Teresa Collins Memorabilia at the Flying Unicorn

Hi everyone, take a look at this great new collection from Teresa Collins, Memorabilia.  I loved this mostly black base sheet, Recorded.  I used Prima's bubbles mask and Shimmerz TextureZ in patina to add some texture and lighten up the black background.  The flag banner is printed on the paper but there are lots of tag cutouts in the collection and I've added them under both my flower clusters and layered some around my photo.

The heart swirl below is something  I cut on my Cameo and then heat embossed with Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel.  I love those dangling hearts!

The blue flowers are all Petaloo Textured blossoms except the largest, which is handmade..  I ADORE these flowers, can't tell you how many of them I've been through in the last two months!!

Tags from the collection:

Supplies:

Cardstock:       bazzill blue

Patterned paper: Teresa Collins Memorabilia collection:  base - Recorded MB1005, chevron stripe - Damash MB 1008, tags - Die Cut accessories MB 1011 

Embossing powder:  Stampendous aged gold, aged marine

Diecuts and punches:   Cameo hear swirl, Alterations tattered floral

Flowers:   PetalooTextured Mixed Blossoms teal 1256-205, Velvet Mini Blossoms 1219-004 dark blue

Ink: Prima black coal, Mixd Media Inx peridot,

Mist:  Dylusions white linen

Masks:  Prima Bubbles 960445,

Masking paste:  Shimmerz TextureZ patina

Flying Unicorn and Teresa Collins, CSI Case #51

Time to chase away the winter blues with Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon!  Christmas has come and gone and that always leaves me feeling a little blue and knowing that a new year is almost upon us, I thought something cheerful was in order! What could be more cheerful that a wedding layout and the promises of youg love and dreams!


How perfect that CSI case #51 colors work so well with my TC papers!  The Flying Unicorn is a sponsor at CSI so I am always happy to have a chance to work their great color challenges.

 

Evidence:  Circle, glitter on the flowers, and embossing on the DA chippies with Stampendous aged aqua embossing enamel.

 

Testimony:  Six-word Memoir "Always be kind to one another."

I am making my niece an album with pictures from her wedding.  It is a challenge for me as I never scrp in blue and pink but those were her wedding colors so I've been working pink and blue!

 

Supplies, links to the Flying Unicorn store are underlined:

 

Patterned paper: Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon collection:  Base-In the Garden, Strip & circle-In the Park, white-By the Pond. Heart border cut-In the Garden

Letters:  Kaisercraft The Lake House

Chipboard:  Dusty Attic covered with Stampendous Aged Teal embossing enamel

Diecuts and punches: Martha Stewart scrolled hearts, EK Success Pointed Flower

Flowers:    small blue Prima Miss Godiva Celadon, Roses-Prima Love Letter, pink-Petaloo Mulberry magnolia pink,

Ink:  DistressVictorian Velvet

Mist:  Glimmer mist Cadillac pink, Tsukineko Fireworks London Fog

This is also for the color challenge at CSI, case #51

Come join my challenge this month at the Flying Unicorn!

POETRY IN MOTION!

Anyone remember that song?  Bobby Vee sang it, early 1960's.

Well anyway, let's see what my November challenge at the Flying Unicorn is all about!  I would like you to find a bit of poetry and do a layout with the poem as your journaling and the subject of the poem must be the subject of your project.  You can do a layout, card, tag, whatever your heart desires.

I used the Flying Unicorn November KOM, Solace for the Heart, for this LO.  The papers are a mix of Teresa Collins Vintage Finds and Authentique Peaceful.  I  used a TCW fern stencil and molding paste for  the stencils on the left and used Fireworks mist for the others on the right.  I also stamped a few trees on the background.  The burlap flag and small green rose are in the kit.  The large green flowers are Petaloo and from my stash and available in the store.

The poem is Trees by Joyce Kilmer, I've always loved this poem and every couple of years I scrap this poem.  This is my 3rd layout using this poem!

The Flying Unicorn kits go on sale at 12:01 am the 3rd of every month and are not available on a subscription basis.  We believe that art is a passion and not a monthly obligation.

Here's some more inspiration, the poem is Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken. 

 

I will have some more inspiration for you on Nov 3rd!

 

 All the challenges at the Flying Unicorn end with a RAK being awarded to one random lucky winner chosen at the end of the month.

 

 

 

I hope you'll join in the fun at our challenges. 



More of the November Flying Unicorn kit, Solace for the Heart

This kit worked so well for me - I love vintage styling!  All the kit elements worked so well for me to scrap this picture of my Dad and me when we returned from France, it's one of my favorite photos! That little coat I am wearing is red I believe and that poor doll in my arms - notice her hair is sticking straight up, well that's how I usually carried her. LOL, doll abuse!

Most everything on this page is from the November kit, I did add a sheet of Core'dinations for the base page.  One of the great things about the Flying Unicorn kits is the unusual products that are included. I made the orange leaves with the included clay and mold in the kit and painted with included Smooch paint. I also made the white flowers also from clay.  The doily and gingham ribbon are also from my stash.

We have a lot of great challenges going on at the Flying Unicorn every month and I did this for Stephanies recipe challenge.  Each of our challenges have a randomly chosen winner too!

 

 

 

 

Solace for the Heart - Flying Unicorn KOM

I h ave more creations to show you that I did with the November Flying Unicorn kit!  I love the great combination of Teresa Collins Vintage Finds, Authentique Peaceful and Cosmo Cricket Evangeline papers.  You can create a lot of fabulous projects with these papers and all the great embellies!

Our main kit always includes an off the page project and the November kit includes a burlap canvas panel.   This is the house that my father was born in, its an old house out in the country, across the road from a country church.  Funny thing about those tanks that you see in front of the house.  We recently had a family reunion and I told my aunt that she needed to tell her son to get those tanks out of the way so I could get a really good photo of the house.   So she says to to me, "Let me tell you why those tanks are there" and she proceeds to tell me that a cow got up under the house and got stuck; everytime it tried to come out from under the house it would bang its head on the floor joists so they had to used a tractor to pull the cow out!  I swear, that's what she told me, if anyone but her had told me that story I would have thought they were trying to sell me a bridge in Brooklyn.

 I used a lot of things from mystash for this, the yellow flowers are an old Prima vine, they are the color of dried tobacco leaves - that is some symbolism for me. The green flowers are Petaloo Darjeeling and came from the Flying Unicorn store, they are a favorite bloom of mine. I added some miniature pine cones that I found in the Christmas dept at HL to complete the floral cluster. The clock is a metal Tim Holtz piece, the frame is Teresa Collins blingage that I used copper rubz on to change it from silver. I dabbed some paint on the Prima felt branches, I was tryingto achieve a dappled light look, not sure that what I got but oh well! The flourish is Recollections.

 

For this next layout, I used a photo is from our recent road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway of Mabry Mill which is situated on the Parkway in NC. It is such a gorgeous mill and the paddle wheel still turns. There is also an old cabin situated on the grounds and some other relics from yesteryear. I added Dusty Attic chicken wire and branches. The chicken wire and cogs from the kit are embossed with Stampendous aged gold embossing powder. Have I mentioned how much I love that stuff???  Check it out in the Flying Unicorn store, you will love it!  I also used TCW 12 x 12 tiles mask on the background Cosmo Cricket paper. The other papers are Teresa Collins.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you'll check out the great kits from the Flying Unicorn.  They are truely one of a kind!

Another Teresa Collins LO

I have loved working with all these vivid colors in the Teresa Collins Fabrications lines.  This paper is so nice because its a nice heavy weight textured cardstock - I love it!!  It is on sale at  the
 Flying Unicorn store - 30% off, now that's a deal!

I used the Fabrications Canvas line of papers for this layout and used one of the new Memory Keepers Lucky 8 punches to make a "diecut" mat.  The outer  circle was punched with a Martha Stewart corner punch.  The corset is a Dusty Attic piece.  If you knew Ruthie, you would know that the corset belongs on this layout along with the feathers!  Ruthie always has a really pretty adornment in her hair made from flowers, feathers, and/or ribbons.  I wish you could see the one she had on this day, it was really pretty.  She found the license plate she is holding in the garage of her Aunt's house where we were all visiting.  I think she said it was something her Dad made for her long ago!

  I made the flowers using the Alterations Tattered Floral die and used some brads from the collection for the flower centers on the left.

These flowers were made using McGills Floriano punch, its one of my favorite.  The centers are \McGill starburst.

The beautiful stickpin nestled among the feathers was made by Denise, one of my fellow team members. 

As always, thanks for visiting my blog, I really appreciate your visits and comments!

More Teresa Collins at the Flying Unicorn

I know when Alda sent this paper to me, she kenw I would love it as I love bright colors, especially red showcased with black, white and creams.  I used a combination of Teresa Collins Fabrications Line and Canvas collections for this layout.

I loved the die cuts that came in the Linens collection, they were perfect embellishments to express our emotions when this photo was taken as we both had been through a divorce and were really putting alot of faith into our coming marriage.

I've used flowers from the store, Petaloo Darjeeling green blooms and Catenbury Magnolia and Berries Branch.  The two wood Kaisercraft daisies were part of the June KOM as were the large gold rhinestones and butterflies.

The journaling reads: Spring 1992, I was so delighted when this photo was given to us as it is the only one we have of us taken before we were married.  Dick’s Aunt Max took the picture when she and Uncle Bill visited us shortly after we moved to Burke, VA.  This was our family at the time, Leda (Doberman) and Tiffany(Yorkie).

This is just a fun layout with lots of color and layers,  I love the white patterened background sheet, it shows off the bright colors so well!

You can get these papers at the Flying Unicorn store, and best of all, all Teresa Collins is 30% off thru June 30th!
Thanks for visiting my blog, I really appreciate your visits and comments!

Flying Unicorn Teresa Collins

We're featuring Teresa Collins papers for the rest of the month and best of all they are on sale - 30% the rest of June! 
Ok, I just love this paper, first of all it is such a nice heavy weight paper and the colors are so rich, the blues and greens I have used in this layout are really gorgeous.  I've used the Teresa Collins Fabrications Canvas collection for this layout. 

This is a photo of an endangered wood stork that I captured in flight while we were in the Florida Everglades this past winter.  I love the image of the bird but you know, the surroundings are kind of dull so I thought I would bring the "swamp" to my photo by adding Dusty Attic chippy's , ferns and some great Prima and Petaloo flowers.

The chippys are stained with Lindy's Gator Gumbo Olive (ha ha, perfect for a photo of the Everglades!) except for the flower heads.  Those were first painted with white gesso, then Banana Pudding Glimmer Mist.  Then I sprinkled with banana colored flocking that I got at Michaels.  Using a technique I learned when I was modeling scenery for our N guage model railroad, I used Elmer's glue watered down at a ratio of 1 part glue to 10 parts water to glue the flocking to the chipboard.  When I tried using straight glue, I ended up with a clumpy mess so that's why I went to the watered down Elmers.  The little bits of fern came from a floral department somewhere.  I love how the embellies sort of meld into the photo. 

The green flowers are Petaloo Darjeeling collection and the yellow are Prima Wild Wood Saffron, both available from the Flying Unicorn Store.

Thanks for visiting with me today!