Amazing Paper Grace June Die of the Month Blog Hop

Sponsored:  As a designer for Amazing Paper Grace, I receive dies to create projects.   I'm also a designer for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and receive product to use for projects.

Today, I'm showcasing the Amazing Paper Grace June Die of the Month!  It's a very pretty set of two corner dies. The larger die has an edge for folding around the side of a card or over a box edge.  Or it can easily be cut along the fold lines to use it without that part. There are also edge dies that can be used with it or separately.  That's especially good for cutting a solid mat to layer behind the decorative die cut. The smaller die can be used to cut a decorative insert design without cutting the edges.  I used that feature when making my card.   It's a such a beautiful die set!  You'll be amazed at all the projects created by the Creative Team!  All unique and so inspiring!

Amazing Paper Grace June Die of the Month 

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My Project Today:

My project today is a gift box with a pocket on top to hold a card. I must admit I got a bit carried away with layers on the box!  Sometimes once I get going with an idea it just leads to another idea and.........well, this box turned out! 

 The box is a candy box that I first covered with green paper.  The box itself was white which didn't quite coordinate with the papers I wanted to use.  Also, it's a lightweight and I wanted it to be a bit sturdier for a gift of handmade soap.  The top had a window which I covered paper on top and inside.  I added green paper and light cardboard to inside bottom to make it stronger.  

The pocket has several layers.  I first cut the off white decorative piece with the large die.  Then I cut the smaller die with outer cutting edges from green cards stock.  It's glued behind.  I cut the edge of pink paper and off white paper with the outer cutting die only. these are fastened behind the decorative piece. At that point I had not folded the flaps back. I fastened patterned paper to a square of off white card stock.  Then I cut the edge with outer cutting die.  I cut the narrow off white edge when I cut the decorative piece by placing cutting edge die along edge of decorative die.  That cut the narrow edge.  It's glue over the patterned paper. Then I fastened to it by wrapping fold edges to back and fastening with Extreme Double Sided Tape.  The whole pocket is held in place on the box with Extreme Double Sided tape.  I added little strips of patterned paper on the sides of the box .  

The card base is off white square card that I cut the corner with edge die from smaller decorative die. I used the smaller die as insert design to cut corner on the  patterned paper first. Then I cut off white design with outer cutting edges.   It is glued over the cut out on the patterned paper so the pink paper behind can show through.  Having the edge dies separate gives more versatility to the die.  I stamped a verse on off white paper, matted it on pink and added it to card.  Little pearls accent both the card and box.  I added a ribbon with large pearl to the box.  The card slides into the pocket and becomes part of the decorative top.  

The perfect little box to gift a handmade bar of soap or piece of jewelry!

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping!

Judy

Supply List: 

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Background 
Paper:  Carta Bella Botanical Garden Paper Pad, Bazzill Marshmallow, My Colors Cardstock Aquamarine
Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne
Accessories:  Silk Ribbon, Pearls, Wilton Candy Box

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - E-Z Runner® Ultra Refillable Dispenser, Adhesive Dots Medium, Extreme Double-Sided Tape ¼ in, Home and Hobby Premium Double-Sided Tape ½ʺ Permanent, Home and Hobby Premium Double-Sided Tape 1ʺ Permanent

More inspiration is just a click away.  Stop by with each Creative Team Member to see how they manipulated this die to come up with a unique project for you to try!

Visit Kate     -  craft2owls.blogspot.com
Visit Joanna  – joannakrog.blogspot.com
Visit Teresa  –  victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com
Visit Ewelina -  elinaart.blogspot.co.uk
Visit Melissa  – keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com 
Visit Judy      – judyhayesdesign.blogspot.com
Visit Becca    – amazingpapergrace.com/blog

We can’t wait to see what you make with these exclusive dies – be sure to post your creation on the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month page -------> HERE or on Instagram using the hashtag #AmazingPaperGraceClubKit

Clothed in Strength Card with Hemstitch Rectangles

Sponsored:  As a designer on the Amazing Paper Grace Creative Team, I am provided dies to create projects. I'm also a designer for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and receive product from them.

I chose a verse from Rubbernecker Stamps for my card today, Clothed in Strength.  I really like the mix of fonts.  I also used Amazing Paper Grace dies: Trefoil Crest and Hemstitch Rectangles.  

Here are the directions...

• Cut 10 x 6 1/2 inch Vanilla paper.  Form 5 x 6 1/2 inch card. Set aside
• Cut burgundy mat 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 
• Cut 4 1/2 x 6 inch rectangle from Audubon paper
• Center largest Hemstitch Rectangles insert die on paper. Tape in place.  Cut with die cutting machine
• Fasten to burgundy paper using E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser
• Wrap ribbon around center and fasten ends in back using E-Z Runner® Ultra Refillable Dispenser
• Fasten to card front using E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser
• Cut Trefoil Crest from burgundy paper
• Place pearls on it.  Place Adhesive Dots Medium behind each large pearl.  Fasten on card
• Cut Vanilla paper with smooth side up using Hemstitch Rectangles dies.
• Stamp verse with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  (I used my Misti)
• Cut burgundy mat. Fasten behind verse with E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser
• Use 3D Foam Squares – White Mix to fasten verse to card front.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Judy

Materials Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Dies by Becca Feeken:

S4-927 Trefoil Crest
S5-308 Hemstitch Rectangles

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:

3D Foam Squares – White Mix
Adhesive Dots Medium
E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser
E-Z Runner® Ultra Refillable Dispenser

Other Supplies:  Bazzill Vanilla; Photo Play Paper Audubon; Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black ink; Rubbernecker Stamps –She is clothed; Pearls; Burgundy Cardstock; Shimmer Ribbon

Easter Lily Card with Ornamental Arch

Happy Easter!

Wishing you a glorious Easter Day!

Here's an Easter Lily Card that I made using Ornamental Arch and Grand Arch Card 3D.  I used a label from Oh Happy Day. 

I received these dies for being on the Amazing Paper Grace Design Team.

 

I found the stamped and colored lily in a box of scraps!  So appropriate for Easter.   I've been doing a lot of cleaning and sorting of stuff in my craft room this week.  I found the lily in a box of saved scraps.  All I had to do was fussy cut it out!  Perfect for an Easter card! I curled the petals for some dimension and used 3D Foam Squares under them to hold the shape and fasten it to the background. 

 

I chose to frame it with an arch piece cut with dies from Ornamental Arch and the inner arch die from Grand Arch 3D. I used a soft green under the white openwork arch.  I added a piece of peach paper behind it which I stamped with a script stamp from Penny Black.  I also used Distress Tattered Rose and Antique Linen ink on it.  It's popped up with 3D Foam Squares.  I cut white cardstock with Grand Card Arch 3D pattern die but not the outer die.  I simply cut the paper to fit my card. There's a layer of peach paper inked with Tattered Rose behind it.  That's matted onto a green mat. 

The label, cut from white cardstock, was inked through the die to give it pale peach color leaving white edges. The verse is stamped with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink.  (Love the new Versafine Clair inks! The ink is so crisp and sticks well to clear stamps.)  I cut a second label of green cardstock.  I cut it end to end in half.  I used each half to add a border of green at top and bottom of the white label.  A ribbon threads through the holes and wraps to back.  It's popped up with 3D Foam Squares and 3D Thin Foam Squares layered on each other to give enough height over the arch with lily. 

 

May you have a blessed Easter Day! 

 

Judy

 

Supplies:

Amazing Paper Grace Dies by Becca Feeken:

Grand Arch 3D Card – 3D Vignettes

Ornamental Arch – 3D Vignettes

Oh Happy Day – Elegant 3D Vignettes

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:

E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser

E-Z Runner® Ultra Refillable Dispenser 

E-Z Runner® Micro Refillable Dispenser

Adhesive Dots Small

Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix

3D Foam Squares – White Mix

Other Supplies: White Cardstock; Bazzill Cardstock; Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves; Distress Inks: Tattered Rose, Antique Linen; Penny Black Love Chapter stamp set; Greeting Stamp; Lily Stamp; Alcohol Markers            

Burlap Flower Card on Spellbinders Blog

My Burlap Flower Card is on the Spellbinders blog today!  

Check out all the details and directions here:

http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Community/Blog/Post/14-04-26/CAS_Burlap_Flower_Card.aspx?Page=1&Blogs=Post

Last week was CAS - Clean and Simple - cards week.  Lots of CAS cards for inspiration!

Happy Creating!

Judy

Flowers Feed the Soul Journal

No jewelry in this post but I did use more Spellbinders Media Mixage™ products!

 

This is a project I did for Spellbinders.  You can find it on their website here.  There's even a link to download the instructions.

 

My inspiration was to make a garden journal.  A place for notes about  anything gardening!  Since I made the journal with my Bind-It-All machine, I added envelopes as dividers between the pages. A spot to tuck in a seed packet or info about a new plant.  

 

The aqua flower inside the dark blue flower is a Spellbinders blank from MB6-004 Flowers One.  There's another one peaking out from under the pink flower. The blanks are gold color.  I used ink to color it with clear embossing powder over it.  The other flowers are paper, inked and clear heat embossed.  I used MD2-004 Flowers One matching set of dies to cut
those.
The label was cut with another Media Mixage die, MD2-001 Frames One.  I inked through the die and then stamped the verse.

The butterfly is the larger blank from MB6-008 Butterflies One.  I used the matching die set, MD2-008 Butterflies One to cut the paper for the wings.  The paper is white cardstock colored with pigment inks and clear heat embossed. There's a touch of gold embossing powder sprinkled over top and heated into the clear.  I hand cut a piece of paper to make the "body" of the butterfly and glued it to the blank.

For more info and the full directions, you can find the download here.

Happy Crafting!
-judy

 Supplies:

• ES-006 So Trendy
• S5-171 A2 Curved Matting Basics A
• MB6-004 Flowers One
• MB6-008 Butterflies One
• MD2-001 Frames One
• MD2-004 Flowers One
• MD2-008 Butterflies One
• Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
• MMM-001 Spellbinders Media Mixage Artisan X-plorer™ Machine
• Penny Black Inc., A Wish for Peace Clear Stamp
• Flourishes, From the Garden Stamp Set
• Sparkle N' Sprinkle, Clear Embossing Powder
• Basic Grey, Plumeria Cleopatra, Moonstone, Yellow Wallpaper Patterned Paper
• Bazzill Basics Paper, Velvet Cardstock
• Clearsnap, ColorBox Wicket Black Archival Dye Ink, Watermark Ink, Deep Sea, Night Sky Pigment Ink
• Creative Impressions, Purple, Yellow, Pink Sheer Ribbon
• Scor-Pal, ¼", ½" Scor-Tape, Scoring Board
• Elmers, Glue Spots
• Xyron, 900 Creative Station, Adhesive
• SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares
• Cardstock - white, dark purple
• Text weight paper of pages
• Kraft Envelopes - 3
• Purple Ink
• Purple marker
• Purple Alcohol ink
• Lightweight chipboard
• 1" O-wire
• Bind-It-All
• White craft glue

Nesties Besties Blog Hop

Good Morning!!!! 

Today, I have a special treat for you!  Some of the Spellbinders Design Team are hosting a blog hop - The Nesties Besties Blog Hop!  We are each showcasing one of our Spellbinders projects from the Idea Gallery.  You'll find lots of inspiration!  Lots of Spellbinders products, too!!!!   Even some blog candy!!!! 

Here are links to the other design team members who are participating:

 

Angela Ploegman
Darsie Bruno
Debbie Seyer
Heidi Van Laar
Michelle Woerner
Teresa Horner
Theresa Momber
Tina McDonald
Yvonne van de Grijp

I chose my Flowers Feed the Soul Journal to show today! 

This journal features some of the Media Mixage blanks and matching die templates.  You can find downloadable directions for this book on Spellbinders website here.  I'm not going to repeat all the directions since they are available to download.

 

 



 

The butterfly is a metal blank from SPellbinders Butterflies One blank set.  It has paper pieces glued to the wings.  I  cut the paper with the Sellbinders die template:   Spellbinders™ Butterflies One which matches the blank set.  To add color,  I've applied pigment ink and heat embossed it with clear.  I sprinkled a touch of gold embossing powder over top and heated it.

 

 

The little paper flowers were cut with Spellbinders™ Flowers One die template set.  Two of the flowers are metal blanks: one is peaking out from under the pink flower and the other is the center aqua flower on the big blue flower.  It's colored with ink and heat embossed with clear.  These are part of the set Spellbinders™ Flowers One blanks set. 

 

I've also used a Media Mixage die template set for the verse label - Spellbinders Frames One.  I inked through the die to add the shading around the edges.  The verse is from Flourishes stamp set "From the Garden".

 

 The background rectangle and frame were cut with Spellbinders™ S5-171 A2 Round Corner Basics A.  I used 2 dies nested together to cut the frame.  The frame has been embossed with

M-Bossabilities So Trendy.   I stamped a branch from Penny Black's "A Wish for Peace" clear set with black ink, and then added nail polish to the dots on the branches.   I stamped the same branch on the book cover.

 

The journal itself has chipboard covers covered with light Kraft packing paper and designer paper on the inside. I added My Mind's Eye paper to the outside of the covers.  Inside, there are pages for notes and sketches as well as envleopes that divide the paper sections and add a place to tuck seeds and garden notes.   

 

Check out the downloadable full directions on Spellbinders Paper Arts! 

 

 

Blog Candy GIVEAWAY!!!

 

I have a set of Spellbinders™ S5-171 A2 Round Corner Basics A (without packaging) to give away!!!!  Just leave a comment for a chance to win.

I'll use Random Number Generator to choose a winner a week from today.  Please leave your email address so I can contact you or check back next week!  Good luck!

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to email me. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping!  Have a creative day!!!

-judy

 

 

Supplies:

Spellbinders™ GC-001 Grand Calibur® Machine

 

Spellbinders™ MB6-004 Flowers One

 Spellbinders™ MB6-008 Butterflies One

 Spellbinders™ MD2-004 Flowers One

Spellbinders™ MD2-008 Butterflies One

Spellbinders™ MD2-001 Frames One

Spellbinders™ S5-171 A2 Round Corner Basics A

Spellbinders™ ES-006 So Trendy M-Bossabilities™

 

Penny Black® Inc – 30-136 A Wish for Peace

Flourishes – 88 “From the Garden”

Clearsnap – Colorbox Dye Archival Wicked Black, Watermark Ink, Colorbox Pigment Ink Queue -

Deep Sea, Night Sky

Bazzill Basics Paper® - Velvet

Basic Grey “Plumeria” – Cleopatra, Moonstone, Yellow Wallpaper

Xyron 900 and permanent Adhesive

Scor-Pal® Scoring Board

Scor-Pal® - Scor-Tape ¼”, ½”

Sparkle N Sprinkle Clear Embossing Powder

SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L – 3D Foam Squares ¼” white

Elmers Glue Spots – Small thin

Creative Impressions Sheer Ribbons – purple, yellow, pink

Zutter Bind-It-All and 1” Bronze O-Wire

Card stock – white, dark purple

Text weight paper

Kraft envelopes – 3 - 5 x 7”

Purple marker

Ranger Distress Milled Lavender

Ranger Adirondack Lights – Wild Raspberry

Lightweight Chipboard

Lightweight Kraft paper sack

White Craft Glue 

A Scrapbook Page for Dad

Hey everyone!!!

 

Shock of shocks, I'm posting something!  I know I've been pretty remiss........ sorry.  I've been way busy and this got pushed to the end of my priority list.  I'm hoping to do better for 2013!

 

Tonight, I've been packing for CHA!  I'm excited to be heading to Anaheim tomorrow.  I'll be working in the Spellbinders booth.  Lots of work and also exciting.  This year Spellbinders is sponsoring a class for CHA.  I'll be helping with that on Friday as well as a couple other classes.  I really like helping with the classes.  I love helping others learn.  The most exciting part.....I put together the project that will be used for the class!!!!  so awesome!  I must give credit to two very talented DT members who helped with the project: Tina and Christine.  We each created a project.  Then I took bits and pieces from each project and pulled it all together.  I'll share once the class is over!  (if I can that is, I best check on that!)

 

So I pulled out a Spellbinders project to share with you today.   This is scrapbook page I created for my Dad.  All the patterned paper strips were embossed in various folders. Then I rubbed ink over the embossed pattern to highlight the raised areas.  All the strips were tan cardstock.  This is an easy technique, especially with any dye ink pad that has a hard surface.  I don't mind a little distressed look so if a bit of the ink strays beyond the embossing, it's okay!

Between each of the wide strips are narrow dark red strips that I also inked.  The effect is much more subtle with a matching color ink.

 

I had to add a touch of blue on the page to bring out the blue of Dad's eyes. I've inked the edges a bit.  I added journaling strips on blue across the bottom of the page.  I found some old buttons to add to the strips pulling out one blue and one red button.  A tag with "Love you, Dad" is the simple title. 

You can find this scrapbook page in the Spellbinders Idea Gallery here!

thanks to all you loyal friends for not giving up on me!!!! 

Happy crafting!
-judy

 

 

Supplies:
Spellbinders: 
•S4-322 Grommet Tags
•S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants
•LF-126 Grand Squares
•ES-003 Valor
 •ES-004 Whimsy
•ES-006 So Trendy
 •EL-002 Regal
 •EL-003 Patchwork
•EL-004 Imperial
 •EL-006 Mystic
•Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
 •My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found Christmas Merry Patterned Paper
•Bazzill Basics Paper, Prismatics Tawny Medium Cardstock, Rain, Wine Cardstock
 •Clearsnap, ColorBox Mudslide Archival Dye Ink
 •Cosmo Cricket, Tiny Type Red Letter Stickers
 •Buttons Galore And More, Natural Buttons
 •Scor-Pal, ½" Scor-Tape
 •Glue Dots, Glue Dots
•SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner
Other Supplies: Off White Cardstock; Raisin Alcohol Ink; Brown Dye Ink; Chipboard Letters; Black Marker; Brown Buttons; Tan Pearl Cotton Thread/Cord