Best Wishes Floral Frame Cards

 Best Wishes Floral Frame Cards

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the

'Vintage Flowers' Collection.

This Collection has 4 different 'Cut & Create Dies'.  These dies are for foiling but as you will see they are multi-functional.  Each of the 3 cards use the 'Floral Frame' as the base on which each of the 3 flower arrangements are placed.  I played around with the flowers using mostly the new 'Fluoro' Alcohol Inks.  As you know there are no 'rules' with creating, it's the surprise you get by trying something different.  So here goes...

CARD 1 - using the 'STANDING DAISIES' dies

I started by die cutting the daisies using the 'Go Cut & Emboss' platform and new 'Water Colour' Paper for this - worked a treat.  The elements cut sharply and embossed beautifully.

I left the die-cuts in the paper strip while I painted them with 3 fluro alcohol inks - Green, Yellow & Pink.   

I put drops of the colours onto the glass mat and used a blending tip to brush paint the flowers.  The inks dried fast which was good because I could keep adding layers of colour until I was happy with the result.

Next I added foam squares under all the die-cut pieces, tied a bow and added a couple of adhesive gems along the centre of the butterfly.  I gently curled the wings of the butterfly to give a more dimentional look. 

I glued the silver glitter card (backed with cardboard) to the card base.  The Floral frame die was cut from matte silver card, this layered on top of the glitter card.  This was my base that I used - the embossing was just beautiful.

This was the elements for card 1 - Daisies

The Finished Daisy Card.

CARD 2 - using the ' Layered CAMELIA' Dies

 

I wanted to try dropping/spraying alcohol inks onto the watercolour paper to see what would happen.  I have a short video clip below showing what I was up to doing this.

Once it was dry (not long) I just cut the dies from the paper.

A close-up of how pretty the glitter accents were and how vivid the fluro inks were - wow!

CARD 3 - using the 'Zinnia' Dies

I was curious how the fluro inks would look like on black card, so I had a play. The colours remained true even on black!

A close-up of the Zinnia card.  I added the blue glitter card and the orange cardstock matting to try and lift this card as before it ended up too silver.

Anyway this was just one way to play with this lovely set of dies and beautiful vibrant alcohol inks.  Hope it sparkes some interest for you to have a go.

Couture Creations Products Used:-

BASE CARD MATERIALS

CO727726       Vintage Flowers - Floral Frame Cut & Create Die

CO725409        Mirror Boards - Matte Silver

CO727166        Glitter Card - Silver

CO723779         Foam Squares

                          Card Base & cardboard

Additional items for CARD 1 - DAISY

CO727727      Vintage Flowers - Standing Daisies Cut & Create Die

CO728159     Cotton Watercolour Paper - 300gsm

CO727342     Alcohol Ink Blending Tips - Fine Point

CO727312    Alcohol Ink Fluro Pink

CO727951    Alcohol Ink Fluro Yellow

CO727958    Alcohol Ink Fluro Green

CO727337    Alcohol Ink Blending Solution

CO721982    Glitzin Glamour - Antique Silver

                      Ribbon bow and adhesive gems

Additional items for CARD 2 - Camelia

CO727728         Vintage Flowers - Layered Camelia Cut & Create Die

CO727790     New Adventures - Olive Branch Cut & Create Die

CO728159     Cotton Watercolour Paper - 300gsm

CO727958     Alcohol Ink - Fluro Green

CO727959     Alcohol Ink - Fluro Blue

CO727965     Alcohol Ink - Fluro Purple

CO727665     Alcohol Ink - Glitter Accents - Graphite

CO727666     Alcohol Ink - Glitter Accents - Angelic

                        Ribbon and foam squares

Additional items for CARD 3 - Zinnia

CO727725     Vintage Flowers - Layered Zinnia Cut & Create Die

CO727859     Alcohol Ink Blower

CO727954     Alcohol Ink - Fluro - Burnt Orange

CO727956     Alcohol Ink - Fluro - Orange

CO727957     Alcohol Ink - Fluro - White

CO727665     Alcohol Ink - Glitter Accents - Graphite

CO727666     Alcohol Ink - Glitter Accents - Angelic

CO721982    Glitzin Glamour - Antique Silver

CO727174     Glitter Card - Lagoon Blue

ULT200062    Cardstock - Persimmon

                    Black card, foam squares and cardboard

I added a couple of videos:-  

The first one shows how I used the alcohol inks and blower to get a spray of small dots.

The second video is just showing how pretty the alcohol ink glitter accents shine.

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

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'Merry Christmas' Card

My finished card

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the

'CHARMING XMAS' -Precious Marieke Collection

This is a 'Pop-out' Decoupage Sheet that has 3 separate layered images to use.  It is a very quick way to create a very pretty layered card.

 

I started by gathering various components together.  This was the initial idea and as usual I kept adding more as the card evolved.

You can use any of your stash of supplies that you have on hand to do this card.

I prepped the elements - die-cutting, trimming the card stock to a size you are happy with, embossed the red card using the 'small dots' embossing folder, inking the edges, and backed the elements using either double-sided foam or cardboard.

It was just a matter of layering all the elements together.  Instead of putting the top bow on the layer, I just used it as an offset feature.  I added a bit of muslin behind the feature piece and dabbled silver Glitzin Glamour on some of the edges. 

    

My completed card.

Couture Creations Products Used:- Couture Creations Web Site

    SB10047            Decoupage Sheet - Charming Xmas

    CO727166         Glitter Card - Silver

    CO726460        Modern Essentials Die - Nesting Inset Oval Frames

    ULT2000067    12" x 12" cardstock - Garnet

    ULT2000045    12" x 12" cardstock - Paper Bag

    CO727948        Blending Brush - Medium

    CDEIPU032       Dye Ink - Cappuccino

    CO721970        Glitzin Glamour - Silver

    CO727909        The Gift of Giving - Die Cut Ephemera Set - Sentiment

    CO723779        Foam squares

                              Embossing Folder - Small Dots 

Other Products:-

    Card Base, Muslin, 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

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Australian Warratah Stamp Card CCDT 0819

My Finished - Australia Warratah Stamp Card

Card Size - 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (1/4 of an A4 Sheet)

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the lovely Sunburnt Country Collection   We have some wonderful native flowers and foliage in our country, it's great to be able to showcase them.  Hope there is something that interests you with this card.

 1.  All the elements prepared and ready for assembly.

The Firefly cardstock was trimmed, embossed with the Gumnut embossing folder before the edges where inked and distressed.
The other papers were trimmed to size, inked with Pale Brown and distressed.  The stamp was stamped with Pale Brown ink and painted with pink and green inks listed below.  The Die-cuts were all cut out and inked randomly with a touch of Cappuccino ink.

 2. Add double-sided tape to the backs of all cardboard and paper pieces

3. I used the Pearlescent inks as highlights on the tips of the petals and down the centre of the leaves.  Around the outside of the warratah flower I smudged the Platinum white to try to give a bit of depth to the image.

4. Adding cardboard as backing on the mats gives you plenty of space to add trimmings of lace, muslin and foliage.

5. I offset the 2 dragonfly die-cuts to make it appear 3D.  I added a hint of lace between the layers at the bottom, and a touch of muslin between the layers at the top. The adhesive pearls on the dragonfly and at the right of the stamp just felt right to put there.  The string was wrapped around all the mats, a bow was tied then it was all  adhered to the card front.

The Finished Card

Couture Creations Products used:

ULT157474 Mini Die - Small Grass Tree Tag

CO727220 Mini Die - Gumnuts

CO727221 Mini Die - Eucalyptus Branch

CO727225 Mini Die - Dragonfly

CO727227 Mini Die - Acacia Branch

CO727201 Stamp - Warratah Postage Stamp

CO727269 - Emboss Folder- Gumnuts

CO727278  Sunburnt Country 6.5" x 6.5" Paper Pad - Sheet 8B

ULT200002 - Cardstock - Delicate Medlar

ULT200024 - Cardstock - Verde

ULT200045 - Cardstock - Paper Bag

ULT200065 - Cardstock - Firefly

CDEIPL008 - Pigment Ink - Pearlescent Pearl White

CDEIPL018 - Pigment Ink Pearlescent - Olive Green
CDEIPL027 - Pigment Ink Pearlescent - Platinum White

CDEIPU008 - Dye Ink - Bright Pink

CDEIPU009 - Dye Ink - Candy Pink

CDEIPU024 - Dye Ink - Olive Green

CDEIPU032 - Dye Ink - Cappuccino

CDEIPU033 - Dye Ink - Pale Brown

Other products used:

White card, Cardboard, Muslin, String, Adhesive Pearls, Lace trim, Water brush, Double-sided tape & 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: Card Craft Kaylee . blogger.com

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Creating History Together Butterfly Card - CCDT 1820

'Creating Memories Together Butterfly Card'

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the
 'Steampunk Dreams' Collection.

There is a great mix of interesting elements in this collection - you could so easily create a card for a female or a male, a layout or off-the-page project.  The butterflies are like no other I have seen before, so I just had to have a play with them.  Along with each collection I also like to try new techniques, so I experimented with multi-coloured pigment inks and clear embossing powder.

I hope it inspires you to give it a go

My finished Butterfly card

The components used for this project

Here I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto heat resistant acetate.  On the butterfly stamp, I combined different coloured pigment inks then I added clear embossing powder to highlight the detail.  I also created another added interest.

All the elements prepped and ready for assembly. 
My card size is  4 1/8" x 5 7/8" (1/4 of an A4 sheet).
My matting piece is 1/8" smaller on all sides.  The peeled paint paper was cut to the exact length of the matt piece.  The Mesh Die was cut from the glitter card -I kept a few of the circle off-cuts.  The butterfly and cogs were from the same patterned paper.

I attached the pieces to the card with a mix of glue, double-sided tape and foam tape.  After every piece was in place I tucked and glued some aqua/blue sisal fibres and some self-adhesive mesh plasters tape under the butterfly.

Another view

The finished card

Couture Creations Products Used:-

CO727708 & 9 -   Steampunk Dreams -12-x-12in Sheets               
ULT200013 -  12x12" cardstock - Seafoam  

CO727170-  A4 Mint Glitter Card -250gsm 

CO727711- Die - Steampunk Dreams - Mesh

CO727714- Die & Stamp - Steampunk Dreams - Butterflies and Gears -8pc 
CO727719- Stamp - Steampunk Dreams - Sentiments - set-10pc
CDEIPUL005 - Pigment Ink - Pearlescent - Turquoise
CDEIPUL028 - Pigment Ink - Pearlescent - Silver
CDEIPUL029 - Pigment Ink - Pearlescent - Bronze
CO724963 - Embossing Powder - Glacier White - Opaque
CO724959 - Embossing Powder - Crystal Clear -Basics - High Gloss

CO723978 - Multi-purpose Heat Tool
J7036-1001PAD - Versamark Ink Pad
CO725662 - Goodbye Static Pad
F1005249- 12 inch Trimmer

CO726520- GoPower & Emboss Machine (Die-Cutting Machine)

Other Products:-     Distressing tool, Foam tape, Double-sided tape, Glue, Heat Resistant Acetate, Aqua/Blue Sisal Fibres, Self-adhesive Mesh Plasters tape.

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

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Creating History Together Butterfly & Locket Layout - CCDT 1920

'Creating Memories Together Butterfly & Locket Layout'

My finished Layout

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the
 'Steampunk Dreams' Collection.

Here I am playing with more of the interesting elements in this collection - this time I am having a go at a layout. 

I love the negative images just as much as the positive ones from foiling, so I added both images of the butterfly and locket  to this project.  The sentiment stamps are just as impressive.  How appropriate is this one -'Creating History Together' for new parents.

I hope it inspires you to give it a go

Components used for this project.

All components prepped and ready for assembly.

I cut the designer paper just under the music notes, being careful to keep any overlapping flowers by fussy-cutting around them.  I followed that angle to cut all other papers.  I tried to create a bit of interest in the top left corner to try and balance the colours.  I wanted to add interest to the borders so I off-set them with different width margins.  All the edges of the paper cuts were inked.

All the foiling was done on black card.  I used both the positive and negative images of the butterfly and locket.  I die-cut the key and small heart (that was from the centre of the key), added glue to them, then used the off-cuts of the foil to burnish over the glued area then lifted off leaving a distressed look on them. 

I die-cut the small tags, placed them into the embossing folder and then ran them through the die-cutting machine.  I brushed the sanding block across the surface of the tags until the core paper appeared on the music notes.

I fussy-cut a few flowers from the designer paper, inked the edges and curled the petals to give them more dimension.

Depending on the various pieces, I used cardboard, foam tape and glue to mount them.

Once all the bulk pieces where in place I tucked and glued the muslin into areas that looked a bit bare.  I added some drops of brown alcohol ink to the art stones then glued them down.  I rubbed/blended a bit of white gesso around some of the elements just to soften their edges.

Completed Layout with all components in place.

A closer look at the layers

Another view

Couture Creations Products Used:-

CO727707 -   Steampunk Dreams 12x12"  Sheet              
ULT200006 -  12x12" cardstock - Chasm  

ULT200024-   12 x 12 cardstock - Verde

ULT200048-  12x12" cardstock - French Vanilla
ULT200052- 12x12" cardstock - Monarch

CO727713- Die - Steampunk Dreams - Straight Tags - 4pc 
CO727720- Cut & Create Die  - Steampunk Dreams - Stamp of Love
CO727721- Cut & Create Die - Steampunk Dreams - Heart Locket
CO727724 - Cut & Create Die - Steampunk Dreams - Steampunk Butterfly
CDEIPU032 - Dye Ink - Cappuccino
CDEIPU036 - Dye Ink - Dark Grey
CO727310 - Alcohol Ink - Espresso
CO726077-  Heat Activated Foil - Gold Iridescent Square Pattern 
CO724988 - Embossing Powder - Gold Gold - Sparkles

CO723978 - Multi-purpose Heat Tool
J7036-1001PAD - Versamark Ink Pad
CO725662 - Goodbye Static Pad
F1005249- 12 inch Trimmer

CO726520- GoPower & Emboss Machine (Die-Cutting Machine)
CO723950- Embossing Folder - A2 Scattered Notes
ULT157316- Sanding Block

Other Products:-     Black card, Foam tape, Double-sided tape, Glue, Distressing Tool, Heat Resistant Acetate, Muslin/Cheesecloth,  Art Stones and Gesso.

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...