Paint. Plan. Play. with Ashely Goldberg

I am just love in LOVE with Ashley's style and so when I found out she was teaching a class with Studio Calico I was over the moon! Here is what Studio Calico has to say about it: 

"We've all experienced it – the frustration of sitting in front of a blank page for hours and still coming up empty. Well, we've got the remedy: cutting-edge artist Ashley Goldberg. Ashley’s come wielding her brush and paints to invite you into Paint.Plan.Play, an “art” class designed for scrapbookers. Grab the paints and brushes you've been collecting and let Ashley help you tap into the creativity you've got hiding inside yourself. 

During the first half of Paint.Plan.Play, you’ll explore core painting techniques Ashley uses every day, then you will transition into putting those new skills to use in several projects. With Ashley’s expert guidance, you will learn how to take control of color, pattern, and text by using paint, collage, and various other mediums to add allure to all your paper crafting projects – from personally designed journal layouts to Project Life spreads. '

Paint.Plan.Play will begin on November 1st."

Friends, can we talk about how adorable those little wood veneer critters are? I need a dozen. At least! Let me show you what else I picked up for this adorable class. 

As Paige Evan said "I need this paper like YESTERDAY!!" 

These stamps! If I could only order ONE thing for this class it would be

  these STAMPS! Because nothing is better than the right alpha stamp set!

Gold Splatter Rub-ons, need I say more? No, I didn't think so! 

Did you already sign up for the class, what did you pick up!? I can't wait for my supplies to get here and I will make sure to share more when they do! 

go.be.inspired.

Shanna

The Underground, don't let your box ship without....

Did you guys pick up some amazing goodies to go with your Underground kits?! I was out of town for reveal but was looking around tonight and wanted to share a couple goodies I think would work fun with the kits!

Guys. A roll of KRAFT tags with adorble GOLD details and AMY TANGERINE!? 3 of my favorite things = PERFECT addition!

Purple is a hard color to find, and so HOT right now. This is ink is PERFECT for your fall projects!

It's always tea time stamp set. I LOVE 2 set stamps and I have to say Deb made me fall in love with this adorable set, I cant' wait until it arrives!

Deb adorable card - tea time - 

Kings Cross

One of my favorite add-ons this month is still available. I thought this would be one of the first ones to go with those OUT OF THIS WORLD rub-ons, adorable stamp and FUN stickers! I created one of my favorite projects this month using it and can't wait to use the rest!

Alaska 6x12 Project Life Insert

Can't wait to see what you do with these beautiful kits!

go.be.inspired!

Shanna

Workspace | Marcy Penner

We are just starting to really dig into WORKSPACE with Marcy Penner over at Studio Calico and I have to tell you I am LOVING the process! It could not have come at a more perfect time! You see, it came exactly one year after I gave our craft room a head to toe make over (you can see the tour here) . And everyone knows you have to really live in a space for a year to see how it is working for you, and make changes as needed. I share my space with my mother in law, and while I need a very clean space without a lot of clutter, Katherine needs to have supplies out, they inspire her. She also likes VINTAGE and so we needed to add some vintage storage solutions as well. We are making small changes here and there ( I will make sure to share more as we go through this process). 

I love how in depth Marcy gets into her space and her thought process behind it, she inspires her contributors to do the same and I am just loving the process. I can't wait to see where this takes our workspace! Are you enjoying the class as much as I am? If you haven't signed up yet it's not to late! Come on over and join us! 

It's time to share the winner of my stamp sets! CONGRATS Love, Carrie you are my winner!! I will email you shortly! 

go.be.inspired.

Shanna

Stamp Giveaway with Vanessa Middleton

Hiya! I had an exciting opportunity to work with a company I often shop at! How fun is that? When I first got really into scrapbooking (you know like the first crush kind of love where all you do is think about it) one of my favorite things was to watch YouTube videos about scrapbooking. I quickly found Vanessa's channel and loved her honest approach to things. She wasn't fake or trying to cover up anything, she is who she is without apologies and I can appreciate that! So when she opened a store I was excited to purchase things from her. I love supporting a smaller store and although I don't buy a ton, when I need something in particular I always check her store! So when she asked me to design a couple stamps for her it was a no brainer! I had so much fun designing these two stamp sets and we wanted to give a set away to one lucky winner!!

Printshop Stars |  Public Library | Twine | Over the Rainbow| Head in the Clouds 

I pulled out these stamps to start creating with them and found a couple other goodies that I thought went well together. If you don't have these make sure to check them out in the links above and HERE is a direct link. She ships free on orders over $60.00 so stock up!  If you would like to enter to win the stamps please leave your email in the comments section by Friday August 8th 10:00 PST.  Good luck and have fun creating!!!

****WINNER POSTED HERE****

go.be.inspired.

Shanna

Take 2 | Sandlot

It's the day after reveal, how is everyone feeling? Did you snag all the kits you wanted and soak up all the inspiration in the gallery? I have a little tradition after reveal day I wanted to share with you guys today! :) I love getting the kits, opening them up and just creating what ever comes to mind,... whatever inspires. But my second favorite is when I re-organize my kits after reveal, find all the hidden gems I forgot to add, or have just discovered through the AWESOME team over at Studio Calico, (they always use things in such innovative ways!). So here is what is on my desk at the moment and some ideas I have on what is next!......

fonts for peas 

First off these paints!!!! I love the whole color theory line and am super excited to be able to have the perfect shades of paints to add to my projects. These weren't in yet when I was working with Sandlot so I am excited to have them in hand now! When I think of paints I think of Kim....

I love how Kim used the transparent alpha in the main kit. Painting BEHIND them! So smart ...that girl!!! These are my FAVE!! They make such a statement on a page, I want use every.single.one. of them! 

The Hercules kits was one of my FAVORITE kits this month (I loved the combo. of papers and the stamp!!)  and I still have lots to use from it! I wanted to just pull a couple of my favorite projects using this fun kit! 

Believe in Magic

I adore how Lori used it to match her photo PERFECTLY and then left a trail of yummy emblishments along the page! Seriously perfection!

I'm so fancy

Maggie Massey ROCKED that FANCY stamp like not other!!!! I love how she used the mask as well! 

Another thing I picke up at reveal was not ONE, not TWO but THREE sets of these adorable cards. Crazy? Yes but I LOVE THEM!!! I love having cute elements like this around the house not only for PL, but they would be perfect for a gift card, a little note... really anything goes! I mean seriously how cute are these envelopes?

With all that inspiration the first thing I am going to work on is a mini album for my husband (with our recent Alaska trip!) using the digital template I create for the store this month! 

Go Out & Be Awesome

Barbara already knocked it out of the park! Seriously her attention for detail and innovative ideas always inspire me so much!

While you are over in the digital shop make sure to pick up these FREE journal cards from Brighton Pier. I am sorry that PEAR gets me EVERY time!

 Off to create! Talk to you soon!

xox

Shanna

P.S. Are you entered to win the $35 Studio Calico gift card? 

A confession I can only make to you....

.. I think you will understand....

I was amazingly blessed to be able to leave my life behind and run away with my husband for 11 days to ALASKA!!!! (P.S. AMAZINGNESS.. more to come on that!!) but I did have that itsy bitsy tiny thought oh *ohmygrapesiwillmissreveal* especially when I saw the card add-on stamp!! I had thoughts of asking a friend to pick up a couple things for me but I thought... no.. I don't NEED everything every month! :) I can TOTALLY do without it..... friends... what do you think is the VERY first thing I did after I tucked my kids in bed for the night the night we got home from Alaska? Studio Calico. That is right. Check out all the awesomness I missed (I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to torture myself like that) and I was SURPRISED to find out some amazing treasures were still up for grabs! I wanted to share with you what I picked up because I am in SHOCK it is still available!!

Pinball

This was the kit I was thinking I would have to create an e-bay account to bid it out for! LOL :) But seriously... that STAMP SET!!!! I want to create MILLIONS of cards with it! The layering possibilities  I can NOT wait to use it! 

Churros

These little cards in the Project Life kit this month stole my heart and even though I wanted to just carry around in my pocket for whenever I needed to smile... I used them in my PL so HOW excited am I to see a stamp and DIE set?! Just adorable!

You're Pretty Amazing Craft Die

I love LARGE sentiments that make a statement on a page or a card so I put this baby DIRECTLY in my cart right when I saw it! I could see it being a title on a fun page about my husband or simply the front of a card.. so many possibilities!

Craft Die & Stamp Set | TABS

Yes. I love tabs. I want to put tabs on anything and when I see anything tab related in a store I don't even think about it! So imagine my delight when I saw this adorable stamp and DIE set from Marcy?! SCORE!!! 

So that is what I scooped up and is STILL available!! What did you get this month? What was your favorite goodie? 

go.be.awesome

Shanna

oh my stars!!

Happy Thursday! I am a sucker for two things. 

1. stars.

2. metal dies that match stamp (I am a little late to the game on this one!) 

So when I saw this set from Studio Calico, I snatched it RIGHT up!

I just got this in the mail today so I wanted to gather up some star projects that inspire me! 

I love how Alex used color and the stars to create a focal point for this beautiful layout!

Oh my word... RAINBOW stars? Yes PLEASE! I love what Paperpilkitten did with this! 

Jil ROCKED the stars in such a unique way! 

So excited to start playing with these, did you order them? What are you plans?

Talk to you soon!

xox

Shanna