I feel so blessed to be a part of such a fabulous and talented group of ladies over at Swirlydoos. We were given the opportunity to be guest designers for OUAS. I was so excited and nervous. Especially because we HAD to journal. well I did but i put it in the bottle so no one had to see my horrible handwriting. LOL.
I used Websters Pages Ladies and Gents paper. This paper is perfect for the masculine layouts. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. They are my NEW favorite the chrysanthemums. they are so pretty. I also used some gorgeous trims from The Piece by Piece
The picture is from a few years ago. Its still a favorite for me. All these pictures from this photo session are. hehe!! I use them all the time.
Stop on by the OUAS blog to see the details on the sketch challenge.
Welcome to Swirlydoos' February Blog Hop Block Party!!
If you are just joining us make sure you start from the Swirlydoos Blog.
Welcome to Swirlydoos February Kit Reveal Blog Hop BLOCK PARTY!!! If you came here from Lisa G'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 and as a bonus we have 2 manufacturer blogs that are joining in the fun!! There are 3 prize packs up for grabs so make sure to follow along and have fun!!
The Tech kit this month is a must have. Super fun and it's something different rather then a layout or card. For my Drawers I created them using the Kaisercraft sweet nothings paper. I will have a video of how i put the boxes together this saturday so make sure you are subbed to the youtube channel.
Below the pictures you will find a small tutorial on how i created the key for one of the boxes.
I also played with the Clearly for art white out sheet that comes in the tech kit. This stuff is amazing. Here is my keys that i made. One I created a butterfly using some alcohol inks and stickles. The other I made a flower using the tattered floral die, embossing folder, smooch spritz and Graphic 45 metal flowers.
You can heat this stuff up as much as you want it will not melt. its so neat how you can create the perfect shape. You can not use water based mediums such as glimmer mist. It is plastic and won't stick that well.
You have until midnight, eastern time, on February 10th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on February 11th. 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 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 AND tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected.
I made these on my ustream show. I try to do a ustream every friday at 8ish PM pacific. one is a tag i made for a friend. its a canvas tag using the pink paislee butterfly garden paper. I did a image transfer technique. The layout i made is from websters pages. ladies and gents collection.
I am super excited to share this project with you. Most of you know i am a part of Jade's squirrel society. This month's theme was soft winter romance. I wanted to do something different so I picked up a jewelry box from michaels instead of the regular cigar box. It was so much work but well worth it. I hope she likes it.
The items I used on the box from the store are: Tear drop lace clear crystal flowers bling trim
make sure you stop by the blog as well. Every 15th of the month we have a blog hop. :)
I made a card!! yay!!! I used 2 challenges for this card. Annabelle Stamps color challenge and Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I used the gorgeous Alla Prima paper for my card. I used a stamp set from Annabelle Stamps. I also used some seam binding from MBT Store.
Im sure you have seen the fabulous District Market canvas. It was so much fun to work with. If you want to see how i created a layout on it hop on over to Swirlydoos Blog... Make sure you follow the blog and subscribe to the youtube channel. If you are looking for this fabulous technique kit you can stop by the store and pick one up.
Welcome to Swirlydoos' January Blog Hop Block Party!!
Happy New Year and welcome to Swirlydoos January Kit Reveal Blog Hop BLOCK PARTY!!! If you came here from Shimmerz'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 and as a bonus we have 4 manufacturer blogs that are joining in the fun!! There are 5 prize packs up for grabs so make sure to follow along and have fun!!?
My First project is using the District Market burlap canvas. This was so much fun to play with. In the video below i have a tutorial on a technique i used to make a cool accent embellishment. It's called image transfer. Be sure to check out the video below. I will have a sped up video showing you how i created this canvas on the swirlydoos blog on the 21st. I stamp with the gesso....make some really easy flowers and use the masks.So be sure to check it out. It is packed with fun techniques. For this tag I used a technique that is pretty simple but makes any project pop with texture and color. I stamped with the white gesso that is in the technique kit. Then i sprayed the glimmer mist over it using the mask. Under the picture is a video tutorial of that technique. ******if you click here you can see the video in full frame.
You have until midnight, eastern time, on January 15th to complete the hop. 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 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 here to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had AND tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected.
