25 Tags of Christmas Blog Contest

Swirlydoos Kit Club is giving away 25 stunning Prima Keepsake Ornament Boxes in the month of December! Enter for a chance to win yours on our blog www.swirlydoos.blogspot.com beginning Dec. 1st and each day after until Dec. 25th! Every day we will post a theme & example for that day's tag. You create a tag based on the theme posted, upload it to your online gallery with the title reading, "Swirlydoos 25 Tags of Christmas - (enter theme) tag". Leave a comment on our blog with a link to your tag and that's it! We will use a random number generator to pick one winner each day all the way up to Christmas!

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Zva Creative November DT Blog Hop

We have a NEW Zva Creative Design Team and we welcome you to join us this month for a blog hop that we feel is extra special!

There is now an added twist to our blog hops, YAY! As you know, Zva offers so many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals. We want to make sure that they shine bright for you, so each designer was asked to share a creation using a specific color or color combination on their blog hop project. We anticipate that our hops will become even more breathtaking with such stunning products to showcase by concentrating on color..

The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes' blog. She will have the complete list of all blogs that are participating in case there is a glitch along the way. If you would like to play along, just follow along the blog path. I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way. Hidden on FIVE of the blogs is a Zva Creative prize package ...YAY! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over, so it's important to leave a comment on as many blogs as you can along the way.

The Blog Hop starts today, November 29th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 30th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 1st on each of the five winning blogs. The full list will be found on Kim Hughes‘s blog as well (linked above). We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to all of the blogs once again on Wednesday...plus, you never know what kind of inspirational creation that you may find there. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Zva Blog Hop post...you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. The more times you leave a comment along the blog hop path though, the more chances you will have to be one of the lucky winners.

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The colors I was given to work with were White and Cream.

I did some paper tearing and deep distressing. Then, placed some pearl strand on the layers.

The blog hop begins here: Kim Hughes Blog

Your next stop is here: Teri Anderson Blog

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us

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Zva and Swirlydoos

I love it when I get Zva and Swirlydoos together. They mesh well, don't cha think? All the paper products came with the Simply Irresistible Kit along with the mist. All the blooms and bling are Zva.

Pretty Cute

The cardboard came with the kit. What I did was tear off the first layer. Then, painted with gesso. Gesso is a bit thicker than paint and gives a better cover. While it was still wet I misted with Tattered Angel Chalkboard Mist and heated.

Here is a close up of ZVA's new Leafy Vines. I love working with these. They are so unique, for no other company has made this design yet.

All the blooms are also new from Zva. You can find the bling and flowers HERE.

I am so happy that Lisa shared the tutorial on punched edged circle. It my new favorite technique. Now, I just gotta get me some more corner punches...lol! You can find the Tutorial HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Sweetie *ZVA CREATIVE*

This is one of my DT projects for Zva Creative. I used their gorgeous new mix of rhinestone and pearl leafy flourishes. You can find them HERE.

Sweetie

I've been somewhat stuck in a rut and feeling that all my pages are starting to look alike. So, I wanted to do something different. I lined up two differnt leafy flourishes along the top of the page and place flowers here and there. The stick pin is a gift from my good friend Mandy. The colors of the ribbon matched the page perfectly...thank you sweetie!!

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Here is a close-up of the leafy flourishes. You can see that they are combined with pearls and crystals. I did some wet distressing on two different pattern papers and layered. You can find an awesome tutorial on Wet Distressing HERE.

I used the corner punch deco circle tutorial from Swirlydoos that you can find HERE.

Thank you for stopping by!

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Prima Product Pick-November and a NEW Twist!

Each month we bring you some of Prima's finest products hand-picked to coordinate with one another!

Just look at those deep, rich flowers; sparkly golden Temple Leaves; beautifully-patterned Fairy Flora papers; beaded Caravan blooms; color-filled Autumn Leaves and exquisitely-detailed vines!

On top of all this--we have added a fun little twist this month!

Along with our Product Picks we are including a coordinating color swatch that you can use to create a project. So now you have two chances to win some of these FUN products:

1. Repost the Prima Product Pick post on your blog/Facebook/other site and link back to Prima's blog for your first chance to win. A winner will be randomly chosen the first week of December.
   
2. Create a Prima-based project using our new Prima Palette colorsshown above and email your project to: sharon@primamarketinginc.com for a second chance to win! Please put "Prima Palette" in the subject. Projects must be received by November 30th.

Reveal Day at Swirlydoos November *Simply Irresistible* Kit

It's our favorite day of the month again!!! Reveal Day over at Swirlydoos. Our November Kit Simply Irresistible, it JUST that....Simply Irresistible. It's absolutely beautiful with the new Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology. It was so enjoyable to make our own colored papers with the resist backgrounds. Along with all the gorgeous embellishment and add-ons, this kit it a must have.

Fairies

For the Dusty Attic piece, I painted with an off white paint, inked the edges with a light brown pad then added stickels.

The Swirlygirls are in for a treat. Video Tutorials!! Our very own Lisa has a brand new tutorial on how to use a corner punch to make a circular mat. Visit the Tutorial Section in the Swirlydoos Forums. This is one that you don't want to miss!!

Bright Eyes

To give the page more dimension I used foam dots sandwiched between the card stock and Dusty Attic frame.

For this Dusty Attic piece I used a foam brush and blotted with Gesso to give more texture. I lightly misted and added Diamond Dust in some areas. The tech kit came with Tatter Angels Mistable Crepe Paper. So I misted it, folded and stuck it behind the photo mat.

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The resist paper is amazing!!!!!! Here I used Tim Holtz Distress ink and Tattered Angel's Glam. If you would like to see how to use these papers Swirlydoos has a Video Tutorial HERE.

Soprano

Here is the Tatter Angels Mistable Crepe Paper again. I left it bare and bunched it up behind the mat.

I love this beautiful cameo. I tore the center out of the Petaloo flower and glued the cameo instead.

Face of an angel

This page is based on the Exclusive Sketch for Swirlydoos by Begga.

The main kit came with super gorgeous white fibers. I misted this trim to match the page.

My Sonny Boy

I used Lisa tutorial once again. This time I made the circle a ring and misted.

Be sure to get your Swirlydoos Simply Irresistible Kit!

Thanks so much for taking the time!!

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