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from card to layout

Hey everyone, Kinsey here with a card to layout conversion.   I don’t recall ever doing a layout based on a card prior to doing this blog post assignment and now I’m kicking myself for it! Cards are an awesome source for inspiration and I found it really easy and fun to convert card sketches so that they work as layout sketches.  This is something that I will definitely continue doing.  For this project, I chose “Happy For You” from Dawn’s DT gallery as my inspiration and starting off point. 

When converting cards to layouts, really it’s just a matter of scale + photos.  For my take on this, I just enlarged the card sketch and added a photo (multiple photos would work as well).  I did several layout sketches based on cards from the gallery and in almost all of those, I added the photo to the sketch wherever the largest embellishment, accent, or text block was placed on the card. So if you look at the comparison above, you’ll notice that I added the photo behind the “Happy” sentiment from Dawn’s card. Another photo option for this sketch would be to use a large photo as the background of the layout with a smaller photo near the title.

Here’s a bigger photo of my layout:

Supplies: patterned paper- Studio Calico Classic Calico V.3 Charted, Wonderland Toboggan, Yearbook Trapper Keeper, Central High Kit horizontal thick stripes; letter stickers- Sotheby’s ledger thickers; veneer- Studio Calico borders, circles, elongated hexagons; mistables- Studio Calico stars; mist- Studio Calico Mister Huey’s Letter Jacket & Honor Society; journaling card- Studio Calico Yearbook cards; paper clip- Studio Calico Yearbook; hexagon sticker- Studio Calico Yearbook Hexagon sticker sheet; other- Hero Arts Soft Brown Ink, tiny attacher, turquoise washi tape, Distress Marker- Pumice Stone, WRMK paper piercer.

Once I had the layout sketched and ready to go, I began building my layout by misting the background toward the bottom right corner. Once that dried, I went to work on the paper strips, journaling strip, and wood veneer border. To get the color behind the wood veneer border, I used a ½ inch circle punch with the thick striped Handbook page. I inked the wood veneer with a brown ink so that it looks like stained wood. Next, I added the library journaling card with some washi tape, the photo, title work, and the veneer circle.

With the page mostly complete, I added some smaller details by stitching stars over the mistable stars, tracing the paper clip and cutting out some paper to fill in the ‘2’, and also adding a date stamp to the elongated hexagon sticker at the bottom.

I love trying new approaches to scrapbooking, this was definitely something new for me and it’s given me a new source of inspiration. Thanks so much for stopping by today and hanging out with me for a bit!

weekly challenge

This month, our guest designer is the talented Piradee Talvanna. If you haven't had a chance to check out her SOCK HOP gallery, then pop over and check it out right now. Don't worry, we'll wait on the challenge till you get back. ;)

Amazing, right? And today we get to share MORE of her work with you - she absolutely rocked our Yearbook and Classic Calico Vol 3 lines!

(supplies - Studio Calico Yearbook Valedictorian, Electives, Superlatives and Trapper Keeper patterned paper; Yearbook Journaling Cards; Yeabook Stitched Pockets; Classic Calico Vol 3 Journaling Cards; Classic Calico Vol 3 diecut frame; Mister Huey's Letter Jacket and Honor Society; Classic Calico Vol 3 wood veneer frames; Yearbook wood veneer school icons & speech bubbles; Silhouette Cameo)

(supplies - Studio Calico Classic Calico Vol 3 Botanical, Time Sheet and Hexed patterned paper; Yearbook Mistable Leaves; Classic Calico Vol 3 Everyday Badges; Yearbook Paper Clips; Mister Huey's Letter Jacket, Bookworm and Honor Society; Classic Calico Vol 3 wood veneer frames; Silhouette Cameo)

We love how Piradee colored her wood veneer and mistable embellishments, and we want to challenge you to do the same. Recolor any embellishment with ink, mist or paint, add it to a layout or card, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by November 19th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop

product spotlight

Hi everyone! It's Geralyn here today, with a spotlight on one of my favorite new items from the Classic Calico V.3 collection, the Sotheby's thickers! They come in classic ledger (my favorite!), charcoal, and the mistable version and they are my current go-to alphas. I love the font and the fact that there are both smaller and larger letters in a set. The different sized alphas are really fun to mix together.

(Supplies: patterned paper - Calico v.3 Quilted, Yearbook 6x6 pad, Textbook; alphas - Calico v.3 Sotheby's charcoal, Sotheby's ledger; veneer - Yearbook speech bubbles; Yearbook stitched pockets; Yearbook journal cards; badges - Calico v.3 weekdays; mistable - Calico v.3 feathers, enamel dots - Roller Rink kit; stamps - exclusives from Roller Rink, Rainbow Kneesocks, Couple's Skate, Crack the Whip; ink - Hero Arts Cup o' Joe; other - washi tape, Kelly Purkey stamp)

For my layout, I pulled together lots of Yearbook and Classic Calico, then decided to use both the larger ledger Sotheby alphas and the smaller charcoal Sotheby alphas for my title. I think they look pretty cool together and I like the contrast between the light and dark alphas. 

Hope you enjoyed this little product spotlight! Can't wait to see the Sotheby's thickers on your layouts!

We wanted to bring you even more ideas for using the Sotheby's Thickers - here are more layouts from our Design Team :

celebrate eight by Kelly Noel : cardstock - American Crafts ; patterned paper - SC Time Sheet, SC Charted , SC Geometry, October Afternon (yellow) ; wood veneer - SC Wood Veneer Flags, SC Wood Veneer Speech Bubbles ; chipboard - SC Mistable  Sotheby Thickers ; Enamel dots - MME ; ink - Prima Chalk Edgers (Turquoise Stone - teal, Rock Moss - green, Coltsfoot Stemens - yellow, Rusty Keys - orange) ; washi - Freckled Fawn

this is no good by Kinsey Wilson :  patterned paper - Studio Calico Yearbook- Pi, Honor Roll, Superlatives, Tardy, American Crafts- POW glitter paper ; letter stickers - Studio Calico Sothebys Charcoal Thickers ; veneer - Studio Calico Speech Bubbles ; Pockets- Studio Calico Yearbook Stitched Pockets ; spray mist- Studio Calico Pinstripe and Dark Calico Mister Hueys ; journaling card- Studio Calico Yearbook Journal Cards ; other - white cardstock, brown pen.

first day by Marcy Penner : patterned paper - Classic Calico vol.3 Quilted, Geometry, Botanical, Yearbook Most Likely, Pi, Hall Pass, Tardy; Letter Stickers - Classic Calico vol.3 Mistable Thickers (Sotheby); Stickers - Mistable Stars; Wood Veneer - School Icons; Journaling Cards - Yearbook; Cameo, mist - Mister Huey Gold; date stamp

one year old by Becky Novacek : patterned paper - Yearbook 6x6 pad; thickers - Sotheby's Ledger; stickers - Classic Calico Vol 3 hearts; veneer - Yearbook speech bubbles)

good morning kata by Sasha Farina - supplies - patterned paper : Studio Calico Clasic Calico V3 Charted , Yearbook 6x6 paper Pad ; Sticker : Classic Calico V3 Kraft Heart ; veneer : Studio Calico Heyday Speech Bubble ; Thickers : Sotheby's Ledger, Mistable Arrow : Studio Calico exclusive from Central High kit, Mister Huey's : Sunshine, SchoolHouse, Taxi; Diecuts : Heyday Ephemera Pack; Staples : Tiny Attacher ; other : vintage doily

We'd love to see YOUR projects using our Sotheby's Thickers! Link them up so we can check them out.

from start to finish with dawn mcvey

Hi there!  Dawn McVey here with a start-to-finish card for you today!  I pulled out lots of new Classic Calico Vol. 3 goodies to put this little love note for my hubby together. If you want to take this tutorial on the go with you, click here to download the PDF.

To get started, I adhered 3 patterned papers to a cream card base; one large panel and two narrow strips along the bottom.

Next, I used a decorative edged die to die cut the top edge of a Journal Card.

Then I used a couple Copic Markers to color in the letters, overlapping the colors, just like the letters overlap on the card.

I pulled out the coffee ring stamp from the Back To School stamp set (Yearbook collection) and stamped it using a kraft colored ink.....a perfect creamy coffee color!  ;)

Lastly, I stamped the "Love you more" sentiment from the Oh Snap stamp set twice -- once on a wood veneer flag, and again directly on the Journal Card.  This way, I could layer the banner right over the top of the sentiment on the Journal Card, creating a bit more dimension on the sentiment.  Before moving on, I heat set all of the stamping with a heat tool, to avoid smearing on the slick Journal Card surface.

(supplies : patterned paper - Studio Calico Classic Calico Vol. 3 6x6 paper pad ; Classic Calico Vol. 3 Journal Cards ; Classic Calico Vol. 3 Badges ; Classic Calico Vol. 3 Wood Veneer Flags ; Classic Calico Vol. 3 Oh Snap stamp set ; Yearbook Back to School stamp set ; other - Papertrey Ink Edgers #3 die, rustic jute button twine, kraft ink & dark chocolate ink ; Copic markers)

All that was left to do, was to put it all together....there's a bit of twine tied around the bottom of the card, and the Journal Card was adhered with foam adhesive.  The finishing touch was the addition of the "Today" badge!

I hope you've enjoyed today's card and are inspired to get a little crafty yourself!

yearbook + classic calico

Oh, happy day! Yearbook and Classic Calico Vol 3 have hit the Studio Calico shop. We're thrilled that it's time to put our new lines into YOUR hands, and thought we'd celebrate by sharing some new inspiration from our design team!

First Day by Kelly Noel

(Supplies: cardstock - American Crafts; patterned paper - Studio Calico Electives, Superlatives, Tardy; journaling cards - Studio Calico; album inserts - Studio Calico; die cut frames - Studio Calico; thickers - Studio Calico Mistable Monroe Thickers; brads, tag - October Afternoon; washi - Freckled Fawn; red stickers - BasicGrey)

 

Grade 4 by Nicole Samuels

(Supplies:  patterned paper - Studio Calico Yearbook Pi, Electives, Honor Roll, Valedictorian; journaling card - Classic Calico III Journal Cards; border stickers - Studio Calico Yearbook Alpha sheet; stickers - Studio Calico Abroad )

in awe by Geralyn Sy

(Supplies - patterned paper: Yearbook - Valedictorian, Roll Call, Textbook, Calico v.3 - Charted, Quilted; stickers: Kraft Hearts, Yearbook Hexagon Stickers; cards: Calico v.3 Journal Cards; mist: Mint Julep; stamps: School Life, Oh Happy Day (exclusive for 2peas); other: washi tape, label sticker)

Kindergarten by Jen Jockisch

(supplies : cardstock - American Crafts; patterned paper - Studio Calico Yearbook Pi, Text Book, Trapper Keeper; journaling cards - Yearbook journaling cards; veneer - Yearbook school icons, speech bubbles; frame - Yearbook; pocket - Classic Calico Vol 3)

three by Lisa Truesdell

(Supplies : patterned paper - Studio Calico Yearbook Tardy, Most Likely, Text Book; stickers - Classic Calico Vol 3 Hexagon & Kraft Hearts, Heyday Frame Stickers; alphabet - Ali Thickers Aqua; stamps - School Life Stamp Set; badge - Studio Calico Abroad; washi - Freckled Fawn)

We can't wait to see our gallery fill with YOUR Yearbook and Classic Calico Vol 3 creations!

cha-s 2012 : classic calico 3 projects

Classic Calico Vol 3 goes with everything. Keep it neutral or spice things up by adding some color - it's gorgeous either way! Here's what our designers did with it :

(Maggie Holmes)

(Dawn McVey)

(Tina Aszmus)

(Geralyn Sy)

(Kelly Noel)

(Nicole Samuels)

(Lisa Truesdell)

(Jen Jockisch)

(Maggie Holmes)

(Dawn McVey)

(Susan Weinroth)

cha-s : classic calico vol 3

It's time for day three of our CHA release! For our last line, we've got a new spin on an old favorite. Introducing Classic Calico Vol 3 :

Going back to basics never looked so good. Classic Calico Vol. 3 features a neutral color palette of soft kraft, gray and brown with designs that include a mix of relaxed, hand-drawn designs as well as geometric grids, polka dots and hexagons. Like its predecessors, Classic Calico Vol. 3 is naturally beautiful and irresistibly versatile.

We'll start with the 12 beautifully neutral patterned papers :

You can also get them in a collection pack or a 6x6 pad :

We're bringing an old favorite back and turning it into Thickers - you can get Sotheby’s in ledger or charcoal :

Or you can make them any color with the mistable version:

Classic Calico Vol 3 comes with mistable shapes as well - feathers & elongated hexagons :

We've also got an AMAZING starburst mask. I cannot wait to use this one!

Our Classic Calico mists have stayed the same - you can't improve on some things. ;)

But we do have a fun new addition to the Mister Huey's line up - mist droppers! Just replace your spray top with one of these and you'll be able to make perfect ink splotches on your pages :

There new styles of wood veneer - circle frames, elongated hexagons, banners and borders:

And how about stickers? We've got a 12x12 sheet with alphabets, kraft hearts & patterned hexagons :

How about some embellishments? We've got badges and washi :

And how about more of those diecut  frames and stitched pockets? I'm adding a photo of a few of these - the product images don't show how cool the vellum is!

And how about an incredibly cool roller date stamp?? It's kind of a big deal. ;)

 There are more album inserts and journal cards for Handbook :

We've been teasing you with Handbook all week - here's a look at our three new albums. These 6x8 books feature an embossed chipboard cover and come with 13 page protectors :

You'll also be able to get divided page protectors to fit inside the books :

Classic Calico Vol 3 is the perfect base for any project - we can't wait to see you mix and match it with our other releases!

Leave a comment telling us your favorite product from this line and we'll draw a winner to win a Classic Calico prize pack! See you tomorrow for STAMPS!