What would Swirlydoos be without our wonderful subscribers?!? It's a pleasure getting to know these ladies on the forums and from the stories they tell through their layouts. Yes,we are an amazing community, but most of all, we're a family! We appreciate each and every member and they deserved to be spotlighted. With that being said, our featured member for December is.....

Inspired by my sister, I started scrapping in late 2008 The plan was to do a series of family-themed albums. It didn’t take me long to become distracted. I saw an ad for K&Co Blue Awning paper and, not able to find it locally, I went online to a certain big box store. There, I discovered an entire new (for me) way to scrap and a whole bunch of talented scrappers.
I followed one of these talented ladies (Robin aka Robinzbirdz) to Swirlydoos as it was just starting up in February 2009. One look at the initial “Devine Decadence” kit and I was hooked; I’ve been a member ever since. Not only are the kits full of scrumptious goodies, but the “Savages” are an amazing group of ladies: warm, talented and so generous with their knowledge!!! Through the years, I’ve made a lot of wonderful friendships here and I am fortunate to meet up with these ladies from time to time.
As for my style, well, it’s impossible to be a Swirlydoos member and not learn to become a “fat” scrapper with a healthy dose of shabby chic thrown in. Add to that the tutorials and tips from the Design Team as well as so many of the members, and I’m going to have add “experimental” to this: I love trying out new ideas as well as new products!

Here are a some of my favorite projects of Peggy's,sure to inspire you!!






Thank you, Peggy for being a devoted savage!! ((HUGS))

Please come back and visit every first Sunday of the month to see who our next featured member will be.

This week, we present to you an enlightning, enchanting, layout created by Cheryl. Cheryl was pushed out of her comfort zone when she took some tips from Heidi about paints, drips, and splatters. As you can see, Cheryl really had fun in creating this wonderful layout!! The photo of her dear grand daughter dancing in the rain is perfectly complimented with the drips that simulate rain washing through the colors of the flowers. She used Gesso, Silks and Glimmer Mist for her techniques. She describes her creative process as a challenge, fun, and messy...We would love to see you come out of your comfort zone more often Cheryl!! This is beautiful!!!

Thank you for posting your lovely creations in our gallery, Diana! Diana can shop in the Swirly store today and receive 10% her entire purchase! Congrats!

Keep posting, ladies!

This week we bring to you this amazing layout by Shelley. She just recently joined Swirlydoos and as you cal tell, hit this creation right out of the ball park. The photo in the layout is Shelleys grandparents, and she tells us their love story in the journaling. Shelley used Lynne's wonderful technique video using Gelato's in her background corrugated circle. It turned out amazing!! The small details leave a big impression on this layout. Shelley found a great font to use, to create the journaling. It looks like a page torn out of an old beautiful book. The journaling says:

"On a fine spring day in 1937 Ohio, a young man named Bill decided to skip out on his high school graduation and hop on a train bound for California. After arriving and settling in, he started frequenting a drive in, where he spotted a lovely red headed young lady by the name of Ruby.
At first Ruby denied his advances, since she was dating someone else. But in the end, Bill won out, and they were married after only 4 months.
Their life together was not all roses and romance... they had financial and emotional struggles... they were separated by World War 2... they endured happiness and heartache. But in the end, their love for each other persevered, and they were married for 61 years before Bill died. His last words were to Ruby, declaring his love.
They were my grandparents, and I am truly touched by their true love story."

Shelley used the Dusty Attic piece encircling the clock and enhanced it further by using clock hands to finish it off. The lovely flourishes are Alterations diecuts painted and touched with paint daubers. This is simply a beautiful piece of art. If you visit Shelley's blog, dizzyblonddesigns.blogspot.com she shows us closeups and writes about the details of this layout. Beautiful art Shelley!! We really love this one!!

This week we bring to you a beautiful layout created by Patty. She named the layout Mermaid Colors for the gorgeous colors of the sea.
Patty tell us that she had the pic's she used for her layout of the gorgeous water, on the Amalfi Coast and some pics of Sorrento. She thought the circular nature of the water pic was cool as the center round element. Patty has a long fascination with corrugated cardboard so she had some that she used Shiva Paintstiks on from her stash. She added a layer of the Gelatos on top of the paintstik layer and it turned out what she calls Mermaid Blue. She then added some Stazon gold. After that she recreated the color on the chipboard swirls and the background paper for the photos. She used flowers from the kit and also colored some of her own. The crinkly sprigs are packing material. Genius!!

There are so many wonderful techniques that Patty used for this awesome layout!!! Congrats Patty on a piece of art done beautifully!!!