Way back when... (all the way in January! ha!) I was lucky enough to work with Studio Calico's newest lines - Abroad & Classic Calico 2 - to create a bunch of pages for display in their booth at the CHA Winter show...
And partly due to the craziness of that time for me (and the amount of work that I was balancing on my plate), I never got around to sharing them on the blog. So what better time than now. :)
The collections (along with Take Note!) JUST ARRIVED in stores, and are sure to sell quickly - I grabbed extras of my favorites already. ;)
Here they are...
...Click Click is lots and LOTS of new Abroad. The background aqua building print paper is the B-Side of the Locals Paper from the line - my personal FAVORITE. The pic (that my sister took of her cutie daughter, Ellie) was perfect with the new wood veneer cameras - which should be avail soon!
And the "click" title was cut with my silhouette (using the font "Japan") from the Frequency paper in the Classic Calico 2 line.
...Happy Girl - another cutie Ellie pic (I used her a LOT for these projects!!!). The bold background print is the B-side of the Destination Paper. I cut lots of little scrap strips from the papers with banner tails at the end and then tucked them under my photo & machine stitched wiht a zigzag stitch.
The woodgrain butterfly stickers were the perfect accent here (layered on top of both punched & chipboard butterflys), and the aqua polka at the bottom is the B-side of Departure, also another fave from the line!
...Hello Sunshine (yep, Ellie AGAIN!). ;) I just LOVE this pic. It's one of my favorites ever of her. So I made it BIG. ;) And added a strip of my VERY VERY FAVORITE NUMBER PAPER above the photo - You may have noticed this paper has popped up already in my Project Life spreads - and it no doubt will MANY more times, bc i love it that much. :) ha.
More woodgrain butterfly stickers and also the Wag Print from the Classic Calico 2 line used as the background here.
...You Shine. The background "burst-of-rays" paper here that the design was inspired by, is the Frequency paper from Classic Calico 2. I cut my photo into a circle and then added "rays" of other prints from the Classic Calico 2 line to follow the "rays" already on the background paper.
Punched stars and wood veneer stars "shine" along my rays... and I mixed in an aqua colored thread when I did some machine stitching on this page - usually forget to swap out my thread color, and always end up liking the look when I do! :)
...(and finally!) Sail Away - a favorite pic from Eric & my "no-kids" vacay last summer to St John! We didn't really "sail away", we definitely "flew away", but I couldn't get that song out of my head for some reason (?!) while I was making this, so I just ran with it! ;)
The Map Print Thickers from the Abroad line were perfect here, and I also mixed in a little Abroad Flair. Background paper print is the B-side of the Wag Print from the Classic Calico 2.
New Studio Calico Brand Products Used on Projects...
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ahhhh. i just bought a ton of stuff during SC's blowout sale. and thanks to this post, I got even more stuff on two peas. late night shopping online = impulsive buys. must go to sleep. :)
Posted by: SY | April 02, 2012 at 01:07 AM
you never fail to deliver.
Posted by: faygie | April 02, 2012 at 07:34 AM
So beautiful! Everyone of them.
Posted by: Teka Cochonneau | April 02, 2012 at 09:54 AM
awesome layouts, so full of fun and color, I am patiently waiting for my SC kit to come, I ordered some of the take note collections, love it!!
Posted by: laurie lariviere | April 02, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Fabulous projects, Susan!
Posted by: Diane Payne | April 02, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Love all of these!
For the Sunshine and You Shine titles, did you cut them out with a Silhouette? What font did you use? I love it!
Posted by: Samantha | April 02, 2012 at 12:22 PM
You rock my socks!! Love!!
Posted by: Jennie m | April 02, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Melinda T | April 02, 2012 at 05:44 PM
Ohmigod, these are so good! Like, ridiculously good! Love dropping by and getting all inspired! XO!
Posted by: Linda Barber | April 03, 2012 at 01:07 AM
Your work is so inspiring! I just love your style!! I was curious: what on earth kind of sidewalk chalk was used to make the rainbow in the photo of your niece?? It is sooo vibrant!, How fun is that....or maybe it's not chalk?? I realize the photo was most likely edited a bit but still it had to be pretty bright & vibrant....I can only ever find pastel colors that barely show up.
Posted by: Kristi | April 03, 2012 at 12:06 PM
thank you kristi! the chalk is by crayola i think and it is specifically labeled brights! ive seen it at target and walmart in the craft section - HTHs!!! :)
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | April 03, 2012 at 01:29 PM
These are SO amazing Susan!! You've been pinned. ;)
Posted by: April W | April 03, 2012 at 03:59 PM
These are all INCREDIBLE. Thanks so much for showing these off. I haven't seen the abroad line look so amazing until I saw how you combined the papers together.
Posted by: Jessica R | April 04, 2012 at 11:35 AM