Handmade Daisys with Patti Hamil

Hello everyone! Patti Hamil here today. I wanted to share a layout with some handmade blooms that I created with the Daisy Nesting Dies.

This is a page of our niece on her wedding day! I just love the fun photo capturing the excitement!

I used the Daisy Nesting Dies for these blooms. I made two different sizes. You can make them the size you want, you just need 2 smaller and 3 larger daisy shapes. After cutting, use a Sponge Dauber and ink the center with a little darker ink and snip slightly between each petal. Next, use a Piercing Tool to make a hole in the center of each daisy. Attach the layers of petals together with a brad. Spritz well with water and carefully fold each layer up toward the brad, gathering in the center. Your bloom will look like the one below. Set aside to dry.

Next, use a Piercing Tool to carefully pull apart each layer of petals. Be careful to prevent tearing as some sections are bunched up really tightly.

Once the petals are separated, remove the brad.

Layer the petals and attach with the adhesive of your choice. I used a white glue on mine.

Here is a closeup of a finished bloom. You don't need a center, they look more natural left the way they are!

For my background, I embossed two pieces of aqua colored patterned paper with the Large Damask Flourish Embossing Folder. I embossed a solid lavender paper with the Extra Confetti Embossing Folder and then cut the paper into circles.

Here you see some closeups of the detail of this.

I used Foam Mounting Tape to raise the smaller embossed circles for some added dimension. I really like how the intricate patterns of the embossing folders are so visible. These are great folders!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial on making blooms. You can play around and get lots of different looks with this technique! 

I appreciate you stopping by!

Couture Creations Supplies:

CO723217 - Daisy Nesting Dies

CO723449 - Elegance Collection - Large Damask Flourish Embossing Folder

CO723287 - Elegance Collection - Extra Confetti Embossing Folder

CO721992 - Self Adhesive Gemstones - Blue Iceberg

CO723061 - Sponge Dauber

CO721986 - Handheld Essentials - Piercing Tool

CO721965 - Foam Mounting Tape - 18mm x 50m

Happy Trails with the Couture Creations Tatted Lace Doily Die

Hi, Kerrie Gurney here with a step by step tutorial for CSW Distributors using the Couture Creations Tatted Lace Fantasia Doily Die and Couture Creations Embossing Folders.

Cut a piece of patterned paper to 12" x 7," cut the bottom into a scroll shape, distress the edges, ink with black ink pad and adhere to the base cardstock.

Die-cut the Tatted Lace Doily Die from patterned paper. Notice how easy the paper comes away from the die using Couture Creations Ejection Foam on the die.

Cut the Tatted Lace doily in half diagonally.

Cut a piece of patterned paper to 8" x 8," distress the edges and ink. Fold in half, and place the patterned paper into the Extra Confetti Embossing Folder, from the Elegance Collection, and run through machine.

Turn the patterned paper around and emboss the end piece. This will give your patterned paper some texture. One side will be embossed and one side will be debossed, adding more interest to your background.

Unfold the patterned paper and adhere to your page.

Cut a piece of cork to 1.5" x 12" and emboss using the Magical Embossing Folder from the Fresh & Fun collection.  Lightly rub a black ink pad over the surface of the cork strip to highlight the embossed pattern.

Adhere to cork strip to the page using Couture Creations Double Sided Tape.

Adhere both halves of the Tatted Lace doily to your page. Adhere the photo to the page using Couture Creations Foam Mounting Tape on only 3 sides of the photo, leaving the top open to slide in a 4" x 6" journaling tag.

Add Couture Creations Cafe Creme Pearls under the cork strip to finish the page.

Couture Creations Supplies:

CO723223  Fantasia Tatted Lace Doily Die
CO723446  Elegance Extra Confetti Embossing Folder
CO723279  Fresh and Fun Magical Embossing Folder
CO721000  Cafe Creme Pearls
CO721966  Tape Cutter
CO721961  Foam Mounting Tape - 12mm x 4m
CO721984  Double Sided Tape - 12mm x 50m

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! Happy Creating!

Kerrie