I had fun with the latest kit by creashens, which is out today and 20% off! For a limited time, you also get a free set of acrylic frames if you purchase the kit.
My husband always complains when I ask him to be in a photo, but this time the joke’s on him because I decided to use this photo of him making fun of me. 🙂 The theme of this pretty kit was just perfect for this story! 🙂
Have a great weekend!
I am home recovering from a small surgery, and spending most of my time in bed. I have been catching up on my 2015 Project Life (printing photos from my bed is really quite efficient!) and getting up only for short periods of time. In one of my breaks from bed rest, I put together one more page using the Canyonlands scrapbook kit from Studio Calico.
I am also thrilled because I received my Mega Date Stamp this week and put it to good use on this page. I love it and highly recommend it!
Have a great weekend!
Hello and happy Wednesday! Today I have a page to share that I made with some of the products that are 50% off in the Something Old, Something New sale today at The Lilypad.
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I love snow!
The Eloquent Eloise kit by creashens is 50% off today, and I thought it was perfect to make this page:
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Eloquent Eloise kit by creashens
Making this page was great scrap motivation for me – I had (my very 1st ever) surgery yesterday (all went well.. I am home recovering now) and I really needed to focus on the positive. I’m ready to get better, and hopefully this is the first big step in that direction!
As promised yesterday, I wanted to show you a bit more of what I am doing in my Traveler’s Notebooks.
So far I’ve only been using the little passport-sized one for note taking on the go, but I started playing a bit more in the larger, red one.
The red one is to big to carry around for me, but it is perfect to use at home with my stamps.
I started by making a log for my exercise, which is one of my 2016 resolutions.
{Stamps by Studio Calico, mostly from past Documenter kits}
I find that having a visual reminder/motivation works well for me, and I am happy each day to check off my workout. Hoping this lasts!
I’m also really excited to be using the Mega Date Stamp in my notebook! This stamp is back in stock but is selling fast (and likely won’t be restocked), so if you’re thinking about it, don’t wait too long!
Did you see the new workshops that will provide monthly inspiration for the Scrapbook and Documenter kits at Studio Calico?
I wanted to check out what the workshops were about, and I started with the scrapbooking one. This month’s workshop is taught by Paige Evans. I was really inspired by her main kit only lesson, which is based on a loose grid, and I used this technique for my page. Alas, I don’t have the Arendal kit, so I used the November one (Canyonlands) instead.
There are three lessons in each workshop, and each lesson comes with a video – I love it! It’s just the right amount of inspiration to look at your supplies in a fresh way.
I love how my page turned out! I picked all blue and green elements from the kit, laid them out, and that was it. Easy page but I love the result!
After five months strong (June-October), I slacked in my Kill My SC Kit series. Alas, I am not giving up, in fact I resumed using my Canyonlands scrapbooking kit now that December Daily is over and done with. 🙂 Only 3 pages done so far, so I’ve got a ways to go.
Kill my Studio Calico kit is a monthly series I started on my blog to hold myself accountable and use up my kits. My goal is to use up a kit before the next one arrives.
Oh… and I almost forgot to mention the best thing – if you are a subscriber to either the Scrapbook or the Documenter kit, you can sign up to the corresponding workshop for the month of January for free!
It’s been really cold here the past few days!
Today is the day for the weekly Something Old, Something New sale at The Lilypad – 50% off select products, through today. Here’s what I made with some of the products on sale:
If you haven’t yet, it’s not too late to join the Month of Challenges at The Lilypad!
Lots of inspiration and great prizes!
Today I want to share a little DIY project I made last month – a double-sided leather traveler’s notebook.
I am not going to post a step-by-step tutorial because in fact I followed the instructions by the excellent Christine, with just a small change – rather than a regular size traveler’s notebook, I decided to make a passport-sized one. This is my first traveler notebook and I made it with the purpose of carrying it in my bag when I go to work meetings, and I wanted something more compact. The bonus is that from 2 sheets of letter-sized leather I was able to make 2 notebooks, one for me and one for my mom. 🙂
Now… I’m not gonna lie – it took forever to put together (mainly because I didn’t have the right tools to thread the elastic!), but it was worth it – I love how it turned out!
The notebook is double sided, and even though when I bought the leather (these are pretty much the entire color option at Michaels) I thought I’d be using the aqua for the outside, I ended up falling in love with the texture of the brown leather and chose that instead. 🙂
I have two notebooks in my journal.
The notebook on the left was made by me, while the one on the right is a Midori passport – I bought it after the fact, and it turns out that the notebook I made is spot on!
I used yellow copy paper for the notebook made by me and I love the pop of color!
I chose not to bind the notebook and it’s really quite freeing to know I can just get rid of a page if I mess up.
Here’s a closeup of the stitching, which I did with my sewing machine but turning the wheel by hand (I didn’t trust my sewing skills for this project!):
The stitching holds the two pieces of leather together pretty well (in fact the only change I would make in Christine’s instructions is to skip the fabric interfacing step – I found it didn’t really stick properly in my case).
The pretty charm was given to me by my mom a few years ago and is by Thun.
This passport size has been working really well for me, and it made me take the plunge and purchase a full sized traveler’s notebook as well – I would love to try my hand at scrapbooking in that size, so stay tuned… 😉
I am so excited for the new class at Studio Calico: Sketch Your World! It starts Feb. 1st.
I am really excited to get back to drawing and painting with the Sketch Your World class! This is just the push I need to play with colors again! And Olya is such a talented artist!
Over the years, I have amassed some favorite watercolor supplies, including Neocolors II, Peerless watercolors (currently sold out at Studio Calico but you can find them on Amazon too) and Kuretake Gansai Tambi. I don’t own this little travel-sized Koi set, but I just might have to try it out! 🙂
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| Neocolor II | Kuretake Gansai Tambi | Peerless | Koi watercolors |
I hope to see you in class!
I don’t normally do new year resolutions (I hate letting myself down!), but this year I was inspired to jot a few things down when I started creating with the January Memory Pockets Monthly: CHAPTER collection from The Lilypad.
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Do you make new year resolutions?