Hello Friends! Did you have a good weekend, I certainly did, it just wasn’t long enough. 🙁 I played with the stamps from the Taffy Add-On kit from Studio Calico this weekend as well as a few of the new Hero Arts shadow ink colors and created this clean and simple and cheerful card. I … Read more
Hello! I’m back with some more Studio Calico projects using the new Sugar Rush card kit as well as the Taffy Add-On. I also did some digital die cutting which is a first for me! I love the tiny polka dot paper in the Taffy Add-On kit. I used the heart and circle 3×4 digital … Read more
It’s Reveal time at Studio Calico! Time to check out February’s kits Sugar Rush! The Sugar Rush card kit has some great papers in it including one with larger elements that I felt were perfect for cutting apart and using more like embellishments. Again this card started with the sentiment as my jumping off point. … Read more
Tonight is reveal night at Studio Calico and soon you will all be able to get your hands on the new Sugar Rush kits. I love the sentiment stamps in the Sugar Rush card kit. I did a lot of designs based around sentiments this time around. This first design started with the sparkle sentiment … Read more
Hello! Today I have another little tutorial on how to make an altered mini composition book. For this project I started with a cheap mini composition book that you can pick up anywhere you buy office supplies. I used Darling Dear papers and wood veneer shapes from Studio Calico. I cut apart the page that … Read more
So sometimes I get stuck coming up with a design, I’m sure we all do. Some people like using color schemes to get inspired, others like photographs, for me the easiest thing to inspire me are sketches. Perhaps it is the architect in me but having something drawn out is very helpful in jumpstarting my … Read more
Hello Friends! I have been playing with the Sugar Rush Card Kit today and here are a few peeks of the kit and a few projects I made today. Also I’m looking forward to the class starting soon. I got my brushes this week and have played a little in preparation for class. Hope you … Read more
Have you seen the upcoming class for February at Studio Calico, . This month renowned artist, Kal Barteski, brings her popular class on brush script to the Calico Classrooms. Learn the ins and outs of brushes and inks to take a variety of projects to the next level with your own handwriting. I hope you will … Read more
Hello All! I’m joining in the Studio Calico CHA crop today with Challenge #9, using a card sketch. Here is the sketch to play along with. And here is my card using elements from both the Copper Mountain Card kit as well as the Spaulding Bowl add-on kit. I first cut a card base from … Read more
Hello! Today I have another card to share using the Studio Calico Copper Mountain January card kit. This kit comes with a blue tag, some very wide zig zag ribbon and two cool rubber “hi” embellishments. All items I don’t typically find myself using on cards but that’s the challenge right? So I really did challenge … Read more