Butterfly Garden Masculine Birthday Card - Couture Creations

Hi Everyone, Anet here today and welcome to my first inspiration post this month for the Couture Creations Blog.

I have created a Masculine Birthday Card with the new releases 

Modern Essentials and Butterfly Garden Collection

from Couture Creations. 

The Modern Essentials dies cut, foil and emboss at the same time and make it so easy to create projects and cards. Just love the Butterfly Garden collection, the pattern papers are so pretty and the dies cut beautiful.  I just know that you are going to love it like I do.

Step by step instructions:

1. Trim Battle Fatigue Cardstock to 15.4cm x 30.8cm, score and fold card base.  

2. Cut 

• Butterfly Garden Pattern Paper 09A to 15.8cm x 15.8cm;
• Butterfly Garden Pattern Paper 11B to 12.8cm x 12.8cm;
• Butterfly Garden Pattern Paper 12A to 14.6cm x 4.1cm and 
• Butterfly Garden Pattern Paper 05B to 14.9cm x 4.1cm.

Distress edges and use distress ink around the edges. Adhere onto card front using Couture Creations Double Sided Tape.

3. Die-cut

• Paper Bag Cardstock with Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die;
• French Vanilla Cardstock with Butterfly Garden - Beehive Die and
• White cardstock with Butterfly Garden - Queen Bee Die.

Stick beehive die-cut onto circle die-cut.

4. Die-cut Kahlua Cardstock with Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die and then with another smaller circle die. Stick onto beehive circle die-cut.

5. Die-cut Paper Bag Cardstock with gears and tag dies. Adhere onto card front.

6. Die-cut Battle Fatigue Cardstock with film die and adhere onto card front.

7. Foil with Modern Essentials Cut, Foil and Emboss Nesting Circle Die:

• Heat Metal Conversion Plate, Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die sharp edges up and GoPress & Foil Machine.
• Place Heat Activated Foil with the shiny side down. 
• Add Battle Fatigue Cardstock.
• Close lid and heat up for 30 seconds.
• Wind slowly through die-cutting machine.

8. Die-cut the foiled circle with the smaller Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die. Adhere onto card front using 3D foam dots.

9. Foil with Butterfly Garden Die-cut:

• Heat Metal Conversion Plate and GoPress & Foil Machine.
• Place Heat Activated Foil with the shiny side down. 
• Add Queen Bee cardstock die-cut onto foil.
• Close lid and heat up for 30 seconds.
• Wind slowly through die-cutting machine.

Adhere onto card front using 3D foam squares.

10. Stamp Buzzing Bees with brown ink and fussy-cut. Adhere onto card front using 3D foam squares to finish.

Here is the link to the video on how to: 

• Foil Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die with the GoPress and Foil Machine;
• Die-cut with Modern Essentials Nesting Circle Die and
• Foil Butterfly Garden Die-cut with GoPress and Foil Machine.

Video Link:

Couture Creations products I have used:

• C0725032 GoPress and Foil Machine
• C0725818 GoPress and Foil Metal Conversion Plate
• C0726063 Gold Foil Iridescent Triangular Pattern - Heat Activated Foil
• C0725697 Copper Mirror Finish - Heat Activated Foil
• ULT200039 Cardstock - 12 x 12 - Battle Fatigue
• ULT200045 Cardstock - 12 x 12 - Paper Bag
• ULT200048 Cardstock - 12 x 12 - French Vanilla
• ULT200047 Cardstock 12 x 12 - Kahlua
• C0726532 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 05B
• C0726536 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 09A
• C0726538 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 11B
• C0726539 12 x 12 Paper - Butterfly Garden - Double Sided Sheet 12A
• C0726450 Modern Essentials - Cut, Foil and Emboss Nesting Circles Dies
• C0726552 Butterfly Garden - Beehive Mini Cutting Die
• C0726551 Butterfly Garden - Queen Bee Mini Cutting Die Set
• C0726557 Butterfly Garden - Buzzing Bees Mini Stamp Set
• C0726343 Couture Creations - Mini Guillotine Trimmer
• C0726342 Couture Creations - Scoring Board
• AD90017 Couture Creations Double Sided Tape 12mm
• C0726428 Couture Creations - Black Foam Dots
• C0726427 Couture Creations Black Foam Squares
• C0726429 Couture Creations Black Foam Mini Dots

For Stockists click the link below:

https://couturecreations.com.au/pages/store-locator

Other: Film, circle, gears and tag dies. Brown Ink. Twine. Distress Ink.

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Thank you for visiting today and I hope you enjoyed how I created my masculine card.  Have a wonderful day!

Anet