CREATIVE TEAM JULY BLOG HOP - YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED

Good morning and thanks for joining us! We have a blog hop going on today and the entire Amazing Paper Grace Creative Team spent the week creating with the Graceful Frame Maker. We each picked a border from the Graceful Borders collection to work with and spun it into a mitered frame or mitered frame background for use on a card. The Graceful Frame Maker is a die that will cut four miters to create a framed card from borders, punched strips or tall dies - you can see a step by step tutorial -----> HERE and a video ----> HERE.

I'll tell you a little bit about my card and will share a link list below so that you can see the creations of each person on the Creative Team as well as learn how to win a free Amazing Paper Grace Venise Lace Collection Die.

On my card I wanted to created a beautiful background for my flower. I used a larger border from Graceful Damask Card Creator. The border worked perfect with the Graceful Frame Maker and beautifully filled the card. I had to try twice before I was happy with the result. It takes a bit of practice :) watching Becca Feeken's tutorials (linked above) helped me a lot. For my card I also used a sentiment from Giving Occasions Stamp and Die Set.

Here are some more flowers which I made with  a Fold n Go flower die. I created my flowers using handmade paper (medium weight watercolor card stock will work too). I sprayed petals with water and shaped each petal with a ball stylus tool. Then dried with a heat tool. I was shaping each petal on the opposite sides because of the way the flower is put together. You can see a step by step tutorial how to assemble the flower - HERE - at Becca Feeken's blog. For my flowers I used seven petals only. I also handmade flower center. You can find the tutorial HERE.

How to Win:
Hop around to each Creative Team Member and leave a comment on each blog, one lucky winner will win a die of their choice from the Amazing Paper Grace Venise Lace Collection. In making the rounds, a comment should be left on the July 11th Blog Post of each Creative Team member - in your comments let us know if there is a border or two that tickles your fancy.

When to Check Back:
We'll pick and post a winner on Saturday July 15. The winner will be posted on the Amazing Paper Grace Blog.

How to Claim:
The winner has two weeks from the time the blog post is published to claim their die. Simply click on the contact tab at the top right hand corner of the Amazing Paper Grace blog, leave your mailing address and type the name of the die you'd like. Becca will be sending out the winning die. In fact, she's currently all caught up on mailing out winning dies :-)

Who can Play:
Any of our lovely readers including our international friends.

Off We Go!
Visit Becca - at amazingpapergrace.com/blog/
Visit Melissa – at keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com
Visit Teresa - at victorianpaperqueen.com
Visit Anita – at craftingforever-anita.blogspot.com
Visit Kristi – at kristispapercreations.blogspot.com
Visit Joanna – at joannakrog.blogspot.com

Hey there, do you have creations you'd like to share with us? Tag your Instagram cards made with Amazing Paper Grace Dies with #amazingpapergrace and your creation may be featured during our next creative team round up. If you're a die collector, be sure to help a fellow collector and review your dies, how they cut and what you use them for on Amazon.com or Scrapbook.com - you can upload your creations right there as well.

Serdecznie zapraszam na lipcowy Blog Hop na blogu Amazing Paper Grace. Zabawa otwarta jest dla każdego, na cały świat. Do wygrania jest wybrany wykrojnik z nowej kolekcji Venise Lace! Zwycięzca wybrany będzie spośród komentarzy pozostawionych na blogach biorących udzał w Blog Hop. Szczęśliwy zwycięzca proszony jest o wysłanie wiadomości do Becca Feeken, korzystając z zakładki Contact na blogu Amazing Paper Grace, należy podać nazwę wybranego wykrojnika i swój adres.

W dzisiejszym Blog Hop prezentowane są prace z użyciem wykrojnika, który pomaga stworzyć ramkę, nazywa sie Graceful Frame Maker. Ja do swojej kartki użyłam większy border z zestawu Graceful Damask Card Creator. Kwiatek zrobiłam przy pomocy wykrojnika Fold n Go Flower. Sposób złożenia takiego kwiatka można zobaczyć tutaj.

Lista blogów do odwiedzenia znajduje się powyżej.

Becca Feeken z Amazing Paper Grace zaprasza również do tagowania na Instagram'ie waszych prac z użyciem produktów Amazing Paper Grace. Należy użyć tag #amazingpapergrace. Wasza praca może być wybrana do zaprezentowania na blogu Amazing Paper Grace!

Have a nice day!

Serdecznie pozdrawiam.

Joanna

Wonderful Life

Druga kartka ze składanym kwiatkiem z kolekcji Amazing Paper Grace Round Flower Fold n Go S3-251.

One more card with Round Flower Fold n Go S3-251 by Becca Feeken.

Napis: jak wspaniałe jest życie kiedy ty w nim jesteś to stempelek z zestawu JustRite AP-04960 Elegant Celebrations.

The sentiment comes from JustRite AP-04960 Elegant Celebrations stamp set.

Tym razem kwiat wycięłam ze stron starej książki.

This time I die cut the flower from old book pages.

Motylki całe się mienia. Niestety nie widać tego na zdjęciach. Papier jest z kolekcji Santoro.

The butterflies on the paper are all sparkle. Paper comes from Santoro collection.

Serdecznie pozdrawiam.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Joanna

Round Flower

Moja dzisiejsza kartka inspiracja dla Amazing Paper Grace z ręcznie zrobionym kwiatem. Innym niż zazwyczaj ale nadal ręcznie zrobiony :)

Today I would like to share a card for Amazing Paper Grace with a flower.

Kwiat zrobiłam przy pomocy wykrojnika Round Flower Fold n Go S3-251 z kolekcji Vintage Elegance. Tutorial jak złożyć kwiat znajdziecie na blogu Becca'i klik.

Ja swój kwiat dodatkowo ozdobiłam tiulem. Wyciełam tiul wykrojnikiem, odciełam zagięcia i utkałam płatki pomiędzy dwie warstwy płatków. Dodałąm dwa białe piórka, sznureczki jutowe i szklany brokat tu i tam.

I made the flower using Round Flower Fold n Go S3-251 from Vintage Elegance collection by Becca Feeken. Here you can find Becca's tutorial how to fold the flower.

I also added tulle to my flower. I die cut tulle, cut off the folding parts and tucked in between two petals layers (after the flower was assembled and dried). I decorated the flower with two white feathers, jute strings and glass glitter.

Ramka pod kwiatem to wykrojnik Braided Grace Square S4-733 z tej samej kolekcji Vintage Elegance. Tło pod ramką wytłoczyłam folderem z różami.

On my card I also added a decorative frame which is Braided Grace Square S4-733 die from the same Vintage Elegance collection by Becca Feeken. I dry embossed roses on the background layer.

Serdecznie pozdrawiam.

Have a nice day!

Joanna