Swirlydoos November Round Robin

It's my turn to kick off a team for the 

Swirlydoos

Round Robin challenge.

This is the layout I created to start off Team 4.

The theme this month is 

CELEBRATING FAMILY.

The vast majority of supplies on this page came from the

Wistful Blues (August kit)

from Swirlydoos.

The background paper is from Riddersholm Designs

The photo is of the 5 of us + our adopted German

(she came one year as an exchange student and now comes back often as a part of the family)

Liverpool FC came and played a soccer game against AC Milan in our town this summer.

Our family is massive soccer fans and this was the highlight of the summer for sure.

I used Faded Jeans & Frayed Burlap Distress Inks through a Tim Holtz stencil.

Followed up with some more stamping using a Prima stamp and more Distress ink.

The flowers are Petaloo,  the wood buttons and title stickers are from Prima.

I added some cheesecloth and misted with my current favorite Glimmer Mist-Trunk Bay.

Some lace trim & metal chain finished it off.

Make sure to head over to Swirlydoos,

see what the other teams are creating ,

and how team 4 continues on.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Take a Journey....

Over at Flying Unicorn they have a new sketch every Monday and call it Mojo Monday. Just a little something to kick start your mojo for the week. My layout usually takes a day or two but I love using the sketches they come up with.

This is my take on the Dec 10 sketch. My papers are from Riddersholm Design. They were gessoed, then misted with Buccaneer Bronze by Lindy's Stamp Gang. For even more aging I rubbed Frayed Burlap Distress ink in random spots.

The clock is from FabScraps and also misted with Buccaneer Bronze (yes I notice I flipped the 12 the wrong way ARRGGGHHH).

My banner is from Prima using the Resist Canvas and more Buccaneer Bronze mist.

I'm not sure I have ever used this much brown on a layout before but I'm really liking the look.

The Picture is of my oldest looking out onto Dusseldorf, Germany. We were very very high up in the town's Radio Tower. The views it provided were amazing and she spent a long time just gazing out. A quiet moment during a very busy vacation.

        This was the sketch provided. Isn't it fun?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!