My mom loves things that are homemade and has been recently bitten by the bible journaling bug. I am a big fan of Shanna Noel and her Illustrated Faith. If you have signed up for her newsletters, you gotta! I gathered a few of the latest free downloadable cards she includes in her newsletters and printed them out. (I made a few doubles so I could have my set too!)
Gathered a bunch of Studio Calico goodies and put them in this hand stamped and watercolored bag. 
Thanks to Maggie Massey and her cute Mom's Day class at Big Picture Classes for her tutorial! Definitely putting this in my go to gift wrapping bank! 
crafty packing to go!
When I found out we were staying at a little cabin, I knew I wanted to be able to take a little pack of crafty supplies! This mini book class from Tina was just starting so I gathered a bunch of supplies that were close by and threw them in a basket. 
Though I didn't really delve into my book as much as I would have liked, I did jot down this little page of memories. I didn't even make that watercolor background though, I snagged it from Elsie's leftover scrap of paper. She was using it as her paper to wipe off her colors so essentially it was going to be trash, but of course, it looked so beautiful to me! 
Glad I got those little tidbits down :)
Studio Calico Lisse Street Sneaks!
It's almost reveal day at Studio Calico! Thought I'd share my sneaks here! Excited to have the Australia stamp to use! 
Kraft is really my favorite. 
Flowers not watercolored in. 
Finally did a layout from our Lorde concert, yay! 
Flowers watercolored in. 
Probably my favorite this month! :) 
See you at the Reveal on the 27th! :)
color theory (class 1)
My 9 year old daughter Elsie is always up for a creative challenge. She is a maker and doer at heart! When I enrolled for the Color Theory class, I had no idea I would invite Elsie to join me in the lessons. Well, last night was our first class and we had such a good time creating together. PS- They've extended enrollment! Sign up by March 13th at 11:59pm EST. We learned about the Impasto Paint Technique, here's our results. Elsie's negative and positives of the painting. 
The class calls for a Silhouette machine and since I don't have one, I used some of my old KI Memories Lace paper. I did borrow one from Amy though, so I am excited to get practicing in the next few weeks! Close up of Elsie's negative. SO PRETTY and gunky and all that texture! We definitely loved all the smearing without worrying process 🙂 The lifting up and revealing is also pretty cool. 
Mine. We used some old shipping chipboard as our backdrop which was perfect as it's super sturdy for our goopy paint! I was so excited when I woke up this morning to them all dry. It just feels good to feel like you are a real painter :)
My finished layout. I don't know what Elsie will do with her pieces, I'll post whenever she gets them done. I ended up using the negative piece for my layout, the whole entire chipboard and all! I will try and add the positive image on another project. I may have missed the whole point of that lesson as most people used the positive impasto technique part but I went this way. And that's okay. 🙂 🙂 🙂
I used bits from the current Studio Calico Odyssey kit, Calypso kit, Penelope kit, the Laina Alpha Stamp set, and some Printable digital elements by Hello Forever.
I loved that I could get messy with this layout and not worry about smudges and mistakes. That swish of paint under SWING title was not on purpose! 🙂 Looking forward to more lessons with Wilna and more happy mistakes!
Odyssey Sneaks (studiocalico)
How is it almost MARCH already!? 2015 is zooming by, sigh. I was tickled to have a layout on the official Sneak of Odyssey Kits! Awwww, it had to be a Jonathan Canlas photo of course! :) 
Here's some of my other sneaks! That patterned paper! I want it in a blanket, a top, a cardigan, everything! 🙂
Never did I think I could pull off a Disney page! Woohoo! 
These are all a mix of the addons, the scrapbook kit and some digital embellishments. My faves! I've been having fun with those and will be posting a separate post for some of the things I've been making!
Presale is a subscriber-only event that starts at noon EST on the 27th. This is when subscribers have a chance to purchase the next month’s kits and add-ons before they become available to the general public. The full Reveal starts at midnight EST on the 27th (technically 12:00 am EST on the 28th), and this is when the kits and add-ons become available to everyone. Hope you can join us!
CHA 2015
A few of the things that caught my eye at CHA! And a little video Amy and I put together at the end of this post! :)
Loved the string art at Amy's booth. I made Kira a little one for Christmas so I know what a lot of work that takes! Also felt like a bit of a rebel with my temporary tattoo from Amy's booth!
Who isn't a fan of Vanessa's work? Love her new collab with Becky Higgins. That color palette! 
As I say in the video, the My Mind's Eye booth was one of my favorites! All the details are way too cute. They're so clever! I have serious pillow envy.
That globe! They're cool without paint but with paint, so lovely! Adding this on my list of projects I want to do in 2015!
I've been a fan of gallery walls forever. Me and My Big Idea had a very impressive one!
I thought I got a photo of the new albums by Seven Paper, I couldn't find it. But these stickers! So Kate Spade, pretty and classy!
Lastly, this line from Simple Stories really spoke to me, as a mother with 2 daughters, I could wrote a whole other post on this alone! I can't wait to get this stuff and dive in and possibly make a very meaningful book for my girls and possibly one for myself even. Lots of powerful messages that take this craft to a whole other meaning!
The finds posted here (besides the My Mind's Eye booth that I oodled at) are different than on the video below!) And Amy has her 5 as well!
Thanks for not laughing too much at us :)
the rest of my december daily, at least it’s not february yet!
I only made it to day 20. And I'm almost at February to post them. But I got 2 days farther than last time! And I'm glad I did it and most likely will tackle it again this year! :) 
As I got to about here, I wanted to conserve space and try to fit more than a day per spread. Thus, the flap journaling here. 
I couldn't resist showing some of the Renegade Fair business cards though, too cute. 
And that's it. I blame it partly on this particular year's Christmas as too hectic. I didn't get enough down time. Totally going to change that from here on out. Started 2015 exhausted and overwhelmed. But all good now! 🙂 Here's to making choices for the better. Sometimes I NEED to see some of my favorite quotes on Pinterest, they ring true and I want to shout them from the rooftops and print them and display them all over my walls. Hope they inspire you as well 🙂
creative handbook
Yesterday was a holiday and after a weekend of not doing a whole lot around the house, I decided we should go to the beach! We live in a warm area, not too far from the ocean, why don't we go there more often?! We got lucky. Not a lot of people and perfect weather! I brought along a little stash of goodies to play with on the beach.
Have you seen the new Amy Tangerine website? Go check it out and while you're there, grab your free, downloadable, printable copy of the Creative Handbook! Amy and I teamed together to make this guide to help you break out of creative ruts. It's been really fun to see how people around the world are using it. Hashtag #amytangerinehandbook on Instagram, we'd love to check your pages out too! 🙂
month 1 and thoughts about diving back in
Here's a little preview of the current scrapbook kit, card kit and project life kit Studio Calico offers. Click here for more information or to become a subscriber!
xo
december daily days 2-9
It's day 10 today and I'm still going strong!!!!! 🙂 
This is where I battle with mixing old product and new product. This is also where I cry as my entire stash of Basic Grey rubons that I've stashed over the years no longer work.
days 4 and 5 together
days 6 and 7 together
still day 7, memorabilia from unique LA.
day 8 with a cut up brochure from unique LA
day 9 sibling secret santa
yay for 9 days DONE! 🙂
watersix 