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Here's a peek at how our Creative Team has been using our Atlantic and Snippets  lines :

Susan Weinroth - Right Now : 

Anna-Maria Wolniak - Summer Loading : 

Joy Taylor - Me Oh My! : 

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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 :

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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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For this week's challenge, we decided to put our sequins to good use and we can't wait to see you do the same!

From Amy : If you didn't feel like sewing down the sequins with French knots, you could just use a long-arm stapler like I did. Another alternative is to use a liquid glue like Glossy Accents. 

(supplies - patterned paper: Studio Calico Snippets 6X6 pad; letter stickers: Sketchbook Thickers; stickers: Sundrifter 6x7; mist : Neverland Scrapbook Kit, Opaque White ; stamps: Sundrifter Love This & Frame & Feathers; ink: StazOn & Hero Arts Shadow Ink; other: sequins) 

From Nicole : I love how sequins can be used in conjunction with 'plain' backgrounds to spruce them up a bit and add some color :)

(Supplies : Snippets 12x12 Sticker Sheet, Printed Chipboard Cameras, Me Oh My patterned paper; Sundrifter 12x12 Sticker Sheet, Sunny Day patterned paper, Here&There San Diego patterned paper, Mister Hueys Gold)

Make a project using sequins, then share it in the Studio Calico gallery. Leave us a link to your project by April 29th in the comments here to be entered to win a $5 GC to the Studio Calico Shop.

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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 :

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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

tutorial - Sundrifter circles mask

I absolutely love the Sundrifters Circles mask - the smaller interchangeable icon masks mean that there are so many ways to use it! 

I've put together a tutorial video to show how you can use this mask with two layers of color. If you give this technique a try, link me up in the comments - I'd love to see it!

 

Supply list : patterned paper - Here + There San Diego & 6x6 pad, Sundrifter TeePee, Snippets Hey; die cuts - Here+There, Sundrifter; Sundrifter Circles Mask; mist - Mister Huey's Splash, Ocean, Desert & Hot Diggity; veneer - Snippets Punctuation & Chevrons, Sundrifter Word Veneer Phrases; chipboard - Snippets arrows and stars; stamps - Snippets Miss You So Much stamp set; other - shipping tag, enamel dots, Tiny Attacher, sequins

-Lisa Truesdell

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

Nicole Samuels - Fort Sumter : 

Maile Belles - Just Be Cool : 

Natalia Bun - Project Life March : 

Jennifer Picard - Adventure : 

Allison Waken - Waimea Canyon :

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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

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This month, we challenged three members of our Creative Team to take on the same product. Check out how Celeste, Nicole and Gayatri used the vellum die cut frames : 

From Celeste Vermeend  :

I really love the vellum die cut frames in the Snippets range. They are lovely bright colours and they suit my style.  I think that the vellum makes them very-user-friendly as well. You can layer them over other products and even you photos. I felt the size of the frames lent themselves very well to smalller photos and as I love to doodle - I used a slick permanant pen and ruled arrows on one of the frames as well.

You also get lots of designs to choose from in each packet.I chose three different frames to use on the layout incorporating hearts and stars to go with my theme. I laid them out with my photo and moved them around a fair amount before I was satisfied with their placement.I simply used a glue runner along the bottom and bigger edge of each of the frames and that allowed me the freedom of sliding and placing embellishments around and under them.

My third frame got mostly covered in the process of adding details! But you can still see the frame edge and I like the white space it creates inside it. During the messy process of creating my background with Mr Huey's mists and paint - I also found that the vellum frames take these products as well. It's what comes of placing your frames down before the background is completely dry!

Supplies: Snippets vellum die cut frames, here and there epoxy brads, sundrifter seafoam PP, Snippet Hey PP, Snippets chipboard stars, Snap stickers, Neverland kit, Front Row digital cut file,  Mr Huey's letter jacket, Mr Huey's desert

From Gayatri Murali :

This is Gayatri Murali here. I am going to use the same die cut vellum frame on my card.  When I opened the package, the frames are so colourful with a gorgeous ombre effect to it. I wish I could use all the frame at once on my card. After much delibration, I decided I wanted to take one frame and make it the focal point on my card. To do that I also chose a graphic style card.

I took a portrait orientation of the card base, sprayed Powder Blue Huey Mist on it. I then placed the gorgeous ombre frame on the bottom left corner of the card front.I have used Snippets Chipboard Arrows and Pattern Paper to add detail to the frame. They also help to hold the frame to the card front.  For the sentiment, I used Snippets Miss You stamp set. Love how the sentiment is beautifully framed by the vellum frame and the powder blue spray highlights the frame. A clean, simple graphic card. 

Supplies - Pattern Paper: Studio Calico's Snippets 6 x 6 Paper Pad. Snippets: Chipboard Arrows, Snippets Miss You Stamp Set. Sundrifter Vellum Die Cut Frames. Studio Calico's Powder Blue Huey Mist. Cardstock: Stampers Select White papertrey Ink. Archival Jet Black Ink

From Nicole Reaves : 

I love the new vellum die cut frames from the Sundrifter line. They have a really nice semi-transparent feel and this small scale product is perfect for us Project Lifers. This spread, which I made as an insert for Week 8, is about a simple date weekend my husband and I had (our first overnight away from our kids!) while they got to spend time with Grandma.

I used the frames a few different ways - as a journaling box:

to highlight a particular portion of a photo:

and as a slot for some memorabilia, our hotel key.

supplies : patterned paper - Sundrifter 6x6 pad, Sundrifter Beautiful ; journaling card - March Neverland Project Life kit, Sundrifter Journal Card ; stickers - Sundrifter Tiny Brown alpha, Sundrifter 12x12 sticker sheet ; diecuts - Sundrifter die cut shapes, Sundrifter vellum die cut frames ; enamel dots - Roller Rink Card kit ; date stamp - Calico V.3 roller date stamp ; ink - Versafine Onyx Black ; pen - Micron .03 , white Sharpie poster paint pen ; other - file tab punch, arrow clip

How have you used the vellum frames? Link up your projects in the comments - we'd love to see!