Creative Journey

Glitz Designs Distressed Couture Cards

Good morning!  Today I have a couple of cards to share that I created using the beautiful Distressed Couture line from Glitz Designs.

 

This first card is inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch # 157 and was made with the following supplies:

• Distressed Couture Blocks (DC2310) patterned paper
• Distressed Couture Titles Cardstock stickers (C2426)
• Black cardstock
• Red ruffle board
• Vintage lace and seam binding
• Heart buttons

To create this card, first make a card base using black cardstock. Next, cut a piece of the newsprint side of the Distressed Couture Blocks paper for the background and stitch around the border using red thread. Cut a piece long rectangular piece of ruffle board and mount a slightly smaller piece of the Distressed Couture Blocks paper to it. Add a length of vintage lace to the right side of the patterned paper and then adhere this piece to the front of the card as shown.

For the sentiment block, cut a piece of black cardstock for the mat, a piece of red ruffle board which has a white border stitched around it, and adhere a length of seam binding between the two pieces. Adhere the sentiment sticker to the top of the ruffle board, and attach a bow made from seam binding to the right of the sentiment as shown. Tuck the ends of the seam binding underneath the background paper after adhering the sentiment block to the front of the card as shown. For the final touch, thread seam binding through the holes of three heart shaped buttons, trim the ends of the seam binding, and adhere the length of buttons to the card front to complete the card.

 

The second card was inspired by Laura's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You (rotated 180 degrees) and made with these materials:

• Distressed Couture Polka (DC2846) patterned paper
• Distressed Couture Stripe (DC2204) patterned paper
• Distressed Couture Blocks (DC2310) patterned paper
• Fancy Frames rub ons (RO2091)
• Distressed Couture Titles Cardstock stickers (C2426)
• Red cardstock and ruffle board
• Seam binding
• Heart button
• Pearl swirls
• Martha Stewart Trellis border punch

To create this card, begin with a card made from dark red cardstock. Next, cut a piece of the Distressed Couture Polka paper for the background and sew a border around it using white thread.  Punch a border using the red side of the Distressed Couture Stripe paper. Adhere a length of seam binding along the punched border paper and adhere this to the Polka paper.  

For the framed sentiment part of the card, use one of the fancy frames rub ons on the lighter newsprint side of the Distressed Couture Blocks paper. Trim around the frame and embellish the inside of the rub-on frame using a heart cut out from the red ruffle board, a bow made from seam binding, and one of the Distressed Couture cardstock titles for the sentiment. Adhere the frame to the card front as shown. Finally, embellish the card front with a pearl swirl to complete the card.  

Thank you for joining me today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

~ Christine ~

Glitz Design Birthday Wishes Cards

Good morning! Today I would like to share a couple of birthday cards that I created with some fabulous Glitz Design products. I have a sister-in-law who celebrates a birthday in September and one of these cards will be going to her soon! :)

The first card was inspired by this week’s Card Patterns sketch #80. For this card, I started with a cream card base. Next, I took a piece of Maya Damask paper, edged it with a metallic gold leafing pen and mounted onto the card front.  I punched a border along the bottom edge of the Maya Polka paper and layered a piece of aida cloth on top of this piece of paper.  I punched a piece of the Maya Damask paper,  mounted a piece of white lace on top of it, and edged it with the gold leafing pen. This piece was adhered on top of the aida cloth layer as shown.

Next, I die cut a label from the back side of the Maya Damask paper and added the sentiment using the pink block alphabet stickers. The ribbon was threaded through the label and a bow was adhered to the right side of the label as shown. Three rolled paper flowers were created using the Maya Polka paper and embellished with pink pearls. Finally a Prima pearl swirl was added to the card for the finishing touch.

Products used:

• Maya Damask (M2280)
• Maya Polka (M2297)
• Teeny Alpha – Pink Block (C2815)
• Other: aida cloth, Prima pearl swirls, lace, ribbon, EK Success punch, Spellbinders label die, Krylon gold marker, Kaisercraft pearls

Laura’s sketch #60 over at 2 Sketches 4 You inspired this next card I’m sharing with you today.

To create this card, I first scored the front of the card base using my Scor Pal at ½-inch increments vertically. Next, I cut a piece of Maya Polka and mounted it to a piece of navy embossed cardstock. Then I layered a length of lace on top of the Maya Polka paper. After die cutting the kaleidoscope lace pendant shape from the green side of the Maya Damask paper, I adhered a navy die cut label with the sentiment on top of the label. I embellished the label with a couple of pieces of a doily above and below the sentiment and added white pearls to the green kaleidoscope pendant die cut paper.

Next, I threaded a length of pink ribbon through the ends of the label and secured the ends under the navy cardstock. Finally, I embellished the card with two pink Prima flowers and a white Prima flower to complete it.

Products used:

• Maya Damask (M2280)
• Maya Polka (M2297)
• Teeny Alpha – Pink Block (C2815)
• Other:  Spellbinders kaleidoscope pendant and label die, lace, ribbon, doily, Recollections pearls, Prima flowers

Thank you for visiting today and have a great weekend!

~ Christine ~