Blooming Friendship 'Cherished Friends' Layout

 Blooming Friendship

'Cherished Friends' Layout

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the

'Blooming Friendship' Collection.

I thought I would do a layout this time. As part of this project I wanted to challenge myself and see how many ways I could use the flower die & stamps.  So here goes....

This is the ensemble of components that I gathered together to create this layout.

I started by embossing.  The sentiments were embossed on heat-resistant acetate (the heat from the heating tool will warp normal acetate) and the brickwork stamp was embossed on white cardstock.

I stamped the music stamp onto white card before die-cutting out some leaves.  I wanted a 'frame' so I used the 2 middle dies from the large flower set to create it.  I thought the embossed brickwork gave the frame more character.  The middle also came in useful (never throw anything away until you are finished)

Next was to see if I could make a 3D flower from these dies.  I chose 2 red coloured cardstock and cut 1 of the large die and 3 of each of the 2 smaller dies.

I quickly dipped each piece into water before folding and scrunching them into a shape.

I put them in the sun for a bit to dry and then carefully unravelled each piece to see a new flower.  I chose one of each colour and glued a smaller flower to the centre of 3 of the larger flowers and added a stamen or two as well.

This was a surprise die.  It is a mosaic tile but I found I could get 4 different sized flowers from it.

 

I solved the problem I was having with aligning the dies to the stamp.  First I placed each die over the acetate image. I drew a mark on the top of the acetate sheet and then on top of each of the dies.  I then coloured in each of the areas with alchol markers.  Once I got that sorted, I stamped and embossed the image 4 times, then die-cut them out.  

I carefully rolled the underside of each die-cut with the ball tool to give them some dimension. Between each layer I added a double-sided foam square and muslin and secured them all together with a few stamens and glue.

A closeup of the finished flower.

The front 'photo' page measured 4" x 6".  The other were trimmed down off-cuts arranged to make an interesting cluster. I distressed the edges on all sides and added cardboard behind various areas to create a pile so I could have some 'tuck spots'.  Once I was happy with the arrangement, I glued it into place (slightly off centre to the right).

A sideways view of the stack of papers and flower.

A closeup of the top right area.

I was just a matter of playing around and see what looked good where and glue it down.  The sentiments look like they are floating in mid air.

A closer look at the bottom left area.

Once everything was in place, I covered the photo area with a piece of paper and lightly sprayed the entire page with some glitter spray.  You can see the large flower sparkles in this photo. 

The finished project.

Couture Creations Products used:-

CO728099             Blooming Friendship - Paper Collection, Page 1A&B,4B,& 5B

CO728110     Blooming Friendship - Stamp/Die - Blooming Flower

CO728113     Blooming Friendship - Die - Ancanthus Corners

CO728115     Blooming Friendship - Die - Wine and Dine

CO728116     Blooming Friendship - Die - Mosaic

CO728118     Blooming Friendship - Die - Friendly Branches

CO728129     Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Backgrounds & Borders

CO728130     Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Cherished Friends

CO728117     Blooming Friendship - Die - Coffee Break

CO728118     Blooming Friendship - Die - Friendly Branches

CDEIPLU018   Dye Ink - Light Blue

CDEIPLU032   Dye Ink - Cappuccino

CO724963     Embossing Powder - Basics - Glacier White

ULT200001    Cardstock - Snow White

ULT200024    Cardstock - Verde

ULT200038    Cardstock - Jungle

ULT200067    Cardstock - Garnet

ULT200068    Cardstock - Carnelian

CO727948     Blending Brush - Medium

CO723978     Heat Tool

CO727381     Stamp Press

Other Products:-

    Distressing tool, stamp press, ball tool, heat gun, heat-resistant acetate, stamens,  muslin/cheesecloth, spray glitter, cardboard and glue.

To find a store near you that stock these Couture Creations products, click on the following link:- 

https://couturecreations.com.au/pages/store locator

My Blog link is:-

cardcraftkaylee.blogspot.com

Thanks for joining me...

Hello Friend Folio

Hello Friend 

Blooming Friendship Folio

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the

'Blooming Friendship' Collection.

This collection has delicate blues and rich deep red florals with accents of green and brown. I thought I would try to make something with the 'postcards', I think this is called a folio.

I started with the 'postcards', added a page from the '12" collection pad' and some of the 'stickers'.  I selected a complementing sheet of cardstock and let it evolve.

I cut the cardstock along the 6" mark, scored and folded along these lines. I trimmed down the 'designer sheet' to fit my card base.  All the edges were ripped, inked and sewn to the cardbase. I backed the 'sticker' elements with card then inked their edges as well.  From the cardstock I die-cut the 'leaves', '2 ladies chatting' and the 'tags'.

This is the layout of the back (left) and front (right) pages with the elements that were added to them.

On the front page I created a double-sided paperclip arrangement with various elements of bits and bobs, all glued together. This just slid onto the folded back edge. I selected one of the 'framed quotes' from the collection and slid it in at the top.  

This is the layout of the centre spread with the elements that were added to them.  On the left page, I glued the backed sticker only on the left and bottom side so it created a tuck spot for the postcards and tag.

On the right page, I folded a belly band made with baking paper under the designer paper before sewing them to the card base, then glued a few elements at the bottom.  I then created a small envelope that held the small tag, the wine glass and chocolate stickers that I backed with cardstock. I added a bit of interest to the edge of the postcard with some muslin and die-cut leaves.

These photos show the centre spread loaded up.  I ended up adding a small acetate flip window to the right page, adding some muslin, a button and string tie. With the cut-out piece of cardstock I used it as a base for a circle tag and topped it with a circle of designer paper.

On the back page, I used the frame from the cut-out-tag, backed it with acetate, inked the edges, glued it on 3 sides and placed it into position forming a pocket.  This pocket holds 2 postcards.

The finished project.

Couture Creations Products used:-

CO728099             Blooming Friendship - Paper Collection, Page 4A&B,5A,

                                 - Post Cards & Stickers

CO728117     Blooming Friendship - Die - Coffee Break

CO728118     Blooming Friendship - Die - Friendly Branches

CO727712            Steampunk Dreams - Die - Distressed Tags

CO727713     Steampunk Dreams - Die - Straight Edge Tags

CDEIPLU028   Dye Ink - Brown

CO727948     Blending Brush - Medium

ULT200021    Cardstock - Caloden

Other Products:-

    Corner Punch, Circle punch, Edge Punch, Acetate, Ribbon, string, muslin, Button, bead charm, paper clip, baking paper strip and glue.

To find a store near you that stock these Couture Creations products, click on the following link:- 

https://couturecreations.com.au/pages/store locator

Here is a quick Video of a walk-through of the folio:- 

My Blog link is:-

cardcraftkaylee.blogspot.com

Thanks for joining me...

 

Blooming Friendship Ephemera Cards

 

Blooming Friendship

Ephemera Cards

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the

'Blooming Friendship' Ephemera Set.

This collection has some lovely delicate blues and rich deep red florals.  The collection name says it all, flowers are like friends - you can never have too many.  I thought I would try to make a couple of cards mainly using the 'Ephemera' Die-cut set because you don't need a lot of tools to make something nice with this pack.

I started by sifting through the pack and picking out pieces that would look nice together.  I thought I would do a 'blue' and 'red' card.  

There are lots of elements - I had to restrain myself with only choosing a few. (The pieces on the right was for a card that I didn't add to this post).  I inked all the edges with blue dye ink. 

On the blue cardstock, I created some interest to the background by partially stamping the 'crackle' stamp with 3 of the 'Stayz' Alcohol Inks. These inks have a lovely sheen/shine to them - very nice!  

I selected and cut out one of the panels from page 6A of the Paper collection pad. I trimmed cardstock for a mat and a label, inked all the edges with brown dye ink and glued cardboard behind them.  I added foam squares behind the sentiment.

Arranged all the pieces and glued them in place.

I couldn't resist adding a touch of glitter to each of them.  So I put a drop into the centres of the sequences, on the stamens, on the edges of the red flower petals and on the label edge.

The finished cards - the same collection with 2 quite different colours.

Couture Creations Products used:-

CO728099             Blooming Friendship - Paper Collection, Page 6A

CO728107     Blooming Friendship - Diecut Ephemera Set

CO728129     Blooming Friendship - Backgrounds & Borders Stamps

CO728095     Stayz Alcohol Ink - Matte Jet Black

CO728164     Stayz Alcohol Ink - Sterling Silver.

CO728165     Stayz Alcohol Ink - Arctic White

CDEIPLU018   Dye Ink - Light Blue

CDEIPLU024   Dye Ink - Olive Green

CDEIPLU028   Dye Ink - Brown

CO727948     Blending Brush - Medium

             Glitzin Glamour - Antique Silver

ULT200008    Cardstock - Denim

ULT200038    Cardstock - Jungle

ULT200068    Cardstock - Carnelian

CO723779     Foam Squares

Other Products:-

    Card Base, Black Card, Sequences and glue

To find a store near you that stock these Couture Creations products, click on the following link:- 

https://couturecreations.com.au/pages/store locator

My Blog link is:-

cardcraftkaylee.blogspot.com

Thanks for joining me...