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, [...]
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, [...]
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
Do you love to cook or bake? I know I do! Snap a photo of your favorite meal, dessert, a meal in progress, or your table at dinner time.
I love to bake for my family and my two children love to assist in the process…
so these moments equal to easy pages and memories that will [...]
Today’s challenge is an easy one! All we want you to do is use your favorite distressing technique on a piece of Couture Cardstock…then leave us a comment by the end of this month, linking up the spot where we can see what you have done and making sure to name the cardstock you have [...]
These beautiful cards were made by Couture designer Natalie, and are sitting prettily in our booth in Anaheim right now! Aren’t they gorgeous?
And this beautiful 6×12 was made by Couture designer Kimberly. What an impact the understated color scheme has!
I so wish I could be standing at the booth, seeing these projects in all their [...]
Couture Cardstock is at Winter CHA! I was sent these photos of our booth this morning, and I couldn’t resist posting them for all of you to see! Below is a picture of our new release “Parision Ephemera”, aren’t those colors just stunning?
I am completely blown away by the gorgeous projects that this design team [...]
Oh, how I love Graphic 45 papers. The details that make up each and every sheet can beautifully be used all over your creations, or even sparingly, and still make such an impact on your project.
For this particular layout, I minimally used two papers from the Graphic 45 “Domestic Goddess” collection, and could not be [...]
Remember last week when I referred to a new flower tutorial I was working on? Well, here it is!
First, assemble your supplies:
Cardstock: Parisian Ephemera Collection “White Linen”
Glimmer Mist
Lace (12″)
Flower centers, gems, or pearls
Heat tool
Paintbrush or rub-on tool
Super-High Tack Tape, Fabri-tac or similar adhesive
Scallop ruler or 1″ circle template
2″ flower templete or die-cut
Ready? Ok, here [...]
Today I get to share another project from Couture designer, Alyssa McGrew! This fun vintage “Hello” card is certainly one that I would adore finding in my own mailbox. (Hint, hint.) I love how she clustered different elements from the “Fashionista and Christmas Past” collections from Graphic 45 and completed the vintage feel of this [...]
