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    Layered vintage roses Birthday Card
    • Dec 25, 2017

    Layered vintage roses Birthday Card

    First of all I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and lots of fun and laughter with family and friends during this holiday season! Today I would like to show you my last project as a design team member for the Kennedy Grace Creations team. I'm stepping down from the team with a heavy heart but I feel that my creative road leads me elsewhere! So, today I have this vintage roses birthday card with different layers for a 3D like effect to show you. To get this card st
    Christmas Cards using KGC Stamps
    • Oct 16, 2017

    Christmas Cards using KGC Stamps

    Hi everyone, today I’m on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with these Christmas cards. Now, maybe you’re thinking: “But KGC doesn’t carry Christmas stamps (yet)!“ That’s true, but today I’ll show you a way to create Christmas cards with their stamps nonetheless. To get these cards started I stamped one of the flowers stamps from the Kennedy Grace Creations stamp set called “Grace’s Little Note“ three times onto some Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface paper using Versafine “Ony
    Almost one layer card with Roses
    • Jul 19, 2017

    Almost one layer card with Roses

    Hi everyone, today I'm on the Kennedy Grace Creations blog with this easy and fun roses card: I started this card by stamping the roses from the awesome Kennedy Grace Creations “Splendid Roses” stamp set onto Cornwall Aquarel paper (Grain Fin, bright white) after die cutting a stitched rectangle with one of my nesting dies. For stamping I used Versafine “Onyx Black” ink and my MISTI stamping tool (this aquarel paper is fairly smooth but to get even black lines I needed to ink
    Special Wedding Card
    • May 13, 2017

    Special Wedding Card

    Hi everyone, today is my first post as a permanent member of the Kennedy Grace Creations design team. I’m thrilled and hope to bring you lots of fun projects in the upcoming months! Today I have a not so ordinary wedding card for you all! And of course there is a story to it: a couple of days ago my father in law asked me if I could make a wedding card for a couple that is going to get married on one of the Dutch islands. I have been to this island and I know that there is a
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