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A Sparkly Rainbow Birthday Card

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I recently won a challenge in a Facebook group for one of my cards and I was thrilled with my prize that I received. In it was this gorgeous stencil with no branding on it but I loved it. I am relatively new to stenciling and ink blending so I had another go at a rainbow design but this time I added some sparkle to the ink blending with some Nuvo glitter paste – Moonstone. I was thrilled with the result and I will definitely do this again. I have kept my card very simple so as not to distract from the pretty sparkly pattern and just added a simple white border from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles and a white flower die that I embossed from Spellbinders that I have had for quite a while. A simple hot foiled ‘Hello’ from Pink Fresh Studio and a stamped ‘Happy Birthday’ from Honey Bee Stamps finished off this card. I was inspired for my card from a card on Instagram – however that card featured a plain dramatic ink blended background and white accents. I am in my happy space with pastels and sparkles.

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Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles dies

Spellbinders Asters and Poppies Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages 6″ x 6″ Stamps

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Banner Honey Cuts

Pink Fresh Studio – Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating die

Distress Oxide inks – Picked Raspberry, Saltwater Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Moonstone

White cardstock from my stash

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Bearly Art Glue

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Hats off to You Congratulations Card

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Today I am sharing a quick and easy graduation card that my daughter requesting for her flatmate when she graduated with a PhD. For my card I have mixed and matched some Amazing Paper Grace dies with Spellbinders dies to create a simple yet very elegant graduation card. I have used red accents as this was the colour of the faculty where the friend studied.

My Project

For my card I have created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I reversed foiled the background using the Spellbinders Glimmering Swag Glimmer Plate using gold foil. This was trimmed to 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhered to the front of the card. I then die cut the frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics die and adhered it to the front of the card using foam tape for some dimension. I die cut the inner panel using the next size down rectangle Fluted Classics die and adhered it to the centre of the card inside the frame. Finally, I die cut the smaller panel and embossing it with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder and adhered it to the front.

I die cut the graduation hat out of gold, black and red cardstocks using the Spellbinders Hat’s Off To You Dies and adhered it to the top right of the card. I decorated the card with the ‘congrats’ sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2020 – Elegant Infinity Dies, the stars from the Spellbinders Parcel and Post Christmas Decorations Dies and the numbers from the Spellbinders Victorian Numbers Dies.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2020 – Elegant Infinity Dies

Spellbinders Hat’s Off To You Dies

Spellbinders Glimmering Swag Glimmer Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate

Spellbinders Parcel and Post Christmas Decorations Dies

Spellbinders Victorian Numbers Dies

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Onyx, Phone Booth

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Foam tape

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

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Let’s Celebrate Honey Bee Stamps

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I have another card featuring Honey Bee Stamps products and this time I have used the Spring Greenery and Birds dies. These are just fabulous and so easy to make cards with.

My project.

I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding base card. I then die cut a piece of light blue cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhere it to the front of the card. I have then cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and die cut it using the Honey Bee Stamps Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Base – Honey Cuts. I sponged around the edges with Sky Blue ink and then adhere it to the front of the card. I die cut two dies using the Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top – Honey Cuts, stacked them together and adhered it to the front of the card.

I have die cut the bird using blue, red, black, grey and cream cardstock. I have sponged blue ink on the winds and body of the bird before assembling it and adhering it to the top right of the card.

I have die cut a range of leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery and adhered them on the bottom left of the card. I die cut the flowers out of blue and purple cardstock and sponged the edges with Lavender Fields ink before assembling them and adding them over the leaves.

To finish I have stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock. I have die cut this with the coordinating die and also die cut another plain die. These were adhered together with the stamped image on top and adhere to the bottom right of the card.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Base – Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top – Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Stamp and coordinating die

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Rainforest, Fern, Peridot, Dahlia, Raindrop, Lunar Grey, Black Onyx, Glacier, Alabaster, Lilac Blossom

Archival ink – Jet Black

Altenew inks – Lavender Fields

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Summer Shower, Seaside

Clear Wink of Stella

Bearly Art Glue

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It’s a Cat and Mouse Father’s Day Game Father’s Day Card

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Today I am sharing a Father’s Day card that I have made for my husband for Father’s Day. This was another quick and easy card to make as I already had all the foliage and flowers die cut and the cat and mouse were easy to die cut and add to the card. This cat die looks exactly like our cat from the back.

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I ink blended yellow and blue inks to the centre of the card front to provide a backdrop to the leaves and animals. I cut another piece of white cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and die cut the oval aperture out using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Elegant Twist dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Gina K Designs Hole in One Stamp set to the bottom of the panel in black ink and then adhered this panel to the front of the card using foam tape.

I die cut a range of foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Spring Greenery from a range of green cardstock and white cardstock which was coloured with inks. These have been trimmed and added to the centre of the oval frame.

The cat has been die cut out of black cardstock and added to the centre of the oval with foam tape for dimension. The mouse has been cut out of brown cardstock and I sponged the edges with Frayed Burlap ink before adding it to the front of the oval with foam tape for dimension.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Oval Elegant Twist Dies

Spellbinders Cat and Mouse dies

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Spring Greenery

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Onyx, Rainforest, Fern, Peridot, Portabello

Neenah Solar Crest Cardstock 80Ib

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Fresh Pear, Key Lime, Grassy Knoll, Lemon Whip, Summer Shower, Sky Blue

Distress Oxide ink – Frayed Burlap

Altenew ink – Obsidian Pigment ink

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

Gina K Designs Hole in One Stamp Set

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Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Slimline Borders Birthday Card

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I love lacy dies and these Amazing Paper Grace Romantic Slimline Borders Dies are just stunning to add some pretty edges and decorative backgrounds to add some flowers and a butterfly. These border dies can be used in so many ways and today I have done a 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ card. I had some flowers left over from a previous project so this card was so quick and easy to put together. You can see the other card card here and on that post there is a link to a video tutorial on how I have made these flowers on YouTube.

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

My Project

To make my card 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 cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and scored at 1/8″ intervals down the long side of the card and then adhered it to the front of the card.

I cut the following pieces of card:

Blue card – 4 1/2″ x 4″

White card – 3″ x 4″

Pink card – 2″ x 4″

I die cut each end of the blue card with the ‘broderie anglais’ edge and stitch edge dies, the white card with the scallop and stitched dies and the pink card with the lacy decorative edge dies. I then layered the pink strip to the white strip to the blue strip and adhered them to the front of the embossed layer on the front of the card.

I cut a strip of white card 7/8″ x 4″ and embossed a line at 1/8″ along each long side to add some interest to this panel. I then stamped the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Lyrical Layers Floral Stamp Set in Jet Black ink to the right side of the strip. This was then added to the centre of the pink lacy edged strip.

The flowers were made using the Amazing Paper Grace Primrose Heart Facade Dies. I have ink blended pink and yellow inks on white cardstock before die cutting the flowers out and assembling them. I have also used the same flowers on another card that you can see here. The small sprays are from the Amazing Paper Grace October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies and have been die cut out of yellow and green cardstock. I added some gold pearls to the centres of the open flowers.

To finish the card I added a blue, white and gold butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Romantic Slimline Borders Dies

Primrose Heart Facade Dies

October 2021 Die of the Month Flourished Fleurit Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies

Lyrical Layers Floral Stamp Set

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest, Glacier, Beeswax, Chamomile, OnyxBee

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Ballet Slippers

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Ranger Archival ink – Ranger Black

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

Bearly Art Glue

Scoreboard

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

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Amazing Paper Grace Sympathy Card

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My card today has been inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest and I immediately thought the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Emmeline Treillage die would make a beautiful background to some gorgeous handmade flowers using the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies and leaves and a butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies. I have kept the colours very muted and limited to blue, green and white with a touch of lemon to keep with the sympathy theme of the card.

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

My Project

I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of pale blue cardstock 4 1/8″ x 4 3/8″ and adhered it to the inside back of the card. I then die cut the lacey front out using the beautiful ‘daisy chain’ die from the Amazing Paper Grace Emmeline Treillage die. I die cut another decorative die from a piece of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ white cardtock and adhered it to the front of the card for more strength.

I die cut three decorative ovals from the Amazing Paper Grace Double Halo Oval dies and stacked the decorative frame together and adhered it to the front of the card. I then stamped the sentiment in black ink on one of the inner ovals and adhered it to the inside of the frame.

I die cut the leaves out of two different colour green cardstocks using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies and adhered them to the left of the oval. I then made the dimensional flowers from flower shaping paper using the flower dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies. The blue flowers where coloured with French Ultramarine ink and the smaller flowers were coloured with Citrus Burst inks. Once these were assembled I adhered them over the leaves.

I made the butterfly out of white, blue and black cardstocks using the butterfly dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Dies and adhered it to the right of the oval as shown.

To finish the card I have added some white pearls to the centres of the flowers and the daisies on the decorative background die.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Emmeline Treillage Dies

Cinch and Go Blossoms Dies

Summer Label Motif Dies

Double Halo Oval Dies

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Onyx, Rainforest, Peridot, Glacier

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Beccy’s Place Stamp – Magnolia

White pearls

Bearly Art Glue

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black, French Ultramarine

Altenew ink – Citrus Burst

Amazing Paper Grace Love Hope Joy

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I have another White and Gold Christmas card to share with you today featuring the stunning Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. This die set has everything you need for a very elegant Christmas card and I have added a Christmas themed embossed background using the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder and an elegant frame from the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom die. This card came together very quickly.

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

My Project

I have made a 5″ x 7″ side folding card base out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and embossed it with the Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder before adding it to the frame of the card. I then made a frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die out of white and gold cardstock. I die cut two outline frames in white cardstock to get more of a ‘stained glass” effect and to complete the frame I have inlaid the decorative elements in the frame with white cardstock.

I die cut the tree and presents out of white and gold cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree. The tree and presents had their embellishments added and was then added to the front of the card inside the frame.

To finish I added the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree in white backed with gold to go across the tree as shown.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace November 2021 Die of the Month – Pop Up 3D Vignette Christmas Tree

Amazing Paper Grace Deco Bloom Die

Amazing Paper Grace Holly Flourish Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Foam Squares

Foam tape

Bearly Art Glue

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Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette Retro TV

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I have another bright and cheerful card to share with you today with a real groovy feel. My card today showcases the fabulous Amazing Paper Grace 3D Retro TV Vignette Etched Dies by Becca Feeken from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignettes Collection by Becca Feeken. I love the attention to detail with this set and it reminds me of the television in the movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original movie with Gene Wilder) where the little boy gets pulled into the television. This set is just so the 60’s and because I already had the flowers made this card came together very quickly which is always a bonus!

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

My Project:

My card base is 4 14″ x 5 1/2″ and have used the gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Marquis Etched Dies by Becca Feeken as a background for the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Retro TV Vignette Etched Dies by Becca Feeken to sit on top. I have created a shaker element for the screen to add interest to the retro television. To finish the card I have added some handcrafted flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go IV Flower Etched Dies and the leaves are from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies by Becca Feeken. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Retro TV Vignette Etched Dies by Becca Feeken.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Retro TV Vignette Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Marquis Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go IV Flower Etched Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies by Becca Feeken

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Chamomile, Persimmon, Peridot, Raindrops, Lilac Blossom, Purple Mist, Cosmic Sky, Phone Booth

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Acetate

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Ranger Archival ink – Peachy Keen

Spellbinders Aura Opalescent Sequins

Orange Wire Pollens

Bearly Art Glue

Allene’s Tacky Glue

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Paintbrush

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Glitter Diamond

Foam Strips

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