AUTHENTIQUE PAPER - OCTOBER SKETCH CHALLENGE

I have only recently discovered Authentique Paper but I have quickly become a big fan. The quality of the paper is excellent and the colours selected for the collections are sometimes bold, sometimes muted, but always exquisite. I began my collection of Authentique Paper with a single sheet of cardstock. It was a sheet from the Blissful Collection - a two-sided paper "Pleasant". One side has a birdcage scene and the flip side has an argyle pattern.

I have used a sheet from the flip side in the argyle pattern as the base paper for creating my card for the Authentique Paper October Sketch Challenge http://authentiquepaper.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-sketch-challenge.html

Using a strip of the same paper and Tim Holtz's Rosette die, I created the rosette (below).

The sentiments "Hello" and "thinking of you" are Stampin Up rub-ons. The tag attached to the rosette, the tag attached to the ribbon flower (Donna Downey collection) and the border down the centre of the card have been altered and are from Authentique's Tabloids embellishments from the Blissful collection.

I used Tim Holt'z distress ink (Frayed Burlap) to ink the edges of the card and all the embellishments. My finishing touch is a wooden bingo heart embellishment from Maya Road, which was perfectly attached and anchored using Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots.

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