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weekly challenge | Catherine Davis & MaryAnn Perry

Catherine Davis - We love our triangles around here! For this layout, I thought I would incorporate Atlantic papers with triangles and the Roundabout Triangles Digital Template. After masking some of my photos in the 8.5x11 template, I printed it out and added patterned paper on top of the remaining triangles.

I wanted some dimension on this layout, so I made two of the triangles slightly bigger and cut angles on the edges to fold up. Love the effect. I used this same idea on the edges of the background papers as well.

For accents, I cut off points of the Atlantic Glittered Stars to make little sparkly triangles that I placed around the page. A few splatters of Mister Huey's, some white journaling and a punched out anchor finished things off.

P.S. Look at that shine on the Gold Kraft paper. One of my absolute favorite papers ever!

(Supplies -Studio Calico Atlantic Gold Kraft Paper; Plymouth Paper; Scarbourough Paper;Bridgeport Paper; Portsmouth Paper; Atlantic City Paper; Glittered Star Stickers; Mini Anchor Punch; Mister Huey's Silver; Roundabout Digital Triangle Layout Template.)

From MaryAnn Perry - my Project Life Spread I decided to have fun with triangles in a variety of ways. I incorporated both Studio Calico's Atlantic Collection and the Roundabout Kits to create my week 13 in my Project Life Album.

I used the Roundabout Triangles Digital Template for my title card. I printed the 4x6 card as is and cut out the triangles. I then traced & cut the triangles onto various patterned paper from the Atlantic collection and arranged them to my 4x6 card. I used my sewing machine to attach a 4x6 piece of vellum paper above the triangles. 

I used the Roundabout Triangle Cut Design as a png file in photoshop (instead of cutting it on my cameo) so that I could add journaling right on the Design. I printed Weekly Review Triangle as a 5x7 onto transparency paper and then placed the Atlantic Vellum paper behind it. I used the Atlantic thickers for the #13 beside the week. The week in review protector is sandwiched between two design A page protectors. 

On the second part of the layout I used the 3x4 Roundabout digital template and repeated the same process as I did for the title card.

(Supplies - Studio Calico Atlantic Collection: Atlantic Collection Bundle ; patterned paper: Studio Calico Atlantic Atlantic City- 12x12 double-sided paper , Bridgeport - 12x12 double-sided paper , Scarborough- 12x12 double-sided paper , Atlantic 12x12 Vellum, Atlantic 6x6 paper pad , Letter Stickers: Atlantic Rockabye Thickers ,  Studio Calico - SC alphas-gray , 4x6" Alpha Stickers in Vanilla (Basic Grey)  , Embellishments:Atlantic Burnished Circle Wood Veneer , Atlantic Cork Circle Stickers , Atlantic Cork Arrow & Chevron Stickers , Atlantic Vellum Die Cut Shapes, Atlantic Variety Sequin Pack ; Digital Elements: Atlantic Digital Printable #1 , Atlantic Digital Printable #2 , Roundabout Digital Triangle Layout Template by Catherine Davis , Roundabout Triangle Cut Design by Kinsey Wilson ; Journaling Cards: Currents Card Set ,  BlinksofLife Prompt Cards , 4x3 more grid cards ; Page protectors: Photo Pocket Pages- Design A 12 Pack , 5x7 Page Protectors Becky Higgins; Tools: Tiny Attacher, EK Success Large Photo Labels Punch)

For this week's challenge, we want to see YOUR triangle love! Make a project for this challenge, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by June 10th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop.

-Catherine Davis & Mary-Ann Perry

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This month, we asked three of our designers to show you how they like to use our wood veneer accents - here's what they made :

Geralyn Sy : Wood veneers are definitely my go-to embellishments. I love that they add a bit of dimension to a project and that they can be left plain or altered with inks or mist. For my layout (which is the title page of my This is Me album for this month's Studio Calico class), I used a variety of SC's wood veneers to create a graphic background.  

There are so many different wood veneer shapes and I had fun arranging them to fill the background of my layout. After gluing them down, they stood out a bit too much compared to my photo, so I layered a piece of vellum on top. Love that it softens the layout but still allows the wood veneer designs to show. 

(Supplies: patterned paper - Snippets 6x6 paper pad; alphas - Here & There 12x12 sticker sheet; badge - Snippets badges; label - Spencer's printable labels; stamps - This is Me class stamps, May Project Life 'Happiness Is' stamp set; washi tape - This is Me class kit; sequins - Studio Calico sequins; wood veneer - Snippets speech bubbles, Snippets punctuation, Sundrifter shapes, Sundrifter phrases, Sundrifter flowers and leaves, Abroad transportation, Abroad cameras, Classic Calico 2 tiny stars, Classic Calico hearts & arrows; Memoir houses; ink - Versafine onyx black ink pad, Hero Arts royal red ink pad; other - DMC thread)

Ashley Cannon Newell : I love wood veneer embellishments! I just have to make sure I don't hoard them and actually use them on my cards! So, I've designed a clean and simple card and used some wood veneer. I love how it adds texture to a card without too much bulk.

On the speech bubble veneer, I added a stamped speech bubble. I masked off the arrow part to create an oval shape and adhered it to the veneer. After stamping the ever-so-cute dog and sentiment, I added a few arrow stamps. 

Wood veneer can add so much to even the most simple card designs. So, don't hoard your veneer any longer. Pile them up on your work table and add them to your card designs. They're perfect for all design styles!

(supplies : cardstock - Studio Calico solar white; stamps - Studio Calico Here & There Cats and Dogs;  wood veneer - Studio Calico Snippets Speech Bubble, Snippets Chevron, Here & There dogs; ink - Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate)

MaryAnn Perry : Wood veneers are a fun way to give your Project Life pages extra dimension, an added design element or just that little something extra your page might need on any given week.

On my Project Life layout I used the SC's wood veneers in a variety of ways: I used the chevrons on my weekly title card to create a design element, On my This Week 3x4 card I used the Sundrifter shapes as bullet points to highlight our weekly activities, and on the 3x4 North Carolina card I use the Geo Tag shape to mark the island of Holden Beach.

I used the wood veneer speech bubbles in one of my 3x4 spaces and filled it with quotes/statements that were repeated during our trip. I love how fun and quick it is to dress up a PL page using some wood veneer!

(Supplies: Alpha Stickers - Sundrifter Tiny Pink Alpha; Thickers - Sundrifter Ombre Green Thickers, Sundrifter Ombre Aqua Thickers, patterned paper - Sundrifter - Beautiful, Here & There - San Diego, Snippets - Oh Snap, Snippets- 6x6 paper pad; Wood veneer - Sundrifter - Wood Veneer Shapes, Sundrifter - Wood Veneer Phrases, Snippets speech bubbles, Snippets punctuation)

How have you used our wood veneer accents? We'd love to see - link us up in the comments!!

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

Kelly Noel - Good Eats : 

Dana Fleckenstein - Happy Birthday : 

MaryAnn Perry - S'mores : 

Susan Weinroth - You Are The Best : 

Natalia Bun - Remember : 

Ashely Cannon Newell - Be Fabulous :

weekly challenge

Your challenge this week is to create a project (layout, card, project life card, etc.) that has a huge title or monogram on it.

From Robyn : 

For my page, I wanted the title to have a huge impact so I cut this quote as large as I could with still leaving room for a photo below. I love typography so adding lots of fun text to a page is something that I love to do. I used papers and embellishments from all three of the new Studio Calico collections that are now in the store. I love how these lines work so well together! If you don't have room to add a large title, try adding a large monogram. It still adds that great typography to your projects when space is a bit more limited. 

(Supplies: patterned paper: Studio Calico Sundrifer Pocahontas & Love Wins, Here & There Bowling Green & Portland, Snippets Me-Oh-My & Howdy; Chipboard Stickers: Studio Calico Here & There Arrow Chipboard Stickers; Die-cuts: Here & There Die-cut Shapes; Brads: Studio Calico Snippets Epoxy Brads; Silhouette Cameo machine; Other: string, sewing, card stock)

From MaryAnn : 

For my Project Life spread, I used large monogram weekday letters in each of the 4x6 spaces and journaled about my day on each of the corresponding letters. I placed photos in the 3x4 spaces where I normally place my journaling cards. 

When I had extra space by the large letters I added a photo that highlighted the days event. I used papers and embellishments from Studio Calico's new Snippets Collection that are now in the store. I love the impact of the large letters of the days of the week and all of the photos and stories that I was able to fit on one layout. Plus all of these colors they just make me happy. Now it's your turn... I want to see how you can add a large title or monogram to make huge impact in your Project Life layout.

Supplies Used: (supplies - patterned paper: Studio Calico Snippets 6x6 paper pad, Studio Calico Snippets Me Oh My; letter stickers: Studio Calico Snippets Charcoal Thickers; other: Studio Calico Snippets Printed Chipboard Speech Bubbles, Studio Calico Snippets Printed Chipboard Cameras, Studio Calico Snippets Printed Chipboard Stars, Studio Calico Snippets Die Cut Frames, Studio Calico Snippets Adhesive Badges, Studio Calico Snippets Tab Card Stickers, Studio Calico Snippets Printed Chipboard Arrows, and the die cut files for Weekday Monograms: Weekday Cut Files

We can't wait to see what you create! Have fun!  Create a project for this challenge, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by March 4th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop.