Exotic Card with Pam Bray

Hi! Pam Bray here today sharing a card that I created with the Exotic Embossing Folder (Fine Designs Collection) and the Connexion Intricutz Die (Sophia Collection) to make the perfect exotic card.

I started by embossing white cardstock with the Exotic Embossing Folder. Using Wild Honey Distress Ink and a Sponge Dauber I lightly brushed over the raised design to help match the color of the sunflowers on my patterned paper.

Here is closer look at the dimension of my exotic card. I love all the layers and the way the embossing folder comes to life when paired with patterned papers and leaves cut with the Connexion Die. I hope you try using some different inks with your embossing folders to see the amazing looks you will achieve!

Hugs, Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723506 Sophia Intricutz Collection - Connexion Die
CO723256 Fine Designs Collection - Exotic Embossing Folder
CO721961 Foam Mounting Tape
CO721985 Double Sided Tape
CO721955 Precision Scissors
CO721957 Self Healing Cutting Mat
CO721986 Handheld Essentials
CO723060 Sanding Block
CO723039 Precision Trimmer

Friends by Pam Bray

Hi! Pam here today sharing with you a fun stitching technique using your Handheld Essentials Tool Kit and some embroidery thread. Using the paper piercer from the tool kit, pierce through the paper and flags that were cut from patterned paper using Precision Scissors and use a straight stitch to sew through the pierced holes.

Here is a closer look. Remember to keep your thread straight as you stitch.

I embossed a strip of green Core'dinations cardstock using the Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder, sanded it with the Sanding Block, and added it to my layout with Double Sided Tape. I ran pink Core'dinations cardstock through my die-cutting machine using the Scallop Nesting Circles and then the Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder. I sanding the embossed circle with the Sanding Block and added some rhinestones to the flower centers to complete the layout. I hope you try adding stitiching to your paper!

Hugs, Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723041 Scallop Circle Nesting Dies
CO723255 Fine Designs Collection - Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder

CO721985 Double Sided Tape

CO721955 Precision Scissor

CO721957 Self Healing Mat
CO723039 Precision Trimmer
CO723060 Sanding Block
CO721986 Handheld Essentials

Thank You Card Set with Pam Bray

Hi! Pam here today sharing with you a fun, sweet Thank You card that is super easy to create. I embossed a piece of grey cardstock with the Cheerful Embossing Folder (Elegance Collection) and adhered it to a card base with Double-Sided Tape. I added a piece of square pink cardstock that I embossed with the Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder (Fine Designs Collection). I love the look of using two different embossing folders together.

Next, I added a patterned doily, that I cut with the Ivy Set Doily Die (Fantasia Collection), and a small patterned rectangle that I cut with a Scallop Rectangle Nesting Die, to the front of the card. I love how the patterned die-cuts add a pop of color. To finish the card, I fussy cut a few flags from pattern paper using the Precision Scissors, stamped on a sentiment, and added them to the front of the card with some fun embellishments.

Why make one card when you can make a set?! You never have to many Thank You cards.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Hugs, Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723222 Fantasia Collection - Ivy Set Doily Dies
CO723255 Fine Designs Collection - Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder
CO723282 Elegance Collection - Cheerful Embossing Folder
CO723047 Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies
CO721995 Pink Flamingo Self-Adhesive Gemstones

CO721985 Double-Sided Tape

CO721955 Sharp Point Scissors

CO721957 Self Healing Mat
CO723039 Precision Trimmer
CO721986 Handheld Essentials

Autumn Card with Pam Bray

Hi! Pam here today sharing my Autumn Card created with the Exotic Embossing Folder from the Couture Creations Fine Designs Collection. I love all the beautiful swirls that show up once I used my Sanding Block to expose the core center of my paper.

I placed the burnt orange embossed paper onto a brunt orange and brown cardstock base and then layered my sentiment on top with some Foam Mounting Tape. I finished my card by adding a fun sheer bow and bird chippie around the sentiment.

Hugs,
Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723256 Fine Designs Collection - Exotic Embossing Folder
CO723040 Circle Nesting Dies
CO721996 Crystal Self-Adhesive Gemstones
CO721986 Handheld Essentials
CO721963 Foam Mounting Tape
CO721984 Double-Sided Tape
CO723060 Sanding Block
CO723039 Precision Trimmer
CO721957 Cutting Mat

Layered Medallion Celebration Card with Patti

Hi! Patti here today sharing a celebration card that features a layered medallion. I wanted to create a dimensional card with some of the folders, and I wanted a blinged up look, so I used several Couture Creations embossing folders and then highlighted the raised areas with Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue! I used lots of Foam Mounting Tape too!

Here's my card!

I used some Core'dinations Glitter Cardstock and made a little medallion and placed a stamped title on it. I placed it on a ribbon pleated strip of Core'dinations Pastel Cardstock that I inked green. I placed a circle underneath the pleated cardstock that I embossed with the Couture Creations Exotic Embossing Folder and highlighted with Crystalina Glitzin' Glamour.

Here you see some close-up detail!

Here you can see the folded cardstock under the medallion.

The background of the card is a piece of cardstock that I also embossed with the Exotic Embossing Folder and highlighted with more Glitzin' Glamour in Lilac! This was lots of fun to do and it looks really festive too!

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Patti

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723256 Fine Designs Collection - Exotic Embossing Folder
CO723276 Fresh and Fun Collection - Nuevo Embossing Folder
CO721975 Glitzin' Glamour - Lilac
CO721971 Glitzin' Glamour Cyrstalina
CO721965 Foam Mounting Tape

Bright and Beautiful Birthday Card with Gloria

Hello everyone! Gloria here today. I have a bright and sunny card to share.

I love the bold colors mixed with black and white, and the "chalkboard" sentiment is just icing on the cake!

To create this card, first rub ink onto the Passion Embossing Folder from the Fine Designs Collection. Make sure to apply ink to the inside of the folder on the section that contains the black Couture Creations logo, as shown. If you don't care for the "watercolor" look, you can use a brayer to apply the ink. If you want a more "distressed" look, use the ink pad directly on the folder. Place white cardstock into the folder and emboss. Make sure to wash your folder right away with warm water.

Remove your paper from the folder and use a heat tool to make sure the ink is dry. Rub chalk pastels over the raised embossing. I chose a bright yellow chalk. Use your finger or a paper towel to buff the chalk. Use a gentle touch.

Next, create the flower. I used the Couture Creations Roses Nesting Dies.

Cut one of each size rose from yellow cardstock. Ink the edges with the same ink you used on the embossing folder. Rub the surface of each flower with the chalk pastel. Lightly spray each flower with spray mist (or water) and crumple them.

Once the flowers are dry, uncrumple them and cut slits between each petal. Gently bend each petal. Stack the flowers together, adhering them with glue.

Shape the rose as you attach each layer. The combination of the chalk and the spray mist gives the paper a rich, velvet texture.

Create the sentiment by stamping a greeting onto black cardstock with white or watermark ink. Heat emboss with white embossing powder. Use the Couture Creations Rectangle Nesting Dies and Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies to cut out the sentiment as shown.

Attach your sentiment to the card with Foam Mounting Tape.

Thanks for joining me today!

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723046 Nesting Dies  - Rectangle
CO723047 Nesting Dies  - Scallop Rectangle
CO723218 Premium Nesting Dies  - Roses
CO723251 Fine Designs - Passion Embossing Folder
CO721956 Sharp Point Scissors
CO721986 Handheld Essentials - Embossing Tool
CO721965 Double-Sided Tape
CO721963 Foam Mounting Tape
CO721957 Cutting Mat

Passion Embossing Folder Week - Die-Cut Inlay Card with Gloria

Hello, it is Gloria with you! This week the CSW Team is sharing creations using the Couture Creations Passion Embossing Folder. Here is what I made for you.

I am always on the hunt for NEW embossing folder techniques, and I wanted to give the die-cut inlay technique a try.

To create the card follow these steps:
1. Make a 5x5 inch card from blue cardstock.

2. Trim green patterned paper slightly smaller than the card front and set aside.

3. Trim white cardstock to 5x7 inches (to fit the embossing folder.

4. Place small die cuts onto the front of the white cardstock and tape into place with repositionable tape. Die-cut the white cardstock and set aside. (You won't need the die-cut shapes. You want the cardstock piece with the "holes.")

5. Die-cut the same shapes from dark blue and maroon cardstock. (I chose the Couture Creations Decorative Dies from the Endless Dreams Collection: Baby Dove and Magical Butterfly.
 

6. Make sure that the die-cut shapes fit into your holes on the white cardstock and that you can trim the cardstock to the correct size. Remove the shapes and set them aside.

7. Emboss the white cardstock with the Passion Embossing Folder. (If you wish, you can also emboss the die-cut "inlays.")

8. Trim the white cardstock to slightly smaller than the green designer paper. Using maroon ink (Clearsnap Colorbox Archival Dark Cherry), buff the edges of the embossed paper.

9. Attach the white embossed cardstock to the green designer paper, then wrap a length of green seam binding around the panel and secure. Attach the panel to the card front.

10. Using a clear glue, place the colored die cut shapes into the holes in the embossed cardstock as shown. The die-cut shapes are "inlaid" with the embossed paper. Plus you can see the green designer paper peeking through!

11. Stamp a sentiment with the Dark Cherry ink and cut it out with Couture Creations Square Nesting dies. Mat with dark blue cardstock. Attach to the card with foam tape.

12. Finish the card with a green bow made from seam binding. Attach a blue button and some twine to the top of the bow. Line your card with white cardstock.

For a twist on this folder:

I have created another project with this folder, using an ink technique. To see the tutorial, click HERE.

To see what the team has made, check here:
Pam
Patti
Dana

Thanks for looking!
Gloria (Scraps of Life)

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723251 Fine Designs Collection - Passion Embossing Folder
CO723042 Square Nesting Dies
CO723408 Endless Dreams Baby Dove
CO723412 Endless Dreams Magical Butterfly
CO721962 Foam Mounting Tape
CO721957 Cutting Mat
CO721986 Handheld Essentials
CO723039 Precision Trimmer, Pink
CO721956 Sharp Point Scissors
CO723061 Sponge Daubers

Other: Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Premium White, Cut Mates Blue Potatoes, Grape Jelly; Designer paper: Echo Park For the Record 2 Documented; Ink: Clearsnap Colorbox Archival Dark Cherry; Stamp: Papertrey Ink Stylish Sentiments Birthday; Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon (moss seam binding); Twine: craft store; Button: unknown; Adhesive: Aleene's Tacky Glue

Passion Embossing Folder Week - Passion Card with Dana

Hi! Dana here today sharing a card for the Passion Embossing Folder feature this week. I wanted to create a passionate card so I started with a deep red cardstock from the Core'dinations Whitewash Collection that I embossed with the Passion Embossing Folder. I then sanded the embossed cardstock with my Couture Creations Sanding Block to reveal the red color core for a dramatic effect.

I applied a rub-on and a key to a rectangular piece of the same cardstock and sanded the edges with my  Sanding Block, a fun alternative to inking. I embellished the corners with Vintage Gold Self Adhesive Gemstones and attached the piece to my card with Foam Mounting Tape.

Thanks for stopping by today! Stop by tomorrow to see Gloria's beautiful card!
~Dana

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723251 Fine Designs Collection - Passion Embossing Folder
CO721990 Vintage Gold Self Adhesive Gemstones
CO721963 Foam Mounting Tape
CO723060 Sanding Block

Passion Embossing Folder Week - Love the Moment with Pam

Hi! Pam here today. I "love" the moment because it is my turn to share my card...just a little play on words, hee, hee, hee. I want to share the beautiful Passion Embossing Folder from Couture Creations with you today...perfect folder for my "Love the Moment Card" don't you think?

Here is a closer look at the Passion Embossing Folder on Core'dinations Distress Cardstock. After I ran the folder through my embossing machine, I lightly sanded it with my Couture Creations Sanding Block to expose the kraft core of the paper.

I hope you'll stop by again to check out the other fabulous projects using the Couture Creations Passion Embossing Folder this week!

Hugs, Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723251 Fine Designs Collection - Passion Embossing Folder
CO723060 Sanding Block
CO721986 Handheld Essentials
CO723061 Sponge Dauber

Passion Embossing Folder Week - Blue Passion with Patti

Hi, Patti here sharing a project created using the Couture Creations Passion Embossing Folder from the Fine Designs collection.. I love the intricate detail of this folder, it looks like morning glory vines to me! So I wanted to show as much of the actual folder as possible without covering it with lots of embellishments.

To do that, I wanted to make the actual embossed area a little more special, so I began by coloring in sections with Zig markers. I used blue, yellow and green in lighter hues. Then I used a blue ink pad and went over the entire area.

After that, I used embossing ink and sprinkled "WOW" Neutral Ultra Shimmer Embossing Powder on it and heat embossed the entire area for a real shimmery look! To top it off, I added light blue grosgrain ribbon and a rub-on sentiment that matched perfectly! I think the color combo is striking!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed seeing my card!

~Patti

Couture Creation Supplies:

CO723251 Fine Designs Collection - Passion Embossing Folder

CO721985 Double-Sided Adhesive Tape - 1/4"

Other Supplies:  Cardstock: Worldwin (DoubleMates Terrific Teal, ColorMates Natural); Rub-ons:  My Mind's Eye (Misc. Sentiments); Ink:  Anna Griffin (blue); Markers: Zig (blue, green, yellow); Embossing Powder: WOW (Neutral Ultra Shimmer); Miscellaneous: Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Pop Dots.

Passion Embossing Folder Week - Gelato Watercolor Effect with Dana

Welcome to the Passion Embossing Folder Feature Week! We're highlighting projects created with the gorgeous Couture Creations Passion Embossing Folder every day this week. Each member of the CSW Distributors Design Team has created a card using the Passion Embossing Folder and we can't wait to share our designs with you. To start the week off, we're sharing a card tutorial! Enjoy!

Hi! Dana here today sharing a fun technique using the Passion Embossing Folder, from the Couture Creations Fine Designs Collection, and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos to create a beautiful watercolor effect.

Step One: Gather several colors of Gelatos, a piece of white cardstock, a mister filled with water and the Passion Embossing Folder.

Step Two: Lightly mist the back inside portion of the Passion Embossing Folder with water and apply Gelatos color to the raised floral pattern. Note: I used Raspberry, Watermelon, Metallic Melon and Banana Gelatos.

Step Three: Carefully place a piece of white cardstock on top of the colored side of the embossing folder, fold the top half of the embossing folder down and apply pressure to transfer the color to the cardstock.

Step Four: Remove the cardstock from the embossing folder and set aside to dry. Trim the cardstock to fit onto a card base and embellish to finish.

Thanks for stopping by today! Please stop by every day this week for more projects featuring the Passion Embossing Folder!

~Dana

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723251 Fine Designs Collection - Passion Embossing Folder
CO721995 Pink Flamingo Self Adhesive Gemstones
CO721963 Foam Mounting Tape

Bliss Window Card with Patti

Hi! Patti here today sharing a simple, but elegant, card that I created using lots of Couture Creations goodies! Its a "window" card and looks harder to create than it is. I used the Couture Creations Oval Nesting Dies to cut a window into the front of the card. I lined up the sentiment on the inside of the card to show through the window.

I used Blue Iceberg Self Adhesive Gemstones to outline part of the oval window. I added a cluster of blooms in the corner.

I embossed a piece of WordWin Papers Petallic Cardstock with the Exotic Embossing Folder. It has a beautiful shimmery finish that looks awesome embossed! The little butterfly and leaves are cut from sections of paper that I embossed with the Fine Designs I Dream Embossing Folder and the Elegance Loren Embossing Folder.

I doodled around the window and front edge of the card with a pen.

I used Foam Mounting Tape to add height to the main section of the front of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today!
~Patti

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723256 Fine Designs Collection - Exotic Embossing Folder
CO723253 Fine Designs Collection - I Dream Embossing Folder
CO723445 Elegance Collection - Loren Embossing Folder

CO721992 Blue Iceberg Self Adhesive Gemstones
CO721965 Foam Mounting Tape

Other Supplies: Flowers: Green Tara; Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Petallics Cardstock 

Best Pals Card with Pam Bray

Hi! Pam here today sharing my Best Pals card that I created using the Couture Creations Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder and the Couture Creations Ivy Set Doily Dies. I just love the Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder! I ran the Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder through my die-cutting machine with some pink cardstock and used it for my card base.

I added a bunch of fun banner flags that I hand cut to the bottom of the striped patterned paper, along with some lace and a couple of Candie pieces. I added an Ivy Doily, that I topped with an image of a little girl and covered with an epoxy center, to the top of the card. Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs, Pammejo

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723222 Fantasia Collection - Ivy Set Doily Dies
CO723255 Fine Designs Collection - Crazy Daisy Embossing Folder
CO721965 Double Sided Tape

Engineering Sound with Dana Tatar

Hi! Dana Tatar here for CSW Distributors today sharing a music themed layout. I used the Couture Creations Uber Embossing Folder, from the Fine Designs Collection, on foil and cardstock on this page. I LOVE the vector diagram design on this folder! I though of my husband when I saw this design. He's an engineer by day and plays in a rock band at night, and was the inspiration behind this page.

I used alcohol and archival inks on this piece of embossed foil to add color and a bit of grunge. I highlighted several of the circles with metal studs.

 
I used a set of nesting dies to cut several eyelet circles from Core'dinations Cardstock, which I then embossed with the Uber Embossing Folder. I lightly sanded and inked the raised pattern before embellishing.

My husband is always swapping out broken parts from his guitar amps and the spoils are all mine!

I started this piece by cutting up and washing an empty coffee bag.  The foil liner yields a fantastic embossed impression and is almost impossible to tear.  This is my material of choice for all my embossed foil pieces.

I added color to this foil piece with Alcohol Inks. I randomly colored small areas with Lettuce, Terra Cotta and Butterscotch for an aged rusty feel.  I then filled in the remaining areas with Stream. I didn't worry about complete coverage here because I liked the look of some silver foil peeking through the color.

To help make the embossed areas on this foil piece pop, I lightly applied black Archival Ink to the foil by dragging the pad over the raised areas.

I love the rusty aged look!  Perfect for a grungy rock and roll layout!

I dressed up my Core'dinations Cardstock eyelet circles with the Uber Embossing Folder.  I then sanded and inked the raised areas before adding metal studs and paper stars.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope I have inspired you to use embossing folders and dies to make some unique embellishments for your scrapbook layouts!

Couture Creations Supplies:
CO723257 - Fine Designs - Uber Embossing Folder