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Nautical Christmas Card

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Today I have another downunder Christmas card to share with you featuring a nautical theme with a kiwi twist. When I saw the stunning Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle at Spellbinders I had to get this set as it was perfect for masculine cards, for the sailing enthusiasts as well as Christmas cards to send overseas. For the Christmas cards I also stamped, coloured and fussy cut some pohutakawa flowers to add a kiwi flavour to the cards I sent overseas. The pohutakawa tree is a New Zealand native tree that blooms with red flowers at Christmas time and is known as the New Zealand Christmas tree. I have also added some background with the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Collection papers and coordinating dies. Of course I had to add some glitter to the flowers and sea to add some sparkle. Watch out for more Christmas cards to come for Christmas in July celebrations.

Products used:

Spellbinders Uncharted Waters Stencil

Spellbinders Set Sail Etched Dies

Spellbinders Guiding Light Etched Dies

Spellbinders Oh Buoy! Etched Dies

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour Paper Collection and Dies – birds

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Paper Collection and Dies- shells

Heartfelt Creations A Day At Sea -Paper Collection and Dies – grass, frame

Heartfelt Creations Christmas Lantern Cling Stamp and Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ocean Breeze, Turquoise, Waterfall,Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Marigold, Clementine, Sage, Eucalyptus, Grassy Knoll, Spruce Tips, Warm Buff – grass

Distress inks – Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber, Ground Expresso

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Mirror Silver Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Phone Booth, Lunar Grey, Graphite, Raindrop

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 100 Lb

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80 Lb

Foam Strips

Foam Squares

Foam Tape

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers – Sand E44, E43, E42, E41, Fence – E47, E35, E33, E41, Grass – G94, G21, YG63 Anchor – W5, W3, W1, W0

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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A Nautical Father’s Day Card

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We have just had Father’s Day last weekend in New Zealand and my husband was a keen sailor when he was young so when I saw the Fair Winds Collection by Dawn Woleslagle I had to have this collection. I loved how Dawn had created the whole package with stencils for a gorgeous background to the dies to create the scenes. The seagulls were sooo cute and the boat was so easy to put together. I have made several cards and some will end up being Christmas cards seeing as we have warm Christmas’ here.

I have used the Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder – Burlap to create a ‘watercolour’ finish to my stenciled background and it really does look like the background is on a canvas. This was done prior to adding all the other elements which helped the images to pop. The Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Etched Dies which look like. they could be ropes carried through the nautical theme to frame the boat.

I have added some shells to the base of the card from the Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper collection to give an extra ‘beachy’ touch to the posts, buoys, seagulls, and life preservers at the bottom of the card. I coloured clear Bitty Sparkles with black alcohol marker and added them as eyes to the seagulls.

To finish the card front I added some Star Dust Stickles to the sea for some sparkle on the sea.

I just couldn’t bear to add a sentiment to the front so I added the sentiment from the Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set in the inside of the card.

Products Used:

Spellbinders Set Sail Dies

Spellbinders Guiding Light Dies

Spellbinders Oh, Buoy Dies

Spellbinders Uncharted Waters 6″ x 6″ Stencils

Spellbinders Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Press Plate and Die Set

Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle Dies

Honey Bee Stamps 3D Embossing Folder’

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Onyx, Phone Booth, Lunar Grey, Graphite, 

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Clementine, Blueberry

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 100 Lb

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80 Lb

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Ocean Breeze, Turquoise, Waterfall,Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Marigold, Clementine, Sage, Eucalyptus, Grassy Knoll

Distress inks – Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Scorched Timber, Ground Expresso

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Copic Marker – 100

Stickles – Star Dust

Foam Squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Birthday Dogs and Flowers

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I was recently asked to make a birthday card for someone who loves alsatian and bichon frise dogs and off course flowers. So I pulled out a mix of different brands to make the flowers and background which worked well together to create a wonderful garden for the dogs. I purchased the dog images from Etsy and printed them on watercolour paper and fussy cutting them to add to the card. The recipient of the card was thrilled with it.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Vignette – Pet House

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Barn Wood Fence Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers -Winter Birds Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts

Sizzix Susan’s Garden Anemone Dies

Spellbinders Fancy Sentiment Strips BetterPress Plate and Die Set

Spellbinders Peach Blossom Dies

Spellbinders Gardenia Dies

Spellbinders Hollyhock Dies

Spellbinders Forget-Me-Knot and Ladybird Dies

Susan’s Garden Flower Making Paper

Mintay Paper – Elodie

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Glacier, Rainforest, Phone Booth, Fern, Onyx

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 80lb

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300gsm, Latte

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Dove,

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Lemon Whip, Sage, Eucalyptus, Wisteria, Bubblegum, Ballet Slipper, Sparkling Rose, Sky Blue, Sheer Lilac, Key Lime, Grassy Knoll, Fresh Pear, Gathered Twigs,

Distress inks – Antique Linen, Vintage Photo

Woodgrain embossing folder from stash

Yellow Flower Pollen

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam tape

Fine tip Black Pen

3D Crystal Lacquer

Prills – Power Outage

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Rainbow Unicorn Baby Card

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My daughter’s friend is having a baby and loves unicorns and rainbows so I made this card for my daughter to give her friend for a baby shower and she cried when she received it. It fitted perfectly in the theme of the baby shower. I have used a range of products from different companies for this card and I was very happy with how it turned out.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Rectangles Dies

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Dies

Marianne Designs Creatables LR2018

Spellbinders Sentiments For Every Day Hot Foil Plate

Trinity Stamps Rainbow Sunshine Die Set

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Phone Booth, Chamomile, Beeswax, Rainforest, Glacier, Peridot, Soft Lilac, Snowdrift, Persimmon, Purple Mist, Gold Metallic Card

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, Nutmeg, Lilac

Neenah Solar Classic 80Ib White

Hammermill Paper

Spellbinders Gold Foil

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

Waffle Flower Cloud Stencil

Unicorn from stash

Foam Tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

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Better Press Happy Birthday

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I have recently purchased the new Spellbinders BetterPress system as I had seen some gorgeous plates and samples made with the BetterPress. And as I love colouring I thought I would have a go. I am still working out the best way to use it as I am getting a little bit of movement when I am pressing the plates. I think I need my Platinum next to the BetterPress so I can minimise the likelihood of movement. However, I do love the image that comes with the machine and I will look to add more plates over time when my budget and time allows.

My Project

For my card I created a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I impressed two images using the floral plate and sentiment plate that came with the machine on porcelain cardstock. I coloured on image using Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and die cut it out with a small rectangle die from the Spellbinders Matting Basics A Die set. I cut a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than the die cut image and adhered the coloured image on top of the black cardstock. This was then added to the top of the plain black and white image aligning the lines. This was then added to the front of the card base.

I die cut two large frames from the Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Rectangle Dies, adhered them together and added them to the card front.

I also pressed the sentiments from the Spellbinders – Fancy Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set in black ink on the porcelain cardstock and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I added a mat out of black cardstock to the sentiment and then added this to the front of the card over the flowers with foam squares as shown.

To finish the card I added a little sparkle with some clear irridescent gems around the sentiments.

Products Used:

Spellbinders Better Press Machine and Plates

Spellbinders – Fancy Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set

Better Press Jet Black ink

Spellbinders – Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panels – 25 Pack

Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Black Onyx

Amazing Paper Grace Fluted Classics Rectangle Dies

Foam squares

Zig Markers – 051 Lemon Yellow, 061 Light Brown, 041 Light Green, 201 Pink Haze, 081 Light Violet

Water Brush

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

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Love and Peace

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It has been a while since I have made any big flowers as I have been having a lot of problems with arthritis in my hands. However, I saw a challenge called ‘Peace’ in a Facebook group I belong to and I couldn’t resist getting my Susan’s Garden Floribunda Roses dies to make a Peace Rose. I have tried making this rose for a long time and I have finally realised that this rose is a very vibrant yellow with touches of pink on the outer petals so I was very happy with how my rose turned out – almost like the real Peace rose. I have added some Forget-Me Knots from Susan’s Garden to help us remember those that have been lost in wars over the centuries and the sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and is a reminder that Love is what makes the world so much better. 

Products Used:

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

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

Susan’s Garden Ferns & Ivy Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Winter Greenery

Heartfelt Creations Decorative Heart Die

Spellbinders Die Cutting Foam

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm, Latte 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Susan’s Garden Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Geo Foliage Glimmer Plate & Dies

Spellbiners Tufted 3D Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Gina K Designs Bodacious Blooms Layering Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Fresh, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Summer Shower, Gathered Twigs, Bubblegum, Sparkling Rose

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Prills – Express-O Yourself

Blending Brushes

Copic Markers YG67, YG64, G07, G03, YG03

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust

Susan’s Garden Shaping Mold

Black Fine Line Marker

Happy Birthday Sunshine

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I have been going through my considerable stash of dies that I have and I decided it was time to start using them in my cards. I have also been going through my cardstock stash and discovered some very pretty cardstock that I have forgotten about. Once again my card has been inspired by one that Becca Feeken has done but I have put my own twist in it by using slightly different dies and cardstock. I love the bright and summery colours I have used and that this card can be mailed easily as it is flat.

My project

I have created a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card out of heavy pearlescent cardstock. I then layered yellow and pearlescent cardstock to create the base for the decorative dies. I die cut layers out of pearlescent and yellow cardstock using the dies from the A2 Scalloped Borders One Dies from Spellbinders. I have slightly decreased the size of the top two layers to create some interest.

I die cut a large and medium label from the Amazing Paper Grace Francesca Labels – the larger label from yellow cardstock and the smaller from pearlescent card stock and these were added to the top of the card. I then die cut the band using the die from the Spellbinders Romantic Agenda set out of pearlescent card stock and then added some yellow cardstock behind it. I die cut two small ovals from the Spellbinders Floral Ovals die – one from pearlescent cardstock and one from yellow. I removed the little stars from the pearlescent oval and added the yellow oval behind so the yellow stars would show. I then added this oval behind the embossed oval on the band. This was then added to the card over the base of the labels as shown.

I reverse hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiment in gold and die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut two extra plain dies and stacked them together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was added to the top of the card as shown.

I die cut flowers and leaves from the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms from blue, yellow and green cardstock. I die cut the leaf accents out of gold cardstock and then added the flowers and leaves to the top left of the card and peeking out of the bottom right of the band.

I die cut two butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters Dies out of pearlescent, yellow and gold cardstock, assembled them and adhered them to the card as shown.

To finish I added pearls to the centre of the band, around the sentiment and the top corners.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Francesca Labels

Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments

Spellbinders Floral Oval

Spellbinders Romantic Agenda

Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Borders One

Crafters Companion Centura Pearl – Yellow, Snow White

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Fun Stampers Journey Pearls

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A Kiwi Holiday Card

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Today I have another non-traditional New Zealand themed Christmas card featuring a Tui to share with you. The Tui is a bird native to New Zealand and it is very distinctive with very dark almost black feathers and a tuft of white features on it’s chin. We have a lot of Tuis where I live and one time I counted about 40 to 50 birds in a kowhai tree having a feeding frenzy but they can be noisy and at times drive me nuts!! You can find more information about the Tui here.

For my card I have combined Heartfelt Creations decorative dies and papers with Spellbinders, Honey Bee Stamps and Amazing Paper Grace dies to created this card. The full list of products I used is listed after the photos. I was very happy with how this card turned out as the colours worked perfectly together to coordinate with the purple and blue bird. I have also used Wink of Stella on the bird to add some sparkle and replicate the iridescent blue/purple feathers.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Holiday Star Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Silver Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper 

Heartfelt Creations Elaborate Oval Frame

Heartfelt Creations Starry Holiday Greetings Stamp and Die set – die cut the sentiment from the Holiday Star Paper Collection and another plain sentiment.

Rubber Stamps by Montarga 1999 Tui on a Flax Bush

Spellbinders Sealed Holly Sprigs Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month – Pop up 3D Vignette Sleigh 

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Greenery

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cinch and Go Flowers

Nuvo Crystal Drops – Red Berry

Spellbinders Silver Pearls

Foam squares

3D Crystal Lacquer

Bearly Art Glue

Wink of Stella

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink

Copic Markers – B99, B24, BV10, BG5,BV08, V09, V17, E29, E25, E99, E31, G99, G94, YG25, YGO6

White gel pen

Foam squares

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Fern, Rainforest, 

Neenah Solar Crest 80 Ib 

X-Press It Card

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Ranger Archival ink – Periwinkle

Flower Shaping Tools

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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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Mother’s Day Roses Pillar Card

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Now that Easter is behind us it is not far until Mother’s Day. Every year I like to make a Mother’s Day card for myself and this year I have made another pillar card featuring Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose dies, Ferns & Ivy dies and Forget-Me-Knot & Ladybugs Dies. I finished off the card with a sweet butterfly from the Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies that I had hot foiled onto acetate. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Dies by Becca Feeken. The embossed finish is from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Orange Peel Embossing Folder by Becca Feeken – one of my go to embossing folders.

For the flowers I have used Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper. I absolutely love using this paper as it is so easy to colour and shape and when dry is very robust. For more information on this paper please contact Rajni on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/rajni.chawla.121.

The little ladybirds are so sweet and very easy to make. I die cut them out of red cardstock, shaped them and added the black marks with a fine tip black pen.

For details on how I have made this card please visit YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGsX9X3_hU

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Etched Dies

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Embossing Folder – Orange Peel

Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies Hot Plate and Dies

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knot and Ladybirds Etched Dies

Susan’s Garden Ferns and Ivy Etched Dies

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest, Fern, Phone Booth

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Acetate

Ranger Archival inks – Rosey Posey, Peachy Keen, Cactus Flower,

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Summer Shower

Espresso Yourself Prills

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Bearly Art Glue

Allenes Tacky Glue

3D Crystal Lacquer

Fine tip black pen

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Tools

Susan’s Garden flower shaping tools.

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