Far and Away with Sesil Cratin

Sesil here excited that I was able to work on TAGS again. My tags are created with the Far and Away Collection.  As you know I am drawn to the reds in this collection.  I wanted to feature the stitched garland on my tags because it felt like it  helped create movement on the project. 

The flowers are another one of my favorites. There is no right or wrong on how many you can stack together create a fun and great looking flower.

I wanted to use different sized tags to play around with this collection.  I also decorated a kraft sack to hold the smaller tag.  I love creating with the layers and washi tape. Want to know a secret?  I use the border strips as individual accents. I just cut a little off and I have a perfect element for a card or a tag.

Notice the ticket on the tag is from the border strips and the circle hot air balloon element on the bag is also from the border strips.   I love using the embellishments in different ways than they are intended.

For some reason I had a hard time working with the larger tag.  But in the end, I think I was able to pull it off.  I wanted the stitched garland to be one of the focal element along the stacked flower.  I had to give some white space between the two elements to make it work.  I think that is where my issue was with the tag.   

I created a video of the process on making the tags and bag. It took me 45 minutes to complete the tags. I had a little bit of distractions while creating. The kids were outside playing while I was creating the video.  If you watch the video real close you will see a 'little' hand poke in the frame for a split second. 

Let me know if you have any questions.  I would love to hear what you think about the tags I created.  I challenge you to create using the stitched garland and flowers in your next project.   I would love to see what you create. Post your project on your personal blog and link the post in the comment section for me to see.  You never know.  I might ask you to be a guest designer on the Teresa Collins DT blog. 

Till next time. Happy Crafting.

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Supplies Used:

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Border Strips

Teresa Collins Far and Away:Enamel Dots

Teresa Collins Far and Away:Decorative Brads

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Garland

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Washi Tape

Teresa Collins Far and Away:Stickers

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Die Cut Sheet

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Word Labels Paper

Teresa Collins Far and Away: Postcards Paper

Other supplies:

Large Shipping Tag

Medium Shipping Tag

Kraft Paper Bag

Black Seambinding

Jute Twine

Foam Squares

So Lucky - Mix it up by: Sesil Cratin

Sesil here to start off the week.  This week's theme will be "SO LUCKY"

Here is my take on being 'lucky'.  I wanted to challenge myself to use a mix of old and new.  So that is what I did.  I grabbed some green pattern papers from the Teresa Collins Spring Fling Collection and mixed it up with the He Said Collection.  Another challenge I did was to make a simple layout in less than 30 minutes.  I wanted to show how easy it is to scrapbook in a short amount of time.

As you see I didn't have time to sew on my page so I simply just took a black pen and drew my lines on the perimeter of the papers. I also outlined my title to give it the consistency and to make the title pop off the page.  I love using my electronic die cutter for my titles. It insures that the title will match my layout.

When I adhered all my elements to the page I used foam squares through out my page. I wanted it to make the layout feel like it had a bit of movement and dimension and not so FLAT. Using foam squares gives it just the right look.

Another thing I used in the layout were sequins. I don't like using sprays because it stains my hands.  But I love the look so I created the same look with the sequins.  It gives it just enough interest and a little sparkle.

Who says you can not mix up collections? The beautiful thing about Teresa Collins Designs papers is the collections can interchange with other collections and still have a cohesive look and feel to the whole layout.  Give it a try. I challenge you to use different papers from different collections and post them to our Facebook page or post a link  in the comment section of this post.  You never know. We may feature your work in one our or posts.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Make sure to check the blog everyday for more inspiring creations. Till next time. Happy Crafting.

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6x6 challenge...by Sesil Cratin

Sesil here to share my creation using the 6x6 pad.  I used the SHE Said line for this mini album.

I have to tell you the truth.  I did use cardstock to create the base pages of my mini and then I added the 6x6 patter paper to the entire album.  I did not have a single sheet left when I completed this mini.  There are so many pockets and tags I loved creating this mini.

There are so many flaps and tags and pockets throughout this mini.  Here are a couple of some of my favorite pages.

This is just a simple pocket page with a sticker and a tag with a border strip on the tag.

 Here on this page I used the washi tape and layered some stickers to create my own embellishment.

 Here I layered up some of the flowers and added a gem to the center. I used the washi tape to attach the flap to the page.  I was inspired to do this by our very own Cheri Piles.

 Here is an insert that I created in the album using a tag.  I love tags and so I had to add them to the album.

 This is another flap that opens up. I loved using the border strips and brad to create the top element.

 Another pocket with tags stuffed in the pocket.   Have I told you that I love tags? Can you tell?

 Here I created a small waterfall flip. I love adding more space to the page and the waterfall flip is so fun to add on any page.

My final page I ended with a pocket that holds a TAG!!!

I hope you enjoyed my little action packed mini album.

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And the winner of last week's prize is: LISA P.
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Project Life with Sesil Cratin featuring She Said Collection

Sesil here to show you my project life pages.  I have to say.. this is my first year to work on project life and I  am starting to enjoy documenting the everyday.  I have been journaling in my book so I can keep up with what we do during the week. I have my pictures sent off to get printed.  So I am a couple of weeks behind.  But that is okay.  It is easy to catch up.  I love using Teresa Collins Collections with my project life.  It makes it easy with all the fun papers and the embellishments. 

The joy about the page protector layout style is that anything goes. I used the She Said collection to work on my Week 4 layout.  The colors coordinated with the pictures for this week.  I like how the pinks pulled the color from my daughter's coat.  Notice the yellow in my coffee cup goes great with the yellow in the collection.  And the blue flower paper coordinates with the blue in the art project.  Using the word paper in my layout pulls all the colors together giving my layout a cohesive look. 

 I loved the glitter envelope.  I used it to store my little receipts for the week.  It didn't fit in the actual page protector so I just adhered it to the TOP of the page protector.  It works for me and I like the pop of glitter on my page.

This week we didn't do much as a family.  So I filled my page with a progressive picture of the artwork that I helped out in my daughter's class.  It was a fun way to show how interactive the art project worked that week.

I love working with the page protectors because anything goes and there is not thinking about layout.

My favorite part of it all is that I am using my own handwriting. I am not a fan of my handwriting but at least my kids will see it when they get older and there is something about me all in this album.

I hope you enjoyed the peek into some of our lives with project life with the Design Team.  I know I loved seeing what everyone has been up with the team on a personal level.
Make sure to leave a comment on today's blog post for a chance to win this weeks prize pack.  We will announce the winner on Monday's post.
Tell next time. Happy crafting.

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Love is in the air!!! Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!
Hope you are enjoying the creative cards we are making this week.  I wanted to show you a couple of cards I created using the Memories Collection.

Supplies:

Dots MEM105

Subway Calendar MEM103 

Die-Cut Sheet MEM125

• I love to make my own embellishments.  
• So I used a 1.5" circle punch to punch out "love this" out of the Dots MEM105 paper.

 

• I also cut out the red banner pennants out of the circle elements to create the banner on either side of the "love this" element.  I used foam squares to adhere the element to the circle/banner piece of the card.
• Then to create the base I used the remember die cut and the small doily die cuts from the Die-Cut Sheet MEM125 and layered the elements to the base of the card using the back of the Subway Calendar paper MEM103b.

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• For the hearts, I used left over glitter foam from my kids valentine cards.  Then I added the "forever in my heart" text from the die cut sheet MEM125 on top of the card.
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• Again, I love layering and using foam squares to give dimension to my cards. 

Supplies:

Calendar MEM106

Doily MEM101

Die-Cut Sheet MEM125

Subway Calendar MEM103 

• I used the back side of the Calendar page as my base.
• Next I cut a white piece of cardstock and ran it through an embossing plate with my die-cut machine to create texture.
• Then I used the back of the Subway Calendar MEM103 as the base of my element.
• Next I took the red pennant and cut out the "NO." off by cutting out a V at the end of the pennant to create a banner.
• Next I used a 1.5" scallop punch and used the diagonal stripe paper in the doily MEM101 paper. Then I used the blue and white button die-cut as a layer and used foam squares to add the you & me die cut to the center of the embellishment stack. 
• I added it all the the right bottom side of the page.
• To keep with the roundness of the page I corner rounded all the corners of the pages.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Don't forget to leave a comment to have a chance to win this weeks giveaway.  A random winner will be posted on Monday the 18th. Make sure to leave a comment on this blog post.

Happy Valentine's Day.

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He Said--WHAT?? by: Sesil Cratin

He Said ---- WHAT???
That is how I feel sometimes when my little man tells me his crazy stories about him and his friends.  I had to scrapbook his reaction to me not believing his story. Today, I wanted to share a layout I created using the He Said Collection. Capturing the expression on Drew's face.

Here are some details of the layout here:

I love creating clusters all around the layout.  With all the new embellishment with the collection you can really layer up the clusters.

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Tag your it! By Sesil Cratin

Sesil here to share a quick tag I made using the She Said Collection pack today.
I love the colors and the fun patterns this collection has. OH and can we talk about the embellishments.

 As you know I love layers.  LAYERS LAYERS LAYERS.  To help me add depth to my layers I use a ton of foam squares.  I have a bunch of different brand of foam squares because of all the different heights they all have. Love the layers.

Tags. I love making tags because the size of the canvas you are working with is much smaller than a scrapbook page. I seem to get overwhelmed by all the space I have to fill with a scrapbook page.  But now the trend is a ton of white space I might have to challenge myself to allow more white space in my layouts.  OH sorry I digress.  Back to the tag....
As I was creating the tag I knew I needed to add some embellishments. My new favorite embellishment are the epoxy dots. OH my you get so many colors and different sizes.  I used the green ones to give it a bit more color to the tag.

Hope you enjoyed my tag today.  Make sure to check out my blog in the next couple of days and I will have a video of me putting the tag together.  You will laugh at my process.  I don't have a plan in mind I just create.  I didn't have time to finish the video before this post so I will post on my blog when it is complete.

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Thursday!

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He Said and CHA re-cap pics

Wow. There has been a great response in the new collections that Teresa has come out with. Today I wanted to share a quick card using the He Said line.

I love the glittered envelopes and glitter border strips. I took the "and I quote..." die cut and put it in the envelope and added the "you crack me up" on the border strip to give it more POP!  Hope you enjoy the quick card.

Here are some pictures of the samples in the booth from CHA.

Thank you to our amazing Deign Team and guest designers for helping out with the samples for CHA.

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