My Love Affair with Authentique (and Yellow!)

I have recently become obsessed with a new paper line called Authentique.  Their paper is LUSH and their designs are modern, a little grunge-y and SO versatile.

I have also had a recent love for everything yellow – which plays into my Authentique obsession in the form of their line called BLISSFUL.

Take a look:

I mixed their grey, yellow, and black motif with a yellow grip paper from one of my favorite other paper companies: Basic Grey (Origins).  They match PERFECTLY!

Also used: Thickers, pearl push pins, Martha Stewart punch around the page, The Paper Studio gems, and dollar bin flowers.

Want more?  Of course you do!:

On this one I used some plain Wassau grey cardstock and some more BG (Origins) grid paper(black) to offset the beautiful papers and title from Authentique (Blissful).  My Martha Stewart Score board and edge punch got a little play one this one as well.

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Got to get ready for work!  Later queenies.

TOMIC #10 Guest DT Project!

I am so, so, SO excited for today! It’s time for TOMIC #10 and I would like to share my guest DT project. YEAY!

The challenge is (make your own drumroll…):

Make a Scene with MASKING!

You know, masking isn’t really a technique that I use often, so this really did stretch my stamping muscles – but in a good way!

Here is my project:

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Stamps: LOTS of Magnolia; Raindrop Echo Designs sentiment | Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black | Watercolor (Bricks and suitcases), Copics (Tildas/Edwin), and Zig Pen (outline) | Train: Cricut with MTC (coloring page) | Pearls: The Paper Studio | Martha Stewart : Train Border Punch |Spellbinders: Labels 10 | Cardstock: BBP, DCWV, The Paper Studio | Glimmer Mist | Ribbons and Ribbon roses: Stash

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I am really pleased with the blue paper roses that I made. I think I have discovered a technique that really works for me.

Also, I MADE the little bling-y swirls in the style of Say it in Pearls by Prima. I want to do a tutorial on them soon, so look for that!

I am very pleased that my little ribbon roses took the Glimmer Mist so well. They started out white and now I know I can make them any color I want with my mists! Very cool.

I hope you like it and good luck with the challenge!

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Side Note: Honestly, I am a little disappointed with how the pictures of this turned out. It is so cute in person and the photos DID leave a little something to be desired – even though I tried to photograph them a MILLION ways. I DID find out that my camera has this cool stitch thing where I can take a three photos in a series and they will stitch together in a long photo. Cool, right?

It’s good to be Queen!

Pretty Pink Layout

Just a little layout to share tonight! This is a layout of some pictures taken at my best friend’s birthday party a few years ago.

Hope you enjoy!

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Cardstock: SCWV, American Crafts | Felt Border: Felt Fusion | DSP: My Mind’s Eye and (I can’t remember the company who made the paper with the words) | Die Cuts: Indie Art, Home Accents, Very Merry Tags | Cricut | Ribbon: 3 Birds

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Entered In:

Craft Your Days Away: Birthdays!

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle: Friendship

Raise the Bar: Anything Goes

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Be good to your subjects, queenies – you have to have SOMEone to scrapbook, right?!

A little TOMIC preview!

Wanted to give you a little teaser of my TOMIC Guest DT project!

Wanna see more? Come back August 8th, when TOMIC #10 is launched!

Can’t wait for you to see it!

Remember Queenies, it’s GOOD to be us!

Another Page to Share!

I am trying very hard to keep up with my vow to share more pages and not just cards.  So, today I have another page to share of my favorite subject: My nephew Gavin.

I am very proud of the embellishments on this page because I rendered them for cutting myself.  I used coloring pages of Superman in MTC.

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Cardstock: Recollections ; DCWV

Stickers: The Paper Studio

Other: Dollar Bin Paper (Target) ; Smooch

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Entered In:

Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything But a Card

The Poodles Parlour: Red, White, and Blue

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I have a very exciting new toy to show you and I can’t wait until it is finished! I’m going to post it the minute I can!  Until then:

It is GOOD to be queen!

I Actually DO Scrapbook!

Going back through my blog I see that I don’t really post my scrapbooking pages all that much.  I really do scrapbook quite often, but I never think about entering them into contests or anything AND I have been making more cards since I started blogging.

So, starting now I am going to make more of an effort to post my pages as well as my cards.  Today I will share something I finished very recently:

I am so excited by how this turned out.  The paper roses and the bronze-y looking ribbon flowers are handmade in an effort to look like Prima flowers.  The white and brown paper flowers actually ARE Prima so I am glad the two were able to blend so nicely.

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SEI Designer Cardstock: Holly Lane: “Garland”  | Colored Cardstock: BBP and DCWV | Recollections Pearls | Making Memories: Eclectic Meal Signs: Baby and Deco Metal Stickers: Copper | Prima Flowers | Inks: Fiskars (Gold) and Brilliance (Platinum Planet) |Wood-Patterned paper, Leaves, and Ribbon: Stash

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P. S. I just found out that I’m a Guest DT for TOMIC next challenge!  I am so excited!  I will be posting that project soon.

Till then, keep it royal people, keep it royal!

Faux Prima Flowers!

I have two firsts to share with you tonight. Number one I am making my first post via blogger for Android! I know, I'm pretty cool, right?
Second, I have made my first attempt at creating faux Prima flowers.
I am honestly not sure how this post will look, but I'm going to check it immediately so, not to worry. :)
Hope you like them!