Swirlydoos January Round Robin

Once again I am joining up with the

Swirlydoos Round Robin challenge.

Where each week a team member lifts the layout posted before them.

It's always one of my favorite challenges out there.

The push to step outside your comfort zone as well as be inspired by those around you.

This month I am on Team 3 and followed Peggy.

Now usually I just share my layout but this time around I am sharing hers as well because it is absolutely flipping amazing.

This is what she created and I had to follow...talk about tough!

The twist this month (there always is one)

is that you were to pull at least 3 things from your stash over a year old.

1 year....pshaw

I upped the ante and went 3+ yrs old,

and this is my layout.

The paper and chipboard clocks are from BoBunny's timepiece collection-2011

The chipboard clock on a chain, the mist used, Glitz paper layers, watch faces, and the leaves are all several years old as well.

Cluster of Prima flowers, metal, old leaves and chipboard pieces.

Misting with Lindy's Stamp Gang Moonshadow mist

in Cattail Copper Brown (one of the 1st colors I ever bought from them)

Some modeling paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil for added 

texture.

Tim Holtz rub ons to add to my word of the year.

Make sure to visit the Swirlydoos forum 

and see how others are taking on the challenge while using up their stash.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Swirlydoos June Round Robin

It's my turn to create a layout for

the monthly Round Robin challenge at 

Swirlydoos.

I've said it before, this is one of my favorite challenges out there.

Telephone for the scrappy land.

This month's challenge (hosted as always by the wonderful Ms Peggy)

went like this….

And now for this month’s twist: As the title of this Round Robin suggests, it’s all about misting!!! Now, I KNOW that as Swirly Savages, each and every one of you has enough bottles of mist to stock your own LSS. Why not take out a bunch of them and have some fun? There’s so much that you can do with them: masking & stenciling, dripping, splatting, splashing… You can color your mediums, you can color your laces and trims, you can color your flowers and chippies… Or maybe you have a favorite technique that you’d like to share with the rest of us…

Misting!!!!!

This month's challenge was made for me lol.

This is what I created after following Maggi, Steph & Jeannie.

I used the April kit from Swirlydoos,

added Modeling Paste, Washii tape,

stencils, stamping and more.

Modeling Paste through a Prima stencil.

Silks through an UmWow stencil.

All the trims and bling came in the kit.

The chipboard circles are from Blue Fern Studios and were colored with Silk's Acrylic Glaze.

Lindy's Stamp Gang and Tattered Angels Mists in shades of blue were used for my drippings.

The stamped circles are from Tim Holtz.

The little flowers are from Prima and were misted with

Tiffany's Blue from Lindy's

(my bottle is empty sob, this is my favorite blue).

Make sure you stop by and check out the Round Robin thread and see how each group created and lifted each other.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Swirlydoos March Round Robin

It's time for another layout done for a 

Round Robin

at 

Swirlydoos.

In case you don't know how it works,

week one someone shares a layout, the next week someone shares their take on it 

and so on and so on.

Kind of like the game of Telephone but with scrapbook layouts.

Here is mine for this week.

I follow Andie for Team 2

This month's twist:

Now, what could be more appropriate than DIE CUTS? From your crank-operated Bug, from your Vagabond, from your Cameo, from your Cricut… Now is the chance to show off your collection of shapes!!!! Don’t own a machine? No problem: I just know that all of you Savages have a hoard of die-cut chippies!!!!!

I used the March kit from Swirlydoos.

The paper is from Prima

Flowers are Petaloo.

Added Gesso

Some Dylusions in Vibrant Turquoise and some stamping

with a Prima clear stamp and Archival ink.

Prima ink in Worn Jeans was rubbed through a new

Balzer Bites stencil by TCW

(I am digging the new stencil sizes)

Red Velvet Art Anthology paint was brushed through

Rebekah Meier stencil

(also by TCW).

The chipboard I used is from a recent purchase from 

UmWow Studio.

I just love the star confetti.

I colored it with some Lumiere 3D paint.

Lastly I flicked some Liquitex Acrylic ink across the page .

Make sure to check out the Round Robin thread on the forum to see what others 

have created.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Swirlydoos Round Robin week 2

It's my turn to create a page for the 

Swirlydoos Round Robin challenge.

This has to be one of my favorite challenges. It's the scrappy version

of the game Telephone that we used to play as kids.

It's so fun to see how the pages evolve after each lift.

The twist this month was to incorporate something NEW.

New beginnings, new additions, new techniques…

you get the idea.

My page is the of the oldest. 

This week she transferred colleges and is starting at a new school.

While she is an old hand now at this college thing it's still a new adventure,

with new challenges and experiences.

I hope she enjoys it.

My page was created using the 

Gilted Pleasure Swirlydoos kit from Sept 2013.

To make my photo work with the papers I changed it to sepia, blurred the edges and printed it out on canvas paper.

Clusters of Petaloo flowers, Petaloo butterflies, gems and Prima wood pieces were 

scattered across the page.

There is Modeling Paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil and

Buccaneer Bronze mist from Lindys' Stamp Gang.

A bit of burlap trim from Canvas Corp adds some more texture to the page.

Make sure to head over to Swirlydoos and see what others have created for week 2.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Shadows

It's my turn to lead off over at

Swirlydoos

for the Round Robin challenge.

The theme this month is Shadows

and what do they mean to you.

Here is how I did my layout:

The papers are from the Prima Engraving line 

and were featured in the Vintage Chic kit from Swirlydoos.

The paper was heavily misted with Screaming Banshee Black mist

from Lindy's Stamp Gang (my favorite black).

and once dry I used black Gesso and sponged it through 

a Crafter's Workshop stencil.

I used an Tattered Angels flourish stamp

stamped across the page and embossed with

Ultra Fine Black Embossing Powder.

The flowers are all Prima basics which I sprayed with the

same Lindy's black mist 

and used little black gems for their centers.

The quote was found on Pinterest and I feel an apt description of life in general.

No matter how dark a day can get and how bad you may feel.

The sun will rise again and it will all be better.

Make sure you head over and see how everyone else interprets the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

New Adventure....

Over at Swirlydoos 

I'm participating in the 

Round Robin challenge again.

This time I am a member of Team 4 and got to lift Erica's beautiful layout.

The twist this month (you know there has to be one)

Will the giddiness ever end? Maybe not, because, of course, we need to have a theme, don’t we? And after much thought, I have picked the perfect theme for September: Beginnings!!!! Here in the Northeast, the school year starts during the first week of this month and it puts me in mind of new clothes, new supplies, new teachers and new classrooms. With that in mind, I’d love to see your take on “new” and “beginning”, using just what these words mean to you.

and this is what I created...

My take on NEW is with this photo of the middle daughter. She is an avid soccer player, playing not only for her club but also the State in the Olympic Development Program.

This past summer the State chose her as one of the top in her age group and sent her to Alabama to Regional Pool training, where she would train with the best soccer players in our 13 state Region (Region III). She was gone for 5 days playing soccer from wake up until bed time.

                                My husband caught this photo as she checked in, 

                                           beginning her New Adventure.

                            

           I used the June kit Brass Shilling from Swirlydoos for the majority of supplies, just about everything else used can be found in the store. 
                            My papers are from Kaisercraft.
                   

  I altered the papers with Modeling Paste, a stencil from Crafter's Workshop, Moonshadow mist from Lindy's Stamp Gang, Silks Acrylic Glaze, and stamping.

I layered corrugated cardboard, and burlap under my photo.

I had these 2 silver hinges forever. To make them fit my color scheme I dripped some Alcohol Ink onto them.

I clustered several types of Prima & Petaloo flowers.

The flourishes all come from Dusty Attic and were colored with Dark Bark Prima ink.

The words are all rub ons.

There is also a bit of Creative Imaginations Doily paper peeking out in the layers.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Swirlydoos to see the other lifts this week..

Round Robin's are plenty this month...

I'm a huge fan of participating in Scrapbooking Round Robins.

It's like a childhood game of telephone but grown up and artsy.

This month I was able to participate in 2 different ones.

Lucky me though, as the fates decided I got week 3 for both; so here they are.

The first one is for the round robin at Flying Unicorn. I am on TEAM 8 which is the best of the bunch lol.

The paper is all by BoBunny. Prima flowers and Crafter''s Workshop stencil.

The number die cut was sent to me by a friend. It worked perfect here (I might need to ask for some more).

Little bit of Washi tape and Faded Jeans Distress ink rubbed randomly.

The next layout is for the round robin over at Swirlydoos.

I used the May kit from them to create this layout. The twist this month was NATURE.

Lucky me last year for my 40th birthday my husband took me to Paris with a side trip to Champagne country. 

Those are Moet & Chandon's grape fields in the background.

The paper is Pink Paislee. I used Distress ink & a Crafter's Workshop stencil to overlay a second pattern on it.

Flowers are from Petaloo and chipboard from Dusty Attic (colored with Heidi Swapp Chartreuse mist).

Bit of vintage lace, Pink Paislee die cuts & a rub on.

More flourishes...

Feel free to head over to both forums to see what came before and what comes after...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!