AUTHENTIQUE: A "Loyal" Matching Gift Set

Hello Authentique fans, Heather here with another blog post. This time I'm focusing on how to use those little scraps and Details stickers. For today's post, I have a card and matching bag with a gift tag. I find that it is often really nice to take the extra step from simply making a lovely card, to decorating a little kraft bag with scraps and stickers to match. 

For the bag itself, I took scraps and pieces of the Loyal Collection (Honest, Brave, Durable) and solids from the Free Bird Nest including Comfort and Familiar. I really wanted to use the little Detail with the silhouette of the man's hat and mustache, so used a fun mustache stamp in both a chalk ink (tag) and using clear embossing powder (the bag).

It was pretty easy to take small pieces of the Loyal and Free Bird papers, notch opposite corners using my Corner Chomper, and laying them all in their future spots before gluing down. I filled in spaces with Diction phrases, or Details stickers, then added a couple of matching buttons.

I hardly ever get to use this fun mustache stamp, but it was perfect for this tag!

 The card was simply the jumping off point, and has similar details using Steady, Brave and Honest papers, along with another backing of Free bird, Detail stickers, button and ribbon. I used dimensional adhesive to make the mustache Detail stand out.

This is a fun little gift set. I figure that I'll probably save this for someone's birthday later this year.

I hope that if you have a bunch of leftover scraps, that you find a great use for all of them like this gift set. It's such an easy way to create something cute and creative to share with others.

Supplies Used: 

Loyal Collection: Steady, Brave, Honest, Durable, Elements, Details

Free Bird Nest Collections:  Comfort and Familiar 
Additional Supplies: 
buttons, dimensional adhesives, ribbon, stamps, twine, embossing powder, kraft gift bag, card base Pin It

AUTHENTIQUE: March Card & Layout Sketch Contest

This months Authentique Paper Sketch Contest is going to be fun!! As in, flirty little banner fun! I actually really liked this sketch, and wanted to show off a little bit of Loyal and Delightful. As you've probably surmised, I already have one little girl. And as you may not know, we have one more on the way! We found out that what I could have sworn was a he (totally different pregnancies... I mean chocolate was icky!), is actually a little she... 

So the boyish papers of Loyal were off limits, right? No! Not one bit! I simply used the more muted versions on both the background (Faithful), the backing on the banner (Steady), and the mat (Devoted) for the photograph. Then I layered pieces of Delightful, to make it a little more feminine.

The sweet little sentiment that was actually a Delightful Diction phrase was just too perfect too, "Little girls dreams are of magical things".

For the card, I used a matching blue cardstock base, layered and embellished entirely with Loyal products. The base of the decorated portion is simply Steady, with a Durable fussy-cut section, layered with a matching ribbon. The banner is a bit of twine, using the hinge stickers from the Details page, that are cut in half and pop-dotted. I added a little bit of bling with some green rhinestones. For the sentiment, I just took a Details sticker, embossed a sentiment and added it to the card.

If you want to play along, simply create a great card or layout using one of the following sketches. Be sure to post in on the Authentique Paper blog for some fun prizes! Good luck!

 Layout Sketch

Card Sketch

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