kerrie gurney

Saturday, May 3, 2014

All Aboard Layout for Photo Continental

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Place Brick in the Wall Embossing Folder under cardstock, use a sanding block to sand the Core'dinations cardstock using the embossing folder as a rubbing plate so that the pattern shows through you can do this as much or as little as you like, remember it doesn't have to be perfect.

Pick 6 sheets of 6"x6" patterned paper and cut them into 6 x 1.5" x 6" strips.

Cut all strips into a pennant and also cut Canvas tag and All aboard kraft tag into pennants

Distress all the edges of the strips, kraft tag and your base cardstock.

Cut an airmail strip from patterned paper

Die Cut Classical die cut from grid paper

Cut ticker from ticker patterned paper

To assemble layout place lace border, then butt patterned paper strips up to lace border, add canvas tag, airmail pennant strip and kraft tag

nest adhere classical die cut to canvas tag, then photo and lastly tickets

Products Used

CO723627Couture Creations The Harmony Embossing Folder, Bricks in the Wall

CO723711Couture Creations Glamour Days Intricutz Die, Classical

CO723247Couture Creations Momento Ornamental Lace Die, Chandeliers Set

CDCXBM570 Core’dinations Black Magic, Hermit

PMA160144 Docrafts All Aboard, 6x6 Paper Pad

PMA157188 Docrafts All Aboard, Kraft Luggage Tags

PMA74402 Docrafts Bare Basics, Canvas Shape, Tag

Also need

4x6 Photo Landscape

Double Sided Tape

Distress Tool

Sanding Block

Trimmer

Scissors

Stapler

Thank you to everyone who came along to my class I really enjoyed teaching you.

There are still some class kits available and you can purchase all the products used individually from Photo Continental

Please share with me your layouts if you create anymore as I would love to see them ...just pop your blog address in the comments section so I can visit your blog.

Happy Creating Kerrie

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Celebrate Layout for Photo Continental

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To create this layout start by cutting flora patterned paper to 10.5"x10.5" this will give you a strip 1.5" x 12" cut a pennant into this strip and then cut a strip 3.5" x 12" from the fauna patterned paper and also a strip 2.5" x 10" and then cut a pennant into this strip. Distress all the edges of patterned paper and cardstock using your scissors.

When you have finished distressing all piece tear a section to create a peek a boo section on the top left side of the 10.5" square of flora patterned paper, roll the edges down.

Before adhering 10.5" square to base cardstock cut a rectangle from the middle this will go behind the metal frame on your layout so use the metal frame as a guide.

Cut Cameo Ornamental Lace Die Cut in half and pop half behind the peek a boo section of 10.5" square so that the lace it peeking out the top and adhere to cardstock.

Using the widest piece of lace adhere it across the 3.5" x 12" strip of fauna pattern paper with the dark side as the A side, make sure you allow enough to go around the back so the edges don't fray, then adhere that to your page.

Attach the pick lace to the left side of your floral pennant and adhere to page butting it up to the peek a boo section (again make sure you allow extra to go around the page so as not to fray)

then adhere the fauna pennant to page as pictured.

Now to create your clusters

for the top left cluster tie a bow using the soft cream lace, cut the shank off the back of button and adhere to canvas heart and adhere to page. Also adhere Celebrate die cut, number stickers and I also adhered a resin flower into the bottom of peek a boo (sorry I didn't get a photo before dropping off to PC, but you can see it in the photo below)

for this cluster, adhere the piece of cream cardstock to the back of metal frame and then attach the other half of the cameo ornamental lace die cut, adhere this to the page and then slip the ivy leaves in behind pinching the leaves to add texture. Finish off with star canvas shape with a flower in the center.

Products Used

CO723531 Couture Creations Secret Treasures Decorative Die, Ivy

CO723246 Couture Creations Momento Ornamental Lace Die, Cameo Set

CO723736 Couture Creations The Van Roe Decorative Die, Celebrate

CDCX310018 Core’dinations Graphic 45 Crème Brulee

G4500876 Botanical Tea Collection, Flora (1 x 10.5” x 10.5”, 1 x 1.5” x 12”)

G4500877 Botanical Tea Collection, Fauna (1 x 3.5”x12”, 1 x 2.5” x 10”)

PMA358331 Docrafts Madame Payraud, Mixed Trims

PMA353101 Docrafts Madame Payraud, Metal Frame Remember

PMA354501 Docrafts Madame Payraud, Buttons

PMA 804102 Docrafts Madame Payraud, Mini Alphabet Stickers

PMA174406 Docrafts Bare Basics, Canvas Shape with Eyelet, Star and Heart

Also need

4x6 Photo Portrait

Double Sided Tape

Glue Dots, Mini, Craft & 3D

Distress Tool

Trimmer

Craft Knife

Scissors

Dimensional Magic/wet glue

Thank you to everyone who came along to my class I really enjoyed teaching you.

This class kit has sold out but you can purchase all the products used from Photo Continental

Please share with me your layouts if you create anymore as I would love to see them ...just pop your blog address in the comments section so I can visit your blog.

Happy Creating Kerrie

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A Vision in White Zig Zag Card for Photo Continental

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Cut a piece of 12"x12" white cardstock to 2 x 6” x 12” White Cardstock

Cut diagonal strip starting from top left down to approx. 2”

Score at 4” & 8”

Fold the two pieces and make sure you have them looking like this when they are facing you

see the top of the folds with the higher side to the outside

On one piece cut from middle down at 2”, 6” & 10”

and then on the other piece cut from the middle up

'(Tip from one of the ladies in my first class ...you can fold up and make one cut instead of 3 :) )

join the two sections together

this is what they will look like when looking down on the card

now with the card together pop it in asian wave embossing folder and run it through your machine

(for a big shot have all platform layers, 2 sheets of cardstock, then card in embossing folder and then top plate and run through machine, with top of the card going through first, it will be tight, but if it is too tight play around with your sandwich)

now to start embellishing

start off with the front

adhere two of the classical die cuts side on, then create your flower using the retro flower die cuts 2 of each size and pinch them to add dimension adhere the flower to front of card and then cut the Aurora vine in half and pop top half down behind flower. Tie a bow and place that up under the flower add some gemstones to center.

place die cuts randomly in each section and finish off with crystal gemstones and crystal Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue

Products Used

CO723524 Couture Creations Secret Treasures Decorative Die, Retro Flowers

CO723530 Couture Creations Secret Treasures Decorative Die, Aurora Vine

CO723531Couture Creations Secret Treasures Decorative Die, Ivy

CO723711Couture Creations Glamour Days Intricutz Die, Classical

CO723507 Couture Creations Sophia Intricutz Die, Zanotti

CO723349Couture Creations Sophia intricutz Die, Chinti

CO723630Couture Creations The Harmony Embossing Folder, Asian Weave

CDGXCF87 Core’dinations Cardstock, Bright White

CO721996 Couture Creations Gemstones, Crystal

CO721971 Couture Creations Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue, Crystal

White Organza Ribbon

Also need

Double Sided Tape

Trimmer

Ruler

Pencil

Paper Piercer

Scissors

Thank you to everyone who came along to my class I really enjoyed teaching you.

There are still some class kits available and you can purchase all the products used individually from Photo Continental

Please share with me your cards if you create anymore as I would love to see them ...just pop your blog address in the comments section so I can visit your blog.

Happy Creating Kerrie

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Happy interNational Scrapbooking Day

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Thank you to everyone at Photo Continental

Tracey & I would like to Thank everyone who attended our classes at the Photo Continental Relaunch.

We both had so much fun and everyone was so lovely, we enjoyed meeting you all and hope to see some of you in our classes at the Scrapbook & Papercraft Expo in June (new spaces have been added to all our classes)

Here are some photos of some of the ladies who attended our classes and another look at our projects.

We will get all the classes with instructions up on our personal blogs over the weekend for those of you who bought kits.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Teena and all the team at Photo Continental for looking after us so well with coffees, cookies, water and goodies ...We certainly were feeling the love from you all.

Thank you too to Alison Bevis for bringing us a much appreciated coffee

It is events like this that remind you of why we love being part this industry so much

Thank you again to all

Tracey & Kerrie

Have a fabulous weekend

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Special Memories with Special People

Hello

It is my turn on the Couture Creations Blog today I have finally printed out some of my favourite photos from my trip to South Africa and I love this one of us ladies. Not the best photo of us all but this was our first time meeting and we all went out on an adventure to Sandton to visit Nelson Mandela Square. This photo makes me happy as not only was I in South Africa with my Mum I got to meet these fabulous ladies, Amber Crowell, Trisha Ladouceur & Angela Lanoy ..we didn't know yet but we were about to have an amazing adventure together thanks to Glenda Viljoen

anyway onto my layout which I have used lots of Couture Creations products on

Start by cutting the striped piece of Sew Jo patterned paper down to 11.5" 11.5" and then distressed the edges of both the patterned paper and the Core'dinations cardstock using my scissors, using scissors helps get the edges really distressed.

next sprinkle some walnut ink crystals in some texture paste and mix in

then place the Tied Together die with the flat side down onto the bottom right side patterned paper

and randomly smear into the pattern

carefully lift off and repeat on the top left side, set aside to dry

Die cut 3 of the Classical die using a cereal box, as you can see it cuts through easily

pop the bits out

Add some Crystal Glitzin' Glamour Glitter Glue to Gesso mix in and then paint the chipboard die cuts and set aside. This add a subtle touch of sparkle to your die cuts

die cut 1 x Sophia Stella die and emboss using Small Dots embossing folder, lightly ink edges using a Sponge Dauber

Using the 3 middle sizes of the Sunflower Nesting Die die cut 2 of each size, cut sections into petals, spritz with water and scrunch to give dimension. lightly ink the edges with ink using Sponge Dauber.

Assemble flower and add an embellishment to center

Die Cut 1 x Cappuccino Ornamental Lace Die and 1 x Chandeliers Set border

here is a look at all the dies I have used, I keep the dies I am using on one of the Magnetic Storage Sheets while I am working on a project, this way I don't misplace the dies. On the Cappuccino Ornamental Lace Die I have used double sided tape to keep the Quick Release Die Paper permanently on my die, making it easy to use and all those pesky bits fall straight out.

Once all pieces are dry, assemble layout.

I have also cut a measuring tape strip from Sew Jo Paper Pad ...finish off with some pearls

I lightly brushed the Imaginarium Designs Chipboard title with Gesso and then lightly sprayed with Walnut Ink, I also lightly sprayed the Classical Chipboard die cuts with Walnut Ink.