Friday, December 27, 2013

Copper Mountain - January kits at Studio Calico

I am the card kit guest designer for January 2014 at Studio Calico, and I went a bit overboard with cardmaking lately! ;) I made a total of nine cards!

These first few were done with the main card kit only, Copper Mountain card kit{the link only works for subscribers from noon EST on Dec. 27, and for everyone from midnight}

Catch card

The kit comes with a die to be used with a manual die cutter. Since I don't own one, I thought of some other way to use the die, and ended up using it as a stencil for my stitching. :) I love this cute whale!

Catch card

Catch card

The colors in this month's kit are right up my alley!

Hi card

The patterns in the paper pad are very pretty!

Best Wishes card

This ribbon in the kit is so much fun! It has thin metal wires inside, so you can shape it up as you wish!

Best Wishes card

I thought the stamps were so versatile!

Best Wishes card

I was inspired by these cute candy dots to go with an ombre theme for this card.

Best Wishes card

And now we get to the card add on kit, Spaulding Bowl{the link only works for subscribers from noon EST on Dec. 27, and for everyone from midnight}

Happy Birthday card 

I went with an elegant design for this card.. I guess the color scheme was inspired by the Christmas festivities! :)

Happy Birthday card 

I am in love with the skinny handwritten sentiments in the stamp set!!

Just A Note card 

As soon as I saw the washi and the gems in the add on kit I knew they'd be a perfect match! :)

Just A Note card

I also used some of the digital files along with my Silhouette.

Get Whale Soon card 

When I saw the ocean theme for the stamp set I immediately thought I should use this pretty blue POW glitter paper I had in my stash. :)

Get Whale Soon card

Get Whale Soon card

Yeah, I think this is my favorite card out of the nine I made!

Get Whale Soon card

I tried using the stamp to make a card with two whales, but it didn't quite work out.. it turned out much better to use the digital shape and cut out the two whales! :)

Greatest Catch card

Confession: this was my first time ever using a rub on! ;) (the white anchor)

Foxes card

There is an adorable fox stamp in one of the Project Life add ons and I got to play with this cut file and some watercolors. :)

Foxes card

And that's my ninth card! I have by no means exhausted these two kit, just my time! I haven't even played yet with two of the stamps - the clouds and "showered with love" sentiment in the main kit and the books stamps in the add on.

I hope you enjoyed these cards; I had lots of fun making them and I hope they show how versatile these kits are! :) In fact, I used the card kits to make a 12"x12" LO last night - I will be sharing it here early next week. :)
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