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/

Round Robin Week #3- Vintage Fall

Here's my entry for the Round Robin at Swirlydoos this month. This is a great challenge to help jump start your creativity. The challenge this month is to use fall colors, a mixed media medium that you have not used in awhile, add some texture (burlap, cardboard, etc.), and use a tutorial from Swirlydoos.

I followed Andie this month. She had a lot of flowers on her page and I loved that. Some of the flowers on my page have been in my stash over four years. Jax, my fluffy pup, even distressed some of them for me. He is such the scrapper!

I used Ferro in gold as my medium. I had not used it in awhile as some of my older bottles dried up. For texture I added a burlap banner. My tutorial was one posted by Ang. She showed us how to use paper strips distressed in different ways to add layers. I used distressed and edge punched strips along the outside of the background paper for some interest. 

Vintage Love

For the vintage twist I scrapped some picture of my parents before I was born. I hope they don't mind that I refer to their pictures as "vintage!"

SGC Challenge at Swirlydoos

Well, I knew this would happen sooner or later! Paula challenged us to post one of our first ever scrapbook pages and then redo it. The point: to showcase how your style has changed over the years. I have been scrapping since 2002 and my start was with Creative Memories. So, you can just imagine what my first pages looked like, right?

Ok, here is my first layout ever. And, yes, I know it is actually two pages. But, that is how I scrapped then. Everything was a two pager then!

I didn't have any way to print these pictures again so I carefully removed them from the original layout and scanned them. Don't worry, I put the pictures back on the original layout. It is still intact!

Because I did all the cutting on the original pictures I had to leave them the same in the re-do. I used Webster's papers on the re-do. Now, everything I do is a single page and this was no exception.

Thanks for looking! Tell me what you think of my "then" and "now."

Another layout using the September Swirlydoos Kit of the Month

I forgot about this awesome acetate piece until Angela posted her layout using it. So, I had to dig it out of the mess in my scrap room and create a page today.

I used the wet distressing technique to get the deeply distressed edges on the papers that are layered under the acetate piece. We received the clocks stencil in a past Swirlydoos kit and I used it on the background peeking out from the distressed layers. The flowers are from the current kit and past kits. I cut apart a border chippie and then embossed three pieces to tuck in around the flower clusters.

The picture is my dd during her high school senior photo shoot. tfl!

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!

September Reveal and Blog Hop

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

September 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 September collection:

And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our September 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 September 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 !!  

Since the kit sketch is always my first project, let me share my take on the wonderful sketch. I used the Bottle Green Mica powder mixed with water to splatter the background. I also used several of the Kaiser mists that we received in the May mediums add-on. Just some pictures of me and the kids at Grand Canyon a few years ago.

Here's the sketch created by our very own Beggahuna.



And, drum roll! Here's the sketch challenge prize.

Next, my favorite layout with this kit. I used the resist paper for the background. The colors included the Touch of Gold from the mediums add-on and Bottle Green Mica Powder again. I used Ingvild Bolme inks around the edges. Then some Soot TH Crackle paint drizzled and painted. The chippie is altered with several of the Kaiser mists from the May add-on.

The title for this one is "Losing Time" thus the falling clock hands, numbers, and the title. A senior picture of my daughter who is now completing her second year of college a semester early.

Next, a layout of my little fluff ball using lots of layers. I added a Prima vine from a past kit to the flowers on this one and some rub-ons from TH to add a little interest to the background.

Here's my entry in the SGC Challenge for September, The Art of Giving, hosted by Sherri. She challenged us to make something as a gift. I made a date night altered cigar box for my husband for our anniversary. There is a small envelope for each month of the year with a special date. Each one is a surprise to my husband (and, sometimes they are a surprise to me as I forget).

I added some metal pieces from my stash and some microbeads we received in a past kit.

Here's a mini album made from one sheet of 12x12 paper as the base. I have made this mini several times and added it to a 12x12 layout or another mini-album. A great way to add more pictures! Here's the link to the tutorial I used. I want to add pictures from some of our date nights to the album.

Here is the album partially opened.

Here it is opened up completely.

Close up of a Blue Fern chippie I added from my stash.

The last section is a pocket for memorabilia.

Here's my entry for the All that Flutters challenge using the September kit. My kids over 15 years ago with our pet parakeet.

Again, I used the mica powder mixed with water that was included in the kit to splatter the background.

I hope you enjoyed these projects and are inspired to create your own beautiful projects with this amazing kit!

Here's a peek at the blog hop prize. Good luck!

You have until midnight, eastern time, October 1st to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 10/03.  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 : the habit

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

Blog Hop Order:

Rae http://www.scrappingfancy.com/

Jan http://ascript4scrappin.blogspot.com/

Angelica http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

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