Daydream Believer...Studio Calico February.

Another month has flown by, and I found myself really enjoying sitting down to play with this month's Studio Calico kit + add-ons. There is plenty of brand new Dear Lizzy/American Crafts product in softer colors, but also bolder bits to work in with them. I confess, I am not usually drawn to this softer palette, and yet these pages are the happiest I've made in quite some time.

Maybe it's the words, maybe it's the glitter I added with the POW papers or maybe it was the shop items I threw in. Any way you look at it, They make me smile. :)

This first one shows the background stamp from the Clarksville add-on. I paired it with my Shabby Tote Chalk Ink and intentionally didn't go for a 'clear' image. It dirtied up the base paper a bit, and I love how it came out. Yes, this is an older picture of Allie...but I fell in love with the vintage number card and so I dug one out from when she was only 8 years old. The 'Follow Your Heart' title was cut with my Cameo + the Gold POW glitter paper from the shop. I can't stress what a subtle bit of glitz this stuff brings...I LOVE it.

The numbers and bits that are attached all over this page are from a sheet of paper in the Lady Lane add-on...I will buy another sheet of that paper, yesiwill. ;) This next layout is a bit of a hodge podge...POW glitter paper (this time in Powder) + Cameo (Pacifico font) + the alpha stamps from Stepping Stone + My Minds Eye chipboard from the shop + the '12' sticker from the Dear Lizzy sticker book...it all just kind of fell together. I LOVE this photo I got of Allie and her friends at midnight on NYE. I left the alpha stamps on their backer, and used the Teal Chalk Ink to stamp the initials of the girls in the photo...while the rest of them were stamped with Old Road Chalk Ink.
This one uses more of the Gold POW Glitter paper (cut again with the Cameo)...and a favorite 'technique' of mine. I hesitate to even call it a technique, lol...but I use it a lot, so it's a technique to me HA! I made a kind of 'shelf' with the yellow dot paper and placed my photo on top of it...then added in bits and pieces to 'sit' on the shelf. The stamps + chalk ink worked WONDERFULLY on the muslin trim from the Main kit, and I sprinkled some Dewey Mister Huey on it as well. I cut the bling chevron that was in the Stepping Stone add-on to kind of use them as 'arrows'...I'm big into arrows right now.
This last one is my Main Kit only layout (the first layout from each DT member in the gallery uses the Main Kit only...a great reference if you need ideas!), and I love every bit of it. The photos, the colors, the words, the circles, the shimmer, the word bubble...ALL OF IT. It may not be a masterpiece to anyone else, but this one means a lot to me. I added some journaling to the back...just a few thoughts about this particular moment that I shared with the most beautiful girl in my world. ;)

So there you have it!
If you have any questions about something I did/used...please ask, and I promise to respond.
Have a great weekend!!
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