Wednesday, December 4, 2019


Adventure with Sunburnt Country

A few simple ingredients from the Couture Creations Sunburnt Country collection were needed to create this bright and simple greeting card.


Materials used : 
1 sheet and 1 patterned barcode strip from the 6.5 x 6.5 Paper Pad CO727278
Acacia Branch Mini Die, CO727227
Adventure Mini Die, CO727231
Silver Princess Mini Stamp, CO727205
White 5 x 7 card base, CO725815
Raincoat Card stock, ULT200050
Pearl White Pigment Ink, CDEIPL008


Cut a strip from the Raincoat card stock, 3.5 cm x 17.3 cm and cut 3 Acacia branches in a row.

Attach the strip vertically along the left side of the card base.

Trim the decorative strip from another of the 6.5 papers, then trim the product code off. The strip is not long enough, so we will cut it in half attaching it as pictured. The open area will be covered by our panels.



Cut out the 2 yellow flowering corrugated panels and the Blue cloudy corrugated panel. Stamp the Silver Princess Mini Stamp onto the cloudy panel as pictured.

Layer the 3 panels using the picture as a guide. Mount the stamped panel and bottom panel with 3D foam tape.


Cut the Adventure mini die from the wood grain panel and mount onto a strip of white card. Layer and attach the piece between the 2 main panels as pictured.

Cascade 2 of the 3 Acacia branches cut from your decorative border over the bottom panel to finish.


You can also brush a little of the Pearl White Card Deco Pigment Ink over the branches and border to give a nice subtle shimmery effect.

Enjoy! Katrina Thompson

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Bohemian Bouquet Star Book

Hi everyone. I have a Star Book for you all today using the Bohemian Bouquet collection.
Technically, these are easy books to put together, then it is totally up to you how you may wish to embellish it. You could fill it with quotes, pop photos in or make it a journal, or mix it up as you can see below.
I have the basic measurements of my book and then a pictorial of design ideas. You can always adapt the sizing to whatever you have planned to put inside it. Enjoy!! K







I have chosen a 3 layer star book with 6 sections.
My base layer is the coloured card. I have chosen to alternate the colours using 2 coordinating card colours, Blue Moon and Carnelian, to match the Bohemian papers.
Cut 3 sections in each colour, (6 in total), 15cm high x 29cm long. Score and fold in half.
Cut 6 pieces of white card, 15cm high x 25cm long. Score and fold in half and ink the edges in a coordinating colour.


Cut 6 panels from the 12x12patterned papers, 15cm high x 21cm long. Score and fold in half and edge in a coordinating colour.

I have created an inverted panel on 2 of my panels as a feature. Measure 5cm down from the top and 5cm up from the bottom, (1/3rds) and cut 2 splits, 3cm deep.

Your panel is a valley fold so push your cuts outward to make a mountain fold, ready to embellish.

Your pieces are all 15cm high but are graded in 4cm increments, 29cm, 25cm and 21cm.
Create your 6 sets, alternating the colours.
Attach each individual set by gluing the side edges.
Then attach each of the 6 sets together to make the star. I don't glue the spine edge, just the top bottom and outer edges. 

Cut a selection of patterns from the 6x6 paper pad to use for embellishing....

...and use your offcuts of card and paper and add some coordinating lace trims also.




Room for photos, quotes and journaling.



Before adding the front and back covers, I have added a panel in a contrasting colour. This also adds a bit more strength to the cover. This is also the time to attach your trim to tie the book together.

I have a selection of the patterned papers, decoupage die cuts and some foliage for the covers/




Products used to complete this project.
Bohemian Bouquet Collection:
Couture Creations:
  
Until next time, Happy Creating!! K x