City of Lights

New Studio Calico kit - woohoo! Here are my first two layouts with the kit. With the first one I started with that cool speech bubble top ten list, and built around that. I made a list of funny words my daughter says:

For my second layout out I followed KP's sketch class. This is for sketch #5:



I stole the idea for the sun from the talented Tina Azsmus.I really, really like the quality of the washi tapes this month. Very thick and sturdy, and the aqua one has clear stripes that are completely see-through. I loved the patterns on the American Crafts tapes we've gotten in the kits before, but those tapes are so thin and papery and I keep tearing them when I try to unroll them.

/ Magdalena

The sketch class

Here's two more layouts I made from KP's sketch class over at Studio CAlico. This is sketch #3:

I also made this for one of the LOAW challenges this month, which is monochromatic. I find this SO hard to do. This is the first time I've ever been able to stick to one color. It was because I picked grey I think. I've tried making chevrons before but messed it up every time. Then I saw this layout by TamiG in the SC gallery, using triangles. Brilliant!

And this is sketch #4:

I'm so stuck on the Encyclopedia add-on! It's my favorite add-on ever. I'm also liking these tiny triangles lately. This is the third layout I've made using them.

I know you also want to check out the Studio Calico blog later tonight. Just saying ;-)

/Magdalena