AUTUMN SPLENDOR

Here are the first 5 layouts from my design team work for Swirlydoos. I have 2 more in the works on my project desk right now, just no time to finish them up for reveal day today. The kit is just awesome as always!! I didnt think I could find any fall related photo's, but I dug deep into my photo albums and found a few. And Photoshop helped me enhance some of the photos as well.

SWIRLYDOOS AUTUMN SPLENDOR KIT

Swirlydoos is proud to offer you our crisp October collection - Autumn Splendor !!


Fall is definitely in the air here at Swirlydoos! With the breeze turning brisk and the leaves turning colors our minds are set on the beautiful jewel tones that blanket the landscape this time of year. Born of our love for these beautifully, rich colors came our warm and cozy October kit. Our "Autumn Splendor" collection comes complete with an incredible custom sketch by the very talented Beggahuna, which you can use to enter our monthly sketch challenge! This carefully prepared scrapbook collection boasts a variety of brand new products from SEI, My Little Yellow Bicycle, Petaloo, Prima and the list goes on! As a special treat we have teamed up with Unique Pages to create a beautiful custom cut chipboard circle delicately endowed with Fall Maple Leaves and we just know it will add such a special touch to your Fall project! We are proud to offer you a coordinating cardstock add on, a pattern paper add on, our 'Signature' Flower add-on kit, and a 7-Gypsies exclusive add-on kit that will blow your mind! 7-Gypsies is sponsoring our manufacturer contest this month, see details over at SWIRLYDOOS on how to win one of two FABULOUS 7-Gypsies prizes! We sincerely hope you'll enjoy this beautiful collection that we have prepared for you!

We are headed towards the end of another beautiful SWIRLYDOOS month..The last of summer is trailing behind us....Fall is on the way. I end Bejeweled with a LO that oozes Summer sunshine...This is my daughter at 8 years old, so proud that she grew her own Sunflower garden, and so she poses beside her prized flowers...Wish I had gotten more pictures...But I do love this one. So while the October Swirlydoos kit Autumn Splendor waits on my scrapbook table, begging to be opened and created with, I leave you with Gabbies Flowers...The last of Septembers "Bejeweled"...

These Layouts are the new addition to the ever growing stash of LO's done with SWIRLYDOOS September kits from "BEJEWELED". The Prima papers come from the INDEED and PARADISE CITY line... I absolutely had so much fun creating with this kit.. It is just jammed packed with beautiful goodness...

Working on my Fantasy Grunge photos in Photoshop. I just loved this photo!! Wyatt is a doll baby!!

Swirlydoos September Kit

The SWIRLYDOOS September kit is out...And it is Beautiful to say the least. The Prima papers in the kit are from the brand new Indeed line. They are magical in design and the colors are just dreamy. There are also papers from Graphic 45 and lots of beautiful embellishments. Dont forget the add ons...They rock!! Go check it out here !!

Swirlydoo "Passion" August kit

The luscious August kit "Passion" is now out at SWIRLYDOOS... I fell in love with the purples as they beckoned me to scrap my wedding photos. My bridesmaids all wore lavender to purple...Wow. that was almost 25 years ago. I had to get working on the LO's for Passion as I was meeting Krissy, Kathi and Kathy at CHA...ORLANDO!!!! It was so much fun and the 4 of us were in scrapbook heaven...But I will save that story for another post...Thanks for taking a peek at my Passion work!!

Ok. So sometimes we are inspired by a scrappers LO.. As for this LO, I was totally inspired by my SWIRLYDOOS design Team mate, Robin (Robinzberdz)...Krissy (Rodeeogrl) sent us these awesome envelopes that some Prima paper came in...Otherwise they would have been thrown out. It is packaging!! But Oh NO, Krissy knew they would be added to some beautiful projects some day...This was it for me. The very talented Beth Root is Guest Designer at Swirlydoos this month and has a challenge for subscribers to use all your scraps from past Swirlydoos kits. I almost always use the kits to the last drop, but did have a few leftovers. So here is the result...So Thank You Robin, Krissy and Beth, such great inspiration...By the way, this is my dear daughter in law Ashley...She loves her Bling!!!!

SUMMER SORBET

Here are the first few photos of the pages I did for SWIRLYDOOS July kit Summer Sorbet. The papers and embellies are so summery and beautiful!! The flower add on kit is fantastically beautiful and the card stock add on has the yummiest colors!! Go to Swirlydoos for the butterfly tutorial and then after you register at Swirlydoos, you can PM me with your email and I will send you a few files for the butterflies. All you have to do is print them out and embellish!!

YOU ARE MY MUSE

This LO was done with the Swirlydoos Main June kit TIMELESS. I added the butterfly, ribbon,jewelry finds, and rose from my own stash. The design was influenced by Gabriellep, and I love her Iron Maiden butterflies dearly so I tried my hand at making my own using her design. Although I purchased her transparency butterflies and they are so beautiful!! I made the rose from coffee filters and Glimmer mist, You can visit Swirlydoos for the my tutorial. TFL...All papers are My Minds Eye from their Bella Bella collection

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!!!!

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.

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!!

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!!!

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.

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!!

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!!

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!!!

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!!!!!