Digging into past kits

I've recently started digging into past Studio Calico  kits. They're piling up and I don't like it! Glee Club really had a lot more to give. It was the first kit since my sub started that really, really felt like me. Some of my fave layouts ever has been made with this kit. Here are two more that I've made recently:

I made this for the SC Sunday sketch challenge. The title and journaling is about the number of stuuffed animals my daughter keeps in her bed. She is hanging off the edge just to fit them all in, but she won't go to sleep without them. The title is also a little stretch your kit tip from me: When the letter thickers are running out, use the numbers for your title!

I  had to tell the story of my daughter's first injury. She flipped downhill in the snow and landed face first. She really hurt her mouth and nose. We had to get a dentist appointment to check on her teeth as well. They seem to be okay. I usually journal by hand, but there was too much to write about this time. My printer doesn't take 12x12 papers so I used a scrap piece and printed the text out vertically instead, and glued it to my page.

I've also made a third Glee Club layout that I've blogged about here. So that's three more. And I've got sooo much stuff left!

Loving winter

This is how it looked walking to preschool this morning -15 C/ 5 F. Sunrise. Beautiful!

I love Friday mornings because my classes don't start until 1 PM. I still have work to do but we're never in a hurry. Today my son was home sick with his dad, so it was just me and my daughter(2 y.o). We walked and talked, and I realized we never do that. I hardly ever get to spend time with her alone. Need to start doing that! We looked at the birds, the yellow snow (and she learned what that is...) and tried to reach the lampposts, which she thought was hilarious. This is a little conversation we had:
She: Daddy loves me.
Me: Yes, he does.
She: Mommy loves me.
Me: Yes, I do. Very much!
She: Daddy plays with me. Aeroplane.

Aww, she's so sweet. She has much more thoughts in her head than I ever knew. I want to hear more!

/Magdalena

Scrap your celebrity crush...

... is the February challenge over at the Creative Type. The challenge is presented by the mahvelous Tina Aszmus. Go look here! So, who's your crush? Here's mine:

I scrapped my teen crush (gee, that was like 25 years ago!) Nikki Sixx of Moltely Crue. If you know who it is you know what I mean, and if you don't you never will. The title is inspired by the Pink Paisley Halloween line, where the fab black brad is from. I used the SC kit Glee Club and add-ons. The Halloween theme went so well with the photos.

What will you make?

/Magdalena

I made a card

I will post this just so you'll actually believe me! I made  a card because I had to. It was for the SC CHA challenges. The challenge was a to make a card with 4 punches. So this is it:

Not only did I make a card but I used some of the Basic Grey chip shapes that I didn't like. Also turned out to actually like this card. Don't know what I'll use for yet.

/Magdalena

Past kit faves and thoughts

As I wrote in this post, I have made some new plans on how to go about scrapping my Studio Calico kits. Two of those things have really been helpful to me in working with the January kit. I have made a file on my laptop for every kit I've recieved (8 so far). In each file I've collected photos of the projects I've made with that particular kit. This has really helped to see that the kits have been worth their price even if it's not killed. I've decided to share my favorite project from each kit:

1. Paper Moon - love the Amy Tan tag!

2. Mind the gap - this was too hard. I'm picking two!

3. Boardwalk - this was hard for a different reason. I'm not 100% happy with any of my Boardwalk layouts, but I decided this one is ok.

4. Glee club - this was the first in a long row of kits that really, really suited my taste and scrap style.

5. Field Guide - I think this is my favorite layout ever.

6. Handmade - I'm nuts about the lime green alpha stickers:

7. Brooklyn Flee - this is the kit I need to get back to. To my surprise I found only 4 layouts in my file. I think a few have gone into my albums without being photographed. I will have to track them down. This was DD month, and I just didn't have the time to scrap regular layouts also. Again, nothing feels a 100% in this file but I'll pick one I'm ok with:

8. County Fair - my fave kit of all! I've made sooo much with it and I love it all. I got 3 add-ons, which I have never done before. It's the most amazing kit. So hard to pick only one, I'd like to post all of them, but I'll show you these two:

And my 9th kit is in the mail. Yay! But I'll have another 2 weeks to spend with County Fair, and I don't mind at all.

PS: I've completed my SC CHA challenge post down below. Here!

/Magdalena

28 things I love in February

I'm taking part in Alison Waken's photo challenge "28 (29 this year) things I love in February". Take a picture of something you love each day in February and post in the Flickr group here. Easy, huh?!

/Magdalena

Quote

I'm engulfed by Nikki Sixx's photo book "This is gonna hurt" right now. If you love dark photography and gaining new insights this one's for you. You don't need to like the person or the music to get some new thoughts on life. Wake up! Read it! I love this quote from the book, and made a page about it.

Love!
/Magdalena