Authentique + Taylored Expressions

Greetings, Authentique and Taylored Expressions fans!

I'm so excited to be a part of such a terrific blog hop between two very terrific companies.

The dies that you see today will be used a lot more in my future projects...I love them ♥

This is Day #2 of the hop, so be sure to check out the happenings from yesterday at

blog.authentiquepaper.com

**You should be arriving here from Shannon White's Blog** 

Here is a complete list of today's hop:

Taylored Expressions- http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/

Shannon White- http://enchantedladybugcreations.blogspot.com/

Shellye McDaniel- You Are Here!

Wanda Guess- http://www.ablogcalledwanda.com/

Stephanie Kraft- http://handkraftedbystephanie.blogspot.com/

Kay Fatula- http://www.kayskreativekorner.blogspot.com/

Sankari Wegman- http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/

Authentique Paper- http://blog.authentiquepaper.com

GIVEAWAYS-GIVEAWAYS-GIVEAWAYS

Authentique Paper will be giving away an assorted prize pack.

Taylored Expressions is offering a coupon code for dies during the hop 

It is good for 10% off ALL dies in the TE store: TENOFFDIES

The offer is good from April 11, 2013 until 11:59pm CST on April 19, 2013.

Please note that the code is case sensitive and not available to wholesalers.

THE TIME OF MY LIFE TAG MINI ALBUM

 I say that one can never have too many butterfly shapes in their collection!

For the cover, I've used the Elegant Butterflies Dies.  I cut the same shape twice, embossed the top

 piece and then layered together with a foam dot. I colored in the antennae with a brown ZIG marker.

I just fell in love with the cute shape of the Banner Day Die #1 and arranged it

(upside down) as a nice accent piece to the little focal point.

A woodgrain butterfly!  This is the larger shaped butterfly from the same set as 

mentioned above.  I embellished his center with a mini clothespin and one of the tag stickers

from the "Lively" Collection by Authentique.

 Next to butterflies, one can never have too many styles of leaf shapes...I adore this Leafy Branch Die.

I have all ready used it on a couple of different projects and changed up the look by clipping off

small pieces of the vine and tucking them behind flowers.  Or, cut a few of the shape and make a

trailing vine on a scrapbook page or card!

 Ah!  An example of cutting the leafy branch die apart and fashioning them in fun ways.

I attached the pieces to the page using a small square foam dot for the larger leaves and then a 

dab of glue on the stem and smaller leaves.  

All of the pretty papers are from the Lively Collection (with the exception of the butterfly

motif paper that is a part of the Carefree Collection)...I'd never realized how well these two paper lines

coordinated until I spread it all out together! #sometimesyoujustneedtolook :)

I really like using these mini tag albums for small gifts or for brag books.  There are several shapes

available at Scrapbooker's Emporium at Etsy...at a fantastic price too!

Thanks so much for joining me on today's hop!

**It's time now to head over to Wanda Guess' Blog**

Enjoy and don't forget to comment so you can be in the drawing for the Authentique Prize Pack :)