Roundabout Card Kit by Studio Calico...

Hi everyone! How was your Memorial Day weekend? We had a nice time with my parents who came to visit and see our new place. Did some sight-seeing around Colorado and one day they helped us get our yard in shape a bit...our home had renters the past 5 years before we purchased it and it needed some TLC outside. We tore out 4 or 5 big shrubs that were dead and just trimmed a few trees and plants in the beds around our deck - looks much better now! It was so nice to see my family again. After sight-seeing during the day, we played cards at night (one of our favorite things to do together) and laughed and laughed! I really needed a good dose of my family, so good for the soul. :) I'm so happy to be closer to them.

Popping in to share my Studio Calico cards from their June Card Kit called Roundabout. These are made with only the main card kit, no add ons. I was only able to make 4 this time....made them all in one day actually. My kit accidentally went to New York and then to another town in Colorado, so I ended up with one day to get them finished before my family came. I hope they aren't TOO simple? Simple is good sometimes too, right?

This card was stamped with the "me" and "you" from the kit! Made my own little banner shape from the cardstock by trimming up the center with scissors and then trimming to each corner, a quick way to make your own banner shapes.

Another stamped card here. This time I stamped the background, the center medallion and the  heart.

Loved the stamps in the kit this month, the cursive font is right up my alley. The aqua is Aqua Mist ink by Papertrey Ink, also used Pure Poppy (red) and Summer Sunrise (orange).

The gray card is so colorful and cute in real life - sorry for the bad photos. I trimmed a piece of the chevron paper down to an arrow and added some pink stamped hearts and some stamped sentiments. I used Sweet Blush and Summer Sunrise inks by Papertrey Ink.

Here's a little better pic, you can see how pretty the colors are from the kit papers.

One more simple one, stamped the top with the "hello" stamp in Harvest Gold ink by Papertrey Ink to match the little "hi" embellie!

Ok, that's it for me today! I haven't set up my scrapbook space yet, but the girls will be done with school in 1 1/2 days, so I hope to get more time to work on it soon! Can't wait for sleeping in and no schedule again...plus that means more crafting time for me. Hee. Have a good day!

Studio Calico's June card kit sneaks...

As promised, I'm back with a few card kit sneaks for you from the June card kit at Studio Calico! These are all made with just the main card kit... had fun with the stamps in the kit creating backgrounds and focal points. I hope you like them. I decided to go simple with them this time.

My parents are here visiting for the long holiday weekend, and my husband and I just celebrated our 14th anniversary together yesterday. I am seriously blessed in my life, things are going so well right now. I hope you are well too, thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great day!

Color til your heart's content...

I'm a little late in getting this posted, but this month on the Pink Paislee blog, we had a fun little blog hop with Faber-Castell and got to work with their awesome Gelatos pens! The Gelatos are kind of like little lip sticks, they go on the Artisan papers by Pink Paislee so smoothly! I simply colored it onto Pink Paislee's Artisan papers randomly and then smoothed it out with my finger. This coloring technique makes you feel like a kid again!

The Gelatos also work on the Pink Paislee chipboard. The chipboard has a raised design that resists color, so you can see the cute dots that stay white on these stars after coloring them! Love that!

Here is one of my finished cards with lots of beautiful Pink Paislee products... a Hope Chest butterfly, Luxe Alphabet stickers, Hope Chest tag and sentiment.

Swing over to the Pink Paislee blog to see another card I made using the Faber-Castell products with Pink Paislee. So much fun to try! You can try other mediums on the Artisan goodies also - paint, mists, etc. They are really versatile to change up to match any project of yours. Have a good one! I'll be back with some Studio Calico sneaks soon.