Tuesday 28 January 2014

Studio Calico February Reveal

Hello! It's reveal day at Studio Calico which means the Sugar Rush kits and add-ons are available to everyone for purchase in the Studio Calico store! Today, I’m sharing a few cards I made using the Sugar Rush main card kit and the Taffy card kit add-on.

The first main kit only card is quick and simple one. I used here a patterned paper and a cute girl stamp from the 4x6" stamp set by Life-Love-Paper for Studio Calico:

Hi1

For the second card I used one of my favourite techniques recently :) I heat embossed the sentiment stamp with white embossing powder then water coloured it and added some veneer buttons and glitter to finish it off:

sparkle1

The next two cards are made with the Taffy add-on. The first one is quick and simple card crated with sentiment stamp from the main kit. I hand cut lemons and feathers from patterned papers that come with the add-on kit:

hello1

The second one is created with a beautiful paper with watercolour pattern, heart cork shapes and gold alpha letters. As a finishing touch, I added some splatters of Mister Huey's Opaque White to the background:

love1

I really enjoyed playing with these kits and still have some more ideas to try with them. I hope you feel inspired too! You can also pop over to the Studio Calico gallery for more inspiration and ideas from the Creative Team!

Before I go, don't forget that there's still time to sign up for the Life | Scripted class, more details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Aga

Saturday 25 January 2014

Studio Calico : Life | Scripted Class with Kal Barteski

There has been so many inspirational calligraphy and hand lettering projects floating around Pinterest lately that I knew I’d love to learn more about it. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out about upcoming Life Scripted class from Studio Calico and script artist Kal Barteski.

Here's more information about the class:

"Bring creative play into your memory keeping with the art of brush script. This month renowned artist, Kal Barteski, brings her popular class on brush script to the Calico Classrooms. Learn the ins and outs of brushes and inks to take a variety of projects to the next level with your own handwriting. Our Creative Team members will join in to inspire you how to incorporate your new skills into your pages and projects for 2014." 




You can find more information about this class by clicking HERE! Class will start on February 1, 2014 so there’s still time to sign up!

Hope to see you there! I personally can’t wait to start!
Aga

Friday 24 January 2014

Studio Calico February Card Kit sneak peeks

Hi there! Just popping in to share a couple of Studio Calico sneaks with you! These all feature the new Sugar Rush card kit as well as the Taffy add-on kit. So many yummy goodies to play with! The full reveal is coming up on Monday but until then, here is my sneak peek:

sneak peek

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
Aga

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Jane’s Doodles Release Blog Hop

Hello nad welcome to the Jane’s Doodles Stamp Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Mariana's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Jane's blog and start from there!

There are two new fabulous clear sets and one digi stamp set being released today. Jane’s Doodles is giving away the entire new release to one lucky winner, so be sure to leave comments on each blog along the hop for a chance to win:

Jane 
Eva

Today I have created a few very simple cards using one of the new sets called "Jungle Baby":

baby
baby
baby

That’s it for me, your next stop is Laura. Enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

Tuesday 21 January 2014

Runway Inspired Challenge #52

Hello! It’s time for the new Runway Inspired Challenge! We have very soft and “springy” look to inspire you this week:

source: style.com


And here’s my card based on it: 

with love

The background was stamped with flowers stamp from “Easter Time” set by Jane’s Doodles. I heat embossed it with white and watercoloured with ink.

I hope you're inspired to play along! Make sure to check out the Runway Inspired Challenge blog for all the details on how to enter for the chance to win a gift card to Ellen Hutson shop!

Make sure and see what the rest of the team came up with today:

Guest Designer - Charlene Bopp


Thanks for stopping by!
Aga

Saturday 11 January 2014

Runway Inspired Challenge #51

Hi everyone! I hope your new year has got off to a great start! I’m just back from vacation so my bags are still unpacked, laundry to be done but first things first, my card made for the latest Runway Inspired Challenge! :) Here's this week's look:



And my quick and simple interpretation created with watercolour pens:

happy new year
happy new year


The winner will receive a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp, so make sure to check out the Runway Inspired Challenge blog for all the details on how to play along!

This week we are introducing 3 new DT Members, take a look at the following blogs for more inspiration:


Thanks for stopping by!
Aga