You are Loved

Welcome back Everyone,
I have to say that I enjoy all types of papercraft, but will always come back to a good scrapbooking layout to showcase some of my more favourite photos.

Todays post moves away from the pinks and greens of the Vintage Rose collection, focusing more on the red and yellow hues to take it in a different direction.

To start the page I selected a red from Coredinations Vintage Collection stack as it matched perfectly with the Couture Creations Vintage Rose paper collection.
I selected the Plaid and Music print from the Vintage Rose papers and cut it down to approximately 8x12". Using the sanding block I lightly sanded the four sides of the cardstock. I then took my 'non stick' scissors and distressed the edges of both the cardstock and patterned paper.  I was a little more rough on the patterned paper slightly tearing in some places to show more of the cardstock underneath.

I then grabbed my 6x6" stack of Vintage Rose papers and selected my contrasting papers for the rest of my layout.  I used the smaller frame from the Amarllyis Ornamental Lace die collection set Megan's Magic, die cut one of the print paper and then cut the piece into four equal pieces.

 

After inking around the photo with a red brick coloured ink, attach the four pieces of die cut patterned paper to the reverse of your photo with some 6mm double sided tape. 

Prior to attaching the 8x12" patterned piece to the cardstock base I added a small piece of tea stained gauze to the back side of the top and bottom edges of the patterned paper. After attaching the patterned paper to the cardstock I then edged top and bottom edges of the patterned paper with a matching lace trim softening the lines.
From the Pink Words sheet of patterened paper I cut out my wording, and from the same sheet of the 6x6" paper stack I cut out the live, smile, love and laugh words, adding 3D foam dots to the back of all wording.
More fussy cutting of flowers and butterflies from the Smile paper and one of the postage stamps from the Carte Postale paper. I inked, in the same red brick ink as the photo, all the wording I have just cut out. I then added just a small amount of bling on the cardstock.

I took the 6x6" patterned papers that I had selected and cut them into different shapes, again inking all the edges. I attached 3D foam dots to the back of the photo. Prior to attaching the photo, I positioned the different shapes on to the layout. Attaching the fussy cut flowers, stamp and butterflies to the layout and adding a few flowers to the bottom left corner.
The layout was finished off with a flair button and some twine twisted around the page and through the small words after placing them on the layout.

Drop by and view my blog.

Thanks for stopping by.... til next time.

 Couture Creations Products Used:

CO723971 - Vintage Rose 12x12" paper collection

CO724064 - Vintage Rose 6x6" paper collection

CO724307 - Amaryllis Ornamental Lace Dies Megan's Magic

CO723817 3D Glue Dots

CO721985 - 6mm Double Sided Tape

Kaisercraft Design Team 2015 Entry

I have to say that I truly love using Kaisercraft products, so that is why I thought, let's just do this.
My creative time is extremely important to me and I so enjoyed creating these three projects.

I chose the Chalkboard MDF kit, and thought that maybe rather than using it as a chalkboard it could be used as a place to display photos too, easily being able to rotate the photos to a current one.  I am still toiling with ideas of how to do this.
I wanted to keep the paper design very minimal so chose the Tranquil paper from the Cherry Blossom range and then just embellished with flowers and MDF shapes.

As I do not have any of the 2 legged variety of children, my furkids are my world (aside from my family of course).  I love taking photos of my two babies and scrapping them, so when Kaisercraft realeased the beautiful range of Furry Friends pet papers,  I was in love, and couldn't wait to get hold of everything.

My final project was a card using the All That Glitters range, also using a 6x4" card from the 'Sparkle' Captured Moments range.  At the moment I love the use of gold in my layouts, so was ecstatic to be able to find papers that would fill this need.  As my nieces 12th birthday is just around the corner I thought she would love this different take on a birthday card.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for considering my application..... fingers crossed :)

Until next time,

Anita

Flower Garden

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my very first post for the 2015 Couture Creations Design Team. 
  In the last year or so I have really gotten into making cards and love giving my friends and family my handmade creations.  On this card I have decided to leave off a sentiment as it will give me the opportunity later to add something if I feel it needs it, rather than restricting the use for a specific celebration.... but thinking maybe for Mother's Day.

 To start my card I created a 5"x7" base card from some olive green 

Coredinations cardstock.

From the Vintage Rose 12 x 12 Paper Pack I chose the Roses and Butterflies paper to cut a mat slightly smaller than your 5x7" base card. 

I then die cut the patterned paper using the Barossa Frame from the Elegant Card Cuts collection. I never forget to use my Quick Release Die Paper which helps release the die cut easily from the die. Because this die was a little bit more intricut I also made sure to use my Metal Adapter Mat which gave a crisper cut.

To give the die cut paper another dimension I embossed the paper with the  Garden Frame

  from the Hearts Ease collection.

From the Kalini collection of dies I then die cut four of the Tall Basket Flowers. I spent some time fussy cutting a couple of butterflies which I then blinged up using some Glitz and Glamour.

To achieve the look of depth to the card I mounted the patterned paper frame on foam mounting tape. Once positioned I tucked some gathered organza ribbon underneath the top and bottom of the frame. I secured two of the basket flower die cuts to the top right and bottom left of the frame with the Couture Creations Turbo Glue Pen (such an awesome new product).  To finish off I mounted the two butterflies and a medium sized flower that I inked the edges of with an olive ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Couture Creations Products Used

CO723987 Vintage Rose Paper - Roses and Butterflies

CO724379 Hearts Ease - Garden Frame

CO724101 Elegant Card - Barossa 

CO724254 Kalini - Tall Basket Flower

CO724389 Turbo Precision Glue Pen

 CO721971 Glitzin'Glamour Glitter Glue - Crystallina

CO723780 3D Foam Adhesive

CO721694 Foam Mounting Tape

CO723608 Metal Adapter Plate

The Perfect Day

Hi Everyone,

 Who doesn't love a great wedding. This is a layout I did of my husband Brian's nieces special day. It was such a relaxed and intimate Friday afternoon wedding. Everything was perfect. I have used some of my favourite scrapbooking embellishments from Charms Creations,

I spritzed some white cardstock with yellow and then stamped it with some of my favourite 'love' themed stamps.  I used a background stamp with writing to make mat for the photo.  Glittered up a chipboard scroll which I then sealed so.  Added flowers and a few pieces of ribbon and all done.

Hope you all have a happy weekend of crafting..

 

Design Team Announcement - Couture Creations 2015

#couturecreationsaus

A HUGE THANK YOU
to all of you who applied for our 2015 Design Team.
We wish we could choose everyone but unfortunately we cannot.
We do encourage you to try again in 2016

Our selection panel have chosen designers that bring something different to our team and have a talent for creating with our dies and embossing folders

 onto the important announcement
Please give a huge
Welcome 
our 
2015 Design Team

Anita Bownds

Anita Enright

Bernii Miller

Cindy Porter

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

Lesa Bird

Tina Connolly

Tracey Rohweder

2015 Creative Team

Adriana Bolzon

Jo Simons

 Sue Smyth

Special Projects
 Tracey Cooley

Design Team Coordinator
 Kerrie Gurney

Our new team will start inspiring you from April 1st 

so for March you will still have our awesome 2014 Design Team inspiring you 

Please take some time to visit all our new designer's blogs 

(by clicking on their names)  

and please leave welcome message for our 2015 Team

We have an exciting year ahead and have some exciting new collections and products due for release this year, so please keep following and sharing. 

Design Team Audition - Couture Creations 2015

Hello

With 2015 being the year that I start doing things that I haven't tried before what better way to kick start the year than to apply for the Couture Creations 2015 Design Team Call.

I love scrapbooking, cardmaking, OTP and mixed media, and now with Couture Creation having released some more amazing new dies and embossing folders at CHA in January, it won't be long before I get hold of some to play with.  

Being part of this design team would be a privilege and a wonderful way to keep the creative juices flowing.  Below are several creations that I have done using some of their great products and also a couple that I have done previously.  I have included my very first creation using Finnabair as my inspiration, my first true mixed media project.

I hope you enjoy checking them out as much as I did enjoy creating every single one of them.

This gorgeous card was made using the Damask Delight paper pad.  I used the 'Tied Together' die from the Momento Collection of Dies. I blinged up a chipboard butterfly with Glitzin' Glamour, added some clear Gemstones, added a feather or two, some flowers and a button.

Creating this clipboard I started by painting the board in olive green paint, and then blinged up the actual clip using glitter.  After adding the paper (front and back) from the Vintage Rose paper pad I sealed the board and clip using Mod Podge.  I then used the larger die from the Ornamental Lace die set at the top of the board and topped it with some matching lace.  At the base of the board I used the Scallop die from the Chandeliers die set, added the lace and some flowers.

 

This card had the red mat embossed using the Chiaro embossing folder.  The patterned paper is from the Vintage Rose collection.  I stressed the edge of the paper prior to folding the top right corner and attaching a pearl brad to hold in place. Organza ribbon was attached around the embossed card prior to the patterned paper being attached.  A few flowers in the top left and bottom right corners and I was all finished.

My 12x12 layout was created using the Vintage Rose paper pad.  I first chose an olive green cardstock as the base mat.  The print paper was stressed first using my Couture Creations scissors and then torn in some parts and the edges rolled. I then inked the stressed edges with a beige ink to take a little of the whiteness off the edges.  Rather than mounting the photo on the print paper I decided to place it on the base card.  I calculated where I wanted it placed and then cut a rectangle out of the print paper, stressed the edge and slightly rolled it before putting the photo in place.  A blinged scroll was cut and placed on the print paper around the photo, flowers added, a chipboard birdcage glittered and sealed, and the chipboard title inked in chocolate coloured ink.  A small MDF bird was inked and added to the top right corner.  I then added a few Gemstones to a couple of the flowers that were printed on the patterned paper.

Below are a couple of others creations that I have made recently.  

The card was creating using an embossing folder along with dies and stamps

My very first mixed media creation. I simply love it.  It was a challenge at the last retreat that I went on.  Everyone else that participated in the challenge went for dark colours so I had to be different and go more 'girlie'.  The final result was stunning.

A close up of my mixed media creation

 

I chose this layout to put in my application because I love absolutely love the photo.  It is a family photo from my husband's side of the family.  It is from the early 1900's and the monochromatic colour scheme, I feel, does it justice.  

  

I so loved putting this all together.  I hope you enjoyed stopping by and checking it out.

Good luck to everyone that tries out for the design team.  

At the end of the day we are all winners for even applying.

Hello Sunday Afternoon

So another weekend is coming to an end, a quiet one for me so that much injured ankle and foot heal well. At the moment I am sitting in our alfresco area out the back enjoying the cool breeze, listening to the pool fountain running.  Once my injury has healed this is what I want to do next..... taking the furkids to the beach.  As my friends know Miss Molly is no longer this little, but she is still a cutey pie and our little princess.
Bring on Monday, fingers crossed my crafting mojo will be there and I will be creating during my mornings before heading back to work in the afternoons.

Happy Valentine's Day. 

Whilst my day didn't start the way I wanted it to, I was spoilt and was taken out to dinner, which was lovely.

Below was a quick and simple card I made for my hubby after coming home from work last night.  This was all I could muster up in 1/2 an hour at 3.30am this morning.  He loved it, and particuarly the sentiment inside. Please excuse the photo quality as it was taken on my iphone.

Wow, I just saw how long it has been since I posted.  Well, I will just have to change that.

So, what has been happening in all this time..... just life I guess. I do have to say that for quite a while there I had lost my mojo for everything, you know work and life getting on top of you.  

Well it is 2015 now, and already a month down, and this year one of my things is to do more of what I enjoy, and that brings me back to scrapbooking and all papercraft. 

      

This is one of my last layouts that I have done, but it was back in November at our last scrapping retreat. I love the colours and the combination together.

Okay, I will hopefully be back week with some more of my creations......

Ciao for now :)

I created this layout for the February Challenge on the Pagemaps blog.  I thoroughly enjoyed doing this with my girlfriends and so hope that they upload theirs too. 
Here is the link to the Pagemaps Blog and the February Challenge:
http://www.pagemaps.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/pebbles-sketch-contest.html