My New Planner

Well, I have fallen into the rabbit hole of planners and traveler’s notebooks. In the space of a short few weeks, I have become totally obsessed! 🙂 They are so much fun. I have acquired monthly and weekly traveler’s notebooks, that I use for documentation, and a melon planner by Studio Calico that I use mostly to plan my creative projects. I see these planners as a way to use up my stamps and have fun in a small format, and so far I am having a blast.

Today I stamped for the first time in my Melon planner that I received this week, so I wanted to share a few photos. BTW, the planner is currently 40% off through the weekend, and you can get an additional 20% off with the code EASTER20 – it’s a great deal! In fact, I couldn’t resist and I may or may not have a grey planner coming my way…

I just LOVE the melon color – and the polka dot inside! Anyway, here is this week’s spread in my planner.

I used the mega date stamp to add the dates – it is coming back in stock in June so hit the “notify me” button here if you want to know when it’s back!


I used a pastel color theme for this Easter week.

I have also fallen in love with the planner kits from Studio Calico and I will definitely buy the April one going on sale on April 1st – the stamp set has so many possibilities!
There is a fantastic promotion going on if you want to try out a Planner or Stationery kit this month. Just add the 1-month subscription to your cart and use the promo code FREESCKIT to get the kit for free, all you have to pay is $5 shipping (FREEKITINTL for international). I got the Planner kit and love it!

Happy Easter Weekend!

It’s no secret that I love bunnies… so I did not hesitate one second when I saw the latest kit by Allison Pennington at The Lilypad! Also… that floral paper is all kinds of awesome!

Credits:Little Bunny by Allison Pennington

I’ve got my fingers crossed that some bunny will show up this year too. Bunnies are my favorite backyard critter by far, they’re just too cute!
The latest Memory Pockets Monthly collection was also released, and I loved using it to make this monthly recap page:

Credits:
March Insta-Review Template by Scrapping by Liz
Memory Pocket Monthly: Status from The Lilypad

I made a monthly summary spread for February and loved it so much I decided to make another one this month.

Happy Easter weekend!

Never Give Up

Hello there! I am so inspired by this month’s scrapbook kit from Studio Calico and by the latest printables by Wilna Furstenberg in her year-long workshop Art2Heart, that I combined them to make this page last night.

The flower printable has such pretty colors.. I made a background for it using watercolors and paint with the silkscreen included in the Homespun scrapbook kit.

The stamp set from the Homespun kit is awesome too!

I love these alphas from the Homespun scrapbook kit!

Psssst… if you want to pick up some old kits such as the ones I have used in my Kill My SC Kit series, check out the sale that is going on right now at Studio Calico!

Spring Is Near

Hello and happy Wednesday! We are well into March and the warmer temperatures are starting to make us hope spring is near. 🙂 Today is also the day of the weekly 50% off sale on select products at The Lilypad, and here I used a couple of them to document this season.

Credits:

One Fine Day kit by Amy Wolff


I hope you’re having a lovely week!

March Homespun Kits at Studio Calico

I am so happy to be contributing to the Creative Team gallery this month with the Homespun Release. I used theDocumenter main kit and add on, and add on stamps and cards, and more stamps and dies – making three Project life spreads, one travel pocket spread, three scrapbook pages and nine cards. 🙂
Here is a roundup of the products I used:

Homespun Documenter kit Pocket add on $26.99 On the menu stamp $9.99 Everyday Documenter stamp $15.99

 

Easter cards $7.99 Craft die Easter $7.99 Barn stamp $15.99 Easter egg stamp $15.99

 

Hello stamp $9.99 4×6 paper pad $4.99 Polka dot die $7.99 Stripes die $7.99

 

Zig zag die $7.99 Plus sign die $7.99 Nested eggs dies $7.99 6×8 Asia stamp $7.99

I am SO excited to have completed my collection of stamp maps! If you don’t have them, you can purchase them as a bundle!

Here you can check out the projects I made:
Project Life spread 1
Project Life spread 2
Project Life spread 3
(I will be adding to this list as I blog more; in the meantime you can see them all in the CT gallery).

And here is what else I am buying at reveal:

Homespun scrapbook kit Asia craft die $35.99 Happiness Is stamp and die $22.99

And I haven’t decided yet about these two add ons (I love them, but my budget is limited):

Purl add on $25.99 Patch add on $22.99

I love the papers and embellishments in the Purl add on, and the weather stamp in the Patch add on is perfect for Project Life!

And finally – there is a fantastic promotion going on if you want to try out a Planner or Stationery kit this month. Just add the 1-month subscription to your cart and use the promo code FREESCKIT to get the kit for free, all you have to pay is $5 shipping (domestic AND international).

Planner kit Stationery kit

I will be trying out the planner kit, and I’m really excited about it too!!
Happy shopping!

Doodle 2 Digital Class at Studio Calico

This year is sure turning out to be the year for learning new things for me! I have enjoyed immensely the sketching class last month at Studio Calico, and the next one coming up next month is equally exciting!

DOODLE 2 DIGITAL

Ever wondered who’s behind the fancy lettering and quirky illustrations you see on Studio Calico products? Graphic designer Matthew Wilson takes you behind the scenes to show how he creates those trendy designs. He’ll cover his favorite tools and share techniques for creating your own hand-lettered art and illustrations. You’ll even learn how to go digital with your work so you can make original art prints, patterned papers, cards, and more!

WHAT COMES WITH THIS CLASS

  • A video introduction to the class and the tools you’ll be using
  • 6 in-depth instructional videos from Matthew covering class material
  • Tips & tricks on the tools, techniques and practice involved in the class
  • Access to a class message board and gallery, where you can share and learn with your teacher and fellow students
  • Weekly challenges to inspire you to use what you’ve learned
  • Live chat with your teacher and fellow students

Seriously… I cannot wait! You can sign up for this class here through April 1st.

Homespun Documenter Kit and Add-Ons

This is the second Project Life spread I made with the Homespun release from Studio Calico.

The Documenter add ons are spectacular this month! In particular I am in love with the stamps by One Little Bird (everyday documenter and “on the menu”) – I know I will be using them over and over!

For this spread, I used pink as my main color – the “yeah” transparency from the main kit is fun!

This was definitely an unusual week – I had a small surgery on the Monday, and stayed put at home for the rest of the week.

I had fun stamping directly on the photos too – the Color Theory dye ink pads work great for that.

I used neon pink embossing powder with the everyday documenter stamp. I always add the week number to my spreads and this stamp set is just what I needed! It also comes with months, days, seasons and numbers – perfect!

The tags in the Pocket add on are so fun and bright (and hard to photograph…), and I decided to tone this one down with some white mist. I used one of the rubber phrases from the Documenter main kit as a mask.

There is a pretty set of puffy stickers by Pink Paislee in the Pocket add on.

Love these stamps (everyday documenter and “on the menu”)!

This is my favorite card of the entire spread! I stamped the “be cozy” from the Documenter main kit around this lovely bunny card from the Easter set.

More stamping with the everyday documenter and “on the menu” stamps.

Here you can see the numbers from the everyday documenter in action, plus the stamp from the Pocket add on.

Homespun Documenter – Main Kit Only

I have tons of pages to share made with the Homespun kits from Studio Calico. But truly.. the Documenter kit and add ons were all so good!! I had purposefully held back in documenting my January, and was able to get caught up easily with all these new products. Today, I am sharing what I made with the Documenter main kit only.

This kit stretches pretty far!

I loved all the pink in the kit, but since I know not everyone is a fan, I decided to avoid pink in this main kit spread, so I chose teal and red as my main colors, with some black.

The silver foil on the card I used for the title is so pretty! I did some creative use of the alphabet letters – since there was only one “w”, I used the “n”s instead.

I used those pretty kraft labels with silver foil accents throughout the spread as a cohesive accent.

I love how the gray rubber word pops against this red card! Oh and a PSA – use staples to attach these rubber pieces, it looks like glue dots have a messy reaction, while staples work great.

I loved the card that said “good times”, but it had a bit too much white space, so I cut out the circle and layered it on top of the woodgrain card, and added my journaling around it. I also used the hang from the stamp set to turn the circle into a framed piece.

There is a lovely set of kraft labels with silver foil in the kit, and I decided to use the leftover backing as a background for this card. Since I like to use up my scraps, I backed it with a couple of pieces I had left over from cutting some cards. I love how it turned out!

The rubber pieces in the kit are adorable as is, but you can stretch them even further by using them as a stencil. Here, I used some Studio Calico mist to spray over the word in red.

I loved the “boss” card in the kit, but it was too black for my taste, so I just cut out the sentiment and layered it on top of another card. I also cut apart the black card and layered it on top of the other one.

The silkscreen that comes in the kit is so much fun! Seriously.. so pretty! I used it a few times here with black paint – it’s so easy to customize your cards! As part of the kit, you can also pick a color of paint out of three options. Here, I used black to stick to my color scheme.

The stamp set is really cute and versatile – I used it throughout the spread, and here as well.
Check out the Documenter kit here.