December Kit by Margrethe Aas Johnsen

Hello, everyone!

It's the day before New Year's Eve, and I'm here to bring you the last few projects I made using the December kits from Studio Calico.

I'd like to start off with a layout with a photo of what greeted me when I came home one day. My husband loves his motorcycles and this year, since we've moved into a new house and he wants to take really good care of them, he carefully moved his favorite bike into his little den on the first floor...

On this layout I used the gold glitter paper to cut out a title using my Silhouette. The font is called Nova Solid.

The second layout is a scraplift of Tina Azimus' layout by the same title. I really like doing layouts like this to pick some of the highlights of the year that's passed and since today is the second to last day of the year, I thought this was appropriate.

On this layout, I've included photos from the entire year: My in-laws' 50th birthday party, when I was offered a permanent teaching position, the trip we took on the motorcycle last summer, his sister's wedding, my trip to Krakow, my friend's wedding, our cats and general everyday photos.

My last project is a card lift. I really loved the card Emily Pitts made for Simple Stories and wanted to make something similar. For this card I used the Murray Hill add-on (B-side of the camera paper from KI Memories, as well as the alphabet stickers and fantastic smile washin tape from the same brand).

Normally I'm not a card maker, but simple cards like this works for me!

That's it from me for this time. I've loved this chance of working with the gorgeous Studio Calico kits for Scrappin Studio. Jaime, thanks for having me guest twices this year. It's been an absolute pleasure!

To the readers out there, I hope you've enjoyed looking at my projects. I wish you all the best for the rest of 2012 and I hope 2013 will be an amazing year for you!

December Kit by Margrethe Aas Johnsen

Hello! I hope you've had a good December so far! Today I want to share two projects using Studio Calico's Decemeber kit and add-ons.

For the first layout, I used the Main Kit (34th Street) only. I wanted to make a layout using just the main kit as I'm sure not everyone buys add-ons. The main kit is very versatile and you won't have any problems if this kit is all you've got this month.

For this layout I used the gray cardstock as a base and one of Studio Calico's exclusive patterned papers. I really dug into the exclusive Basic Grey alphas, making a big, bold title and then added the journaling spot. I loved the Pebbles Label stickers and loved adding them to the speech bubbles. I see endeless possibilities here!

 

For my next project I used my Silhouette electronic die-cutter. I needed to make a Christmas card/gift tag and didn't want to make a regular card nor use a posta tag as I've done previous years. I found this great cut-file from Patty Young and cut the mitten using a holiday paper from October Afternoon (found in the Kriss Kringle add-on).

 I cut another mitten using kraft cardstock as I needed a non-patterned background for the star shape on the mitten. I used my Silhouette once more to cut out the "god jul"-sentiment in gold glitter paper (found in main kit).

Thanks for visiting today! See you all soon :)

Two projects from Margrethe

Hello, and happy Monday!

I'm back with my last two projects using the November kits "Roller Rink" and "Couple's Skate".

The first is a layout with a photo of our new kitten, Nymeria. I used a photo of her on one of my layouts last week as well, remember?

This layout is all about how much I love just as she is right now. She's about 13 weeks old, very fierece and loves to explore. As we have three adult male cats, she is checking the boundaries tries to find her place in "the packs", so to speak.

I just love woodgrain patterned paper, so I knew I wanted to use this sheet by Pebbled Inc. at some point. It turned out just beautiful with the yellow Kesi'art paper and the doilies from my stash. I think I've successfully combined my normally very graphic style (like the top left corner) with a more layered, romantic look (cluster at the bottom right of the photo). And how much do I love those decorative brads from My Min's Eye? A whole lot, that is!!!

The second project is a card. Not something I usually make (check my folders, I only made one card last year and this is my first in 2012!). But...! We're going to a wedding this week and I don't want to buy a card when I can make one myself.

I used the decorative brads on this as well - after going to the store to get some! (Oh boy, do I wish the package from My Mind's Eye had more of these...!)

The card is cut to a standardized size (20cm tall and 30cm wide), but I scored it so that the front is more narrow than the back. When closed, the doily on the front covers the patterned paper on the inside, giving it an asymmetrical, but lovely, look.

The inside of the card has been decorated using the left over paper from Studio Calico and Kesi'art. The greeting inside is written on a paper doily identical to the one on the front.

Well, that's it for me for this time, but I'll be back as a guest designer in December!

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xoxo Jaime