Living My Dream

Watercolored Hearts

IT'S REVEAL DAY AT STUDIO CALICO (or the night before if you are reading this the night before)... On my last post, I showed you my sneaks for the November kits. Tonight I want to show you how I made my watercolored hearts on many of my sneaks. The main Walden project life kit has one stamp in it. When I first saw the kit, I was a little dissapointed. I didn't think I would get much use out of one larger stamp rather than a grouping of stamps. I ended up so pleased when I received the stamp though. I honestly used that one heart stamp more times on my spread than any stamp set in the PL kits... Read more →

Studio Calico Walden Project Life Sneaks

Oh me oh my - I had more fun with these Walden kits then I can remember in a long time! I loved the colors and the stamps - a winning combination for me. I also LOVE LOVE the holiday add-on (Garland Road) as it got me in the mood for holiday scrapping! I made several projects and I'm still working on more - although STUDIO CALICO reveal is tomorrow - MONDAY OCTOBER 27TH so I better hurry! First let me share with you some sneaks from a fall spread I made with only the Walden project life kit with some little details about how I used the products. I cut the FALL title out of an orange project life... Read more →

#SCInspires Contest / Blog Hop

Hello Lovely Ladies! Today I am excited to be a part of a Studio Calico blog hop for a contest they are holding with ALL KINDS OF AMAZING PRIZES! To be entered to win a prize in this contest, all you have to do is download this adorable fall printable from the Studio Calico website HERE - pretty easy, huh?!?!?! This contest is called #SCInspires and Studio Calico is giving away over $1,400 in prizes drawn from the people who download the printable. The prizes get bigger and bigger the more the #scinspires hashtag is used. To increase the prizes available, just use the #scinspires hashtag on social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter) as many times as possible. SC... Read more →

Blog Tour Q & A and My Favorite SIX Layouts

I was tagged by Dear Lizzy to do a Q&A blog hop. She posted her answers to several questions below HERE. She has all these cute photos included with her post. I have none of me scrapping and creating while looking adorable. I don't have any of me even just looking adorable!!! So I decided to add my favorite layouts EVER to this post. Which will be hard as I have made hundreds of layouts over the years. But perhaps answering these questions will be even harder - ugh! (Please click on the images for a better view) This layout was made about four years ago and uses many Hero Arts stamps. I made it for a CK assignment. It... Read more →

Telling Our Stories Through Our Layouts

I can't seem to find my mojo lately when it comes to making layouts. Honestly, it's not that I don't feel creative - I do! It's not that I don't have products to create with - I do! I think it is more that I have lost my confidence. I spend time each day looking at the Studio Calico gallery and I feel like my ability to create pages that are hip and trendy isn't there. I feel like I'm just not good enough anymore. Do you ever feel like that when looking at all the talent out there? I decided I would go back through some of my older layouts to see why I ever thought I was a... Read more →

Studio Calico October Project Life Spreads

Now that the Studio Calico reveal of October kits is all done and everyone has placed their orders, I thought I would finally blog my project life spreads using these kits! I talked in detail about all of the items I used in my last post, so I'll keep this one short and to the point! Here are my spreads! This first one was made using the project life kit as well as the two add on kits from the Underground kits - including Baker Street and Chelsea. This next one was also made with all three of the project life kits. This last one was made with ONLY the project life kit. I love using digital items on my... Read more →