Letterpress 2.0

I'm looking very forward to doing another Studio Calico Letterpress class.  I took Tina's class last year, and got hooked in a big way.This time around it's the talented Geralyn Sy who's the teacher, and I can't wait to see what she's got in store for us. Letterpress is addictive and the results are fun, fun,  if you're prepared to play around and experiment. It takes a bit of patience,but once you get the hang of it, you can't stop. If you have a BigShot and the adapter platform, then you can jump right in.  Right now, Studio Calico has some gorgeous new letterpress plates for sale in the shop, and there may or may not be more on the horizon... ;)
 I bought this gorgeous script-y one as well as this one ( sadly sold out now, but I'm thinking they will be re-stocked) and a few of the coasters to experiment with. I have several packs of Letterpress cards as well in different sizes and thickness, but I do tend to prefer the thicker ones, as I like a deeper impression.

Here's a sample of a few cards I've made:

And the class description:

LETTERPRESS 2.0

Join Geralyn Sy for Letterpress 2.0. This new workshop will give you an in depth look at how Geralyn incorporates Letterpress into her creative process, and show you five fun techniques for printing with Studio Calico letterpress plates for your layouts, cards and pocket pages.

Letterpress 2.0 is enrolling now through May 31st at 11:59pm EST, and the all of the class content will be live on June 1st.

NEW TO LETTERPRESS?

Enroll in the Letterpress Bundle and you'll receive access to Letterpress 2.0 AND our introductory Letterpress class with Tina Aszmus from September 2013. The introductory class includes 8 full tutorials, 6 videos and 30 great projects to get you started & is available only through the bundle purchase.

Hope you'll be inspired to sign up and join in the fun- you only have a few more days to think about it, deadline is May 31st! See you in class. :)

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My Hello, Hello layouts

There never seems to be enough time to sit down and create with the kits I get on a monthly basis. They're so jam packed with all kinds of lovely things, so believe me when I say that if I had the time, I could probably create another 25 pages easily.I do try during the month to get a few done after reveal, and I'll post those as the month goes on. There are those deliciously colourful  KI alphas and striped paper in Hola that I haven't even touched, but dying to use. I'm thrilled they've brought back one of my all time fave papers.Back in the day, KI was my favourite company, and I basically bought EVERYTHING they put out.

Here are my pages this month, starting with the 3 main kit only layouts I made:

Perfect pairing of this pinky blush paper with my photos, and the gold labels just made it come together. I think I could happily scrapbook camping photos for the rest of my life. :)

This is a 2 page 8x11 page, and it came together accidentally after the photo printed out in b&w instead of colour. I didn't want to necessarily waste another entire sheet of photo paper, so I took it in another direction and paired it with the gorgeously bright striped pp for the main kit, then just embellished very minimally from there. I still haven't cut those words down the middle of the page, so I'm not sure how this one will fit into my album, lol. 

Also using the main only, a super simple one of my son and his bff from a few years back. He hates this pic, but I think it's hilarious and SO them! Cute, cute boys. I decided to go monochromatic by using just greens and blues to compliment the photo instead of adding in another colour.

This one uses the main, Bonjour ( love those Kal Barteski stickers!) and the stamp from Hola.

I stamped on the wood piece for my title and subtitle, and adhered with glossy accents so it would hold.

This page about my son ( looking a tad disheveled after the ceremony, but whatever!)

uses  Hola, the main kit, and a few bits of Bonjour.

As you can probably tell,  Hola was my fave add-on this month, and I'm sure it will be sold out super fast- hope you all get the goodies you want!

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And a few sneaks of tomorrow night's reveal...

Not sure where the month of May went, and it's hard to believe that it's nearly June! I feel like I haven't seen the month go by, it's been a crazy whirlwind. Lots of big stuff coming up in June- the biggest being that my oldest is graduating high school. How the hell did that happen so quick?! A word to those with little ones... hang on to these days and breathe in every second, because you'll be where I am before you even know what hit you. It's THAT fast.

Anyway, here are a few sneaks of tonight's reveal using the beautiful 'Hello Hello' kits. I literally gasped when I saw the images of the kits before they arrived. I love the bolder, hotter colours, perfect to get you in the mood to kick off summer.

This is one of my 'main only' layouts ( I did 3 using the main only this month),

simple. simple. The paper I used here was THE perfect colour. Happy, happy when that happens.

Bold yellow alphas and a bit of black, this one is graphic and I like it. :)

Used mostly Hola here.

Be sure to check the CT gallery tomorrow night for the full reveal- can't wait to see what the others have done!

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Officially the world's worst blogger.

I was supposed to have blogged my Studio Calico Camelot kit layouts last month, but I failed miserably. In fact, I'm failing miserably at keeping up with the whole blogging thing in general. I know it's here,I know I need to update more than a few times a month, but I'm so incredibly busy right now that it's really low down on my priority list.I will try harder!
These are now a month old, as the new reveal is tonight, but here you are anyways. I'll put up my layouts from this month's "Hello, Hello" kits in a more timely manner, I promise!

Super into making layouts with old photos right now, specifically ones with my Mother.

This page uses a really fantastic cut file by Barbara Picinich, you can find it here. 

Using one of the digital brushes for a big title- love it!

My favourite page this month was the one I did about the gym. I love the quiet photo, and the fact that I actually did a page about a gym, where I have been spending a LOT of time the past 2 months- like 7 days a week lots. ;) Lots of white space, and I like how the numbers ( also a digi stamp) look so graphic on the photo. Happy with this page. :)

This one documents my love of flower photography, one of my passions. Doesn't get more simple than this, right?!

Thanks for looking!

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