AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Hello Spring! Easter Treasures with Authentique Paper & Petaloo!

On the Authentique Blog I am sharing this wonderfully Spring-filled layout featuring the Treasure Collection and Petaloo Products. Check out this week, as there are a ton of prizes to be had!

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Naturally Gorgeous Jewelry

Today on the Authentique Paper Blog, I created a tutorial to show you how to use resin and the Natural Collection to create some pretty fabulous jewelry! This would make some amazing presents for the holidays.

Make sure that you check it out today! Let me know if you did!!

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AUTHENTIQUE: Gift Bags For Mom and Dad

Today, I am one of two artists who is being featured on the Authentique Blog. I'm just going to give you a little sneak peek, you have to head over to see the rest (and Angie's BEAUTIFUL frame!!) Enjoy!

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Random iPhone Photos of Cards

Just a few cards to brighten your day. These are a combo of cards that I snapped with my iPhone. The pics are okay, but not as great as they could be :)

 

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: October Sketch

Good Morning folks! It's World Cardmaking Day!! For this month's Authentique sketch contest, I made a cute little card using the new Peaceful line. I just love the pops of green that are in this line!!

Come play with the sketches!! Here are both the card and the layout sketches. Didn't Emily do a great job?!?!

For the next two cards, I just played around with the Lively collection. It was staring me down with it's lovely and bright patterns. I couldn't resist!! I just love how easy the two cards came together.

  
Authentique: Peaceful Collection: Frost, Solitude and Details; Lively: Flutter, Spirited, Chipper, Vibrant and Details

Petaloo: Velvet and Lace Flowers in Buttercream

Imagine Crafts: Memento Ink Pear Tart and Rich Cocoa

3L Adhesives: Dimensional pop dots

Other Products: iRock gems, ribbon, Studio Calico/Hero stamp, AC Embossing powder, MarthaStewart punch

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Creating Dimensional Embellishments

While chatting away with both the lovely ladies (and gent) from Authentique, and the other lovely ladies from ScrapbookSteals this past Friday, a great question came about according to Authentique products. Are there going to be any dimensional products created by Authentique? Currently, there are no dimensional pieces in any of the lines. However, this does not mean that you cannot make your own dimensional details from any of the products available.

Here are my embellishment go to products. At least for today. You should be able to easily change out what you like as far as embellishments go. Today's pick: diecut machine, spray adhesive, Glossy Accents, buttons, bling, heavy duty cardstock or kraft paper, Glue Dots and of course foam pop dots.

Start by cutting both the kraft/cardstock and your patterned paper. Multiple pieces in the same and varied sizes works perfectly. I decided to play with Glory for this project.

For sturdier pieces, spray the back of the patterned paper and kraft pieces...

Sandwich the same sized pieces of patterned paper with the kraft/cardstock. You've just thickened up and made your pieces sturdier!

To make these dimensional now, just add pop dots and stack on top of one another. 

If you want to use the cardstock stickers, but don't want them sticky, or just need them sturdier... Stick them on the kraft/cardstock and cut them out. It's a little time consuming, but worth it.

Glossy Accents can add more dimension or shine to certain pieces. They also are great for sticking bling on. Use a pin to pop any air bubbles.

Here are four completed dimensional accents. Offset, add buttons, bling, etc. and make these really your own. 

See all the dimension!!

I decided to use my favorite on a cute card for Memorial Day. 

 I just love how it adds just that extra touch.

I hope this helps with creating your own dimensional accents. Remember, there are no real 'rules'. Make what you like, and create something wonderful!

~Heather


Authentique Products Used: Glory Papers: Pride, Freedom, Liberty, Elements & Details
Other Products: Silhouette, Aleene's spray adhesive, American Crafts pop dots, Glue Dots, May Arts ribbon, Basic Grey buttons, iRock bling, kraft paper, Glossy Accents Pin It

Counterfeit Kit Challenge: Gift #1

I haven't gotten to craft as much as I usually like to lately. We've had some illness floating around our house for a few weeks... and it's not been too much fun. Thankfully, we are all on the mend, which means that I get to spend my free time crafting and not doing extra chores!! WOOHOO!

For this project, I used my Counterfeit Kit to create a little gift for my sweet friend Karen. I covered one of my Moleskine notebooks with some sweet Basic Grey paper, an oh-so-cute doily, a few Sassafras stickers, Fancy Pants chipboard, and tied it all together with some twine, AC washi tape, Tiny Type and a cute bling.

I know this is an iPhone pic... But oh well. It will have to do today! In this case, I wanted Karen to have her gift right after I made it.

Totally loving the Counterfeit Kit Challenge!! I'm using up my stash of supplies!!

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Just a few cards...

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Topaz 9: Friends (w/ Counterfeit Kit)

For this project, I wanted to use a few photos of my lovely Miss I, and her two best friends! I love how the natural light on these photographs just picked up the cutest expressions on each of the girls. I also really wanted to keep using my fantastic Counterfeit Kit that I made for September. I still have SO much paper and supplies, that it might just run me into October as well! Or, I could just find more time and keep crafting away...

I decided to finally use the elusive Crate Paper Bouquet paper. I'm not one for using a ton of florals in my projects, so this was kind of a stretch for me. I loved the flowers, and the colors, but just do not choose them everytime. I also used Kristy's fantastic Mid-Week Mojo for Topaz #9. I loved the idea of using photographs more than once, and so mirror the larger photos with the same photos in wallet size.

Instead of another journaling area, I decided to use some Glue Dots (I couldn't find my Glubers, homemade or otherwise) and a piece of kraft scrap to make this muslin flower. Super easy!!! I then adorned it with a Studio Calico butterfly that I had sprayed with Lunchtray Mr. Huey, then adorned with my MME bling.

I mirrored the small butterfly, with a larger one that was created in the same way. I just adore how the Mr. Huey's is SO bright. And it matched my color palette perfectly!

After piling all the pieces together, I realized that the blues needed something to 'pop' against, so used the reddish paper to make the polka dots stand out. I didn't want to waste paper, so strategically pieced together a border in reverse. All of the seams are hidden behind the flower, bracket or butterfly (you didn't notice, did you???!). I also added a small kraft scalloped edge to reflect the journaling box. Lastly, foam Thickers made up the title.

All in all, I think it went just well! I'm sad to see most of the inspiration paper from my Counterfeit Kit gone, but I have enough to make a card or two...

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Counterfeit Kit Challenge: Crate Paper "Bouquet"

Today, I am showing my Counterfeit Kit Challenge. I chose to use a piece of paper that was similar to this month's kit of choice, but different in color tones. I chose this piece of paper from Crate Paper's Portrait line called "Bouquet".

 

The colors for this paper were not the same as the Sassafras paper's blue and yellows... but I found a great pin off of Pinterest that held similar colors.

Since I don't use a ton of plain cardstock, I chose a few pieces that would be great for my uses. 

Kraft paper, reddish/pink Bazzill, Green Bazzill, Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe "Inventory", Little Yellow Bicycle Twig's "Fern", Prima Madeline Collection"Parfait"& Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe "Dolls".

My patterned paper included a few pieces (14)... Including a couple of half sheets...

American Crafts Peachy Keen in "Easy as Pie" and "Good Golly Gee", Basic Grey's Hello Luscious "Scrumptious", Crate Paper Portrait "Something Blue", Prima Madeline Collection "Skyward", Pebbles May Bouquet Collection "Front Porch", Pebbles Lil' Miss Collection "Sunshine", MyMindsEye So Sophie "Never Enough", Crate Paper Restoration "Refinish", Prima Coquette "Chemise", Hambly "Big Vintage Circle", Kaisercraft Lush Collection "Maple", Sassafras Lass Mix & Mend "Free Composition", Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe "Dresses", MyMindsEye Stella & Rose "Joy",

 

Embellishment Kit #1: AC Thickers in Dear Lizzy, and Honey puffy Thickers, Sassafras Lass stickers in Mix Sweet Treats, Studio Calico tickets, American Crafts rose ribbon, MME adhesive bling, hemp twine, BG Hello Luscious fabric flowers, MME Lime Twist cardstock embellishment, Echo Park mini type, YLB doilies, Studio Calico spray in Bluegrass

Embellishment Kit #2: aqua ribbon (unknown), AC Delights, AC tags, MarthaStewart kraft tags, AC Flair, MME Lime Twist stickers, MME Fine and Dandy ribbons, Studio Calico Mr. Huey Sunshine, CosmoCricket Tiny Type in Yellow and Top Secret, YLB dimensional embellishment Twig

 

Chipboard Kit: MME Fine and Dandy chipboard set, Studio Calico wood veneer butterflies, MarthaStewart adhesive ribbon, muslin, white and black paperclips, BG brads, CC Blackboard mini book

 

My goal is to use this kit all month. I hope to use more of my existing materials, and purchase less and less. That means that I can snag more tools when I see great deals!!

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Honeycomb Authentique Card

One of my lovely friends ended up on bedrest... I wanted to make her a cute card, and included some of the MoxieFab ideas about hexagons. I used my Cricut to cut out cute little hexagons and placed them all together in a honeycomb pattern.I then added some Glossy Accents to alternating hexagons, and stuck a piece of bling while one of the hexagons was sort of dry. I added just one word to remind my friend to take some time for herself.

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This Week's Mid-Week Mojo and some more Authentique!!

I'm continuing on my 100 project journey!! I'm up to 28 total projects, but I think I'm going to increase the cards to 2 cards per 'project'. I'm so for easy mathematics!! 3 just got too confusing, and I feel it's still fair as it would include 200 cards for a total of 100 projects. That's a lot of cards!

Here is Kristy M's Mid-Week Mojo over at ScrapbookSteals.com. Kristy M. was the guest sketcher this week, and I love the sketch! It just came together so easily. I tried to use a lot of the items that were in my Swap Box from last month from my friend Brittany.
I used Echo Park's Country Drive, KI Scribbles for the subtitle, and AC Thickers for the main title. I also used some of the fantastic Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type for the date, and Twinery twine!! OH! and a Doodlebug button to finish off the twine!

I'm sure this is not the last of my lovely Authentique layouts either. I am continuing to use my fantastic Blissful papers. It's really amazing how versatile these papers are! I also used some pearl American Crafts cardstock, and that paper raffia that my lovely MIL found for me! A little bit of bling (courtesy of my swap box again) and some Glossy Accents give it a little more sparkle!
I really love this photograph. We went to Silverwood theme park in Idaho last week... And this photograph was right before a HUGE meltdown on Miss I's part. As in, people thought I was abducting her because she was fighting me so much. Or, at least until she called me "Mommy". I love her, the little wee beastie!
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I LOVE Authentique!!!

I saw the first few sneaks of Authentique before CHA, but was even more amazed by them once I actually played with the papers! I couldn't find the brand in my personal LSS, but my friend Karen lovingly snagged me a few sheets of paper, a 6x6, and some of the embellishments from an LSS that she knew about. They are all from the Blissful line. So far... I'm in love!!
This card uses some of the 6x6 pad, some lovely satin ribbon in a matching gray, one of the Authentique embellishment sayings that I stapled for emphasis, and some iRock bling!
I used some more of the 6x6 pad (love that thing!), another Authentique quote, a Martha Stewart punch, and some paper raffia that I untwisted and tied into two 'double bows'. Of course i had to add some more bling (Theresa Collins that my lovely swap box partner sent me!).
I actually used the cover of the 6x6 pad for this card... It worked perfectly! I then added strips of the regular paper, edge punched part of it, added a diecut sentiment and fleur-de-lis and a button.
I really love this look! I love seeing all of the different patterns together. This is a combo of both regular papers and 6x6 pieces. The circles are all pop-dotted, and then I added bling, a button, diecut and twine for fun. Just to add more interest, I matted the dots in black, pearl cream and pearl pink paper. I also used the saying stickers from Authentique!
I kind of really like this one! I used the raffia twine for more color against the 6x6 papers. I then used the saying that is actually on the bottom of each 12x12 sheet, then pop dotted an Authentique quote. I also added a little Glossy Accents for more definition.
I used both the 12x12 and 6x6 papers, wove them together, stamped my sentiment and added bling!
This is a great way to use up scraps! I took a few of all of the papers, added a ribbon, stamped my sentiment and then pop-dotted it! I also inked the edges of the sentiment.

Well... I'm 7 cards down in my 100 projects until I can purchase scrappy items again... I'm becoming a powerhouse. I also have 2 layouts that I will hopefully debut tomorrow or Tuesday. I have to get a few photographs printed first :)
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