Swirlydoos' MarchKit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!

Welcome to Swirlydoos' MarchKit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!

If you came here from Glitz Design'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 and a 3rd manufacturer offering a prize!! There are 4 prize packs up for grabs so make sure to follow along and have fun!!
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Along with this BEAUTIFUL March, *French Quarter* kit, came this month's sketch:

When I saw this sketch, I immediately wanted to work on it, and here's how it turned out:

I painted my DA pieces with Irridescent Medium (Windsor & Newton) to give it MEGA shimmer. The roses are made from Tim Holtz's pinecone die.

I used lots of the negatives from the DA chippies and here I used it as a frame. Got it covered in Glossy Accents and micro beads.

When I saw that big black flower in the kit, I fell in love... It is so beautiful IRL. The burlap comes in the kit too.

Rae Is our hostess this month for the SWIRLYHUES challenge, and she put together this Storyboard:

And here's my example page:

To create the background I first started to add Gesso. I colored it with Distress Ink. When it was dry I added Glossy Accents and sprinkled some Glitter Glass on it. I also added Puffy Paint, which I colored with Distress ink.

Covered my DA chippie in Glossy Accents and sprinkled it with micro beads.

This kit is so versatile. The lovely Glitz Whatnot's have both feminine and masculine cards in it, and here's a card I made, with the masculine
Whatnot cards.

That big clip, is from an old back-pack. I thought it looked pretty cool on this card.

That's it for today, I'll post the rest of the projects I made, later this month with my second reveal.

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You have until midnight, eastern time, on March 15th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on March 16th.
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.



My special word is : CAN

The party continues over at Petaloo's blog. Have fun!


Hugs,
Paulien

March SwirlyHues Challenge

Hello Everyone!!
Today is the reveal of the Swirlydoos March Swirlyhues Challenge.
I used Swirlydoos March kit, that has yet to be revealed....so you're getting a pretty BIG sneak.
Reveal will be on March 13th. Be sure to come back and play along in the blog hop!! Here's my SwirlyHues page:

(Detail pics will be posted on reveal day)

This months palette was put together by our ever sweet ever talented Rae.

Some of the rules have changed. One being the sketch is optional. For the rules and other DT layouts please visit the Swirlydoos Blog.
This challenge is open for Everybody, So.... Come play along!!!!!

hugs,
Paulien

Swirl-A-Palooza part 2

Just a quick post today, since I have to get busy with a new card for Swirlydoos Card Adventure. Tiffany had created a birdhouse tut for us. I din't had a birdhouse on hand, so I created my own house.

I had LOTS of match sticks left from my Blending Foam Storage Binder, so I used them to create the windows. Added some Puffy paint for texture.

This fence was also created using match sticks and believe me, that was a heck of a job!!!! lol.
Vicky made a Peony tutorial, and I really tried my very best, but they didn't came out the way I wanted.

These are made of water color paper.

And these were made using the cheaper cardstock and PP.

Then my last project.... Rae made an AWESOME mini using Prima packaging.
I couldn't get to all my saved packaging, but made my pages from a previous Swirlydoos kit.
Frontcover:

I did some masking and misting and made some tuck in flaps here and there.

After some misting I flipped my Glimmer screen over and stamped with it.

I think that this was the fastest mini I ever did. I'm going to add pictures of my February projects (pocket size) because this February was a special (projects wise) month. I did my first video tutorial.. lol So I want to journal a bit about it.

I better get going, cause the Swirly savages are awaiting something from me today.

Have a great day everyone.

hugs,
Paulien

Swirl-A-Palooza

On February 18th we had Swirl-A-Palooza crop weekend over at Swirlydoos.
And boy.... there were so many FUN and GORGEOUS projects and tut's posted.
I will share 2 of them today. (the rest will follow later this week)

Lynne created a VERY COOL and GORGEOUS canvas, using household items.
Very inspiring, so I had to give it a go. Here's what I came up with:

I first did the base as Lynne showed us in her tutorial, and then added some more Gesso on the sides to place my lace in. After it al dried, I added some colors of Distress Crackle paint.

I altered my metal embellishment by using Archival ink.

The base of this flower is made out of cardbox, which got stamped on and glimmer-misted to put it in shape. The top flower, I made, using fabric. I cut out the large flower of, Tim Holtz's Tattered Florals die, colored it with Distress inks and gave it a thin coat (on the back of the petals) of Multi Medium. Then dried it with my heat gun, and put it in shape.

The birdcage is from Prima (resist canvas) and came in a previous Swirlydoos kit. After I had glued everything down to my canvas, I added some Glossy Accents and sprinkled Diamond Dust Glitter Glass, in the wet Glossy Accents.

Lisa Valentine shared some gorgeous images of Vintage Seed package's and she created a BEAUTIFUL canvas with it. Here's what I came up with.

I used a wooden frame, instead of a canvas. Printed some of the images out
(in mirror) and transfered them to fabric, using Multi Medium.

The rose is made by using Tim Holtz's Pinecone die... love that die!!!

I really love how my transfered images came out. To finish it up, I added some pearl strand, using my glue gun. That's it for today. I hope you have a wonderful day, and maybe even some time on your hands to get creative.


hugs,
Paulien

Swirlydoos "Bonjour Mon Doux" Second Reveal

Here are my last projects, with the February *Bonjour Mon Doux* kit.

The flower is made out of fabric which was cut with the Tattered Florals die from Tim Holtz.

In the kit came a wide green trim, which I cut up to create the branches. The rose is made after Lisa Gregory her tutorial.

This gorgeous birdcage came in the kit as well, I put some stickles on it and puffy paint, and dressed it up with some gems and a branch.

I changed the colors of the green trim that came in the kit, by using gesso and distress inks.

The letters were painted with brown acrylic paint. While the paint was still wet I sprinkled some glass glitter on it. After it all dried I brushed some gold acrylic paint over it.

To raise the center page, I cut up the box where the kit came in, and layered it underneath.

And some cards:
Thinking of you.

You are an Angel.

Hello

I really loved this kit so much!!!! The DT March kits are on their way and I can't wait to get mine.

Last week I made some of the Swirl-A-Palooza projects, which I will share later this week. Hope you enjoy your Sunday.

hugs,
Paulien

Swirlydoos & Once Upon A Sketch

Swirlydoos is this month's sponsor for Once Upon A Sketch
And this is the current sketch

And here's my take on the sketch

And some close ups

I added some Gesso with a spatula and placed my pace right in it. After it dried I inked it up and added some cross stiching.

The flower is made from fabric and the leaves are made out of toilet rolls. I glued a circle of pearl strand using my glue gun.

My journaling is on the tag, underneath the pictures.

I inked up some Prima lace and ruffled it a bit.

Again, the pearl strand circles were glued down, using my hot glue gun. The blue flower is made after a tutorial Lisa G created for us. It is called Coffee filter spiral roses and can be found HERE


So... wanna play??? Stop over at Once Upon A Sketch, you'll love it!!!

hugs,
Paulien