Guest Designer Laurel Seabrook using Daily Stories!

Hi everyone, Laurel here and I am so honored to be a Guest here on the Teresa Collins blog.  If you follow my blog at all you will know how much I love using the Teresa Collins products!  Today I have a layout to share with you.  I used the Daily Stories and Far & Away collections.

 

 

My daughter and I recently went on a school trip to France and London.  I was very happy that she chose to spend a lot of time with me rather than her friends.  We had a great time and I wanted to document that.

 

 

I love to add bits of clusters here and there that include die cuts, die cuts, chipboard.. anything that helps to carry out the theme. And stitching.  I always include stitching, hehehe.

 

My favorite layouts are those that are a bit askew.  I like them to look like the items just kind of fell onto the page and I adhered them as is.  Nothing too perfect

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my creation here today.  I would love it if you visited my blog, I do try to post to it daily! 

Laurel

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Family Stories Layout and video by Guest Designer Tonya Gibbs

We are so excited to have Tonya as our guest designer! She is a great designer and we love her video demonstrations!! If you do not know or follow her, here is more about her:

I am a versatile artist and love experimenting with new techniques and different styles. Because of this, I would consider my personal style to be eclectic. I can do it all - from Shabby Chic to Grunge,  digital to paper crafting, mixed media to altered art. I enjoy the challenge of experimenting outside my comfort zone. I let the art speak to me and dictate the style - rather than me forcing the style. I like that each style fills my need for creativity, but require different mindsets.

I'm happily married to my high school sweetheart Kenny Gibbs for 24 years. We have two children Brittany (20), and Brighton (17). I'm known in the crafty community as Psychomom. I know that is a bit unorthodox, but once you know me, you will totally get it! The name came from my son's baseball coach when he was 7 and it just stuck. I also enjoy photography, and own a small youth sports photography business. The name started from that business.

I am also on Marion Smith Designs Creative Team, the lead educator for FlamingoScraps.com, designer for TeddyBoo.com,  and a blogger for WeAreArtsyAddicts.blogspot.com. I love hanging out on Facebook Instagram, Pinterest, and Youtube. I also teach monthly Ustream classes on the first Monday of each month.

Today I would like to share with you a layout using Teresa Collin's Family Stories Line.
Virtual Diva Layout

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A few of the schools in our County put together an event called Bros In Bras where high school boys were dressed in a costume/decorated BRA to raise money for the Breast Cancer Society.  Here is a photo of my Son's bra that we decorated for this event...

There were 12 boys who participated, and the group raised over $550 that night. Each person had to write a paragraph explaining how their "character" was related to the Breast Cancer Society. My Son, Brighton, was the "Virtual Diva" representing Online Giving to the Breast Cancer Society.

I loved that the Family Stories paper collection had both masculine and feminine designs. I was able to capture the signature "pink" for breast cancer, but introduce some masculine elements to my layout.  I didn't want my son to be "too pink!"

I have put together a process video of me making the layout.

As I leave you today, I would like to remind our lady audience to get your yearly exams. "Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. The chance that breast cancer will be responsible for a woman's death is about 1 in 36 (about 3%). Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1989, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment."~ Cancer.org

I'm so proud of these boys for being a part of something larger than themselves.   This was a lot of fun, and for such a great cause.

Thank you so much for this honor to be a guest designer for the day.  I hope you have enjoyed this post, and look forward to your comments.

You can find links to all my social media outlets on my blog:  http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com don't forget to subscribe!


Thanks for stopping in today,
Tonya A. Gibbs

Thank you so much Tonya!! Please leave Tonya a comment and take a moment to check out more about her here: http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Nancy Damiano using Family Stories collection and a 1, 2, 3 photo challenge on her layouts!

Hi there! I’m Nancy Damiano from New Jersey. I'm married and Mama to one little boy named Nico + favorite Aunt to a little tribe of nieces and nephews. I love a good story (listening to one, telling one, or reading one), anything aqua and Disney World. Oh, and scrapbooking - I do a bit of that too. I am a Garden Girl over at Two Peas in a Bucket where I spend lots of time making scrapbooking videos for a series called Scrap Your Stash. I’ve been scrapbooking in one shape or form since 1996. I’ve always loved making stuff, but I guess you could say the scrapbooking thing really stuck. You can see more of my work on my blog at www.thepaperochard.blogspot.com.

I was lucky enough to get the Family Stories line to work with. I love the color palette and icons in this collection. It’s perfect for themed and non-themed pages. To make things more interesting, I challenged myself to create a series of layouts with 1, 2 and 3 photos each. Here are some of the layouts I came up with.

The first layout features a single photo. One of my favorite shots from our recent Disney cruise. This is the first page in my cruise album, so I kept it simple and to the point. I used a color blocking technique to highlight the photo without overwhelming it. What I love most about color blocking is that everything has it’s ‘place’. A photo spot, a journaling spot and a decoration spot. The row of brads add a pop of dimension to an otherwise pretty flat page. The glitter border gives it that punch of sparkle.

This layout is heavy on the embellishments. Two of my favorite things from Family Stories are the sequins and chipboard elements. Both of these elements are highlighted on this layout by lining them up across the side and middle of the layout. The sequins were held in place with a dot of adhesive and then sewn onto the layout. I love how they add color and shine to the layout. The chipboard arrows create a vertical visual line and the envelope cluster adds dimension to the layout. I placed the photos on a vellum mat so that the diagonal stripe background didn’t overshadow them.

My final layout includes three photos. There was a story here – about my son losing his two front teeth the day before vacation and I wanted to combine the two. I started with a stark white background and then layered all of the aqua and red elements from Family Stories that I could find. I think that while the palette is bold, it really complement the photos. The huge ampersand was perfect for the title and a journaling card tucked behind the focal point photo tells the story.

Once I was finished with all three layouts, I gathered my leftover supplies and created this card. The base is a file folder from the Family Stories line. I decorated it with bits and pieces of layered stickers, die cuts and a single button with an enamel dot in the center.

Thank you so much Nancy!! We were so excited to have Nancy as a guest designer today, we just love her style! Please leave her a message below and to see more of her work please check out her blog here:  www.thepaperochard.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Jennifer Haggerty using Family Stories and Masquerade collections

We are so excited to have Jennifer Haggerty on the blog today as our guest!! Here is a little about Jennifer:

Hi I'm Jennifer and I'm so excited to be a guest on the blog today!  I am currently a stay at home mom to two beautiful children. My husband helps run his family's company here in Central Illinois. I've been a licensed dental hygienist for 20 years and occasionally substitute in offices as needed. I've been scrapbooking for 15 years and love trying new trends, as the industry is always changing. 

 

 

First, I'd like to share two layouts I created with the Family Stories collection. This is one of my absolute favorites as I love the colors of this line! It is SO fun to work with!

 

 

I love layering all of the fun embellishments offered with Family Stories: from the die cuts, to the chipboard, brads, layered stickers, sequins, and enamel dots!

 

 

Next up is another layout using Family Stories called 'Loved".  The sentiments on the die cut and chipboard sheet are perfect for documenting the special someone in your life. And for me, its my husband Chris!  One of the things I really like about this line is the chipboard "people"!

 

 

Here, I layered the die cut pennants with a strip of patterned paper. I used my sewing machine to stitch through and then followed up with adding enamel dots, sequins, and die cut pieces. 

 

 

Next, I created two layouts using Masquerade! I was so excited to find out Teresa was coming out with another Halloween line (its my favorite holiday!) Masquerade has the traditional orange and black colors of Halloween but I LOVE the purple enamel dots! 

 

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For this first layout, I used the die cut pennants to create a fun banner across the top corner of my page. I added in some of the decorative brads, die cuts, and enamel dots to accent. 

 

 

 

 

On this layout, I used a repeating triangle pattern that I cut with my Silhouette. Some of the triangles are reversed images with the patterned paper being under the cardstock. I also stitched the edges of each with my sewing machine. 

 

 

 

 Here is a close up of the triangles:  I did add sequins to the very top and bottom triangles and stitched through with my sewing machine.

 

 

I love using small clusters of pennants on my pages. Here, I placed a few at the top, adding some gold glitter tape and one of the decorative brads. 

 

 

Thank you for looking today and having me as guest!  I hope this inspires you to do some crafting of your own with one of Teresa's great collections! 

Thank you so much Jennifer!! You can see more of Jennifer's work on her blog here: http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/ 

Guest Designer Jordan Hasek is back this month using Memorabilia!!

Hi everyone, my name is Jordan Hasek and I'm so excited to be back on the Teresa Collins Design Team Blog!! Today I have three layouts to share with you that I made with the Memorabilia collection. I love this collection so much and the colors in this line just look so great together!!

On this layout I used many embellishments. I love to create lots of embellishment clusters and use all kinds of product. In the cluster on top left, I used a banner sticky note, a die cut, a arrow I cut out from the 6x6 paper pad, and some enamel dots (which I'm obsessed with) along with a brad. I simply just layered the die cuts and the sticky note banner.

I really liked all the banners that came with the chipboard element sheet so I knew I wanted to use them in a really cool way. Here I just punched out all the banners and lined them up along the bottom of my two photos. Then I added some brads in between some of the banners to kind of pull it all together so it wouldn't look like they were just laying on the page. I love how it turned out!!

These dimensional stickers are also one of my favorite embellishments along with the enamel dots. There great for adding another vocal point to your page and grabbing someones attention.

For my second page, I decided not to make a traditional scrapbook page. I wanted to make an inspiration page with a saying. I cut out the words "Believing in yourself is the first step to success" on my Cricut with various types of fonts. For the two main important words I filled the backing with gold sequins from the brand new sequins pack. Then I took the really fun washi tape set and put strips of washi tape on some scrap paper and backed the other words with it to fill in the word.

Here I just finished off the page with some final embellishing. I used some enamel dots and a chipboard piece.

I really like how the gold sequins help these words pop of the page and grab the eyes attention.

As much as I really love making pages with an overflowing amount of products, I also really like to make simple and clean pages. When I want to do a simple page, I prefer white or a very small pattern for the background paper. In this case I chose white. Another technique I like to do on simple layouts is sew around the boarder of the paper a few times with just plain white thread.

Next I layered up some pattern papers from the Memorabilia 6x6 paper pad and just ruffled up the edges of the sides for extra texture and dimension.

Here I snuck a little strip of washi tape under the layers.

I used this yellow broken chevron washi tape to make my own banner shape by just putting strips of it down on some white paper, then just cutted the shape out that I wanted. Then I just punched out and cut out some other shapes to go along the top right corner to form another cluster.

I really enjoyed working with this amazing collection!! I hope you enjoyed looking at my layouts and thank you so much for having me!!

- Jordan Hasek

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Guest Designer Alissa Fast is back with another mini album using Summer Stories

We are so excited to have Alissa back! She created the cutest mini album in an altered box last month using the Summer Stories collection. If you missed the post you can see it here: http://teresacollinsdesignteam.blogspot.com/2013/06/guest-designer-alissa-fast-with-great.html


I'm Alissa Fast and I live in Ferndale, WA with my husband of 26 years and our sweet little cat, who happens to be a Hurricane Katrina Survivor from New Orleans. I work full time for a wireless carrier and in my spare time I scrapbook and dabble in photography, I'm working to build up a small client base in my area.

Thank you so much for another amazing project Alissa! Please stop by Alissa's blog to see more of her creative work! Alissa's Blog: Www.alissafast.typepad.com