Spencer's sneaks...

Just popping in to share a couple of sneak peeks to the SPENCER'S kits at Studio Calico! The first one is made with the card kit only. Check out the fun stamps and wood veneer!

The next two are made mostly with the card kit add-on! Great colors in this kit too!

No matter which kits you get this month, you won't be disappointed. I promise! Full reveal is at midnight tonight - WOOT!

more metallics...

All last week on the Pink Paislee blog, we were discussing using metallics on your projects! Hope you will stop over and see the fun posts. I made a little gift wrap and glassine bag to hold a card.
The Luxe line by Pink Paislee is so much fun!

Also added a bit of Pink Paislee's new Hope Chest line - the cute butterfly clip and the phrase sticker. I also discovered you can cut up those Luxe chipboard Placemats - see the stars? I scored it with my trimmer first to get a straight line and then finished snipping it apart with my scissors. This way you can use it on more than one project! The Placemats are quite large - about 8x8".

These alphas in gold glitter are really pretty. The glitter doesn't rub off and these letters are repositionable, so you can move them around as much as you want with no problem.


I had a piece of the chipboard left from above, and thought it looked like a little balloon, so I used it on the card below. I have been loving the chalkboard trend lately, so I stamped the Think Big Favorites #2 stamp in Fresh Snow ink by Papertrey Ink and embossed it with white powder, then rubbed some ink over the top to create the chalkboard look.
Swing over to the Pink Paislee blog to read more about these two projects!

luxe - urious...

One of the fun new trends I am enjoying is using metallics, they seem to be popping up everywhere these days. Pink Paislee has a gorgeous new line called Luxe and it's just that...luxurious and very high end looking, especially for cards! The metallic is embossed into the paper, so when using this paper, it really looks like stationary you would buy at the store! I made two quick cards the other day...

On the Happy Day card, I trimmed the dot paper down so that the dots were more on the bottom of the card, leaving the top open with white space for a sentiment. I used Pink Paislee's new Luxe Copper Alphas to spell out "day". I LOVE these and they don't get glitter all over you, the glitter is infused into the letter and doesn't come off. They are easy to reposition as well.

I added a "happy" stamp from Papertrey Ink's Think Big Favorites  #12 stamp set. With all of the straight lines from the arrows and such, I thought a curvy script stamp would be a nice addition. To adhere the vellum punched stars, I used Helmar's cute Zap Dots.

On the Wow card, again I used the Luxe chipboard arrows and Luxe star rub ons, Copper Alphas and a "congrats" card from Papertrey Ink's Congrats All Ways stamp set. To complete the card, I simply adhered a strip of Luxe chevron paper onto the top with Helmar's Tape Runner.

Check out all that shimmer! The Luxe line was created as an "accessory" to add to other lines, but I think it looks fabulous all by itself too.