The December Park Ave. kits have shipped...and, if you're a Studio Calico subscriber, or if you just picked up some great stuff at Reveal or Black Friday, you should be getting your packages full of awesome soon! My PL kit (+ all my extra purchases!) should be here this afternoon...yay!

Before we put the November kits to rest, though, I wanted to share a few layouts from the SC Member Gallery that really stopped me in my tracks...







I'm always amazed by how different people can take the same items and create such completely different projects. Each of these pages/spreads is just so beautiful...

Please don't forget to check out the SC Member Gallery whenever you're in need of inspiration... or whenever you just feel like gawking at awesome layouts.

I'm off to hunt down the UPS guy...

Happy Wednesday!

The start of a new month means just one thing at Studio Calico...a brand new class! This month brings us "Sparkle" with the wonderful Shanna Noel! Yayay! And I'm so proud and excited to say that I am contributing to this class! Again, yayay! Here's what Studio Calico has to say about "Sparkle..." Shine bright in Shanna Noel's Sparkle class! Shanna will demonstrate expert techniques using mists, glitter, paint, stamping, and script to show you how to add serious glamour to any project. 

When it comes to metallics, silver is a classic choice, but Shanna will show you how to combine colors like gold and black to make a bold statement. She'll give you tips on putting ZING glitter and metallic inks to use with your stamp sets, along with leading you through painting techniques that will add the right amount of shine to any project. You'll learn the best ways to layer metallic materials to create totally fun and unique looks that really shimmer. 

Let Shanna help you embrace your bold side so that any project you make can beam with style and sparkle!
Eeeek! So much fun, right?
What better way to start 2015? AND, while supplies last... Sparkle students will receive a bonus class kit containing glitter stars, sequins, aqua trim, metallic + vellum circles and metallic words. This kit will ship free, no matter where you are.

A little more info...(again, from the SC website):

BY ENROLLING IN THIS CLASS YOU'LL RECEIVE :

• 24 all new projects that sparkle and shine from Shanna and her contributors. 
• 4 videos and 4 in depth tutorials sharing bright and glitzy techniques.
• Step out photos that show how the contributor's projects came together.
• Digital die cut files from Shanna Noel (coming soon).
• Access to a class message board and gallery, where you can share and learn with your teacher and fellow students.
• Weekly challenges to inspire you to use what you've learned.

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CLASS SCHEDULE :

• Tuesday January 6th : Gold on Dark Backgrounds
• Thursday January 8th : Glitter
• Tuesday January 13th : Mist
• Thursday January 15th : Paint
• Tuesday January 20th : Shaker Elements & Pockets
• Thursday January 22nd : Inks & Zing
• Tuesday January 27th : Pen to Paper
• Thursday January 29th : Pulling it All Together

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WHAT YOU'LL NEED :

It's time to dig into your supplies and find anything metallic! Ink, embossing powder, mist, paint, glitter,sequins - we'll be experimenting with just about everything that sparkles!

In the market for some new fun sparkly stuff? Here are a few of my favorite supplies from the class...

Shanna designed that stamp set up there (top left)...and I am diggin' it. Can't wait to get my hands on it! 

And those confetti rub-ons? Truth be told...if Ashley Goldberg designs it, I'm buying it.

As with all SC classes, you don't NEED to buy any of the class supplies in order to participate in the class...the extra supplies are just fun. In fact, you probably have at least some fun metallic items already in your stash! The point is to learn something new...and to create, create, create!

CLASS BEGINS ON JANUARY 6! I hope to see you there!

If you live in the US, then you know just how crazy Black Friday can get.

I'll admit it...I've succumbed to the chaos of this amazing sale day...in previous years. But not this year.

This year I've decided I'd like to do most of my shopping online. So, instead of standing in the cold waiting for stores to open, I've spent a good part of my after-Thanksgiving time sitting in my comfy-pants, with my laptop atop my lap, browsing online shops.

One shop I made sure to hit yesterday was the Studio Calico shop...did you see their crazy Black Friday sales???

I know how quickly some of them items went (the grab bags especially)...but there are still some fantastic things left to buy! At amazing sale prices nonetheless!

And this is just a few of the many things that are still left in the SC Black Friday shop!
Have any crafty friends? Need a few gifts? How about for teachers? Or your kids? Or someone else's kids?
I think I'm most excited about that Mystery Class Kit...ooooooh, I wonder which class it will be for?!?!?!

Take a minute to check out everything that's still available...you never know what you may not be able to live without...
Yes. I'm an enabler. Don't judge.

And I almost forgot! That darling little bunny with the balloon is from the December Park Ave. Lizzie Mackay Birthday Stamp Set Add-On Digital File here...(say that 10 times fast...)  The stamp itself may be sold out...but the digital files are available now! And they can be used over and over and over forever!

I just can't believe it's almost December...

I mean, really...December???

Studio Calico is wrapping up this amazing year with some of the best kits they've ever put together...Park Ave.


These kits include fun twists on traditional holiday/winter colors...with bright pinks/purples/orange & turquoise/olive green & yellow, you'll be sure to get tons of use from these kits...long after the New Year.


I mean, seriously...check out that mood board!

Here are some sneaks of the pages I made with the fantastic Scrapbook kits...

ACK! I can't wait for these to arrive!

That coaster letterpress plate! And the washi mix will be perfect for my December Daily!

And, of course...I NEVER place an order at SC without getting another Precision Pen. I can't say enough about these pens...I have them all over my house because they are the only pens I truly love.

AND, because I've been creating so many 8.5x11 layouts lately, I figured it was time to start putting them into an album...and I love this one.

So, that's it...

Don't forget! Bundling for SC subscribers starts Thursday! Yayay!!!

It's been another amazing month at Studio Calico...
...and the kits just keep getting better and better...


This past Monday, the 27th, was the big reveal of the November kits...and I'm so excited to show you the layouts I've made with them...(to see additional layout photos as well as a list of other items I used to create these pages, just click on the layout image)...