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!
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Each designer will post their complete reveal on the Swirlydoos Blog in the days immediately following our reveal. But for now, lemme tease you with a couple goodies from me!
I will be sharing a Snapguide on how to create this layout.
Make sure you stop by our other designers blogs for more monthly inspiration: Kim Jan Peggy Heather
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This beautiful sketch is your inspiration, now get creating! Our July sketch challenge runs until August 31th, and is open to EVERYONE!
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Now to share my projects created with the July kit of the month. I loved the Scrapberry papers. Didn't you? So, first I'll share the layout created with Kim's awesome sketch.
I left the chipboard naked and added some cardboard (from the box my kit came in) underneath the photo. The "happy" is an acetate piece from Heidi Swapp. The word strips are Tim Holtz. I added some Prima Art Stones and Mini Art Stones to fill in some around the flowers. Then, painted them with Prima watercolors.
I liked how the cardboard looked so I used it on this layout, too.
I cut the 49 and Market flower spray apart to use it around the picture. There are lots of distressed layers on this one.
Here's a tribute page to my grandfather. This is more of a grungy, masculine layout.
Ok, here's the Anatomy of a Layout that is posted in the Swirlydoos forum.
I decided to make the page interactive. So, it has a hidden flap that opens to reveal more photos and journalling.
Stay tuned for my video tutorial on this OTP project.
Here's the view from the back.
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!
I am always up for a new, unique way to make cards so here's a card tutorial for you.
This card has some folds and edge punching to make it different. And, the card stands on it's own.
Here's the video tutorial for you.
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!
Hello! Hope you are enjoying your latest Swirlydoos kit. I loved the Prima papers and flowers.
The sketch created by Kim was another work of art too.
Here's the sketch for the May kit.
Here's my interpretation using some tiny prints of my little fluff ball, Jax.
For this one, I changed the color of the metal gate with Prima wax.
Just a few close ups.
See how you can change the color with the Prima waxes?
I added some micro-beads to the flowers and draped the "love" necklace over the flowers.
More pretty Rose Quartz papers.
Here's a few pictures of the OTP project that was in the technique add on.
What's really cool about this project is the fact that the heavy door plate on the left perfectly counterbalances the weight on the right side. This means that the piece can be hung from the left tag hole and will hang straight!
Here's a close up so you can see the texture created with the Tim Holtz mini tag stencil and modeling paste.
Here's a mini pop up album made with some of the scraps from the kit.
Ok, so here's a few more layouts for you.
The first is a grunge layout.
A few close ups.
Aaand, my last one.
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!
