Anniversary Shoe by Tracey Cooley

My cousin has been married 25years and she has a small shoe problem... problem being which of her 150 pairs of shoes should she wear???? I while ago I did an altered shoe inspired by our very own Sue Smyth and my cousin admired it greatly...so for her anniversary I decided to do her one in her favourite colour.

 

Most of the flowers I have embellished this shoe with are made using the Couture Creations Nesting Die Victorian Square including the variegated one .. What a great set of Dies to make easy flowers with..

 

From Core dinations Cardstock Cut 3 of each of the smallest 3 Victorian Square nesting Dies with 1 of each size being a different colour or shade form the others.. Cut 3 quarters of the way into the die cut at each point and layer onto a brad making every third layer the alternate colour. Spritz with a bit of water to loosen the paper fibres and scrunch together one layer at a time. Then simply loosely unravel your scrunching to form your flower.  This is a great way to make your flower look a little different from the everyday.

The black flowers in the shoe are also done the same way but when finished I have spritzed them with spray adhesive and sprinkle pink glitter on them.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's hoping she likes it!!! And thanks again Sue Smyth for inspiring me to do my first altered shoe that then lead to this one.

 

Keep on Creating!

 

Couture Creations Products used
CO723225 Fantasia Doily Die Dazzling
CO723048 Nesting Die Victorian Square
CO721994 Gemstones Pink Diva
CO721996 Gemstones Crystal
CO723505 Sophia Die Marant

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Couture Creations Magnetic 12"x12" Storage Sheets come in a pack of 4 Stepped, Tabbed Sheets and are made to fit perfectly in your Couture Creations 12" x 13" Stackable Storage Container making this combination the perfect storage solution for your metal dies

 

 

 

Both the Magnetic Storage Sheets and the Stackable Storage are available Now at all Couture Creations Stockists ...to find a stockist in your country look HERE for the Distributor in your country and they will be able to advise on a stockist near you.

Good-bye from Gloria Stengel

It is with a heavy heart that I must step down from my spot on the Couture Creations DT. Health issues prevent me from keeping up with my work-load and, to be fair to the team and the company, I must step down. I want to thank Couture Creations and the amazing Kerrie (our DT coordinator) for everything these past months. I have enjoyed working all the amazing products and have loved getting to know this fantastic team! Here are a few of my favorite CC creations!

Dreamboat 3-in-1 Doilies Stamps
 

Rectangle Nesting Dies, Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies, Roses Nesting Dies, Passion Embossing Folder
 

Rectangle Nesting Dies, Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies, Ivy Doily Die, Key to My Heart Die, Large Hepburn Embossing Folder
 

Jolly Christmas Embossing Folder

 

Dreamboat 3-in-1 Party Time Dies, Stamps, Embossing Folder
 

Victorian Rectangles Nesting Dies, Endless Embossing Folder

 

 

Gloria we will miss having you on our team. We have enjoyed not only your projects but having a lot of laughs with you over the last 7 months. We wish you well and hope for a recovery very soon, the crafting world will miss having you in it.
Please don't be a stranger and maybe when you are better you can come back and do a guest spot.

Kerrie and everyone from the Couture Creations team

 

Christmas Lyrics Card by Pam Bray

Pam here today on the Couture Creations Blog sharing with you the Christmas Lyrics Embossing Folder from the Wrapped in Joy Collection and Sophia Eberjey Die.....

 

I began by first running my Christmas Lyrics and a piece of Core'dinations burgundy paper.....

 

 sanding it off lightly with my Couture Creations Sanding Block.

 

I placed a piece of dark teal distress paper to the top of a cream 5 x 6 1/2 card base. I added Couture Foam Mounting Tape to the Christmas Lyrics piece that I had attached to some pattern paper.

 

Die cut two fun Santa embellishment from your pattern paper using Couture Creations Circle Nesting Dies....

 

 and a beautiful Eberjey Die cut from an accompanying paper.

 

Wrap some teal twill ribbon and loosely tie a bow, place the Eberjey die cut to the top of the ribbon, and attach one of the cut Santa embellishments to the top of Eberjey die with Couture Creations Double Sided Tape....this will keep both pieces in place.

 

For the second embellishments place on the first with your Couture Creations Foam Mounting Tape and then tie your bow so it is closer to the bottom of the Santa embellishment. Mark sure to trim you ribbon with your Precision Scissors.

 

I added Couture Creations Teal Gemstones to the top of the Eberjey die cut and one at the bottom of the distress Christmas Lyrics piece. I hope you check out the whole Wrapped in Joy Collection at Couture Creations.

Hugs Pammjeo

Couture Creations Supplies: 
CO723607 Wrapped In Joy Christmas Lyrics Embossing Folder
CO723040 Circle Nesting Circle
CO722502 Sophia Eberjey Decorative Die
CO721989 Gemstones Seaspray
CO721957 Self Healing Mat
CO723039 Precision Trimmer
CO721956 Precision Scissors
CO721984 Double Sided Tape
CO721961 Foam Mounting Tape
CO723060 Sanding Block

Joy to You by Patti Hamil

Hi, it's Patti. If you're like me you want to make your Christmas cards if possible, but probably don't have much time. I'm here to show you how you can quickly make simple but elegant looking cards in just a couple of steps with just a few supplies! 

This card is so easy that I don't have step-by-step photos because there really are none! Here is the finished card.

and a close-up.

Now, I'm going to tell you how easy it is. All you need is a sheet of ivory cardstock (or colored if you like). I used cardstock for a 5x7 card here. Next you need a sheet of specialty cardstock, the foil looking cardstock, any color, but I used gold.  You also need one embossing folder, I used Poinsetta Lullaby from the Wrapped In Joy collection. Then you just need a couple of blooms, a title and a piece of ribbon!

The embossing shows beautifully on this shiny type paper, and especially for the Holidays! But the look is really striking! Each folder in this collection will make a gorgeous card on it's own!!! I hope you try this if you're short on time like I am!!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Couture Creations Product Used

Poinsettia Lullaby,Wrapped In Joy Embossing Folder CO723972

 

 

Omelettes! It's Whats for Breakfast!

I know I've been A.W.O.L. It's been hard to get my blogging mojo going after the passing of my dad in July. But everyday gets better.

The good thing is that I've stuck with my low carb way of eating through it all and lost 21 pounds! Yay me!.

Love low carb and hopefully now with the weather turning cooler I will start cooking again and posting my recipes and sharing pictures.

This morning I made a yummy low-carb Jalapeno-Avocado Omelette with shredded cheese and one slice of bacon. It was delicious.

Got a busy day ahead of me, hope everyone has a great weekend!



 

One in a Million by Tracey Cooley

My gorgeous daughter Tayla  is definitely one in a million!
She is loving, responsible, thoughtful and a hard worker. Not to mention beautiful (but I could be bias). I love this picture of her my brother took while holidaying in Kenya and hoped to do it justice with a layout that captures her spirit.

 

I have been looking for a realistic looking rose leaf for some time now and Couture Creations has the perfect leaf to go with roses. You can see on this layout the detail in the leaves and how real they look. All this thanks to the Couture Creations All Occasions Embossing Folder Jazmyne... this has quickly become my favourite emboss folder.

 

 

I simply embossed a  piece of Jet Black Core'dinations cardstock with the Couture Creations Jazmyne Emboss Folder and cut out those gorgeous leaves, moulded them with my fingers and tucked them under my flowers.

 

 

Butterflies a pretty popular on pattern paper and I love to cut their little wings out and 3D them with an alternate pattern paper underneath... On this layout I have added a bit of Couture Creations Glitz n Glamour to the pattern paper underneath. I also added it to the white Couture Creation Dazzling Doily die cuts under the photograph...

I hope you like this layout as much as I do.

 

Thanks for stopping by and Keep on Creating!

 

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Couture Creations Products
CO723225 Fantasia Doily Die Dazzling
CO723293 All Occasions Emboss Folder Jazmyne
CO721971 Glitz n Glamour Crystalina
CO721957 Self Healing mat
CO721987 Craft Knife
CO721956 Stainless Scissors

CO723222 Fantasia Doily Die Ivy

 

 

Autumn Beauty by Cathi O'Neill

It is Autumn here in Ireland, and since we don't have major changes between our seasons (never gets really hot or really cold here) we don't get those amazing trees full of bright colors! I did spot a few colorful leaves (mostly on the ground!) in a local park and brought my oldest daughter Aine along for a little photo shoot! I featured the gorgeous All Occasions Endless Embossing Folder for my layout, absolutely perfect for an Autumn layout!

For my layout I chose several shades of Autumn colors Core'dinations papers and embossed them.

Using my Couture Creations Sanding Block, I sanded the papers revealing the core, and with extra embossed paper, fussy cut some autumn leaves.

Finally, I also used the Sophia Oscar die to cut some flourishes out of cork! I love the earthy look and texture it has!

To put the layout together I first did some "splatting" with Peeled Paint Distress Stain and Walnut Stain Distress Stain. I added some subtle stamping using my Visible Image Bronte Border script stamp. To build up the layout, I layered the three embossed paper, adhering them to the layout with 18mm Double Sided Tape. To give the photo extra dimension I lifted it up with 12mm Foam Mounting Tape.

I added two Core'dinations tags, then started building up an embellishment cluster using my fussy cut leaves, some twine and the gorgeous cork flourishes!

I added some chevron and heart confetti which I primed with gesso and inked with chalk ink. I added brown stitching around the border. The final touch was the title "Autumn Beauty".

I hope you like my Autumn layout this month, and hope to see you sharing your work on the Couture Creations Facebook page!!!

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Couture Creations products used

CO723294 - All Occasions Endless Embossing Folder
CO723475 - Sophia Oscar Die
CO723060 - Sanding Block

CO721961 - 12mm Foam Mounting Tape

CO721965 - 18mm Double Sided Tape

Oh Christmas Tree by Kerrie Gurney

Hi all it is me Kerrie again with a super quick but different card that you can mass produce for Christmas your Christmas giving

I have used the A2 Early Morning Embossing folder from the Wrapped In Joy collection, Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock, some Couture Creations Pearls and some seam binding ribbon.

 

cut a piece of Core'dinations cardstock to 8.5" x 4.5" and fold into a gate fold

Emboss Early Morning onto a piece of Core'dinations cardstock

 

Cut straight down the middle and sand to revel core colour

sand the edges of base card

place double sided tape across middle of card

 

attach ribbon to both sides of gatefold allowing enough to tie into a bow

 

add embossed sections to front of gates, add some pearls and tie a bow to close

 

 

Tip you could add a pocket to the inside of the card and pop a gift card inside.

 

 

Couture Creations Products Used

CO723600 Wrapped in Joy Early One Morning Embossing Folder

CO721988 Moonlight Pearls

CO723060 Sanding Block

CO721955 Pointed Non Stick Scissors

Double sided Tape

 

Core'dinations ColorCore Core Essentials Cardstock

 

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