Studio Calico

product spotlight

We've shared a lot of layouts with our new Atlantic line, so today we wanted to put the spotlight on how these products can be used in cards and Project Life.

Robyn Werlich - happy travels card : 

Supplies: Patterned Paper - Studio Calico Atlantic Plymouth; Brads - Studio Calico Atlantic Epoxy Brads; Star Stickers - Studio Calico Atlantic Star Stickers; Other: Silhouette Cameo, Foam Tab Circles,  Transparent Watercolor Papers, Water Brush Medium, white cardstock, paper clip

Leena Loh - Project Life spread : 

(Supplies: Atlantic Collection - Patterned Paper - Atlantic City, Nantucket, Scarborough, New Haven, Rockport, South Hampton, Cape Cod, Gold Kraft, Vellum; Fabric - Fabric Bows; Wood veneer - Burnished Circle, Tiny Hearts; Stickers - Cork Circle, Cork Arrow and Chevron, Glittered Star, Star; Die-cut -  Vellum Die Cut Shapes, Punch - Mini Anchor, Alphas - Rockabye, Sunrise; Others - 4x3 and 4x6 Grids Cards, Current Stamps, Planetarium Digital Printable Labels)

What projects have you used Atlantic for? 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 :

product spotlight

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!!

wholesale spotlight

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

Geralyn Sy - Misibis Handbook

Nicole Harper - #Happy

Dawn McVey - Thanks

Natalia Bun - it is what it is

Becky Novacek - love you sweet boy

product spotlight

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

 

Natalia Bun - Deja Vu

Deb Duty - #DUDE

Julie Campbell - just a note to say thanks

Lisa Truesdell - The Bean

Allison Waken - First Ride

Gillian Nelson - Self Talk

product spotlight - speech bubble mask

This month, we asked three of our designers to show you how they'd use the Snippets speech bubble mask - here's what they made :

Tina Aszmus - I love that we chose to use the new Snippets large speech bubble mask for our product spotlight. I love the large scale of the mask and wanted to do something different with it. I recently found some old watercolor crayons and did a bit of experimenting. I loved the colorful results. They incredibly easy to use. I held the mask down on a sheet of watercolor paper, traced the inside of the bubbles with the crayon. After blending a few colors within each bubble, I swiped it with watercolor brush until I achieved the look as I was after. 

I let the paper dry overnight, then added in my photo, journaling + a few other elements. I liked that I worked outside my comfort zone and tried something new. I hope this inspires you to try something new!

Supplies: Snippets speech bubble mask, Lyra watercolors, watercolor paper + flat brush, Knot & Bow twine, Micron pen, Sundrifter Beautiful paper, Sundrifter Pocahontas, Sundrifter die-cuts, white tags, Sundrifter Love This rubber stamps, Versamark onyx ink pad.

Dawn McVey - I have to say that this was a really fun assignment, as I haven't really used many masks in the past.  It was fun to put this one to use, to create a background for my card and all it took was some white card stock, the mask and some Mister Huey's mists!  I chose colors that I thought would work well with the patterned paper butterfly I created, and sprayed them in order of color from lightest at the bottom to darkest up top.  

I also LOVE that I was able to stamp my sentiment directly on the wood veneer speech bubble, as well as punch a hole through it so I could attach the brad!

(supplies : patterned paper - Studio Calico Snippets Anywho & Hmmm ; veneer - Snippets Speech Bubbles & Punctuation ; stamps - Snippets Months stamp set ; mask - Snippets 12x12 Speech Bubble Mask ; mists - Mister Huey's Boss Lady, Cameo, Lucille & Plum Thumb ; brads - Snippets epoxy brads ; gems - Darling Dear brights gems ; Papertrey Ink white card stock, dark chocolate ink & Beautiful Butterflies dies

Catherine Davis - The Snippets Speech Bubble mask has so many possibilities! As I worked on my Project Life spread, a photo of my daughters' glittery shoes gave me an idea on how to use my mask. Glitter! 

For the "amazing" card, I trimmed a Snippets Handbook Album Insert to 4x6 and placed the mask over it. Using a paint brush, I added regular craft glue in the speech bubble. After gently pulling the mask up, I sprinkled silver glitter and let it dry. Love it! 

For the glittery outline on the 3x4 card, I ran my Martha Stewart Glue Pen along the inside of one of the speech bubbles on the mask, pulled it up and added glitter. So easy! I also want to try using the mask by outlining the speech bubbles in ink to create a pattern, plus painting/misting it.

(supplies: mask - Studio Calico Snippets Speech Bubble Mask; patterned paper - Studio Calico Snippets Me OH My, Hey & Stop ; Studio Calico Snippets Handbook Album Inserts; Studio Calico Snippets Adhesive Badges; Martha Stewart Glue Pen)

How have you used the Snippets Speech Bubble Mask? Link us up in the comments - we'd love to see!

mister huey's color mists

How do YOU Huey? Are you a spritzer, a painter, a dropper or a masker? Check out this video from Liz Kartcher sharing tons of fun ways to use our Mister Huey's Color Mists, and then come back and tell us how you use them!

 

product spotlight

I just love these Darling Dear chipboard heart stickers!  So much so that my entire package is almost used up.  Not only are they full of assorted shapes and sizes, but the patterns and colors make for a fun mix.  I've put a few to use on today's card...

These stickers are perfect for layering (one on top the other) without creating too much bulk.  I thoroughly enjoyed how easy it was to select from the collection the perfect hearts to embellish the edge.

They also pair well with other elements from the Darling Dear collection.  Take for example the Darling Sayings stamp set, which I used to finish off this card of mine. 

 

 

(supplies : patterned paper - Studio Calico Darling Dear 6x6 Paper Pad ; chipboard stickers - Darling Dear Printed Chipboard Hearts ; stamps - Darling Dear Dear Sayings ; other - Papertrey Ink cardstock & ink)

We wanted to show you even more ways to use the Darling Dear chipboard shapes, so we asked two more Creative Team members to put them to work. Kinsey used them on this Project Life Spread - the chipboard is a perfect way to embellish cards without making them too bulky for the pocket page protectors!

(Supplies: patterned paper- Studio Calico Darling Dear, October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Dear Lizzy ; Cardstock- American Crafts White, Bazzill Kraft ; alphabet stickers- Studio Calico, Basic Grey, American Crafts ; stamps- Studio Calico date stamp, KI memories 'real life' ; stickers- Studio Calico Darling Dear ; ink- Hero Arts black, Staz On Jet Black ; other- glitter, sequins, tiny attacher, vellum, paint)

Natalia used the speech bubbles on a layout - we've loving how they look layered over the paper speech bubbles!

(Supplies - Patterned Papers : Darling Dear - Garland, Hepburn, Monroe, Flynn; Stickers - Hearts & Arrows ; Chipboard - Speech Bubbles ; Gems - Whites, Brights )

How have you used the Darling Dear speech bubbles and hearts? We'd love to see - link us up in the comments!

product spotlight

I love the little polaroid frames in the new collections.  I think they're such a neat way to highlight little photos.  And I LOVE little photos.  For this layout I took out the frames from the Wonderland collection and decided to use them all lined up on a page.

(supplies:  patterned paper- Studio Calico Wonderland Mistletoe, Sleigh Ride, Jingle, Tree Farm, Snowdrift and Glad Tidings; frames- Wonderland; die-cut title and tree- Wonderland; wood veneer- Wonderland; twine- divine twine; other- tag)

To break things up a little bit I reversed one of the polaroid frames so that it was just white and then trimmed off the little snowflake that was on there.  I didn't want to have so many competing colors on my page.  I also placed my journaling in between the frames to separate the photos a bit.

I used the word "christmas" that was already on the frame and combined with the the "magic" die-cut from the ephemera pack to make my title.

I'd love to see how you've used the Wonderland Die Cut Frames - link me up to your projects in the comments!

stamps

Our CHA-S release stamps have made it to the Studio Calico shop!We know you've been waiting patiently for these, and will want to ink them up the second you get them. Here's a little inspiration to get you started!

 

(spread joy by Lisa Spangler - featuring the Spread Joy stamp set : veneer trees - Studio Calico; ink - Hero Arts Ruby Dye Ink & Green Hills mid-tone ink, Evergreen Bough Distress ink, Colorbox white pigment ink; notecard - Hero Arts; embossing folder - Hero Arts/ Sizzix; twine - Lawn Fawn; other - Rock Candy Distress Stickles)

(happy holidays by Dawn McVey - featuring the Spread Joy stamp set : veneer - Wonderland snowflakes; patterned paper - Wonderland Toboggan, Alpine, Ice Caps;

(Junkstock by Lisa Truesdell - featuring Oh Snap and Sam stamp sets : patterned paper - Studio Calico Wonderland Toboggan; Darling Dear Flynn, Temple, Monroe, Hepburn Vellum; feather veneer - Sock Hop kit, ledger washi - Roller Rink kit; thickers - Charcoal Sotheby's; star sequin - Yearbook Ephemera; chipboard heart - Darling Dear Printed Chipboard Hearts ; arrows - Darling Dear Heart & Arrow Stickers, Vellum Shapes; ink - Hero Arts Wet Cement, Black StazOn; tiny attacher)

(Back to School by Kelly Noel - featuring the Back to School stamp set : cardstock - American Crafts; patterned paper - SC Darling Dear Flynn, SC Darling Dear Monroe; stickers - SC Darling Dear Hearts & Arrows;  ink - Prima Chalk Edger; diecuts - SC Yearbook Ephemera Pack; badge - SC Darling Dear Badges)

(Love Jason and Lisa by Lisa Spangler - featuring the Cal & Spread Joy stamp sets : mist - Mister Huey's Calico White; ink - Hero Arts Neon Pink, Neon Green, Soft Granite and Tide Pool; Colorbox white pigment ink; gems - Hero Arts; washi - Heidi Swapp & etsy; other - gray cardstock and corner rounder punch)

We're excited to see what all of you make with these stamps!