Month: October 2016

Studio Calico October Reveal: Story Board – Christmas Cards

| cristina

I was so happy to make some cards using the new 4″x6″ Christmas Card stamp set by In a Creative Bubble! Seriously, if you want to make all your Christmas cards with just one stamp, this is the one! It is so versatile – I haven’t even used all the stamps in the set, yet I easily made four cards that have all different looks. So fun!
I’ll be posting an unboxing video at 3:00 PM EST where you can have a look at the 4″x6″ Christmas Card stamp and the 4″x6″ Christmas paper pad.

Also… Happy WCMD (World Cardmaking Day)!! Check out the challenges at Studio Calico and play along for a chance to win a prize!


This was a fun card to make! There are 5 stars lined up in a row in this stamp set, so with some masking I turned them into a Christmas tree!
This was a tricky one to photograph, but here’s a detail of the shine:

I used metallic silver and red glitter embossing powders.

The background is made entirely by blending Color Theory dye inks!

this one was another really fun card to make. I love the script stamp, and the holly stamp.

I added some red glitter glue (Stickles) to add some pops of colors.

For this card, in addition to the 4″x6″ Christmas Card stamp, I also used a piece of the 4″x6″ Christmas paper pad.

The script stamp is gorgeous! I embossed it in gold.

And here’s a look at how I made the background – that pattern stamp is so versatile!

Finally, I got creative on this last card, and used the branch stamp to spell out 2016. 🙂

The stamp set comes with two solid circles that you can use to stamp in the berries, but instead I decided to use some markers to color up all the outlines.

You can use anything you like – watercolors, brush markers, colored pencils, etc. I used Mildliners markers because I got them recently and had them sitting on my desk. 🙂 I love the colors! They are double sided – they have a highlighter tip as well as a detail tip, which I used here.

I hope you liked my cards! I had a lot of fun making them!
You can check out my Project Life projects here:
Project Life 2016 – Week 28
Project Life 2016 – vol. 2 Title Page
Project Life 2016 – week 29 insert.

Studio Calico October Reveal: Story Board

| cristina

Hello hello! Happy October! I am happy to be contributing to the Creative Team this month with some cards and Project Life spreads! I also made an unboxing video of the Story Board Documenter kit, the 4″x6″ Christmas Card stamp and the 4″x6″ Christmas paper pad, I will post this at 3PM EST today when the kits go for purchase for everyone. 🙂
Here’s my first project made with the Story Board Documenter kit. I loved the colors of this kit, and the embellishments were very fun to use!

I make 2-page weekly spreads for my Project Life, and end up with 2 albums per year. Usually I split the two volumes after 26 weeks, but this year I put two extra weeks in the first volume because I had some trips I didn’t want to split. And I made a single page for the last week of the album – week 28.

I used some phrases from the stamp set either on a journaling card or stamped directly on a photo.

I loved using the chipboard shapes and gold alpha stickers from the kit.

I used the die cut numbers as a stencil to write out my week number on the title card.

The bird transparency is adorable!

You can check out my other Project Life projects here:
Project Life 2016 – vol. 2 Title Page
Project Life 2016 – week 29 insert
and here are the Christmas Cards.

I also have a 2-page Project Life spread that is exclusive to the Documenter workshop, so if you are signed up for that you’ll see it there, along with some tips on how to stretch your kits. Here’s a sneak of the spread:

Have a great October!

Studio Calico October Reveal: Story Board – Project Life 2016 – Week 29 insert

| cristina

After making 2 12″x12″ pages and a double page spread (24″x12″) with the Story Board Documenter kit, I still had several cards and embellishments left, so I made this double-sided 6″x8″ insert.

The gold foil phrases are great – there are so many that you’re bound to find one that works with your photos!

You can check out my other Project Life projects here:
Project Life 2016 – Week 28
Project Life 2016 – vol. 2 Title Page
and here are the Christmas Cards.

Studio Calico October Reveal: Story Board – Project Life 2016 – vol. 2 Title Page

| cristina

Hello! Here’s my second project made with the Story Board Documenter kit. This is my favorite project I made this month!

It is the title page for volume 2 of my 2016 Project Life. I love how it turned out!

I used the Story Board Documenter kit and the mega date stamp to add the months.

The chipboard shapes from the kit are such a nice way to add a special touch to the cards! Here I also stamped a phrase from the stamp set included in the kit.

This is my favorite detail of the month. I layered a 3″x4″ card, the square transparencies and the die cut number to make this card. Here’s a look at how else I was planning to use the transparencies:

Such pretty colors!

Here I used a few more of the fun embellishments from the kit – a badge, the gold foil phrases, chipboard stickers, alpha stickers, and another transparency. I used this card to jot down the goals for this year – the “one” is stamped by masking some of the words from the “you have to be odd to be number one” phrase. (I journaled the #2 goal after taking this photo since it’s private :)).

You can check out my other Project Life projects here:
Project Life 2016 – Week 28
Project Life 2016 – week 29 insert
and here are the Christmas Cards.

What’s catching your eye in the Story Board release? I’d love it if you left me a comment. 🙂