Baltic summer :: mini album.

I have no idea what’s happened with me this month, but I am full of creative energy! I think it’s becasue of that I finally have vacation. In June we spent few days at the seaside and now we are visiting the biggest Polish mountains – so many beautiful views! One more thing – this month’s ‚Penny Arcade’ Studio Calico kits are just stunning. Full of embellishments, exclusive designs and amazing colours.

Few days ago I showed you my juicy [Main Kit Only] layout and I added few painted freebies >>> HERE >>> in this post. I am still waiting for your amazing creations: layouts, PL spreads, mini books and cards! Promise – I will choose some and I publish them on my blog.

OK – during my work with that layout and journaling cards I made this mini. I used many ‚Penny Arcade‚ embellishments and stamps from the main scrapbook kit and add-ons, July printables designed by Marcy and some older elements from SC kits too (like AT tag…). You can also find some precious papers and elements cuted from ‚One Way Ticket‚ collection designed by ‚Studio Tekturek‚.

Anyway – I have to admit, that the cover is my favourite part – and I never like any covers! I hate to do them! This time it was different. BTW – the cover is made with recycled Studio Calico package 🙂

I hope you enjoy this mini and just want to remid you – if you are a juicy fruits nut as I am – you can dowload my free printable journal cards for your personal projects >>> HERE. Have fun and share your passion!

Reklama

Fruit sensation :: painted freebies.

Hello and welcome! Just after reveal night at Studio Calico I have a sweet present for you. You already know what you can find in ‚Penny arcade‚ kits, I also presented you my favourite products which I find helpful to work with July sets. Now I want to give you a part of me in PDF file – few, painted journal cards to download from >>> HERE.

This set consists of five journal cards (one big and four small cards) with various summer fruits. I hope you will find a good place for them in your vacation spreads 🙂 I am waiting impantiently for your creations! If you would like to share your work with me please, leave the link to your project in the comments below this post!

To be true I didn’t have enough time to create something with them yet, but I can share with you my inspiration. I started with this [main kit only] layout made with ‚Penny arcade’ scrapbook kit. Drawing and painting fruits was so fun! First I saw few illustrations during my daily visit at Pinterest, after that I find an idea to combine such drawing into the scrapbook project…

I was using various nibs and colour inks. Just after this layout I made a mini album. I also add some fruity drawings in it (I will publish my summer mini soon!). After that I thought that it would be nice, if you could also have such yummy additives – so I decided to paint few fruits for all of you.

I hope you will enjoy these cards. Just a little reminder – these printables are for personal use only. Thank you. Waiting for your creations: Project Life spreads, cards, layouts and mini albums! Remember that there are no limits for your creativity! :*

Something new.

Today – something subtle with the addition of French designs – floral die by kesi’art and amazing stamp which I received as a present from one of my favourite scrapper – French icon of scrapbooking and my personal hero – Prisca (thank you!). We were teaching together during fabulous event in Maison-Alfort which was organized by our dear friends: Arthemis and Svetlana. I mixed these lovely goodies with one of my printable journal cards (remember you can download them HERE is you want to include them into your own projects), with a piece of one of my favourites pattern paper by Studio Tekturek and super cute embellishments from Studio Calico.

The composition is so simple and it’s based on main elements: printbale card and other additions. I didn’t even use any stitching! Perhaps the situation would be different if I would make this project after new Studio Calico class prepared by Paige Evens|Stitched!

While supplies last, Stitched students will receive a bonus class kit containing journal cards, a stitching template, a stamp set, a stitchable wood veneer tag, a book page, a gray tag and navy, pink and gold embroidery floss. This kit will ship for free no matter where you live.

I have to admit, that I am totally in love with this exclusive class kit and that I’ve already bought it till it will be too late 🙂 I love such kind of stitching templatet and this feather motive?! Just WOW. And here is the best time to give you a good news about special promotion!

How cool is that?! Remember, when taking advantage of this offer, please add the main kit to your cart first.The SC shop is full of recommended supplies as well 🙂 I didn’t buy all of them, but wooden goodies or special stitching dies – it was obvious for me that I need them amoung my stash. I just ADORE stitching becuase it gives me amazing possibilities to enrich my projects. If you are interested in any of these goodies you just need to scroll into the bottom of this page >>> HERE. Well – I’m already waiting for my shopping and can’t wait till I will be able to add them into my layouts (or maybe I will prepare a mini album? hmmm…) Have a great begining of new week everybody!

BBB :: bonus bluish bbb…

Reveal day has come and gone but there’s still plenty goodies in the shop along with some BRAND NEW items. Did you score everything you hoped at the March reveal? These kits were full of my favourites goodies and I’d love for you to have an opportunity to play with them as well. It’s those tiny things that get me so excited each month when my box arriving on my doorstep 🙂

Today I share with you my bonus project made with ‚Office Hours’ blues and one card from my printable journal cards set (I mentioned about them in THIS POST just before the reveal).

I know, this is sooooooo BLUish! I know! But I found an excuse in this photo… it’s also bluish, so… is it enough to won’t be judge?

If you are interested in download these watercolour freebies just click >>> HERE <<<.

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And one more BLUE layout made with ‚Office Hours’ scrapbook kits. I forgot to publish it last time, but now it suits perfect to my today’s post 🙂

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I’ve already receive the project from one of my friends – Monika – who used the same blue card in her PL spread!

I am so excited that you like my printables! Now i know that it was a fun idea and I promise you that I will be preparing such surprises more often – deal?!

Printable present for you.

I prepraed a printable present for you which is related to the Studio Calico march kits! The colours in ‚Office Hours‚ have stolen my heart, especially the green and blue combo which is probably one of my favourites. I decided to create few journal cards for you, using my watercolour skills. I know that almost all of you love watercolours, so I thought that such little gift just before the reveal would be a nice idea (am I right? please let me know am I right!). This is the photo of my tiny gift:

I had so much fun creating them! If you want to download them (for personal use only) you just have to click>>> HERE<<<. I hope you will have a lot of fun with these cards. Remember – you can use them in various ways. They can be the perfect addition to your layouts, Project Life® spreads, cards (I mean, is there ever too much PL® cards?! Nope, I didn’t think so either) or any other project really… need I say more?

I’m not good at writing, so it will be better to share the first layout I made using my printable items (in the upcoming days I will publish more projects, also PL® spreads – not mine – so stay tuned, I won’t leave you without an inspiration!)

I decided to stuck in a pastel palette. The shades suit to the ‚Office Hours’ kits but I chose only the most subtle combinations. On this page I used only green cards, one of them was embellished with a brad and letter stickers:

All of these embellishments and letters are coming from the previous Studio Calico kits or they are available in the shop, amoung the items from the latest Studio Calico lines: ESSENTIALS, LEMON LUSH and COLOR THEORY.

Are you going to make anything with my journal cards? If yes, please share your ideas with me and link your project in the comments below! I will enjoy EVERY SINGLE creation. So, what do you say, are you IN?!

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It’s almost reveal over at Studio Calico so that means I can start shopping!!! This is an amazing opportunity to minimalize the shipping costs. As an international member I have to care about that and I am so grateful that I can combine my shopping with kits 12 hours before the subscriber pre-sale (or 24 hours before reveal time if you are not a subscriber). It doesn’t matter if you an international or not, this offer is great for all of us 🙂

I prepared a subjective list of my favourites items from the SC shop which I find perfect to work with ‚Office Hours’ kits. Be sure to put them into your bascket before the reveal to make sure that you will get your favourite goodies before they will be sell out! I picked up these ,which I used during my latest work or which I find great especially for the March kits combo:

1. brand NEW Mr. Huey’s watercolour set – I love it! These watercolours are perfect for crafting. The colour is not such transparent as usually in a professional watercolour media but thanks to this it’s more useful for scrapbooking. The colours are nice and vibrant.

2.Transparent Watercolour Papers – these are my totally favourite. I could use them all the time. If someone would ask me, if I could only choose one watercolour media and use them to the end of my life – I would say: ‚I choose Peerless Watercolour Papers’.

3. Whole range of Color Theory items – especially in blue and green shades. All depends on you. You can choose: die inks, buttons, sequins, enamel dots, alphabets, papers – or you can buy ALL of them at once 🙂

4. Essentials stars & other details – I am in love in details! I always feel that I need all of them, in every colour (not brown, I hate this colour). You can choose which of them are your favourites: stars, geotags, enamel dots, clips, alphabets, fancy hearts or tiny cameras.

5. and ‚must have’ tool – great, professional scissors. This time I chose Non Stick Snips by Tim Holtz. They are perfect – especially when you have to cut those little flowers…

If some of these items are already ‚sold out’ (what is quite possible), remember that you can click a ‚notify me’ button to get the ASAP information when they will be restock. Another important information – if they will be restock during the first week AFTER reveal you also have a chance to combine the shippings (I love this) 🙂

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So, coming back to the poit of this post. I hope you like my little [download] gift. I would love for you to stop by and check it out 🙂

Thank you guys!

Enjoy and see you tomorrow at the pre-sale!!!