Creating Keepsakes Blog

Hi there! I’m Teresa Collins, owner of Teresa Collins Designs. I’m honored to be asked to be the CK Guest Blogger. I love what I do and am passionate about sharing my love of “telling the story” and documenting life’s journey. I love techniques, too! So I thought I would show you a simple and easy way to utilize your scrapbook papers. I design papers that make it simple to create a beautiful project in no time at all.  This project is using my newly released Sports Edition collection. I designed this universal line so that it could work with ALL sports for any gender.

Consider today’s post a free album class. This idea can be used many ways. One way is to create one album per child, per sport or season. Or, like this project, you can chose to fill the album with all of the kids’ sporting events throughout the years. You choose; it’s your album!

THE COVER

Step 1: Cut pieces from the “Game On” sheet of patterned paper. Yes, I did cut out each piece, but it wasn’t bad. Do it while watching a movie at night—it really does make the album! I love that from ONE piece of paper I can get all the titles I need for my front cover!

Step 2: Position your cut pieces, as shown on the cover above.

Tip: I also cut the first 2 ruler strips from the top of the paper, adhered them to the album and cut off the excess.

Tip: For a little extra “pop,” I added a photo on the cover and a few chipboard charms to the spine.

Charm Technique: To create dangling charms, punch holes in the chipboard charms and attach them to the spine with either jump rings or ball chain.

PAGE 1

Step 1: Cut the paper into approximately 6″ wide strips, cutting the right page (Heywood Brown quote) to be slightly larger, as shown:

Step 2: Add one of your left over ruler strips at the bottom of the quote.

PAGE 2

Step 1: Adhere a ruler strip (6” wide) across the page  

Step 2: Slide the page in the page protector and adhere the stamped calendar and “Success” to the outside of the page protector.

Tip: You will ultimately add photos on the outside of the page protector as well. It’s a fun way to layer photos and mix up the look of your book.

You’ll find that the remaining layouts are done in a similar fashion, with the ruler and cardstock on the inside of the page protector and the remaining embellishments on the outside.
Cut out all of the 4″ x 6″ tags from the “No Pain, No Gain” paper. Follow the photos accordingly.

I’ve used both the fronts and the backs of many patterned papers. Always flip your sheets over and see if you can find another pattern to incorporate into your design.

NUMBER TECHNIQUE: For the last page, cut out the numbers (1-9) and adhere them vertically. Not only is this a cool design idea, it also symbolizes growth.

So that’s it….very easy and simple, and an album finished ready to display photos of your athlete. (album by Jamie Harper for Teresa Collins designs)

Thanks so much for having me. I hope you’ve been inspired to use your paper and chipboard in a new way!
Teresa Collins

For more from the talented Teresa, visit her company website and her blog!