Camelot Reveal

If ever there was a kit designed with someone like me in mind... then it's got to be the new Camelot Kit from Studio Calico! By 'someone like me' I mean a girly scrapper, a mother, a soft and pastel colour lover, a curly font admirer, a touch of gold needer, all with a good dash of arty mixed-media thrown in too!!

Due to popular demand, I've managed to make another video of me opening up all my kits again this month. You can also see all my other videos right here on my YouTube channel....!!


But in the meantime, here it is also in pictoral form ....

With that amazing star mask in my hand I set to and created my first layout...
Actually, if I'm going to be completely honest (and I always am!) then I'll admit this was my second attempt with the mask. My first attempt with texture paste on the vanilla cardstock didn't quite go according to plan. So I needed to change it up. I've learned from past experience that spraying the Opaque White Mister Hueys onto black cardstock makes an incredible contrast and so I stuck with what I know. Always good advise when you're in a bind ;-)

"Stars" supplies: Camelot Main Kit, Opaque White Mister Hueys, White Gel Pen, Black Cardstock, 

Camelot Printables by Aszmus Printables, Camelot Printables by Hello Forever, Printable Labels

Oh yeah.... so I totally just scrapped a Christmas photo! The colours were perfect and I've been needing to tell this story, so forget chronological scrapping and just do it I say! It was also a perfect opportunity to use a play on words here as the story tells the time my girls were the 'stars' of our church Christmas play.

"Delightful" supplies: Camelot Main Kit, More Vellum, Camelot Printables 

by Tina Aszmus, Printable Labels

The next piece in the Main Kit that I wanted to test out was the new and exclusive Mister Hueys Ink Dauber in this lovely blue "Spring Sky" colour. I used it in a pattern of dots and splatters here in the background of this layout because I thought it would mimic the bubbles in my photo. But there's lots of other possibilities and techniques to try, some of which I've outlined in a video tutorial up on the Studio Calico blog right now.

Without a doubt the most popular Add On this month in my opinion is going to be "Excalibur". It's absolutely stocked to the gills with pretty frilly flowery bits. You can see in my video that it must have taken me 5 minutes just to open up all the glassine bags full of embellishments! Now it's designed as a Mini-Book Kit, but that doesn't mean you can't make a bunch of layouts instead if you're not in the mood to make a whole book.

"Search" supplies: Camelot Main Kit, Excalibur Add On, Guinevere Add On, More Graph Paper, 

Camelot Printables by In a Creative Bubble, Printable Labels, Silver Mister Hueys

Ahhemm... and now you see me scrapping an Easter picture as well? You got that right! A Christmas layout and Easter layout with the same kit! Why not! Plus.. I had to scatter those sequins somewhere ;-)

Next I want to tell you all about my favourite bits from the "Guinevere" Add On... but you'll probably work it out pretty easily if I just show you my next layout...

"Thick and Thin" supplies: Camelot Main Kit, Guinevere Add On, Excalibur Add On, Merlin Add On, 

More Graph Paper, XO Cut File by Barbara Picinich, Printable Labels

Yep... this Add On had me at "Jillibean Soup Chip Alphas" and I knew instantly I wanted to use them in a big title. I combined them with a Dauber-written word and the rest just flowed from there.

Following on from the popularity of last month's embellishment-only kit, this month we've got "Merlin" which is filled with woodgrain, cork and gold. Plus those Heidi Swapp Clear Alphas are the best! Have you noticed I've got a thing for a good alphabet yet?!

"Bring on the Happy" supplies: Camelot Main Kit, Excalibur Add On, Guinevere Add On, Merlin Add On, 

Digital Stamps by Suzy Plantamura, Camelot Printables by In a Creative Bubble, Printable Labels

So what do you do when you've got a bunch of photos to scrap from the one event, and you're not a Project Lifer and don't feel like making a mini album? You make a double layout, whack on a page protector which can still be opened (unofficially making it a triple pager perhaps?) and include an envelope which can also still be opened so you can shove in even more memorabilia! Got all that? Good!

Check out more details for my layouts plus a more comprehensive supply list in my Creative Team Gallery here. Happy reveal day!



Camelot Kits Supply List

Camelot Main Kit Guinevere Add On Excalibur Add On Merlin Add On Camelot Printable Labels Camelot Printables by Tina Azsmus Camelot Printables by Hello Forever Camelot Printables by In a Creative Bubble Camelot Digital Stamps by Suzy Plantamura Camelot XO Cut File by Barbara Picinich More Vellum Grid Paper Neocolor II Prussian Blue Color Theory Ink: Deja Blue Color Theory Ink: Something Blue Color Theory Ink: Coral Bay Mister Huey's Navy Mister Hueys Silver Mister Hueys Opaque White Glue Glider Pro Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Pen Precision Pen

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The Story of the Autumn Beach Excursion

My annual leave has been very creative so far. I've got quite the abundance of new layouts, although I'm trying to work out which ones I can share and which ones *might* become part of my application for Masters. In the meantime I've also got a few 'older' layouts that haven't yet made it on my blog.

I've got no intention of even contemplating Project Life, but that didn't stop me from picking up Kayla's first Project Life Kit she's now offering subscriptions to at Polly! Scrap Kits. It was quite stunning and the Heidi Swapp papers are just my style.

I mixed in a few leftovers from the Main Kit and a couple of items from my stash to work with the May sketch at The Scrapbook Store to inspire my layout.

The papers in the kit are all 6x6" which isn't too much of a creative stretch to make a layout when you think about it. After all, apart from the background most of the time the papers I use are all cut up anyway. And the Jillibean Soup polaroid frames were perfect to line up across the top as the sketch suggested. 

I know that recently I've been scrapping lots of beach photos from my tropical holiday, but in fact these snaps were taken a couple of weeks before in 'sunny' Victoria. 

Ironically, we've lived close(ish) to the beach on and off for nearly 3 years now, but we've actually only visited it once before. That's quite sad really isn't it? Despite it being April it was quite a warm day so we decided in the spirit of family adventuring that we would take an excursion to the coast.

Kids are resilient little creatures aren't they? They thought nothing of stripping off and jumping in the water and building a few sandcastles! On the other hand I was still huddled up in my jumper and scarf ;-)

Summer Lovin'

Twine? Who doesn't have oodles of twine in their stash?!

The twine theme at Scrapz.biz was bound to be an easy one for people to join in with. I guess the trick for us as designers was going to be trying to use it in interesting ways.

To make it even trickier for me, my challenge for the twine week was a 'Scrap it Blind' which tends to get me thinking a bit more laterally (read: linear, graphic, straight lines....boring!) with my layouts as I know I have to describe to someone else how to put it together without any pictures.

As you can see, ultimately I went with using the twine as my sunrays, which doubled up as journaling lines. A little bit cute, and quirky.

Kinda like me ;-)

Supplies:

Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer Kit

Jillibean Soup Twine

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