boardwalk reveal

Studio Calico's August kit, Boardwalk is now on sale and it's a beauty! I think this kit really lives up to it's name and really has the tones of the beach wrapped up in it! :) I love Mind the Gap, last month's kit which is still available as well!
This month I got Addon #1-Sea glass, Addon #3-Tidepool and extra SC pattern paper. I love the colors of this month's papers and fell for the hexagon paper hard! :)

I used Sea glass to make this layout and mixed  bonny blue and bluegrass with the new gable green mister huey. The map stamp in this layout is OOC background stamp and I love it. Love this picture of my sister with s2, they love her so much and crack up with laughter with her fun antics with them.


I am currently loving using instagram for quick daily captures and also loved this paper in Tidepool by Basic Grey. My circle punch worker overtime on this page, lol. :)


Missing my s2, they will be back next weekend, yaaaaaay! :) This one was made with only with the main kit. I love using my white gel pen when adding journaling on dark colors.

I hope you will check out the rest of the gallery this month too!
xo

studio calico blitz winner

CONGRATS!!

sandi m said...

110 here in Texas we are at 60 plus days of 100 degrees and higher!
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please send me your information and SC headquarters will ship out your goodies when they are avaliable!
love reading everyone's temps from all over the world!! xo

studio calico summer blog blitz

welcome to day two of our summer blog blitz! you have a chance to win some of the new products earlier before you can buy it, pretty cool I think! :) As you know, I had the opportunity to play with some new Studio Calico goodies, the new Autumn Press line to be exact! Autumn Press is a super versatile line that can be used for Valentine's Day, Christmas, seasonal or everyday projects (works amazingly with countryside as well)- i love it!! I really love the mix of green in this line with the cream, pink and red, be prepared to see a lot more use of this color palette from me. :)

I love Synai's smile, totally melts my heart with her lil' dimple. :) I mixed in some bits from the winter release- cloud rubons and of course mister huey in the new red- overdue and pumpkin spice. The scrap pads are another new favorite, similar to post it notes.  I also embossed the silhouette stamp onto cork paper to add a bit more texture and dimension.

I also made a mini album from the same line, more of an updated version of my lala mini but a home edition. I used black chalkboard paper for the cover so that I could stamp the title, love these stamps from the home sweet home stamp set.








For a chance to win one of my favorite items from the new releases ( butterfly huey's mask) please leave a comment on this post on what the temperature is in your city. It is suffocatingly hot here on the east coast!

for the entire list of participants today and more chances to win product from the new releases, visit the studio calico blog!  

*please be aware that these products are still under production and may take a while for them to be mailed to you, but I promise they will be worth the wait! :) a winner will be randomly selected on Wednesday.

xo

boardwalk sneaks

hope you are enjoying your weekend. I played with my August (boardwalk) kit yesterday. The exclusives in this month's kit is massive, trust me you will want more of the studio calico pattern paper, check out the sneaks here. The kit goes live on the 27th at midnight EST.

sneak 1-tide pool addon: I worked really hard to create separate layouts with each kit. I loved the patterns of the papers in this kit, worked so well alone. Basic Grey has always been one of my favorite lines to create with- I always love the colors of their patterns, so vibrant!


sneak 2-seaglass: sassafras had me hooked with the retro colors so I mixed a tiny bit of the main with this addon but not very much. I mixed bluegrass and bonny blue mister huey's in different areas of this layout and used the new butterfly huey's mask as a template to create a journaling spot. swoon, the map stamp is pretty much perfect!!


sneak3- three words: pink paislee mistables!! l-o-v-e. lots of paint, ink and hexagons on this layout! made almost exclusively with the main kit.

thanks for stopping by and enjoy your sunday!
xo

the best yet

products used: Studio Calico (some older kit papers; documentary paper; new paper from autumn press-rosebud; new stamps (alphabet pattern stamp and heart from the silhouettes stamp set), new mister huey's (gable green, pumpkin spice), huey's mask (butterfly); American Crafts Precision Pen; StazOn (jet black)

almost a week late but here is my take on dare 180, boy this could for real been a book within itself  as my quest for leopard domination continues- how could it not fall into the best $$ I ever spent category?!! I told you all about my score yesterday and today it is documented! :)

thank you all my friends and readers who chatted with me last night at MSD, I had a blast!! It was was the quickest and fun hour ever. off to have some lunch, hope you are having a fabulous day!
xo

off duty: low key

i had a really low key weekend, didn't take many photos or scrap much. I just enjoyed the quietness of my home and rolled with it!

made shrimp rolls for lunch for B and me on Saturday, kept it really simple with ingredients which is always best in my opinion. It was delicious if I do say so myself. :)

tried out macarons finally, they were good not super sweet as my american palette is used to but I did enjoy them. my favorite flavors are the vanilla and hazelnut praline salted caramel ones. I still have a rose one to eat today! :) The Sweet Lobby has really great cupcakes too!


perfect summer find, reminds me of mrs. roper from three's company (hahaha, used to love that show), i LOVE it. It is a robe but I am going to wear it kimono style with jeans and tanks. It fits perfectly for the new 180 dare!
xo

inked

HAPPY FRIDAY YOU GUYS!!! So happy it is Friday and the weather is absolutely gorgeous and a welcome reprieve from the normal humid DC summer. I have two sneaks from my booth work for Studio Calico like I promised! :) I had so much fun working with the new Autumn Press line, stamps, Huey's mask and Mister Huey's!! I think each of the new lines (there are three) will have something for everyone. I can't wait to play with the other two lines, love the purple in Memoir. :)

a minibook made with lots of ink and you can really see the new mister huey's color (gable green) on the first page. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS COLOR!! It is similar to pickle mister huey but more muted in color.


I am loving red a lot these days in addition to my usual colors and you can see grapefruit zing is in heavy rotation too! I love using red with pastel colors. You can also see the new red (overdue) mister huey as well, totally gorgeous red. It has a retro red feel to it, not overly saturated.Also mixed some previous releases like my favorite countryside paper. LOVE this chipboard alpha and so happy that each of the collections has coordinating chipboard and alpha stickers  with them.

have a few things plan this weekend, mainly checking out a new bakery that opened up on the hill, watching NCIS  and scrapping- will have sneaks of boardwalk on Monday! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
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there is still time to enter in the below giveaway, a winner will be posted on the hero arts blog tomorrow 7/16.
xo

studio calico+ hero arts

hero arts and studio calico are teaming up to offer high quality acrylic stamp sets and we are having a blog hop to celebrate!!

products used: (new color) Dewey Mister Huey; Versamark watermark Ink and Grapefruit Zing 

make sure to check out the rest of the studio calico team, hop on over to KP next! The Hero Arts blog is also doing a giveaway today, lots of awesome chances to see how to use the stamps and to win product!:) If you are interested in winning a Stamp set, be sure to leave a comment here!
leave a comment on each stop in the hop and HA will pick a random winner from ALL of them!
The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to WIN!  Winners will be announced on Saturday, July 16.
Thanks for stopping by! xo

own it

quick share of a layout I made last year for The Big Book of Scrapbook Pages, lots of amazing pages in this book and was so happy to see some of my girls in this book as well. They are not kidding when they say BIG, it has 500+ ideas and layouts in it, a well done idea book for sure! Homefront is one of my all time favorite lines by Studio Calico, my hoarded stash is dwindling down but I think Memoir will make a fine substitute!! :) You know me and my circles, mixed Purple Onion stamps, American Crafts embellishments and misted some larger circles as well.  It is a simple layout, those seem to be my favorite ones in my albums. 

I am happy to be be contributing to Masterful Scrapbook Design with their July "Fast Starts" Seminar. It's full of ideas and approaches shaving time off your scrapbooking time--I share a bunch of my favorite ideas on how to create pages quickly. This seminar also include Keandra Willis, Lynnette Penacho, and Celeste Smith! To learn more about the teachers and seminar check out this link,http://masterfulscrapbookdesign.com/.
I hope you will join me on Monday, July 18, 2011 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT for an Interview with me at Masterful Scrapbook Design. MSD is a great resource and I had a blast working with the team there, if you register for this seminar you can get the 100-page e-class “Learn Design Principles that Grow Scrapbooking Ideas” as a free bonus!
so LOVE this season of True Blood, poor Jason that's all I am going to say but dang! I am ready for Tara to go back to NOLA and love every word that comes out of Layette's mouth,"Five minutes, ten if they got dranks"....LOVE HIM! more layfettisms here. :)
xo

off duty: back on the radar edition

sorry, went MIA for a bit but i am back!!! I had a tough week last week and was in no mood to blog, that is how it flows sometimes. nothing major happen just wasn't feeling "me" you know how it goes+ missing s2, they are at their nana's. But I am better spirits this week, halleloo!!! onward and upward had a crazy weekend working on cha projects for Studio Calico, the new lines are totally gorgeous you guys! I played with the Autumn Press line, love the soft tones of it, frolic is my favorite pattern paper and of course the new mister huey's are gorgeous as well! I will share a few peeks of my projects on Friday!

The Dalai Lama was in the district last week, so a lot of the street vendors were selling a lot of Tibetan influenced items, I was drawn to these bracelets. I didn't purchase one though, felt they were a bit bare, now having buyers remorse for not picking one up!


me and my sister had lunch at one of our favorite restaurants matchbox, it was my first time eating at this location, prefer the capitol hill location better but the food was yummy as always! My sister had a crab cake sandwich and I had the meatball and pepperoni roll, it was SOOOOO GOOD!

It was super hot, summer is in full effect on the east coast, but I love walking around the city, especially chinatown!



some new favorite polishes, I am really into neon colors lately.
(left to right) I wouldn't recommend the AE polish but loving the china glaze (shocking pink) and sally hansen (mellow yellow- which is the perfect yellow).
xo

rock it out

via FGR
have a rockin' july 4th weekend!!! can't wait to partake in family cookouts, fireworks, trueblood and some r&r!!
xo
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congrats kari, your comment was randomly selected, please email me your details and I will ship out your box of goodies next week!
Kari said...
ooo* goodies. umm yes please.
*fingers crossed*
xo
kari

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