Swirlydoos Ultimate Design Team Challenge Finally

This is it everyone, the last week and the finally of this awesome learning experience! Wow! Six weeks of challenges over at Swirlydoos.  And each week we got to create a project using a different technique.

This final week we had to not only follow the sketch provided to us, but..but..apply layering, distressing, use of different mediums, and an additional technique of our choice.

Below are pictures with closeups of my layout:

She who leaves a trail of glitter is never forgotten.

This is a pic of me in both color and in black and grey. 

I used papers from one of the past Swirlydoos kits. I also did some hand stitching with embossing and distressing.  

Here's a closeup of the layering and distressing. You can also see on the right I did some stamp embossing using embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang. On the left I just stamped with distress ink the image to the paper.  

Here's a closeup of the leaf stencil used with light modeling paste. 

This is a closeup of the DA chippy which was painted with GM spray and stamped with acrylic paint. I also added some chalk ink to the edges. Oh and some pearls.  

This is a closeup of the stitching, bling, stencil and glimmer mist. 

I made this flower using the flower cabbage tutorial on Natasha Naranjo Aguirre's blog. 

Here you can see the stamp embossing and also the modeling paste. 

Thanks for looking! 

Swirlydoos Ultimate Design Challenge

Hi Everyone!

This is the first week for the challenge running at Swirlydoos. The challenge asked for a multi-dimensional-embellishment. So here is my entry with details! My layout is titled "Magical".

Here is my embellishment. I used a butterfly Sizzix die cut, painted the butterfly first with some white gesso. Then I mixed some Liquitex glass beads with silks acrylic gaze in teal zircon. Once it dried, I spritzed the butterfly with gossamer gold moonshadow mist and glory of the seas gold starburst spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang.  For the body of the butterfly I used some beads from Art C. I added some prima crystals to the corners. 

Here's a closeup, hoping you can see the fairy dust glitter I also sprinkled on here.  

This is a pic of DH and I. I used papers from the KOTM over at Swirlydoos. I love these FabScrap Organic papers! They are gorgeous..gorgeous!! I painted some DA I had, used flowers from Kaisercraft and Prima. 

Here's a closeup of the flower cluster. 

And another closeup of the butterfly. 

Thanks for looking! 

Stuck On U Sketches July 18th Card Challenge

Hello Everyone! I'm so excited to be posting my first entry as part of the Stuck On U Sketches Design Team! Yaaaayyyyy!
Below is the card sketch challenge and the card I created.  The challenge will run from July 18-31st, so get your entries in and we look forward to seeing you! 

SOUS Card Challenge 07/18-07/31

Titled: Today

I used paper from Donna Salazar's Paper Studio. I also hand stitched some of the edges. I included flowers from Petaloo and Kaisercraft. Oh, and added some Prima bling with lace. 

I used some pleated lace I had in my stash and also did some fussy cutting. The circle frame is from Dusty Attic which I colored with embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Thanks so much for looking and hope you all have a great day!

SwirlyHues Challenge Entry

Hello Everyone! Below is a picture of the palette used for the SwirlyHues Challenge over at Swirlydoos.  The deadline for submission is today, yikes..barely made it! The entry you submit must also include one of the many tutorials offered at swirlydoos. I used a tutorial by Camilla, making your own background paper.
Here is the palette:

And here is my layout. It is a picture of hubby and I the day we got married. The papers are from the Oh So Chic may kit at swirlydoos.

I spritzed my entire page with a mask included in one of our past kits. I accented the spritzed diamonds using smooch paint.  I also punched the corners and distressed the edges. The flowers are from prima (Cinderella collection daisy), kaisercraft and what was included in our kit. 

The hourglass used is the dusty attic piece DA0642.

 

The butterflies are from Kay's Kreative Korner etsy shop.

Here's a closeup of the title. "Forever 1.for all future time 2.at all times or on every occasion."