Sunday, June 14, 2009

BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS


This LO was done with SWIRLYDOOS June main kit "TIMELESS" and the Prima stitched paper add on... I added the beautiful butterfly created by Gabriellep (thanks Gabi!!) that I purchased at her Etsy shop Gabrielles Tiny Treasures. I created the flower vines but used scraps of the stitched Prima paper to create the tiny cabbage rosettes on the vine. I also added the large Prima Flower (my own stash) that is under the large cabbage rose I made. My daughter has big dreams for her future now that she graduated High School. Love her to death!!!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Coffee Filter Rose Tutorial

***Product list***
Any thing that will will create 4 different sized hearts. A Cricut, Fiskars templates, free hand, and in my case I used my Sizzix Hearts die, all four on one die plate...It works perfectly. Quick dry glue, Glimmer mist in any color, a hole puncher (the tiny one 1/16), large cone coffee filters, a brad.



Cut out 4 hearts of each of the 4 sizes, and hole punch above the point.

Glimmer mist them lightly, but do not saturate unless you want solid color.
Starting with the smallest heart, start stacking them onto the brad, prong side up, and place a tiny glue dot near the brad so that the hearts are stabilized.
Stack the next 2 sizes. The largest heart is stacked last. This will end up being your bottom layer.
Turn right side up, this is what you have.
Start scrunching up the top layer.
Then take each of the next layers and scrunch up around the top layer.
Open it up and for this one I curled the edges of each petal.
For this one I just crumbled the rose lightly and curled just a few petals.
You can use any kinds of brads, You can cover your brads with stickles, or glitter or seed beads, just about anything. You can ink the edges of the flower, or you can just Glimmer mist the inner side of the petals to give the middles a blush effect. The possibilities are endless. Of course you can add more layers for a fuller rose, or omit the larger hearts for a smaller rose. And you can use cardstock or paper. I will be also be teaching another technique using organza.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009


Another SWIRLYDOOS design team LO that I did with the wonderful June "TIMELESS" kit. Tim Holtz masks, Prima felt gate, Tattered Angels Gimmer Screens and Glimmer Mist, Websters Pages, Vintage lace...I could go on and on...The kit and the add ons are fantastic!! I am having so much fun with this one. I wish I had more time to scrap. I go through Swirlydoos with drawal when I am at work. I just want to come home and play with all the delish goodies in this months kit!! I love it!!! Go check it out now before they are all gone!!

Monday, June 1, 2009




Here are the first 3 LO's done with the June SWIRLYDOOS kit beautifully named TIMELESS. The kit is jam packed with awesome deliciousness!! There is a flower add on, a card stock add on, a fabulous Prima stitched paper add on, and a wonderfully creative Tattered Angels technique/project kit offered this month to enhance the TIMELESS kit even more!! I am loving this kit!!! They just keep getting better!! I love designing for SWIRLYDOOS, as I work with a wonderful Team!! They are just so talented!! I have 3 more LO's on my scrap table at this time just waiting to be finished so that I can start the next 3 !! I keep going back and forth to work on them. Between my 12 hour shifts at work, my daughter graduating high school this past weekend and the big celebration party this coming weekend I have been busy planning and getting my high school graduate ready for this Big Wonderful World!!!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

I designed this LO for SWIRLYDOOS May kit "VINTAGE CHIC".I tried to incorporate some of the techniques we have learned. So the flower is the tutorial I did, The flourishes are from the tutorial for Faux Say It in Crystals or pearls by Lynn (FOAMY), the transparency butterfly is colored with alcohol ink, and I used Beggahunas sketch for Vintage Chic. http://www.swirlydoos.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?8835
Check out Swirlydoos for the tutorials!! http://www.swirlydoos.com/page.php?36 The coral and green colored paper is actually the backing Kraft paper that our Prima transparency came in, I used Glimmer Mist to color the paper. I also had a chance to play with the glimmer screens I had, Love it!! I will be doing a tutorial on how to make the butterfly...Which is simply embossing a stamp on transparency, then coloring with alchohol ink...The photo is my daughter before Prom.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009



The Layout is of my father before his first birthday. This was done with SWIRLYDOOS May "Vintage Chic" kit. I had to do a real vintage style LO as this kit was made for it...I enjoyed working with this kit, it is totally awesome!!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

SWIRLYDOOS "VINTAGE CHIC" unveiled




These are a few of the new LO's done with the newly released SWIRLYDOOS May kit "Vintage Chic." It is packed with old world goodness and the papers are gorgeous!!! Go grab your May kit before they are all gone!!! And check out the add on kits too!!! I am currently working on a real Vintage page with the kit...Will upload soon!!

Sunday, April 26, 2009



Welcome to Swirlydoos first (and certainly not last) OPEN SKETCH CHALLENGE. What do we mean by open? Well, we hold sketch challenges specifically for our subscribers using our kits, but THIS special sketch challenge is open to EVERYONE! Here are the beautiful prizes you can win.
One bottle of Prima Essentials 6 (Life In Colors) flowers ~~ and~~ One Swirlydoos' Primalicious Grab Bag.. So come and join the fun..Click here for the delicious details!!!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!


Be good to our planet...What are you doing to keep our planet GREEN!!!! Plant a tree, recycle more, save water and energy!! We can even scrapbook green. I use the cardboard box my packages come in!! I use the paper that backs my Prima flowers. It's that pretty blue!!! I make flowers out of kraft paper. Kraft paper is what they use to make paper bags...So please do your part to save our planet, right now it's the only one we have!!!!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Heritage Flower Tutorial

Learn how to make this beautiful flower I call the Heritage Flower. The steps are easy, you probably have all the supplies on hand, and you can make any size you would like. Perfect for your Scrapbook layouts as well as projects. You could use any paper, sheet music, old book paper, and newsprint looks fabulous. I hope you enjoy making these. I was so excited in learning too!!
Here is your simple list of supplies...Paper of your choice. I used music paper for mine, ink, scissors, stapler, a pencil, and glue dots.
Draw a 5 petal flower. 4 large and 4 smaller. Do not worry about making you petals perfect, the more random it is the better the outcome of your flower. The beauty of these flowers is there "worn" charm. Dont aim for perfection!! If you stack your paper 4 layers, you can cut them all at once.


Cut out all of your flower layers. You should have 4 large and 4 small. You could use more or less depending on how full you want your flowers. For demonstration purposes I will be using the 4 large and 4 small.
Ink the edges of your flower layer.


Now ink all of your flower layers.
Cut random shaped leaves and ink them in green. Set aside.
Fold the flower in half, ink sides together and staple the bottom center.

Get them all folded in half and stapled. 4 large, 3 small. The one circled is the 4th small flower layer that is "quartered" and stapled along the folded edge.
Open up the flower layer.
Dont be afraid to wrinkle up the flower!! Then straighten it out. and maybe curve the petals outward rolling it around a thin paintbrush.
You now have a completed flower layer. Now go finish the rest of them!!
Place glue dots in the middle of each petal and start stacking and staggering them 4 large on bottom, 3 small on top, and the quartered small one last on top.
This your finished flower, You can ruffle up the petals to give it more dimension.
Add the leaves in any position you choose, just glue them in between the flower petals.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009







This LO was done using the wonderful April URBAN GRUNGE kit from SWIRLYDOOS. I have learned so much to challenge myself using papers and products I thought I would never use..It has really broadened my scrapbooking style. Proves you can do anything in scrapbooking and really love the results.This photo was taken during Scott Kelbys World Wide PhotoWalk that my daughter and I went on last year. It was a great day for the both of us, we both got lots of great photos, This is one that I captured, we just loved the mural on the side of a building in Downtown Safety Harbor.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009


This child of mine was only 13 years old when she did this self portrait of herself. A tween. I hate that term, but it is the age when they are climbing out of childhood and headed toward young adulthood...Tough age... I think about what her life was like at this age. I think about how far she has come in the last 6 years. She didn't know then, how strong and confident she would be now. She has come so far!! And I couldn't be more proud. The April kit from SWIRLYDOOS is the perfect kit for these kinds of photos. It was like the kit was made for them. So cool. Love it!!

Sometimes, the photos you think about deleting from your digital camera are the photos that turn out to be best because they tell a story...This is my wild child...No, she is not really wild, she just isn't afraid of anything. Not like her momma who was afraid of everything!!. She lives life with zest, gets every moment out of every day and Lives Out Loud. Her mantra is "Say what mean and mean what you say cause those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter"...Boy, that Dr. Suess, he was a smart man... Loved creating this lO with Aprils "Urban Grunge" kit from my favorite place!! SWIRLYDOOS... Love designing for Krissy and SWIRLYDOOS... She puts the best kits together. Makes you think outside the box, helps you to expand your skills by working with a variety of products. Hell, I even scrap the post office boxes the kits come in. lol...

Tuesday, March 24, 2009


Here it is. My first LO from the April SWIRLYDOOS kit Urban Grunge. This was a little hard for me to do as I love Girly frilly flowery elements, and I had to refrain myself from adding that kind of stuff.But the kit made it easy for me to get into the "tough stuff" theme. Even my husband had suggestions for me as he thought the paper was "cool". He gave me a piece of fabric that looks like leather and made to mimic carbon fiber. I used it for the gear circle that I framed the photo with. The flames came from a template, as my husband builds custom hotrods and has these templates in his files. This kit really makes you think outside the box!! I had fun with this one. Now onto the next one...

Monday, March 23, 2009


OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY SECRET IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY REVEALED!!!!!! I MADE IT!!!!!!!!! I am on one of the best design teams of all times!!!! SWIRLDOOS KIT COMPANY!!!!!!!!!! You can not imagine the excitement I am feeling at this moment. I was chosen among the probably hundreds of great scrap artists out there to be a part of a fabulous design team. And to top it off I will be working along with a just a few of my IDOLS in the scrapbooking world, Irene Tan from Malaysia, Robin Schelin from Las Vegas, Beggahuna from Iceland, Krissy Mosbarger from Colorado, and ME!!!!!!!!!!! MEEEEEEEEEEE !!! Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! On the same design team. I am so honored that Krissy thought that my work was worthy of such a much desired position!! This is a dream come true for me!!! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever even think about being on a design team full time!!! But here I am...So so so so so happy!!! Go check out one of the announcement. http://www.swirlydoos.blogspot.com/ I can proudly say that I am a SWIRLYDOOS DESIGNER!!!! Little Lisa from Brentwood...Playing with the big girls!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!! Lisa aka StarSailor formally StarSailorScrapper in the scrapbooking world!!!!!! Just like Prince!!! lol ...Sorry, I am a little delerious right now...Time for some needed sleep after my 12 hour shift at the hospital, gotta get some rest so that I can get up early and start Scrapping!!!! Urban Grunge has been calling my name for a few days now!!! Sweet dreams!!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

GRUNGE KIT AT SWIRLYDOOS


OK, so I am sitting in my scrapbook room this morning just trying to figure out where to go first with this fabulous Grunge kit, and in walks dear husband with this fabulous piece of material in his hands and says," I think you would like to use this with your current pages". It is a black leather like trunk liner fabric with a textured pattern that mimics carbon fiber." Oh how totally awesome" I answered!!! And he left the room with a smile.
He used the material on his current project, a custom 55 Chevy. Oh, and he also informed me that the paper with the cars on them?. It is a mustang...men...He thinks this line of papers is so cool...So do I!!! So get in on the awesome fun at SWIRYDOOS and subscribe to the monthly kits!! They are totally awesome!! http://www.swirlydoos.com/news.php