Swirlydoos August Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!

Welcome to Swirlydoos August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!!!

If you've arrived here from Angelica's blog, then you are on the right track! If you are one of my regular followers then head on over to the Swirlydoos Blog and join in the fun! 
Welcome to Poetry en Prose.  This month's kit from Swirlydoos is so full of rich colors.  I love the paper which is from KaiserCraft.  

I had a lot of fun making this page.  A fellow teacher at Miss Arts, Stacey Cohen, taught a class on creating a really cool shadow box.  This is my attempt at creating the shadow box.  I love the dimension and all of the nooks and crannies that lend themselves to having little treasures tucked in all over.  The flowers in the month's add on include Petaloo and Prima.  I had fun embellishing the Dusty Attic Birdcage too!

Those of you the know me and my DD, know that she loves riding the flying swings and I love capturing her pure joy on film every time she comes 'round.  There is something about a carnival that brings up so many great memories; the music, the smells and the kids all laughing and screaming.  Good stuff!  I absolutely love it when a kit not only gives me insanely gorgeous paper, but when I am also given colors that contrast and POP!  Check out those little blue flowers!  AWESOME!

The Technique kit add on was full of resist papers and some fun and funky mist called Inchworm!  LOL  It is that really cool green on the tag.  You have to get some.  Seriously.


This is for the monthly kit sketch that is provided for each month's kit.  I have to be honest here, this is my 2nd attempt at the sketch.  At first I was so inspired by the idea of slicing up a photo and then when it came time to do it...well, nothing was playing along with me.  LOL  I used some of the resist paper that came in our Technique kit.  This is a picture of my DD when we went to visit Boldt Castle last year.  She was sitting on a massive stone bench on the even more massive veranda at the castle.  I found that the picture seemed to get lost by being all sliced up so I added a rhinestone circle to bring attention back to the photo.  She had so much fun exploring the castle that day.

I changed things up a bit with this month's canvas.  My DD wanted me to make one for her so she had a lot of input in creating this.  We designed the dress and she really wanted that Dusty Attic scroll at the top.  She wanted a ponytail...and on and on.  LOL  I had a little trouble with perspective on this, but it's not supposed to be perfect right?!  The dress and the fussy cut flowers came from the kit papers.

REMEMBER, to qualify for the grand prize you need to:
1) visit all of the blogs, including Swirlydoos, in order to qualify.
2) Be sure to leave a comment and become a follower of each blog (if you haven't already). This way we know that you have joined in the party!

You have through 5pm Eastern time on Sunday August 7th to complete the hop!! All entries will be entered into the drawing for our Grand Prize!!! This month's prize is this completely gorgeous kit made up of Bo Bunny product!!

Now head on over to Camilla's blog where you will see some more beautiful projects made with this month’s kit, Poetry en Prose.  Winner will be announced on the Swirlydoos blog on August 8th. Good luck and thank you for joining us!!

XO, Lisa

Altered Chest of Drawers

The Technique Kit that was offered with our March Swirlydoos kit was this lovely chest of drawers made by Kaiser Craft.  I really had a great time making this. 

While I was working on this it took on a life of its own. I had plans to make this lavish and lush little chest of drawers, but once I saw the text paper that came in the kit everything went out the window. My personal (home) style is very laid back and casual. I live in a house that was built in the late 1790's by farmers, so it is very simple. This chest of drawers more matches my style; vintage, warm and little worn by time.

I went with crackle paint that I inked with vintage photo and peeled paint. Misted it with water so that the ink could get into the cracks.   I also added alcohol ink to two of those cute little bottles so that they stood out a little bit more; more like depression glass.

I used sterling silver embossing powder and yellow perfect pearls on the candelabra.




















Then I took an old lapel pin and made a mold for UTEE. I poured bronze UTEE into the molds and when they came out I used Emerald and Pearl Perfect Pearls powder to age them so that they matched the really cute little pocket watch.

I am using mine for odds and ends from my scrap table. Things like small transparencies that I have stamped, extra flowers from cutting dies, and small DA pieces. Here's to hoping that my cats don't destroy it!

I hope that I have inspired you to give this a try.  The Technique Kit comes with the chest, patterned paper (not just what you see on mine), coordinating colored paper, velvet paper, pearls, the pocket watch, little glass vials, the candelabra, the dangling jewels and more!!!! Hop on over to Swirlydoos and snag one.


Thanks so much for stopping by!!!  

XO, Lisa

Valentine Spotlight Kit at Swirlydoos

Well,  Mr. Swirlydoos put together a Valentine Spotlight Kit and I just couldn't resist.  This paper from Echo Park is really quite lovely.  One thing is for certain, there is wayyyyyy more pink paper in this kit than I have ever used in my life!  LOL

This first picture is from our wedding day.  We have a Harley Davidson and we rode that to the reception. Can I just tell you how many yards of fabric I am sitting on?! I am actually sitting way higher than I normally do and my dress was actually pushing up! I could have hidden my head behind the neckline!! My hairdresser used a hairspray that she actually had labeled "Hurricane Spray". My hair didn't move. We had our pictures taken where we had our reception. Not a hair was out of place. LOL It was a blast! A friend of ours was wearing his kilt on his Harley. There were 8 bikes all together. We were a site.

The kit came with some chip board hearts from Kaiserkraft.  I used Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in pink and pearl on the chippie.  I love the little berries and flowers from Petaloo!!

This next page is of my DD when she was 2.  The picture was taken at a local department store.  I wanted this page to look like candy.  I used the chipboard hearts as templates for my paper hearts and used some of my beloved rubber stamps to dress them up a bit.

I used water to get the pleats in my "awing curtain".  The kit came with some really great stickers too!

 

I used some of the coordinating paper and a paper punch to make my flowers.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

XO,

Lisa