Vintage LOTV card and Bo Bunny...

Here is another card that I did with some new Bo Bunny

papers and a couple of my favorite dies from

the last release at the Spellbinders Winter CHA... 

LOTV has a totally different style in their

last release and the stamps have fun tags and

little bits that you can do in all sorts of colors

and styles.  I bought a few of them that you can

see right here.. and mixed them with the 

Timeless Rectangles and 5x7 Detailed Scallops Dies.

The rose tag in front is the stamp and I inked 

and layered it over the other papers.  And I added

lots of flowers and leaves and a cute little

birdcage charm that I had in my stash..

It's something different and it's always fun 

to play and mix up the papers and dies

and see what happens.. Thanks for 

stopping over and hope you like it.

Teresa

The Best Tuesday ever!!

It's official and I am so overjoyed that I made it

on the Spellbinders Team again!!  I will have to admit

that it was grueling waiting all day but the call came

and it was so wonderful to hear Stacey Caron's voice again!!

My last year was so amazing and I met some of
the most talented and sweetest people I have ever
met in my life... and i got to create with the BEST dies in the
industry so who could ask for more?  It has been
a dream come true and like I told my husband after
studying art in school and doing this as my job working
at the scrapbook store and all the other creative things
I get myself involved with.....
.. I am really, really happy!

A huge congrats to everyone who is 

on the new team for 2013-2014...

Beck Beattie

Christina Gualazzi

Christine Emberson

Janice Whiting

Marielle Le Blanc

Teresa Horner-that's me!

Theresa Momber

Yvonne van de Grijp

There will be some more news on Monday so be

sure and check the blog for that announcement too!

Cannot wait to see everyone in Arizona in August

and see what amazing things that Spellbinders

has for the future!!  So very, very, happy today!!!

Doing my happy dance today :)

New Baby Card with LOTV

We had some wonderful news of a brand new baby

for our friends kids making them first time grandparents

so I got out my new LOTV stamps from the new

release and made up a quick card with my Spellbinders too!

This is one of my favorite sayings and it fit perfect 

inside the Spellbinders Filigree Delight die set. The papers

are from the new Petal Fresh 8x8 pad and the colors

and patterns were just perfect for the card.  I thought

layering it with kraft would give it more of a little baby

boy look and I found this cute little bear embellishment

that went really well with it.

 Now all I have to do is

shop for an adorable outfit or something and get it

off into the mail!  So very excited for them and their

beautiful new baby boy!  

Thanks for stopping in.. Happy Monday :)

Teresa

Fun with embossing...

So the other day I was looking for something special in my local

craft store and came upon the markdown area.  I found

a cute frame and some kraft flowers each for $1 so I thought

lets see what i have at home and what i can put together.

And I have time to do something so this is what I made.

To make the flower frame 

 I used some scraps of kraft paper I had and drew out

the shape of the frame and embossed it with my

big Spellbinders M-bossabilites folder called Garden Lattice.

This I glued down and let it dry so I could sand the edges.

And then I inked around all of it with my 

chalk ink from Tsukineko... love the gingerbread color!

One very cool thing about their folders is that you get 2

designs in one folder.. You just flip it the other way and

the other design is on the other side.  It's really neat 

and it saves lots and lots of space.... 

A really fun trick to making the designs pop is to just 

take a chalk ink and run it carefully over the top so that

the designs are nice and shaded.  This was the perfect

pattern to use and I added black lace with scor-tape to the

outside and then a thin band of black printed cardstock

on the inside rim with scor tape.  The ribbon is black

seam binding and I inked the sale flowers that I got to match

and tucked in some leaves to fill in the gaps.  It needed 

just a thin piece of ribbon on the inside edge and that was

all and I am really happy with the way it came out.

It's kind of vintage looking western and I really love

all the texture that it has... I am not a flat paper kind of

gal and I think that is why I love Spellbinders so much..

It's pretty much in my blood now so you will always

see something from their amazing line of craft dies and things.

Hope you all have a great Sunday!!

Hugs,  Teresa

New Penny Black Dalia stamp

I had some time today to do a quick card to send and

I used one of my new Penny Black stamps and

colored it with Copics and some Distress inks.

I really need to color more and get back into

practice but it was fun to do to play...

The stamp is called Sweet Dalia and is one

of the new releases they just came out with.

.. This would be a fun card to change up and 

do the flower in different colors and backrounds too.

Next weekend is card club so I will have lots to

share this week so be sure and check back to

see some more fun ideas.

Have a nice weekend... Teresa

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

Cardabilites has a new post up today..

So sadly this is my last post this time for Cardabilites so I wanted

to make it a really pretty one.  I have lots of things going on now but

I am sure going to join along on the sketches each month

just because they are always so pretty and fun!

So here is the beautiful sketch that Karan designed
and that we get to work with this time and down below

is my card that I did for it!  I really like it!

The papers I used this time are from one of my

very favorite companies.. Bo Bunny

This is the Cest La Vie Paper line and the cute border

in the middle is actually on one of the papers. The
backround blue and brown papers are cut and embossed
with the 5x7 Matting Basic dies.  Aren't they neat?

I used my On the Edge dies to make the heart

border and added some lace on top of that and then

added the pretty metal frame for the back that

I had in my stash.  I think it looks good behind

the Labels Twenty tag.  

 For the words on my tag i used a stamp from Vintage

Greeting from TPC Studio and used Coffee ink and 

clear embossing powder and then cut it out and glued it.

The flowers are a mix of things I had and I layered them

to make the flower spray.  Last but not least I added 

tiny little pearls and some greenery for it.

Thanks for stopping over and love, love, love to

hear from you and where you are from.  I think 

that is the part I love best about this!

Have a really wonderful day,

Teresa