Down Sunflower Lane: September 2015

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Trio of Cards for Couture Creations

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And hello to you again crafty friends!

Tracey R here on this September day.

Spring is here and the days are getting longer, which means more time to craft!

I'm sure a lot of you are like me, and can spend hours looking for inspiration and ideas on Pinterest. But have you ever thought about copying your own projects?

Today I am going to show you 3 different cards, using a previous post (a Christmas Card) as inspiration.

So let's get crafting!

This is my original post "Seasons Greetings Card" and it also includes the instructions to make the card.

What I want to show you is that you can take the same design, and adapt to other occasions by changing your papers and/or greetings. I really loved the design of the Christmas card, so using this are my inspiration I've created a 2 very different birthday cards, and a Congratulations card. You can see the similarities, but they are

The basic design and elements are the same.

I've used the Nesting Diamonds die to cut the diamonds, embellished with pearls or bling on the corners, and mounted a greeting on foam tape.

Congratulations card featuring the gorgeous Hearts Ease papers and Pearls.

Floral Birthday Card using the beautiful Vintage Rose Papers and Cafe Creme Pearls.

Bright & Bold Happy Birthday card using Core'dinations cardstock & Onyx 2mm gemstones.

By using different papers you can certainly get a different look, and it's also a great way to use up scraps and get a patchwork kind of feel to the cards.

I'd love to see if you use any of your previous projects to inspire new ones!

Thanks for stopping by.

Be sure to check the Couture Creations Blog to be inspired

by the amazing ladies on the Design Team.

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Couture Creations Products Used

CO724201 Hearts Ease 6x6 Paper Pad

CO724201 Vintage Rose 6x6 Paper Pad

CO724157 2mm Gemstones, Onyx

CO72199, Pearls 50 Pieces, Cafe Creme

CO721965 Doubled Sided Tape, 18mm

CO721964 Foam Mounting Tape, 12mm

CO723828 Non-Stick Craft Mat

CO721957 15"x15" Self Healing Cutting Mat

CO721955 Pointed Non-Stick Scissors

Have a crafty day!

Tracey R

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Hope - with Couture Creations

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Welcome welcome crafty friends!

Grab yourself a cuppa (or two) and come join me, Tracey R here at Couture Creations today.

I'm excited to share this card with you - I made it for a special lady to let her know I've been thinking of her. And to remind her hope is with us, along with love and the support of good friends.

So let's get crafting!

I started with 1 Cottage Pollen Flower, 5 die cut Dandie Floral doilies (Perfectly Petite Doilies Range) and a 6x6 piece of the Hearts Ease Paper pad.

I had the doilies left over from another project (waste not want not!) but they were green.

So I've spritzed the doilies quite heavily with a bronze gold & the flower with a very light mist of a brighter gold. This gorgeous Cottage Pollen flower already had a gold centre so it matched perfectly.

I chose this piece of 6x6 paper because the middle pattern matched the golds, and I liked the way the floral pattern bordered the paper. I inked around the patterned paper with brown ink, mounted it onto a piece of purple Core'dinations cardstock with 6mm Doubled sided tape and then attached that to a kraft background. I've also inked around the edges of the kraft card.