Studio Calico

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!

weekly challenge

Hi everyone! It's Geralyn here today with this week's challenge. Have you ever had a bunch of photos you wanted to scrap, but the colors just weren't working the way you wanted them to? That's what happened to me recently, so I decided to make my photos black and white so I could have the freedom to use any color combination I wanted. I ended up pairing my photos with the happy and bright colors found in the Heyday collection. 

 

For this week's challenge, I'm challenging you to use black and white photos! Pretty simple, huh? :) Here is what I came up with:

 

(Supplies - patterned paper: Fancy Free, Dew, & Pop; alphas: Heyday Ali Thickers - aqua; wood veneer: Heyday My Type; ephemera: Heyday ephemera pack; stamps: Heyday Sentiments stamps, Oh Happy Day (exclusive for 2peas); ink pads: JBS Chicken Feed ink, Hero Arts Soft Pool ink pad ; other: washi tape, printable circle tag, notepaper)

 

I hope you have fun! Link your  project here by August 13th for a chance to win a $5 gift card to the Studio Calico Shop.

mist + veneer tutorial

Hi everyone! I’m here today to share a fun new way to use your wood veneer…as little masks when you’re misting!

I wanted to use the cute little wood veneer people for my card, so I started by using some temporary adhesive and lining up a couple of the large wood veneer people across the patterned paper.

Then I misted with Boss Lady Mister Huey and after it dried, I took off the wood veneer. I actually misted a bit too close to the paper so it bled a little. To remedy that, I used my favorite Uniball Signo white pen to outline the people and they looked as good as new.

I always have some scraps lying around my work area, so I finished off this simple card with some stamping, Take Note scraps, and twine. Super easy right? :)

(Supplies: Boss Lady Mister Huey, Continental patterned paper, Take Note 6x6 pad, Cherry Red Divine Twine, Uniball Signo white pen, Hey Day Sentiments stamp set, Hey Y’all stamp set, Versafine Onyx Black inkpad)

I hope you give this a try and have fun playing with your mists and wood veneer!

Summer Stamp School

Just when you thought school was out for the summer, we're ready to put you back in class! Join us in July for Summer Stamp School taught by stamping extraordinaire Robyn Werlich.

This self-paced class is complete with amazing PDF lessons you can download all at once to use at your own pace. You'll find new techniques and amazing inspiration from your favorite stampers.


Included in the cost of the class is an EXCLUSIVE stamp set (not available separately, ships free) designed just for Summer Stamp School. You'll see Robyn and contributors put this awesome set to work throughout the class.


The dream team of contributors joining Robyn are: Danielle Flanders, Ali Edwards, April Foster, Vee Jennings, Nicole Harper, Jessica Witty, Susan Weinroth, Shari Carroll, Geralyn Sy, Jennifer McGuire, Davinie Fiero, Maile Belles, Dawn McVey, Keisha Campbell, and Teri Anderson.

Registration ends June 30th and the classroom opens July 1st with all materials available on that date. See you in class!

NSD Challenge: Letter Stamps

Are you ready for the next challenge?

Nicole S, Geralyn and Kinsey want you to get our your letter stamps and ink pads!

Nicole-

Supplies:  Classic Calico II Basic Grid and Tiny Chevron patterned papers; Stepping Stone stamp set; Stazon Black inkpad; Tin Can Chalk Ink;Sunset, Taxi, and Passport Mister Huey's; Veneer Stars; More Vellum; fine tip paintbrush and water

Supplies: Destination paper, First Class paper, Abroad adhesive badges, Abroad fabric paper clips, wood veneer stars, Versafine onyx black ink pad, Dear Lizzy roller date stamp

Kinsey-y-

Supplies: Take Note 6x6 paper pad, Mister Hueys Boss Lady, Circles mask, Plano mask, Anywhere thickers, veneer people, Abroad tags, fabric paper clips, Stepping stone alpha stamps, Noah alpha stamps. Hero Arts: Soft brown shadow ink. Jenni Bowlin: Chewing gum ink pad. Prima: Old rose chalk ink edger. Other: sponge daubers, white and kraft cardstock, tiny attacher, foam dots.

Post the link here to your project that has been posted in the member gallery by May 13th for you chance to win a collection pack from one of stash of prizes!

 

NSD Sketches

It wouldn't be a weekend dedicated to scrapbooking without some sketches!

Here are 5 new sketches from the design team galleries.

based on Geralyn's layout.

based on Susan's layout.

based on Davinie's layout.

based on Kelly P's layout.

based on Nicole H's layout.

Have fun! Post your sketch layouts here!  

sunday sketch

Happy Sunday everyone! We've got a another wonderful sketch for you to try this week. It's from Geralyn's City of Lights gallery. 


Magdalena aka Rockersmorsan is our sketch contributer this week. Here's her take on Geralyn's layout.


Here's what Magdalena had to say about the sketch.

I was inspired by the number of photos and the polaroid look. I'm a messier scrapper than Geralyn so I scattered my pictures over the page, rather than using straight lines. I used a border like her, but I made mine vertical. Then I splattered my layout with paint, paper slivers and veneer asterisks. Such a fun sketch!

Play along with the sketch this week and link us up to your layout by Monday, April 23rd for your chance to win a SC GC!

weekly challenge

Hi everyone! It's Geralyn here today with this week's challenge. If you're like me, you take lots of snapshots of food: delicious meals you ate, photos of your child's favorite foods right now, maybe even photos of some new recipes you've tried out. However, the photos often end up staying in the computer folders and never get printed out. My challenge to you is to print out some of those food pictures and make a page documenting the story behind the photos! 

Here are some recent layouts I've made about food:

Supplies: Daydream Believer kit & add-ons, Fountain Pen dye ink, Uniball white pen

Story Hour kit & add-ons, Fountain Pen dye ink

I hope you have fun! Link your layout back to this post by April 2nd for a chance to win a SC gift card!

Geralyn's Insider Tips

Hi everyone! It’s Geralyn here today, and I wanted to show you how I used Studio Calico’s super fun new Airmail stamp set from the Abroad collection to create the design of my travel layout.
I started out by stamping the polaroid stamp several times on a sheet of Folio paper. Then I cut out each polaroid frame so I could move them around and arrange them on my page until I was satisfied with how they look.

After figuring out the design, I decided which polaroids would have photos and which polaroids would be embellished. For added interest to the page, I also stamped some of the phrase stamps from the Airmail stamp set around the arrangement of polaroids.

Once I decided where the photos and embellishments would go inside the polaroids, it was just a matter of adding a title and journaling, as well as a few more embellishments around the page. Super simple right? :) I also used the cute luggage tag stamp in the corner so I could date the page (I cut off the JFK part since these photos were taken in San Francisco).


Look for all the new Studio Calico stamps to arrive in stores this March. Hope you enjoyed this little peek into my process of putting together a layout and I hope you’ve been inspired to pull out your stamps and use them on your pages!

Sunday Sketch

We've got another great Sunday Sketch to share with you!  Here's Geralyn's awesome layout from her Daydream Believer gallery along with the sketch:

Talented message board member Sharyn Tormanen (Torm) took her turn with the stetch and look at what she came up with:

Sharyn says: "I loved working with this sketch! When I very first saw it, I thought what a fun way to add a lot of element and focus!  In the end - I didn't get quite as many as Kelly did - but I do enjoy my results. From the sketch I pulled the placing, the bit of journaling and title work.  In 211 I was fortunate to be part of a hot air balloon crew, and I have literally hundreds of photos to select from, but on this layout, wanted to focus on my two little boys and how well they behaved and enjoyed crewing as well. 

The stamp is from a Studio Calico Kit from a couple years ago, and I couldn't resist putting it to work here. I used the more current alphabet from Stepping Stone for the title. Both are colored with my Copics."

I especially love the colored in Stepping Stone letters - what a cool look!  Play along and link up your layout using the sketch by Monday, February 27th for your chance to win a SC GC.  Have fun!