Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Studio Calico Blog Hop
Welcome to the Studio Calico blog hop.
We're celebrating State Fair and Countryside being added to the online shop. Most of you have had the opportunity now to purchase it from your local scrapbook store or favorite online retailer, and now we're happy to provide some additional inspiration.
A fun layout I made using an old photo from my trip to Texas before Claire was born. This was the trip my feet swelled so big and never went down....well, they went down about a week after her birth, but it seemed like forEVER.
And, just a quick tutorial for creating those open scalloped circles.
Choose 2 circle punches, one slightly larger than the other.
Punch the smaller first.
Then, turn the larger upside down and center over the window.
To glue, I used the Martha Stewart glue pen and one of the punched circles as a guide.
Circle punches are some of my favorite tools, but one of my favorite items on this layout is the Heart Veneer, which I will give to one of my blog readers. To win, simply leave a comment here letting me know what you call your grandma. Winner will be posted on April 18.
Your next stop....the amazing Celine Navarro.
And if you lose your way, you can always use the designer links to the left on my blog or on the SC blog (to the right).
I love those circles and cannot believe I've never used two punches like that! Thanks for showing a new technique!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother was very proper, so we all had to call her Grandmother. I tried calling her Grandma once...and only once. :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous layout April. I call my Grandma - Nanny
ReplyDeleteI call both of my grandma's, "Grandma" I'm lucky to be in my 30's and still have them both! Love them!
ReplyDeletenot my grandmother but rather my husband's grandmother and my daughters' great grandmother. we call her "bunny."
ReplyDeleteshe had given our oldest a handful of stuffed bunnies through her first year that i called her grandma bunny when trying to tell who i was speaking of and it just stuck. now our entire extended family calls her that. :)
Now that I have kids, she is called GG for Great Grandma. She loves it.
ReplyDeleteI called her Gammy and my kids call my mom Grammy. I still miss her even though she died when I was 14. I can still see her clear as day.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma is from El Salvador so I call her "abuelita"! what a great layout!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layout, April! I love what you did with the scalloped circles.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandmother on my mom's side "Po Po" (think that's how you spell it.. it's Cantonese :) ).
my grandma's nickname is "Yita" which was what my brother started calling her because he couldn't say "abuelita".
ReplyDeleteNever got to meet either of my grandmothers, but I am sure that I would have called them Grandmama since that was what my mom liked to be called. Thank you for the chance to win the hearts- my stash is very low on those!
ReplyDeleteTo me my Grandmother was always Nan or Nana. Love love this page!
ReplyDeleteI always called my grandmother gramma. She was the best!!! Great page, love the circles, I seem to have to put them on all my pages in some form! thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma 'Ama', which means grandmother in Chinese :) Love your layout April!
ReplyDeletemy grandmothers: mimi and marmie.
ReplyDeletemy children call my mom, mimi as well...and my dh's mom, kammy.
your layout is lovely april! thanks for the chance to win: those hearts are on my list!
Wonderful page! I, too, love the veneer hearts. I have a Grandma and Gramie. I love them both dearly!
ReplyDeleteLove that look.
ReplyDeleteI haven't got any grandmothers left, which makes me tearful everytime i think about it. I used to call them Nan and Ilse, but my kids now call my Mum, Nana, and my my MIL Bibi.
ReplyDeleteI have a Grandma and a Grannie. Love the circles!
ReplyDeletelove this layout! my grandma had a stroke last month, and i am really treasuring my memories and photos with her. the wood veneer is perfect here too. :]
ReplyDeleteMy grandmas both passed away before I was born, but my son calls his grandma "Ama" - he couldn't say the whole word, and it just stuck. Apparently in Korean, that's what they call grandma anyway :)
ReplyDeleteShe was my sweet "Nana".
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet layout! thanks for the chance to win, april :)
ReplyDeleteI call my grandmother Grandma! Or Gailsie (the knickname her mother gave her)!
ReplyDeleteI call her by the old standby...grandma!!
ReplyDeletewell, when I had a grandma, I called her grandma ;)
ReplyDeleteoooh, sweet layout with your Grandma. Thanks for the scallop circle tutorial..gotta try that 4 sure!
ReplyDeleteHi! Nice layout! My grandma was DZIUNIA :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet touching layout! I call my grandmas Little Mama and Mama Delia!
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma (dad side) Gua-ma and (mom side) Ama. It's the Chinese way of calling grandmas.
ReplyDeleteSuch a precious picture!
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma "Nanny"-I was the first grandchild so I got to 'name' her :)
xoxo
If she were alive I would have called her what my kids call my mom - Nana :).
ReplyDeleteLove the circles on the layout - great idea!
Bubbe. I miss her. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteShe was Mamie Nova and I miss her.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandmother a more colloquial version of the Chinese phrase for "grandmother."
ReplyDeleteI call her "po po" which is like "grandma" rather than the formal "grandmother"
Thanks for the tutorial & love your layout! I call my grandma lola which is grandma in filipino. Thanks for a great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteGrandma R and Grandma B! Super lame...
ReplyDeleteI called my grandmother "Nana" my boys call their grandmother "Gram"
ReplyDeleteGreat pages!
I can't get over how much your Grandma looks like mine!! I miss her :(
ReplyDeleteI love those circles...I already wanted to buy more circle punches, but now I NEED to...can SC stock them for me please?! lol
LOVE the embellishments. Those hearts are to die for!
Thanks for the tip on the circles. So glad that both lines are finally at SC. I call my grandmother Nana.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma "gram"..Love her so much. thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteI called them both Grandma! :)
ReplyDeleteBoth grandmas are "Grandma". Nothing too original there. :) But my parents are "Papa and Nana" to my girls. Love that! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the LO. And I love SC. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteLove the circle idea!!
ReplyDeleteActually I just call her "Oma" which is Grandma in German :D
I love Studio Calico and this layout ! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI always called both of my grandmothers Grandma. Miss them both dearly.
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma (well, hubby's grandma..) ah ma in hokkien (a Chinese dialec)....
ReplyDeleteLOVE your LO
ReplyDeleteand LOVE my OMA / OMI (German for Granny)
Great layout. Thank you. I call my Grandma, "Grandma". I am hoping someday to be given the gift of grandchildren and I want to be called Grammy. I guess the kids decide what to call me...
ReplyDeleteMy Grandma was a very special lady in my life - she was my 'Nana' and I still miss her dearly ... special memories to be cherished for ever.
ReplyDeleteWell, since I am German my grandmas are called 'Oma' and then their respective first names. Love them both so much!
ReplyDeleteI'm Vietnamese so I call my grandma, Ba Noi (meaning maternal grandmother). Lovely page!
ReplyDeleteThanks SO much for the inspiration!! LOVE your page!
ReplyDeleteLOVE SC!
XXXJenneke
i love your layout,it's so cute and this product is just fabulous,i love it!!
ReplyDeleteHearts! My all-time favorite shape. I call my grandmothers "Lola" (Filipino language). =)
ReplyDeletesince I'm Indonesian, I called my late grandmas, "Nenek". miss both of them sooo very much...
ReplyDeletecool, j'adore, je tente ma chance. Bizz
ReplyDeleteWhat a great page April:-)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately both my grandmothers are gone now, byt I was especially close to my mother's mother, and I am actually named after her (Sigrid). I called her "bestemor" = Norwegian for grandmother.
I call mine "mummi" which is grandma in finnish!
ReplyDeleteGreat page. Love the colors and all the circles.
ReplyDeleteLovely page! love the circles!
ReplyDeleteWe call both 'Granny'! Nothing better than the love of a Granny!
ReplyDeleteLove your page :)
Love the layout, love the photo!
ReplyDeleteA kiss to Claire !
I call my grandma : vovo (it's portuguese)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance
I call my Grandma "Grandma"....sometimes "Gram" for short. :)
ReplyDeletei like your layout
ReplyDeleteMarinella
Awesome layout! I called mine grandma!
ReplyDeletelove the colors, great layout April....the wood veneer are my big crush this season. Michelle Poirier
ReplyDeleteI called her Grandmother because she insisted!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet layout, April! I called my grandmother Nana!
ReplyDeleteThis release is gorgeous! I have two grandmas. I call one Mom-Mom and the other Grammie. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
Gorgeous lo!
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma, Grandma.
But my daughter calls my mum Dee (her name is Fran). Hannah decided it was Dee before she was even one, and now she can't be anything else <3
love the layout. I called my grandma nona
ReplyDeleteI just love those hearts!! No grandma's here anymore, but I called them oma and beppe, but I'm from Holland ;)
ReplyDeleteLove the circles on here!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway!
Love the LO, and thanks for the technique lesson!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful page! I love the scalloped circles!
ReplyDeleteLove the layout...I call her Grams.
ReplyDeleteCool punch technique! Love your layout and I'm definitely going to try out that technique on a page :)
ReplyDeleteOne of my grandmothers was called Mamie, because my older brother mispronounced her given name, Aimee, and Mamie stuck. The other we called Grammy.
ReplyDeleteTotally love the layout! Such a cool idea with the punches! I called both of mine Grandma!
ReplyDeleteShe was my Omama. Now, my children call her grandmother Cara-Omi.
ReplyDeleteI call my Grandma "Grandma". I also have/had a Nonna (Italian for Grandma) who passed away in September.
ReplyDeleteI'm Swedish so my I called my grandma Farmor, meaning fathers mother. She's now passed away but was a VERY big part of my life for a long time. GREAT layout by the way. Love those circles.
ReplyDeletethis is a precious layout april. thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteThey are both gone now, but one was Nana and the other was Grandma.
ReplyDeleteI called my grandmother "Nanny". I love your l.o.!!!
ReplyDeleteohhhhhhhhhh.....hearts of all kinds are my passion!!! Love, love, love them all!!
ReplyDeleteMary Ann
I love your circles!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great posts lately, been loving them all!
Unfortuntely both of my Grandmas have been gone a long time and both were just called Grandma.
ReplyDeletelovely.....my one was Gramma, and the other was kinda funny it was Grandma Nate....Nate was my Grandpa's name..go figure...
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma, grandma. My son calls my mom, Obarchun. That's grandma in Japanese:)
ReplyDeleteI am loving the new stuff...I call my grandma, grandma. But as a little joke every now and then I will call her Ilene(her sister). Only becasue she always mistakenly calls me Virginia(her daughter, my aunt) I guess we look alike!
ReplyDeleteBoth my Grandma's were just plain old Grandma :) Lovely layout.
ReplyDeleteI had Grandmom and Omi. Grandmom was a laid back, Midwestern lovely. Omi was German, and a very proper and formal German at that. :)
ReplyDeleteI love how you used the scalloped circles! My grandma is just grandma!
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma on my mom's side "lola" ( Filipino word for grandma) and on my dad's side i called her "grandma"...
ReplyDeleteI have one Grandmama and one Nana.
ReplyDeleteI called both of my Grandma's "Grandma".
ReplyDeleteLove the open circles... Thanks for the hop!
ReplyDeleteMy dad's mom was "Mamam" and my mom's mom was "Baba"
ReplyDeleteI called one grandma and the other nan.
ReplyDeleteI used to call my Grandmother, Nanny. Thanks for the chance! :)
ReplyDeleteMy Mom's mom was Nanny! My kids also have a Nanny...love it! Sidebar...love the newborn pics of your sweet baby girl!
ReplyDeleteBring out the old punches!
ReplyDeleteLove your layout! Inspiration to do a page on my Grandma! Love it!!
ReplyDeleteSuch an adorable picture deserved a great LO like this one!
ReplyDeleteLove the layout. Thanks for the tip with the circle punches
ReplyDeleteMy Grandma was "Grams" to me and my brother. Though my cousins had a different name for her. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely layout!
My grandma is still in Germany, where she is from, so I call her Oma.
ReplyDeleteGreat LO!! When I was little I called my grandma "grandma" but once my girls were born we started calling her "Gigi"
ReplyDeleteI called them Grandma. My nieces call my parents, Gma and Gpa, which I think is hilarious. Love the punched out circles! Great idea.
ReplyDeletei called one Nanna and one Nan....not very original hey!
ReplyDeleteI love the scalloped circles! Beautiful layout too!
ReplyDeleteLove those scallop circles! Thanks for the instructions. Love those veneer hearts too, would love to win them.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma Ömmachen (it´s german).
ReplyDeleteI always called my grandma simply grandma, but it came with warm smiles and reverence that few others get simply just because of who they are...
ReplyDeletewe called my grandma, abuelita. she's no longer with us, but always in my heart! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI currently have a MeeMaw and a MawMaw, and have had several "Grandma's", a Gram, Pockey (don't ask), a MaMee, and a Granny in my past. Lots of wonderful Ladies have come before me in my family.
ReplyDeleteMy kids have Gam, Mimi, Nana, MeeMaw and MawMaw :)
I have a grandma Shirley and a grandma LaVina. That is what we called them! ha Loved your layout, April!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layout! I called both of my grandmothers 'Grandma'. I am so lucky to have one of them still here with me :)
ReplyDeletemy Nana is the most special lady in the whole world to me... I admire her in every way.
ReplyDeletebeautiful layout! I called both my grandmas... gram (then there last name) :)
ReplyDeleteYou'll be so glad for that picture and that page. My grandma that I got to love the longest we called "Gara."
ReplyDeleteThis layout is so simple and gorgeous! Love how you did the circles! I call my grandma's "grandma" and then their first name. I was fortunate to have even a great grandma through college.
ReplyDeleteI call mine Granny, but never to her face!
ReplyDeleteI have a Nanny & a Gramma. Thanks for the chance to win!!
ReplyDeleteI love circle punches too! And I lost both of my grandmas before I was ten and all I remember ever calling them was grandma. But while I had them they taught me how to cook, crochet, knit and laugh.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma granny. My kids call my mom that too!
ReplyDeleteCalled both of them "Grandmother." I think I want to be "grandma" when the time comes, though. Most of the cards in Hallmark say that these days!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a grandma living anymore. My Mammaw passed away exactly one week before I had my ODD. My other Nanny passed when I was 5 but thanks for sharing. Love the layout and those hearts.
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Your pages are gorgeous! I call my grandma my "nonna" thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLove your layout! I'm planning a layout about Gammy, my grandma, and her love of the beach.
ReplyDeleteI called both of them 'Grandma'. Beautiful layout!
ReplyDeletenanny
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful ^^ I love love ..... <3
ReplyDeleteGrandma
ReplyDeleteJust plain old Grandma... when I was younger and both of my Grandmas were alive. I called my Dad's Mom Grandma Poopsie after her dog.
ReplyDeletei call my sweet little grandmother, nanny :)
ReplyDeleteWell sad to say my grandmothers don't live here(both are in Dominican Republic) so I didn't grow around them but my kids love their grandmothers- They call my MIL-grandma & they call my mom - Mamita :) Love those circles & scallops super sweet! I have to try that.
ReplyDeleteI call Grandma as well but I also would call her the greatest inspiration in my life.
ReplyDeleteMy mom's mom is:Ama, and my dad's is: Abuela funny how it wasn't the same I guess it was b/c of the affection :|
ReplyDeleteso cute! i feel lucky to still have my 85 year old ahpo around.
ReplyDeleteLove your LO and the tutorial! I called my grandmas "vó", in Portuguese! :)
ReplyDeletemy Dad's mom was simply Dot, short for Dorothy. <3
ReplyDeleteLove the LO and the tut! I called my grandmas "Babushka" =)
ReplyDeleteI prefer to call my grandma simply "GRAM". Thanks! Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI had a Grandma and a Nan. They both died in 2010, which sux, they lived long and eventful lives, they were strong women who loved their men and children. miss them, love them.
ReplyDeleteLove how you punched the circles!
ReplyDeleteboth of my grandmothers were known simply as 'grandma' I learned a lot from both of them! :)
ReplyDelete"mummo" (Finnish for grandmother)
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ReplyDeleteI call both my grandmas, grandma. My kids call my mom Nana.
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius! I have a bunch of scalloped circles sitting on my desk (used the insides for a different project) and here you post the perfect thing!
ReplyDeleteMy mom is grandma; dh's mom is granny. I like GG or something a little fun and different.
Love the layout, the circles are genius! When we were little we called her Grandma Cream, and as we got older and realized her name was really Corrine, we started calling her Grandma J (for Jensen) and now my son calls her GG, that is the name she picked for herself when I was pregnant with my son, he was her first great-grandchild, it has stuck and we all call her GG now. Love her so much!
ReplyDeleteMy granny has been gone for quite some time now, but she has left a lasting impression on me and many amazing memories from my childhood.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandma was Nana, I've missed her for 21 years now but I know she is watching over me :)
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS LO and I love those circles!! Will definately have to try that, need to buy the punches first though...lol
ReplyDeleteI'm french, I call my grand mother "Mamie" and my son is born in Corsica, he calls my husband's mother "Mamo". I Love your page.
ReplyDeleteWe called my grandma "granny". She passed away over twenty years ago and I still miss her dearly. She was the sweetest woman...EVER. The hearts are adorable and I love your layout.
ReplyDeleteWe called my grandmother, Granny White-her last name was White. She passed away many years ago, and we have since referred to her as Martha Stewart. She was amazing!
ReplyDeleteI called my grandmothers "mormor" (on my mother's side) - Swedish for mothers' mother and "farmor" (on my dad's side)- father's mother. They are both gone and I miss them dearly!
ReplyDeleteGreat Layout... love what you have done using the circle punch.
ReplyDeleteAwesome layout.
ReplyDeleteI call both my Grandmother's "Nanny" - people used to think I had two nannies at home to take care of me and my siblings :)
ReplyDeletelove your page.. I call my grandma, 'oma'... =)
ReplyDeleteMy grandma is called Nanny. I also call my grandmother in law Gran.
ReplyDeleteWe call our Grandma... Grandma Doc. Not because there is a dr. in the family, but because my Grandpa Doc would always greet us with a, 'Hello Doc'! :) -The phrase sorta stuck. We've called them that as long as I can remember.
ReplyDeleteNanny - she wanted to be called "Granny" but I couldn't say my "gr" sounds. So...Nanny is what I could say! It's stuck through all the other grandkids and now my son.
ReplyDeleteOr if I'm talking to my mom, she's the "Nanninator" - don't tell Nanny! HAHAHA
I never knew my Grandma on my Dad's side, but on my Mom's side - everyone called her Nanny.
ReplyDeleteI never really knew either of my grandmothers, but I would have called her "lola" which means grandmother in Tagalog.
ReplyDeleteI call (and called) both my grandmothers, Mam-ma.
ReplyDeleteMy dad's side I called my grandma Dadima and mom's side I called my grandma Sasima( her name was Saraswati so 'sasi' in short & 'ma' means mother in hindi)
ReplyDeletelove your lo of your grandma :)
Beuatiful page April. Love those punched circles! I called my grandma "Grandma" :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layout!! I call her Gma and Grandma.
ReplyDeleteGrandma. Pretty common I guess.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips with the circles. I called one Grandma and the other mawmaw.
ReplyDeletebeautiful layout. My grandmothers were just Grandma :).
ReplyDeletesadly i lost them in my early 20s...but i called both lovely women, grandma.
ReplyDeletethanks for the chance + the fun 'hop'!
Love the idea for the circles! and even better was how you used a punched circle as a guide for the glue line!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't close to either of my biological grandmas - my great aunts Rosanna & LaVone were my "grandmas" growing up.
I just love Grandma pictures...They are always a hugh part of our lives. I miss my grandma. Great page thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI am loving what you did with those circles!!! My grandmother's have been gone for a while now..used to call them Grandma Ruth & Grandma Grogan. My girl's now call their grandmas: Grandma Maureen, Grandma JoAnn and Grannie Annie.
ReplyDeleteLove your inspiration page. It looks so peacefull ! I have a very close relationship with my grandmother too - sometime I feel like she is my best friend and this is something amazing. I feel very lucky about it.
ReplyDeleteI love those hearts! Your layout is beautiful. I called my grandma, Abuela, which is grandma in spanish. If I needed something and I wanted to butter her up I'd call her abuelita in the sweetest voice I could muster but she never fell for it! =)
ReplyDeleteI called my grandma..grandma..and I miss her so much.
ReplyDeleteI call both my grandmas "Grandma", but when they're both in the same room, I call them Grandma Carole and Grandma Marv.
ReplyDeletei only really knew my mom's parents, who were from eastern europe. i called her "babchi".
ReplyDeleteNana, was what I called my Grandma. Miss her greatly!
ReplyDeleteWe called her Grandma. She was adorable and always had gum for us in her pockets. My kids call my mother "Bop" isn't that awful? My daughter started it as a baby- no idea why!
ReplyDeleteAlways called my grandmas, Grandma LastName, though one of those names is a little tough to say and usually ended as a variation of Grandma Spit or worse...
ReplyDeleteOne grandma we call gram-cracker. She loves it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
My Grandma would have been 95 today.
ReplyDeleteOne was Grandma and the other was Nanna.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to enter - I LOVE those hearts!
Love those heart veneers!! We call my grandma's Nanny and Mimi! :) Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteMine was called "Grandma" She's been gone for about 9 years, but how I miss her eyes. When she would smile you could see her eyes and heart smile too. Such a wonderful lady.
ReplyDeleteI am so scraplifing the scalloped circles! Love it! :)
ReplyDeletewe always called my grandma, "grandma" simple as that - she was so loving!
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea with the circles thanks so much for sharing!
My daughter and I were just discussing this question yesterday as I have just become a grandma and she was wondering what I wanted to be called. We decided on 'Grandma'. That's what I called my grandmothers so long ago.
ReplyDeleteI call my grandma Gramma.
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