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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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Pink Roses for Mother’s Day

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I would like to wish you all a happy Easter. I hope you all have a lovely weekend celebrating this occasion with family and friends.

Mother’s Day is not far away and I have a sweet Mother’s Day card to share with you. I fell in love with the Altenew Vintage Lace Embossing Folder and the coordinating stencils because the honeycomb background is just gorgeous and I just love roses! I tend to gravitate to roses all the time… I have made a step card using a retired die from Spellbinders – Decorated Birthday Pop Up die and decorated the front with strips made from die cutting white card with the Lawn Fawn Quilted Background die. I then embossed a piece of white cardstock and coloured the roses with the coordinating stencil. I trimmed this down and added a frame using the Amazing Paper Grace Oval Fluted Classics with foam tape to put the focus on the roses.

I reverse hot foiled the Mother’s Day sentiment from Spellbinders Happy Parents hot foil plate and die cut it with the coordinating die.

To finish I have added pink jewels to the intersections of the quilted background.

Products used:

Altenew Vintage Rose Embossing Folder and Coordinating Stencils

Amazing Paper Grace Oval Fluted Classics

Spellbinders Happy Parents Day Die

Spellbinders Decorated Birthday Pop Up Die

Spellbinders Rectangle Foil Plate

Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop Die

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Pink

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Gina K inks – Medium Carnation, Medium Spruce,

Foam tape

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A Merry Santa Christmas

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Christmas has snuck up on me very fast this year and I have been busy making last minute Christmas cards using Spellbinders and Amazing Paper Grace products. I like to give my doctor and his practice some nice chocolates and a handcrafted card. It has been a very hard year for the doctors and I have always received excellent support and help and I wanted to show my appreciation for all that they have done. They were so happy with my gift.

I have been inspired by Bibiana Cameron who has created beautiful Christmas cards using Glimmer Hot Foil background plates and Amazing Paper Grace Seasonal Motifs. For my project today I have created a shaped card using the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Postage Edge dies and added a gorgeous background using the lovely Spellbinders Glimmering Swag hot foil plate. I created a label using the Amazing Paper Grace Winter Label Motif dies and then added a very cute Spellbinders Santa. I have finished the card using the sentiment dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasions Dies and some glitter to Santa’s hat with some Bearly Art Glue.

I then created a separate label and added it to my wrapped gift.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Postage Edge Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Winter Label Motifs Dies by Becca Feeken

Amazing Paper Grace Happy Occasions Dies by Becca Feeken

Spellbinders Glimmering Swag Hot Foil Plate

Spellbinders Gold Sparkle Foil

Spellbinders Santa Die

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Phone Booth, Black Onyx

Cream cardstock from my stash

Pink Fresh Studios – Gold Pearls

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Nuvo Pure Sheen glitter – Glitter Diamond

Bearly Art Glue

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A Purr-fect Happy Birthday

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Every so often I get the chance to have a play with all the different products in my craftroom. I was asked to make a birthday card for someone that likes cats or dogs and also loves my floral cards. So I had a lot of fun!

I had just received some amazing flower shaping paper from Rajni Chawla who is the most amazing paper florist and I am so fortunate to be working along side of her in the Heartfelt Creations Design Team and also the Amazing Paper Grace Creative Team. She has developed this special paper that is light and easy to shape but is also robust. I really loved using this paper as it is easy on my arthritic hands when I shape flowers by hand.

The products I have used in this card:

Heartfelt Creations – Classic Rose Die, Wild Aster Die, Clematis Flower Die, Fancy Classic Oval Frame Die, Lattice Flourish Gateway die

Heartfelt Creations Black cardstock, Luxe Silver Cardstock

Amazing Paper Grace – Candlewick Rosebud

Spellbinders – Here Kitty

Spellbinders Embossing Folder – Diamond Plaid

Spellbinders Essential Cardstock – Rainforest, Glacier, Snowdrift

Pink Fresh Gems – Ballet Slipper

Dress My Craft Wire Stamens

Altenew ink – Cotton Candy, Blueberry, Citrus Burst

Distress Oxide ink – Mowed Lawn

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Spring Blossom Thanks

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Spring is coming in the northern hemisphere and with spring comes blossoms. Today I am sharing a card made with the beautiful Peach Blossom flower dies from Spellbinders. These flowers are part of the Susan Tierney-Cockburn collections and as a flower maker myself I love them! They are so easy to make and look stunning on a clean and simple background.

This card has made using products that I have purchased.

The embossing folder is the Geo Screen from Spellbinders.

The circle frame is from the Amazing Paper Grace Circle Fluted Classics dies. Also a must have for your craft room!

The sentiment is from the Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments – a must have for your craft room.

Spellbinders Products Used:

Peach Blossom

Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments

Amazing Paper Grace Circle Fluted Classics by Becca Feeken

Geo Screen Embossing Folder

Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Pink Sand, Gold Metallic

Gold Foil

Flower Products Used:

120 gsm flower shaping paper

Yellow Pollen

Altenew inks – Pink Diamond

Copic Markers – Y17, E15, E37

Distress Oxide ink – Mowed Lawn

Miscellaneous Products Used:

White cardstock

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Golden Anniversary

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Have you have die cut or hot foiled a project and missed a part! Well I did that with the beautiful Magnolia Glimmer Blooms Hot Foil Plate. I had cut off part of a leaf but rather than throw it away I decided to create a card with it. I have combined the magnolia image with the Geo Foliage Hot Plate and Foil Plate and Die set for a golden wedding anniversary card.

All products used in this card are from Spellbinders and purchased privately.

The diagonal foil is from the Diagonal Glimmer Stripes Hot Foil Plate. I love how it creates a gorgeous background.

The frame is from the Geo Foliage Hot Foil Plate and Die set.

The sentiment is from the Sentiments Everyday Hot Foil and Plate Set.

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Thinking of You with APG Dies

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Welcome back and today I thought I would share a card made with some gorgeous Amazing Paper Grace dies finished off with some handcrafted flowers.

To make this card I have created a base card of 5″ x 7″ and cut a piece of light blue card to adhere to the front leaving a small white border. I have die cut the lovely Doily Round die and embossed it through the die cutting machine before trimming in half and adhering to the top and bottom of the card. I have layered up the white decorative dies from the Richelieu Square die set onto a piece of light blue card and adhere to the front of the card with some foam tape.

To finish the card I have made some flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Wild Rose set from Soft floral Oriental Paper from Dress My Craft over some Leafy Accents.

The sentiment is from Altenew – Paint a Flower Poppy that I have heat embossed with white embossing powder on black cardstock.

Pearls were added to the corners of the square.

I hope that I have inspired you to look at dies in different ways.

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia