Studio Calico guest creations...

The Studio Calico projects for the month are up here! I'd love to show you what I made with the kits. The first few are made with (mostly) the main kit...

"Snow Days are the Best Days"...shortly after we got our puppy, it snowed and the girls took her out to play. She absolutely loved the snow, although she was so little compared to the big snow banks...and was completely soaked and freezing cold when she came back in!

I layered lots of the Basic Grey die cuts, some of them are fabric, and so pretty. Here's Maggie with her little sweater. :)

Made my own little paperclip here with a Basic Grey die cut and a white cardstock snowflake cut out with Papertrey Ink's Damask Snowflake dies. (All of the snowflakes on the page were cut with the Damask Snowflakes dies.) The "notes" card is from add-on #2.

I hand stitched part of the title.

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On this card, I flipped over the die cut paper and ran it through my printer to print the "thank you" text on the back of the paper. The little holes in the paper made tying some floss onto it very easy!

I used a Maple Leaf punch by McGill to punch the leaves, and a few leaves are cut to hang off the edges of the card.

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On the JOY snowflake card, I used the button card that the buttons came on! I had to trim it down just a bit, so it wasn't so tall. I misted the gray cardstock with Calico White Mister Huey by Studio Calico. LOVE this opaque white mist!

Did you guess what the snowflake is made out of? They are the Amy Tangerine paper leaves in the main kit!

I thought about doing something Fall-ish with them, but I wanted to try something different. I painted them white and trimmed 2 little V's out of the tops of them. You could certainly make your own snowflake like this by cutting or punching your own leaves and then doing the same technique. I covered the center where the leaves come together with a button and piece of cardstock. Floss is from my stash.

This little striped button makes me SWOON! (I'm easily entertained, aren't I??)

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Now onto the add-ons!

This little card set was made with add-ons #1 and #3. The papers in these kits coordinated SO nicely! I used a Wine Bottle Tag die by Papertrey Ink to cut 2 pieces for the pocket, then placed them horizontally (instead of vertically like the Wine Bottle Tag is supposed to go) and stitched them together to form the pocket for these cards.

The butterfly stamps in the kit were gorgeous, so I stamped them with Weather Vane ink by JBS onto the text paper and cut them out.

I wanted to keep the cards all basically with the same design - all with a circle die cut in the back, a sticker, a butterfly and a strip of paper. This basic design helped with making the cards quickly.

All of the background circles were cut with Papertrey Ink's Doilies Details dies.

I made 4 thank you cards to tuck into the pocket.

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Now onto add-on #2. Which...I have to say...was my very favorite kit! There was an adorable stamp in this one, where you stamp the outline and then fill in the little spots with another stamp. FUN!

I used all JBS inks from the Studio Calico shop - Weather Vane, Stick Candy, Speckled Egg, Chewing Gum and Lemon Drops. I also inked up the chipboard from the main kit with Speckled Egg ink, then layered a pretty button and a tag that I cut from the kraft paper. (Sentiment and tag die are from my stash - Tiny Tags by Papertrey Ink.)

This layout was made with kit #2 also... I added the Basic Grey fabric circle from the main.

I used the journaling cards as a background here. Really loved all the patterns. This is one of my favorite photos of Kati when she first came home from the hospital! Chubby cheeks.... :) 6 years later, she has become the sunshine that lights up our lives like we could have never imagined. Such a great kid, she is!

Sending a huge thank you to Studio Calico for having me as a guest!!