Studio Calico is making some changes!

Hooray! The Studio Calico November kit has finally been revealed, the DT gallery is full and inspiring, and I can finally share my work with the www. I still have a ton of product left, and I can't wait to play with it some more.

I am a huge fan of the OA cloud paper and didn't want to cut it up yet, so the first thing I made was this layout. I decided to recreate the pattern of the cloud paper using some of the other papers in the kit.


I used the shape of the clouds in the OA paper as inspiration for the shapes I hand cut.


I took some photos of Payton on a tractor while at the pumpkin patch last weekend, and just had to use them with this kit. I have received several Bazzill stitching templates in my goodies boxes from Scrapbook Trends, and am now ADDICTED to this stitch. I don't normally use any sort of template with my hand stitching, but this one just speaks to me.

Farmer was stamped with a new set of stamps that are available in the new store at Studio Calico, which officially launches today.

I used the cloud stamp in the main kit as photo corners for this layout of my girls. I also used the Heidi Swapp alpha stamps for the title. I just love all of the K&Co. die cuts on this one.

I decided to use my precious OA paper on this layout about Payton and the trouble we are having with the "terrible two's". Wowee this girl is having a lot more trouble with this age than her big sister is. The interesting thing, though, is that I think she's a better communicator. I thought the terribles were basically about frustration from being unable to convey emotions and meaning, etc. PJ has no trouble letting us know what she's thinking and feeling, lol. So I am a bit baffled by it all.

That little chipboard strip at the bottom is part of the negative on the Maya Road chipboard strips.

This wall hanging is made out of veneer! Brilliant! It is roughly 4x12, and I just laid it on the table with a bit of an overhang, bent it and splintered it right off. I like the rough edge. This hangs by my front door and I love it much more than I thought I would. Who knew veneer would find it's place into my heart when I am busy renovating and getting rid of all sorts of similar older building materials, lol.

Rip strips are a new thing for this kit, too. They were made exclusively for Studio Calico by Tinkering Ink. It's basically sticky back canvas, and was actually quite fun to play with. I used it to make a flower on the card below, but also just used it as a strip of texture and color on the Faerm Girl layout above.

This OA house paper is another great item in the kit this month. It was hard for me to cut this up too! The backside of that paper is this great green gingham.

As I said above, Studio Calico is officially launching a Supply store store today. In honor of that, each of the Design Team members are giving away an add-on from a previous kit. My add-on is the London add-on from the July 2008 kit. I didn't purchase this add-on but wish I would have! That's why I chose this particular goodie to give away.

Here's a fun mini album that was made with this kit. Look at that super cool binding!

To be entered to win this add-on, just make a post to this thread. I'll leave this open until Thursday night at midnight, and draw a name on Halloween. Be sure to check out each of the other girls' blogs for their add-on too. I have links to all the blogs on my sidebar. Good luck!
Have a great Tuesday! Davinie