Couture Creations Design Team Audition 2018

Hi Everyone, I was so excited when I saw Couture Creations is having a Design Team Audition. I would be so proud if chosen to join their Design Team and using their beautiful products.

I recently bought a Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine and I must say I just love using it.  It came pretty handy in making the three cards to enter the audition.

Now here is my cards

First Card - Sea Journey

Whooo I made my first video. I hope you will enjoy my video and give it a thumbs up.

Material List:

• Couture Creations Tall Ship Die
• Ultimate Crafts Congratulations Hotfoil Stamp
• Couture Creations Tied Together Embossing Folder
• Couture Creations Heat Foil Copper Mirror Finish
• Couture Creations Heat Foil Silver Iridescent
• Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine
• Ultimate Crafts DieCut 'n Bond
• White Card Stock
• Kaisercraft Navy Weave Card stock
• MFT Fishtail Die
• Anchor Wooden Embellishment

Step by Step Instructions:

Trim a piece of white card stock to 15.2 x 21.1cm, score and fold to create card base.

Cut white card stock to 10.5 to 14.3cm and navy cardstock to 9 x 14.8cm.

Emboss navy card stock.

Embossing With Foil:

• Turn on machine. 
• Open Lid and place metal shim on heat plate. 
• Place foil coloured side down.
• Place cardstock, emboss folder, extra shim and heat up.
• Keep lid open and wind slowly through die-cutting machine

Layer onto white card stock and adhere to card front using 3D foam tape.

Die-cut a white card stock fishtail. 

Hotfoil Stamping:

• Turn on machine. 
• Open Lid and place hotfoil stamp onto heat plate. 
• Place foil coloured side down.
• Place cardstock. Close lid and heat up.
• Wind slowly through die-cutting machine.

Wooden Embellishment Foiling

• Turn on machine. 
• Open Lid and place metal shim on the heat plate.
• Place foil coloured side down onto metal shim.
• Place wooden embellishment. Close lid and heat up.
• Wind slowly through die-cutting machine.

Adhere to card front using 3D foam tape.

Die-Cut 'n Bond and Die:

• Adhere a piece of Die-Cut 'n Bond to the back side of white card stock. 
• Place ship die on top of the card Stock and cut with die-cutting machine.
• Peel off the protective backing layer and adhere to card front to finish.

One get such a beautiful effect when using the foil stamps and foil with the GoPress Foil Machine. The sentiment just stand out. I also just love using the foil machine for foiling chipboard and wooden embellishments. The foiled chipboard and wooden embellishments makes beautiful embellishments on cards.

I have allot of embossing folders and by using the GoPress Foil Machine it is as if it just brings more of an eye catching effect when used with foil. 

Second Card - Happy Birthday

It is so much easier to use foamiran with the GoPress Foil Machine. Do not need to worry to get burn with an iron LOL.

Material List:

• Couture Creations C'est La Vie Collection Of Ferns Die
• Couture Creations Victorian Square Die
• Couture Creations GoPress & Foil Me Foamiran
• Couture Creations Heat Foil Champagne
• Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine
• Anna Griffin Happy Birthday Hotfoil Stamp
• Ultimate Crafts Rambling Rose Mini Sprigs Die
• Ultimate Crafts DieCut 'n Bond
• Heartfelt Creations Botanical Wings Die
• Heartfelt Creations Decorative Lattice Swirl Die
• Heartfelt Stems
• MFT By The Number Die
• Butterfly Wood Embellishment
• White Doodle Twine
• White Card Stock

Hotfoil Stamping:

• Anna Griffin Happy Birthday Hotfoil Stamp
• Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine 
• Couture Creations Gold Foil

Wooden Embellishment Foiling:

• Go Press Foil Machine
• Couture Creations Gold Foil
• Butterfly Wooden Embellishment

Foamiran Flowers:

• Couture Creations Foamiran
• GoPress Foil Machine to heat up  Heartfelt Creations Flowers
• Glue Gun
• Heartfelt Stems.

DieCut 'n Bond

• Ultimate Crafts DieCut 'n Bond
• Pattern Paper
• MFT Number Dies

I am so glad that I found out about Die-Cut 'n Bond it makes adhering of all those beautiful thin sentiment dies so much easier.

Third Card - Merry Christmas

With this card I not only wanted to showcase the beautiful hotfoil stamps, but also showing how one can make an elegant card with only the stamps and foil.

Material List:

• Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine
• Couture Creations Heat Foil Gold Mirror
• Anna Griffin Merry Christmas Hotfoil Stamp
• Anna Griffin Framed Holly Hotfoil Stamp
• White Card Stock
• Red Card Stock
• Kraft Card Stock

Hotfoil Stamping:

• Anna Griffin Merry Christmas Hotfoil Stamp
• Anna Griffin Framed Holly Hotfoil Stamp
• Couture Creations GoPress Foil Machine 
• Couture Creations Gold Mirror

I hope that by sharing these with you that it will convince you that you just need one yourself and I can promise you that you will have so much fun creating beautiful projects with the foil machine.

Links to my other Social Media Pages:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• YouTube

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Alphabet Challenge Blog.  Theme:  H For Happy Birthday (Happy Birthday Card)

Simply Create Too Challenge Blog.  Theme:  No Patterned Paper (Sea Journey and Merry Christmas Card).

Crafting With Friends Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Anything Goes (Merry Christmas Card).
Crafting With An Attitude Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Anything Goes (Sea Journey).
Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Totally Girly (Happy Birthday Card).
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Flowers and Sentiment (Happy Birthday Card).
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Christmas In July (Merry Christmas Card).
Double D Challenge Blog.  Theme:  Nautical (Sea Journey Card).

Thank you for visiting me, I always appreciate you taking the time to leave a lovely comment.

Anet x