Teresa Collins Design Team - Getting to know Maridette Cachola

We are very excited for you to get to know Maridette Cachola. We asked her some questions so you could get better. This is what she had to say:    

Maridette Cachola

What's my Scrapbooking style? 
Not quite sure what you call it.  For one thing it is definitely girly.  I love damask, crowns, bling, chandelier,velvety textures, glitter well...you get the idea.  Mini books are my first love- the chunkier the better.  When I create mini books I love creating them with interactive pages with tags, journaling cards and pockets.  I also mix it up with the versatility of digital scrapbooking...HYBRID scrapbooking.  Once I learned the digi aspect of my craft it opened up a whole new world.  It created an endless possibility in my work.

How did you start scrapbooking?
I started in high school.  I created this 3 ring 8 1/2 x 11 album that's filled with dance pictures, friends, hanging out, memorabilia, concert tickets, confetti and words that are cut out from magazines.  I became a "serious" scrapbooker once my daughter was born.  I wanted to preserve our familys' memories so she may look back and know why she is who she is.

What influences your designs?
Scrapbooking products along with my photos influence how I design my projects.  I love the inspiration from  other crafters whether it be in magazines or scrapbooking websites.  Photography, home designs magazines, clothing and furniture stores also have a big part of my creative process.

How long does it take to do a layout?
It takes about 2-3 hours to do a layout and longer for mini book.

What does your work area look like when you are working on a project?
My craft table does get messy but not too messy!

What is your favorite color combination? 
Pink and black, pink,grey and white, yellow, orange and blues.

Do you have any other hobbies?  
My other passion is Photography.  Love, love it!  I love shopping whether it be for clothes, home decor and of course scrapbooking products.  I also love decorating my home. 

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Check out Maridette's layout she created using the Sports Edition II line.

“TROY”
Designed by Maridette Cachola
Featuring Teresa Collins Designs- SPORTS EDITION II



Supplies

1-5x7 photo
SPORTS EDITION II papers:

Practice
tags
black numbers
Shields
circle tags
red stars
Decorative brads
Other supplies:  Black cardstock, adhesive, mini attacher and Ranger Distress Inks-vintage


Instructions:

Preparing page components

1.  Cut the following pieces from your papers

• Trim all 4 sides from the “Practice” paper
• From the “tags” paper cut out the “sports” and “champion” tags
• the month circle & football  circle from the “circle tags” paper
• the “Game day” shields from the “shields” paper
• From the “Black numbers” paper cut #4 & #3
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2. Distress the “Practice” paper using Ranger distress ink in vintage

Assembling your page:

1. Using the “Red Stars” cardstock as your base, Adhere the “ Practice” paper centrally
2. Mat your picture (5x7) onto black cardstock then place onto the left side of the “practice” page
3. Attach the “sports” tag to the right of the photo
4. Slightly overlap the “champion” tag to the right of the “sport” tag
5. Place the “month” circle over the “sport” tag but slightly overlapping onto the champion tag.
6. Adhere #3 at the bottom right corner of the “champion” tag right to the edge of the red star paper.  attach #4 to the left of #3
7. right below champion tag, attach four brads in a row
8. Adhere the “football” circle to the bottom left corner of the photo
9. Attach the large graphic star and small star chipboard next to the “football” circle
10. Glue the “game day” shield making sure the top part of the shield folds over then using your tiny attacher staple just above the red stars where it folds.

Thank you Maridette for a great layout and instructions! To see more of Maridette's layouts and designs click {HERE}.