Guest Designer Erin Yambe

Today we have a a guest designer Erin Yamabe! I had the pleasure of meeting her at CHA and feel truly blessed to have met this amazing designer.  Come see what Erin creates with the Sweet Afternoon Collection.

Hello there, my name is Erin Yamabe, and I am so excited to be here this month!  Thank you Teresa and Sesil for having me:)  Sweet Afternoon is one of my very favorite collections, so I was very happy to play!

I'm blessed to be a stay at home Mom to two little girls, who are the subject of most of my work.  My husband is very supportive of all his girls, and am very appreciative for him to understand how much this hobby means to me!  Aside from scrapbooking, I enjoy being active at my girls' schools and our church, taking spin and zumba classes, and date nights with my hubby! Over the past five years, I've worn several hats in this industry...as a designer, DT Coordinator, and instructor.  Currently, I am working with Therm O Web, Ruby Rock-It Bella! Fundamentals, Punky Sprouts, and The Paper Bakery kit club.  I've been blessed to have my work published in both the U.S. and Japanese magazines, at CHA, on the Scrapbook Memories TV Show, and on QVC UK.

Here are my projects:

1.  Easter layout:

Supplies Used:

• In The Garden paper
• At The Picnic paper
• Just Relaxing paper
• 6x6 Paper pad paper
• Brads
• Cardstock stickers
• Chipboard stickers

For this layout, I wanted to showcase the soft tones by adding a contrast in some stitching.  On top of the stitched circles, I rolled some flowers so they would pop.  

2.  Find Beauty In The Everyday layout:

Supplies Used:

• In The Park Paper
• At The Picnic Paper
• 6x6 Paper pad paper
• Brads/banners
• Chipboard stickers

For this layout, I let the elegant design in the paper lead.  The rectangles fit wallet size photos perfectly...so I just folded over different paper strips to give the photos a little frame.  I cut out parts of the rectangles and added some contrasting papers behind them, so the little tabs of papers popped.

3.  SOAR card:

Supplies Used:

• Flying Kites Paper
• In The Garden Paper
• Just Relaxing Paper
• stamps
• 6x6 Paper pad Paper

For this card, I created little rows of chevrons, and added dimension with every other row.  I chose to stitch in yellow, so the circles from the Just Relaxing Paper were a great accent in color along with the stamps:)

4.  Bird cage tag: [I wanted to show the versatility in this line, so I created two tags...one mixing the soft colors, the other simply monochromatic]

Supplies Used:

• Flying Kites paper
• At The Picnic paper
• Just Relaxing paper
• Brads
• Chipboard stickers

5.  Monochromatic tag:

Supplies Used:

• Just Relaxing Paper
• Chipboard stickers
• Brads

6.  Twice Blessed Frame

Supplies Used:

• Just Relaxing Paper
• At The Picnic Paper
• 6x6 Paper pad Paper
• In The Garden Paper
• Going Downtown Paper
• In The Attic Paper
• Brads/banners
• Cardstock diecuts
• Stamps

For the Twice Blessed project...I've had this frame for awhile now.  And I knew I wanted to create a piece about the blessings our girls' are for us.  Decorating some canvas dresses with the papers and brads seemed like a perfect fit!

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Please visit Erin at her blog:http://erinyamabe.com/

Thank you so much for Guest Designing with Teresa Collins Designs. 

Simply Amazing!  If your local retailer does not carry Teresa Collins please ask.

Thank you again ERIN!!!