Studio Calico Boardwalk.

hi there...just sharing my Studio Calico August layouts, well, kind of lol.
i'm actually in Valley Forge for the Creating Keepsakes Convention, but scheduled this ahead of time...wasn't sure if i'd have time to squeeze a post in from the road!
Main Kit + Sea Glass add-on + Sandcastle add-on + White Mister Huey + Lemon Drops Paint

i used the Basic Grey Bloomers from the Sea Glass add-on on EVERY page this month...love those things. i took one apart on the page above and used the natural canvas piece and button separately. see?? even a flower i can love lol!!




Main Kit + Sea Glass add-on + Silver Zing + Zig Embossing Pen + White Zing + Warm Calico Mister Huey

the foam letters in Sea Glass took mist PERFECTLY...i just spritzed, and then dabbed the letter on a paper towel to make it look 'blotchy'. i used the new Heirloom Blue, but debated using Bluegrass instead...either word PERFECTLY with this kit. and how cool does the Silver Zing look with the frame stamp?! reminds me of a mirror. The white outline around the black chalkboard cloud sticker was made with my Zig Embossing Pen and White Zing. :)

Main Kit + Sea Glass + Hydrangea Punch + JBS Bubble Gum Paint

another BG Bloomer. and the LOVELY Sass border stickers from Sea Glass. and my Slice. love my Slice. most of all, i love this photo of Mike & i...snapped while we were onfield during pregame at a Columbus Crew game. need more of these kinds of pics...and i'm not going to lie, this journaling choked me up as i typed it. (choked him up as well when he read it.)

oh, and one other thing...these EZ-Mount Stamp & Store Boards?

they kind of changed my life.
ok, ok...not like THAT lol.
but they DID give me reason to organize all of my past SC Stamps...all into one neat little 8.5x11" binder. which i now keep right beside my desk.

how handy is that?!

Studio Calico Boardwalk sneaks.

just sharing my sneaks for the August gallery at Studio Calico...ended up really liking the layouts i made with this kit.



items used:

• Mister Huey White
• Mister Huey Heirloom Blue (from the new Memoir collection, but i debated using Bluegrass instead...any of the Huey's work GREAT with the foam alphabet stickers in the Sea Glass add-on)
• Mister Huey Warm Calico
• Zing! Silver Metallic...looks WAY cool with the frame stamps, almost like a mirror!
• Zig Embossing Pen (to outline the cloud chalkboard sticker)
• VersaMark Ink Pad
• Heat Tool
  
• Zing! White Powder
• JBS Bubble Gum Paint
• JBS Lemon Drops Paint
• Sea Glass add-on (BG Bloomers on every page this month, plus LOVE how the foam alphabet takes Mister Huey's!)
• Boogie Board add-on (the MME stickers + Journaling card)
• Sandcastle add-on (the frame stamp + Simple Stories papers)

**if you are one of our members who has been around since Cotillion (Aug 2009 Main Kit), then you will want to make sure and pick up the Sandcastle add-on as well as the Main Kit this month (Boardwalk)...you will have a complete set of the 'frame' stamps that originally appeared on the Home Front Odds & Ends paper!!

back on the 28th with the full layouts...happy shopping!!

Studio Calico Summer 2011 CHA Blog Blitz

Hey everyone!! We wanted to continue the excitement about our 3 new lines released at CHA last week, so today and tomorrow we are having a BLOG BLITZ!! Everyone participating will be sharing what they made for our booth, as well as giving away SOMETHING FROM THE NEW LINES!! here is what i've chosen...please ignore the puffy, sleep-deprived eyes, as this photo was taken as we were packing up the booth after the show ended.
a 6x6 Memoir paper pad! LOVE the scale of these, and how cool to have bits of EVERY paper in the collection?!

i made a mini album for the booth using the Classic Calico collection and bits from Memoir. (better photos to come...but the album is currently in the crate on it's way home from the show, so this is what i had on my computer!)
inside cover.

the stamps are WAY cool...and i LOVE the little post-it note/Scrap Pads!!

here is a layout i made for the booth using the Classic line + Memoir. the Classic line was meant to work with just about EVERY line out there...so you can combine it with anything and it will be gorgeous. the tags are different this time around, they are a thin chipboard...how fun is that?!

so click around to these blogs to see more of what decorated our booth: Stephanie, Susan, Tina, Nic S, Sasha, Lisa D., Geralyn.

and just leave a comment here and you'll be entered to win the 6x6 Memoir pad!!

July is racing by...

and i find myself attempting to catch up.

but then i get caught up in how fast everything is going...not just one specific month.
but a couple of them strung together.
that fold into a year.
or a few years.
and suddenly, i am choked up about my baby girl not being a baby at all anymore.

an entire week passed where i was working out of town, and Mike dropped her off at soccer camp at a university 1.5 hours away. i didn't think i would miss her so dang much...but holy guacamole, these last 5 days have been rough. which got me thinking...she may only be 12 now, but then she'll be 15...and then 18...and then college...

and.
and.
and.

and despite the trying times we may have between now and then, this growing up thing is BLOWING MY MIND. we couldn't be more proud of her...every quality we could have hoped for shines right through in every single thing she does. i keep getting told by people: 'just wait, your turn will come...it's going to get rough eventually'.

i don't know, i'm having a hard time accepting that.
i think it's 100% possible to raise a child that doesn't automatically 'go through a hellish teen phase' just because 'all kids do it'. personally, i'm going to place all my faith in this girl.

because that approach hasn't failed me yet.
;)

man, am i glad she's home.

rethINKing Mister Huey :)

while traveling around teaching at different Creating Keepsakes Conventions this year, lots of students ask about spray mists/inks (they're a hot topic right now!)...so i usually share this technique with them. i wouldn't consider myself a 'spray ink maestro', but i do like playing around with them.

i like it even better when i figure out something different to do with it!!

this chipboard frame from the Studio Calico Lawn Party Gallery (how is this Main kit still available?!) needed a bit of color...and i don't know what came over me, but i whipped the top of my Piglet Mister Huey bottle off and dipped a paint brush in it.

problem solved.


so then i thought, why not try it on paper??

i used a few of the Veneer Stars as masks, laying them onto the paper and spritzing some Lemonade Mister Huey in the 'traditional fashion', outlined the star area with a pen and twisted off the top of my favorite Huey color, Clover.


i dipped it right into the bottle...then dabbed the excess off onto a spare paper towel.
then just started painting inside the star shape.
i was going for a 'watercolor' look...and this worked perfectly. i could easily have used my regular paints, but i like the look of this a wee bit better...love how the text still shows through the colors of ink.

just thought it would be fun to share a quick way to rethINK those Mister Hueys. ;)
(and...you can get 10% off of them this weekend...keep reading lol)

and just a quick head's up...2peas is celebrating the 4th of July this weekend with a GREAT sale!





So many new products in the shop...including the fun tapes i mentioned a post or two ago. mine arrived the other day and i've already decided i need the yellow stars to go along with the red i originally chose...they are perfectly subtle in person and i am in love.

have a happy 4th!!