Studio Calico

winners

We have a new set of challenge winners - CONGRATS to all of you!! If your name is on this list, you'll be getting an email from us with info about your prize. Thank you again to all who take part in our challenges!

more happy little moments

Life is full of happy little moments that we often don't scrapbook. Join Maggie Holmes and Marcy Penner and capture those memories in a one of a kind altered book with our More Happy Little Moments class.

Your teachers will be walking you through the process of putting together a unique album filled with peek-a-boo windows, envelope pages and all of the moments that make you smile.

Maggie and Marcy have each curated a class kit that they'll be working with in their books. Those kits are available for purchase here. If you purchase both kits at the same time, you can use the code SCHLM to get a free set of 4x3in veneer journaling cards.

Our teachers are joined by contributor Lisa Truesdell, who will be sharing tips to adapt Maggie and Marcy's ideas into a Studio Calico Handbook format.

More Happy Little Moments students will also have access to a variety of digital files - printables by Hello Forever and Bananafish Studio, hand drawn die cut files by Maggie Holmes and icon, tag and tab die cut files by Hello Forever.

This is a self-paced class - all class information will be posted on June 1st. To help keep you on track to complete your book, Maggie and Marcy will be posting a journaling prompt and technique challenge on the classroom message board each week.

You can find a complete syllabus on the More Happy Little Moments registration page. Enrollment is open now through May 31st, and class starts June 1st. We hope to see you in class!

Bright Idea | Kelly Noel

I love using my kit leftovers. I will often leave the kit on my desk for a week or two after I've completed my design team assignments for the gallery. I find that I get more use out of the leftovers this way, rather than putting everything away immediately.

(Supplies - Planetarium kits + add-ons; Studio Calico Atlantic Portsmouth patterned paper, Cork Circle Stickers, Cork Arrow and Chevron Stickers, Glittered Star Stickers and Vellum Die Cut shapes)

In this case, I had the new Atlantic collection AND the Planetarium kits on my desk at the same time. There were so many pieces from the kits that I found I could mix with Atlantic. Even a card from the Project Life kit made it onto my layout and matched the yellows in the Atlantic collection perfectly. 

-Kelly Noel

weekly challenge

This week, Jen Jockisch and I are challenging you to add a little gold glitz to your projects.  It seems that gold metallics are coming back into trend lately, even in the scrapbooking world.  From sequins and glitter to embossing powder and mist…there's lots of ways to incorporate gold embellishments and details.  

Jen added some glitz to her card simply by embossing her stamped image with some Gold Zing! embossing powder.

(supplies:  Planetarium Card Kit; ink- Versamark; embossing powder- Gold Zing!; heat tool- Zap Heat Gun)

I used little gold accents on my layout - teeny gold star sequins, gold alpha stickers, and a gold paper clip.  I love how the little touches of gold add just the right amount of glitz.

(supplies:  Planetarium Scrapbook Kit and Project Life Kit; Lyra Add On Kit)

We'd love to see how you add a little gold glitz to your project!  To play along, upload your creation to the  Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by May 6th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop

Sunday Sketch

We know that our members love sketches, so this week we are offering you TWO...one for cards and one for layouts!! The card sketch is from Julie Campbell's Planetarium gallery:




And the layout is from Nicole Samuels' Planetarium gallery:

We invited member Jennie (ajmcgarvey) to choose one of these to use as a starting point this week, and she couldn't stop at just one!! She wowed us with all 3 of the projects she submitted!!

Using the layout sketch:

Supplies: (Layout)Spencer's and Daily Grind kits; Studio Calico wood veneer; Jillibean Alphabeans stickers; Dear Lizzy/American Crafts Date Stamper; Silhouette SD

(Card)

Supplies: Spencer's and Daily Grind kits; Studio Calico wood veneer; Studio Calico printable label; Chic Tags birthday tag

Layout: I was very excited to see the sketch with the scattered hearts up the side, as it's always fun to have a repeating element.  I stayed pretty close to the original sketch in terms of design, but I did change it up a bit.  I used some new photos of my sons that I was excited to scrap and layered them with various papers from the Spencer's kit.  I also added a stamped strip along the bottom of the photos.  Instead of hearts, I went with speech bubbles with the love theme, it fit my layout perfectly.

Card: I knew the sketch designed for a page would translate well to a card.  I wanted to switch it up a bit and I thought a tag and arrows would really feel festive yet keep the card very simple and uncluttered.

And using the Card Sketch:

Supplies: Spencer's and Daily Grind kits; Studio Calico wood veneer; Studio Calico printable label; Studio Calico stamp; Versamark Ink; seam binding ribbon; Silhouette SD

I love to work with stars so I was excited to get to scatter some of my favorite Studio Calico wood veneer pieces with the larger die cut.  This card sketch was simple enough to still have a clean feel but also leave a little room for interpretation.  I thought it would be more interesting to layer it a bit so I added a printable Studio Calico label for more layers and interest.

Lots of ideas and bright colors on Jennie's projects! Her clean style is one that always seems to pop out to me...thank you so much for joining us this week, Tina!! You can see more inspiration from her in her SC Gallery, and on her blog.

How will YOU use this sketch? Whether it's a layout, a card or something else, link us up to your project by May 6th for a chance to win a $5 gift card to the Studio Calico shop. (Please remember, your project must be loaded into our gallery to qualify...and your comment has to link back to it in the SC Gallery)

tips and tricks with roree

Supplies: Planetarium Card Kit, North Star Card Kit Add-on, Orion Add-on, Big Dipper Add-on; Die cut machine/Cartridge: Provo Craft (Cricut Expression^® 2 and Sweet Treats (flowers) and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More (box) cartridges; Ribbon: Offray; Buttons, floral wire, crinkle shred: Craft supply; Mason jar: Ball; Paper piercer: Making Memories; File: BasicGrey; Adhesive: Zip Dry & Foam Dots

With Mother's Day and a birthday coming up for me soon, I thought it would be fitting to create a gift set perfect for Mom or the birthday girl. And because I know that I love to receive flowers for special occasions (and even not-so-special ones too!), I decided on a pretty paper bouquet to go along with a card and gift box. Paper flowers are fun and easy to make and the best part... they are maintenance free. Let's get started!  Click here to download the Tips and Tricks PDF.

Layout of the Week

Hello Today, the layout of the week, is brought to you by Nicole, member name justnick. Nicole is a master at combining patterned papers in fun ways...and we love the impact this technique made here. If you would like to see more of her work, you can stop by her gallery here at Studio Calico or her blog.

Each week, the layout in the gallery is linked, so you can add it to your favorites easily. This layout has been added to your favorites more than any other layout in the SC community gallery for the week of 4/14-4/20.

Congratulations Nicole!! Because your work has caught our member's eyes you have won a $10 gift card to be used on any new purchase at Studio Calico.  Want a chance to win next week? Be sure to upload your projects to the SC gallery, and support your community by adding special projects that catch your eye into your favorites! It could be YOU next week!

Planetarium reveal

Come stargaze with us at the PLANETARIUM! Our subscriber presale is at noon EST,  and all kits will be available at midnight EST. Remember, the links to purchase the Scrapbook, Card or Project Life kits will not work until this time.

Preview kit images on your Dashboard now by logging into your account at www.studiocalico.com.

Don't forget to stop by the Card Creative Team gallery at noon EST to check out our guest designer's work!

Stretch your kits even further with matching printables, die-cutting shapes and brushes! You'll find them in our digital shop.

Stop by the shop to check out our new Atlantic Collection! 

Registration for Pop Off the Page 2 with Jen Jockisch closes on 4.30 and class begins on 5.1. We hope to see you in the classroom!

Happy reveal day!

Atlantic is here

Set sail with Atlantic! Our mid-release has hit the Studio Calico shelves a bit earlier than expected and you can find everything but the wood handled stamps in the store NOW! If you want one stop shopping, check out the Atlantic bundle - you can pick up most of the line with one "add to cart" click. 

Once you're doing shopping (we'll wait!), we have some inspiration for you. We've fallen even more in love with Atlantic after seeing our Creative Team work with it, and we think you will too!

Nicole Samuels used the sequins underneath a diecut word for an eye catching title - isn't the effect brilliant?

Atlantic's soft colors work beautifully on this sweet page from Kelly Noel - we love how she used one of the fabric bows as a flag!

Lisa Truesdell started with the Rockport paper as a background, and then pulled together lots of different star embellishments (stickers, glittered chipboard & veneer) to finish off her carefree vacation layout.

Gillian Nelson combined the Atlantic printed vellum with patterned paper waves into an awesome custom accent. Check out how she added her title with the Rockabye Thickers right along the ways - it adds so much energy to her layout! 

Our gold foil kraft paper lets Jen Jockisch's photo shine on her gorgeous layered layout. She pulled the pinks and yellows from the line for a perfectly sunkissed page, and the tiny navy anchors punched with our new mini punch accent it so well.

Kinsey Wilson knew Atlantic would be a perfect way to capture a roadtrip. The cork circles make perfect accents for a Project Life spread - they add so much texture with but fit perfectly in the pockets. Using a collection to complete a PL week is a great way to add a lot of details like Kinsey has here - while still keeping your spread looking cohesive

Lisa Spanger went to work and created three gorgeous cards using Atlantic - the stamp sets from our upcoming Planetarium Card Kit release were perfect for adding sentiments.

Now that you've seen Atlantic in action, what's your favorite piece?? We'd love to hear!!

wholesale spotlight

Here's a peek at how our Creative Team has been using our Here+There, Snippets and Sundrifter lines :

Marcy Penner - Piggyback : 

Lisa Spangler - Hello : 

Celeste Vermeend - Love You More :

Susan Weinroth - Be Happy :