Swirlydoos July kit reveal!!

Welcome to:

Swirlydoos Kit Club 

July Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Swirlydoo's blog, then you are on the right track. Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful July collection:

Belle Fleur

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And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our July scrapbook kit! 

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Are you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any Julykits or add ons in the store!

***All of our monthly scrapbook kits are available in our store while supplies last!***

Has it sold out? - become a subscriber and not only will you never miss a kit again, but you'll also pay less for your monthly scrapbook kits!
*Mention this blog hop and save 10% on your first kit*

We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!  

Here are my projects!

First, my sketch page. This months sketch was so much fun to work with, I had tons of ideas and knew I had to do some layering of both papers and flowers :)

Here's the sketch:

Here's my page:

I used  some of the journaling cards to create a layered photo mat, and then layered lots of the amazing flowers from the floral add-on. I did some stamping in the background, using the beautiful stamp from the embellie add-on.

My next page is with a photo of my darling niece,Julia. 

Used one of the BFS papers as a background, and a piece of a Prima paper in the middle. Tied a string all around and then used it to "hold" some of the flowers and my photo. Amazing flowers in this kit and floral add-on!! 

I tucked the lace into the little Prima box, from the embellie add-on, and just let it peek out. 

My third layout is more mixed media and I had lots of fun creating this one!

I have some tips for you, on how I made some of the things on this page:

For my background I used one of the Prima papers. I painted it with white gesso, used a stencil and clear gesso, and then misted with pink mist. I have used paper pieces from the kit, plus leftovers from Prima flower packages (I always keep the nice ones, perfect for layering!). Before adding the last piece of paper and my photo, I glued the string of pearls. This way I got fantastic dimension and also some pearls peeking out later. The small pearl rows are from a previous kit.

The Prima flowers with baby heads didn't fit my page as a wanted to, so I decided to pull them apart. I folded the flower layers, got four of these, and tucked them under my papers. I put one flower on the side. I added the baby faces later in the process.

Some close-ups for you!

Did some painting and splattering with the pink mist after everything was glued into place. Added some bits and bobs from previous kits, as well as some flowers from my stash. 

Finally, I have two cards to show you!

For my first card, I cut out two of the beautiful dresses from one of the Prima papers. I then simply added a couple of flowers, two clothes pins (from a previous kit) and a wood piece.

For this card i used the beautiful fan chipboard piece. I painted it with white gesso and the clear gloss varnish. 

You have until midnight, eastern time, July 25th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 7/28.  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. Take your time. There are REALLY 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, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.

My special word is : Being

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

Blog Hop Order: 

Helena http://willeascrappar.blogspot.com

Kim www.droopidog.typepad.com

Rae http://scrappingfancy.com/

Jan http://ascript4scrappin.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by today! See you soon!

xoxo

Helena