Hi Everyone - Lowri here with a good old fashioned Sunday Scrapping post! Grab a coffee, pull up a chair and read on...

WELL - with all the Design Team creating such amazing projects, it seems like ages since I posted some ideas! I have been busy creating with all the wonderful Echo Park products for my Design Team assignments as well as some projects recently for the Teresa Collins blog.  To kick off let's look at what the DT have been creating this week..


Sandy, Christine, Lindsey, Lisa and Betsy have these fabulous project posted - click on the names to be taken to the full blog post.


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Teresa Collins - Everyday Moments Projects
These projects use the lovely Everyday Moments Collection from Teresa Collins. You can see more detail on my blog here and all the products are available in the shop here.



Echo Park Hello Summer Projects
I have really enjoyed working with this fabulously fun and bright Hello Summer Collection. Nothing like these lovely bright colors to cheer you up on the cold winter days! Here are a few of my  recent creations

Favor Stand
This was so much fun to make - you can see all the details here.It is basically just a cardboard cupcake stand from the Warehouse covered in paper!


Mini Album
This hybrid album combines the digital and paper collections. You can see more pictures and details here.


June Challenge
Don't forget to enter our latest Challenge - you can see all the details here. Send us any project using Ruby-Rockit products OR using any quote OR using the sketch (coming soon)

Entering the Challenge
To enter the challenge email a picture of your project to us at entries@artfullcrafts.co.nz or drop them off at the shop to be displayed at Artfull Crafts by midnight June 29th.

If you can - please remember to include the following :

1. Your name! (You would be surprised how many people forget this :-))
2. PLEASE name the file you send with your full name.
3. Tell us if this is your first time entering - (we offer a First Time Entry prize too)
4. Your blog (if you have one)
5. If your project has a special story behind it - we'd love to hear it!

You can send us as many entries as you like. We will be featuring all entries at the end of the Challenge and you can find all the entries on our Competition Gallery.

For CHA Winter 2012, all the Ruby Rock-It designers made banners to decorate a gazebo at the booth. This was mine using the Paper Boy collection which in blue, orange and red which is a really trendy colour combination right now.



Before it was packed up and shipped out, I tied it to one of the huge flame-of-the-forest trees in my neighbourhood and captured these photos. Each kraft-based pennant is a different size and design. You can find chipboards, letter stickers, felties, border trims and ribbons in the close-up shots



Staging the project outside was a bit a more work, from figuring out the angle of the light to fielding questions about it from passer-bys but I'm glad I made the effort because it really showed off the banner nicely.



I'll have an altered project that uses just two papers from this collection. Hope you'll come and check it out  on my blog.


Ruby Rock-It Supplies : Paper Boy (PB89 Cards and Envelops, PBY10 Collage, PBY19 Border Stickers, PBY58 Nostaglia, PBY65 Die-Cut, PBY72 Cardstock Stickers, PBY73 Tokens, PBY87 Felt Icons, PBY89 Ribbon, PBY97 Chipboard Accent) Others : eyelets, twine

Hi Everyone

We have had a fantastic month celebrating all things Teresa Collins and to finish it off we are announcing our Challenge Winners! Some fabulous entries again this month - and here they are ! You can also see all of these in our Competition Gallery on the website here.

Amanda

Barbara

Clarissa

Diane R

Juanita

Kari (Cover)

Kari (Inside)

Lisa

Louise

Phillipa

Shirelle

Sue

Teryl

Yoko

WINNERS
Our winners are:

First Time Entrant: Shirelle
Overall Winner: Yoko
Sketch Winner: Sue

Congratulations ladies - please email me here to claim your prize :-)

We want to thank you all for submitting your entries. We appreciate your contribution. Did you know we have a Competition Gallery on our website where all your projects get loaded. Head there now and see what everyone has contributed.

Stay tuned for our next Center Stage Feature! Announcement tomorrow!

Hi there - Christine here.
I have a Layout to share with you today using the Teresa Collins Everyday Moments Collection.
The photo is of my daughter, Leanne and her boyfriend, Phil. At Ligar Bay in the beautiful Golden Bay at the top of the South Island. Love this Place!
I have also used some Tim Holtz Dies - the rosette ones and the weathered Clock.

Here is a card I have made as well!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Hello. Lindsey here with the last little bits of my Teresa Collins "Spring Fling" collection.


I thought I might have enough bits left over to make a card. I am so besotted with those little hot air balloons, none of this could go to waste.

Hi Everyone

Today we have some Q&A with Sesil Cratin, Social Media/Marketing Director with Teresa Collins Designs 

How long have you been in the Spotlight at TCD and if you were to win an award, what crafts would it be for?
I have been with TCD for 2 years. If I were to win an award the craft would be for my card making skills. I love making cards!!

Who is to blame for your craft addiction?
A good friend of mine asked me to go to a scrapbooking party with her. That was back in 1998. The rest is history!

What inspires you for layouts/projects/cards and whose blog do you check every day?
My inspirations comes from browsing websites like Pinterest. A blog I check out every day is...Teresa's of course! Other than hers I am inspired by our own design team. They are just amazing and right now we have the dream team creating with us, we are so lucky.

The stage life is full of thrills and spills. Share with us your favourite project and describe your worst crafting disaster!
Truth be told on this card....this was my 5th attempt to make a card. I usually don't have a hard time trowing a card together but for some reason that day I could not get the creative juices flowing. This card was hard to finish in the end but overall I am happy with the results.


Even though I have created many cards, layouts and mini albums there are times that I am just not happy with the results. I just have to clear my mind and start again. Practice makes perfect. Sometimes even my goof-ups are my best cards I have created.

What tools and props do you always rely on?
I love my sewing machine. I am always drawn to stitching on my projects. I am not a seamstress by any means. BUT, If I can not use the sewing machine...I add bling.

What’s your current favourite technique or embellishment that every project simply MUST include?
Again, I love sewing on my pages. It add subtle texture and just the right embellishment without interfering with the papers or other elements in my project.

Thanks Sesil - it has been great learning more about you and we love that card!

WINNER
The winner of the Blog-Swap comment competition was - Brenda McKay - Brenda email us here to claim your prize!

Betsy here today, to share another three Teresa Collins cards. I really do love this collection which is called Every Day Moments. The colour are just gorgeous - blue and gold.



Isn't she so cute? - a Lili of the Valley stamp coloured with copic marker. She does look as though she's found the Art of Living, doesn't she?!



Buntings or banners are all the rage at the moment. The collection has stickers and chipboard which I have used here. Makes card making so easy, with all the extras.

Hi Everyone. Lisa here. Today I have a layout to share using Kaisercrafts' Great Southern Land range.
If you haven't seen this range yet, you should really check it out! It is such a versatile range. It is ideal for Australian themed projects, travel projects, masculine projects to name just a few. In my last post I focused on the gorgeous greens & browns in the range to team up with my Rain forest & flora photos. Today I focused more on the rich reds & browns to work in with my Autumn themed photos & the absolutely gorgeous leaves from the shop.



I have used a rich red/brown patterned paper from the range as my base paper. I gently distressed the edges then inked with Tim Holtz distress ink.
I then chose a lighter piece of patterned paper & created a large scalloped circle die cut using my new toy...a Lucky 8 punch from We R Memory Keepers. Basically these punches allow you to create a large die cut just by punching each corner or your page, you then flip your page & punch four more times.
At this stage we don't have these in the shop, but I can tell you Liz loves them too! So, watch this space! 
I used Tim Holtz Distress ink -Walnut stain & Antique linen to darken the die cut to help bring it all together.

I kept this layout pretty simple, I added my photos, a journal tag, a rub on, some pearls & the gorgeous Autumn leaves.
I also gently sanded the edges of my photos. I like to do this sometimes, as the photos can look to crisp against all the warm tonings. 






I have made a couple of gift tags using the tags from the Specialty paper die cut sheet. Sometimes you need a little tag for a gift that maybe for a male or someone who isn't in to pretty or fussy bits & pieces. So these are perfect. I just layered the die cut tags on to patterned paper, some more distress inking, some gorgeous ribbons, pearls & staples.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Lisa

Today is an exciting day! We welcome two Teresa Collins Design Team members onto our blog (Amanda and Yvonne) and two of ours (Lowri and Sandy) are being showcased on their blog! There's a chance to win a $20 prize pack from Teresa Collins - so be sure to get all the way to the bottom of the posts and follow the instructions!

Hi everyone!

It's Amanda here from the Teresa Collins design team to share with you a layout I created with the Fabrications Canvas collection. I created this page for my son. Although the Fabrications Canvas line has a lot of feminine prints and details, the bolder hues and subtler designs mean you can just as easily create boy projects, which is good news for me as I have a 9 year old son and I don't have many girly photographs ;)



This picture was taken at Easter, so I wanted to use plenty of color and details to reflect the time of year. I decided to risk a bolder floral print behind my photo which I think worked really well without making the page too girly. Fabrications Canvas is so versatile! Thank you for the opportunity to share here at Artfull Crafts!




You can find more from me on my blog at http://blog.amandajonesdesigns.com and if you'd like to keep up with the latest from Teresa Collins Designs, come and join us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tcdesigns


Hi Everyone

My name is Yvonne Blair and I am very happy to share some of my work with you. I am very fortunate to be on Teresa Collin’s Design Team. I love her style and what she stands for in the paper crafting community! Her papers are so beautiful and her new line Sweet Afternoon is one of my very favorites. It is simply beautiful. I love how fresh and fun it is.


This layout is featuring my daughter Breanna. I love these pictures of my daughter and really wanted to perfect paper to showcase them. Here is a little close up.


I double layered the butterflies with Sweet Afternoon Paper with Vellum on top. The flowers were cut out from the 6 x 6 pad. Love being able to cut smaller size embellies out of the paper.
Sweet Afternoon is so very versatile. It can really be used for so many things. Spring, Easter, the everyday, special events, boy or girl. It is really that fabulous!

I am so excited to be able to share some of my work with you...I hope you enjoy! If you would like to visit my blog and see some more of my work, go my blog. www.yblair.blogspot.com. Hope to have you for a visit, wink.


Competition Time!

Go in the draw to win a $20 assorted pack from Teresa Collins by simply reading this blog post and the post from Lowri and Sandy on the new TCD blog, liking Teresa Collins Facebook Page, and then post on the Artfull Crafts Facebook Page letting us know your favourite project. Please complete by midnight 25th of May. International entries welcome.

Hi there Christine here with some cards I have made using Teresa Collins Fabrications Canvas Collection.