‘Madness’ :: mini album

Today I have a twin mini to the ‘Bike‘ one. I combine the same composition in both of them, I worked with the same papers but the colours are different. So here you are…

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National Scrapbook Day!!!

Welcome everybody! I am celebrating this awesome day with all my Studio Calico family and YOU!!! Check oute the CHALLENGES over at Studio Calico BLOG for this NSD weekend! There’s lots of PRICES that you can win, you wouldn’t want to miss it!

Here is on of the challenges that I took part :: Scrapbook CT challenge #3 ‘By the numbers’. Count it out. Add some stats. Measure the distance, or the passing of time. Note their age. So many of us have unused number stickers hanging out in our leter packs, and we want you to put them to work!

Numbers are very spectacular, always. The graphic for of the numbers are always perfect, they look great everywhere: as a pattern, as a title, multiplicate with stamps, masks, texture… If you’ve never tried, this is the best time to do so.

I hid the second picture of Canal Saint Martin under the main photo of this layout…

pattern paper: Snippets ‘Oh Snap‘, Snippets 6×6 Paper Pad, Here & There ‘Flagstaff‘, Here & There 6×6 paper pad,  stickers: Here & There 12×12 Sticker Sheet, Atlantic Cork Arrow and Chevron stickers, epoxy brads: Snippets Epoxy Brads, chipboards: Snippets Printed Chipboard Arrows, Here & There Arrow Chipboard Stickers, Snippets Printed Chipboard Speech Bubbles, badges: Here & There Adhesive Badges, alpha: Sundrifter Tiny Brown Alpha, ‘Orion’ scrapbook add-on, mists: Atlantic Seafoam, Atlantic Navy, Here&There Ocean, Here&There Garden, other: Transparent Watercolor Papers, Water Brush – Medium

I also took part in the second ‘Give mixed media a try‘ scrapbook CT challenge and show there one of my layouts from the May ‘Planetarium’ kits gallery.

I encourage you to try prepare some works because you can win some amazing prices at Studio Calico during this weekend!!!

‘Bike’ – mini album

Today I am showing you the second mini album from ‘Version Scrap’ classes – I have a class with this one also in Helsinki. Enjoy!

Have a nice May weekend everybody!

[more] happy little moments!

This is a kind of great BOOM! New Studio Calico classes MORE HAPPY LITTLE MOMENTS!!! Prepare for June! Sign up, grab your favourite kit and create something special with Maggie and Marcy!!!

Life is full of happy little moments that we often don’t scrapbook. Join Maggie and Marcy and capture those memories in a one of a kind altered book. Your teachers will be walking you through the process of putting together a unique album filled with peek-a-boo windows, envelope pages and all of the moments that make you smile.

Maggie and Marcy have each curated a class kit that they’ll be working with in their books.

Maggie’s Kit you can buy HERE:

and Marcy’s kits you will find HERE:

Our teachers are joined by contributor Lisa Truesdell, who will be sharing tips to adapt Maggie and Marcy’s ideas into a Studio Calico Handbook format.

More Happy Little Moments students will also have access to a variety of digital files – printables by Hello Forever and Bananafish Studio, hand drawn die cut files by Maggie Holmes and icon, tag and tab die cut files by Hello Forever.

This is a self-paced class – all class information will be posted on June 1st. To help keep you on track to complete your book, Maggie and Marcy will be posting a journaling prompt and technique challenge on the classroom message board each week.

‘Paris Photo’ mini album

Hi, I am going to publish my this spring mini albums and layouts from my workshops in ‘Scrapbook Werkstatt‘ event, mixed-media classes in Budapest, three minis from ‘Version Scrap‘ in Paris and something from Intohimona which took place in Helsinki two weeks ago. I will start from the first mini prepared for ‘Version Scrap’ – ‘Paris Photo‘ mini album sponsored by my dearest partners:

The main point of these classes was mixed some grey, neutral background with neon add-ons – and of course watercolour technique.

Thank you for for bee there with me during classes!!!

Studio Calico ‘Planetarium’ reveal!!!

Finally!!! I can’t wait to show you my May kit layouts!!! All of this month kits are just amazing! I am in love with ‘Planetarium‘ and I can’t be happier that today is the day of reveal. Unfortunatelly I didn’t prepare a lot of layoout this month because of my travels to Paris and Helsinki, but I have a few and I hope you will like them.

OK, so let’s begin! This month I grabed these kits: Main Scrapbook ‘Planetarium‘ kit, ‘Orion‘ Scrapbook Add-on1, ‘Big Dipper‘ Scrapbook Add-on2, ‘Lyra‘ Scrapbook Add-on3 and ‘Helley’s Comet’ Project Life add-on. The projects below are the mix of these kits. I also add a lot of watercolours this month (I know, I use them all the time, but this time I used only Transparent Watercolour Papers which are available in Studio Calico shop, they are amazing and so easy to work with!).

So first start from these full of watercolours layouts:

My second favourite things this month is this lovely circle stamp from the PL add-on – I stamped it using different colours of inks.

And third obsession – eco/natural trend! I was so inspired by all wooden embellishements and papers in these kits. I’m in the neutral mood…

And my last layout  - the Main Kit Only one made with ‘Planetarium’ Scrapbook Kit:

Don’t forget about Studio Calico DIGITAL shop items!!! You know how I love them – especially PRINTABLES

Please take a look also on some NEW ITEMS in SC shop – specially MINI NEON MISTS and Studio Calico mid release ATLANTIC COLLECTION!

I wish an amazing weekend (in Poland we have a veeeeery loooong weekend this time), and see you soon!!!

‘Planetarium’ sneak peeks!!!

Hi!!! So, so sorry that I have no time for blogging last weeks but I just come back from Paris (thank you so much to all my Version Scrap students!!! You are amazingly talented!!!) and tomorrow I’m leaving to Helsinki on the huge Finland scrapbooking event where I will be teaching two different classes (see you there at Saturday girls!!!).

But I just have to show you some brand new Studio Calico ‘Planetarium‘ sneak peeks before I leave my flat, so… these are four of them and I just can say that I love these kits!!!

I have to remind you that you have only a few days to register in Studio Calico new May Class by Jen Jockisch ‘POP of the PAGE‘!!!

Feeling a little flat? Join layering expert Jen Jockisch for this sequel to last year’s popular class and learn how to layer your paper and embellishments to add detail, dimension and visual interest to any project. We’ll be kicking off the class with a refresher PDF to discuss ideas shared in the first class, and will follow that up with four PDFs discussing even more concepts in layering. In the end, you’ll have access to 5 PDFs filled with 28 new projects, 2 videos (one from Jen and one from Celine) and oodles of Pop Off The Page tips and tricks.

While supplies last, students will receive an embellishment kit of layering essentials, including an exclusive stamp set. This kit will ship free to you, no matter where you are!

The class also comes with exclusive downloads – printables from In A Creative Bubble and Blinks of Life and die cut files in .svg, .png and .studio from Kinsey Wilson.

Spencer’s Reveal

You will adore these kits! Playing with them is like a fairytale. I grabed Main Spencer’s Scrapbook kit, both scpbooking add-ons: Front Porch Blend and Daily Grid and Project Life add-on – Latte. And here are my April’s layouts, enjoy.

I was thinking a lot about how to use these cuted circles in my work and I decided that first – I will use them as a mask and next I cut a piece of this craft and use it as a background. I also add some mixed-media actions using gesso, mists and watercolours here and there. The rest is just a combination of different layers. I have a lot of self-portraits this month because I was experimenting with my new Canon Selphy – and I get a lot of photos in weird crops sorry.

This is a crazy layout inspired by this chevron motive coming from this red-navy paper. You can find here a lot of chevrons made using different Studio Calico ‘V’ masks. Whole page stays in a summer holiday mood that’s why I stick here the little printable anchor and use these marine colours.

This layout was totally inspired my this amazing pink paper. I adore this gradient here!!! All I knew wt the begining that I want to use this paper as a background and this beautiful stamp – the rest was just an inprovisation. I created some layers using alsothis lovely black envelope. Of course I add some splashes and doodlings – I adore me new tool – white Uni-ball. This is the second month with this tool and I can’t stop! I am also impressed by these clear shapes – the colours on the are so vibrant!

This is an another vacation layout. The photo was made when my son was 5 – so I cuted this ’5′ from the PL card from the PL add-on. I combine some transparent and white layers from vellum and different papers. The background is made from white paper and I also add there a piece of white patterned paper from one of the add-ons. Of course I add a little bit of watercolour paint all over the photo. And the good info is – that in Studio Calico shop you have a new watercolour medium! Transparent watercolour papers – you have to buy them

This is my this month’s Main Kit Only layout. I stick it in a navy palette with some highlights. The inspiration is coming from the picture – as always in my works.  I combined a lot of various layers, I used a vellum, printables, wide washi tape, some different pattern papers and simple embellishements.

Ok – I think that this title is dump :/ but I added it here and I never change my mind on the layouts so – it have to stay. So just treat this sentence as an element of the composition only – not the main reason why this page was made, ok?  I used my self-portraits once again (sorry, but I have a lot of them because I was learning how to use the Canon Selphy) – and I decided to stick in a monochrome palette. Finally I add a little bit of woodgrain motives. Once again you can find here different kinds of chevrons. For me the most important part of this page is this adorable handwriting patterned PL card in a dark navy colour from this month’s PL add-on Latte. I am in love with this card.

I love this photo of my beloved son – everything what happened on this page is a consequence of the color palette of the image. I adore this craft paper in the background. I create a lot of layers here but my intension was to highlight the photo – I hope I do my best

I hope that you like my this month’s creations and that they will be enough for next two weeks. I’m leaving and probably I won’t have an internet so it will be quiet here for a moment. I wish you Happy Easter time with your beloved family and friends. Send you huge hugs.
XoXo

Before Reveal

Tonight we have an April Reveal at Studio Calico!!! I am so excited – this is one of the most amazing nights in a whole month! Our Creative Teams galleries will be open in a few houres. And now…

You can look at all of this month’s digital items!

And this is also your last chance to sign up to Lexi’s ‘This is Me‘ class!!! It will be all about handbooks and minibooks! I’m sure these classes will be outstanding, I can’t wait!

Studio Calico :: Spencer’s sneak peeks II

I am in love with all of these different colours in the next month’s kits! These are the sneak peeks from my latest pages. Remember that there are only a few days till April’s reveal!

I wish you a beautiful first day of Spring. Unfortunatelly I have a snow storm in Poland right now, but I believe that in a few days the Spring will come with all its magnificence.