Who doesn’t love a nicely seasoned paper collection?  I do!  The Herb Garden Monochromatic Family is brimming with warmth and good taste!  With names like Rosemary, Dill, Oregano, Cilantro, and Bay Leaf, this family of papers really makes my mouth water.  This collection of shades of green has every tone from Olive to Hunter and everything in between.  And, as always, you get a variety of weights and textures to insure the perfect paper for every project is right at your fingertips.

Here is a layout I created recently with this collection, and just a splash of Secret Rendezvous.

Tomorrow I will be highlighting a patterned paper line that is just as yummy as this Herb Garden family of cardstock papers!

~Alyssa~

Our 12 x 24 Super Cuts have generated quite a buzz and we are happy to announce they are now available for purchase in our Online Store. To view any of the 24 colors which are below you can click on the Couture Collections link in the Online Store and then Click on “Super Cuts” or simply use this hyperlink.

http://www.couturecardstock.com/online-store/collection/super-cuts.html

At only $1.00 sheet you can let your imagination run wild and we can’t wait to see what you create with this super sized canvas texture cardstock!

Candied Apple (Almost Autumn Collection)

Dervish (Seduction Monochromatic Family):

Coquette (Seduction Monochromatic Family)

Desert (Silk Road Monochromatic Family)

Pasture (Spring Valley Monochromatic Family)

Wool Scarf (Almost Autumn Collection)

Whale Watching (H2o Monochromatic Family)

Bermuda Triangle (H2o Monochromatic Family)

Sprinkle (Rainy Day Family)

Canvas (White Monochromatic Collection)

Midnight (Black Monochromatic Family)

Old Rake (Almost Autumn Collection)

Sugar Cookie (Vintage Christmas Collection)

Millet (Whole Grains Monochromatic Family)

Fudge (Confectionery Monochromatic Family)

Carousel (Boardwalk Monochromatic Family)

Apple Jack (A Rose By Any Other Name Monochromatic Family)

Lady of the Lake (Camelot Monochromatic Family)

Banshee Lace (Trick-or-treat Monochromatic Family)

Bow Bells (A Rose By Any Other Name Monochromatic Family)

Peace of Mind (Serenity Monochromatic Family)

Mugwart (Herb Garden Monochromatic Collection)

Coriander (Herb Garden Monochromatic Family)

Tuileries (Parisian Ephemera Collection)

“Happy Friday!  With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I thought it would be fun to spread a little love…

I used Black Lineal from Couture Cardstock’s Black Monochromatic Family as the base, Frosted from the White Monochromatic Family, and the patterned paper is from Jillibean Soup’s Grandma’s Soup Collection. I added some love to the page by punching out both patterned paper and cardstock with a Martha Stewart shape punch. I love the weight of Frosted, it is perfect for punching!” – DT member, Vee Jennings

I think this layout is adorable. What an endearing page that is all about a mother’s love!

xx Heidi

Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m so glad you joined me for my very first blog post for Couture Cardstock.

For my card today, I used 2 selections of cardstock from the Seduction Monochromatic Family: Temptress and Enticing. I love how they look together and they work perfectly with the small strip of My Mind’s Eye paper.

The Pure Innocence image from My Favorite Things was stamped in black Memento ink onto Detail Blending paper. I colored this sweet little girl using Copic markers. Then I stamped the same image onto both of the red cardstocks and cut the dress, pockets, boots and hearts out. These were placed onto the colored image using the paper piecing method.

Did you know you can use your Copic markers to shade colored cardstock? I did that on her boots and dress to create slight shadows under her pockets and in the curve of her boots.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you’ll join me again next week for another Copic colored creation.

Broni

For today’s layout, I used Tadpole, Rudolph, and Canvas to coordinate perfectly with the Grandma’s Soup Collection from Jillibean Soup!  I also used the Jillibean buttons, tags, and jute for the perfect finishing touches.

For this creation, I use my circle punch to cut out various circles from the different pattern papers and placed them with a dot of adhesive on the back forming a heart shape. I used pieces of the Rudolph to give a slight shadow effect to the heart image. After everything was glued down, I sprayed it with a spritz of Shimmerz and allowed the paper to naturally curl up for a fun effect. *idea inspired by another blog I love to check out*  and cut the tags up on the edges to add to the design around the edges as well. 

Thank you for looking. 

Kimberly

With one of our gorgeous collections of cardstock, the “Seduction Monochromatic Family”, I couldn’t resist showing you one purchase I will be making to pair with it.  The rich, blushing hues of this family would be perfectly enhanced with one of Prima Marketing’s new lines. The “Pastiche Paper Collection” has all the delicious details that I search for when purchasing patterned paper!

Seduction Monochromatic Family

Pastiche Paper Collection

Mmmm, gorgeous!

And the winner of our Distress, to Impress Us challenge is none other than a distressing diva named Rebecca! Congratulations my friend… look for an email coming your way!

xx Heidi

February 1st brings with it a month filled with love notes, candy hearts, and all things sweet. For us at Couture it brings along the love-inspired hues of the “Seduction Monochromatic Family.”

This stunning collection of reds provided the deep base of color that I wanted to bring to my layout “Sister Love.” There is nothing simple about my daughters’ love for their baby brother, already they love him fiercely and intensely. The passionate reds lie boldly in contrast to the tea stained and glimmer misted “Brown Paper Packages” cardstock, also from Couture.

Tomorrow I will be showing you one of my new favorite paper collections, with papers so suited to be used with the “Seduction Monochromatic Family”, that it has moved to the top of my wishlist!

xx Heidi

I love the look of leather. It is distressed. It can be vintage or masculine, or swanky and trendy! Here is a quick and simple technique to give the look of leather to your projects.  The list of supplies you need to gather is below. For my leather I used “Brown Paper Packages” Couture Cardstock, “Timber Brown” StazOn ink, and Tim Holtz “Tea Stain” Distress Ink.

Cardstock of your choice

2 different inks, one darker than the other.

Water spritzer

1. Spritz cardstock with water. Some people say not to saturate, but I find that I really love the look that is acheived when you get parts of the cardstock very wet. It feathers a bit, aging it more.

2. Crumple and carefully unfold the cardstock, if the edges tear a bit, fantastic! You want a bit of a rough look. Repeat this until desired distressed effect is achieved.

4. Allow cardstock to dry a bit, but not completely. (This will allow the inking to take on a faded appearance.) Your cardstock will now look like this:

5. While still damp in some areas, sponge the lighter color ink all over your cardstock. Then lightly go over with darker ink, highlighting the creases. For further vintage effect, ink the edges of your cardstock.

6. Now it’s time to flatten your cardstock. You can use your hands, a heavy book, whatever you like,  just let sit until desired flatness is achieved.

7. To achieve the shiny leather look, as I have done below, paint with your cardstock with a light coat of Modge Podge Gloss-Lustre and allow to dry.

This should be (somewhat) like your finished project. Of course, if you crumpled much more or less, or used a different color, it will be a bit different!

I hope you have enjoyed this technique!

Join us on Monday morning as we show off our shades of red, the “Seduction Monochromatic Family”.

xx Heidi

I truly enjoyed creating these shoes for the CHA booth. All of them are a standard woman’s size 6 shoe, and have been made completely out of Couture cardstock! (Aside from the embellishments you see and the orange fabric, of course.) It’s quite amazing, really, that the Couture cardstock completely withstood all the crinkling, mod-podging, painting, stamping, and bending that had to happen to make these appear life-sized and realistic…. have I mentioned how much I adore Couture Cardstock? It truly allows me to beat it up in the name of beauty and creativity!

Couture designer, Alyssa, made these two gorgeous layouts! The roses she made out of Couture on “Just Like Daddy” is breathtaking, and the color scheme? To die for certainly.  Her second layout here is beautiful as well, there is so much visual interest because of the cut-outs and detailing!

I hope you enjoyed looking at just a few of the projects that were at CHA this week! Come visit me again tomorrow, I will be posting a fun technique that I hope will get your creative juices flowing!

xx Heidi

This adorable mini album was made by Couture designer, Vee, and I am completely in love with it! Seriously the cutest thing ever.

Vee’s ability to cleanly, and artistically create, blows me away. If you happen to be at CHA, stop by and look at this beauty in real life!

xx Heidi