Elegant Hanging Beaded Bauble - Cardmaker Square Foiled Aperture

Elegant Hanging Beaded Bauble and 

Card maker Reverse Squares Foiled Aperture

For this card I've combined one of the Couture Creations Dimensional Decorations - Beaded Bauble, with Couture Creations Cut, Foil and emboss square aperture Cardmaker Reverse Squares die set.  Both are foiled using my Couture Creations GoPress & Foil.

My card is made from an A5 card blank cut down to a square card 14.8cm x 14.8cm.  I've covered the front of the card blank with some deep red card.  The gold mat is 14cm square and the card front is 13.6cm square.  You need to remove the middle of the gold mat, before sticking it in place, so that the red card will be seen in the opening that will be created using the square die.  See my video.

As these are Cut/Foil/Emboss dies, you need to use the Couture Creations Conversion Plate (thick metal plate) on your GoPress & Foil, or alternatively 2 thin metal die cutting shims.  You may also need an additional card shim, depending on the pressure from your die cutting machine and the thickness of your card.

In order to get the aperture exactly in the centre of the card I created a paper template.  

• Start by cutting a piece of copier paper to the exact same size as your card front.  

• Carefully fold it in half in both directions, so that you can see where the mid point of each side is.

• Line up our die on the template so that the fold marks go through the corners, tape it down and die cut it out of the paper.

• Lay the paper template over your piece for your card front, making sure the edges are exactly lined up and tape it in place.

• Use a straight edge to draw in guide lines between the corners in both directions.  These will be used to line up the corners of the die.

Trim a piece of foil to just a little bigger than the outside edge of the die, and use a craft knife to remove the centre.  I do this laying the foil and die on a self healing cutting mat or sheet of copier paper, taping in place and the cutting out the middle a few mm (1/8") from the inside edge of the die.

Remove the paper template from the card front and use the guide lines you have drawn to line up the corners of the die, with the foil underneath it, and tape it in place.  The die needs to be cutting edge down and it's best to tape it to the card in the centre as this will be waste.  See my video for how to do this.

Once you are happy with the position of the die and foil, place them on the metal plate on the GoPress & Foil with the card on top of the die.   Allow about a  minute for the die to heat before rolling the GoPress & Foil through your die cutting machine.  See my Video.

Clean up any over foiling around the edge of the aperture (the space left by the die cut) before adding foam pads to the back of the card front, and tape a short length of thread in place to hang the Beaded Bauble.

Foil the Beaded Bauble - stick the die and foil onto a piece of card and heat on the GoPress (on the conversion plate or metal shims), and then the GoPress through your die cutting machine.  You need 3 of the Beaded Baubles, with 2 of them creased down the middle.  I did this using the Couture Creations Mini Scoring Board.  Stick the 2 creased baubles in the centre of the base one.

Once the glue is dry stick the thread to the back of the bauble.

Finally stick the card front in place on to of your gold mat, and add a sentiment.   I used one of the Dazzlia Cut/Foil/Emboss sentiments.  This is foiled in the same way as the Beaded Bauble.

Couture Creations Products Used:

CO726880 – Cut, Foil and Emboss Die - Cardmaker Frames - Nesting Negative Squares

CO727008 - Cut, Foil and Emboss Die - Dimensional Decorations - Beaded Bauble
CO726834 - Mini Die - Gentlemans Emporium - Gentlemans Corner Mini Die
CO725355 - Foil - Gold (Vintage Matte Finish)
CO726725 - Cut, Foil and Emboss Die- Dazzlia - Lots of Love