Underground | The digital shop

It's no secret I love all things hyrbid so the digital shop is one of my favorite things at Studio Calico each month! This month is just so much fun! I decided to base a template off one of my layouts from last month and let me tell you .. I had a BLAST creating it and even more fun using it!

This is the layout I made using the Poet Society Kits

This is the template I made using the layout as inspiration

And here is the layout I made using only digital items from the store! 

I ended up using it for a 6x12 project life insert and it turned out to be the PERFECT intro to my Alaska photos. I like that it is a little sneak of what is to come! A couple of the items I loved using included (but of course not limited to) 

Hello Forever printables, let's face it these are just so much fun and I use them ALL.THE.TIME!

Hello Forever's printables, because.. EPIC!!

All the stamps this month are so much fun but I am pretty sure I am going to OVER USE that stitch stamp, I LOVE it so much. Sooooo let's just make a little deal, like a code word when I go crazy with it mmmkay? How about "Ohana" because family reminds you when you are going CRAZY over STITCH! ;) 

go.be.inspired.

Shanna

Favorite Fonts for the Hybrid Scrapbooker

One of the fastest and easiest way to change the look of a page is by simply changing the font on your project. The problem is do you ever find yourself going back to the same 3 fonts over and over again? Yes, me too! So I thought I would share some of my faves with your and challenge you to try something new!

Brushed Up Too | The Distressed Dutchess | Amatic | Kailey the Brave | 

Pea Anne | The Twig | Bebas Neue | Arsenale White | Avenir Next

*some of these font may already be downloaded to your computer, make sure to check it out before your buy or download fonts. 

For a more in-depth look at how to use fonts in your scrapbook layouts check out  Digtal | Beyond the Basics at Studio Calico where myself along with some of the industry's best will lead you in FUN, exciting ways to use fonts as a design element! 

WHAT YOU'LL GET :

• 10 how to videos from Shanna covering techniques for templates, stamp brushes, digital paper, printables and digital die cut files
• 10 tutorials from the contributors covering techniques for templates, stamp brushes, digital paper, printables and digital die cut files
• 20 new digital / hybrid projects to inspire you
• a class message board to interact with Shanna and your fellow students
• new challenges each week

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BONUS DIGITAL FILES:

• Digital patterned paper (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Templates (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Alphabet Stamp Set (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Stamps (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Embellishments (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Die Cut Files (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)
• Digital Washi Photo Frames (Shanna Noel for Studio Calico)

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WHAT YOU'LL NEED :

• Photoshop or PSE
• Basic Digi Scrapping Skills (check out our FREE Digital Basics class if you need to brush up!)

Hope to see you there!!

go.be.inspired! 

Shanna

Layout Love | May 7th Edition

I thought it was high time (<---- do people still say this?! Let's bring it back) to have another Layout LOVE post on the blog! Every single time I go to the gallery at Studio Calico I am just in awe.

Atticus

There are so many things I LOVE about this layout. The graphic journaling is what pulled me right in I love how Marivi pulled together this composition. I have to tell you though, the sequins (my fave are the color theory sequins that come with different shapes in the same shade)  are stealing the show for me here. So whimsical, perfectly placed just lovely! I also am loving the way she used Mister Huey's in my FAVORITE color INKY BLACK! So wonderful!

Perfect

Chantal is one of my favorite scrapbookers. I love her whimsical touches and how she is able to combine digital and paper scrapbooking so beautifuly. She ROCKED the digital stamp from Merlin (P.S. this is still available, how in the world did that happen?) by adding lovely bits all around the stamp. She is such an inspiration and if you would like to learn more from Chantal about hybrid scrapbooking, make sure to sign up for our class digital | beyond the basics.. it will be epic! :) 

Be Wild 

Super Toni has been on fire for a while now so it's no surprise to see the beauty when you look in the gallery. She makes the Bluegrass Farm Scrapbook kit   and Project Life kit SHINE with her adorable photo and great title work! She is working from a sketch from the SKETCHBOOK class at Studio Calico and Kelly Purkey. Amazing job Toni, just love it! 

What is inspiring you lately? If you have a layout that just pulled you in and you would like to nominate for layout love please leave me a link! Have a wonderful day! 

go.be.inspired.

Shanna

Hybrid Class | Beyond Digital Basics

You've been asking for it so Studio Calico has listened!!! I am super excited to be offering this "beyond basics" class from Studio Calico. In this class we will be covering all the questions you have been asking about digital/hybrid scrapbooking. There are a lot of myths out there and we are going to clear them up and make this super easy for you. Hybrid scrapbooking is HAPPENING. You are ALREADY doing it, when you use your digital die-cut machine or add a title to your photo before you print it, you are a HYBRID scrapbooker!! So now let's take your skills to the next level and figure out new ways to use all those digital goodies you have. 

It was a blast putting together a digital kit for this class ...

This is just a peek at some of the goodies you get with the class 

for a full view check it out here. 

WHAT YOU'LL GET :

·         10 how to videos from myself covering techniques for templates, stamp brushes, digital paper, printables and digital die cut files

·         10 tutorials from the contributors covering techniques for templates, stamp brushes, digital paper, printables and digital die cut files

·         20 new digital / hybrid projects to inspire you

·         a class message board to interact with myself and your fellow students

·         new challenges each week

Hybrid scrapbooking is something I have a passion for and as I looked back at some of my first uploads to the Studio Calico gallery that was very clear!

Even looking at my most recent gallery at Studio Calico, one of my favorite layouts is simply using the digital templates in my cameo (one of my favorite techniques!) with the Camelot kits!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED :

·         Photoshop or PSE

·         Basic Digi Scrapping Skills (check out our FREE Digital Basics class if you need to brush up!)

It is my hope that at the end of this class you will look at your digital "stash" with as many possibilities as you do your paper stash! It really is such an economical way to go since you can use the supplies over and over again, re-color re-size.. seriously so many possibilities! 

I hope to see you in class! 

xox

Shanna

Studio Calico Camelot Scrapbook Kits

I have said it once and I will say it again,,... I can't believe how QUICKLY this month snuck up on me! Yesterday was another exciting reveal over at Studio Calico, but I was at a WONDERFUL super sweet intimate wedding for one of my dear friends, I just could not be happier for them!!

So this month's kit  is DEVINE and reminds me a lot of one of my favorite kits,.. Neverland! 

Camelot

This beautiful kit paired with this amazing cut file from Barbara = TOTAL inspiration! 

I had so much fun creating this page! What I did was simply use the cut file on 5-6 pages of pattern paper as well as white cardstock. One at a time layer the pattern paper behind the white paper flipping up the windows until you create the desired effect. Once you are done fan the layers out to really make them POP!

Another page I had a lot of fun with is this one all about my husband. I used the digital templates I created for the shop this month and sent them over to my cameo to cut out all the shapes! With templates like this you can easily use them as a base to get you started and really make it your own form there!! The lovely worn typewriter font is from the LOVELY Heather Joyce  over at The Lilypad. 

Templates are available here :) 

What are you most excited about in your Studio Calico box this month?

xox

Shanna

Digital Stamps | 6x12 Project Life Stand Out

I wanted to make a stand out 6x12 insert for my project life highlighting Jaden and Jonathan's recent mission trip to Mexico. I plan on sending these over to Persnickety Prints and this will be the front and back of a 6x12 insert. I wanted to design them so that they worked nicely togehter if you posted them one on top of the other. I think they flow nice into each other. To start I looked for inspiration, so where did I head? PINTEREST!!! Of course!

Isn't it lovely? Now mine doesn't come close to this awesomeness, but it has photos of my family and stories they have told, so I will keep it :) 

The digital stamp at Studio Calico are one of my favorite items in the store. For SO MANY reasons! I love that I can use them over and over again, size as need and get the color perfect ANY time!

If I were NEW to hybrid scrapbooking, I would make the Project Life digital stamps my first purchase, why? That xoxoxox stamp is something I see myself using OVER and OVER again,.... like you are going to have to tell me to STOP using it type of thing! :) 

Bluegrass Farm Project Life Stamps

Also, the "today" stamp = true love! 

Bluegrass Farm Scrapbook Stamps

What are your thoughts on the digital stamps?

xox

Shanna

Video Tutorial | Using Digital Paper with your scrapbook Projects

I have a quick video tutorial on the Studio Calico blog for you! :) 

xox

Shanna

The One With Printshop Templates!

You requested them, so here they are! I wanted to show you some ideas I had when I created these, and  ideas on exactly how to use them!

5 templates total

Pick up your Printshop Templates Here 

I think it's easiest to show you what I had in mind via a video :) 

Printshop Template Ideas from shanna noel on Vimeo.




I hope that helps spark some ideas on how to use any of the templates available at Studio Calico!

While you are shopping don't forget to pick up some other fun digital elements from Printshop!

Printables

Fave Cut Files

Fall Cut Files

I can't wait to see what you create!

oxx

The one where I show off all of YOUR talent... oh and another gratitude documented download!

I am having SO much fun seeing how everyone is using the gratitude files, and I wanted to share a couple fun ideas with you that I have seen in our community!! 

Heather is getting her circles all ready to go!

Miri6guez is inspiring me so much!! Hello, watercolors & cut files!

Um WOW. Sasha surprised me with this little gem this morning, looked how she rocked that brush!!

I am in awe of each and every one of you, thank you for being so inspiring to me!

And here are your files for today!!

You can download them here  !

I hope you enjoy and don't forget to add #gratitudedocumented to your IG posts!

 I can't wait to see what you create!

xox

The one where Chantal Philippe rocks the kit in a digi way!

Chantal is my secret weapon in this whole gratitude documented process! Not only is she providing the printables one week, she also came up with the colors, which I am in LOVE with! I was not settling on a certain color combo quick enough, and then comes Chantal, swopping in with her awesomeness!!!

And look what she has done with the kit already! She is super awesome! After I saw this I quized her on her iphonography process for 1/2 the day ;) 

Items used: Mended Hex by Amy Martin Designs, Paperwhite Confetti by Sara Gleason, If Only by Lauren Reid, Photobooth by Paislee Press, Accoutrements by Valorie Wibbens, Stand Tall Numbers by CD Muckosky, All Whites Paper Pack by Vinnie Pearce and December Daily 2013 Digital Stamps by Studio Calico

Yep, told ya, she rocks!

xox

P.S. Your first download of gratitude.documented is Thursday!!! xox

The one with Gratitude Documented the video

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am going to keep this short because the VIDEO is not!

1. Come back THURSDAY for your first DOWNLOAD of gratitude.documented

2. Sorry the video is so long, I blabber on and on and one and laugh at myself for no reason!?

3, When I say 2 generations I mean 3 ;) 

Some of the items I am using come from these WONDERFUL stores:

Studio Calico | Freckled Fawn | Chic Tags | Twine & Tape 

  Gratitude Documented | Cultivating your Kit from shanna noel on Vimeo. Thank you so much for stopping by! If you make your own kit will you  tag it on IG #gratitudedocumentedkit I would love to see it! xox

The ONE with the AWESOME Michelle Godin

Happy Thursday! YAY! Do you all remember the other day when I posted this amazing layout?

Well there is something you might not know! The person behind this beautiful page is also an inspiring designer! And today we all get to get to know her a little bit better, how fun is that? 

MGD store

MGD blog

MGD Fan page

Personal blog

Pinterest

Flickr

Hi! I'm Michelle! I'm 32 and I live in Ontario, Canada with my husband Kurtis. We just got married last September and moved into our first house in January 2013 so it's been a big year for us! 

I discovered digital scrapbooking in 2005 but I've always been a memory-keeper in some form or another. I'm a teeny tiny bit obsessed with history, to the point where I even made a career out of it! I work full-time as a registrar at a museum where I process loans and acquisitions of artifacts. I spend my evenings and weekends scrapping or designing for my store at the Lilypad. I will admit I'm not a very prolific designer because even though I adore my little side-business I will always be a scrapper first and foremost!

Here's where I create. I took this photo on Monday while I was working on my Toolbox layout so this mess is all Shanna's fault! HA! I thought about cleaning and taking a better photo but this is more accurate :) 

I've always loved art journaling, painting, drawing, etc. A lot of my digital designs in my shop are hand-made creations. But I've always struggled with paper scrapping! I give it a try every once in a while and then go running back to digi! I think my brain is just hard-wired for digital because that's what I got into first. I'm determined to do my next year of Project Life in paper though so I signed up for the Toolbox class at SC to start practicing and learning some new techniques. The whole hybrid thing is really rocking my world right now!

Michelle I am just MAJORLY crushing on your style, what inspires you?

I just recently joined Pinterest (I'm always the LAST person to jump on these bandwagons!) so right now all the eye candy I find on there is a huge inspiration. When I scrap, I'm usually product driven. I don't think to myself "Ok I have this photo, how can I scrap it?" It's always "Oh wow! That's a gorgeous paper! How can I use it?" I'm a very visual person and I just get so inspired by all the pretties! I also get really inspired by colour. There seems to be a trend going on right now where everyone is scrapping in whites, and soft, muted tones. While I find those layouts and products gorgeous, I need my colours! 

Being the trend setter that you are, what do you see being a trend as we head into fall?

Black and gold! I noticed a few of the new lines have used black really prominently (gotta love that chalkboard trend!) and I was excited to see the gold in the new Maggie Holmes collection. For digital scrapping, I think (and hope!) the trend for hybrid will keep growing into next year. 

We all have our favorite projects that we create, can you share yours?

Wow! That's a tough question. I guess the project I'm most proud of is my current year of Project Life. I started on my wedding day last September so I'm almost done and this is completely mind-boggling to me because I've NEVER kept up with a project this long before in my life. I'm really excited to have my first year of marriage documented this way. 

As for a specific layout, this one is very special to me! I'm an amateur genealogist and I love scrapping my heritage photos. 

As I am inspired by you, can you share with us who inspires YOU the most?

Julie Balzer has to be the artist I admire the most. She is ridiculously talented and so prolific! There are so many elements to her creative business, I can't wrap my brain around how she manages it all. Her style really speaks to me and I've learned so much from her through her blog and workshops. Whenever I need an inspiration boost, a pep talk or some help figuring out a technique her blog is the first place I visit! 

Thank you so much for sharing with us Michelle, it is so much fun to get to peek inside your creative space and see where you are coming from to create such unique pieces!! I love Michelle's designs, and wanted to share a couple of my faves with you today!

These hand carved stamps are when I fell in love with Michelle's work!

Michelle's word art would be the perfect addition to any layout!

For reals, I NEED these journal cards for Jaden!

Guess what Michelle has some GIFTS for you all!

Use this coupon in Michelle's store from now until August 15th to save 35%! 

Also she made us this LOVELY freebie with all our favorite elements that we are learning to use in TOOLBOX at Studio Calico! How much does she rock? Yep, I think so toO!!

download here

Thank you Michelle for everything, you are just wonderful! And thank you to everyone else for sharing the love! Make sure to visit Michelle's social media sites for even more info! Talk to you soon! P.S. Check out Instagram for even more Giveaways from Michelle!!