A Bit East-coast

new cards.

.[new cards].

I have been MIA(sorry) spending time with my family-lots of couch time with LaVaughn. We went through 2 seasons of The Killing and the first season of House of Cards on Netflix.

Today I went into my studio and made two cards with new TCD's Masquerade and Memorabilia lines...I LOVE the skeleton stamp,I was a bit heavy on the inking-oops!

 

Teresa Collins Designs CHA projects

.[CHA].

I can finally share my projects that I did for TCD's CHA booth! Her new lines-Masquerade Party, Santa's List, Memorabilia, Family Stories...are all fabulous! Forgive the bad photos, I was on my way out the door before I remembered I needed to take photos.

 

.[what you said/what you asked].

 

 

Julie Ebersole said:

Stunning, as always... I usually just lurk, but I've been a big fan of your work for years. :) thanks so much for all you share!

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Hi Julie, Thanks for 'lurking' for so long!!!

 

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1189193609 said:

I love everything about this card--would love to know what embossing folder and dies that you used. Yummy colors.

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Thanks, here is a link to the embossing folders that I used...

Lifestyle Crafts Chain 2-Pack Embossing Folder for Scrapbooking

 

 

 

Jay Jean said:

Oh my. That is beautiful!! I would love to know what die set that is (the ticket shape.) I must have it.

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Hello Jay Jean...Thanks, that die was...

Sideshow Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box

 

 

 

 

 

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sorry. beach vacation break.

n e w.t h i n g s

CHA... come visit us!!!!!! GIVING ALL ALL FOUR COLLECTIONS-

CHA Make N TAKE- PRESS Release TC & CRAFTWELL machine

beach layout-TCD's blog.

.[beach layout].

Today I am the blogger for the TCD DT blog-I did this layout using the Summer Stories line for my post.

 

.[products].

• TCD Summer Stories-dot pp/yellow floral, pink stripe, gray damask, washi tape
• Dies-Die-Namics Die-Peek-A-Boo Squared, Die-Namics Die-Insert It - Instaframe, My Favorite Things Die Namics Die By The Letters, Sideshow Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box

 

Die-Namics Strip Die-LJD: Ticket

um, hi there?

.[um, hi there].

HELLO!! I am sorry for such a LONG break! I have just spending time with my honey & our girls. LaVaughn & I have been doing lots of night time walks with Lulu-which is cooler for Lulu and I love having the fireflies lighting the way! And we were stretched out on the couch watching lots of tv-which made us super lazy! Although I missed being in my studio, I needed the break.

I spent ALL day today making these two cards, whoa! I used TCD's Summer Stories line...

tied with a bow.

.[tied with a bow].

Today just a couple quick little projects using a new bow die, it's super cute with a large rhinestone center! And I love having a rosette die-it makes it so much easier & faster to make!

.[products].

• Die-Namics Die-Beautiful Bows 
• My Favorite Things Die Namics Die .25' Rosette  

 

 

 

 

 

 

.[what you said/what you asked].

 

 

Laura said:

More beautiful work! Thanks so much for the info about the embossing folders -- I really like the vine!

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Thank Laura, I love that one too-it was from Stampin Up.

 

 

Terrance Doxie said:

Love this post and I totally love the pictures of the cows. I think I would totally love living in the country.

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We do love being a little further out...except when we run out of milk, argh!!

 

Heaven said:

What a gorgeous little girl!! I bet she's just the apple of their eye!! I love your neighbors lol I live near some active farms myself and this time of year is especially stinky! LOL :)

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Thank goodness we usually don't smell them-but every blue moon I do get a drift of 'em!!

Jan Metcalf said:

The simplicity is beautiful! You have the style perfected!!

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Thanks so much Jan!!

 

 

the die/card addict.

a little mom garland.

a simple layout.

.[kiela & lulu].

I did this simple layout for the TCD dt blog last Thursday using the new Summer Stories line-and lots of dies!

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argh, struggling.

argh, struggling.

.[argh, struggling].

I am struggling with getting over a learning curve-with PS elements 10! For Mother's Day I received a Mac Mini, woohoo. It replaced our 10yr old pc(Kiela was a baby when we bought it)-that kept me hoping each time that I needed it today wasn't the day it would crash! It was painfully slow, it wouldn't boot-up at times...and it was the one I did my entire photo editing on with CS3. Sadly with the new computer we couldn't afford to upgrade Photoshop CS:-(. So I have to start all over with getting new actions and just learning the basics again. I am so used to having everything saved as an action, woe is me-poor me!! I don't miss that HUGE cpu;-P

Soooo, as I learn my way through psElements I will share a couple of cards I did for the TCD DT blog last week. Simple cards made with left over scraps from the Summer Stories line...

 

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the die/card addict.

a little mom garland.

weekend card making.

.[weekend card making].

Even though we spent Saturday doing some serious(5mi, 2hr) hiking on a local Appalachian Trail-my calves are a bit sore! I did have some leftover energy to do a few cards.

.[products].

• TCD Summer Stories line-gray damask pp, yellow dot pp, blk/white pp
• dies-butterfly, Die-Namics Die-Insert It - Instaframe, Die-Namics Strip Die-LJD: Ticket, My Favorite Things - Die-Namics Die - Ticket Book, Die-namics Mini Doily Circles Dies, Spellbinders S5-152 Shapeabilities Expandable Patterns Fancy Lattice Die Templates

 

 

 

 

.[what you siad/what you asked].

 

~amy~ said:

seriously, thank you for your never ending amazing inspiration and for leaving me a comment on my keisha inspired card:)

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Amy, it was a sweet surprise to see my name mentioned on your blog-which is pretty awesome!!

TCD's Friday DT blogger.

.[TCD's Friday DT blogger].

Today I am the TCD's blogger and here is what I posted for today. There was no theme this week, so I went with doing more cards & tags-using my favorite pattern papers from the line. I really don't know how I have been able to scrap for so long w/o using a Big Kick, lol. I am TRULY addicted to my machine and dies. These projects have been done all with dies & embossing folders. The dies makes things look as if they were factory cut-and I have a ever growing wishlist of dies-"we want more, we want more";-P!

.[products].

TCD Summer Stories-blk/wht pp, notebook pp, yellow damask pp, yellow dot pp, pink damask pp, chipboard words

Dies-Spellbinders S4-368 Nestabilities Hexagons Die Templates , Spellbinders S4-353 Nestabilities Labels 24 Die Template , Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, Labels 3 , Spellbinders S6-001 Nestabilities Matting Basics A Die Templates, 5 by 7-Inch , Carnival Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box , Sideshow Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box , memory box butterfly, memory box deliah butterfly, Lifestyle Crafts Sequence Embossing Folder, 2-Pack

 

 

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su sale-a-bration...tick tick tock.

gift tags.

new cards. new dies. some Easter.

birthday cards.

black. white. and brights.

framed art & a gift box.

summer stories, more.

summer stories with new dies.

.[summer stories/new dies].

I spent some stime yesterday making this card & tag using more from the TCD Summer Stories line and a few new dies. I am kinda addicted to My Favorite Things Die-Namics now, I just purchased 6 of their dies(for starters;-)). And I love the Fancy Trellis Spellbinders die I used for the card background.

.[products].

• TCD Summer Stories-pink dot pp, gray damask, yellow dot, chipboard stickers(smile & button), pink damask pp
• Dies- Memory Box Butterfly, Die-Namics Strip Die-LJD: Ticket, My Favorite Things Die Namics Die Rounded Banner Trio, Die-Namics Die-Insert It - Instaframe, Spellbinders S5-152 Shapeabilities Expandable Patterns Fancy Lattice Die Templates

 

 

 

.[what you said/what you asked].

 

Angee Butler-Carter said:

I absolutely love the diecuts (?) you used on your cards. Is it a die? I think it's a great way to use project life cards in different ways.

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Yes, dies Angee! I used these two dies for those cards(I LOVE them)...

Carnival Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box & Sideshow Tickets Die-cut // Memory Box

 

 

 

Joy Gissing said:

We call cilantro, coriander in Australia and I never have any luck growing it. My passion fruit, bananas,grapes, lemons, ect all grow well but they say that coriander is very hard to grow. If you have any luck with it let me know your method.

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Joy, you have me nervous now! I had bought a cilantro plant when we first moved into our home-and it did AMAZING. Then we went on a vacation for a week, so no one was home to water it-it was gone when we came home. I bought the same plant TWICE and put it in the same place-both died. I have my fingers crossed that it will thrive on the deck...I will keep you posted!

 

 

 

 

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gift tags.

birthday cards.

new cards. new dies. some Easter.