Living My Dream

STUDIO CALICO PRODUCT GIVE-A-WAY!!!

This is a GOOD one friends! I ended up with quite a few doubles of Studio Calico's newest products, so I wanted to give some away to a lucky winner in celebration of the Office Hours Reveal today! Just leave a comment on this post and I will announce a winner on Sunday afternoon, March 2nd. Subscriber reveal chat is in one hour! Join us at 8:00 am pst right before subscriber reveal at 9:00 am pst. Full reveal is at 9:00 pm pst with a chat one hour before at 8:00 pm pst. We California peeps don't get much rain. Today it is raining. Thus I have no idea how to get a good photo when it's dark and... Read more →

Release Rewind Day 1

Today is the first day of the My Favorite Things Release Rewind. This is when the products are now on sale and the design team gets to show you just a few more creations to get you inspired and ready to use your new goodies! Today I have two projects to show you. This scrapbook page came together a bit quicker than yesterday's page thank goodness! Every now and then I have a photo that just NEEDS to be blown up big to give it the focus it deserves. This shot of a wave at my local beach was definitely one of those photos and it gave me a perfect chance to use some of the new nautical products. I... Read more →

MFT New Product Launch

...Is Here! Today at 7:00 pm pst you can purchase all of the new MFT products from the February release. And if you are reading this, it's already that time of day! I hope you all like my new set - I think this Borders and Accents set is the most versatile of all of my sets yet and perfect to go with all of the others. I have three projects to share with you today using this set as well as other MFT products. And here we go... Up first is a layout. I spend SO much time on my layouts - getting this one right took me just about all day today and I'm still not sure I... Read more →

One More Day Until the MFT New Product Launch

The time has come: And I have my last creation to share using the new releases! Until the New Product Launch tomorrow that is. Come back at 7:00 pm pst to the MFT website to purchase any (or all) of the new products you are interested in. Come back here to my blog to see my last projects using the new products. And just one warning - last month my stamp set sold out very quickly. They are going to restock it, but that takes a few weeks. So if you are interested in ordering this one, you might want to do it quickly. And the Love It and Celebrate Life set will be back in stock very soon! Ok,... Read more →

MFT New Product Countdown - Two More Days

Just TWO MORE DAYS until the My Favorite Things new product release. Today, one of the new products being "debuted" is the adorable Pure Innocence Sassitude. Every one that knows me knows I like a bit of sassiness AND attidude, so she fits right in here in MY house! As soon as I saw her, I had to make a card with her. I used the new Fishnet Cover-Up Die-namics for the card background. I stamped Miss Sassitude on smooth white cardstock and colored her in with Copics. I used a little glitter glue to add details to her clothing. I had to add some gold to those adorable boots! I used my new Borders and Accents set to add... Read more →

MFT New Release Countdown - Day Four

Four more days until all of the new MFT products will be up for sale! Today, my new set called Borders and Accents was announced. I wanted to show it used in a couple different ways, so I have a card to share as well as a project life spread to share. First up is a card that I made entirely with this set: I started with a piece of SnoCone cardstock and stamped the swirly border stamp over and over on it to create a unique piece of patterned paper. I stamped the scalloped border in black ink on white cardstock and cut several out. I colored them in with Copic markers to match the background and then stapled... Read more →

My Favorite Things New Product Countdown

Six more days until the My Favoite Things new product release! Today I have two cards to share with you using some of the new products as well as my new set I showed on the last post called Borders and Accents. I'm so glad some of you like it - thank you for the kind comments on my last post! I'm totally in love with the nautical products being released this month. Especially this little adorable Pure Innocence girl. I stamped her on white cardstock and then added borders around her using my new stamp set. I colored her in with Copic markers. I added some stamped hearts and some die-cut stars. Behind her is one of my favorite... Read more →

A NEW STAMP SET - YIPPPPPPEEEE!

Hi friends! I have a new stamp set to announce tonight and can you tell I'm excited? I really like this one because it co-ordinates with all of the others released so far. This set is meant to compliment all of the sets in the Sunny Day Doodles line and for the next seven days, I'll be showing you ideas on how it can be used with the sets you may already own. It also goes well with many of the other MFT products. So let's get started! Here is my newest set called Borders and Accents: All of the decorative borders come in two sizes - 3" and 4". This lets you border a 3x4 insert for project life.... Read more →