Faerie Dust Dreams: Guest Designer

6/18/16

Embossed Gift Bag with Couture Creations!

Hello Couture Fans!

I am Michelle Frae Cummings and I'm super excited to be a Guest Designer for Couture Creations this month.

Today I am sharing a embossed gift bag to fill with goodies then give to my son's 4th grade teacher on the last day of School this year.

To start, emboss a plain brown lunch sack using Vine Frame from The Harmony Collection.

Here you can see that the embossed design, raised or not, is now all around the bag.

So elegant.

Using a white pigment ink, lightly dab at the raised design on the front of your bag. As you work, you can add more ink till you have the desired shade. Don't worry if a little bit of ink gets on the bag itself, this will only add to its charm.

For the tag, dab teal ink directly onto a Decorative Plaque from The Secret Treasures Collection.

Then quickly (before the inks dries) flip over onto some clean white cardstock and run through your die cutting machine. The result will be a a embossed and stamped Decorative Plaque!

Place the Decorative Plaque onto your sack with foam tape. Add some colorful butterfly's to the center of the Decorative Plaque and finish with a hand written sentiment.

Fill with some happy surprises and secure the top with some vintage trim.

Thank you for visiting.

I hope I've inspired you to create a few Embossed Gifts Bags for your friends or family!

Couture Creation Supplies

C0723642 - Vine Frame The Harmony Collection

C0723536 - Decorative Plaque Secret Treasures Collection

6/27/14

Happy Birthday Card with Couture Creations!

Hello Couture Fans!

Michelle here again, sharing another creation as June's Guest Designer.

I am always in need of Birthday cards and never seem to have enough.

But now with these versatile Couture Creations dies, the possibilities are endless and I will always have the perfect card!

The background paper I chose for this card was very thin, so the first time I embossed it with Fretboard from The World Fair Collection, I noticed the paper cracked.

So for the second piece, I placed the background paper on a piece of manilla envelope into the embossing folder before running through my die cutting machine.

As you can see in the results below, this worked beautifully.

Before adhering the embossed background paper onto my card base, I gently tore the edges with my fingers, then lightly sanded the embossed design for a vintage rustic look.

Here is how I made the Birthday banner using bakers twine and washi tape.
Super cute and oh so easy!

I placed piece of turquoise cardstock in my die cutting machine with the Look in My Window Decorative Die. I then trimmed of the shutters before placing some vintage music sheet paper behind the window pane.

To place the flowers in the window box securely, I glued the flowers down but also used some thin washi tape to hold the stems in place. Next, I placed bits of foam tape (as shown) and folded the window box up onto the tape.
I lightly inked the window box with white chalk ink, then added some character to the box and window with a fine black pen.

The birds were a delight to make and so easy!
Simply place a bit of wide decorative yellow washi tape on a scrap of yellow cardstock.
Place the Bird Song Decorative Die on to the washi and run through your machine.
Accent the birds eyes with your black pen and glue into place.