AUTHENTIQUE BLOG: Making Amazing (& Elegant!) Mini's!!

I got to use some amazing Top Dog Dies this week and the beautiful Classique: Elegant Collection from Authentique Paper. Check it out on today's blog post!!

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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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Using the Rest of My SC Central High Kit

My first attempt to use up everything in my first kit from Studio Calico was pretty much a success. I only have a few scraps left, some brads, random alpha stickers, and quite a few mistable arrow Thickers. That's it!! I made two more layouts and a whole mess of cards. Love using scraps on cards.

This post is fairly pic heavy, but there are also two Pinterest inspired cards, courtesy of a challenge between myself and my lovely friend Brenda.

The original Pin link, and below is my version.

 And the original Pin link for my second card. Below is my version.

And here are two of my final layouts with this kit. I currently don't have photographs for either... So even journaling is out of the question until I find some good snapshots. For the "Saturday" layout... I plan to snap a great 5x7 of some standard Saturday activity. Then journal in strips and place those on the number Tim&Beck paper. 

This last layout is ScrapbookSteals' MWM Coral 2. I plan on taking a Hipstamatic photo of Miss I on her bike. The journaling will go in strips in the top, right corner. There are also misted arrow Thickers that will point at each of the strips. I'm thinking of using my red Thickers that I used a couple of MWM's ago.

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Studio Calico: Central High Kit

I was put on a budget. A crafty budget. I've been researching kit clubs for awhile, and had decided to convince my money manager to let me do one instead of the budget. This way, I get new stuff. I also can't go over my budget. Smart, huh?

Anyway... I got the box last week. I wasn't sure exactly what I was expecting. It wasn't full of pretty pinks and aquas, or warm yellows, it was BOLD. Maybe having two little girls has jaded my color choices, I'm used to all the fantastic pastels out there. I wasn't sure why I had a sense of ambivalence, but it was there. And I'm super thankful for it. It was freeing to just cut away into the papers, not worried that I was going to ruin something I knew I already loved. And I created some of my favorite recent layouts.

My first SC layout. I don't have school aged kids, so the lettering paper wasn't my thing. I did however LOVE this Tim&Beck map paper. I am a sucker for ledger paper, and had to add a piece of EchoPark ledger paper that I snagged off of the 3/$1 rack at Artco. I also used a fun font, Pacifico that I had downloaded awhile ago.

I really loved the simplicity of this Basic Grey paper. I didn't want to add too much to it, so kept the embellishing to a minimum to keep the focus on the fun Hipstamatic photo.

This was a lovely sketch by Kerys Sharrock for ScrapbookSteals. As you may know, I do a lot of the MWM's. Usually the lovely Kristy Lee creates the sketches, but this week, she had one of the great DT members do it. I used a Silhouette cut for the circle, and just added fun strips. I did add a cute BG brad that I had lying around.

For this layout, I really wanted to use this adorable picture of my littlest. She's not yet two months old, and has made such a huge impact on our lives already. My husband and I always joke how people must just forget how hard it is to have a newborn. It must be somewhat on purpose, because they don't remember anything about that, until they have a new baby again. This is kind of color blocked, but I wanted to use the red paper that I used to cut the star from the previous layout. And the splatters were courtesy of my 3-year old. I just added more to "fix" it.

This really is just a truly simple card. One of my co-workers did me a huge favor and showed extreme kindness for someone else. It deserves a thanks.

I probably have enough supplies for at least one more layout, maybe two and a handful of cards. I'll post those when they are complete :)

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AUTHENTIQUE: Beautiful Girl

From the AUTHENTIQUE BLOG...

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Hello Authentique fans,  it's Heather again!

I have to start this post with a confession: I love my Hipstamatic photo app. When I printed this photograph, I knew that I wanted to use some of the pink colors from the Uncommon line that Authentique sent, to showcase my little munchkin off. 

I started by using the back of the Gifted paper from the Uncommon line. I really liked how the text, and simplicity allowed for more color in the embellishments. Rather than using a bold mist, or a liberal swipe of acrylic paint, I made a simple solution of white acrylic and water. Instead of spraying, I just splattered some on for interest.

 (Supplies Used: AUTHENTIQUE patterned papers, Uncommon Gifted (back), Uncommon Foundations (back); AUTHENTIQUE die cuts Uncommon Icons, Splendid Icons, Splendid Tabloids, Journey Classic Type)

(Other Supplies: Basic Grey buttons, Twinery twine-Lilac, American Crafts brads, Sassafras Lass Vintage Brooch, Glossy Accents, homemade white acrylic spray)

I really enjoyed how the Uncommon papers worked against the Journey stickers and Splendid die cuts. I used some of the buttons, brads, and a metal flower that I had in my stash.

I also stitched a contrasting color of twine on one of the die cuts. I haven't really quite decided if I really want to add any journaling onto the tabs. So far... I've decided against it.

On one of the die cuts, I used a little bit of Glossy Accents to make the sentiment stand out.

Rather than keep the title straight, I used a piece of circle paper to position the letters in the right spot. I also reflected the circle in the metal flower and the curves in the stitching.

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I also created a card with some of my scraps. This one is for a lovely scrappy friend who just had her fourth baby, a little girl!!

  (Supplies Used: AUTHENTIQUE patterned papers, Blissful 6x6; AUTHENTIQUE die cuts Blissful Icons and Excerpts)

(Other Supplies: American Craft buttons, Hero Arts stamp, Twinery twine)

I hope you enjoy! ~Heather

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