From Camp

A quick post from me, from my camping spot.
My Swirlydoos kit came in after reveal day and I managed to create a few pages with it, and of course my tutorial card.
I hope to get some more time to create a few more cause I gotta say that Krissy's kits are simply JAM PACKED!!!!! with lots and lots of amazing stuff.
here's my first page:

and my second page:

Our daughter, Ashley is going to be 18 in November and then she is allowed to start drivers lessons. While we were in a Theme park called Mondo Verde, we arrived to the Bumper Cars attraction and told her.... Show us what you've got. It was obvious she needs lots of practice...lol.

my 3rd page:

and my 4th page:

and here's the card I did for this month's card tutorial:

Hope you'll give it a try. I'd love to see your finished cards!!!!

Keep an eye on the Swirlydoos Blog, cause there's something coming up reall soon!!!!!!

Have a lovely sunday.

hugs,
Paulien

Reveal day @ SWIRLYDOOS

Today is reveal day and Let me tell ya.....
Krissy released an amazing kit.
Click here to take a peek.

We are also having another blog hop.
To participate in the blog hop (with an AMAZING PRIZE)
please go HERE


I still am waiting for my kit to arrive, so I can't show you
anything yet. The DT did an awesome job with this month's kit. You can see for yourself in the Swirlydoos-Gallery.

Don't forget to participate in the Blog-Hop to have a change
on winning an ***A M A Z I N G*** prize!!!!

hugs,
Paulien

August Tag

This month's tag is a *FAST* one.
I've done this tag, from my camp spot since we are celebrating our
summer vacation. Kids, dog and husband around, and I thought,
you might find yourself in the same position.
So here we go:

Supplies needed: Ranger Craft tag 8# - Color Box white -
Clear embossing powder - Prima Chicken-Wire stamp -
Distress reinker: Spun Sugar, Bundle Sage and Worn Lipstick -
Distress ink Frayed Burlap - Iridescent Medium (Windsor & Newton)
or a Pearl Mist - lace - flowers & leaves - ornate plate -
Silver Stickles - White Puffy Paint - self adhesive pearls - hot gluegun - heat tool.

Take out a Craft tag and your Chicken-Wire stamp.
Ink your stamp up with a white pigment ink. I used Color box.
Stamp over your entire tag.

Pour some clear embossing powder over your stamped tag and heatset it.

Get some Spun Sugar(reinker)and a little Iridescent medium onto your craft sheet. Spray some water too and mix the mediums a little with a brush.

Get your tag all covered up. heat set it.

You could do a second layer to get an intenser color. Or even add a little Worn Lipstick (reinker)

Mix some Iridescent medium with a drop of Bundle Sage (reinker) and a few spritzes of water.

Paint a small doily (about 3 inc) with the shiny color mix. Heat dry it.

Make some pleads in your doily to create a rozette. Staple your center to stabilise. Set a side.

Add a thin strip of hot glue, at the left side of your tag. Add a piece of wide lace.

Do the same at the right side. I cut my lace a little too wide because I wanted to ruffle it a little. Glue your doily on top of it. Hanging off a little to the left.

Get another big flower of make one your own and glue it to your tag.

Take some scraps of white lace and glue them to your cluster, something like this.

Take an ornamental frame, (mine came from the Alterations Tag Die) and cover it with a thin layer of Puffy Paint.

Heat set it and add another layer (I added the second with my finger) and again heat set it.

Add some Frayed Burlap Distress ink to the outher edges.

Get another piece of lace and glue it to your tag.
Glue your ornamental frame, over the laces, to your tag and glue a little rose on it. Distress the edges of your tag.

Adorn your lace with some silver stickles and a few pearls or dewdrops.
Add your Month, in this case... August, to the ornamental frame.
Place some leaves at your cluster and ink up your tag, even over the tule, where it need some ink. Add your ribbon or lace at the top.
And you are done!
here are some close up's:

Hope you enjoyed this mini tutorial.

Hugs
Paulien

More Swirlydoos!!!!

Today I want to share another card with you which was
created from the July, Vintage Fae kit. I loved that kit so much!

and some close ups:

The Chipboard scalloped circle is a DA piece, which was a gift from Jeni. Thank you girl!
The ornamental frame is from a Tim Holtz Alterations die, (it is on the tag die) and I treated it with some Puffy Paint and gold Paint Dabber.

We announced our first Swirlydoos Blog Hop winner on the Swirlydoos blog.
And I posted my Card tutorial. You can watch it here.

Hope you all get to enjoy a little sunshine. Over here it is rainy.

hugs,
Paulien

July Tag

First I want to thank everyone who left a comment
on my Swirlydoos projects. I really appreciate that you all taking the time to do so.

This month's tag was rescheduled, because of my DT work.
But here it is:

supplies needed:
Ranger Craft tag - Border stamp (I used a Viva Decor one) Chandlelier stamp -
script stamp - Versa mark or distress embossing ink - Archival ink jet black -
White embossing powder - heatgun - Iridescent medium (Windsor&Newton)
or a pearlized glimmer mist - Distress ink: peeled paint and frayed burlap -
an Aqua mist (I made my own) Glossy Accents - Paint dabber silver -
Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint - Rock Candy Distress stickles -
Stickles: diamond and silver - a doily (4,5#) scrap of lace -
pearls or liquid pearls - Diamond Dust - 2 butterflies - hot glue gun.


Take your borderstamp and ink it up with a clear embossing ink, and stamp your border along the right side of your tag. Poor white embossing powder over it.

Tap it off and heatset it.

Take your Chandlelier stamp and stamp it at the right top of your tag, using Archival ink.
Take an aqua mist, or make your own, by using the next ingredients.

Put 8 drops of Distress re-inker Broken China in your mini mister.

Add a little scoop of Pearl-Ex micro powder, and fill your mister to just above the tiny R (from Ranger) with water. Shake well.

Spritz in a diagonal way over your tag, leave the top right and bottom left blanc.

Heat dry your tag.

Look at all that shimmer... I love it!!!!

Take your peeled paint inkpad and a blending tool.

Ink up the top right corner and bottom left.

Take your 4.5# doily and cut it in half. Make a straight cut...
you will see why in a minute.

Lay one piece over your tag. Make sure the sides are lined up. (mine is a little of, because I didn't cut straight)

Take your script stamp. Ink it up with Archival ink and stamp right over the doily and your tag, something like in the picture above.

When you lift up your stamp you have a great stamped script, on both your doily and your tag. We need that, cause we need to line it up together in a bit.

Take your doily off. Turn it up side down.

I like to recycle, so I cut a box up in little pieces and start to adhere that
to the back of the doily. I added 2 layers.
Sure I could have used foam tape but I didn't.

Glue your doily to your tag, make sure you're lined up with your stamped text.

Mix some Iridescent medium, water and a little amount of metalic silver paint.

Get the inside circle of your doily covered up with it. Heat set it and add some Frayed Burlap distress ink to age your doily.

Add, randomly, some drops of Glossy Accents to your tag.

Add some Diamond Dust (glas glitter) to the top and bottom of your doily. I used Glossy Accents to stick the glass down.

Cut out 2 sizes Butterflies. Cover them in a nice layer of Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint and let it dry.
Once dried, I rubbed some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink into the cracks of the wings.
And I even added a thin layer of Rock Candy Distress Stickles.

Look at that texture.

Glue your little butterfly on top of the bigger one.

I took a small thread and made some knots in the ends. Using this for antenna's

Glued the antenna's to the back of the butterflies.

Secured them with a little scrap of paper. Set your butterflies aside for later use.

Take a scrap of lace and a little bit of Silver metallic paint.

Cover your lace with the paint, but let the original color of the lace, shine through a bit. Let it dry.

Take your hot glue gun and glue the butterflies in place, onto your doily.

and a close up

Glue your painted lace at the bottom of your tag and add some pearls, or liquid ones.

Also place some little pearls onto your stamped Chandlelier. I added some diamond stickles to the candles.

Put a row of silver stickles on your stamped border.

We are almost done now....

Look at the dimension

Now for the final touch:

Write the word July on a piece of paper. Distress it and ink the edges.
I glued my written *JULY* to a little piece of wood, which I also treated with some silver metallic paint. Glue it to your tag. And you are done.

Hope you enjoyed this month's calender tag.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Watch the Swirlydoos Blog.
The winner of the Blog Hop will be announched on july 12th.

hugs,
Paulien