Living My Dream

Studio Calico Sneak Peeks

TOMORROW is already reveal for the Studio Calico December kits called Blue Note. Yikes, time is flying, the holidays are here, and I'm behind as usual!!! But I did get three project life spreads made with the December kits, so I am happy about that! I wanted to share some of my sneaks with you before the kits go up for sale tomorrow. Subscriber reveal is at 9:00 am pst and we have a chat at 8:00 am pst. Full reveal for everyone is at 9:00 pm pst with a reveal chat at 8:00 pm pst. So until tomorrow, here are some sneak images to "wet" your appetite for all the good things to come! These first few images were... Read more →

Paper Piecing Tutorial

Today on the My Favorite Things blog, I have a tutorial on paper piecing with details on how I made this Christmas card: This card was made using my second stamp set released in October called Sweet Little Christmas. It is sold on the My Favorite Things website here. I hope you will check out the detailed turorial today on the MFT blog as it is a really fun technique to do with your stamps. It gives you another option for adding color and patterns to each part of a stamped image instead of coloring it. I hope you are all having a great week! I have had a bit of a tough one - lots of prayers needed on... Read more →

PRINTSHOP!!!

I'm probably annoying you all today by posting TWICE, buy hey, I've got a lot to cover! I just couldn't fit anything else in that last post. So don't miss it - it's jammed full! Today I want to share a layout I made with the brand spankin' new Studio Calico Printshop line. It was designed by the talented Shanna Noel and it is SOOOOOO trendy, hipster, cool, .... that I almost felt too OLD to use it! But I think I pulled it off - what do you think??!?!?! This line is available for purchase on the Studio Calico website. When I made this layout, I only had a few of the products from the September Kits. Now that... Read more →

Studio Calico November Cuppa Kit Projects

I can't believe we are almost coming to the end of a year that I have been working with the Studio Calico kits to make my project life spreads. I cannot say enough how much I LOVE the kits and how they have made my PL spreads so easy to come together. They give me the challenge of working with new products each month - trendy up to date products. I love the process and definitely plan on continuing project life for 2014. How about you? How has your 2013 PL process gone and do you plan on continuing? For most of the weeks in the summer months, I had too many pictures for one spread. So I ended up... Read more →

MFT Release Rewind Day 2

Now that you have all purchased some of your favorite new releases from My Favorite Things November products, the Design Team is ready to give you some more inspiration! Today, I have a couple of projects using my new Sweet Little Memories set as well as many other new releases. Let's start with my scrapbook page. I think this must have the most MFT products on it of anything I've made yet! I think it is obvious I am really into using all of the border Die-namics! I love layering them, coloring them, and decorating everything in site with them! This layout uses three different ones. I laughed at the comment that someone left yesterday about me using the Looped... Read more →

My Favorite Things November Product Launch! (and give-a-way!)

Today is the new product launch for all of the November releases by My Favorite Things. Head on over to their website to shop if you haven't done so yet - just go HERE where they will all be listed. This holiday season, the gifts are for YOU. Visit each of the MFT Designers' November Product Launch posts and leave a comment by the end of the day on Thursday, November 14 for your chance to WIN one of 20, $10 Gift Vouchers (that's $200 in prizes!). The winners will be chosen at random and the prizes will be sent out on November 15. One prize will be given away from each of the designers' blogs, as well as one... Read more →

ONE MORE DAY!!!

Tomorrow is the official release of the My Favorite Things November new products and this is the last post showing some of the new sets. They will all go on sale on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:00 pm pst. So come back one more time for more projects from all the DT and to start your shopping spree! Today, I made a two page 8.5x11 layout using primarily my new set Sweet Little Memories as well as these two sets that I am MADLY PASSIONATELY ADORINGLY IN LOVE WITH! (hope my hubby doesn't read this or he may be jealous of that introduction!). Here they are for you to gooooooooogle over (one was previously released and one is part of... Read more →

It's Scrapbook Time with MFT!

Today I wanted to make a traditional layout - 12x12 - just like OLD times, but now using my NEW stamp set and many other MFT products that I have fallen in love with! It's amazing how many years I lived without die-cuts! They are so perfect for scrapbook pages, both backgrounds and all the little details. I added SO many to this page - see if you can find them all! My new Vagabond is getting in very good shape and earning it's wages! With three days to go until the My Favorite Things November products are on sale on their website HERE (on November 12th at 7:00 pm pst) ... I tried to incorporate as many of the... Read more →

We Are Getting Closer ....

Only FOUR days left! Today I used one of my all time favorite products by MFT - the new Die-namics Home Sweet Home. This set could NOT be any cuter or any more ME! It's adorable and has so many possibilities. The DT did a great job showing it off yesterday, so make sure to check out all of their blogs. They put lots of different spins on it (think gingerbread house, dog house, etc...!). I on the other hand used it as .... just a house! The first thing I did is stamp the yellow portion of the house using one of my new favorite stamp sets (same one I used the other day on my post) called Distressed... Read more →

Lily Bee Urban Autumn BLOG HOP!!! (((give-a-way included)))

Today I'm part of a blog hop announcing a new line by the very talented Amy Heller called Urban Autumn by Lily Bee Design. You can see the entire line HERE. It is so gorgeous! Not only does it have the usual fall color pallette (browns, greens, oranges, etc...), but it also has some unique colors thrown in that make it a one of a kind fall line! I was so excited when Amy asked me to participate in announcing her new line with this blog hop because I got to play with it. I made a project life spread for last fall - the last spread I needed to fill in my PL album for 2012! Last year, I... Read more →