Thursday, November 12, 2015
Welcome to:
Swirlydoos Kit Club
November Scrapbook Kit Reveal & Blog Hop!
Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful November collection:
SCARLET ELEGANCE
And check out the coordinating add-ons that perfectly compliment our November scrapbook kit.
Here is a video tour of the November kit:
Are
you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already
have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any November kits in the store!
Has it sold out? - become a subscriber and not only will you never miss a kit again, but you'll also pay less for your monthly scrapbook kits!
*Mention this blog hop and save 10% on your first kit*
We
have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see
today!! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance
to win!!!
Make
sure you've "LIKED & FOLLOWED" us on Facebook to get sneak peeks
and coupon codes good for the brand new, must have CHA goodies in our
online store!
And, join our Facebook online gallery for amazing inspiration from both subscribers and designers using all of our monthly kits!
Kim has created some amazing Art Journal with the project/technique add on kit:
Bec has prepared an awesome tutorial that you can find in the "Anatomy of a
Layout" section of our forums on how you can create this page:
You can also see her step by step on Snapguide.
Swirlydoos is now on Snapguide. Don't forget to follow us there and you
will get a notification every time we publish a new tutorial.
SKETCH CHALLENGE!!!
November Sketch, created by our amazing sketch artist, Beggahuna!
This
beautiful sketch is your inspiration, now get creating! Our November
sketch challenge runs until December 15th, and is open to EVERYONE! Upload
your layout into the " Sketch" section of the Swirlydoos
Facebook Gallery and you will be entered to win a fantastic prize pack from
Swirlydoos! Check the sketch challenge thread in our forums to see what
the designers and other members have created using this sketch for
inspiration!
This is the sketch challenge prize:
And, now for the prizes to be won during the Swirlydoos November scrapbook kit reveal blog hop!!!!!
Swirlydoos is proudly offering up the following blog hop prizes:
So, let's get started! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win!!!
You
have until midnight, eastern time, on 11/14 to complete the hop. Winners
will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 11/16. In order to qualify
to win here is what you need to do:
1:
Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know
you were there. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see
along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down.
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence.
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and
leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the
sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected.
Can't wait to hear from you.
The party starts on Cindy's blog.
Blog Hop Order
Here is a video tour of the November kit:
Are
you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already
have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any November kits in the store!
Has it sold out? - become a subscriber and not only will you never miss a kit again, but you'll also pay less for your monthly scrapbook kits!
*Mention this blog hop and save 10% on your first kit*
*Mention this blog hop and save 10% on your first kit*
We
have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see
today!! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance
to win!!!
Make
sure you've "LIKED & FOLLOWED" us on Facebook to get sneak peeks
and coupon codes good for the brand new, must have CHA goodies in our
online store!
And, join our Facebook online gallery for amazing inspiration from both subscribers and designers using all of our monthly kits!
And, join our Facebook online gallery for amazing inspiration from both subscribers and designers using all of our monthly kits!
Kim has created some amazing Art Journal with the project/technique add on kit:
Bec has prepared an awesome tutorial that you can find in the "Anatomy of a
Layout" section of our forums on how you can create this page:
You can also see her step by step on Snapguide.
Swirlydoos is now on Snapguide. Don't forget to follow us there and you
will get a notification every time we publish a new tutorial.
SKETCH CHALLENGE!!!
November Sketch, created by our amazing sketch artist, Beggahuna!
This
beautiful sketch is your inspiration, now get creating! Our November
sketch challenge runs until December 15th, and is open to EVERYONE! Upload
your layout into the " Sketch" section of the Swirlydoos
Facebook Gallery and you will be entered to win a fantastic prize pack from
Swirlydoos! Check the sketch challenge thread in our forums to see what
the designers and other members have created using this sketch for
inspiration!
This is the sketch challenge prize:
And, now for the prizes to be won during the Swirlydoos November scrapbook kit reveal blog hop!!!!!
Swirlydoos is proudly offering up the following blog hop prizes:
So, let's get started! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win!!!
You have until midnight, eastern time, on 11/14 to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 11/16. In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:
1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down.
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence.
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.
The party starts on Cindy's blog.
Blog Hop Order
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Have you been getting the Swirlydoos kit of the month for awhile? Do you have some of those wooden Prima trays that are used to package the Prima wooden embellishments? Well, if you do, I have a project for you!
Start with four of these.
Make one of these!
Here's a few close-ups.
You can add any little embellishments you've collected to personalize your tray.
Check out the SnapGuide tutorial here.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Hi everyone, yay it's the weekend and that means a new tutorial for you.
Today I'm sharing the Wire frame I made with the Garden Harvest October 2015 project add on kit.
This is such a gorgeous frame and full of so many possibilities, I'm here to show you just on way you can create a finished project with it.
Here is the video for you.
And some close ups
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. Mention my name (Bec Genet) 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!
I hope you all have a wonderful and creative weekend
Bec
Monday, November 2, 2015
Need a little spark to get your creativity going? Well, Swirlydoos has some great challenges for you each month. Anything from sketches to mixed media to lifting someone else's layout can be found in our challenges forum.
Every month you can enter the "All that Flutters" challenge. Use the Garden Harvest kit to create a layout, card or OTP (Off the Page) project that includes anything that flutters and enter it here. You have until December 1st to enter this challenge. Check out Angelica's example.
Need a little more help? How about the monthly kit sketch challenge then? Use the Garden Harvest kit sketch challenge to create a layout and enter it here.
Here's the sketch for the Garden Harvest kit. You have until 11/15 to enter this challenge and win a prize.
Here's an example created by Rae.
Do you want free reign to copy someone else's work? Well, the monthly Round Robin will allow you to lift the layout of your team member and make it your own for the next person on your team to lift. This month's challenge is entitled "Bows, Barrettes, and Bling." Sounds pink and girly! Teams are already posted for this month but be on the look out for sign ups at the end of November. Check it out here.
Each month we have the SGC aka Swirly Girls Challenge that is hosted by a Swirlydoos member. This month Andie is hosting the challenge "Slipcovers." You will have to head on over to the SGC forum to see what this intriguing challenge is all about.
If you like to get messy with mixed media then you will love the challenge that Bec is hosting this month. Look here for the details.
Here's Bec's example to inspire you.
Have fun creating!
Sunday, November 1, 2015
This week Peggy offered us a magnificent restoration page to the challenge of October SGC Changes. In seven years are style has changed a lot. I love the beach accents. I love the layout. Thank you so much for sharing.
Congrats Peggy!!!!
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Hi everyone! I've have a new Saturday Tutorial for you!! There's a step by step tutorial on how to make this tag using pieces from the October 2015 Collection, Garden Harvest. You can find the tutorial HERE on SnapGuide. Enjoy!
Friday, October 30, 2015
Hello Ladies,
Well what can I say, I have absolutely loved being a Guest Designer for Swirlydoos this month! I have learned so much since I joined Swirlydoos nearly 2 years ago and made many friends, to then be able to do this has been amazing ! Thank you for giving me the chance to join the very talented and awesome Design Team at Swirlydoos and the gorgeous kit I had to showcase !!!
But I haven't finished, not quite yet !!! I have been busy finishing off using my kit up and have another 3 layouts to show you before I bow out !
These 3 layouts are all quite different, just to show how varied your projects can be out of these kits.
The first one is using THAT Ceiling Tile out of the Embellishment kit add on .... when I first saw it I said to myself 'what am I going to do with that' !!! BUT then I could just see so many ways to use it ! I had to do a mixed media layout with it and treat it a bit like a canvas, so here it is...
First of all this is going on my wall, so I punched hanging holes with a Cropodile in the top 2 corners and linked a chain on with link rings to hang. The photo is a favourite of mine, of hubby and the kids.
I used clear gesso as a base and then used mists to splatter and Finnabair gold crackle texture paste through a mask for the background. My photo is backed on to ripped misted cardboard. I misted over a piece of the metal border strip and one of the chippie pieces that were both in the Embellishment kit add on. The flowers had a severe misting several times over ! Most of the other embellishment were from previous Swirlydoos kits and then I added loads of seed beads, chains and micro beads.
The next is a soft pretty layout, back to the shabby chic style I love !
This layout was done using up a lot of scraps and end pieces from the 12x12 papers, the last of my flowers plus a few extra from the Swirlydoos store and previous kits and some masking with texture paste. The edges have all had Shimmerz Inklingz 'First Blush' brushed on them. I used some die cut pieces to finish of with the Prima Junkyard pieces from the main kit and the a tag.
For all you butterfly enthusiasts out there the butterfly die is called 'Little Frosted Butterfly' by Wild Rose Studio. The Ivy die is called Ivy Flourish by Joanna Sheen Signature dies.
In my last layout I have really tied to keep the 'Autumn/ Fall' theme from some of the Blue Fern Studio 'Autumn Anthology' papers.
Well what can I say, I have absolutely loved being a Guest Designer for Swirlydoos this month! I have learned so much since I joined Swirlydoos nearly 2 years ago and made many friends, to then be able to do this has been amazing ! Thank you for giving me the chance to join the very talented and awesome Design Team at Swirlydoos and the gorgeous kit I had to showcase !!!
But I haven't finished, not quite yet !!! I have been busy finishing off using my kit up and have another 3 layouts to show you before I bow out !
These 3 layouts are all quite different, just to show how varied your projects can be out of these kits.
The first one is using THAT Ceiling Tile out of the Embellishment kit add on .... when I first saw it I said to myself 'what am I going to do with that' !!! BUT then I could just see so many ways to use it ! I had to do a mixed media layout with it and treat it a bit like a canvas, so here it is...
First of all this is going on my wall, so I punched hanging holes with a Cropodile in the top 2 corners and linked a chain on with link rings to hang. The photo is a favourite of mine, of hubby and the kids.
I used clear gesso as a base and then used mists to splatter and Finnabair gold crackle texture paste through a mask for the background. My photo is backed on to ripped misted cardboard. I misted over a piece of the metal border strip and one of the chippie pieces that were both in the Embellishment kit add on. The flowers had a severe misting several times over ! Most of the other embellishment were from previous Swirlydoos kits and then I added loads of seed beads, chains and micro beads.
The next is a soft pretty layout, back to the shabby chic style I love !
This layout was done using up a lot of scraps and end pieces from the 12x12 papers, the last of my flowers plus a few extra from the Swirlydoos store and previous kits and some masking with texture paste. The edges have all had Shimmerz Inklingz 'First Blush' brushed on them. I used some die cut pieces to finish of with the Prima Junkyard pieces from the main kit and the a tag.
For all you butterfly enthusiasts out there the butterfly die is called 'Little Frosted Butterfly' by Wild Rose Studio. The Ivy die is called Ivy Flourish by Joanna Sheen Signature dies.
In my last layout I have really tied to keep the 'Autumn/ Fall' theme from some of the Blue Fern Studio 'Autumn Anthology' papers.
By this point I had run out of flowers from the kit (gasp...horror) so I used the BoBunny Noteworthy ephemera, my remaining chippie, the blackboard sign and Prima Wood Icons 'GardenFable', all from the kit and add ons, onto my stamped background. To finish the page I fussy cut lots of mushrooms and toadstools.
And that's it......the kit is gone...... :(
Now looking forward to the next kit !
Thank you for taking the time to look.
Ginny :)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Hi, here is a layout I shared with the Swirlydoos Kit Club's October Kit (Garden Harvest) reveal last week. Today I'm sharing the video I made to go with it.
Here is my layout again:
And the Video
Materials used on this layout
October 2015 Main Kit - Blue Fern Studio Papers Gazebo, Parumerie & Marcentile
Bo Bunny Paper Slate Dot, Chipboard piece, Prima Flowers (Esperanza Sarita), Prima wood Icons (Garden Fable).
Flower add on kit Oct 2015 - Petaloo Flowers (DIY Dahlias Tea stained)
Mediums add on kit Oct 2015 - Blue Fern Mist (Sky), Art Anthology Medium (Bone), Prima Stencil (Stone Walkway)
Embellishment add on kit Oct 2015 - Bo Bunny Noteworty Die Cuts (Rose Cafe), Bo Bunny Double Dots (Emerald)
My Stash - Extra flowers (Prima), Mists, Stencil & Cheesecloth
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 (Bec Genet) 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!
Can't wait to see everyone's layouts made with this amazing kit on the Forum and Facebook Gallery
Bec xxxx
Monday, October 26, 2015
Thanks to all who participated in our October blog hop!
Here is the winner:
Bonnie S. you have won this Kaisercraft paper pack!
Congratulations
to all our winner. Please email Kim@swirlydoos.com with your info. As
always, thanks for hopping along with us.
As always, 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 Heard) 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!
Sunday, October 25, 2015
The layout of the week this week goes to Sherri - Congratulations Sherri!!!!!
Sherri has made this gorgeous layout as a 50th Wedding Anniversary gift for a friends parents, what an beautiful gift. The blue and yellow are so stunning together, and I also love the lace border around the amazing extra large photo.
Congrats Sherri
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Scrap your Scraps
Not being a great card maker, I use my scraps to create layouts. Typically I get 6-8 layouts from each kit. And, sometimes a mini album or OTP project. When I get down to the end of a kit my style changes from shabby chic to grungy or CNS. Today I'd like to share two more layouts created with the September kit of the month.
You can check out the tutorial here for the first layout. I do have a surprise tip for you at the end of the tutorial!
This is the second layout I created with the September scraps. I added ephemera from the embellishment add on, washi tape and bling from the main kit as well as bits of paper from the main kit. Some random stamping, inking, and rub ons added to the interest of the background paper.
I hope these layouts show you the versatility of the Swirlydoos kits. Despite all the flowers, frills and bling you can create masculine, CNS, or grungy layouts, too. The September kit allowed me to make seven 12x12 layouts, one mini album and one OTP project!
These are Design Team projects 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!”
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