Monday, June 20, 2011
Hello Swirly friends! It is Sunday and time for some card inspiration. This is a card I made just for you. I used a mix of Swirlydoos kits for it and I just love to layer things. You might have noticed. LOL
The patterned paper, the ribbon, and the flower are from the June kit. I also used the gorgeous Tattered Angels clear stamps from the June kit. The large tag is from May and the alpha is from a much older kit.
I hope you'll have a great Sunday!
I hope you'll have a great Sunday!
Friday, June 17, 2011
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!! I don't think I'll ever get tired of typing that. Here is a quick update of things going on at Swirlydoos:
XO, Lisa
- There are still a few tickets left for the Swirlydoos sponsored workshop at CHA in July. Please click on the tag to the right and find out more as well as purchase your ticket. They are going fast!!
- We have two new designers joining our design team in July. They are Paulien van den Bosch and Maiko Kosugi!!!! These woman are so talented and I just can't wait to see what they do with our kits!! Welcome ladies!!!!
- A winner has been announced for our Grandma's Garden Sketch Challenge and it is Tracey!!!!! Here is her lovely take on the sketch
Click HERE to check out the other entries in the gallery.
- We have a new flower tutorial by the very lovely Lisa Gregory. It is a gorgeous Lily!! We have some really fun tutorials waiting in the wings and they will be uploaded in the next few weeks. If you haven't checked out our tutorial section, you should! Click HERE to check it out.
XO, Lisa
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
A photo tutorial by: Angelica Franssen
Using the June Collection "The Looking Glass"
Step by step instruction on constructing a beautiful scrapbook page.
Take the white cardstock distress then trim out a 1 inch from each side
Take the blue pattern paper, distress and trim out 1.5 each from each side. Layer on top of the white
The the center of the white cardstock distress and mist.
Once dried place on top of the blue pattern paper
Mat your photo with a contrasting cardstock. Trim and distress two other larger mats for layering.
Once you have your mats layered to your liking, glue the ribbon underneath to the one side. Glue to page
Add your flowers. Here I bent the Petaloo vine then added a Prima flower on top
I made some little rosettes from the navy Blue cardstock. Add to page
Add your butterflies
Add your title....and your done!!
Hope you enjoyed this months Anatomy of a Layout. Be sure to visit again when our next design team member post their step by step instruction.
Monday, June 13, 2011
In This Home
We BELIEVE in living deeply,
Laughing often and loving always.
We BELIEVE we were brought together
To support and care for each other.
We BELIEVE in celebrating together--
Our faith, our heritage, our traditions.
We BELIEVE that everyone's feelings count,
And that the uniqueness of each of us
Strengthens all of us.
We BELIEVE
In the power of forgiveness to heal
And the power of love
To carry us through.
We BELIEVE in one another,
In this family,
IN THIS HOME.
We BELIEVE in living deeply,
Laughing often and loving always.
We BELIEVE we were brought together
To support and care for each other.
We BELIEVE in celebrating together--
Our faith, our heritage, our traditions.
We BELIEVE that everyone's feelings count,
And that the uniqueness of each of us
Strengthens all of us.
We BELIEVE
In the power of forgiveness to heal
And the power of love
To carry us through.
We BELIEVE in one another,
In this family,
IN THIS HOME.
We had the pleasure of watching Sherri create this beautiful page. Let us tell you, she is rockin scrappin machine!! That girl can crank out the layouts!! The beauty of this LO is in the story. Sherri has a cousin who has always wanted a big family. The little one took some time to come to this world, but finally made it, making the family dreams come true. They do look happy in the photo don't they. Family is EVERYTHING...A complete family is a blessing. The chip board clock is altered to look like a gorgeous weathered patina piece. You should see it in real life. Sherri layered the punched blue and white papers for the middle and matted the photo slightly with a distressed paper from the kit. The colors blend so beautifully, the blues with the touch of browns and a punch of red round this LO up to perfection!! We absolutely love it Sherri!! Thank you for sharing your cousins joy!!
Yesterday I showed you some gorgeous ATCs made for the challenge at the forum. If you'd like to try making ATCs, why not hop by Swirlydoos store to collect some 7gypsies ATCs:
Friday, June 10, 2011
Woo Hoo!!!! We MADE it! By now most of our subscribers are totally rolling around in their June kits and from the comments I'm reading.......well, let's just say that they are MORE than happy. Some of our subscribers have been asking for a more manly kit. I think Krissy met the challenge. Here are a few of the comments from our subscribers after receiving their kits:
XO, Lisa
- "OMG!!! Krissy, you SO MET the CHALLENGE!! I gotta dig through all my Dad photos and use all the goodness in this kit!!" Maggi
- "Man oh man....I was ewwwwing and ahhhing....and had a Swirly *****! Talk about awesome! Krissy girl you continue to amaze me kit after kit!" Barb
- "Got mine too today! Whoooopeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! It is totally gorgeous and REALLY fun! Krissy there are some AWESOME things in there that I've been itching to try out so THANK YOU! And thank you for my wonderful Dusty Attic haul and the clear stamps. BEEEEEEEEEEEEJOOOOTIFUL! So generous!" Jennifer
- We have some kickin' challenges going on that are hosted by our members this month. One is all about superheros and the other is about ATCs!!! Go check out our challenge thread here and join in the fun.
- The girls are back from camp and have been sharing some stories along with pictures, plus they are sharing some things that they learned.
XO, Lisa
Monday, June 6, 2011
It is early June and we are having fantastic weather here in Sweden. Is it the same for you? And it is soon time for me to have some vacation. I am really dying to get more time to relax and to scrap during the summer evenings. Right now I feel like scrapping a page about SUMMERTIME and then I would use these products from the Swirlydoos store:
Gorgeous products, huh?!???
The vintage clock from Dusty Attic to symbolize time.
Gorgeous products, huh?!???Sunday, June 5, 2011
I have had a fabulous weekend together with friends celebrating my dh's 40th birthday. And I have learnt that we should be grateful to have so many wonderful and caring people in our lives. I think I'll make a lot of Thank You cards and send to each and everyone of them. Perhaps my goal for the summer?
I found this beautiful card in our gallery. It is made by Shona/skeehnsic with last month's kit.
Don't forget to post your fantastic cards in the Swirlydoos gallery!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Hi Everyone! It's Friday again...phew~
Things seem to be a bit quiet this week. Some of our subscribers have been sequestered to a cabin in Colorado for Camp Swirly. I'm sure they are having a wonderful time and creating memories that will last a lifetime. Cheers girls!!!
For those of us who were not able to attend, we have been holding down the fort. We've had some new monthly challenges start up this week; our Round Robin as well as our SCG Challenge that is hosted by Erin and has to do with Superheros! It is a very cool challenge idea. You should check it out. Also, remember that our Sketch Challenge has been extended to the 15th of the month so our international members can play along too.
Check out our LOTW click HERE It is a very touching video put together by one of our subscribers that honors her son. Bring your tissues.
The June kit will be revealed on the 5th. Be sure to stop by and check it out as well as the DT's projects for the month. Stunning work!!
Have a great weekend~
XO, Lisa
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