2nd Reveal for December "All that Glitters"

I hope you are enjoying your December Swirlydoos kits by now. "All that Glitters" is a definitely a sparkly, glittery kit. Now, I've had more time to create so I'd like to share more layouts made with this beautiful kit.

For this first one, I tackled the round die cut wreath. I say tackled because usually the 12x12 die cuts are a challenge for me. I don't like to just mount them on cardstock whole and scrap over the top of them. I'd rather alter or modify them in some way.

Here, I had the wreath hanging off the lower corner of the cardstock. I added some subtle inking with the Prima reverse brick stencil. The ornaments were fussy cut  and added around the picture along with some of the silver leaves and the pink leaves from last month's kit. Watered down gesso was splattered all over to mimic snow. The photo was converted to gray scale so the colors in it would not clash with the pink and blues of the papers.

Here's a close up of that gorgeous ribbon with the bling.

I added a wooden word over the top of the ribbon using gloss medium.

Here's my second one featuring a picture of my son way back in December of 1994. I distressed along the middle of the white lace paper and added some blue underneath. A loooooong time ago we received some angel wings in a Swirlydoos kit. I finally found a layout for them! I cut the feather wings in half and used them under the picture. The flowers are from the Swirlydoos store and the velvet leaves are from the current kit.

Here's a few close-ups of those amazing angel wings.

I added a few small doilies from a past kit to add some layers under the picture.

Another wooden word title added on top of the flowers.

Here's my last layout for the second reveal. A lot of fussy cutting here. This may be my last layout with this kit. If so, stay tuned for the "Scrap your Scraps" tutorial!

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!”

December Round Robin

Week #2 is due to post their entries on Monday. I am posting tonight because I can! And, I'll be at work until late tomorrow. So, I followed QT this month. I stuck to her basic design and added my own touches. I only did one picture, a selfie from the Fourth of July 2012. Little did I know, this was the night Roger planned to propose but it didn't work out for him. The grand finale didn't last long enough for him to pop the question. 

I pulled out a Swirlydoos kit from May 2012 which kinda seems appropriate now. After all, the picture was taken in July 2012. I deconstructed the Creative Embellishments angel wings. After soaking them in water for 15 minutes I separated the layers along the edges of the wings. A heat embossing gun was used to dry the wings. Then I hit them with silver Smooch, glimmer mist in pearl and then randomly added some white and silver embossing powders. To add more sparkle I used the silver glitter glue from our December kit along the edges.

Ferro paste and a Prima stencil added some texture to the background. Some random stamping with butterflies and print stamps added to background. The flowers are from my stash. tfl!

December Blog Hop and Reveal

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

December Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Rae's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful December collection:

ALL THAT GLITTERS

And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our December scrapbook 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 December kits or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

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*

 Never miss one of our kits again!

We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !! 

Here's the sketch challenge for this month. Don't you just love it?

Here's my interpretation of the beautiful sketch challenge for December.

I used the cute little mirrors and some of the beautiful flowers to embellish the page. The snowflake paste is pretty cool for adding some snowflakes with a stencil I had on hand.

I really liked the Blue Fern dangles. For this layout I used the blue paint included in the main kit to color the dangles. Then, I sprinkled some white and silver embossing powder randomly to the chippies. After heating the pieces with an embossing gun, the paint bubbled up and the embossing powders melted to create a distressed look. 

I keep seeing these embroidery hoop scrap projects and decided to give it a whirl. 

Here's one more. I used the remaining Blue Fern dangle on this one. It is just painted with gesso and the silver glitter glue included in the main kit. The pink flowers are from a past kit. Snowflake paste was randomly added to the page.

You have until midnight, eastern time, December 13th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 12/15.  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.

My special word is : new

The party continues over at Cindy's blog. Have fun!

Blog Hop Order: 

Angelica http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Bec http://becgenet.blogspot.com.au/

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://www.scrappingfancy.com/

Jan http://ascript4scrappin.blogspot.com/

Cindy http://talkis23.blogspot.ca/

Swirlydoos http://www.swirlydoos.blogspot.com/

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!

Tutorial Wednesday at Swirlydoos with Jan

As promised, here's a canvas tutorial using the November kit, "Scarlet Elegance." I used the main kit as well as the embellishment and flower add-ons to create this 8x8 canvas.

The tutorial is available on Snapguide.

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!

Swirlydoos kit of the month **2nd reveal for November**

I want to share the rest of the projects I created with Swirlydoos November kit of the month. The first layout is a simple one using some of the die-cuts from the embellishment add on. The picture is an oldie of my kids-they are both in college now! I even used the strip cut from the bottom of two of the 12x12 papers along the distressed edges because I liked the sayings on them.

This was a fun one! I used the stencil that was included in the mediums add on. I love that stencil! Lots of flowers here and some fussy cut butterflies. I did some random stamping on the background paper along with some splats of Smooch. That butterfly paper was great for adding lots of butterflies to projects this month. And, what about that washi tape?! It is so cute for adding little touches of color.

I used the "Love" rub on as the starting point for this 8x8 canvas. A tutorial is coming soon.

Here's a layout created with the scraps of the November kit. I forgot to take pictures of the process as I've done in the past. More of a clean and simple layout here with torn strips of left over paper, some die-cuts, alphas, and that awesome stencil, again! This is a picture of my dd on Easter wearing a dress and bonnet that I made for her.

I hope you are enjoying your kit as much as I did! 

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!”

Swirlydoos November Kit Reveal!

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

November Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Rae's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful November collection:

SCARLET ELEGANCE

And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our November scrapbook 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 or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

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*

 Never miss one of our kits again!

We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!

Here's the sketch created just for the November kit.

Here's my interpretation of the monthly sketch. I just love those pink, velvety flowers! Definitely a new favorite! The wooden branches were just coated with gesso. I added some of the cool washi tape and some pieces from the embellishment add on to create this one.

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Here's my entry for the All that Flutters challenge. After some background stenciling I cut some banners and added some flowers to the corners as well as some butterflies. The remaining wooden pieces were altered with Tim Holtz stain.

Just wanted to share with you some ways to make your kit go further using this layout as an example. I like to have my background paper mounted on another piece of paper or cardstock. But, there's no need to use the entire piece so I cut a 1 inch margin around all four sides. I then use the resulting frame as the mount for my paper and I still have an 11x11 piece left to use later.

Another thing you can do is cut your tags. If you are going to be tucking a tag under a picture, paper or flowers just snip off a little past what will show and save the rest for another page or add it on to your current page. Your tags and ephemera will go twice as far this way.

I only used the word "Cherish" on the edge of this layout.

I even cut the wooden branches apart and only used what would show on the sketch page. Here is the left overs that will be used on this page.

I cut apart the flowers when they are going to be tucked under the picture, papers or other embellishments. Again, you'll make those flowers go twice as far when you can get away with this.

Here's the wooden piece altered with Tim Holtz stain.



Here's the wooden piece and bits of the cut up flower tucked in.

 Hope that helps you make your goodies go farther!

This one was created for the Swirly Girls Challenge being hosted by Andie this month. The theme is "slipcovers." So, for my slipcover I used a 12x12 acetate piece with gold swirls. It was perfect for that black paper with gold embossed images we received in our November kit. I added some ephemera from the November embellishment add on as well as some flowers and other bits from my stash. That Prima gold lace was perfect to tuck in for some added texture.

You may have seen this mini printer's tray on the Swirlydoos blog for tutorial Wednesday.
I used the wooden lamp post, pieces from the November embellishment add on as well as pieces from past Swirlydoos kits and my stash to create this entry in Bec's mixed media challenge.

The tray is created from the Prima packaging used for their wooden embellishments. I've been saving these from past Swirlydoos kits.

Here's some close ups.

You can check out the tutorial on Snapguide.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the blog hop this month!

You have until midnight, eastern time, November 14th 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.

My special word is : lesson

Blog Hop Order: 

Cindy http://talkis23.blogspot.ca/

Angelica http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Bec http://becgenet.blogspot.com.au/

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://www.scrappingfancy.com/

Jan http://ascript4scrappin.blogspot.com/

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 (your name) 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!

Swirlydoos Tutorial Wednesday

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.

October Swirlydoos Blog Hop

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

October Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Swirlydoos blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful October collection:

And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our October scrapbook 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 October kits or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

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*

 Never miss one of our kits again!

We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!  

First, let me share my interpretation of the kit sketch. I fussy cut the hot air balloon from one of the kit papers and added it over the top of one of the sun catcher hot air balloons. The other sun catcher is tucked under the photos. I used flowers from previous kits and my stash. The chippie is from my stash, too. I did some random stamping as well as a little stenciling with white embossing paste to add some interest to the background paper.

This month I am honored to present Swirlydoos' Anatomy of a Layout. Here is my layout featuring some pictures of my now 22 year old son on his second birthday. We took a dinner cruise on Lake of the Ozarks and now I call that lake my home!

You can check out my tutorial at Swirlydoos and Swirlydoos SnapGuide.

This layout only uses papers, flowers, and embellishments from the main kit of the month.

You can add stamping and stenciling with your favorite stamps and stencils that you already have in your scrap room.

The next one I am sharing with you is for the All that Flutters challenge at Swirlydoos. It truly is hard for me to make a page without butterflies! This is one of my favorite challenges each month.

I used flowers from the flower add on as well as some diecuts from the embellishment add on to complete this layout of my sister with me at Creating Keepsakes Convention in 2010.

Here's a girly layout of some us at Swirly Camp 2015 in Lafayette, LA.

Again, I used flowers from the flower add on and diecuts from the embellishment add on to create this one. 

Next, a little grungy layout of my daughter. I used the chalkboard piece from the main kit and one of the Prima metal pieces in the embellishment kit for this one. Just some random stamping, rub ons, and ink splats to complete this one. Almost done with the school year. Almost a high schooler.

 Being down to pieces of paper, I had to grab a patterned paper from my stash to use as the background on this one. The flowers are from a past Swirlydoos kit. The metal pieces is part of a larger piece that we received in the embellishment add on.

I hope you enjoyed my layouts. Now, to share with you another one page mini album that I made with the scraps of the kit. Here's the cover of the album. I just added some stenciling with the Ferro that we received in a past add on kit along with a flower from a past kit and one of the wooden Prima pieces we received in the main kit this month. See how easy it is to mix kits and still have a wonderfully coordinated piece?!

Here's the first thing you see when you open it up.

Then, one more fold to open.

Now, the flaps open. More Ferro stenciling here along with a flower and a Prima wooden piece.

And, the first two flaps fold down. The last section is a pocket with a small tag.

The embellishment add on usually has a pack of ephemera that coordinates with the main kit papers and are perfect for mini album embellishments. I hope you enjoyed my projects! Hop along as there are many more beautiful creations to see!

You have until midnight, eastern time, October 23rd to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 10/25.  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.

My special word is : Always

The party continues over at Ginny's blog. Have fun!

Blog Hop Order: 

Jan http://ascript4scrappin.blogspot.com/

Ginny http://shabbypapers.blogspot.com/

Angelica http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Bec http://becgenet.blogspot.com.au/

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://www.scrappingfancy.com/

Swirlydoos http://www.swirlydoos.blogspot.com/