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Studio Calico February 2012 Sneaks

It has been a long time since I posted kit club sneak peeks.  I was on a kit club design team (Serendipity Scrapbooks, My Kits & Pieces, Label Tulip, and then Kenner Road) continuously for more than three years.  And that was a wonderful thing because I love kit clubs.  I know that the big selling point of kit clubs is that everything is coordinated, but that's not the draw for me.  I love kit clubs for 3 major reasons:

  1. The community.  Most kit clubs have message boards and a community that chats about their crafty lives.
  2. The latest and the greatest.  I like getting a package full of the cool new products that everyone is talking about.
  3. I receive things that I wouldn't naturally buy for myself.  This is always a good thing.  It forces me to use my creativity to its fullest.  And I often surprise myself by liking things I didn't think I would!

I'm the February guest designer at Studio Calico and if you're not familiar with kit clubs, every month the design team shares a few sneak peeks of what they've been working on.  The sneak peeks allow the subscribers to get a look at the products they'll be finding in their boxes.  Anticipation is half of the pleasure, after all!

Today I'm going to share a few peeks at what I've been working on:

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Working with a kit full of so many great patterned papers and embellishments has meant a bit of a change in my scrapbooking style.  I think you'll be surprised (pleasantly, I hope) by my layouts.  They're cleaner and less painty than usual.  More in the style of scrapbooking that I used to do.  It wasn't a conscious decision.  It just sort of happened and I fought it at first, but then I figured, it is what it is and let it go.

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I think it's dangerous to get into a creative rut and so I welcome the change.  I'm always seeking to explore new ideas and experiment with new techniques.  I like what I'm making very much, I'm just sort of surprised by it.  Of course, it's not like I've abandoned paint all together....

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Nonetheless, some different kinds of ideas are brewing.  And that's a wonderful thing, don't you think?

Finally, I wanted to mention that Studio Calico will be hosting a live online chat with me on Saturday, January 28 at 6:30pm PST.  You don't have to be subscriber to the kit club, but you do have to register for a FREE user account in order to get to it.  During the chat you can ask me questions, share your thoughts, or just listen in.  It's a neat online chat room, everyone just types and talks.  It's a lot like the Ustream chat room, if you're familiar with that.

Thanks for stopping by!

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