White Wedding | Couture Creations

Welcome back to the blog everyone.

For my layout today I decided to revisit some of the Ultimate Crafts 

older collection of OOH LA LA. 

I have a lot of dies from this collection in my stash and it is no wonder why, they are all just so so beautiful.

My mum asked me to make a special card for my brothers wedding so this is what I came up with.  I love using white with kraft cardstock and because it was for a wedding added a few hints of gold.

To start using the Snow White Ultimate Crafts cardstock I die cut one each of the Nested Labels and Intrinsic & Ornamental dies.

 

Next I cut in Kraft cardstock the card base to approximately 6 1/2" x 4 1/2".  From some of the offcuts I cut one of the 3rd smallest of the dies from the Fancy Rectangles nesting die set from Couture Creations.

 

I then cut each of the three different die cuts in half as below.

 

I then needed some foliage to add behind the flowers that I had decided to use for the centre of the card.  My favourite die for leaves come from the Magnolia Lane Collection.  It is from the Rose Cutting die set.  I cut four of the branches in the kraft cardstock.

 

I love feathers and just wanted to incorporate them somehow in this card but the feather die from the Ooh La La collection was just too big.  I found some wood veneer feathers in my stash.  I decided to heat emboss them.  The Couture Creations Glacier White superfine embossing powder is just perfect.  Once I had coated the wood in the white I then added some of the Mirror Gold embossing powder to the ends.

 

Now all my pieces were ready to go I then constructed the card.  

The larger of the two white dies, I mounted on some chipboard before adhering to the card base.  Next I added the kraft die cut followed by the smaller white die cut, again mounted on a little bit of chipboard offcut.  

 

Because there was a one inch piece in the centre of the card, to build it up I added a piece of chipboard offcut.  I did place a piece of kraft cardstock over the top of it to blend in better with the rest of the card.  (sorry no photo but you get the idea).

 

I then embellished the centre of the card with the leaf die cuts, added some sprays of white flowers from my stash along with the white flowers.  I added a couple of the gold bouquets from the 

Be Merry collection.

PRODUCTS USED

Ooh La La Collection

ULT157557 - Nested Labels Decorative Die Set

ULT157558 - Intrinsic and Ornamental Decorative Die Set

Other Artdeco Products

CO723957 - Fancy Rectangles Nesting Dies

CO724918 - Be Merry Collection - Gold and Silver Bouquets

CO724970 - Mirror Gold Embossing Powder

CO724963 - Glacier White Super Fine Embossing Powder

ULT157523 - Magnolia Lane Collection - Rose Cutting Decorative Die Set

ULT200001 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Snow White

With Christmas now just one week away I am sending the best of Christmas wishes your way.  I hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful Christmas.  May it be special and you have many wonderful memories that you can 'scrap' in 2018.

Thinking of You

Hi Everyone, l hope everyone is doing well, keeping the colds and flus at bay here in Australia.  I have been off colour lately with a chest infection but hopefully I'll soon be on the mend.  It has taken my scrapping mojo away a little but trying to fight through it as I NEED to create. I WANT to create.
Below is a creation that I did for Couture Creations, Ultimate Crafts & Craft Concepts.

Some of you may recall a post I did for August where a work colleague asked me to make a 'card' for her with a quote on it.  Well she loved it.  She also had her surgery and so far, touch wood, all has gone well.  The staff where I work wanted to do something special for her.  Everyone gives flowers but we wanted to give her something personal where she could look at it and remember where she was and where she is now. To go with the gift, as per normal, I made the card, so that is what I am sharing with you today.

For the case base I made it to a finish as 6x8" in size in white cardstock.  I also cut a 4x6" landscape in white also.  I then chose some of the Magnolia Lane patterened papers, Floral Fancy and Elegant Lady and added them to the white cardstock as below. 

I then die cut  one of the Magnolia Doily dies and cut it in half.  I also used the Keepsake Kandy doily die cut in half from the Amaryllis collection from 2015. I then attached each half to opposite sides of the 4x6" matted piece as shown in the picture below. Prior to attaching the doilies to the 4x6" piece I adhered some matching pink venise lace to the two horizontal sides. Next adhere the doilies and then adhere to the card base.

Next I die cut the Thank You die in Snow White Ultimate Crafts cardstock  and backed it in Carnation pink Ultimate Craft cardstock and heat embossed a sentiment for my card. Using 3D foam dots adhere this to the left side of the card.

Using the Rose Cutting die cut 3 lots of leaves in Cyrpess Green Ultimate Crafts cardstock and cut 3 of the Drifting Feathers die.  Ink the edges of the feathers in a matching green ink.
Using one of the Camden Cottage Roses from Couture Creations remove the back two layers of leaves.  Lightly ink the remaining flower with a matching soft pink ink.  I then sprayed it with spray adhesive and scattered glitter over it. Using more flowers from my stash and some pink berries I finished embellishing the card.

PRODUCTS USED
ULT157489 Magnolia Lane - Floral Fancy
ULT157487 Magnolia Lane - Elegant Lady
ULT157531 Magnolia Lane - Magnolia Doily Die
ULT157534 Magnolia Lane - Thank you Die 
ULT157523 Magnolia Lane - Rose Cutting Die
ULT157525 Magnolia Lane - Drifting Feather Die
ULT200001 Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Snow White
ULT200031 Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Cypress Pine
ULT200078 Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Carnation 

CO724296 Couture Creations BULK FLOWERS – Camden Cottage Rose
CO724634 3mm Pearls - Chiffon Cream

CO723286 Couture Creations Sponge Dauber

CO723022 Couture Creations 2 Way Glue Pen

CO723828 Couture Creations Non Stick Craft Mat

CO723816 Couture Creations Glue Dots

CO721985 Couture Creations 6mm double sided tape

CO723780Couture Creations 3D foam dots

Thank you for stopping by today.  

Come back again tomorrow for another wonderful creation from the Design Team. 

Until next time... keep crafting.

Anita

I'm Still Strong Enough

Hi fellow crafty friends! Here again this time to share very special card with you.

I was asked to make a 'card' for one of my work colleagues who was going into to hospital.  She had just been diagnosed with bowel cancer and a fellow Facebook friend posted a quote on her timeline that she loved and said it resonated with her .  She asked me if I could 'make her a card' using the quote so she could put it on her bedside table whilst she was in hospital.
I don't think she expected getting this. 

To create the card base I cut a 12x12" piece of Ultimate Crafts Snow White cardstock at 7".

Next I scored the cardstock at 3", 4 1/2", 7 1/2" and 9" and then folded along the score lines.  The large panels will measure 3" in size and the smaller folder 1 1/2" in size.

I then added the Floral Fancy patterned paper to the cardstock base and inked the edges in a matching green ink.

 I cut two of the Tassles die from the Magnolia Lane collection in Cypress Pine Ultimate Crafts cardsock, one a mirror image of the other, attach them to the two outside panels of the card.
I then took two of the magnolia flowers die cuts from the ephemera set and attached the over the top of the tassles.

To the underside corners of the quote, behind the green and pink cardstock, I added Magnolia Corners dies in Snow White cardstock.
I printed the quote on to some white 250gsm paper and then double mounted it on to some Cyrpress Pine and Carnation cardstock then attached it to the middle front panel of the card.
To the underside corners of the quote, behind the green cardstock, I added Magnolia Corners dies in Snow White cardstock.

I deconstructed two of the Cottage Pollen flowers to only use the centre two layers of petals.  I then added some of the Flamenco pink coloured Liquid Drops 3D Pearls to slightly colour the white flowers.  These were added to the top corners of the two back panels with a couple of other flowers from my personal stash. To the corners of the quote I added some of the Pink Blush pearls in the corner of the quote.
You will see I have used some butterflies over the card.  Unfortunately I had run out of the ones from the ephemera pack so I ended up fussy cutting the ones from the packaging of other embellishments from the collection.  If you didn't know I had done it you would never have known.

I felt very privileged to have been asked to make this for her, and truly hope that she likes it. Hopefully by reading the quote every day it will help give her the strength and the positivity to get through the trying times she has ahead in beating this horrible disease.

 

Products Used

CO721997 - Classic Pearls - Pink Blush

CO724389 - Turbo Precision Glue Pen

CO724022 - 5mm Chisel Tip 2-Way Glue

CO721984 - 12mm Double Sided Tape

CO724295 - Bulk Flowers - Cottage Pollen

ULT200001 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Snow White

ULT200031 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Cypress Pine

ULT200078 _ Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Carnation
ULT157647 Liquid Drops 3D Pearls

ULT157489 - Magnolia Lane - Floral Fancy

ULT157519 - Magnolia Lane - Tassles Die

ULT157528 - Magnolia Lane - Magnolia Borders

ULT157515 - Magnolia Lane - Diecut Ephemera

 Thanks for stopping by.

Anita

Magnolia Lane Shaker Card

#couturecreationsaus #ultimatecrafts 

Hi Everyone,  I thought I would share with you some shakers cards I created using the Magnolia Lane collection by Susanne Smyth that recently featured on the Couture Creations blog.  I hope you enjoy my creations.

To start I selected one of the panels that I liked from the Poetical Labels patterned paper.  Okay, I admit it I love every single one of them so I wasn't short of one to chose from :)

You will find that the panel is not wide enough to go behind the frame that you cut out next.  I added a small strip of matching patterned paper to the left side. It will be covered by the embellishments and dies you add to the outside of the frame later.

 

 I then used the largest two dies from the Rectangle Nesting Dies and cut out a frame using the Ultimate Craft Obsidion cardstock. So that the frames did not move when I ran it through GoCut and Emboss machine, I placed a post-it note over the two dies as per the photo below.

 The next step was to cut out a piece of the Couture Creations Acetate Sheets just big enough to be adhered to the back of the black cardstock frame.  Attach some of the 3D foam strips around the inside back of the frame on the acetate making sure there are no gaps or your sequins could fall out.

Prior to removing the backing paper from the 3D foam strips add a mixture of matching coloured sequins then remove the backing paper from the foam strips and attach your chosen panel.  Don't do what I did first time around and put it back to front.  Make sure you chose panel can be seen through the acetate sheet.

I made a 5 x 7" card base in the Obsidion cardstock from Ultimate Crafts.  I chose the Magnolia Borders patterned paper as this was similar to the panel that I chose and cut it to 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" so that I could see a good border of black behind the patterned paper.
Next, I attached the shaker to the patterned paper and attached a seam binding ribbon across the top securing it on the reverse side of the patterned paper.  You can then glue the patterned paper to your card base.

I am still loving the Couture Creations Bulk Flowers.  I sprayed two of the Camden Cottage Roses with a bright pink spritz.  Next spray the flowers with adhesive and scatter with white or crystal glitter over the adhesive.  Once dry, using glue dots, attach to the top corner of the black frame. The flowers just come up so beautiful.

Whilst my flowers were drying a little I quickly cut out the Tassels die in Precious pink, again from Ultimate Crafts, to use as a trail down the left hand side of the black frame.  It also hid the seam where I widened the back panel.  I added a few of the small 2mm Onyx gemstones to the tassel and then attached it to the black frame at the top using glue dots. Finally I added some 2mm Wisteria gemstones to the corners of the frame, a couple of small black flowers and a sentiment to finish.

As an added bonus I have also recreated the card using the SEA BREEZE collection by Denise Boddey.  This one is perfect for Father's Day which is just around the corner.

PRODUCTS USED

Magnolia Lane Card

ULT157497 - Magnolia Lane Collection - Poetical Labels

ULT200007 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Obsidian

ULT200077 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Precious

ULT157490 - Magnolia Lane - Magnolia Borders

ULT157519 - Magnolia Lane - Tassels Die

CO723046 - Nesting Dies - Rectangle

CO724603 - Couture Creations Acetate Sheets

CO724157 - 2mm Gemstones - Onyx

CO724150 - 2mm Gemstones - Wisteria

CO724297 - Bulk Flowers - Camden Cottage Roses 3cm

Sea Breeze Card

CO724668 - Sea Breeze - Caught in the Wind Patterned Paper

CO724667 - Sea Breeze - Weatherboard Patterned Paper

CO724681 - Sea Breeze - Diecut Ephemera Set

CO724678 - Sea Breeze - Metal Trinkets

CO724693 - Sea Breeze - Tassels Die

CO723046 - Nesting Dies - Rectangle

CO724603 - Couture Creations Acetate Sheets

Tools

 CO721957 15x15" Cutting Mat

CO721955 - Painted Non-Stick Scissors (14cm)

CO723828 - Non-Stick Craft Mat

Adhesives 

CO723780 - 3D foam dots

CO723899 - 3D Foam Strips

CO721985 - 6mm Double Sided Tape

CO724037 - Turbo Precision Glue Pen

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Anita

xx

Trinket Box

Hi Everyone,

I have had a lot of fun with my creation for the Couture Creations blog.  I don't do much off the page work but I had a raw MDF box with lid sitting in my cupboard for ages.  And of course we have the perfect collection at the moment to use, Magnolia Lane,  and it came out better than expected.

I lightly sanded the mdf box and then painted it in a very pale pink.  I jut kept adding white paint until I got the colour I wanted.  Once dry I cut papers, Fancy Floral, to cover the top and sides.

I then stamped the top and sides of the box with a script stamp from my collection.  Using texture paste I then added a 3d affect to the paper.

 Next I die cut about a dozen leaves from the rose cutting die set in white pink and black.  I did the same with the flower from the same set. I heat embossed the leaves with a clear powder to give them a gloss, and layered the flower mixing up the colours.

I blinged up two of the paper magnolia flowers using pink and black glitter.  Then added some white glitter over the top to soften the black a little. I found a metal bee in my stash and covered it with gesso.  Whilst both were set aside to dry I attached the leaves to the lid of the box.

To the outside sides of the box I added both some venetian lace that I had and some of the black lace from the Magnolia Lane collection.  I added some more of the black lace to the inside of the box.  I also chose one of the ladies from the Pretty Patches paper to the inside bottom on the box and edge it with some pearls.

Build up your flowers and add them on top of the leaves on the lid.  I used some pink Inka Gold paste to colour my bee and used a hot glue gun to attach it to the lid. Finally I added a few pink and black flowers from my stash and it was done.  

Products 

ULT157489 Magnolia Lane - 12x12 patterned paper - Floral Fancy

 ULT157507 Magnolia Lane - Black Decorative Lace Ribbon

ULT157508 Magnolia Lane - Paper Magnolias

ULT157523 Magnolia Lane - Rose Cutting

Thanks for stopping by