Sketchy Saturday using Teresa Collins "Studio Gold"

Welcome back to another Sketchy Saturday!  This week the sketch is a two picture sketch!

What do you think are you getting some ideas???  Here's my interpretation:

Would you believe I took these pictures and scrapped them within 4 hours???  I had this new Teresa Collins "Studio Gold" line that I was itching to play with and it was just screaming snow pictures at me! As you can see I built my layout up from the sketch - adding in some vellum to the background.  That is what I love about sketches - they give you a jumping off point but then room to make it your own with embellishing and extra layers!

The title needed to fit the situation so I used some letter stickers and then cut out the "Selfie" word with my Silhouette.  The various elements from the Studio Gold line are fabulous - you've got vellum, foil, glitter, chipboard, enamel dots....all things fun in my book!  

If you create something with this sketch I would love to see it!  Either link me up in the comments of on my facebook page!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Stickers: Darice

Chipboard: Teresa Collins

Die Cuts: Teresa Collins & Heidi Swapp

Enamel Dots: Teresa Collins

Vellum: Teresa Collins

His and Hers Birthday Cards for CutCardStock

I had a post up on Friday at CutCardStock and didn't share it yet because of the Practical Scrappers blog hop.  I had fun putting together his and hers cards and using another one of my sketches :)) Today I created a couple cards using pieces from our Brown Bag line.  I actually created two cards - one for a man and one for a woman - and they are both based on the same sketch.  I wanted to show you how easy it can be to take a simple sketch and make it work for you over and over again!

Here the cards are side by side and here is the sketch I worked off of.  

You can see that I followed it somewhat loosely.  Using the initial base to create and then letting my creativity roll from there!  But I wasn't done with just creating the cards, I wanted to have matching envelopes!

 I used items that coordinated with what I had done on each card and the same basic "sketch" for my design but they each work for a man and a woman.

 These brown bag envelopes are fabulous and a little bit of coordinating washi tape to dress them up even more can make them extra special!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Die Cuts: Teresa Collins, Elle's Studio

Stickers: SRM Stickers

Washi Tape: Bella Blvd, My Mind's Eye

Wood: Studio Calico

Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye

Zap Dots: Helmar

Ideas for Creating a Pretty Gift Bag

If you aren't careful, wrapping a gift can cost a fortune.  I love to present things in a pretty manner and of course still want it to be frugal too!  I had several gift cards to wrap up this year and wanted to present them in a way other than inside of a card.  Enter my new favorite thing to decorate....a brown paper bag.  I'm telling you what, you can make a brown bag look gorgeous simply by adding a some white doilies and stickers to it.  For today's edition I used primarily SRM Christmas Stickers.  SRM Stickers are a go to in my stash because they are see through, which makes them work with just about everything!

 For all three bags I used a doily (or two), a twine bow, a Christmas tree sticker (SRM Stickers by the Dozen), and a washi tape covered clothespin.  Other than that they each took on a life of their own!

For this one I used a big "Merry Christmas" title that I cut in half and then placed it.  

On this one I used several of the borders from SRM Stickers...actually everything but the Christmas trees are borders (just trimmed down)

I think this one actually ended up being my favorite!  I like the pop of yellow and got to play with my new star punch on it!

So the next time you are stuck for gift wrap, look around your craft area and see what you can come up with to make a one of a kind presentation!

Supplies Used:

Stickers: SRM Stickers, Teresa Collins

Star punch: Fiskars

Sequins: Teresa Collins

Doily: Wilton

Washi Tape: My Minds Eye & Doodlebug Design

One Samantha Walker Doily: Two Different Projects

My Silhouette Cameo has been getting a workout lately.  Today I have a couple of Christmas home decor projects to share with you that feature the same doily cut from Samantha Walker, but used in two different ways.

For my first project I used the doily in a simple and subtle way, playing up the monochromatic match of the cardstock to the metal doily.  I found this metal doily at IKEA - it is meant to be a candle holder and they carry it in a variety of sizes.  I loved it knew I wanted to use it for a wall hanging.  I added the word "Hope" which is also a cut from Samantha Walker.  I also added the golden pearls around the inner edge.  That was a long, tedious process...but it definitely added the finishing touch I was going for!  

While this piece can work for a holiday home decor piece, it can also work year around!
  

The second project uses the doily in a more complicated way!  I used it as the focal point on this card and weaved some ribbon through the spokes of part of the doily.  Apparently I was in the mood for tedious work...because this was another longer task!  Again, I think it was well worth it though!  I secured the ends of the ribbon and then tied a separate bow using the same ribbon.  This covered up the ends!  I also added an additional twine bow that was a match for the kraft background!    

Some pieces from Teresa Collins "Santa's List" line are the final touches to the card.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Ribbon: CutCardStock

Chipboard: Teresa Collins

Cardstock: CutCardStock

Pearls: Want2Scrap

Santa's List: A Teresa Collins Layout

Apparently I am in a Teresa Collins mood because  I got more of her stuff out to play with last week.  She was our sponsor at Kiwi Lane Designs last month and I still had plenty of her Christmas goodies to use up!  

A couple weeks ago, I took little Bo in to get his picture done at Center Street Portrait Studio .  I picked up the pictures yesterday and couldn't be more pleased with them!  So I decided I would scrap one of the 4 X 6 sized ones last night!  I absolutely love how she caught the twinkle in his eye!

I layered a variety of pieces from Santa's List incorporating chipboard pieces, photo corners, sequins, and enamel dots from the line.  Usually I am aiming to tell a story with my layouts or to record a memory.  This time was a little different.  My goal was to let the picture really shine and create some beautiful elements around it. This is a layout where there isn't a lot of story behind it, it's just a pretty picture put together with pretty pieces to make one piece of art.  

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Chipboard: Teresa Collins

Enamel Dots: Teresa Collins

Sequins: Teresa Collins

Photo Corners: Teresa Collins

Ric Rac

Cardstock: Momenta

You Are My Happy - a Teresa Collins Layout

My schedule has been jam packed with mom/church/family/teaching responsibilities.  I knew that was coming so I worked ahead on all my design team projects so I wouldn't have to rush those.  Because I did that, I have barely scrapped in weeks.  Yesterday I knew that my brain needed some creative time - so I planned to work for a bit after the kids were in bed.  I came up with this fun layout!

I really enjoy playing with Teresa Collins lines and this one "You Are My Happy" was no exception.  She is out of my ordinary loves of bright colors and clean lines...but her stuff always comes together for me quickly and in a project that I am happy with!  I love the oranges, corals, and golds in this line.  It is so different from anything else out there and has a warm, happy feel to it.

 I worked vertically on this layout....starting with the chipboard border and then working my way up.  Each line offers a different texture or interest to it.  Her chipboard pieces combined with little wood hearts add plenty of dimension.  This photograph was taken last month and I thought it would be fun to get it documented quickly while they are all still this size.  The little two change so much each month!  It was a cold day but the kids took really good pictures...which I never would have predicted :)

To create my list of names I used different thickers in different fonts and colors.  I also added some gold hearts from the Stardream Metallic line from CutCardStock.

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Stickers: Teresa Collins & American Crafts

Cardstock: CutCardStock

Wood: Studio Calico

A One Picture Layout

Today I have a layout to show with you that is pretty out of the ordinary for me!  Very soft colors and only one photograph...but I felt like this photograph needed it's own layout!  Additionally there was no design team work (fun) involved with this one...it was purely from my own supplies and for no other reason than just wanting to scrap this picture!

I created this last week when I met up with some scrappy friends at an Archiver's in Chicagoland.  It was kind of fun to just work with the supplies that I had piled in and see what I came up with!  I just love this picture of Lucy and Cooper leaniung in to give her a smooch :)  I can't believe next week it will already be Thanksgiving!  Let the excitement and craziness of the holidays begin!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: American Crafts, Teresa Collins

Wood: Studio Calico

Burlap: Little Yellow bicycle

Stickers: American Crafts, Heidi Swapp, Lily Bee

Christmas Brown Bag

It's a busy week for me on Design Team Blogs!  I love weeks like this because I get to share with you all the goodies I have been creating behind the scenes!  Today I have a gift bag that I made for CutCardStock. I've recently discovered the fun in decorating plain old gift bags.  Earlier in the year I shared with you a gift bag topper and today I am going to share a decorated brown bag.

I have a full set of instructions up at the CutCardStock blog - so if you are interested in all the details hop over there to grab them!

Supplies Used:

These goodies from CutCardStock

Chipboard: Teresa Collins

Flair: WeRMemory Keepers

Tip Time Tuesday: Kiwi Lane Designs & Teresa Collins

Have you caught the drift that I am really enjoying my time with Kiwi Lane?  Today I am up for the month with my Tip Time Tuesday...

Last winter I got to take a class with Teresa Collins at my local scrapbook store The Scrapbooking Studio. I was a huge fan of hers before that but meeting her in person and listening to how she works with and develops her products was totally inspiring. Suffice it to say that I was THRILLED to hear that we were going to be combining her products with Kiwi Lane’s templates this month!

I got to to work with her Christmas line and thus the first Christmas layout of the season was born. I love to cut things up and piece them back together—creating quilted style backgrounds or doing something unexpected with a big chunk of patterned paper just makes me happy. If you hopped with us over the weekend you caught me doing just that (if you didn’t you can see how I cut up my Abbie Road template here). So for my tip today I have the following to say: Cut things up and see where it takes you!

I used my Abbie Road templates and then cut them down to 5 1/4 inch pieces so that they formed perfect squares. I did this with two different patterns and then pieced them back together forming a grid of four squares. I used papers that were not overly heavy on pattern or color so that it wasn’t completely overwhelming. I also stuck with those two colors for most of my layout.

I also created my flower in the center and my circle using templates.

For my layout I used the following templates:

• Abbie Road 2A
• Abbie Road 2B
• Nature 5T
• Tiny Shapes

Weaving together a beautiful card

I am up today at Ribbons Unlimited sharing another weaving card!  

Last week I used the a wide white organdy but this week I used a Delight Satin Edge Ribbon in black that is just 5/8" wide.  It is a little more challenging to weave and keep things straight...but in the end it worked!

If you look closely you can see that I used it in my circle.  

Tips: To create this look, I traced almost a whole circle on the edge of my card and cut that out.  I weaved my ribbon onto a rectangle piece of black cardstock that would fit behind the circle.  Once done, I attached it with strong wet adhesive and set in under a book to flatten it out.

This technique is fairly new to me, especially with ribbon, but is one that I plan to use again to add texture and sophistication to my projects!  

Supplies Used:

Ribbons: Delight Satin Edge Ribbon, White Organdy Ribbon

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins

Stickers: SRM Stickers (Sentiment), Paper House Productions (rose)

Metal Embellishment: Momenta

You Make My Heart Go...Watercolor Painting Layout

I've been wanting to play with watercolor paints on a layout for awhile...finally made time to do it and came up with what is one of my favorite recent layouts!

I started with some plain black and white patterned paper from Teresa Collins and added watercolor painted hearts in the colors I wanted.  Once dry I added the rest, trying to mix up my textures but stick within the same color scheme.  This also happens to include two of my favorite pictures of Cooper too!

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Teresa Collins, Pebbles

Stickers: Bella Blvd, Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, Momenta, SRM Stickers, Echo Park

Washi Tape: Queen & Co, Bella Blvd, My Minds Eye

Wood: Lawn Fawn

Die Cut: Studio Calico

Teresa Collins: He Said She Said Cards

Today I thought I would share the cards that I made using Teresa Collins' new "He Said She Said" line. I created these as samples for The Scrapbooking Studio. This was one of those lines that just screamed "make a card with me."  I love when I can look at a line and get a feel on where I am going with it!  

 I made this one second and mostly I made it because I wanted to make something with a mustache...I had never done that before!  My husband laughed when he saw this...

Supplies Used:

Everything is Teresa Collins except

Gems are from Queen & Co.

Twine is a random old supply

Teresa Collins: Tell Your Story Layout

So I was lucky enough to win all the patterned papers and some stickers from the "Tell Your Story" line at the Teresa Collins class the other night.  I have been admiring that line for a while but hadn't taken the plunge and bought it.  I have to say that she really does an amazing job with putting out lines with great and unique color combinations.  This layout also utilizes some new Thickers and some chipboard pieces from Gina's Designs.  Even with the cutting on my Cameo this layout came together in less than an hour...love it when that happens!  One of the messages I took home the other night from the Teresa Collins class was putting things down to your kids in your journaling.  My little Lucy has had some challenges lately and I decided it would be therapeutic for me to document that - so I definitely journaled!  Hopefully someday we will look back at this together and be proud of getting thru it all in one piece!

Supplies Used:

Paper & Stickers from Teresa Collins

Brads by ???

Chipboard by Gina's Designs

Thickers by American Crafts

Pearls by Queen & Company

Make a Wish

I'm all about the doilies these days.  I had never used them much until the last couple months and I've been enjoying the soft touch they add.  

I created this card using a combination of papers from Momenta and Teresa Collins.  I also used washi tape and SRM Stickers for my sentiment!  Love that they are clear and so easy to use and make fit right into a project!  I love the way the colors come across as very soft and romantic...definitely not my typical colors as there isn't anything bright (: