Project Life Tuesday Week 5

This weeks spread was most made using Studio Calico's Cuppa kit .. I love the gold embossed card ..

I like that each week is different and represents what I am loving right now, in terms of colour, establishments and quotes ..

And the little touches of stitching are my favourite technique ..

Here are a few close ups !!

What's your favourite thing about Project Life ???

The Mom Creative 

Happy Little Moments Altered book .

A while ago I signed up for this Studio Calico Class ..

I started off with the best intentions of finishing the book within a month, that didn't happen and I only recently finished it, with a few pages left to add to it at a later date .

So here are some (a lot) of photos for you to enjoy .

Hope you enjoyed having a look inside ??? Hope it inspires you to create your own altered book ..

Happy Friday 

Claire x 

WOMWD #6

Happy Wednesday friends :)

A little later than I usually post, but I went with my friend to a play school with my youngest, she loved it (plenty of bricks/Lego which wins her over) it was nice to catch up too !

Its been a cold but sunny week, so far perfect for taking those project photos outside !!!

I finished the Studio Calico Christmas cards last night and stamped "Merry Christmas" into each of them..

Here is my Desk this week ..

I received my Studio Calico kits (scrapbook and Project Life) yesterday, so couldn't wait to create with it last night.  I already had the photo printed and the brick paper fitted the theme perfectly ..

I challenge myself to create at least 3 layouts per month using just the kit and maybe a few extras . I especially love the stamp set this month " I love this" ... I think it will be on so many of my projects ..

How about you, what have you been creating this week ???

Claire x 

Linking up @ Stampin Ground 

Project Life ~ Making your own cards ....

I have been doing project life for almost 4 weeks , I am loving every minute and I am already looking forward to Sunday afternoon to work on this weeks spread .

I thought I would share with you, how I am going to incorporate using my paper stash in Project Life cards ..

I bought this Die set from Studio Calico , which works perfect with my Big Shot .. This set is ideal for PL as the rectangle is 3" x 4" and fits snugly into the pockets ... the banner, arrow, speech bubble and hello Die is great for embellishing..

I think this is a great way to use up those scraps and also use your favourite papers ..

I am in love with mint green, pink and grey so some of these will go into this weeks spread ,

Cute !!

 ~Cx

WOMWD #5

Happy Wednesday !!!

This week has been a productive one, in terms of completing projects that have been on my "to do" list for a while. I also spent most of Monday sorting out, moving around and hanging things up in my craft room. I feel as though its finally coming together..

This is what's on my desk this week , a little tidier than usual ..

My Amy Tangerine mini album, which i think will get completed by the end of the week..

A pile of Christmas goodies that i ordered from Shimelle  .. 

And a great buy I found at ny local Tkmaxx, Studio Calico Christmas cards , I started assembling them last night..

I also pulled out a Christmas stamp, to stamp in each one.

The Canvas I was working on last time is also finished and  now hanging on my wall :)

linking up @ Stampin Ground

 ~ Cx 

Studio Calico Scrapbook Layout #1

I have been a subscriber to Studio Calico for the past 6 months !!! believe me when i say its like a little piece of Christmas every time my kit arrives ..

I currently receive the Scrapbook kit, but in the past I have also had Project Life and a card kit , which are both excellent but the Scrapbook kit is for me (although I am thinking of starting Project Life next year)

I thought it would be fun to share with you the layouts I make using these kits ..

I used a variety of techniques for this layout, including embroidery, sewing and the gorgeous Pan Pastels... the green coffee stain ..

The great thing about Studio Calico is, the community feeling and you don't have to look far for some inspiration..

I have a few more layouts in mind, which I will be back to show you soon !!!

 ~ C x 

Sketchbook 365 Challenge layout

Scrap365 is my favourite magazine , I have been wanting to take part in one of their sketchbook 365 challenges for a while..

So here is my entry for the August Sketch Challenge, which closes August 8th , so you still have time to enter too!!

Here is the sketch.

I personally love this layout..

Here is my interpretation...

I used mostly this months Studio Calico scrapbook kit (my favourite so far)..

I wanted to the colours to reflect the photo, so pink from my baby girl and the yellow/gold of the Egyptian sand..

These cork Thickers were also part of the kit and match the theme beautifully.

I included a doilie and a glassine bag.

There are some really great layouts inspired by this sketch too..

Good luck if you enter too

 

Current projects (WIP's)

I thought it would be fun today to share with you a few of my current projects that are on my desk..

Here is my "Happy Little Moments" book this is a class I am currently taking over at Studio Calico.

The blue basket that you see has all the papers, embelishments, thickers etc.. I try really hard to put everything back into it once I have finished. Once I have finished this book the basket will be emptied and used for another project..

This project isn't even started yet, but I have everything together to start!

This is an Amy Tangerine "hello" day book, which I want to create a mini album of our holiday to Egypt in, so as you can see I have a couple of postcards, recipes, hotel band and other memorabilia to include..

I have already chosen some papers, journaling cards, thickers ect to include into the album .. Everything is kept inside the white basket.

Last is this beautiful card which needs finishing.

The butterflies need colour adding, cutting and gluing. The the card need assembling..

 

I hope that you have enjoyed having a look at my current projects..

Happy crafting x

 

Sunday inspiration ...

This post is a little later (ok a lot ) than planned, but better late than never than planed ...

We have been having some lovely weather this weekend and I wanted to make the most of it, who's knows when we will have nice weather again ?

So here is what's inspiring me this week....

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After moving some furnature around I have an empty shelve and I am thinking that maybe a mini cactus arrangement would be perfect ??

 

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How yummy do these look ?? DefinatleyI on my to do list for the summer holidays ;)

 

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I love making paper flowers, they are a great way to use up paper scraps and make great embelishments for your projects too ..

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Definatley words to live by !

Yay! I finally found time to create today !! Here is a sneak peek into my Happy little moments boom :) which is part of a Studio Calico class I am taking !

So what's inspiring you ??

 

Happy crafting

 

Sunday inspiration

Happy Sunday friends..

How was your week?? Mine was good and went by pretty fast, so to get you inspired for the week to come, here is what's inspiring me..

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Yummy pink lemonade in sweet mason jars, what could be sweeter ??

 

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Can't wait to recieve this package from studio calico, these colours and embelishments really are my favourites !!

My new craft space !! Last weekend and for most of the past week, I have had a huge !! Move around. This space used to be my daughters bedroom which was a loft conversion... But the two older girls decided that they would like to share rooms, so we made it happen!

My old craft room is now a sunny place to sit, which is still one of my favourite rooms in the house ;) and I have a new space, which I have yet to spend more than 15 minutes in :( hoping that today I will have an opportunity to get my craft on !!

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I love how Amy has embellished her day book. I still have yet to complete my book from our holiday to Egypt.... Hoping that today will be the day to start....

 

Happy thoughts of our holiday have been in my heart, still very inspired by this beautiful place ..

 

So what's inspiring you ?