these flowers and they really pop with the blue ink blended background.

My Project:

I have made a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and ink blended blue and pale yellow inks. I die cut two Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top out of white cardstock, glued them together and the added this to the front of the card.

I die cut two base layers of the Dogwood dies and adhered them together. I then coloured the stems with brown copic markers to create the branches. The flowers and leaves were die cut separately and coloured using Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime and Bubble Gum. These were added to the branches and I then added the branches and flowers to the front of the card as shown.

To finish I added a sentiment from the Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments that had been hot foiled with Matte Gold.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top

Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Plate – Be Bold Sentiments

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Spellbinders Foil – Matte Gold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Copic Markers

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Bubble Gum, Sky Blue, Summer Shower,

Altenew ink – Lemon Ice

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace Stenciled Thank You Card

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Today I want to show that Amazing Paper Grace dies are not just for die cutting and layering. For my projects I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Round Doily die as a stencil for ink blending. This die has such a pretty pattern and I was really pleased with how the ink blending has turned out and I was able to get two cards out of the one action which is also very pleasing.

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

My Project

I have made a top folding base card of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ out of white cardstock. I have die cut the largest rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies set from white cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the stenciled image using the next size fluted die from the same set and adhered it to the front of the card.

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Occasions Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in matte gold and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked the dies together with the foiled sentiment on top and adhered it to the card front over the stenciled image.

I added some pink daisies left over from another card and a small butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies to decorate the card.

To finish the card I have added some pink jewels.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Round Doily Die

Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies

Layered Daisies

Elegant Occasions Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

Other Products Used:

Hammermill white cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Spellbinders Foil – Matte Gold

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo

Altenew inks – Pink Diamond, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime

Go Man Go Prills

Bearly Art Glue

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An Amazing Paper Grace Rainbow Birthday Card

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I am relatively new to ink blending and and I have really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful rainbow coloured cards on Instagram. My card today has been inspired by a couple of cards in particular on Instagram that have featured gorgeous soft pastel blends and resist ink blending. For my card today I have hot foiled the Amazing Paper Grace Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate with Opal Foil and then ink blended a rainbow over the foiling and I was very pleased with the resist effect. I added a rectangle frame and then an oval frame for the flowers to sit on the card. I coloured the flowers in the pinks and yellows that I had used on the card to keep the colours in harmony. A sweet butterfly and a simple stamped and die cut sentiment finishes the card.

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

My Project

I have created a base card of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ out of white cardstock. I hot foiled the diamond pattern using the Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate using Opal foil on white cardstock. I then ink blended a rainbow with Distress Oxide inks – colours listed below the photos and then die cut the rectangle using the largest plain edge die from the Postage Edge Squares dies and adhered this to the front of the card. I die cut two frames using the second largest postage edge square and the second largest plain edge dies from the Postage Edge Squares dies out of white cardstock. These were stacked together and adhered to the front of the card with foam strips. I die cut three decorative ovals using the small oval from the Double Halo Oval dies out of white cardstock. These were stacked together and adhered to the middle of the frame. A single inner was added to the middle of the frame.

For the flowers I have blended the yellow and pink inks on white cardstock and then die cut the flowers out using the dies from the Primrose Heart Facade Dies. These have been shaped and assembled and I have added the leaves, stems and base of the flowers die cut out of green cardstock. I then arranged the flowers and leaves around the oval on the bottom right of the card.

To finish I have stamped and die cut the sentiment from the Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp and Die Set in black ink. I also die cut two plain dies and stacked the three dies together with the stamped image on top and adhered the sentiment to the centre of the oval using foam squares. The butterfly is from the Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters and has been made from vellum coloured in the same colours used in the card and accented with gold trims.

Check out my video showing how I have created this card here:

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate

Postage Edge Squares Dies

Double Halo Oval Dies

Primrose Heart Facade Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters

Lyrical Layered Florals Clear Stamp and Die Set

Other Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping

Hammermill white cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Spellbinders Foil – Opal

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Distress Oxide ink – Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac, Twisted Citron

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Pink

Foam Squares

Bearly Art Glue

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A Time to Coast Happy Birthday

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I have another nautical birthday card to share with you today featuring the Gina K Time to Coast Stamp set. I had so much fun with this set and I love how I got so many different looks with the one stamp set. Once again this card was really quick and easy to put together and the lovely dies from Amazing Paper Grace really helped to lift it to the next level. I had already done the hot foiling and stenciling and I was thrilled that it fitted so well in this card to make a pretty accent.

My Project

For my card I have created a shaped base card using the Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edges Etched Dies and then die cut the foiled and stenciled image from Pink Fresh Studio – Stained Glass using the inner edge die from the same die set. I have ink blended the background on a spare piece of paper and then stamped the images from the Gina K Time to Coast stamp set. I have die cut the frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classic Etched Dies and adhered it over the inked and stamped image with some foam tape.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Postage Edge Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Gina K Stamps – Time to Coast

Altenew inks – Buttercream, Citrus Burst, Obsidian Pigment ink,

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Blue Sky, Summer Shower, Seaside, Mint,

Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate – Stained Glass

Pink Fresh Studio Stencil – Stained Glass

Lawn Fawn Stencil Paste – Gold

Neenah Solar 80 Ib Classic Crest Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

All the products I have used I have purchased from Meetu at Krafter’s Cart in Auckland, New Zealand. Click on the logo on the side of the blog and that will take you to Meetu’s website.

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A Time to Coast

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I have another masculine birthday card that I have made for a family member to share with you today. I have created a clean and simple card featuring ink blending, stamping and a little die cutting. Once again I have gone outside my comfort zone and I am very pleased with how this has turned out. There is a mix of different products that I have used for this card and they are listed below the photos for your information.

Products Used:

Gina K Stamps – Time to Coast

Amazing Paper Grace Oval Fluted Classics Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Altenew inks – Buttercream, Citrus Burst, Obsidian Pigment ink

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Blue Sky, Summer Shower, Seaside

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Raindrop

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

All the products I have used I have purchased from Meetu at Krafter’s Cart in Auckland, New Zealand. Click on the logo on the side of the blog and that will take you to Meetu’s website.

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