Down Sunflower Lane: kraft

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.

I laid the 5 doilies in a circular pattern and when I was happy with the arrangement,

have used Craft Glue spots to attach them to each other.

I've then secure the flower to the doilies with glue spots as well.

If you want to add a sentiment, don't attach the flowers and doilies just yet.

If you prefer to leave the card front sentiment free, go ahead and

adhere the doilies to the card with glue spots.

I wanted to heat emboss a stamped sentiment to tie in with the gold theme of the card.

I've added my sentiment in the lower left hand side, and then added

my flower and doilies just above.

I've added some purple and gold & white twine around the bottom of the card and

tied a knot on the right hand side.

I've added Wisteria 2mm gemstones to all the yellow flowers around the border.

And just like that, we're done!

I am finding that Kraft/Brown and Gold are my go to colours at the moment,

and they complement the Hearts Ease collection beautifully.

Thanks for letting me share some hope with you :)

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

CO724141 Perfectly Petite Doilies, Dandie Floral

CO7219801 Hearts Ease Collection, 6x6 Paper pad

CO724295 Bulk White Flowers, Cottage Pollen Flowers

CO724150 2mm Gemstones, Wisteria

CO721985 Doubled Sided Tape, 6mm

CO723816 Glue Spots, Craft Glue Spots

CO721964 Double Sided Tape, 12mm

CO723828 Non Stick Craft Mat
CO723818 Quick Release Die Paper

Have a crafty day!

Tracey R

Monday, 11 May 2015

Enjoy Yourself Everyday - Couture Creations

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Hello and welcome to another Couture Creations project!

Tracey R here today to share some craftiness and awesome products with you.

Isn't spending time with your friends the best? It's a definite way to

destress and relax. I am very lucky to have a group of ladies who

share my love of craft (and Couture Creations!) and even more lucky that

I go away on a craft retreat with them for 3 nights twice a year.

I know right! How lucky am I?

This layout was inspired by a twenties themed night at our retreat last year with my fellow Design Teamer the lovely Lesa Bird. Printing out the photo in sepia, I knew it would suit the tones of the Vintage Rose Collection, with some gold thrown in for good measure!

So let's get making!

First I matted my photo on a Kraft core'dinations cardstock and then chose a coordinating patterned paper from the Vintage Rose Collection.

To add some dimension to the mats I have distressed the edges using my non stick scissors and then brushed a brown ink pad around each side.

I'm a visual person. So when i choose my papers I like to lay them out and see how they coordinate together. I had chose another two Vintage Rose papers, cut them down and distressed and inked these as well. As a base for the layout I have again used the Kraft Core'dinations cardstock.

I've taped the bottom two pieces of Vintage Rose paper with 6mm double sided tape and layered on the background cardstock. The perfect thing to adhere my cotton gauze to the layout is the Couture Creations 18mm doubled sided tape. Excellent for wide coverage and great stick. I've added a piece along the width of the layout at the bottom of the smaller piece of vintage rose paper.

To mount my matted photo to the layout I've used the Couture Creations 3D Foam dots. I love that the dimension they add. And the easiest way io find to use them is to remove them from the sheet with the Piercing tool from Handheld Essentionals Tool Kit.

To embellish this layout I've cut 2 of the Beach Fern die from the Everyday Essentials range.

I have layered the ferns cut from kraft core'dintations AND die release paper

to the bottom left of my photo.

I seriously never die cut anymore without using the Quick Release die paper.

Not only does it make cutting and removing the images a breeze, you are also creating extra "FREE" embellishments for yourself!

If you haven't seen it in action take a look at this video...It's a game changer!

Couture Creations have recently released their very own flower range!

There are 15 styles & sizes to choose from.

I have been itching to have a play with them - so many to choose from!

I chose one of the larger flowers - a Cottage Pollen Flower - sprayed it with mist and rubbed

Aztec Gold Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue all over it to make it pop.

After the flower has dried, I've placed the flower on top of the leaves.

Gold is definitely on trend at the moment. Which I am LOVING!

It add some sparkle to this layout I run a line of Aztec Gold Glitzin' Glamour around the edge of the layout and spread it out, creating a lovely gold shimmer effect.

To bling up my layout even more (there is NEVER enough bling!!!) I've added some Sparkling Champagne Gemstones as an accent both to the side and on the photo. While the Golden Touch 2mm Gemstones add little flecks of gold in the corners of the Vintage Rose Paper

and either side of the title.