Sunday, April 30, 2017
Congrats to Hanne for LOTW with this beauty. She always has great photos to scrap and these are so well done. I especially love how she was thinking outside the box with the chippie. I saw the chippie as a bunch of feathers. Hanne saw it as an opportunity to be cut apart and used as leaves.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Hey everyone Kim here, today I am sharing a video on how I created this altered artist palette. We got the palette in the Swirlydoos November *Market Street* monthly kit. I've been holding onto it for just the right project and this happened to be it.
I dug deep into my stash for some items on this project. I also dug deep into the Swirlydoos store and some of my past Swirlydoos kits. No worries, I also added some of the latest and greatest goodies on here as well.
I really love how this turned out. Here is another close up:
You can see my full process by watching 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, April 22, 2017
Hello, scrappy people!
I've been anxious to share how I made the Kaiser heart shelf that was part of the February Swirlydoos technique add on.
Here's some close ups so you can see the texture. I mixed mica powder with the clear crackle medium to create the look.
Here's a close up of the paper clay leaves using an IOD mold.
And, here's the video tutorial.
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!
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Good Saturday
morning, Swirly Savages!
Grab your
favorite edge punch, a bit of scrap packaging and your basic tools - we're
going to make a mini using the gorgeous "Indigo Dreams" March Kit and
Add-Ons from Swirlydoos!
The colors, patterns and embellishments that make up the "Indigo Dreams" kit are perfect for a series of photos of my son and daughter-in-law and their children that were taken by Emily Blatt in July, 2014 and beyond a few basic tools, everything I needed to create a quick and easy mini!
The colors, patterns and embellishments that make up the "Indigo Dreams" kit are perfect for a series of photos of my son and daughter-in-law and their children that were taken by Emily Blatt in July, 2014 and beyond a few basic tools, everything I needed to create a quick and easy mini!
For the basic mini assemblage, I've created a
tutorial on Snapguide; here's the link.
Below, I've shown how each page and components came together.
Below, I've shown how each page and components came together.
I took the photos that I wasn't going to glue down and matted them with scraps of pattern paper. I added bits from the Kaisercraft Ubud Collectables that came in the Embellishment Add-On and placed the photos in various pockets.
On the left,
stickers from the Embellishment Add-On.
On the right,
gems from the Main Kit on the bottom corners and wood people icons from the
Embellishments up top. (You'll be seeing more of the people scattered here and
there throughout the book and on the cover; I fell in love with these little
guys.)
The flap opens
up to show photos of my granddaughter and her parents. On one side, I placed a
title banner from the Kaisercraft Collectables from the Embellishment Add-On.
The wood heart on the right is one of three that were included in the Project
Kit.
The pocket
contains a few journaling cards that I fussy cut from the Scrapberry's Cards 2
sheet that came in the Main Kit. The glittery cork hearts are from the
Embellishment Add-On.
Also from
the Embellishment Add-On is the sticker on the bottom of the photo.
The pearl heart
is from the package of pearl swirly stickers from K & Company, again, part
of the Embellishment Kit.
And now for a
boy page, featuring the twins; I've simply double matted the photo with
contrasting cardstock and adhered a border that I fussy cut from the
Scrapberry's Cards 1 sheet from the Main Kit.
I left the
facing page pretty simple - a few more of the cork hearts and two of the
Kaisercraft Collectables are all I needed.
Another pocket
and another simple waterfall; I slipped a journaling card in with the photo and
embellished the outside of the pocket with a Kaisercraft Collectables title
banner and a few of the wood icons.
Another piece
from the Collectables package perfectly describes my feeling about the photo!
Another sticker
from the Embellishment Kit and one more of the Project Kit wood hearts go so
well with this photo...
A Kaisercraft
Collectables tag with a bit of twine and a few more of the wood people icons,
all from the Embellishment Add-Ons are all I used on the left page; I wanted
the dreamcatcher image to show.
The Collectables
title makes a good tab....
...and flip it
over to see this photo embellished with the last of the wood hearts from the
Project Kit.
This pocket was
made from the same sheet as the page on the right. I cut it 3" from the
bottom and fussy cut the top to create the border. One more Collectables title
tag with twine and a cork heart on the outside and a couple of matted photos
tucked in complete the inner album.
(I left the last
page alone. The beautiful graphics need no embellishment!)
I always do the
covers last; they get moved around and flattened so much while I work on the
pages that they actually take quite a beating.
First, I used
the bit of the Darice doily tape that was left from the Project Kit to cover
the edges of the paper that makes up the binding. I also used some of the ArtC
semi-gloss paint on my wood people icons. (The ones on the inside are
untreated.)
The title piece
(another of the Kaisercraft Collectables) was adhered to a bit of chipboard
before being glued to the cover to give it a little dimension. I've added a few
pearls from the Project Kit to two of the corners.
The cardstock
images beneath the flowers were fussy cut from the Scrapberry's Cards 1 sheet
from the Main Kit.
And I finished
it all off with 49 and Market blooms and butterfly, again from the "Indigo
Dreams" Swirlydoos Kit.
And there you
have it - a quick and easy mini album made with the March Kit and Add-Ons and a
few basic tools.
I hope that I've
inspired you to gather up your scraps and leftovers and to see what you come up
with!
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Hey savages, Kim here and boy do I have lots of challenge highlights for you! You can always stop by the Challenge Forums to play along and chat it up with all the other players!
First up with have out Monthly Sketch Challenge. Anyone can play, so come and join us! This challenge will run until April 30th.
Next, we have the *Indigo Dreams* All That Flutters Challenge that runs until April 30th. Members Have recieved their kits, so we are looking for some amazing layouts from you. So, here a DT example.
First up with have out Monthly Sketch Challenge. Anyone can play, so come and join us! This challenge will run until April 30th.
Here is a gorgeous example from Ginny.
Next, we have the *Indigo Dreams* All That Flutters Challenge that runs until April 30th. Members Have recieved their kits, so we are looking for some amazing layouts from you. So, here a DT example.
Our April round robin is all about less is more. We had an amazing first round. It was tough for some ladies to use less and leave some white space, but they did it. Now on to round 2. Here is a stunning layout by Rae.
Please stop by our challenge forum
to check out the gorgeous work in any of these challenges or to play
along. You don't have to be a subscriber to join in on the fun.
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, April 8, 2017
Hi everyone, by now you have all seen the gorgeous new kit Indigo Dreams and today I have the projects I made with this kit to share with you.
Baby Book
To start with I have a video tutorial on how I made a baby book from the Heidi Swapp Memory Files Folder in the main kit. I used the the Scrapberry paper Primavera and coordinating cardstock to make the inside pages plus a few embellishments from the embellishment add on kit.
Here is my video:
Project Kit - Carousel
This month I received the Project add on Kit and in it was this amazing Carousel.
I had a lot of fun making this and it turned out better than I could have imagined.
A string of lights came with this kit which I installed inside the Carousel so it can turn into a pretty night light.
The paper used was the Kaisercraft paper from the main kit, I used the flowers and pearls in the Project add on kit along with a few extra flowers, chipboard and butterflies from my stash.
I Choose Happiness Layout
This is the layout I made for the Sketch Challenge this month. I used the papers, gems and doily from the main kit, flowers from the Flower add on, plus the Kaisercraft collectibles, Cork hearts, twine and wooden people from the Embellishment add on kit. I also added a few extra flowers from my stash.
Here is the sketch
and my close ups:
#blessed Layout
My next layout was made for the All That Flutters Challenge with butterflies fussy cut from the Scrapberry paper in the main kit.
Also from the main kit I used the feather chipboard and 49 & Market flowers, then flowers from the flower add on, and from the Embellishment add on kit I used the adhesive pearls, twine and word stickers. The paper doily and extra flowers are from my stash.
Mini Cards
Finally today I have the cards I used for this months card challenge. These were made using all the left over bits from the kit
If you’re
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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
for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com
store!
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