Studio Calico November - Handmade kit

You know what time it is.  It's reveal time, of course.  The Handmade kit is up for grabs.

I got three add-ons this month:

Pin Cushion

Thimble

Tatting

Add-on paper

I also HIGHLY recommend:

MORE SC

MORE GRAY

The gray (or grey) is fabulous.  I also ADORE the yellow/orange chevron in the SC paper, along with that gray (or grey) ledger, so it's definitely a must have for this time of year, no matter the hemisphere, really.  And don't forget the leaf pattern!  The leaf pattern is divine as well! 

I didn't get the December Daily kit, but I KNOW it's fabulous!  I just had to focus on my stash. 

On to the kit.

This first one was made with the main kit only:

I am feeling Halloween ish,and I really liked the sparkly MME paper, so mimicked the pattern of the circles with my circle punch and the black paper for this design.  I'm also a fan of the layered BG flowers.  And the SC paper.  LOVE. 

Whenever something fun is around the corner, my kids are always saying "how many days?"  Sometimes it's in reference to their birthday, NEXT YEAR, so it's often quite the math problem for the mama, lol.

I was really inspired by a Pinterest pin for this next one:

That's right people.  That's a brown paper package, tied up with a brown brad, lol.  Recognize it from this?

aplaceforusblog.com

Click that link and you can read the tutorial on how to make them too.  Pretty cool stuff, and I'd love some for my wall, lol.  Can you see how my layout was also inspired from this pin?  You really can find inspiration everywhere.

My Pink Paislee wood alphas were misted with Pony, which was the perfect mist to match those brown BG brads.

I did something I've never done since I was first on the team in 2007 with this kit....  I only made two layouts for my gallery work.  I just ran out of time!  I have a two pager almost finished, which has a completely different feel from how I used the kit otherwise, and I'll be sharing that shortly.  In the meantime, I did make a couple of cards with this kit, using the stamps, and I actually had a lot of fun with it.

I'm telling you, being on the PTC  (aka PTA, PTO) for the elementary sucked the life right out of me.  From what I understand, Pumpkin Carving night is the most stressful event, but just wait until Valentines Day gets here!  We are doing a craft night/bake sale, etc., and it's going to be CRAFTY.  Oh my. 

Anyway.... 

The stamp used on this first card is my favorite SC stamp so far.  I think it's because of that little tiny stamp you can use inside.  I don't know.  It's not normally a design I'm particularly drawn to, but I adore it.  The stamp is in the Thimble add-on, which is a must have.

I used JBS Stick Candy and Lemon Drop inks here. 

This last card also had an inspiration piece.  I really wanted to use the butterflies on a card, and then I was peeking at the Crate label stickers, and saw this:

It worked perfectly, don't you think? See that little butterfly in the middle of a scallop?  Voila.  Embellishment idea.   JBS Spice Tin ink here. 

And that's it!  I'll post on Saturday with that last layout.  I promise.  Really!  Now go pick up Thimble, for that stamp set and the OA. 

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Have a great night!  Davinie

dusting off the blog with some SNEAKS

Ever go to school functions with your kiddos? 

Ever notice the mayhem that surrounds you as kids are running amok?

Ever feel sorry for the harried woman behind the cash register or announcing raffle winners or taking tickets or serving popcorn?

I was HER.

I coordinated a Pumpkin Carving Night for the elementary school, and it has rocked my world, lol.  It was lot more work than I thought it would be, and then half the volunteers were a no-show, so I was superwoman, and forced to clone myself and be in several directions at the same time. 

Why on earth would you volunteer for a school event and not show up?  Why can't you call?  I wonder if this was some sort of hazing initiation.  I wish I had been punked, because then Ashton could have dashed through the pumpkin guts and chili dogs to save my day, but alas, just kids wielding carving tools and dancing to Monster Mash, lol. 

And then they left and I was surrounded by orange and purple butcher paper and the aforementioned guts. 

Fun times.

Glad that's over, because now we can get back to CRAFTS.

Studio Calico.  November Kit.  HANDMADE.

yum.

Here's a few sneaks:

This first one is my main kit only layout this month.  Had fun with this one.

I was inspired by the Crate paper for this second one (the butterfly stamp is one of a few in the Tatting add-on, stamped with JBS Spice Tin).

Love this one.  Had a fun with the details on it (and that's Pony mist on my Pink Paislee alphas, which match the brown in the BG brads from the Thimble add-on perfectly).

More stamping!  JBS Stick Candy and Lemon Drops here...  and that stamp from Thimble is an all-time fave, I think.  I don't know what it is about it, maybe that little stamp that fits inside, but I could use this stamp all day. 

Let me know if you have any questions!  I did get add-ons 1-3, Pin Cushion, Thimble, and Tatting.  I didn't get the December Daily project kit because I wanted to utilize my stash (but I know I'm going to wish I had that album for sure.  I went back and forth on whether to splurge and decided to be good). 

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Have a great day!  Davinie

Field Guide Blog Hop winner!

SusieQ said...


The Field Guide kit look really great. Your layout surely does show off the kit well. Thanks for a chance to win.



7:23 PM


Congratulations Susie!  Send me an email at cooperdees (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll get you squared away with this great kit!

Thank you to everyone who left a comment.  I really do read them all, and was laughing at a few of them...  what, a bachelorette party and wine tasting instead of the pumpkin patch?!  haaa!  :)

Have a great day!  Davinie

Field Guide Blog Hop! - comments are now closed.

Hello Hello!  Thanks for stopping by!  If you've landed here, you either got lucky, or you heard we're having a blog hop with Studio Calico.  Each month I get a box of delicious goodies delivered, and do my best to create projects I enjoy and hope that I inspire others with ideas for their projects when the kits arrive.  This last month, one of the things we decided to try was to create projects using the main kit only.  Normally I get my kit and the add-ons I purchase, and toss them all together, as the often play well together.  It was fun to play with one package at a time, and create a layout using just the main kit.  There's also paper, embellishments, and an alphabet too, so you really don't need more than that.

This is what the Field Guide kit looked like:

Delicious exclusive patterns from Studio Calico, a stamp set, and the chipboard butterflies from Sassafras for Studio Calico are FABULOUS.  I don't know what it is about them, but they are fabulous.

This is the layout I created with the main kit this month (if you didn't get a chance to check out my projects at reveal):

My hubby and I recently celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary, so I wanted a simple layout with a lot of journaling.  We took advantage of a friend's wedding to dash out of town for the weekend, so I included a photo of us just before the ceremony with my iPhone and the Instagram ap. 

The journaling was made with my "new" old typewriter.  I. am. in. love.  I'm definitely including more typewritten journaling on my projects. 

The butterflies for this project were fun.  On another layout I created with this kit, I used clipart from the computer, trimmed it out and used it on my layout.  With these butterflies, however, I used the new butterfly masks manufactured by Studio Calico, and some Clay mist.  I misted the butteflies, then hand stittched them before trimming them out.

I hand stitched them first as I was close to the edge of the shape, and didn't want the paper to tear as I was sewing.  I stitched around the edge of the masked image.  After the butterflies were trimmed out i splattered some dewey just for fun.  I stitched the shapes before adhering them to the layout because I wanted more dimension, and the wee bit of lift that the thread on the back of the shape allowed was the perfect amount.

I was inspired by the Sassafras butterflies to use this shape, so I had to include some of the chipboard pieces on my layout as well.

I REALLY like the Basic Grey alphas that were in the main kit.  I adore the font and used them for a few of my projects this month.  I also like that there were shipping tags.  My vote is to have a couple in every kit!

I used most of the papers in this main kit for my projects this month.  And I'm so excited.  We like to have giveaways when we do blog hops, and the giveaway this month is VERY generous.  If you haven't had a chance to check out Studio Calico kits, and like the looks of this one, each Design Team member is going to be GIVING it away!  woot!  (check out my sidebar for links). 

If you would like a chance at the Field Guide kit, leave a comment here! (if you already subscribe and are the winner, you could gift it to a friend or have twice as many butteflies.  woot!).  Leave a comment and I'll draw for a winner and announce it on Monday. 

My question?  Do you have a pumpkin patch where you live, and have you or are you plannin to go?  We have plans to head to http://www.pumpkinco.com/ tomorrow I think (although I hear they are charging for the petting zoo now.  boo).  i LOVe a good pumpkin patch though, so I'm excited.  This one has a big corn maze, and the theme this year is Star Wars.  Fun times.

Have a great weekend!  Davinie





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Project 12 September in October

Hi Friends!  I hope you had a wonderful Worldcardmaking Day and did something crafty, something you enjoy.  We are posting a day late because of the events, but Welcome to another edition of Project 12!  ha!

Here's what the sketch looked like for August. 

And this is what I came up with for this month:

I used my Studio Calico Field Guide kit for this one. 

Becky's sketches are a whole new world for me now that I see mist when I look at them.  Again this month, I misted around the edges instead of using patterned paper, and used the same mist for my chipboard butterfly on the left.  The color choice was Estate Green. 

This month my hubby and the girls spent a lot of time at Grandma and Grandpa's, working on a big landscaping project. They usually went on the days I went to the office all day, so I wasn't part of the "fun".  We had a photo of the project along with their new pond and dock, so I printed a 5x7 photo of our dog jumping for a toy.  It's not the best photo, but someday those trees won't be that big, the landscaping will be done, and it'll be fun to look back and into the background of that photo.  It would never end up on a layout otherwise, so it was the perfect choice for this sketch.

Here's a few things that caught my eye:

I like the patterned paper Kayla chose and how her scalloped frame matches and brings the layout together.  The embellishments work together really well. 

I like how Vanessa went back and looked through previous sketches for her layout, to find the best sketch that worked with her life.  That's a great way to do it.

I had to share Jen's.  I love that Cosmo paper in this sketch, and the visual triangle of embellishments she created with the layered flowers.  It brings your eye straight through the layout, which makes it even more appealing. 

Agata and her handstitchery and that multi-colored journaling block makes my heart SING!  :)

Now that we are on to October, while in the midst of creating Halloween costumes (aaaaackkkk.  already?!!), making the final push on some quilts I'm making for the girls (and should have given them LAST year), I've got a layout to make.  Check out the September sketch:

Ooh.  This is interesting.  It's similar to the last sketch, only the reverse.  I like this one a lot.  See the visual triangle created with the three main embellishments?  It'll bring the eye straight through the photos, which you won't consciously think about, but you'll find when you are finished with your layout, you'll just like your layout a lot, not realizing it's because you used that rule of design.  :)

Have a great October!  I'm going to be crafting about the first day of school while visiting the pumpkin patch and getting Pumpkin Spice lattes from Starbucks.  That's the fun of scrapping a month behind.  :)

Davinie

P.S.  Be sure to check out the SCT blog to see if you are the winner of the latest prize (but post your layouts here)!  and as always, check out the Project 12 page above if you have any questions about the challenge, or send me an email to cooperdees (at) yahoo (dot) com.

:)

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

(Project 12 September in October will be posted later today)

Happy WCMD!  Whether you paper craft or not, I hope you get a chance today or this weekend to do that creative thing that makes your heart go pitter pat.

I have sweet friends who knit and crochet (oooohhh how I envy their talents), quilt, bake, hike, bike, and even hunt (that's for you, Steve, lol), and I hope today is a day you get to do what you love.

I worked on a quilt last night for my girls.  I'm making two for Christmas and have been working on it for far too long.  Today we'll be headed to Joann's for supplies to create Halloween costumes, so while it isn't cardmaking today, it's still crafts, and I love it.

If you are making cards today, SCT has a great sketch from Becky Fleck with several interpretations, as well as a fun card kit giveaway from Jillibean Soup.  check that out here. 

I created a card for this challenge, using the new Autumn Press line from Studio Calico:

I used the last I had of that brown striped ribbon.  I must get more because I think it's my favorite trim to date.  I can't remember who makes it though, or where I got it.  I'll have to add that to the search list for Joann's.

In case you are interested, supplies used:

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Have a crafty Day!  Davinie