I'd like to show you my very first card made in 2021.
I used Picot Petite Circle from Amazing Paper Grace to die cut two decorative circles.
I stamped the sentiment from SDS-166 All Occasion Sentiments. This set is really versatile with 12 sentiment stamps and 3 coordinating metal dies.
The flowers are handmade using Amazing Paper Grace dies. The biggest one is made with S4-1025 Sweet Cottage Flowers. Purple flowers are created using one of my favourite S4-1015 Candlewick Rosebud (by the way, this die is on sale and the price is amazing).
Today is penultimate day of 2020 and I know that Christmas is over but I'm still feeling the festive spirit. Here you are my last Christmas card in 2020.
I used S4-960 Cinch and Go Poinsettia to create beautiful flowers. They are so sweet and delicate. I love them. I used Distress ink to add some colour inside.
I added some snowflakes from S5-429 Snowflake Splendor. I put them under flowers and on the background. Christmas leaves are from November 2020 Die of the Month where you can find amazing small flowers poinsettias and these leaves.
I foiled the border once on the left side, then I flip it and foiled again on the right side. This way I have covered my card. I used a Glimmer HotFoil Roll Gold and Glimmer Hot Foil System from Spellbinders.
I hope you all have a nice week. Today I prepared a Birthday card using a beautiful set of plate GLP-239 Filigree Crescent Band Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. This set is a part of the Delicate Impressions Collection by Becca Feeken of Amazing Paper Grace.
If you haven't already jumped into Christmas preparations, are you ready to sleigh it?
Today we are sharing the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month for November 2020 - Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh. This one is a little bit different because it folds down flat for mailing as do all the dies in the 3D Vignette lines.
Becca Feeken of Amazing Paper Grace sent me these lovely dies to create with.
Poinsettia Sleigh Details
This die can be used as flat detail on a 2D surface but transforms into a 3D show piece so easily that we're happy you will have both options. Becca traditionally creates a high end die that doubles as a decoration piece in November of each year. Let's just call it icing on the cake for the holidays. It's really a satisfying venture to grab a cup of coffee and sit down to put it together as it is to set it out on the table.
Today we want to inspire you to think of different combinations using the Poinsettia Sleigh.
Here's what we had in mind:
Table Center Piece
Table Setting Favor
Filled with Candy and Goodies
Part of a Wonderland Menagerie
Flat 2D on the front of a card
In the comments let us know how you think it should be used.
There are 21 dies included in the Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh
My Project Today using the Pop Up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh
My first project is a 3D Sleigh full of poinsettias. I used a blue paper to create the sleigh and I decorated it with silver mirror and glitter paper.
My second project is a card with the sleigh. I used the same poinsettias but with single layers of petals.
P.S. In the Amazing Paper Grace Creative Encouragement Facebook Group there are two Step-by-Step Tutorials that take a novice through creating some spectacular poinsettias. I hope you'll join the group so that you have both of those methods in your toolbox. They'll come in handy this Christmas Season.
Visit the Creative Team for more Poinsettia Sleigh Inspiration
Visit each Creative Team blog linked below for their take on creative paper crafting ideas with the Poinsettia Sleigh, the new Amazing Paper Grace November 2020 Die of the Month!
I'm really excited about the new collection Sweet Cardlets by Amazing Paper Grace.
This time I prepared a card with GLP-235 Lovely Ladybug Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. In this set, you can find a stunning background Pattern, ladybug glimmer plate with dies and 2 lovely sentiments.
I started by cutting 3 small squares from watercolour paper. I painted them with 3 different colours with JD-042 Watercolors Set Brights ArtEssentials by Jane Davenport. Then I foiled a background pattern with a gold foil on each of them. Using my scissors I cut off the excess of paper to show a beautiful pattern.
I made the frame using S5-399 Candlewick Rectangles. I connected two rectangles to make my frame a little higher.
In the end, I added stunning ladybugs from a white paper and foiled with a gold foil.
What's a Cardlet, pray tell? A Cardlet is a small motif, complete with background, sentiment and character that combine to make small card or layers onto a larger card. We're delighted to introduce you to the Sweet Cardlets Collection.
Becca Feeken sent over these lovely dies and watercolors for me to try.
Sweet Cardlets show up in a Glimmer format with a matching die. They are metal plates that are used in the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System to transfer foil to paper through a combination of heat and pressure. The Glimmer machine base is rolled through your die cut machine to deliver that pressure. As long as you have a machine that can accommodate thick dies - like steel rule dies, you're all set.
A word to the wise, it is very addicting. (Compatibility charts on the Spellbinders website)
The Inspiration behind Sweet Cardlets
We gotta fess up here. There's no such word as cardlets, yep, Becca straight up made it up. You have to agree though, it sounds really cute, right? Well that was the inspiration behind sweet cardlets. As you can imagine it has something to do with cards and moreover, little cards.
Always mindful of the budget, Becca wanted to create a collection where each set is all you need to make a little card. Sweet Cardlets are small motifs with a 3" x 3" footprint. Each has a background, a main character and several sentiments.
We found it the right size to fit on an A2 card and even to layer onto an A7 card. In fact, the 3" background can be repeated for a long background or a larger background. Dies cut out each main character and three sentiments with each set give you lots of options.
Each of our Creative Team members will show you their take on cards made with the Sweet Cardlets Collection. Today we're all using Jane Davenport Watercolors in some technique to show off Sweet Cardlets.
I started my card by painting flowers using watercolour paints by Jane Davenport. I have never tried that before but honestly, I love this type of background.
When I finished my flowers I started to add glimmer embellishments. I used a beautiful honeycomb Glimmer plate from GLP-237 Just Bee-cause Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and Die set and a GLF-032 Prism Glimmer Hot Foil. You can foil your paper first and then paint the background.
To foil my little bees I used a GLP-006 Pink and GLF-015 Skybright (light blue) Glimmer foil. I think that they suit great to my flowers' colours.
My second project, the mini notes cover. I've made it the same style. I've painted some delicate flowers and have added bees and honeycomb.
Designer Tip: Watercolour - If you want to have a beautiful watercolour effect make sure you use a watercolour paper. A proper paper doesn't work with this kind of paints.
Glimmer Hot Foil System - before every use put an ordinary thin paper on the surface of your Glimmer Machine and then put your plates. This helps to keep the surface flat and undamaged.
Here is the Spellbinders video showing amazing new samples as well as a walkthrough of the entire collection.c
Sweet Cardlets Availability:
These dies and plates are available from Spellbinders right now!
