Love builds a garden.

Authentique is debuted its newest collection on Friday. It's all about love, and PINK. I made this project as a part of our Authentique-LoveMyTapes cross-promo last week and wanted to share it with you here.

I created the flowers with a couple of different techniques. For all of the flowers, I covered one side of a square of paper with washi tape - sometimes I covered the whole paper, sometimes I left stripes of paper for added texture. For the daisies and other petal forms, I used the "Tattered Flowers" die from Sizzix. For the roses, I used my favorite cut and twirl technique.For added texture and shine, I spritz some of the flowers with Goosebumps Shimmer Texture Spray.

I used more washi tape to create the stems - twisting it around florist's wire, and wrapping leaves in as I went.

Authentique always creates fabulous sticker sheets to coordinate with the papers, and I used the trims to decorate the jar. Washi tape twisted around itself creates great twine. 

I had a great time playing with tape - it's something I haven't tried before and it's a great product! So versatile and easy to work with. Be sure to visit the Love My Tape site to see what their design team is making with our papers.

~ Products Used ~

"Lovely" - Authentique

Washi tapes #880, #383 - Love My Tape

Tattered Flowers and Mini Leaves dies - Sizzix

Goosebumps - Imagine Crafts

Off to the pumpkin patch

Happy Monday everyone! It's been a while since I've posted - life sometimes throws us curve balls. But things are settling down now and it's time to get crackin! Below is my post for Authentique's "Pinspired Monday" - today's project was a lot of fun to create, and I hope it inspires you to created some seasonal fun!

~ Pinspired Monday ~

My project today was inspired by my love of Halloween, and especially pumpkins!

And my Pinspiration was this wonderful paper pumpkin from whipperberry

So off I went to my paper stash and pulled out "Enchanted" and go to work.

I loved how simple this project really was. Wet paper strips, twist into sticks and let set. For the thinner strips I twisted the paper around florist's wire for more strength. The great thing is that Authentique's paper is nice and thick, so water is all that's needed to make it pliable and to "set". Other sites used ModgePodge for this project but I didn't need it! 

Once all the paper twists were ready, I pulled out the hot glue gun and started attaching the twists to a stem. Round and round and some singed fingertips later and I was done! The curly stems are paper wrapped around florist wire, then twisted around a pen for better curl.

I hope you are inspired to create your own magic pumpkin this Halloween. And don't forget that pumpkins are great for Thanksgiving too, and "Thankfully" Authentique has the perfect paper for that too!

~ Products used ~

Enchanted paper collection

CHA-cha-CHA day 2

hi everyone and welcome, or welcome back!

yesterday we believed in faeries.

today life is a bed or roses - or a box of roses. 

don't forget to leave a comment to enter the content. authentique paper bundles plus some special treats will be given out on july 22.

a simple box - the bottom is covered with pages from an old book.

the top is covered in roses

~  materials used  ~

"carefree" and "glory" papers - authentique

red papers - core'dinations

merry and bright

hello gypsies and happy almost new year!

it's been a whirlwind of craftiness this month, but i wanted to sneak in one last holiday project. i'm really proud of this one and it features my number one gypsy herself. this is a xmas canvas, but just change up the colors and it can be any holiday, birthday, or any day at all!

grunge letters, chunky sparkle paint, and stickles combined

paper curls create a festive tree

paper doll with a cutey face! 

accordian-folded paper arms and legs, free-hand cut mittens and boots, button trimmed festive hat!

i hope you all have a festive and happy new year! see you back at the caravan in 2012 for more creating, more fun, and more gypsiness!