Monday, February 13, 2017
Have you been looking at all the gorgeous entries in the Round Robin aka RR for February?
Here are few layouts to get you going.
Kim made this one.
And, Linda made this one.
But, go here to see all the beauties.
What about the ATF challenge?
Look at this one created by Ann.
Don't forget the kit sketch challenge is going on all month and does not end until March 15th.
Here's a gorgeous entry by Cheryl.
Bec is hosting the card challenge this month so get your entries in here. The prize will be one of these cards made by our very own Design Team member, Bec.
Get your scrap on!
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Well, it's time for another Saturday Tutorial!
This one is using the beautiful LemonCraft paper included in the January kit of the month embellishment add on, Delicate.
Have you been wondering what to do with the glass bi-fold frame?
Here's what I did with it using some of the cards on the LemonCraft 8x10 paper. I will show you a technique using some of the foils included in past Swirlydoos kits. (It's a cool technique we learned while at ArtVenture 2017 in Phoenix!)
Here's the video.
This is a Design Team project I created for Swirlydoos Scrapbook Kit Club. If you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Jan) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Hi all,
So here I am with the Swirlydoos January 'Delicate' Kit Reveal.
This is my last kit reveal on the Swirlydoos DT as my term has come to an end, and for now, family commitments have had to take priority. I have had an amazing time with this very talented design team and they have been an absolute pleasure to work with. I'm not going far though as I will still be around in the forums, a Swirly girl at heart!
But what a gorgeous kit to finish with - beautiful papers from Lemon Craft, in pretty blue tones, florally and girly! And the Project Kit this month is probably my favourite ever!
To start with we are going to look at the January Sketch Challenge.
Here is the Sketch created by our very own Kim Heard!
And here is my take on the sketch
This was my favourite paper from the Lemon Craft collection.
I distressed, punched and inked with Weathered wood Distress Ink and matted onto blue cardstock.
My photo of my DS is also matted on the blue cardstock.
I stamped on the background with a Finnabair bubble wrap stamp ad ten a quote and butterfly stamp from my stash.
In the background is the translucent texture paste with a flourish stencil.
I used a Ice Resin piece from the Prima IOD moulds from last months kit in my flower cluster altered with the Maya Gold Ice Blue paint.
I also used this paint to gently paint/ blend around the edges of the flower cluster and the photo to soften the look.
And I just loved the pretty Lemon Craft badges!
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Next up is my layout for the All Thats Flutters Challenge on the Swirlydoos Forums which you can find here
On the background of this layout I used two panels from the panelled PP across the layout.
I then used the Transparent texture paste and a white texture paste with two different stencils, gesso splatting and some small pieces of lace to create the mixed media background.
There is also some stamping with Finabair butterfly stamps with Prima chalk pad 'Tin Can'.
The Creative Embellishments chippy butterflies are covered in a white embossing powder.
The leafy flourish die and the lime roses are from my stash.
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In the embellishment kit was a lovely sheet from Lemon Craft of
floral cards. These just screamed a Shabby Chic Mini Album to me!
This mini album is so easy to put together, it is just layers!
The floral cards are mounted on the copper glitter card. This is then backed by a piece of brown distressed cardstock. On this piece of cardstock I have then used two layers of a nesting frame die from X-Cut in two different browns to create the mount to add the photos. I have slotted in pieces of doily into the layers on a couple of the pages.
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We had a metal and glass Antique Frame in the kit which I altered into a present from my daughter to my mother for her birthday, Holly was sat with me whilst I put it together giving me her opinion of its progress. Thankfully she was very happy with the result and so was Granny!
Inside the frame is a piece of PP the same size as the glass with a little lace detail down the side on both sides.
I then used the round floral pictures from the card sheet, distressed them and matted them on distressed brown cardstock and stuck them on the PP, one on both sides.
On the front I added my flower cluster, some pearls and a 'Grandma' chippy from my stash which I then 'wrote' on with the Ranger white enamel accents.
A pretty ribbon bow and Voila!
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This layout uses the Heidi Swapp Invisibles resist feature paper.
I used three Distress Inks on the background of this blending together Tattered Rose, Milled Lavender and Tumbled Glass.
I mixed some of the Ferro turquoise paint with some texture paste for the stencilled background with a TCW stencil.
The Creative Embellishments chipboard border I painted in gesso and then highlighted with the Maya Gold Ice Blue paint.
I used the die of the month, Spellbinders 'Feathers'
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And now for my favourite Project Kit - this gorgeous MINI HUTCH from Kaisercraft.
This is how I altered it.
There is a Snapguide Tutorial available for this project.
It is rather long! But it goes through my complete process of putting the hutch together through to decorating it.
You can find the tutorial here:
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Lastly I have a last layout to share with you.
This layout I wanted to be a bit stronger as it is about two 'men', so I have deepened the colour by doing a lot of darker inking with Vintage Photo distress ink.
There is no mixed media on this page keeping a cleaner look because I liked the wood paper with all its nail heads so much!
This layout is just about layers with some fussy cut floral pieces from another Pattered paper in the collection popped up on the sides with foam pads.
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I hope you have enjoyed looking at my projects made with this January kit.
Ginny :)
Please come and check us out at www.swirlydoos.com, visit our scrapbook store at www.swirlydoos.com/store, and If you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Be sure to mention my name (Ginny) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!
Monday, February 6, 2017
Are you looking for a challenge to get your mojo back?
Check out the forums to see what Swirlydoos is doing in February.
One of our ongoing challenges is the Round Robin. It is always a good one to get you thinking. You can go here to see what the rules are this month.
Look at this beauty Peggy created for week #1 of the Round Robin aka RR.
Maybe you are more into cards. If so, Bec has a new card challenge going on now. Check it out here.
Guess what the prize is? The random winner gets one of the cards she created! Is that cool or what?
So, get your entries in so you can win one of these beauties.
Have you seen the wonderful sketch for January?
This is Donna's interpretation of the sketch.
Play along and enter your layout here.
Look for the All that Flutters challenge in the forums later this month.
Happy Scrapping.
Saturday, February 4, 2017
This tutorial on how to using the Ice Resin and Moulds from the Swirlydoos Dec 2016 project add-on and items I had in my scrap room.
Here are the moulds I made:
Here is the video:
That's all I have for now, so thanks for stopping by. Don't forget, if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Hi everyone
Today I have a video tutorial for you on how I made a layout with the new January Kit - Delicate.
So please sit back and enjoy.
Here is the video
And my close ups:
Materials used:
January Delicate Main Kit
January Delicate Flower Add on Kit
January Delicate Embellishment Add on Kit
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delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Bec)
when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good
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