Sweet Afternoon Vintage Frame - Julie Jacob

Alternate post title:  My sad entryway with the big blank space on the wall.
But that seemed a little long.
Here's the problem:

This is one side of my entryway.  The picture is a little skew-wonky...as it's a pretty small area, and I was flat up against the opposite wall taking the picture with a wide angle lens.  Are you with me?
I like the antique dresser thingy.  Love the typewriter, big old dictionary, map, and basket of rolled up goodies on the floor.  But the blank spot next to the map needed help.
(Just so you know...I photoshopped in the X...I really don't have one on my wall.)

I had found this frame a couple of years ago (that's how long stuff lays around my house)...here's a close up:

I decided a little Sweet Afternoon + some vintage goodness would look perfect in the sad spot.
The frame opening was 8x10...so I cut a piece of chipboard that size & adhered a layer of burlap over it.
Then I cut a piece (smaller, so the burlap would show) of SA - At the picnic (diamond side).
Next...I added bits & pieces of vintage goodies.  I used a Bingo card, a flash card (misted), a J covered in dictionary paper, some hearts, washi tape, some bling....some chipboard Sweet Afternoon.
Basically, everything ME went into that frame.

The J is on pop dots, for a little dimension...as is the whole piece on the burlap.
And my entryway is much happier:



Yay!  At least I think it's better than the big X. :)


www.juliejac.typepad.com

Sweet Afternoon - My Girl Layout by Yvonne Blair

Hi everyone! I am so excited about Sweet Afternoon! It is gorgeous. It is like a breath of fresh air! Can you tell I am loving it? Wink.

I am really feeling the everyday moments right now. Sweet Afternoon helped me convey exactly what I was going for in this layout. Clean, simple and focus on the picture.

I will add a list of products at the end of this post.

The stamps that go with it are beautiful! I love the sentiments that are included...and it has a butterfly in it! On the layout I stamped the butterflies with Colorbox Rouge Chalk Ink. It is a perfect match to the pink in this line. Then I added a little bit of Diamond Stickles just to bling it up a bit.

I also like a distressed or Shabby kind of look on my layouts, so I took my edge distresser and roughed up all the images. Bonus, it tore at the top and left a little place to add a pink pop. Don't you just love the feel of the pales colors and the

muted backgrounds. It really allows the pictures you use to pop. Hope you enjoy, TTFN.

Products used...

Sweet Afternoon papers

With a book paper side a and b

Just relaxing paper side a

SA 1015 A

SA 1014

Sweet Afternoon Stamps

Sweet Afternoon Brads

Other:

Prima Lace

American Crafts Rosette Ribbon

Colorbox Chalk Ink

Diamond Stickles

3D pop dots

adhesive

Tag by: Sesil Cratin

Sesil here today to show you a quick tag I made using Sweet Afternoon.

I love the stamps and the simplicity of the tag.

Supplies used:
Sweet Afternoon Stamps
Sweet Afternoon At the Picnic Paper
Sweet Afternoon Brads

Other:
Sewing Machine
Crepe Paper
Rhinestones
Shipping Tag
Ribbons


Make sure to stop over and show us your creations with any Teresa Collins Designs collection HERE.
Sweet Afternoon is shipping to retailers now. Have a great week!

Blog: sesilcratin.blogspot.com

Sweet Afternoon "Remember" Layout by Dedra Long

For me the Sweet Afternoon Collection is one of Teresa's best collections. The soft palette, the mix of pinks, blues and very light grays makes this collection perfect for many different events and family members. From babies, to a wedding, to holidays and even teenagers.
Working with this collection to document my oldest daughters Prom, that only a select few Sophomores get to attend was amazing. The papers, embellishments are so easy to work with.

The designer papers in this collection coordinate so well together, that mixing and matching them is effortless. Each combination of papers I put together was beautiful, but I went with this choice for a couple of reasons. Shelby's favorite color is blue and she can be a girly girl. She loves dressing up, etc. which in my mind says the color pink, like a princess. 

The other thing I love about the soft color palette is, if you choose to use a color photo or a back and white photo, it will "pop" off the page. 

The list of supplies used in this layout:

Sweet Afternoon Just Relaxing Paper

Sweet Afternoon In the Garden Paper

Sweet Afternoon Flying Kites Paper

Sweet Afternoon Going Downtown Paper

Carolina Breeze Shelley Paper

Sweet Afternoon Stamps

Spring Fling Stamps

Fabrications Stamps

Everyday Moment Stamps

Sweet Afternoon Decorative Brads

Thanks for taking a look!

www.dedralong.blogspot.com

Sweet Afternoon Layout by Suzanne Sergi

Hi, everyone! I am happy to share my first project on the Teresa Collins Design Team Blog. Today, I am sharing a scrapbook page of my daughter, using the new collection, Sweet Afternoon. When I first received this collection, it was love at first sight! The greys, pinks, blues, and hints of yellow work so well together. The colors are soothing, and are perfect for scrapbooking the special moments in your life.

I decided to use a photo of Macie in her Easter dress. She is my youngest, and I am thankful she still loves dresses. However, there is a story behind the dress. At first, she did not want to buy it. Even though my husband, and I insisted she looked absolutely adorable. She kept calling it the dress with all the wrinkles! Luckily, in the end all of our coaxing worked.

This photo complimented the pinks, and greys of the Sweet Afternoon Collection. Macie is my girly girl, so I wanted to add a bit more softness to the page. I added vellum butterflies, that I embossed with my Cuttlebug Folders. I added a larger scallop border at the top, also cut from vellum.

A list of supplies found on the project above:

Sweet Afternoon With A Book Paper

Sweet Afternoon At the Picnic Paper

Sweet Afternoon At the Park Paper

Sweet Afternoon Going Downtown Paper

Sweet Afternoon Decorative Brads

Sweet Afternoon Die-cut Accessory Sheet

Other:

Vellum

Ink

Cuttlebug

Teresa Collins Timeless Embossing Folders

One of my favorite techniques is stamping onto my pages. I was so excited to see the assorted stamps available. So many to choose from, and are very easy to use. I use the following stamps on my page: Sweet Afternoon Stamps, Everyday Moments Stamps, and the border stamp found on the Fabrications stamp set.
Here, you can see a hint of the large vellum butterfly. It was embossed using Teresa's Timeless Embossing folders for Cuttlebug. A simple detail that adds dimension, and texture to the butterfly embellishment.

Thank you for stopping by today, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

My Blog: www.scrappinthedetails.typepad.com

Sweet Afternoon "Live Free" layout by Stacey Michaud

What do you think of when you think of sweet?  Right now, at this moment, I am thinking about the Sweet Afternoon collection by Teresa.  I opened my box and squealed when I saw how gorgeous it is...soft pastels with a dose of gray.  A mix of small and big patterns...I love it!

I grabbed these sweet photos of my nieces and nephew!  I have had them for a long time, but needed the right paper.  It came...

I decided to use the collection to make a masculine layout...even though there is a lot of pink!  Here is what I came up with:

I grabbed the predominantly gray and blue goodies from the collection and started!  I knew I wanted to highlight those awesome rectangles!  If you love grids, this sheet of paper is for you!  I used three different photos sized at 3X2 inches.  The rectangles allow for the photos to be spread out, yet still have maintain a clean, grounded design.  I added the navy strips from the Everyday Moments collection.  The design itself is simple so I needed to jazz up the other rectangles.

Look at the gorgeous embellishments!  Tons of die-cuts with awesome sayings, tabs and colors.  Notice the new small alphabet stickers!  I just layered and played until I had enough jazz!

When I was done making this layout, I may have yelled out, "Sweet!". 

My blog:  http://staceymichaud.blogspot.com/

Sweet Afternoon "Spread Your Wings" layout by Jamie Harder

I love the addition of stickers in this gorgeous new Sweet Afternoon collection!!!  I knew right away that I wanted to use the "spread your wings" sticker as the theme of my page.  My five year old has transformed this year in Kindergarden and has gained so much confidence and independence...she has definitely spread her wings!  She is turning SIX soon....anyone else feel that the jump from 5 to 6 is HUGE???

The soft colours and beautiful patterns of these papers are so fabulous that I find I want to use them ALL!  I have six different papers on this paged! I mixed in a couple of diecut and chipboard pieces and the butterfly included in the stamp set was a perfect addition to this theme!!!  I am a big time sucker for anything butterfly:-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jamie

The BEST release EVER! Sweet Afternoon layout by Amanda Jones

Okay. I know I say this every single time. But, honestly, this is really, truly my most favourite-est release EVER. I received my Sweet Afternoon goodies today and less than an hour later I had created this layout. It's so dreamy to work with!

And pretty pastels on a boy page? Why not?! The colours are so subtle that they are almost neutrals. They'll work with almost any theme.

I can't wait to get busy creating more pretty projects with Sweet Afternoon!

Amanda's blog.

Old Fashioned clipboard - project by Cheri using SWEET AFTERNOON, Cricut Craft Room and TC Sticker Maker by Xyron

Ok, Who's not inspired by Pinterest these days??? I fell in love with this idea that I saw on Pinterest {HERE} Of course, I took it to the next level! I know some of you know of my fondness and my growing collection of old fashioned clipboards. I had to make this for our great room! It's the important dates of my Family, Husbands and my birthday, our anniversary and when our daughter was born.

To create this project I used the Cricut Craft room - SOPHISTICATED cartridge and the Cricut MINI. Let me tell you my two favorite reasons for LOVING the Cricut craft room, and I mean that! #1 - I am very visual, so for me, I will use this, the ease of use to pull it up on my laptop and create something and know EXACTLY how it will cut makes me super happy!! #2 - See picture two on the right? Because of reason #1 I can cut multiple papers for my project ALL AT ONCE because I know where and how to measure the paper, to put on my mat! SWEETNESS!! Papers I used - For the numbers: Flying Kites. For Family and the scroll:In The Attic (back). For the Key hole: 6x6 Pad blue sheet

 

Oh but the project gets better! I wanted the key hole to sparkle, but oh my gosh, that little frame around it had to be glued and sparkled too!! No EASIER way to do this than to run in thru the new TC X sticker maker by Xyron! See the steps below to see how I created the piece.

 I was able to use the sticker maker on the ENTIRE project!! What a dream, saved me so much time!!

I took all of the metal off of the clipboard and covered it using the paper: In The Garden (back)

For my base page I used 2 strips cut 2.5 by 8.5 from By The Pond paper. Then I cut 9.5 by 8.5 from With a Book (back).

***TIP*** Then I layered my "cut paper template" (the piece that the numbers came out of) that I peeled off of my mat and set it on my base paper so I knew EXACTLY how to space all of my numbers because I had already spaced everything when I was creating the project in the Cricut craft room! So I placed all my numbers back into that piece that I had pulled them from then carefully pulled it back up after all the numbers were in place (kind of like a puzzle) and it worked perfectly!!

I used two boarders from the Die Cut Sheet #2 and placed them where the base papers abutted each other. I added the "A wonderful day" adding glitter around the edges and then adhered it using pop dots.  I punched my holes for the top and added some blue paper reinforcers. I pleated some crepe paper and added it on the back side of the bottom strip.

I hope you enjoy! 

Hanging Scrapbook page......by Julie Jacob

Hanging page on a really pretty stand thingy?
12x12 layout with holes at the top that's displayed really cute?
I didn't know what to call it...so when all else fails, read the packaging.
It's a Scrapbook Page Holder. (I feel so silly now.)
And I got mine at Michael's (already on sale, woohoo!)
It comes with several page protectors, but I decided not to use them.
I basically made a 12x12 layout...mounted on chipboard so it's a little more sturdy...and punched hanging holes in it:

I used Sweet Afternoon - By the Pond (white side) as the layout base. I adhered it to a 12x12 piece of chipboard with a glue stick.
I matted my 5x7 photo with SA - Just Relaxing (white side), and then some gray cardstock. Adhere just a smidge above center on the base paper. Punch out the ledger die cut border (Die Cut sheet 2), and adhere beneath the photo mat.
Adhere the 'find beauty' chipboard piece under the photo. Add stamped doily, flower, & heart with bling.

Add paper tape to the sides of the layout.
Adhere ledger piece (cut from SA - With a Book) at the top....round the bottom corners.
Add tab sticker and 'you bring my heart joy' sticker. Finish with silver clip (office supply store).

Add gray banner brad to left corner. Then I adhered a 6 wooden tile to the banner.
Finish by stamping 'family' above the top left corner of the photo mat, and punching hanging holes. I lined up a page protector so the holes would be in the right spot.

Supply list:

Sweet Afternoon - By the Pond
Sweet Afternoon - With a Book
Sweet Afternoon - Just Relaxing
Sweet Afternoon - Die Cut Sheet 2
Sweet Afternoon - Sticker Sheet
Sweet Afternoon - Chipboard Elements
Sweet Afternoon - Decorative Brads
Blingage - Taylor's Clips
Fabrications Canvas Flower
TC Stampmaker (for jacob 6 stamp)
Ink - Tsukineko (StazOn Jet Black)
Paper tape - Tim Holtz
12x12 chipboard
Gray cardstock
Heart punch - Martha Stewart
Dictionary paper, 6 wooden tile
Scrapbook Page Holder - Recollections
Corner rounder
Hole punch - Cropadile
Silver clip

There you go...I love this idea because you can change out the pages...or just keep adding them.
Enjoy your weekend!

Sweet Afternoon -

We hope you love the new line as much as we do.

Dedra's favorite is The Memory Keeper Binder.

She loves the versatility it gives you. You can move pages around, add anything you want (photo sleeves, envelopes, etc).

Here is a sneak peak of Dedra's amazing album.  Stay tuned to see more inspiration using the Sweet Afternoon line here on the DT blog and on Teresa's blog.

Again. Make sure you stop over to Teresa's blog for more inspiration from the design team


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Teresa Collins Debut - SWEET AFTERNOON

We are loving the new collection!! 

To see some great examples be sure to check out TERESA'S BLOG.

What do you think so far, isn't it beautiful?
Make sure to let your local retailer to order the new collection today.