Playing along with Sketchabilites today...

Since I got scads of photos printed last week and a 

beautiful new sketch is up on Sketchabilites-- I 

thought I would play along and get some more

pages done while my mojo is still working good!!

Here is Karan's sketch...

and here is my page that I did...

 This is a picture of my DD and her friend

on her birthday at Disneyland. They are both so funny

and fun to be around and we had a really great day

celebrating with her.  The papers I used are from

Bo Bunny and are from the Prairie Chic line which

fits my baby girl pretty good I think! The sketch was

really pretty and made it easy to put my page 

together quick and I got to use a little paint too!

 I fussy cut lots of the tags and goodies that I had

on the paper to create the flower cluster that she had.

And I inked some prima wood leaves to fill in the spots.

I am still trying to use what I have around and mixed

some Bo Bunny letters and Authentique letters from 

my stash. I love the colors and it was really fun to do.

Thanks for stopping over and have

a really nice day ! 

Recipe file

I was looking through some pictures that

I had and found this fun Recipe Card box that

i did out of some of my favorite Best Creation

papers.  I love the glittery dots on this paper line

and it made it so easy to cover this yucky dollar

store box that I got and make it pretty enough

to give as a present filled with yummy recipes.

It even has some of my first and one of my most favorite

Spellbinders dies on the front, Scalloped ovals!!  Tried

and true they are still my favorites to mix with other dies.

I used some big apple green grommets to tie the sheer

green ribbon around the box and the letters are

adhesive black ones by Mrs. Grossman. The flowers are

Flora Doodles and i mixed them with some Prima flowers.

 I still love using embossing folders and I used a 

really simple edged one to make the cards for this.

I also used the dotted paper to mat it so they

would be really cute on the other side too.

The little flower border is from EK and I punched

a big 12" piece and wrapped it around the top

and bottom of the box to finish the edge.

Thanks for stopping over and hope you all had

a really fun day celebrating with the dads in your life

today.. Ours was great and we finished with a fun movie

and a yummy chocolate cake for dessert!

Have a wonderful day :)  Teresa

CSI Case File #75

I  really miss doing Debbie's CSI casefiles and today I 

decided to get one finished and start doing lots more to

get some pages done for my books.  This weeks file

has lots of pretty colors to use and inspiration and I really

had fun with it. My cousin posted a photo of her and her

husband and they celebrated their 28th weddding anniversary.

I didn't get to go then but it was so nice to see the picture

and they really haven't changed much in all that time...

Here is the case file photo...

and here is my page that I finished

 I used some of my Prima papers and flowers that I had
for this and lots of other little goodies to add for the
evidence and testimony. I think the only thing I didn't get
on the page is a ruffle but I did a pretty good job. On the backround
I cut and embossed some of my favorite Spellbinders Grand Decorative
Circles and Stately Circles.. They have the prettiest edges and
are perfect to start my pages with...

  For the title I needed to do a banner so I mixed in
the hearts and added the I do letters and a few pearls tied
with a gold string... I really like it :) and
it was really fun to figure out how to get in
everything on the list as usual.. You are awesome Debbie!

The flowers are a mix of alot of things that I had and
I tied in some lace and used wood leaves and butterflies
and then added a few Prima jewels to make it sparkle.
I am going to frame it and give it to her for a present so
I slipped a tag I did from a Spellbinders label die so that
she can write something special about that day and
it will be a very special memory for her and her husband.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fun weekend!

Hugs... Teresa

Spellbinders and Canvas...

I love working on Canvas and painting and mixing lots of

different medias on them and today I want to share a fun one

i did in the Spellbinders Gallery! Yay!! They have these beautiful

mini dies out called Die Delights and they have the cutest fun

shapes to create with that you can see here...

  

To start my project I tore and inked some paper for the

backround and stamped some chain with a Bo Bunny

stamp I got.  I layered the Basic Grey papers and embossed

a piece to to layer over some lace.  The gate was my focus

so I actually cut 2 layers of it and glued it together and

them inked over it and embossed it with clear to make

it more shiny.  I wanted to create a tiny rose garden around

it so I fussy cut some flowers and added a die cut swirl

from the Flowers and Florishes die set and some extra 

little flowers to tuck in the sides.  I also added a little

flower from Bo Bunny in glitzy brown rhinestones to match

with the centers of the flowers .  It was really fun and I love

to make these to decorate my house with little sayings

that keep me cheerful and thinking amazing positive thoughts!       

This is another 6x6 canvas that I did a while back and 

it seems like a great time to share it with my other one.

It too uses lots of Spellbinders dies for the base and I used 

some Prima flowers and Zva bling for the rest.  This is

a great way to make gifts and decorate and use up

some of the odds and ends you have laying about your craft

room!  Still working on lots of things for Spellbinders so I have to go but

I hope you get inspired to make one up and thanks

as always for stopping in to see what's new :)

My New File Folder Class with Bo Bunny

I had to share my new File Folder Class that I just taught

this last Sat because I really love the papers that we used and

how it came out.  Each month I teach 1 or 2 new ones with

different themes and this time I designed one for 4th of July

and you can also use it for fun picnic photos!

 The new patriotic line out called Anthem is just beautiful!
It's filled with bright colorful designs and has lots
of tags and cut out perfect to make our file folders with. We also
used the stickers they had and fun patriotic letters with it.

I so love designing these files because there is so

many places for photos which I usually end up with

alot of.. So the flaps go up and there is pockets

for photos and journaling too!

Our next class is going to be on Sat. July 20 and we
are doing a Simple Stories file for everyday family
and a Teresa Collins travel file.  Be sure and call
Hearts N Crafts to sign up, it should be really fun!
626-967-9036

Thanks for stopping over and have an amazing week!
Hugs and Smiles... Teresa

Dressing up my desk today...

Hi Everyone,

We are super busy creating for CHA so my post today

is something that I did some time back to fix up my desk

in my scrap room that i was redoing.

I had some things laying around but thought i would

pretty them up with papers and flowers and bits of ribbon.

It was really fun and now I can use it everyday for

my projects that I have in the making!

I made a simple folded desk calendar using the

Timeless Rectangles dies mixed with my favorite 

French Frills Die set.  The mini calendar I got online

and the beautiful roses are made with the Bitty Blossoms

die set from Spellbinders.  I love this die because it gives

you so many options to personalize your flowers for 

things that you create.  You can even mix it in the centers

of the Carnation Creation dies too.  Be imaginative and 

have fun with it and see what happens...

 For my note holder I had an old brown paper one that

I covered in pretty papers and made matching flowers

for the top of it too.  The post-it fits perfect inside of it.

And lastly my metal pencil holder needed a bit of

sprucing up so I covered it in paper too and added

a base with 2 layers of Lacey Circles dies.  Of course

I had to make some more flowers for this too and added

a pretty piece of pink ribbon to match the other pieces.

I hope you like it and will inspire you to fix up and

recycle some things you might have laying about.

Thanks so much for stopping by

and hope you have a really nice weekend!!

Teresa