Ho Ho Ho Collection Cards (Merry Xmas No. 2)

 

Here is the second of 3 cards that I've made with my Merry Xmas embossing folder, which is from the new Ho Ho Ho Collection.

This time I embossed the design onto white card. I then inked one side of the embossing folder (the side with the Couture Creations logo on it) with a cranberry ink pad, which is one of the colours in the Tulip Fields pigment ink set. To clean the embossing folder, I wiped it with a baby wipe and then dried it on an old towel.

If you like "fussy cutting" like I do, you'll like the next step :) Cut around the Merry Christmas label and the birds and the ornaments, then mount them with foam tape onto the embossed white card front. It's hard to see in the photo, but I then highlighted all the embossed areas with Crystal Glitz'N'Glamour. (Love this stuff!)

The card front is then mounted onto a red folded card.

In my next post, I'll share the 3rd card that I made using this embossing folder.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Ho Ho Ho Collection Cards (Merry Xmas No. 1)

Today I finally had time to play with one of my new embossing folders from the Ho Ho Ho Collection. This one is called Merry Christmas. (CO723271).

I made 3 cards using this folder. For my first one, I used purple card from one of the Super Assortment pads. After embossing, I sanded it with the Couture Creations sanding block. It's a bit hard to see in this photo, but I edged the frame in silver Glitz' N' Glamour and added some crystal gemstones to the centres of some of the ornaments.

I tied a knot in the middle of a piece of white tulle to make a bow and added it to the card with some 3L Dods. This purple card front was adhered to a piece of white card, then to a purple folded card.

This card was pretty quick to make. (I tend to "fiddle-faddle" a lot with my cards!:) )

In my next 2 posts I'll share the other 2 cards that I made with this embossing folder.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Christmas Tree Boxes

A friend of mine, Joy, showed me the pattern for this Christmas tree box, and I had to have a go at making a couple of them.

(I'm happy to share the template but first have to work out how to do that on this blog. All suggestions gratefully received! :) )

I traced the template onto green cardstock, then traced and cut out the trees from white card. I then coloured the berries and the leaves with metallic gel pens. After assembling the box, I poked a hole through the top of both the trees and added a star brad. I didn't have any gold or silver star brads, so I  used a pastel coloured one from my stash and covered it with silver glitter glue.

These boxes can easily fit 2 Ferrero Rochers. ( You can squeeze three in if you like.)

 

Here is another  version of the same box. it is made the same way, but this time I made the base from white card and the trees from green card, and used the Merry Christmas words embossing folder.

After embossing the trees, I sanded them with the Couture Creations Sanding Block.The card that I used has a white core which is exposed when sanded.

Materials used:

Card: CD222 Grasshopper, CD 87 Bright White

Embossing folders: CO723153 Alora, CR900050 Merry Christmas

Hybrid Gel Grip pens: PK230MB Metallic Red, PK230MD Metallic Green

Glitter Glue: CO721970 Silver

CO723060 Couture Creations Sanding Block.

Remember, there are only a few days left to take advantage of our Embossing Folders Sale - buy 5 and get 5 for free! Please contact me for more details.

Next I'll show you some creations that I've made with the new Ho Ho Ho Christmas embossing folders.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Doodlebug Classic Collection Mini- Pizza Box

Here is the mini-pizza box that I made to hold my 4 mini-cards. I found the pattern on-line, but I think there are a few versions of this box available. The second photo is of the top of the box, again using items from the Doodlebug Classic Collection kit.

I'm planning on making a few of these sets as Christmas presents for friends, using papers and accessories that I have in my stash.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Doodlebug Classic Mini-Card No.4

Here is the 4th mini-card that I've made from the Doodlebug Essentials Classic Collection kit. This time I've added some purple card from my card scrap box, a piece of Create and Play Club's black scalloped velvet ribbon and a couple of Adalyn white flowers. (The smallest flower was coloured purple by using the Grape dye ink pad and a sponge dauber).

 The black butterfly has a strip of purple card wrapped around it to make antennae and the words were again made with the black alphabet rub-ons that came with the kit.

I've had this purple patterned paper in my stash for about 10 years! I'm trying to use up some of my older stuff so I used it for the card insert and to make the envelope.

In my next post I'll show you the mini-pizza box that I made to hold these 4 mini-cards and envelopes.

I really want to start making my Christmas cards, but have just realized that I have 6 birthday cards that I need to make before then! I always say that next year I'll be organized for Christmas early, but it never seems to happen!

Happy creating,

Helen.

Doodlebug Classic Collection Mini-Card No. 3

Here is the third of my mini-cards that I've made with the Doodlebug Essentials Classic Collection kit.

I've added some red card and white tulle this time to the kit. The tulle is wrapped around the spotted paper and adhered at the back. The oval frame is a die-cut and the words are made with the rub-on letters. I ran out of the letter "y" so I made one out of the letters "u" and "n". I added some images that were cut out of the patterned papers.

Back with one more mini-card soon.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Doodlebug Clasic Collection Mini-Card No.2

Here is the second of my mini-cards made with the Doodlebug Essentials Classic Collection kit.

This time I've added green card and a scrap of green ribbon to the kit. The tag is a die-cut, to which I've added a small square of white card and edged that with a black pen. The "4U" is made from the rub-on sheet. I punched a circle of green card, added a flower sticker on top and glued this on the bottom right corner. The brad attached to the tag is actually black, but adding Crystalina Glitzin' Glamour to it has actually made it look green!

The matching envelope is made from a square of white paper. (You can make 4 mini-envelopes from one 12" x 12" sheet of paper). I've lined this one with a piece of spotted paper from the kit.

Another mini-card will come soon.

Happy creating,

Helen.

Doodlebug Classic Mini-Card No.1

After making a scrapbook lay-out and a couple of cards with the Doodlebug Classic Collection kit, I still have quite a lot of it left. Below is one of the 4 mini-cards and matching envelopes that I have made from the kit.

Like most crafters, I have amassed quite a large collection of card scraps,ribbon and other bits and pieces that need to be used up, so I've added a few of these to the card set. (In future posts, I'll share with you how I store all of this stuff).

I admire the "clean and simple" style, but find it very hard to create those sorts of cards - I keep adding more and more bits and pieces :). If you prefer a simpler style, you can pare down the cards by removing some of the embellishments.

The beauty of this kit being in just black and white is that you can add any one other colour to create an entirely different look.

I've made a 3 1/2" x 7" card of black cardstock and scored down the middle. All the materials used in this card (except for the black and peach cardstocks and a scrap of peach ribbon) come from the Doodlebug Classic Collection kit. A scrap of peach card has been embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I've layered one of the die-cuts from the kit onto the peach card. "Thinking of You" is made from the rub-on alphabet. All the flowers and leaves (except for the peach ones) are stickers or images cut from the patterned papers.

Tip: Keep your left-over bits from die-cut and sticker sheets as they make great templates.

The edges remaining from a flower sticker are stuck onto a scrap of peach card, traced and cut out to make the peach flowers.

Some of the images on the card are raised using foam tape, and I've gone crazy with the Crystalina Glitzin' Glamour as usual :)

The matching envelope is made with some peach card and finished off with a flower sticker.

I'll share some more of these cards over the next few days.

Happy creating,

Helen.

New Couture Creations Folders!

Aren't these beautiful! I can feel another order coming on! :)

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Happy creating,

Helen.

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Helen.

 

Doodlebug/ Doily Collection Card

 My friend Coral's birthday was this week and we are celebrating tomorrow with a special lunch. This is the card that I made for her.

I used my new Doily Collection stamp set and the Doodlebug Essentials Classic Collection paper kit. The pink card from the Super Assortments paper pad was embossed using the Bouquet embossing folder, and then distressed with the sanding tool. I also added some white tulle.

Coral loves bling so I hope this is "blingy" enough for her :)

Happy creating,

Helen.

My First Create and Play Lay-Out

I'm back from holidays and finally have my computer fixed, so I can start posting again! Our holiday was wonderful. I took over 900 photos and now I have to upload and edit them all, so I won't be running out of pictures to scrapbook in a long time!

I have lots of old photos to scrapbook too, and this is one of the older ones, taken on our 3rd anniversary on New Year's Eve, 1986.

I've used the items in the Doodlebug Essentials Classic Collection kit (DB3163, p.14 of the catalogue) and yellow and green cardstock from the Super Assortment cardstock pad (p.52, CDSAE). I sanded  the green piece of card with my sanding block (CO723060, p.58). The edges of all the frames were inked in black.

A piece of striped paper from the kit was added to the left side of the page and edged with white crocheted lace (ACR58208, p.17). A couple of the Adalyn flowers were inked using a yellow ink pad. Brads and stickers from the kit and flower motifs cut from one of the papers completed the lay-out.

This is how I made the picture frame:

I traced the die cut (which is on the right side of the frame) onto the lined paper in the kit, and used another piece of patterned paper from the kit to join both pieces to make the frame big enough for the photo. To make the scrolled edges on the top and bottom piece, I traced and cut around part of one of the smaller  frames in the die-cut sheet.

Today I received another order from Create and Play Club, which included some patterned paper pads. The designs are beautiful! I'll be creating some items with them soon.

Happy creating,

Helen.