Nerd Girl Michelle’s October projects

 

Hey everyone, Michelle here today with my October projects using Teresa Collins’ Life Emporium collection.  Have you checked out the beautiful colors of this collection yet?  It’s so pretty and soft.

The nerds challenged us to sew on our LO’s this month.  For my first project I just sewed on some simple X’s on the sides of my triangle die cuts.  (This cut file is free in the store!!)

For my next LO I wanted to show how versatile this collection is, even though the colors are soft it can still be used for boy LO’s.

I’ve seen a lot of LO’s lately where there is stitching across the words or title.  I tried it and I really like it!

And finally I used the WeR stitched word template and it was so easy to use and I love the look of the stitched word!

Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Collection Pack	We R – Sew Easy Templates – Script – 8″ X 8.25″	6×6 Crafters Workshop – Rebekah Meier – Coffee Splotch stencil	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Cork and Wood Dots	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Buttons
Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Vellum Stickers	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Photo Overlays 10/Pkg	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Die-Cut Cork Shapes	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Cardstock Die-Cuts	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Stickers
Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Letter Stickers	Jilliebean – Alphabeans cardstock stickers	Scrapbook Nerd EXCLUSIVE Fall Free Cut Files	Silhouette Cameo

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Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a little tutorial using some layering and stitching techniques.  I’m using the Teresa Collins Life Emporium collection today.  One of my favorite collections this year!

First I started with a triangle punch (love my triangles)

After I punched out some triangles (I used 5), I put the corner of the triangle back in the punch to punch out a little bit to make it look more like an arrow.

And here is what they look like when done

The next thing I did was cut out a bunch of random sized rectangles to add some layering behind my photo.  I find this works better if you don’t over think it.  Just cut some out and don’t worry about the sizes.  Then stagger them behind your photo and stick them down!

So now I’m ready for my stitching.  This is the template I used.  You can find it in the store.  It’s pretty awesome!

Just choose where you want your title, punch out the holes in the template (I just use a needle) and then stitch in the title.

You can finish off your title by adding other alphas if you want.

Then you’re at the fun part!  The embellishments!  I popped up some words and added them to the side of my photo.

And I just love the cork and vellum embellishments in this collection.

Then I added some punched out hearts. And here is the finished LO!

 

Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Collection Pack	We R – Sew Easy Templates – Script – 8″ X 8.25″	6×6 Crafters Workshop – Rebekah Meier – Coffee Splotch stencil	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Cork and Wood Dots	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Buttons
Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Vellum Stickers	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium – Photo Overlays 10/Pkg	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Die-Cut Cork Shapes	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Cardstock Die-Cuts	Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Stickers
Teresa Collins – Life Emporium Letter Stickers	Jilliebean – Alphabeans cardstock stickers	Scrapbook Nerd EXCLUSIVE Fall Free Cut Files	Silhouette Cameo

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