I'm going to be posting cards made from my Studio Calico kit (plus a few tidbits) all week...I've had a number of people ask if the kits really are just for scrappers, or if cardmakers would get a good value out of them too. So I figured I'd see what I can do out of a kit - this month's is County Fair, and it is just the cutest kit going! Might be my 2nd favorite so far :) And no, I'm not getting paid, not getting free product, nothing like that. Just sharing some great products that I love - and getting all these new goodies each month makes me so much more willing to purge some of the crappy stuff in my stash...because I get so excited about the new fun stuff! Here's a pic I snapped at stamp club right after I opened the kit - sorry, lighting is funky - I snagged the image from the SC website below so you can see it better.
I'm also using OWH sketches as I go, too - gotta love starting at least from the root of a sketch, since it takes a little less thinking to just get started trimming some papers and seeing what works. At stamp club yesterday, all I took with me was my tote bag full of tools, this SC kit that I hadn't even opened yet, printouts of the sketches (have you
downloaded the pdf yet??), and some of my new stamps I got for Christmas. (And I forgot my Copics, can you believe it? So I couldn't color!)
On the first card that I made, I wanted the darling floral to show, so picked the
Bonus Sketch with a big area for the patterned paper:
Papers on this card are by Crate Paper...the SC kits contain papers from a variety of companies, and this one has a bunch of CP in it. LOVE it! I used a new Lifestyle die for the sentiment - Lifestyle is the rebrand of Quickcutz (Sp?) - and added a layer by trimming the black by hand. Yep, nutty me! Sentiment is made with the real wood veneer letters in the kit - extremely cool! They're not adhesive backed, but I used
Tombow Multi Liquid Glue and they stuck like a charm. They're fairly thin too, like Thickers, and very sturdy. The dots are made with Pearl Pen.
Come back all week to see more made with the same kit....maybe I'll try to see how many cards you can get out of one kit? Not sure if I can do that in the limited time I've got before CHA, but who knows! I feel like wonder woman lately with all the things getting checked off my lists!
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Thanks for the inspiration Sandy. Your first SC is great. Can't wait to see what you share with us for the rest of this week.
Really like your SC CAS card, Sandy. Am excited to see what all you put together with the kit this week. I'm going to do something like this when I have more steady income. I really like how so many of the kits take the guesswork out of choosing what goes with what. Thank you for sharing this pretty little card.
Great papers! It looks like you're enjoying your SC kits and putting them to excellent use.
Oh this card is wonderful! I have several sheets of that OH so cute paper that I haven't cut up yet to make cards because I wanted to see the design. This sketch is perfect but I guess I always over looked it before now.
Thank you so much for sharing your talent. I am off to case your card with about 20 cards, maybe more. Really love the design.
Can't wait to see more from the kit!
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I love your card. It is so bright and colorful and sure to bring lots of smiles.
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