Swirlydoos July Kit Blog Hop featuring "Paper Dolls"

                  Welcome to Swirlydoos' July Kit Reveal Blog Hop 

                                      Block Party!!

If you came here from Heidi 's blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there.  We have some amazing projects for you to see today !!

I just love my Martha Stewart punches and Crochet Lace is one of my faves.  I did a little machine sewing around the page and added a bit of gesso for texture.

 The flowers were created with Spellbinders Grand Peonies Die and layered, then the sweet roses in the kit were added to the middle. I touched the edges of the petals with gesso and added some Stickles. I can do a quick tutorial within the next couple of days.

The butterflies are a file I created a while back for another kit, but they worked so well with this kit. You can find the ones that match the papers in this current kit  HERE in the Swirlydoos forum.

 

The sweet vine is from Cheery Lynn Designs. I just adore it! The tiny flowers were created using the smallest Retro Punch and about 4 -5 layers. Then the middle is a dot of liquid pearls.

Just a closer look at the flowers.

 This next layout I had a lot of fun doing. I wanted a muted beachy feel to it and remembered a Miss Paper Arts Class that Stacey Young did, and wanted to give it a try. I changed it up slightly with the masking and flowers, but the basic design and techniques are what I followed from Staceys wonderful tutorial.And with 67 bottles of Glimmer Mist in my arsenal, I really should start using them more often!! I covered the parts where I used the texture paste, but it is peeking out here and there. I also discovered that if you splat a drop of Glimmer Mist in your page then blow it in different directions using a straw, you get AMAZING splats!!

The flowers are from the Flower add on kit and I stamped the Spellbinders Foliage leaves with the coordinating Heartfelt Creations Leaf Medley PreCut Set from the  Botanical Collection Stamp set.

Living in Florida gives me the benefit of shell collecting on the beach. I have quite the collection and now I have found a new way to use them in mixed media art.

 I love the Tattered Banners for title work .I added the tiny letters that I created in Photoshop.

The touch of hemp around the photo and trailing off  to the side gives the illusion of being wind swept.

The little birdbath  with the birds are just darling. I placed one of the birds in little Nikki's hand,

You have until midnight, eastern time, on Monday, July 9th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on July 10th.  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. Become a follower if you're not already. 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 QUESTION.
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the QUESTION that was created with all of the special words you collected, and  THEN ANSWER it!!    Can't wait to hear from you.

My special word is : YOU

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