b.

So today I wanted to share a page with you where the inspiration came from a West Elm frame that I pinned to my Pintrest Board. For the Love of Design.

I loved the single photo centered with the off centered "B" on the frame. Taking those two things into consideration I opened up my Silhouette Studio application and played around with fonts and letters until I came up with something I liked:

I knew automatically that I wanted to use this photo of Charlotte being silly one day at the park. I love the colors in her outfit and knew they would fit perfectly with these papers from Crate Paper's Storyteller Line. Then I just had to find adjectives that I wanted to use to represent the photo and the page.

Details:

The font for the "b" is Rockwell and the amazing condensed sans-serif font is "blanch" from Lost Type Co-op. They have amazing fonts and allow you to pay what you want for the font you want to download. After I cut out the white cardstock I saw the cute little white hearts sticking to the mat and thought they would make fun tone-on-tone embellishments for the page. So I popped them up with some pop dots to add dimension.

This cute little brad from Crate Papers Pretty Party and these pink embellishments from Studio Calico and October Afternoon help add interest and tie in the colors from the bottom of the page.

I am loving on these Prima flowers lately. They also make some linen ones that I am enjoying. I love the natural texture and wood centers. They are just girly enough without being over the top.

Also, I started a facebook artist page where I am posting sneaks and my blog posts when they go live, it is a page all about scrapbooking. I would love it if you would follow me by clicking 'Like' on my facebook page:

I hope you enjoyed the page today and thank you for coming by!

Teka

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A quick card tutorial

Hello everyone,

Today I wanted to share a quick and easy card tutorial. I have a friend who is having a little girl and wanted to have this card ready for when the time came. :)

So lets begin!

First, I selected my supplies. A mix of pinks and hearts since she is having a little girl.

I love using the wood veneer embellishments natural but today I wanted to do something different with them. So I broke out my new favorite Mr Huey (Boss Lady) and gave them a good spritz. 

Now I waited a bit to let them dry. If you have an embossing gun that would make this step faster. I was feeling lazy and didn't go dig for it. I just went and had a cup of coffee while I waited. :)

Next I made my card base. To do this I take a sheet of 8.5x11 cardstock and cut it in half the long way. I then have two sheets of paper that are 4.25x11. I took one of those and score it at the 5.5'' mark where I want my fold. This will be the top of my card.

After I have my card folded I lay my (dry) hearts down where I think I want them. Then I take my stamp and place it where I believe I want it to go. This gives me an opportunity to change things before I stamp it in ink.

Now I ink up my stamp. I first place it on the block then ink it up by tapping my ink pad onto the stamp. I make sure the ink is even. Then I am ready to stamp it.

I cleared off the blank card and stamped the cardstock using the grid lines on my block to align the stamp.

Next I cut my pattern paper to size. I wanted a strip for the top and the bottom. So I cut them at 4.25 to match the width of my card.

After I get the in place I feel it is missing some detail and decided to use a scallop punch for some detailing on the edges.

There we go. Much better.

After I get these all laid and taped down I think that I would like some more contrast to the card since the black of the banner is so striking. So I added a tiny strip of blue dots to the top and bottom of the card.

The very last strip is some ribbon. I wanted to add this a bit off center since the rest of the elements are all centered. I think it adds a nice soft touch.

And now we have a finished card that I am sure my friend will love. 

Thanks for coming by today! 

Teka

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Getting Beachy with write. click. scrapbook.

So I am doing a bit here, there and everywhere this week. Today I have a blog post up over at write. click. scrapbook. showcasing ideas on getting your beach photos scrapped. There is a bunch of inspiration from the amazing girls over there that contributed to my post for today. I really encourage you to go check it out.

Here is the page I made for the post to show how to make a beach 'themed' page without using beach themed papers and embellishments:

 A few details:

I am loving these little clips I picked up at Office Depot. I want to put them everywhere. They come in a bunch of cute colors bright colors. The scrap of paper matting these top two photos is actually the back of an advertisement from Studio Calico. I love using these on my pages. 

It is no secret I love these doll alphas from American Crafts. As I was sticking my letters down I noticed I didn't have a lowercase a...   So I placed a capital 'A' in the middle of the word. I still love it and it doesn't bother me like I feared it would. Also, this week I received my box of HeyDay goodies from Studio Calico. I ordered their sentiment stamp set for that line and I am pretty infatuated with it. Here you see 'My Happy Place' stamped under the title is from that set.

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I hope everyone has a fabulous Thursday! Wow, it is already Thursday. This week flew by for me.  


Thanks for stopping by today!
-Teka

Ormolu - Let Go...

I have a new blog post and layout up at Ormolu today! Please go check it out! Here is a little sneak:

I am really loving how this one turned out and hope you love it as much as I do too!


-Teka

Washi Love

Today I have a layout to share with about my obsession of one of my newest favorite crafting supplies. As I was looking through my photos on Instagram I noticed these photos I took of my washi tape. I have been wanting to make a background to my page with just washi stripes for awhile now and felt this was the perfect opportunity.

After I made the background I felt it could use some softening so I layered on some vellum and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine.

Details:

Close up of the background.

Some of the Washi I used:

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and a wonderful Fathers day.

Thanks for coming by today!

-Teka

Just a little sneaky

Today I am just sharing a little sneak of a layout I am working on and plan on posting on Monday. It is just for fun, just for me.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

-Teka

One more today...

Completely forgot this one was going live on the Jillibean Blog today. I have been itching to share this one. I believe it is my favorite layout I have ever made for them. I love the Neopolitan Line and the content of this page.

I made and cut out these bubbles on my Silhouette SD. 

Also, for those who are interested I still have theses word bubble downloadable files available for free (this above page was the inspiration for these freebies): 

click image to be taken to download.

Products used:

Ok that is it for me today! :)
 Thanks for swinging in!

 -Teka

Cards and a Layout

Here are a few projects that went live other places but I haven't yet had a chance to put them up here.

First a layout I did for Write.Click.Scrapbook gallery last month. I never posted the whole layout here. The challange was to lift a fellow team member. I was lucky enough to get the very talented Marie Taylor. Please go check out her blog! Not only is she a talented scrapbooker she is also a very talented photographer!

The products used for this layout are: 

cardstock (French Paper Co.) + embellishments (Ormolu, American Crafts, Studio Calico, tim holtz) + washi (American Crafts, Etsy, Love My Tapes) + letter stickers (American Crafts) + chipboard letters (American Crafts) + die cutting machine (Silhouette) + buttons (October Afternoon) + mist (Studio Calico)

Here is a card that went life on the Jillibean Soup Blog last week-

Products used for this card are:
Cardstock (French Paper Co.) + Stamps (Jillibean Soup Neapolitan Set) + Pattern Paper (Jillibean Soup Neapolitan Bean Bisque line) + Stickers (Jillibean Soup Lables) + Twine + Rhinestone

And here is another card I made for Jillibean featuring their amazing selection of buttons.

Products used for this card are:
Cardstock (French Paper Co.) + Stamps (Jillibean Soup Hearty Barley Set) +  Buttons (Jillibean Soup) + photo corners

Happy Thursday Everyone!

-Teka

u & me - Ormolu

Today was my day to post at the Ormolu blog. Super fun and exciting since it is my first time posting for them. In the post I shared a layout I have been wanting to make of Eric and I. 

Hop on over to have a look! 

Ormolu Products Used:
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Thanks for coming by today!

-Teka

3 of my LOs on Crate Paper Blog!

Super excited that 3 of my layouts were posted over at the Crate blog today. Run over and take a peek here:

http://crate.typepad.com/cratepaper/2012/06/our-absolute-favorite-time-of-the-month-is-here-and-were-raring-to-go-with-all-sorts-of-projects-from-the-crate-paper-s.html

I am doing a little happy dance. :) 

-Teka

The Kindness of the Human Heart.

The kindness of others never fails to amaze me. This morning I went to go check my mail and when I looked inside I saw an envelope from Studio Calico. Inside was a Gift Card addressed to me from an "anonymous friend" as a cheer up gift. Thank you so much my friend. My scrappy stash also thanks you since I have been a little bummed about having to completely stop spending on scrappy stuff. :)

To show my appreciation here is a little thank you from me to you:

xo- Teka

Winner Winner

The winner of the Studio Calico gift card is Lucky Number 8:

 Which correlates to Connie:

Please email me your full address and I will get that shipped off to you this week! Congrats! You can find my email at the links on top of this post. :)

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I loved each and every one of your comments.

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I know I did and will be posting photos this week sometime!

x-Teka

Write.Click.Scrapbook Blog Hop

Today I have some exciting news to share. Write. Click. Scrapbook asked me to join their team! Of course I jumped on the opportunity. I have been sitting on this tidbit of information for a couple of weeks and so excited that I get to finally share it. :)

To celebrate them turning 3 we are hosting a blog hop. A long this blog hop you will collect a letter from each of the team members blogs. If you are just learning of the hop start here at Alexandra's blog. Once you have collected everyone's letter you will end at the Write Click Scrapbook blog and reveal what secret phrase you picked up on the way to be entered to win a large box of scrappy goodies. Also, scroll down below because I am doing a give away as well at the end of this post.

Letter:

What I love about Write. Click. Scrapbook:

What I love most about Write. Click. Scrapbook. is that it has diverse amount of creativity in one place. It takes the 3 of my passions and combines them into one seamless site that is a wealth of information and inspiration. Also, all the ladies are absolutely wonderful.

What inspired me this month:

Our assignment this month for the gallery was to scraplift a layout from a team member. My member is the very talented Marie Taylor. I chose to use this layout by her as my jumping off point:

I love all the circles in the center framing her image. I felt it could easily be translated to a non digital page.

Here is a little insta-sneak of my layout posted in the gallery this month:

Click here to head on over to the gallery to see this layout and what the rest of the talented team made this month.

Now head on over to: 

Valerie O'Neall's blog to pick up the next letter and to continue the Write. Click. Scrapbook. festivities.

But before you do I have a give away!

Leave a comment below to be entered to win a $10 Gift Certificate to Studio Calico.


As you are reading this I will probably be 8 hours in to a 10 hour car trip to our Tennessee mountain camping destination. We will be off the digital grid so I wont be able to answer questions or return blog comments until I return on Monday. I haven't been without a either an internet connection or a 3g network since I can't remember when, so this will be an experience. I am really looking forward to disconnecting from technology and reconnecting with nature and my family.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic week and has a wonderful weekend. "See" you all on Monday!

Teka