Día de los Muertos Decor & an Enchanted Mini Album!

Authentique Paper and Petaloo are teaming up over the next couple of days to bring you tons of inspiration using Authentique Paper and Petaloo products!

After you check out the projects here on the Authentique Paper blog, be sure to head on over to the Petaloo blog to find out what the talented members of their Design Team have in store for you today!

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Heather Conklin

As soon as I saw the Black Beaded Peonies, I knew what I wanted to make. I had previously found a cute wooden skull at my local craft store knowing that I was going to make a Calavera (skull) for the Day of the Dead. One of my co-workers teaches Spanish, and her students make altars for the Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead celebration at our local museum. I plan on gifting this to her for the celebration this year. 

 

I decided early on that my calavera was a girl, so I could use even more flowers on her. I started the entire process by adhering the back of the Spellbound paper to the thin wood with spray adhesive. I really enjoyed the light color, and knew that it would look the closest to the color of a skull. I then used a craft knife to cut around it all.

Where the holes in the face were, I just adhered peices of paper behind so they would peek out (Bewitched and Charmed). The eyes also needed somewhere to hold the gorgeous Petaloo Black Beaded Peonies.

I also handcut the flowers and cheekbones, then used a white pen to add some more interest.

I had the most fun with the hair. I used my 3L Dodz to stick all of the Orange Velvet Hydrangeas and a few leaves to the top of her head like hair. To make her even more feminine I added a cute Black Velet Hydrangea as an accent.

The last details were the cute little spider and the iRock gem designs. I couldn't resist the spider Dazzler (even though I'm not a fan in real life!) Then I used the Memento Ink in Gray Flannel around her head, nose and mouth.

Products Used:

Authentique: Enchanted Collection: Spellbound, Bewitched, Charmed

Petaloo: Orange Velvet Hydrangeas, Black Beaded Peonies, Black Velvet Hydrangeas

Other Products: Purple iRock gems, Memento Ink Gray Flannel, Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Spray glue

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Natalie Dever

I am so excited to share my mini album with you today

 It is is one of my favorite projects in a LONG time!

I absolutely LOVE Petaloo, Halloween and Authentique 

so you can imagine how much fun I had making it.

The Enchanted patterns and the amazing cardstock stickers 

really do make things like this come together so easily....

add some gorgeous flowers and sparkly spiders and it's a match made in heaven!!

I decided to break out my cuttlebug and a great sizzix die to create the base of this album,
using black cardstock as my base to make it just a bit sturdier.

Here's a look at the finished product

  

This orange herringbone pattern is swoon worthy if you ask me :)

Here's a peek at the inside pages,

 

Isn't this ghost the cutest!?!  He did come white but I wanted him to match the tone of the patterned paper so I used my Tim Holtz Distress stain in Vintage paper and just distressed him a bit...worked like a charm!

 

and the big finish..the last page in the album!

Products Used: 

Authentique Paper:  Enchanted Paper Collection, Cardstock Stickers and Elements Stickers

Petaloo:  Velvet Hydrangeas Black, Velvet Hydrangeas Orangade, Beaded Peonies Small,  Dazzlers Mummies

Ink: Imagine Crafts, and Ranger

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Be sure to check back every day this week for more project inspiration! We have an Authentique Prize Pack to give away to one of our lucky commenters (please leave unique comments!) Also, make sure you stop and visit us as well as our friends over at Petaloo for prizes and lots of wonderful inspiration coming your way! Also, make sure you stop by the Petaloo Facebook Page and tell them Authentique Paper sent you!
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