We have a 15 year old now!

Hey everyone!  It's been a while since I last posted, but it's not from lack of creating.  We've been busy, and with no formal obligations to blog, I've been out of the loop.  I've been creating in my art journals, painting with my PanPastels, and generally just making whatever I want.  It's been liberating and fun!  

Last month my son turned 15. . .wow, it's been a bit hard to swallow but it's only because the older he gets, the closer he gets to leaving the nest.  He's my goofy kid, so I had to make a goofy card for him.  When I first got this squirrel in one of the kits from Studio Calico (which I no longer receive), I thought 'what the heck am I going to do with this?!'  It turned out to be the perfect focal point for my son's card.  As you can see I didn't do much stamping.  The sentiment is actually from a Simon Says stamp called Big Birthday Wishes.

He loved the card, and I'm pretty fond of it too.  Over the next couple of days I'll show you what I made for Father's Day, and hopefully I'll get a chance to create some stuff just for fun and show you that.  My husband has been home after graduating from a recent military college (about to start his second Masters), we've had some wonderful visitors, and I spent some time with my sister after she had her third baby.  As you can see, we've been keeping busy.  

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Sending You Hugs

Happy Wednesday crafty peeps!  I just had a quick card to show you this morning using this month's Studio Calico Kit.  After reviewing it for a few months, I think I won't be renewing after my six month term.  The kit comes with a lot of great stuff, but I think my money would best be spent on other crafty products.  It's a bit expensive for my blood, and I end up not using  a lot of the stuff in the kit.

Anyway, I made this card for our piano teacher, using the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.  She will be laid up for a few weeks, and we wanted her to know that we will miss her and we're sending her some hugs.  I used the set in the kit, the ribbon/tape, and a piece of the dp.  I decided I wanted it all to be embossed, which ended up being a lot of fun.

All right, my chores are done, we dissected a worm in the kids' Biology class, dinner is in the crockpot, and I want to go play.  I had been battling a kidney stone, but it passed and now I want to go do some crafting that I couldn't do this whole week.  I hope y'all are having a wonderful week!

You're Sweet -- Color Throwdown #327

Hey Everyone!  I'm popping in today to show you a card for this week's Color Throwdown and this week's Simon Says Stamp 'anything goes' challenge.  I had some time after a bit of organizing (which I'm convinced was really only moving piles around), so I thought I would reward myself with some card making.  I have a few art journal entries to show you as well from the Documented Life Project 2015, but I just haven't taken the pictures yet.  Trust me, I've been keeping up even if my stuff isn't very good from week to week.

My card today uses a set from the January Studio Calico Card Kit.  I'm not quite sure if I'm in love with these kits yet. . .the jury is still out.  I've only used the stamp from this kit and managed to use some goodies from a past Simon Says Stamp Kit (those I do love).  I sprayed over a stencil with Copic marker BG49, and colored my fruit with Inktense pencils.  I still need to play around with those some more.  I don't believe I've very good at them, but they are interesting to me.

Stamps:  January 2015 Studio Calico set

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  turquoise cardstock, TE Sugar Cube

Accessories:  Inktense pencils, black embossing powder, SS Moroccan Stencil, purple twine, foam tape

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December's Studio Calico Card Kit

Hey Everyone!  I hope you're having a wonderful Friday!  We have plans to make snacks and watch Christmas movies tonight with the kids.  It's something we look forward to every year. 

Yesterday I received my first Studio Calico Card Kit in the mail.  If you've been to my blog much, y'all know I love a good card kit.  This is a great one!  I came with a lot of wonderful supplies.  This particular kit is a bit on the pricey side once you add in the shipping, but the contents are very good.  This one came with a stamp set, 4 sheets of cardstock, a 6x6 pack of designer papers, 3 kraft treat bags in a vellum pouch, a sheet of green stickers, a pack of enamel dots,  a wood veneer taxi, a roll of Christmas washi tape, and some purple string.

I was inspired by the Deconstructed Sketch #181.  I used a couple of things outside of the kit, like versamark ink, Distress embossing powder, and a die from Taylored Expressions; Label Stacklets 9 die.  The think I like most about this set, is that I really have nothing like it, which was hard for my husband to believe ;)

All right, well I'm going to get moving on prepping some snacks for movie night!  Y'all have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping in!