A week in a life project life style with Sesil Cratin

Sesil here to show my project with a week in the life.  I have to admit, when I got the assignment I told myself this will give me a chance to see if I like the whole Project Life.  So I thought I would give it a try.

 This is what I came up with:

I didn't have any of the Project Life page protectors but I did have the We R Memory Keepers divided page protectors.  So I was using what I had.  I grabbed some of my Christmas Cottage scraps and started layering the papers with my pictures.  This is what I was able to do.

As you see mostly pictures and not much journaling.  My next page will be in a 8.5 x 11 page with all the boring details of my week. I will write out the stories for the kids and all the activities they do during the week.  This will give me an opportunity to write down what the kids say everyday when I ask them. "What was your favorite part of the day?"  I have asked them this question every night at the dinner table since they were able to talk. So I said it here. I will jump on the project life movement.  I will use my Teresa Collins Designs for my inserts and embellishments.  I will make it work to my style.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!!!

***WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*** 

The winner of the Kaboo bag is :

Paper Sewn VisionsDecember 19, 2012 11:31 PM

Happy Holidays Kaboo Style

Congratulations!! Please email me at sesil@teresacollinsdeisngs.com with your address.

Thank you to everyone that participated!

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Anniversary Shadow Box by Dedra Long

I love shadowboxes and I have had this one for about a year. I always seem to have special things laying around and I'm always waiting for "just the right" paper, embellishments, etc. I have heard others talk about having this same problem.

So, I decided there was no time like the present and being that I love shadowboxes this is not my first and it sure won't be the last one I create to hang in the house. That reminds me, I need to tell Jon to add some more of these to his list of things he can always bring home to me.

I have always loved making these rolled flowers. I first creating flowers like these with old book pages. To create these I used pages from two 6" x 6" paper pads. After cutting each one, rolling them and gluing them together, I finished each flower off with brads and blingage. To balance the shadowbox I added the "cherish" stamped image. Super fun!

Supplies used:
6x6 Carolina Breeze Paper Pad
6x6 Sweet Afternoon Paper Pad
Sweet Afternoon Brads
Blingage
Fabrications Acrylic Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look! I hope you have a great weekend.

With CHA around the corner and the new releases coming out you will want to be sure to follow the Teresa Collins Designs Facebook Page, be sure to spread the word and like us on Facebook to see all the fun coming up!!

Glitter, Glitter, Glitter - 3 DIY glitter projects with Cheri

I love Gentry's glitter from the Blingage collection - I know, I know, I know, you have heard me say this a time or two but I do LOVE it! It's so fine and sparkly!!

PROJECT#1: DIY CHARM NECKLACE

Supplies used: Gentry's Glitter, Sweet afternoon pink paper from 6x6 paper pad. Die Cuts also from Swee Afternoon and one pink bling brad. Other: 1x3 strip of music notes, 1x3 memory frame and glass 1x3 (two pieces), pink ink pad (Tim Holtz distress in spun sugar).

1. Cut a 1x3 strip from the pink paper, lay it pink side down on your glass. This will become the back side so that you have a nice pretty back for your necklace.

2. Lay your music notes on top. (You don't need to glue it because the glass will hold it all together.)

3. Trim your sweet afternoon banner to fit inside the frame and ink around edges.

4. Cut a heart shape from your pink paper.

5. (*Optional - ink first in pink) Cut the "you make my heart sing" into strips.

6. Put you pink heart face down in your Teresa Collins Xyron sticker maker. Then adhere your glitter to the front.

7. Put all the word strips, larger banner and sparkly hart into sticker maker and then start layering.

8. Put your charm into the frame with your glass.

9. Cut the prongs off of the back of your brad and adhere to outside of frame.

10. Add ribbon of choice to top and your finished!

PROJECT #2: DIY GLITTER ACCENT CONE

Supplies used: Gentry's Glitter, Fabrications Linen - Green Fleur de lis side B, flower, die cut. Other: Double sided tape (I used red line for this project), cream ruffle ribbon, cream satin ribbon.

1. Cut out the shape of your cone from the side b of Green Fleu de lis paper.

2. Tape along top edge of cone and add Gentry's glitter to the tape.

3. Tape your ribbon to the inside top and along the side you will be adhering the cone together.

4. Adhere the large black die cut to the front center

5. Adhere your large cream flower.

PROJECT #3: DIY GLITTER KEY

I loved this one, so easy to do and so many ideas!!

Supplies used: Gentry's glitter, Collin's Keys. Other: Glossy accents liquid glue, pink ribbon.

1. Choose your key of choice

2. Squirt some glossy accents onto one half (and I mean the top or bottom half, not top or bottom side. Hope that makes sense.)

3. Sprinkle Gentry's Glitter on the key, then I used a clothes pin to hold it on the top half to try.

4. When the bottom is done drying flip it around, glue and glitter the other side.

5. Add ribbon and your done!

This would also make a great idea at Christmas - we had a home when my daughter was younger that did not have a fireplace and we made a "SANTA" key so that we could hang it on the outside doorknob, that was a "special" way he could get in on Christmas Eve! ;)

PS...Make sure you like us on Facebook, tell your friends... CHA is coming and there is some exciting fun things happening that you will not want to miss out on! Spread the word!! You will LOVE what we have up our sleeves!

Sophisticated Cricut cartridge - Fluer De Lis project by Cheri Piles

I have had this frame for quite some time, just waiting for the right project to come along. I Love how it has a beautiful space in the middle that allows for dimensional items. 

To create this project I cut the Tan Damask paper (side B) from Fabrications to fit my opening then added the silver photo corners also from Fabrications to each corner.

I cut the Fluer De Lis using the "Sophisticated" cartridge in Cricut Craft Room & cut size: 4.5 x 8.1 from Sweet Afternoon "In The Attic" paper.

After I made my cut I used a ruller and drew very thin black lines creating shading on the fluer de lis. Once all of my lines were drawn I then went over the shading and around the edges using distress ink. I adhered it using Foam squares.

This is such a nice addition to my home office! I absolutely love the look and it was so easy to create!


Supplies:
Fabrications: Tan Damask paper (Side B) 12 x 12 paper, Trinkets
Sweet Afternoon: In The Attic 12 x 12 paper
Blingage: Jamie's and Stephanie's Gems
Cricut Craft Room, Cartridge: Sophisticated
Other: Frame, Therm O Web 3D Foam Squares, Micron Pen 01 (Black), Distress ink - Frayed Burlap, Ruler


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To make things more exciting Teresa is not only presenting Teresa Collins Designs she will presenting My Mind's Eye!!  

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Sweet Afternoon - Cute Checkerboard project by Cheri Piles

We are so busy being "plugged- in" these days. I am even guilty of it. I miss the days of sitting at the table with my daughter and playing a little board game. Often times you will find us playing "words with friends" in the same room... funny how things change. As I was playing against her on my phone I was reminiscing of those times not so long ago and I thought how fun it would be to make something new again!!

 Did you know that a checkerboard has 64 squares?? - Just saying, lol!

You will need this handy dandy little sticker maker for this project! The NEW Teresa Collins "X" Sticker maker!

To recreate this project you will need the following supplies: 

Sweet Afternoon 6 x 6 paper pad, stamp set, a brad from the brad set
Two sheets of your favorite piece of 12x12 from the collection.

Blingage (Stephanie's & Jamie's gems)

3 pieces of wood - I used a 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 square and two pieces for the legs (approx. 1 3/8 wide x 7 1/2)

Extra thick chipboard - 10 x 10
1 sheet of thinner chipboard (for checker pieces)

Pink paint for your wood

Prepare your base, adhere your "legs" to your square board and paint only the out side. (no need to paint where the drawer will go.) Trim one of your sheets of larger paper to 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 and adhere to the legs. This will keep your drawer in place when you pull it in and out.

To start cut one large sheet 10 x 10 and round the corners, adhere onto large thick chipboard of same size.

Cut all of your checker squares using two sheets of each pattern you like. All of the squares are 1 1/8 square. Run them through the sticker maker. Draw a large plus sign on your board in the center and start building your board. I stamped the large crown in the center when I was done. Then I used the border stamp around all of the edges.

To create the box use another one of your favorite sheets from the 6x6 paper pad. Cut 5 7/8 square and score the edges 3/8 of an inch and fold in and glue corners.

Add a brad of choice in the center of one of the folded sides to use as a drawer pull.

I used a flower and a scallop circle punch to create my checker pieces. I punched them from papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad. You will need to make 12 per side for a total of 24. 

Add another circle layer (from another punch) in the centers of each using coordinating paper. 

Then add Stephanies' gems and Jamies' gems to the centers of each piece.

Isn't it fun and pretty! Bring family game night back to the table by creating one yourself! 

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!

Carolina Breeze by: Sesil Cratin

 
Sesil here to share with you a quick card and tag I made using the Carolina Breeze Collection.

I love the versatility in this collections. It makes it easy to put together a quick and easy card and tag for any occasion.  Make sure to stop by and check out what the design team members have created with all the great collections for Teresa Collins Designs.

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Happy Holidays TAG by: Sesil Cratin

Sesil here for my last post for the year!  I had an amazing holiday with my family and hope you did the same. I wanted to share a quick tag I made for the Holidays.

I love using Teresa Collins 6x6 pad to help decorate my tags.  The scaled down print makes it the perfect size for cards or tags.  I enjoy using the 6x6 pads and I know you will enjoy them as much as I have in the past couple of months.

We are excited to continue to share inspiring work and new products with you in the NEW YEAR.  Teresa has teamed up with some great companies and we are excited to show you our creations for the up coming year.  Make sure you check our blog for updates and sneak peaks for the new releases for CHA and other announcements.  

We hope to continue to inspire and help you find your creativity. Thank you from all of us here with the Teresa Collins Design Team we all wish you all a  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Sesil's Blog

Happy Birthday! Tag by Julie!!

Yep. I know it's December 22. And I'm sure most of you are up to your eyeballs in Christmas preparations and cheer. ;) That's a good thing. We just happen to be celebrating a couple of birthdays here too. Honestly, sometimes it's hard to stop the Christmas mind-set and jump into birthday. I have a special place in my heart for all of you with Christmas-time birthdays. :)

Today is my husband's birthday, and my daughter turns 12 the day after Christmas.

Isabelle is very much smack in the middle of a zebra phase right now. I cut a big (as in ginormous) tag out of Posh Black Lace paper, and then Mod Podged it with zebra print tissue paper. When you look at it close up, the lace pattern shows through.

I wrapped some black tulle around the bottom, and then added her monogram. (She asked me to use a B for Belle instead of an I.) The 'B' is a chipboard letter (Colobok) that I covered with Posh Butterfly Script paper. Then I added a coat of Iridescent Medium (Winsor & Newton) to make it a little sparkly/shiny.

For the crown I used Posh pink glitter paper. I cut it out at 4" with Teresa's Sophisticated cartridge (crown1). Adhere to tag and add bling (Stephanie's Gems & Jesse's Jewels).

For the hanging bling at the bottom, I deconstructed a black T Drop that I was tickled to find at the back of my drawer. :) Don't you love it when you find stuff like that? I took off 5 little blingies, poked holes, and hung them from the bottom of the tag.

Print a happy birthday message on white cardstock (I used the Porcelain font and added the Iridescent Medium to this too) and add to the top of the tag with 3D foam squares (Thermoweb). Finish with a black lace hanger.

Happy Birthday Belle! And Happy Birthday to my husband today. :)

And from me and my family, a very Merry Christmas to you all! Have a wonderful and blessed holiday season.

Julie's Blog