Thursday, August 31, 2017

Goat Races with the Swirlydoos "Sprocket" Kit



It's a Pennsylvania thing - beer, German food and yes, a goat race, held each Spring and a must for my two older sons. http://www.slyfoxbeer.com/bockfest

I tore a couple of pieces from the Records sheet and layered them to a piece of plain cardstock to create my background. The photo itself was matted the reverse of the same sheet, with a sticker from the 7 Gypsies Architextures Junque Garage package down the side and glued to a piece of corrugated packaging that was stripped of the outer layer. I used the Tim Holtz Type Charms from the Embellishment Add-On, hung on a long string of burlap to create my title. Finally, I took a few fussy cut images from the Memos sheet, chippies and blooms from the Main and Flower Kits and burlap from my stash to create some embellie clusters.

Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Records #SCB220609303
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Memos #SCB220609307
Kaisercraft - Paper Blooms - Flower Embellishments - Ruby #F636
Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Mini Gears 3/4" - 12 pcs

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Cardstock Add-On*
Darice - Core'dinations - 12 x 12 Canvas Texture Cardstock - Java Bean

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Flower Add-On*
Prima - Sherwood Rose Collection - Mulberry Flower Embellishments - Partridge #552695
Scrapberry's - Paper Flowers - Rose - Brown #SCB280510

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Embellishment Add-On*
7 Gypsies - Architextures - Junque Garage Stickers #7G25033
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Type Charms #TH92819

Other Supplies
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain
Packaging
Burlap

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

July "Sprocket" Kit from Swirlydoos



Swirlydoos' July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit and Add-Ons, featuring the entire Words Live Forever collection from Scrapberry's (a fussy cutter's dream, perfect for guy AND girl pages) is jam-packed with both gorgeous and grungy mediums and embellishments. For me, the highlight of the Main Kit is always an original sketch created by Swirlydoos Design Team Coordinator Kim Heard.
Here is this month's sketch.

And my layout, featuring a photo from 2011 that popped up on my Facebook "On This Day" Board a few weeks ago.

I thought that the Tonite On Broadway sheet, with the beautiful border images, would make a perfect base for my layout. I knew that I was going to do a lot of layering, so I created the swirls with a lot of dimension by using a mixture of the DecoArt Crackle Paste and Nuvo Crystal Gel (basically a puffy paint) for the stenciled pattern and drying with my heat tool until bubbles formed. Next, I added a few of the rub-ons from the Embellishment Kit here and there around the page. The matting layers are cut from several of the papers - 7th Street Library, Memos and Postcards for Pennies. And now for the embellishments - snips of the zipper, bits of the gears chippies (treated with glitter), some pretty blooms and a few clocks that I coated with Crackle Medium and dusted with Artisan Powder.
Here are a few closeups...



Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - 7th Street Library #SCB220609302
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Tonite on Broadway! #SCB220609305
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Memos #SCB220609307
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Stopwatches #SCB220609308
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Postcards for Pennies #SCB220609309
Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Mini Gears 3/4"
Prima - Sunrise Sunset Collection - Mechanicals - Vintage Trinkets - Metal Embellishments - Brads #960384
Tonic Studios - Nuvo Collection - Crystal Drops Gloss - Midnight Blue #ton-664n

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Cardstock Add-On*
Darice - Core'dinations - 12 x 12 Foundations Smooth Cardstock - Deep Navy

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Flower Add-On*
Prima - Sherwood Rose Collection - Mulberry Flower Embellishments - Partridge #552695
49 and Market - Floral Mixology Collection - Paper Flowers - Assorted Sizes - Ocean Breeze #FM-85762

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Embellishment Add-On*
7 Gypsies - Architextures - Junque Garage Stickers #7G25033
7 Gypsies - Architextures - Parchment Rub On - Inspire #7G25059
YKK Ziplon Coil Zipper - 9" - Navy


*Swirlydoos July 2017 Mediums Add-On*
Prima - Finnabair - Art Ingredients - Glass Glitter - Midnight Blue #962715
DecoArt - Media - Crackle Paste - White 4oz #DMM17
Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Metal Gloss Paint - Lava Red #915

Other Supplies
Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Mini Paper Clips #th92791
Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Crackle Accents - Crackle Medium
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain
Layers of Color - Art Stencils - Natural Flourish

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The first day of vacation at the Jersey Shore wasn't the best - not only was it cool and cloudy, but the surf was just too rough for a pair of three-year-olds. My son caught this image of the boys wading on the edge of the water on his phone.

First, I cut a 10-1/2" square from the center of the Memo Sheet and put it aside for later use. The remaining border was adhered to a 11-3/4" square of packaging to give it stability. Next, I trimmed the Moments sheet to 11-1/2" square and ran all four sides through the Distrezz-It-All before taping it to the base. I did some stenciling with the Crackle Paste from the Mediums Add-On and allowed it to air dry. The photo was matted with some of the Memo paper, with a bit of 7th Street Library down the side. I cut the title from the Records sheet and adhered the pieces to the photo. A sticker from the 7 Gypsies Architextures and that gorgeous Prima vine and I was done!

Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - 7th Street Library #SCB220609302
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Records #SCB220609303
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Moments #SCB220609306
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Memos #SCB220609307

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Flower Add-On*
Prima - Rock Candy Collection - Vine Embellishments - Maple #552206

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Embellishment Add-On*
7 Gypsies - Architextures - Junque Garage Stickers #7G25033

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Mediums Add-On*
DecoArt - Media - Crackle Paste - White 4oz #DMM17

Other Supplies
Prima - Stencils Mask Set - 6 x 6 - Stone Wall 2 #575946
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain
Zutter - Distrezz It All

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I just love the grungier elements of this kit; so perfect for boy layouts like this one featuring Nick all cool in his shades!

I gave the edges of the Moments sheet a good workout with my Distrezz before adhering it to a piece of cardstock. Next, I selected a few of the chippies from the kit and altered them with the Inka Gold from the Mediums Add-On. The layers of matting, as well as the photo, were distressed then layered and glued to the page. I dusted off one of my hexagon punches and cut out a few shapes from more scraps. These were adhered to the page using thick foam tape to give them a lot of dimension. I used one of the cutouts from the Postcards for Pennies paper to place the date and the title next to my photo, then placed the large corner chippie down the side. A scattering of gears and a few brads on some of the hexagons and some splatters completed this page.

Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - 7th Street Library #SCB220609302
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Records #SCB220609303
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Moments #SCB220609306
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Memos #SCB220609307
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Postcards for Pennies #SCB220609309
Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Grunge Gear Corner
Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Mini Gears 3/4"
Prima - Sunrise Sunset Collection - Mechanicals - Vintage Trinkets - Metal Embellishments - Brads #960384
Authentique - Legacy Collection - Cardstock Stickers 3"x8" - Petite Type Mini Alphabet #LEG015

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Mediums Add-On*
Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Metal Gloss Paint - Lava Red #915

Other Supplies
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain
Fiskars - Squeeze Punch - Medium - Hexagon
Prima - Ingvild Bolme - Distressing Tool
Zutter - Distrezz It All - Electric Distressing Tool
Liquitex - Black Gesso

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Can you believe? This wonderful Swirlydoos Kit lends itself perfectly to beach layouts; here's Mr. V. enjoying a burial in the sand.

I decided to add a bit of texture to the Stopwatches "B" side base with Crackle Paste and a stencil before gluing down some torn strips of pattern paper. (I'm being economical here - those are thin strips of the New York Headlines "B" side - just enough to border the Postcards for Pennies sheet.) The photo is matted with some torn scraps, with thin chipboard layers in between. Next, I painted some texture paste on each side of the bottom of the photo and immediately sprinkled Mini Art Stones on top. I added some drywall tape around the sides, then shells from my stash and a few flowers, using matte gel to make sure that the heavy shells would stay glued down.

Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - New York Headlines #SCB220609301
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Memos #SCB220609307
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Stopwatches #SCB220609308
Scrapberry's - Words Live Forever Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Postcards for Pennies #SCB220609309
Authentique - Legacy Collection - Cardstock Stickers 3"x8" - Petite Type Mini Alphabet #LEG015

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Flower Add-On*
49 and Market - Floral Mixology Collection - Paper Flowers - Assorted Sizes - Ocean Breeze #FM-85762

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Mediums Add-On*
DecoArt - Media - Crackle Paste - White 4oz #DMM17

Other Supplies
The Crafter's Workshop - 6 x 6 Doodling Templates - Mini Butterfly Collage #TCW554S
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain
Prima - Art Extravagance - Texture Paste - White Sand #961473
Prima - Finnabair - Art Ingredients - Mini Art Stones #963712
Liquitex - Matte Gel

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The Sprocket Project Add-On is just amazing - full of so many goodies - chippies and chains and flowers and a long, long roll of chicken wire! But that's not the best part; the main feature is a lantern from Darice that's just begging to be altered and filled with whatever the imagination desires. And my imagination decided to make a fairy garden, full of lights and flowers and of course, fairies.

To tell you how it all came together, I've posted a tutorial on Snapguide.

Supplies

*Swirlydoos July 2017 "Sprocket" Kit*
Kaisercraft - Paper Blooms - Flower Embellishments - Ruby #F636

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Flower Add-On*
Prima - Sherwood Rose Collection - Mulberry Flower Embellishments - Partridge #552695
Scrapberry's - Paper Flowers - Rose - Brown #SCB280510

*Swirlydoos July 2017 Altered Lantern Project Kit*
Darice - Metal Candle Lantern - Brown - #5913-068
Darice - Jewelry Designer Jump Rings - 18 Gauge - Antique Copper - 8mm - 90 pcs #BF1030
49 and Market - Garden Vines Collection - Alabaster #GV-4772
Swirlydoos - Assorted Chains - 8 pcs
Darice - Wire Accents - Galvanized Chicken Wire Ribbon - 4"x9' #6614-105

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Embellishment Add-On*
Prima - Wild and Free Collection - Flower Embellishments - Celestial #594534


Other Supplies
Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Opal Magic Wax - Green Brocade #964245
American Crafts - Heidi Swapp - Marquee Love Light Kit - 37.5" Strand - 18 Bulb Caps #369819
ZIG - Memory System - Wink of Stella - Glitter Brush Marker - Glitter Clear #999
ACTIVA - La Doll Premier Natural Air Dry Stone Clay
Michael's - Ashland Excelsior - Natural

Best Quality - Silicone Mold - Three Fairies #ARTMA0012
Liquitex - Clear Gesso
Liquitex - Matte Gel
Paintbrush
(2) AAA Batteries


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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 (Peggy) 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!







Thursday, August 24, 2017

Swirlydoos July "Sprocket" Kit Reveal



Our July scrapbook kit has just hit the pavement, and we know you're gonna LOVE IT!

We're proud to present:

“Sprocket”

See how you can win one of our kits below!



Love it, right? Why not get one of your own? Let us 
"Inspire Your Obsession!"

become a subscriber and not only will you never miss a kit again, but you'll also pay less for gorgeous, perfectly coordinated monthly scrapbook kits!
*Mention this blog post and save 10% on your first kit*

 


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!




Make sure you stop by our other designers blogs for more monthly inspiration:
Kim


We have a great lineup of video tutorials, as well as step-by-step photo tutorials for you this month!
If you haven't already, (stern look) be sure you're connected with us on all our various social media outlets so you never miss a (free) learning opportunity. 



SKETCH CHALLENGE!!

July sketch, created by DT Member Kim Heard

This beautiful sketch is your inspiration, now get creating! Our July sketch challenge runs until August 31th, and is open to EVERYONE! 

Upload your layout into the "Sketch" section of the Swirlydoos Facebook Gallery and you will be entered to win a fantastic prize from Swirlydoos! 
Check the sketch challenge thread in our forums to see how others were inspired by this same sketch.

SWIRLYDOOS FACEBOOK BLITZ!

This month we decided to change things up a bit, see if you're still paying attention ;-) You're still going to get to see what our FABULOUS designers have in store for you, but you're also going to get the chance to win ONE OF OUR FABULOUS MONTHLY KITS!
*gasp... yes!*


(Don't worry subscribers!! We gotcha covered! If a current subscriber wins the contest, we will substitute this prize for your choice of either a CS, FLW, PP, MED, or DIE add on next month!) **limited to availability**


This promotion will run until midnight, eastern time, AUGUST 31ST. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Facebook Page and on our Blog.  Here's all you have to do...

1. Like/Follow our Facebook page, and SHARE THE CONTEST POST! (must like/share to be entered at all) = 1 entry

2. Tag your scrappy friends in the contest post = 1 additional entry

3. Make any purchase in the swirlydoos store = 5 additional entries

4. Become a monthly subscriber = 10 additional entries

5. Refer a friend during the contest = 10 additional entries (if they subscribe).

 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE CONTEST POST