Sketch challenge at Swirlydoos

Hello all, 

When I first saw Kim's gorgeous sketch for the July Sketch challenge at Swirlydoos Kit Club I knew I had to do it! And I enjoyed every minute of doing it!

My mojo has been a bit lacking lately but this sketch really got the brain cogs working again and filled me with inspiration! 

Here's my layout!

and here's the sketch.....

Here are some close ups and details........

The colours for the layout were inspired from the pretty autumn vines in the background draping over the wood panelled chair. Using the pink from DD's top and the dark tones from DS's top and the background wood colours as my highlight colours. The layout is created on a Blue Fern Studio paper from the Blush collection.

I love using mixed media in all my projects, as I mentioned earlier my mojo had been taking a vacation lately but my love of mixed media got me thinking again with this layout and I wanted to try and do something a little different.

I started my layout with a stencil and some Viva Inka Gold ( in the photo below)

When the Inka Gold was dry I dabbed over my Flitter Glu in patches on the gold and then applied the gilding flake. when I rubbed of the excess it left a lovely mottled coloured effect. I used a flake from Indigo Blue called Lancashire Rose which had gold and red tones in it. See below.... yummy!

I arranged the design of the ephemera pieces and my photo next to get the general shape of the design I wanted to match the sketch. I inked most of the edges either with Vintage Photo or Rusty Hinge ink.

Covering up the photo, I splattered the layout with 2 colours of mist, a rose coloured one and an orange one. Next was die cutting the leaves. I used several different types and each on a different colour cardstock/PP. I inked some edges to make them more dimensional and poked these into the design. I also used a burlap sheet (its backed with thin cardboard and goes through a die cutting machine) to create some leaves with a different texture.

I used a few pretty bicoloured pink tones flowers to highlight the pink top of DD. 

Other little details added then were the buttons threaded up and then some straggly ends of thread winding their way through the clusters.

The  title is a laser cut thin chipboard piece from Wycinanka. I simply spritzed it with the rose/rouge mist.

I then finished of by using the 2 mists as washes with a paint brush and blending them around the immediate design coming out from underneath the photo layers to really make the design 'pop'.

Products used in this layout:

* Blue fern Studios: Blush: Key to my Heart

* Kaisercraft: Collectables ephemera from several different collections

* Brown, rust and olive cardstocks

* Tim Holtz: Distress Ink: Rusty Hinge

 * Tim Holtz: Distress Ink: Vintage Photo

* Cosmic Shimmer Mist: Red Firefly

* Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist: Crème de Rouge

* Hobby House: Buttons

* Wycinanka: Laser Cut Chipboard: Berries/mistletoe

* Wycinanka: Laser Cut Chipboard: Remember Word Set

* Wild Orchid Crafts: Paper flowers: Miniature Sweetheart Blossoms mixed

* cardboard backed Burlap sheet

*Viva: Inka Gold: Old Gold

* Indigo Blu: Flitter Glu: 

* Indigo Blu: Mega Flake Gilding Flake: Lancashire Rose

* Cherry Lynn Dies: Pair of Ferns B118

* Spellbinders Die: Bitty Blossoms ( the leaves)

* Memory Box Die: Leafy sprig

* Black cord thread

* Stencil: Flourish

Thanks for looking!

And again don't forget this challenge can be found here at Swirlydoos

http://www.swirlydoos.com/forums/forum/scrap-chat/challenges/

Ginny   :)

***Sketch Challenge at Swirlydoos Kit Club***

"Hello" crafty friends!

Another day and another layout. :)

Today I want to share with you my layout for the sketch challenge at Swirlydoos Kit Club.

I am loving the sketches that Kim is creating for the Swirlydoos monthly sketch challenges and I particularly enjoyed the design of this one!

My layout as been created with 98%  products from previous  Swirlydoos Kit club  Kits.

Here is my layout .......

and now to show you the sketch....

So as you can see I have used a oblong frame rather then an oval frame. This wooden frame from a previous swirlydoos kit was simply painted with a couple of coats of gesso.

In the top right hand corner of the sketch there is a small frame. the one I added to my layout is made with a Martha Stewart mould with Ice Resin, the Ice Resin is also from a previous Technique it Add on kit from Swirlydoos.

The brick work I created with a Stencil and my favourite Distress Grit paste.

I also used a Finnabair small background clear stamp, crackle effect in my background, painted the stamp gently with gesso and stamped with it to get the white crackle over the background. I then splattered over the background with some black acrylic paint.

The title is a Heidi Swapp acetate word. I used a clear glue to adhere this to the page, just adding a dot of the glue on the extreme edges of the word.

My two beautiful focal point flowers are by EK Success. They have a very pretty floral print which had all the colours on them that I was using on my layout. I mixed these in with some Petaloo black burlp flowers.

The only items used on this layout that are not from a previous Swirlydoos kit are the dusky blue paper roses and the pale sky blue apple blossoms flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The quote in the small frame I cut out from a card in the Collectables pack and glued  to back of the frame.

I used some seed beeds to add a  different type of texture and a high light colour. These are stuck to the layout using gel medium.

The finishing touch in the flower clusters are the very delicate Butterfly laser cuts from BoBunny. These I left untreated and poked them into the flower layers.

Products used on this layout:

Kaisercraft: Barber Shop: Comb

Kaisercraft: Always & Forever: Devotion

Kaisercraft: StoryBook Collectables

Darice: Seed Beads: Metallic Teal

Darice: Wooden frame

Wild Orchid Crafts: Dusky Blue Paper Roses

Wild Orchid Crafts: pale blue: Apple Blossoms

Heidi Swapp: Acetate Words

Gesso

Acrylic Paint: Black

Finnabair: Clear Stamp: Crackle

Petaloo Flowers: Textured Elements: Burlap Blossoms: Black

EK Success: Blue Lace Floral Mum flowers

Martha Stewart: Mould: Frame

Ice resin

I hope you liked this layout, I was pleased with how this turned out and noticed

afterwards that it had ended up in my favourite colour combo, pale blues and beiges, which at the start hadn't been planned but I loved it!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Ginny :)

***May Round Robin Challenge at Swirlydoos***

Hello all,

So here I am sat here at home with a bad case of Laryngitis, no voice and having come home from work early as trying to communicate with the customers in the café was proving rather difficult and the heat today was making a rough me feel faint, I thought I'd sit quietly and show you my latest layout as I cannot sit and do NOTHING!

Today I want to share with you my layout for the Swirlydoos Kit Club May Round Robin Challenge.

I was on Team 1 and creating on Week 3 following fellow team members Kathi and Kim.

We have a theme and some twists to the challenge every month.

This month we had have:

THEME: 40% white space with mixed media.

TWISTS:  * Spring, fun photos

* Swirly style layout

* Embellish but don't over embellish

The idea is to 'lift' the layout of your previous team mates, meet the  theme/twists criteria and to interpret it with your photo and choice of papers.

Here is my layout:

Now for some details and close up's.

I kept exactly to the design that Kathi originally designed and Kim also kept to. I liked the 'cross' effect design. In both Kathi's and Kim's layouts they had used an embellishment to the right that mimicked an element from their photo. I used a lattice die to mimic the design of the metal chair that DD Holly is sat on.  

The chippie was also another major part of the 'lifted' layout.

I used this Dusty Attic piece which I first painted with gesso and then covered with Silver Pearl embossing powder. I then used two different colours of mica powder which I added very quickly whilst the embossing powder was still warm and tacky and it has stuck on!

The antique doily I thought matched Holly's tiara perfectly so all I did was alter the colour to match with some of the paler mica powder by simply rubbing it over!

I copied the punched border to the vertical banners with a different design, mine was done with a edge die.

The original 2 layout didn't have any mixed media on... well you know me....I couldn't resist especially as it was on the brief! So I added a minimal amount to the sides of my banners. I also added a few splats with a Prima Color Bloom mist, just softly in the background, the one I used was Peony, it is very subtle in the background.

Here is the top piece of the chippie showing the effect with the embossing power and the mica powder.

I tried to keep the flowers and the embellishments to a minimum as required, which is quite difficult for me! But on this occasion, less is more!

I love tis die that I used for the swirl flourish, it just finishes of the flower clusters perfectly! And cut with the script print from one of the Something Blue papers adds a nice effect.

All my edges were distressed as probably expected of one of my layouts!

This is a photo that my parents took of Holly when visiting them. She was having a good chuckle about something! A lovely fun smiling photo!  

Products used on this layout:

* Prima Marketing; Something Blue; goin' to the chapel

* Prima Marketing; Something Blue; wedding planner (both sides)

* Prima Marketing: Something Blue: enchanted blooms

Prima Marketing: flowers; Avante: cedar #566647

 Wild Orchid Crafts flowers: Apple Blossoms; pastel tones mkx469

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers: Gypsophila flowers: Ivory gst228

Dusty Attic: Chipboard: Ornate Pendants: DA 4359

Prima Marketing: Color Bloom Mist: Peony

Pearl Ex: Mica Powders: Pink Gold

Pearl Ex: Mica Power: Blue Russet

Tim Holtz: Distress Grit Paste

Kaisercraft: Die: Lacey Borders

Prima Marketing: Stencil

Memory Box Die: Lattice background

Joy! Crafts Die: Flourish Swirl small

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,

See you again soon!

Ginny :)

April Mini Card Challenge ***Swirlydoos***

Hello!

Another day another challenge!

I did this challenge whilst I was away recently at my mothers as it was a simpler project to transport on a train then a load of mixed media products for a layout into a small suitcase! I could maybe have done a simpler layout without mixed media but I was quite excited and inspired to do something different for a change and this was the perfect opportunity.

Bec's card challenge at Swirlydoos for April is a set of Mini Cards.

My cards ended up a little bigger then I had at first planned but this was because by the time I had decided what features and dies I wanted to use the card HAD to be a certain size to fit them on! They are however smaller then a regular card or indeed any card I would normally do!

I do have to confess to rummaging through my Mothers die collection too! Its always exciting to use something of somebody else's, something you haven't got, something new!

So lets get on with it! Here are my cards.....

These are simple styled cards constructed using layers. They measure 8 x 13 1/2cms. The card itself is made from White Centura Pearl cardstock from Crafters Companion. This card has a lovely shimmery sheen to it.

The backing paper is a paper from the Prima Marketing 'Ledger' 12x12 pad. I rounded the corners with a corner punch and inked the edges with Distress Ink Walnut Stain. Before sticking to the card blank I wrapped a pretty piece of ribbon around the paper with the ends stuck neatly underneath the background paper.

The pretty tag was cut out using a piece of pink and white dotty paper from my stash and again inked with the Walnut Stain ink and glued to the card over the top of the ribbon.

The cameo heads were cut out using plain white cardstock. The cameos have been mounted on thin foam pads just to lift them slightly of the tag and were not inked.

The two dies I used on my page were:

Marianne Dies - Decorative Tags

Marianne Dies - Lord and Lady

The simple embellishment cluster was some dusty rose coloured twine tied into bows with 1 white blossom flower and an arrangement of 4 tiny pink flowers. The cards were then finished off with some Nuvo Crystals drops in Antique Rose in the corners.

Products used on these cards

Crafters Companion: Centura Pearl Cardstock; white

Prima Marketing:  Ledger 12x12 pad

Dotty pink/white paper

Plain White Cardstock

Tim Holtz: Distress Ink: Walnut Stain

Marianne Dies: Decorative Tags

Marianne Dies: Lord And Lady

Nuvo Crystals: Antique Rose

Dusty Rose Twine

Wild Orchid Crafts: Miniature Sweetheart Blossom: Pink/White

Wild Orchid Crafts: Sweetheart Blossoms: Ivory

Ribbon

Well that's all for today,

Happy crafting!

Ginny :)   💕

***Sketch challenge at Swirlydoos***

Hello everyone!

Today I want to share with you my layout for the  Sketch Challenge over at Swirlydoos Kit Club.

And here is the Sketch created by Kim!

Lets show you some details and close ups!

The Wycinanka frames I simply painted white with gesso. I actually cut one frame into 2 and poked them in at the top and the bottom.

I used some scraps of other pattered paper to use as my layers under my photo. The oily paper is a scrap from a Kaisercraft paper.

I don't know the manufacturers name of the stencil unfortunately but I used it with white texture paste. I also used some Maya Gold blue splattered in the background. The tips of the white paper roses was also rubbed over with some Maya Gold.

I used the Jillibean Word tiles as my title and inked the edges.

The butterfly was rubbed over with the Inka Gold and then I smudged some Maya Gold into it in places and added a little gesso. It was finished of with some pearls.

Products used on this layout.

Blue Fern Studio: Tranquility: Jubliation

Blue Fern Studios: Flowers: Seaside Lillies

Prima Marketing: Something Blue: Tie the Knot #575328

Prima Marketing: Something Blue: Save the Date #575229

Wycinanka: Photo frame (Love)

BoBunny: Laser Cut Chipboard: Butterfly

Graphic 45: Shabby Chic: Metal Clock Keys

Jillibean Soup: Wordfetti: Celebrate

Kaisercraft: Pearls: Chino

Kaisercraft: Paper Blooms: Coconut

Viva: Inka Gold: Old Gold

Viva: Maya Gold: Ice Blue

Prima Marketing: artExtravagance: Texture Paste: white crackle

Stencil: Swirl flourish

Gesso

All these products are from previous Swirlydoos Scrapbook Kits.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog today, I really appreciate it!

Happy scrapping

Ginny   :)   💕

** March Round Robin Challenge at Swirlydoos**

Hello again!

I seem to be having a little flurry of blog posts in the last 48 hours!

Todays is my layout created for the Swirlydoos March Round Robin Challenge.

This is  fun monthly team challenge of 3/4 players in a team and usually 3/4 teams play every month, and the idea is to 'lift' the layout from the previous person on your team. 

I am on Team 1 and doing Week 2 following teammate Sherri.

So the theme this month was 'Going Green'. We had to use the colour green in our layout somewhere, use green foliage and 'be green' by using a recycled something on your layout and to use a an outdoor photo.

And here it is .....

Here are some close ups.

I did a lot of fussy cutting from these A Ladies Diary papers and then layered them up with foam pads to create that 3d effect backed with the cheesecloth. The Wycinanka title was painted with gesso.

My recycled items were the sparkly strand material that was decorating an Bath Fizz Ball at Christmas! This changes light in different lights and has a green look to it. My other recycled piece was the rose flower cluster with bow that came of a card I received a long time ago!

I followed the flow of these lines from Sherri's layout (she used a leaf garland) and made my pearl heart with Nuvo Crystal drops.

Sherri had used paper weaving on her layout so I did mine slightly differently by using chequers from the Ladies Diary papers creating a similar look to keep the theme going. All my edges were distressed with my trusty Prima distress tool.

Some of the fussy cutting was quite intricate but well worth the effort.

Product used on this layout

Graphic 45: A Ladies Diary 12x12 deluxe collection

* Delicate Details x2

* A moment in time

* Timeless Memoir

* Picture Perfect

Nuvo Crystal Drops: white

Wycinanka: Remember

Scrapberry's: Wind of Travel metals

gesso

cheesecloth

Recycled items

If you interested to see rest of the layout from the teams then pop over to the Swirlydoos forum here

http://www.swirlydoos.com/forums/topic/march-2017-go-green-round-robin-sign-ups/

Thank you for popping by today

Come back soon!

Ginny  :)    💕