Couture Creations Sunburnt Country Decoupage Birthday Card

 

Hi everyone 😀

I have been wanting to post this card for 2 weeks but it has been far too windy to take a photo (I take my photos outside) or it has been raining or the light has been incredibly dreary.  Ah, that's Winter for you!

I made this card for my daughter's 20th birthday and specifically chose Corellas for the main image as she really loves them and enjoys their visits to our garden.  We are so lucky to live on the edge of the country surrounded by native flora and have all manner of native birds visit us which we really love.

The main image is diecut decoupage called 'Cockatoo' by Couture Creations from their Sunburnt Country range.  This sheet has other Australian native birds on them - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and Major Mitchell Cockatoo.  I layered the Corellas up using 0.5mm dimensionals then glued them onto dusky rose cardstock then navy blue.  These were diecut using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Circle and Nesting Scallop Circle dies.  You can see a close-up of the image layers here:

The dusky rose cardstock dry embossed central panel is a small embossing folder by Hobby Central which I have had for ages and its exact name is unknown  I tried an internet seach and came up with nothing.  The folder is about 1 inch in width with just a single row of flowers and dots.  If you know what it is, please leave me a comment below.  

The top and bottom designer papers came from KMart (Australia) and are by Anko - Flora and Fauna Mini Paper Stack and are part of their current range instore.  I love KMart papers as they are really good quality and very affordable.  I buy alot of cardmaking items from KMart especially since Riot Art and Craft shut down all their stores and went online.  Probably my only complaint about KMart craft and cardmaking items is that I wish they had a bigger range!

The sentiment is also by Couture Creations from the Sweeping Plains Ephemera Set and was popped up on 1mm dimensionals.

I punched a heart from pink glitter cardstock using a Carl CP8 heart duo punch (I used the smallest heart) and glued them to each corner of the card using Tombow Mono Aqua glue.  

The bottom dusky rose and navy blue cardstock layers were trimmed to 1/16" and 1/8" respectively using my Perfect Layers Tools.

Once my card front was finished, I glued it to a white card base using Tombow Mono Multi glue.  Finished size is 146mm x 146mm or 5-3/4" x 5-3/4".

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Papers:  Anko Flora and Fauna 6" x 6" Mini Paper Stack 43-247-448 (KMart)

Accessories:  Hobby Central small embossing folder (unknown name), sentiment - Couture Creations Sweeping Plains Ephemera set C0727980 + Sunburnt Country Cockatoo C0727192 diecut decoupage, 0.5mm and 1mm dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi + Mono Aqua glue, Perfect Layers Tools, Big Shot, cardstock - dusky rose + navy blue + pink glitter, white card base - KMart

Dies:  Lifestyle Nesting Circles + Nesting Scallop Circles

Punches:  Carl CP-8 Heart Duo

Couture Creations Sweeping Plains Card

 

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have been missing for a while.  I was very busy since my last post with my daughter finishing Year 12 and then alot of preparations for starting Uni plus we went on holidays - and then COVID struck our household with myself getting it first and the rest of the family about 10 days later.  I am still very unwell and had a couple of days in hospital so even though it is 10 weeks since then, I can't seem to shake it off.  I have never felt more tired in my life!   However, I am being well looked after as the rest of the family weren't hit as hard as me.  Hopefully, I will be better soon!

Anyway, enough about COVID and onto my card.  This is the first card I have made since Christmas so it was nice to be creative.  I gave it to my daughter because she is my favourite person - and decided to feature a cockatoo as we have them visiting our garden every day.  

One of the cockatoos we have named Kevin (although we don't know if he is a male or female as they all look the same!) and he is very friendly and will let us pat him and eat from our hands.  My daughter is very fond of him and loves to do selfies with him, so it was a natural choice to have a cockatoo on her card.  We don't encourage other cockatoos as they can be destructive - but Kevin is different and has never chewed or destroyed anything.  I love how there has been alot of  Australian flora and fauna featured in scrapbooking and cardmaking papers and dies in the past couple of years.  

This is also my card for the following Challenge:

Splitcoaststampers - Free for All Friday - F4A631 - Free as a Bird - where you need to feature a bird or birds on your project.

The main image is from the Couture Creations - Sunburnt Country - Ephemera set.  I layered the image onto olive green and buttercream cardstock - the green was diecut using my Big Shot and Stampin' Up Deco Labels Framelits dies.  The next die down was too small for the main image so I drew around the outside of the die and handcut it from the buttercream cardstock.   

The designer papers are by Couture Creations - Sweeping Plains - from their 6" x 6" pad.  The colour palette in the Sunburnt Country and Sweeping Plains are quite similar so you can mix and match some of the elements.

The fancy border at the bottom is my all-time favourite edge punch:  Martha Stewart Doily Lace.  I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter brush to the wattle around the cockatoo which isn't visible in the photo but it does look very pretty in real life.  It's amazing how just a little bit of sparkle can lift a card!

The sentiment I found on my desk and is from a Kaisercraft 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" pad as they have sentiments in the back of those pads.  I was using a couple of different ones late last year but I don't know which one it is from.  I was pleased that I found it as it was serendipitous that the grey colour toned so well with the rest of the card.  I layered it onto buttercream cardstock using a Lifestyle Nesting Circle die.  I punched some tiny hearts from a scrap of pale pink designer paper using my EK Success Arrows border punch - which, if you are no stranger to my blog, I use all the time.  The leftover punchies look like tiny hearts to me 😉  I added some Wink of Stella Clear glitter brush to them to add a little sparkle.

All the other layers were trimmed to 1/8".

Lastly, I added some yellow enamel dots which are by Simple Stories - Good Day Sunshine which I have had for years.

I think this card could be used for many occasions.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and for any comments you care to leave.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Paper:  Couture Creations Sweeping Plains and Sunburnt Country 6" x 6" paper pad + Sunburnt Country Ephemera, scrap of pale pink

Accessories:  Big Shot, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush, Sentiment - Kaisercraft, cardstock - olive green + buttercream, American Crafts kraft cardstock (card base), Enamel Dots - Simple Stories - Good Day Sunshine (retired), dimensionals, Perfect Layers Tools

Punches:  EK Success Arrows border, Martha Stewart Doily Lace edge

Dies:  Stampin' Up Deco Labels Framelits #130102 (retired), Lifestyle Nesting Circles

Couture Creations Sunburnt Country Kookaburras on Post Card

 

Hi everyone 😀

Today I am sharing another card using the Couture Creations Sunburnt Country range - with a little bit of Uniquely Creative thrown in:

This is also my card for the following Challenges:  

Crafty Catz Challenge #548 of Anything Goes with the optional extra of 'All Creatures Great and Small' - which are my kookaburras

The Male Room - Challenge #149 for April of Wood.  My wood is the wooden fence post that the kookaburra is standing on.  

Please click on the underlined link to take you to the challenge.

I have LOTS of masculine birthdays coming up in August - mostly in the first 2 weeks - so I am trying to get ahead a little.  I plan to do lots of Australian-themed cards and are trying to challenge myself to do different layouts and styles (wish me luck as I tend to be a one-trick pony!).

The main image is 3D diecut decoupage (or paper tole) by Couture Creations and only has 3 layers so was very quick and easy to put together.   This was layered onto some designer paper from the 6" x 6" paper pad of the same Couture Creations range.   The two strips of designer paper underneath the kookaburras are by Uniquely Creative from their Country Roads 6" x 6" paper pad.

You can see a close-up of the layers here:

The background corrugated iron, mustard coloured paper and blue paper which has a leaf design on it is all one panel cut from the Couture Creations 12" x 12" paper which you can see here at the bottom right-hand side:

I layered this panel onto a kraft cardstock base which I bought from KMart.  They have a really good range of scrapbooking and cardmaking products at KMart now which is fantastic especially now that Riot Art and Craft bricks and mortar stores have closed.  I used to get my card bases from Riot Art and Craft so it is great that I have an alternative store to go to - especially as there are no papercraft stores anywhere near me.

The sentiment is by Uniquely Creative - Country Roads - Creative Cuts and was popped up on dimensionals.  I added two self-adhesive brown brads either side which are by Stampin' Up but retired.

It was fun to mix and match 2 different company's paper ranges and I just love how my card turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps & Ink:  None

Designer Paper:  Couture Creations - Sunburnt Country 12" x 12" and 6" x 6" paper pad, Uniquely Creative - Country Roads 6" x 6" paper pad and Creative Cuts (sentiment)

Accessories:  Couture Creations 3D diecut decoupage - Kookaburra - CO727185, Perfect Layers Tools, dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Stampin' Up! self-adhesive brads (retired), Kraft card base

Couture Creations Sunburnt Country Kookaburra Card

 

Hi everyone 😃

Today I am sharing a Wedding Anniversary card that I made for my husband.   I only made it yesterday as I have been sick since last weekend and struggled to do anything much.  Luckily, my husband is on leave at the moment so he has been going up to the shops and making dinner each night.   We celebrated 32 years today which is hard to believe.  He is such a lovely, gentle and kind man and I feel very blessed.

This is also my card for the Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes 6th April.  Please click on the underlined link to take you to the challenge.

We have lots of native birds that visit our garden which we all love and enjoy - and on a very rare occasion, we get kookaburras coming down to our decking.  We hear them laughing in the nearby trees all the time.  So, it wasn't a hard choice to make a card with a native bird on it as my husband loves all the birds who visit us.  The magpies hop on his knee to get a snack which is so ADORABLE!

The kookaburra is diecut decoupage by Couture Creations from their Sunburnt Country range which was released late in 2019.  I adore this range and anything that has Australian images on it is right up my alley.  The decoupage is only 3 layers so was very quick to put together.  I added the gum leaves either side of the image as the image is just a kookaburra sitting on a branch - so I thought it needed a bit of foliage.   The gum leaves are from the Ephemera pack and I cut some of the leaves down so they fitted better.   I fussy-cut the gum blossoms out of one of the 6" x 6" designer papers.  You can see a close-up here:

The background panel was cut from one of the 12" x 12" papers and already had a frame around it which was handy.  I added a strip of corrugated iron paper at the bottom which was cut from one of the 6" x 6" papers.

I layered this onto some more of the designer papers and trimmed the border to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools then layered that onto a cream cardstock base.

The sentiment is by Uniquely Creative and is from their Outback Divine cut-a-part sheets.

Lastly, I glued on 3 x pink hearts around the image using tacky glue.   I got these hearts at a Craft Show (boy, I sure do miss going due to COVID!).  There is no brand name on them unfortunately.   I think you could use this card for lots of occasions just by changing the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Papers:  Couture Creations - Sunburnt Country 6" x 6" paper pad and 12" x 12" papers

Accessories:  Couture Creations - Sunburnt Country CO727185 Kookaburra diecut decoupage and Ephemera pack, dimensionals, Perfect Layers Tools, Artstar Tacky PVA glue, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Sentiment - Uniquely Creative Outback Divine Cut-a-part sheet, pink hearts (stash), cream card base

Couture Creations Sunburnt Country Anniversary Card

Hi everyone😊

Today I am sharing a card that I made for my husband to celebrate our 31st Wedding Anniversary.

We don't fuss too much about Anniversaries and have never followed any of the traditional symbols for the occasion eg: Silver is for 25 years etc. nor given each other gifts - only cards - and are content to stay at home, have a special home-cooked meal and just be together.   We have each other and our beautiful daughter and that is all we need 😊

We have many birds that visit our garden including Rainbow Lorikeets which we all feed.  They are noisy and cheeky and we enjoy them so much which was why I chose the Rainbow Lorikeets paper tole image by Couture Creations from their Sunburnt Country range.

My husband loves all manner of cute and cuddly critters so this makes cardmaking alot easier for me😉    

The paper tole image came already diecut and there aren't alot of layers so it was super-easy to pop them out and put them together with dimensionals.  I used my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Circle dies to diecut the layers underneath the paper tole image. 

All the papers are from the same Couture Creations Sunburnt Country collection.  I have been really loving this range by Couture Creations and it is so refreshing to have Australian flora and fauna images.  They are just about to release a new range called Sweeping Plains and I have already pre-ordered it as I am sure that it will sell out really quickly.  No connection to the company - but just loving Aussie-themed products.  Uniquely Creative and Paper Rose are 2 Australian companies who also have a large range of Australian stamps, dies, stencils, papers etc. and I can highly recommend them having ordered from them many times - and I particularly adore the Uniquely Creative Australian animal stamps and dies.  Again, no connection to them - but if you are after Australian themed products, check them out 😁  Anyway, back to my card.................

You can see the depth of the lorikeets in this next photo:

The sentiment is by Elzybells from the Everyday Sentiments set and was stamped using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink which I thought matched the rest of the earthy colours of the rest of the card rather than using a stark black ink.  Elzybells have been out-of-business for a long time now but I still love their stamps as much as the first day I laid my eyes on them.   I diecut the sentiment using a Spellbinders Labels Trio Shapeabilities die. 

I punched a heart from some scrap red designer paper and glued it on beside the sentiment and added a wee bit of sparkle using my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush.

I tied on some rope twine which I bought at my local newsagent and is made by Hallmark.  Technically, it is made for tying around a gift.   
Lastly, I layered the finished panel onto a white cardstock base using Tombow Mono Multi glue.

Finished size is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" or 14cm x 14cm.

Thanks for visiting my Blog today.  

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Elzybells Everyday Greetings clear set (retired)

Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia

Accessories:   Big Shot, Couture Creations Lorikeets diecut decoupage, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush, dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Hallmark twine, Perfect Layers Tools, Cardstock - white

Dies:  Lifestyle Nesting Circles, Spellbinder Labels Trio Shapeabilities S3-147 (retired)

Punches:  Carl CP-8 Heart duo