A little patriotic project from Cheri using the TCebosser and Xyron!

Hey everyone, In honor of my birthday being last weekend on FLAG DAY I was feeling inspired to create a little something patriotic for our home. I wanted to make something that would sit on our mantel and this turned out to be a great addition, do you like it?

These are the supplies I started with - my ebosser which I also used to cut all of my little white stars and the WOOD GRAIN Folder and (Star folder - I did not end up using the star folder as I had planned), adhesive from Xyron, a craft star shaped box, a wood candle holder that I painted with red glitter paint and finally some red, white and blue paper. 

First I embossed my red, white and blue papers using the Wood Grain Folders - I wanted my flag to look like it had movement and this was just PERFECT for this effect. I cut my red and white strips 1/2". My home is very "rustica" so I ended up inking the edges so it would fit in with my decor. Now you can see in this photo I adhered my stripes from the center, using the Xyron Glue stick - truly when adhering to chipboard, you can't go wrong with a good glue stick. I just kept alternating my stripes then trimmed them off when I was done. Then I added the blue on the opposite side.

I loved being able to cut all my stars but to adhere them is easiest when you have a sticker maker, it makes it super quick!!

Here is my finished project, I tied it with a little burlap bow to finish it off.

I hope you enjoyed todays project! ~Cheri

PS. Please come join in the CRAFTWELL and XYRON blog hop this week, (Commenting here on the TCD blog will NOT enter you in the hop) Please go to the XYRON blog to start: Xyron Blog http://aintshecrafty.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the Teresa Collins and Craftwell blog hop!

Welcome to the Teresa Collins and Craftwell blog hop! We are all so excited. If you did not hear the news the new TCebosser is debuting on HSN this coming Tuesday September 17th! 

In celebration Craftwell is hosting a huge giveaway! Thank you to our friends at Craftwell! Details are below this "hops" projects by team members Yvonne, Cheri and Sesil. If you did not start from the Craftwell blog please be sure to go back to leave your comment to qualify for one of the many prizes!

Hi everyone, it's Yvonne. 

 I'm so excited to share with you one of the projects I did using the Teresa Collins eBosser!   

 I used one of her folders with some colored tin. The tin needed to be cut to fit the frame.

  After that I adhered the tin to a plain black frame and sanded very lightly. 

 Once sanded it really helped the pattern pop.  

I took the scrap piece and decided to cover a giant clothes pin.  

It really helped tie the two together for a big statement.

Below is a close up so you can see how well the embossing stays even while smoothing it over the frame. 

Hey everyone, Cheri Piles here sharing a little home decor piece as well for the upcoming holidays!

I then embossed all of my papers using the new TCebosser, & 8 1/2" x 11" stars embossing folder. You can watch this video for a tip for your longer sheets of paper. I used velum and it turned out fantastic!!

After I embossed all of my papers I punched 1 1/2" circles from all of my papers for my trees. There are 100's of them but it was so worth it! I purchased some Styrofoam cones, 2 medium and one large. I painted them all in gold to start. I also used sequins (from the Teresa Collins Memorabilla, Family Stories and Santa's List collections) and pearl head pins to attach them.

Start attaching your circles along the bottom of your cone pinning them 1/4" from the top of the circles. Then alternating and overlapping the bottom row and continue pinning them all the way to the top.

 When I was completed with the cones I glued them to some wood discs I picked up from the local hardware store and painted them gold to match. I thought they looked better on "stands".

I hope you enjoyed my project, I am getting excited for the holidays!! ~Cheri

Hi Everyone,  Sesil Cratin here to share a quick and simple card using the amazing Teresa Collins Ebosser.  I was so excited to play around with the embossing folders I know exactly what I needed to create. A card and envelope.

I even have a quick process video of how I created these fast and easy cards for anyone using the Teresa Collins eBosser.  Enjoy! ~Sesil

Be sure to mark your calendars for show times for the HSN launch on Tuesday September 17th! Air times are 1am & 6pm eastern times, unless otherwise posted. 

Giveaway Details:
For the first 250 Participants to leave a comment on each of the participating blogs in the hop will win a free embossing folder!

There will be 10 random winners for a free tool kit!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive a Teresa Collins ebosser!!

To be qualified for the Craftwell giveaways you must leave a comment on all the participating blogs, winners will be announced on the Craftwell blog October 1st.

Craftwell - blog.craftwellusa.com - Starting blog.

TCD Design Team: http://teresacollinsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ 

Sesil Cratin:http://www.sesilcratin.com/ 

Cheripiles - http://cherinspirations.blogspot.com/

Denise O'Connor -http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/

Favecrafts Blog:http://www.favecraftsblog.com/

Lyssa Zimmerman:http://joe-lyssa.blogspot.com/

Yvonnes blog - http://www.yvonneblair.com/ 

Caroline Duncan:http://stampingsandinklings.blogspot.com//

Teresa Collins - http://teresacollins.typepad.com/

Good luck to everyone and we hope you are enjoying all of the fantastic projects on the hop!

TCebosser blog hop launch party announcement with Craftwell

 Yes, we are having a blog hop/launch party along with a huge giveaway from Craftwell this weekend. The blog hop will start at 8am eastern time Saturday morning.

We are so excited!! We hope you join us this weekend for this amazing blog hop, there are going to be so many fun projects to see!!

Be sure to mark your calendars for show times for the HSN launch on Tuesday September 17th! Air times are 1am & 6pm eastern times, unless otherwise posted. 

Saturday morning start at the Craftwell blog at 8am eastern for the blog hop! http://blog.craftwellusa.com 

DEBUT: Teresa Collins & Craftwell ebosser machine and CHA make and takes!

Today is an exciting day!! Teresa has partnered with Craftwell and has a new machine!! 

Please visit Teresa's blog here for the full press release:  http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2013/07/cha-make-n-take-press-release-tc-craftwell-machine.html

Are you going to CHA? Craftwell and I will be directly across from one another. Please come visit us and see first hand how wonderful the machine is. If you visit booth #954, we are doing a free make n take with my brand new 8.5 x 11 TC embossing folders and the TC ebosser machine. I will post the times next week since the actual make n take is only during a set time each day. However, you can go in the booth and design with the machine at any time.

Yes, you can come and make the entire book with my machine and folders. I am using my new MEMORABILIA collection (papers, sequins, corsage pin). You will get complete instructions and visuals to recreate and teach. This album is punched with the TC/Xyron chipboard punch too.