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Studio Calico July Class: Inked 2.0!

Posted on June 27, 2014by Lisa

Hey hey! Can’t believe July is almost here, can you? But that means it’s almost time for Inked 2.0 to start! As you can see I’ve given the class stamp set a whole lotta love already. Hope you’ll come and join me, Tina, and the awesome lineup of contributors. There’s still time to sign up and […]

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Studio Calico July Class: Inked 2.0

Posted on June 1, 2014June 1, 2014by Lisa

Hey hey I’ve got some exciting news to finally share! Tina Aszmus of Life.Love.Paper and I are co-teaching Studio Calico’s July class, Inked 2.o! We’ll show you the secret of skillful stamping with a series of videos and in depth tutorials sharing our favorite techniques. Tina is amazingly talented, just so happy to be teaching with her! […]

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Pocket Scrapbooking // Everything will be OK

Posted on May 22, 2014May 22, 2014by Lisa

Pocket scrapbooking is turning out to be just what I needed right now. It’s so therapeutic. I try not to talk about it much because I don’t want to bring anyone down or be a complainer, but I’ve been having problems with my left leg for going on three years. Is that crazy or what? […]

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Pocket Scrapbooking // Start (and start again!)

Posted on May 18, 2014May 19, 2014by Lisa
Start -- and restart! by Lisa Spangler

Hey you all! Hope that you’re having a great weekend. Me? I’ve been playing around with my blog theme and I really love how it turned out! Every now and then I get the urge to try something new, although I had been using my old theme (and tinkered with it) for around 5 years now. This […]

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Posted on January 31, 2014January 31, 2014by Lisa

Hello, Friday. Last day of January. (How can that be?) This time last week I was at Hero Arts. Still not caught up from that. Not to mention CHA. And we’re already working on the next catalog and plans for a show in March. Crazy. Sure wish that life would slow down. I relaxed a […]

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My first pocket scrapbooking page!

Posted on January 21, 2014May 18, 2014by Lisa
see ya, 2013 by Lisa Spangler

Well here it is, my first ever pocket scrapbooking page that I’ve actually posted. I’m kinda nervous about showing you this thing. But here goes! I played with some brush script as I’ve been practicing for the upcoming Studio Calico Life | Scripted class where I’m gonna be one of the contributors. I’ll actually be doing […]

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