Happy Saturday! I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day! Today, I'm sharing a video tutorial on a layout I made using the Autumn Rose kit, from start to finish:

December is going to be here in a couple of days, and we are excited to announce that we will be holding a "12 Days of Christmas" contest! So, here's a run down of how it works:

For twelve days, starting December 1st, one of our designers will post a Christmas project. It could be a tag, a card, a gift box, etc.! The designer will then give an "assignment" based on her project, and you will have until midnight EST to complete the assignment and post it to the contest gallery. There will be a winner EVERY DAY!!!!! That's 12 prizes to be won!!!!

We know that sometimes scrapbooking can take a backseat for the holidays, but hopefully you see this as an opportunity to add a personal touch to your gifts this year.


We hope you will join us!!!!!

I'd like to share my last project with the Swirlydoos November kit, Autumn Rose. This kit was so lovely with all the lush colors and romantic feel. I love to collect vintage images and wanted to use this one wit the kit, romantic and vintage! I heavily distressed two layers of pattern paper for that worn aged look. Then misted and stamped randomly. Once that was all dry I added some molding paste using a Prima mask. From there I just started adding embellishments. I've designed the butterflies and you kind find them HERE.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our October monthly sketch challenge! We had many lovely entries, and voting was very difficult for the DT, but we managed to choose this fabulous layout by Misha!

Also I colored Heidi Swapp Invisibles - Borders with Silks using my fingers, and on the video I am showing the difference between when you apply it with the brush and with your finger."

Jodie put this layout in our gallery last week:



I don't think of yellow as a color that I want to use that often on my layouts, and when I do, it's usually just for accents. I just adore the way Jodie used yellow on this layout. The clustering is fabulous, and the layers are PERFECT! Such classically beautiful layout!

Congrats on getting LOTW, Jodie!!!!

I hope you are all having a lovely Saturday! This week, I asked for some suggestions for video topics from our subscribers, and one of them was showing what you could do with the mediums that come in our latest kit add-on: the mediums add on. So, today, I will share with you some way you can use the mediums we got in the add-on with the Autumn Rose collection.



So, I spent the evening playing around with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in white, the Viva Croco Paint, and the Lindy's embossing powder. Viva Paper Soft also came in the kit, but I already made a video based on that medium, which you can find HERE.

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

November Kit Reveal & Bloghop!

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 November is.....


Here is a bit from Maria:

I am Maria Harms, married to my husband Luke for almost 24 years (Holy Batman - I was only 17 when I met him!). We have two children - a son who is 22 and a 14 year old daughter. 

I am currently employed full time as a paralegal for a personal injury attorney and live in sunny Florida where I am already complaining about the cold mornings, at a bitter 68 degrees.  Unfortunately, I have a Lupus and it seriously messes with my ability to craft as much as I would like.  I would love to participate in more round robins and challenges, but find that my current treatment, which involves being in the hospital for 9 days every 3 months is just down right time consuming and inconvenient. 

I started scrapbooking in January of 2009, after my DH watched an infomercial on the Cricut and decided I would like it and bought me one.  I loved it and ended up with a regular one, a mini, and the last one that did print and cut.  Sold them all and bought a Silhoutte Cameo which is even better.  I joined Swirlydoos in August of 2011 after a short stint at another kit club that didn't live up to my expectations.  I don't thinking have really settled on a style yet, but out of necessity, due to energy and the fact that I am just slow, I think cards and tags is my future.  I will put everything and the kitchen sink on my projects and will take a girly frilly project over having to do something masculine anyday. 


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

Happy Saturday! Today I am sharing a video tutorial I made of a start to finish layout using the 7 Dots Studio paper collection, 9th Wave. So, join me on a short adventure of distressing and embellishing!

And, the Layout of the Month honor for October goes to Erica Ortiz!!!!!


Here's what Paulien had to say about Erica's masterpiece when she chose it for LOTW, and the DT agrees:
"The photo, which is totally adorable, is surrounded by so many gorgeous layers. Some are distressed, some are punched, lace is being tucked in. And look at that beautiful stenciling and misting! The flower clusters are perfectly placed and the treatment of the chipboard pieces is just beautiful. I also love the inking, of the punched layer that frames this beautiful page."

Congrats, Erica!!!!!!