Fabrications Card by Yvonne Blair

Hi everyone!  I wanted to share a card that would be perfect for any happy occasion.  I used Teresa's Fabrications Canvas line.  Love this line so much...it is so colorful and fresh!  Hope you enjoy this little quickie!  If you would like to remake this card here is the list of supplies...

Fabrications 108A

Fabrications 107A & B

Fabrications Chipboard Elements

Fabrications Decorative Brads

other: card and adhesive

Happy Creating!!!

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Necklaces by Cheri Piles

I love the look of stamped images on glass. They are like mini versions of stained glass windows!

Make sure your glass is clean and stamp your images using an ink like "StazOn". I used Jet Black for the following necklaces.

Supplies: Fabrications Linen Floral rectangle stamp. Other: Glass rectangle, Copic markers, silver foil tape, chain, silver rings.

Stamp your image onto the back side and color in the upper flower with Copic markers. Adhere your rings to connect to your chain and then wrap the edges of the glass with the silver foil.

Supplies: Sweet Afternoon circular bird stamp. Other: Idea-ology Fragments, Copic markers, silver jump pings and chain.

To create this I stamped the image and colored in the bird and flowers - so simple and fun!

 Supplies: Fabrications Linen "Live Love Laugh" ssquare stamp. Idea-ology Fragment - square.

For this one I kept it really simple by just stamping onto the fragment and adding the jump ring and chain.

*TIP!TIP!TIP!* If for any reason your stamp accidentally slides when you stamp your image onto the glass.... I found that nail polish remover 'just happens' to remove the permanent ink! Just sayin! ;)

Cheri's Blog

Memories Fabrications Card by: Sesil Cratin

Sesil here to share another quick card using Fabrications Collection.

I created this card in less than 30 minutes. 

Using the 6x6 pad I used the Floral Garden paper as the main pattern paper.
Next using an embossing ink and powder I heat embossed the image to make it have a raised texture.

Then I added a punched border along with some bling and ribbon. Finally I added the Sticker with Therm O Web Foam Squares and added the pearls on the tag.

 Hope you enjoyed my quick card using Fabrications Canvas Collection.
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sesilcratin.blogspot.com

Featured Fan Friday!!!

It's Friday! Whoop! Time to feature someone's lovely Teresa Collins project.  It was not an easy task to pick just one but we finally came to an agreement. So with out further adieu I would like to introduce Irene Tan this weeks featured fan:

Irene's blog : http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/

Irene used the Fabrications Collection and we loved the use of the papers and her overall design of her page. 

I love all the details and the finishing touches all throughout the layout.

Make sure to check out her blog...She links you to the step by step instructions on how you can recreate this layout.  I love tutorials!!

Thank you Irene for you amazing layout and thank you for sharing.  

Sunday there will be a new post for you to leave your project links.  Just to let you know these don't have to be current collections.  Show us what you have already created.  I know you are out there.  Again, we love to see what everyone creates with the Teresa Collins Designs Collections.

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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!

These things Make me Happy!!! Layout by Colette using Fabrications

Spring Colors just really make me HAPPY!!  I am all about Color which makes using the Fabrications: Canvas line alot of fun!  The Yellow seems to go with Everything- and I am using it alot these days.

 We have a little friend who is full of spunk and personality- and I had taken this photo of her a couple years ago!  This kid truly makes me smile!  I love how all the colors of the Papers truly pop!

I added a touch of texture to my layout by using some awesome yarn I found at Hobby Lobby.   I think the Yarn industry is getting all kinds of cool textures and since this one went so well with the papers, I used in to accent the photo.  I cut my Turquoise paper piece first and started by stapling the end of the yarn  to the back of the paper.  Then I wrapped it around several times - which leaves all the little " tails" in different places.  I stapled them down in different spots to hold it in place.  My turquoise paper piece is lifted with Foam squares.  The BIG button is also from Hobby Lobby and tied on with 2 of the tails.

The REST of this layout was very simple because of the wonderful Die Cuts and stickers in the Fabrications: Canvas Line.  I added some journaling and some detail lines with my Black Zig pen and my fun layout was quick and easy.

Check out the Entire Line of Fabrications: Canvas!  You will want all the elements to make your Spring scrapping full of Fun Color!

31 Days of Lists with Julie Jacob

Hey there...I want to share a fun project I've been working on all month.

I signed up to take 30 Days of Lists...a super fun, super affordable month-long project. Each day a prompt for that day's list is emailed to me...then I make my list and add it to my little book.

I should start off by saying I LOVE to make lists. Always have. :)
I so look forward to those prompts each morning.

I began by making my list book. I found an old, hardback copy of Mutiny on the Bounty at the Thrift Store:

Since March has 31 days...I decided my book would have 31 lists, even though the class is 30 Days of Lists. I'm just an on the edge kind of girl like that.

Turns out Mutiny on the Bounty has more than 31 pages to it. Huh.
I tore out pages (and saved them), and glue sticked pages together until I had 31 sections of pages...make sense?

On the right hand side of each page, I adhered various papers. I used lots of scraps for this. I love using scraps. Makes me feel all justified for keeping them.

Here's my book cover after I dooded it up a little:

You can see all my previous pages/lists on my blog...but here is the last one I completed:

If I had an extra hour, I would....

get more laundry done, take a nap, get more errands run, read more, make more stuff, have wonderful hot meals prepared each night, take a nap, walk on the treadmill faithfully, dust? probably not, take a nap.

For these pages I used:

Fabrications Canvas - Yellow Flower paper

Everyday Moments - Flying Bees paper (for typed journaling strips)
Fabrications Canvas 8x8 pad - blue pennant paper on left side of book

Fabrications Canvas - Stamps (clock), Brads (time), Die Cuts (for the date)

Fabrications Linen - metal key

Letter Stickers - from Notations kit

Antique Dictionary Page for heart - Bazzill

Heart Punch - Recollections, butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

Fabric tape - 7 Gypsies

Small alphabet stamps, date stamp - Ink (Tsukineko)

Ledger paper - Making Memories

Linen fabric - for tab at top

Tiny Attacher - Tim Holtz

Coffee sleeve - for corrugated butterfly

Have a great weekend!

Crazy Little Thing Called Life

"Cherish" Layout by Dedra Long

The most wonderful and inspiring thing about the collections Teresa designs, is the ease and classic styles that you can literally mix and match. To create the layout below I used four different collections. Which is so fun. Sitting down, spreading out, laying your different papers, die cuts, stamps etc. Inter-mixing floral, classic and clean styles all together.

This layout was all about the layered effect. I chose my base 12" x 12" paper, then I layered two coordinating pieces of paper, cut to fit side by side. Then I cut the third paper to layer on top of the others. Finishing it off with three coordinating die cut cardstock pieces.

I have to say that I love the detail in Teresa's acrylic stamps. All of the stamped images were the last thing I added to complete the design I wanted. I have finished many layouts and projects over the years wishing I would have added some stamped images. Being frustrated, I have discovered a little trick.
When I want to add a stamped image it's always helped that the image is acrylic, so you know exactly where the image will land, because I can see it through the acrylic block I'm using. I go ahead and put the stamp on my acrylic block and then I put the image over my layout where I want to add it. I then, eye-ball how far or what piece of the image I want to use. Then, I only ink that part of the stamp. To me that is how stamps become versatile, who says you have to use the whole image?
For the "cherish" stamp (in the first photo) I only used about 75% of the stamp. If I would have used the entire image it would have gone further off the page then I wanted. Hopefully, this will help you out the next time you're bummed because you would have liked to add a stamped image to your masterpiece.

Thanks for stopping by!

Leap! Fabrications Canvas layout by Amanda Jones

Hello! Happy 29th February! As it's 'Leap Day' today I thought I would share this layout about my life. I don't wait for leap days to do my leaping, as those who know me will tell you. In fact, I'm sure my parents have lost years off their lives due to my risk taking ;) Somehow I always land on my feet and this layout shares my thoughts about it.

I absolutely adore the Fabrications Canvas line and I used lots of goodies from the collection to create this page. I was going to use an electronic die-cutter to create circle apertures in my layout, but thought I would show a similar technique using circle punches so that people without a fancy machine can give it a try.

First I cut three 12" x 2 1/2" strips from white cardstock. I punched out 4 holes from each strip using a 2" circle punch. I knew I wanted the page to be asymmetrical so I punched randomly and left a little space at the ends of the strips to trim off some of the excess.

I backed the holes with scraps of patterned paper, again in a random fashion, and added a very thin strip along the bottom of each row of circles to add some definition when they were placed on the white background page. After trimming a little excess from the end of each strip, I alternately lined up the strips with the right and left hand sides of the page, starting from the bottom.

I added my photo, embellishments and journaling, and to echo the circle design I made a mini version of the strips using patterned paper and a 5/8" circle punch. I added gems to the centres of those little circles and traced the insides of the circles with a black pen to add some definition.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Are you going to take a leap this year?

Amanda's Blog

Fabrications - Canvas Mini Book by Julie Jacob

An update since my last blog post...
-My daughter was indeed the swankiest foreign medieval prince at the party.
-I have a new ironing board cover.
-My husband has forbidden me from ever using iron-on adhesive again.

Today's project requires no ironing.

It's a fun little Maya Road chipboard mini album & some TC Fabrications (Canvas).
I did my book about my son Ian...but you could do a similar book about anything you like. That's the cool thing about the Canvas line. It is so versatile...it works for just about anything! :)

First, cut your cover paper to size. I used FAB106 Petite Flowers for my cover (the back too.)

The spine of the book is some old map paper. Measure the width of the spine, and score where your covers will bend. I used Quick Grip to adhere everything.

I like sanding the edges...but if you're a non-sander, it's ok. We can still be friends.

Add the 7Gypsies ruler tape to the cover where the map and cover papers meet.

Cut a piece of corrugated paper for the cover...sew messily (the kind I do best!) in two corners. I misted a cream shipping tag...and also misted my chipboard letters.

When you mist letters...it's super easy to make a huge mess. I have a small shallow box I use for misting.  It is on its last leg. I put my letters on some wax paper (so they don't stick to the box...they're self-adhesive) and misted them.

Let dry and adhere to the shipping tag. I painted a wooden heart red and added it to the tag.

Adhere 'These are the days' chipboard piece with foam squares.

Then I added an old key I had laying around in a drawer. I love using stuff like that.

Voila! or Viola! Whichever you prefer...the cover is done!

The inside pages are super easy.

I used all horizontal 4x6 photos. They work well with the tabbed chipboard pages.

Just adhere your photo and cover the remaining area with a scrap of paper. It really doesn't take much. Trim the edges with an X-acto knife. Add little doo-dads (that's the fun part).

Tip: When you choose your photo...be mindful of where the tab will be, so it doesn't look like your son has half a head.

Here's a few more pages. I have the whole thing on my blog.

Supply list:

Maya Road Chipboard Tabbed Album

TC FAB106 Fabrications Canvas - Petite Flowers
TC FAB110 Fabrications Canvas 8x8 Designer Pad
TC FAB114 Chipboard Elements
TC FAB111 Sticker Sheet
TC FAB117 Die-Cut Sheet
TC EM3119 Rhinestones & Pearls
TC BL1909 Jamie's Gems

Corrugated paper - Canvas Corp
Ruler & key tape, 4 journaling tab - 7 Gypsies
Wooden hearts - Studio Calico
Craft paint - Making Memories
Chipboard letters - American Crafts Thickers
Mists - Studio Calico (Warm Calico & Bonny Blue)
Stapler - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
3D Foam Squares - Thermoweb
Heart punches - Martha Stewart, Marvy, Recollections
White cardstock
Old typewriter for journaling
Sewing machine & black thread
Found items - Old map paper, old key, old letter tiles, dictionary paper, shipping tag
Horizontal 4x6 photos

Julie's Blog

More on Monday

Welcome to our first post for MORE ON MONDAY.

Every other Monday we will share a quick project that each of out team members created. 

We hope we are able to inspire and help get your creative juices flowing.

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 Amanda Jones

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Dedra Long

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Cheri Piles

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Stacey Michaud

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Julie Jacob

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Jamie Harder

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Sesil Cratin

Thank you so much for joining us today.  Have a safe and amazing MONDAY!

Make sure to visit us everyday for more inspiring creations.