Blooming Friendship
'Cherished Friends' Layout
Welcome to my next project for Couture Creations using the
'Blooming Friendship' Collection.
I thought I would do a layout this time. As part of this project I wanted to challenge myself and see how many ways I could use the flower die & stamps. So here goes....
This is the ensemble of components that I gathered together to create this layout.
I started by embossing. The sentiments were embossed on heat-resistant acetate (the heat from the heating tool will warp normal acetate) and the brickwork stamp was embossed on white cardstock.
I stamped the music stamp onto white card before die-cutting out some leaves. I wanted a 'frame' so I used the 2 middle dies from the large flower set to create it. I thought the embossed brickwork gave the frame more character. The middle also came in useful (never throw anything away until you are finished)
Next was to see if I could make a 3D flower from these dies. I chose 2 red coloured cardstock and cut 1 of the large die and 3 of each of the 2 smaller dies.
I quickly dipped each piece into water before folding and scrunching them into a shape.
I put them in the sun for a bit to dry and then carefully unravelled each piece to see a new flower. I chose one of each colour and glued a smaller flower to the centre of 3 of the larger flowers and added a stamen or two as well.
This was a surprise die. It is a mosaic tile but I found I could get 4 different sized flowers from it.
I solved the problem I was having with aligning the dies to the stamp. First I placed each die over the acetate image. I drew a mark on the top of the acetate sheet and then on top of each of the dies. I then coloured in each of the areas with alchol markers. Once I got that sorted, I stamped and embossed the image 4 times, then die-cut them out.
I carefully rolled the underside of each die-cut with the ball tool to give them some dimension. Between each layer I added a double-sided foam square and muslin and secured them all together with a few stamens and glue.
A closeup of the finished flower.
The front 'photo' page measured 4" x 6". The other were trimmed down off-cuts arranged to make an interesting cluster. I distressed the edges on all sides and added cardboard behind various areas to create a pile so I could have some 'tuck spots'. Once I was happy with the arrangement, I glued it into place (slightly off centre to the right).
A sideways view of the stack of papers and flower.
A closeup of the top right area.
I was just a matter of playing around and see what looked good where and glue it down. The sentiments look like they are floating in mid air.
A closer look at the bottom left area.
Once everything was in place, I covered the photo area with a piece of paper and lightly sprayed the entire page with some glitter spray. You can see the large flower sparkles in this photo.
The finished project.
Couture Creations Products used:-
CO728099 Blooming Friendship - Paper Collection, Page 1A&B,4B,& 5B
CO728110 Blooming Friendship - Stamp/Die - Blooming Flower
CO728113 Blooming Friendship - Die - Ancanthus Corners
CO728115 Blooming Friendship - Die - Wine and Dine
CO728116 Blooming Friendship - Die - Mosaic
CO728118 Blooming Friendship - Die - Friendly Branches
CO728129 Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Backgrounds & Borders
CO728130 Blooming Friendship - Stamp - Cherished Friends
CO728117 Blooming Friendship - Die - Coffee Break
CO728118 Blooming Friendship - Die - Friendly Branches
CDEIPLU018 Dye Ink - Light Blue
CDEIPLU032 Dye Ink - Cappuccino
ULT200001 Cardstock - Snow White
ULT200024 Cardstock - Verde
ULT200038 Cardstock - Jungle
ULT200067 Cardstock - Garnet
ULT200068 Cardstock - Carnelian
CO727948 Blending Brush - Medium
CO723978 Heat Tool
CO727381 Stamp Press
Other Products:-
Distressing tool, stamp press, ball tool, heat gun, heat-resistant acetate, stamens, muslin/cheesecloth, spray glitter, cardboard and glue.
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