Saturday, October 5, 2013

Swirlydoos' October Blog Hop & Kit Reveal!


Welcome to Swirlydoos' October Kit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!


If you came here from Paulien's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there. We have some amazing projects for you to see today !! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win!!! Check out Swirlydoos on Facebook and Like Us!!!

This kit, called "Sweet Things", truly is sweet. The colors are impossibly adorable, and the combinations of embellishments are brilliant. I love how easy it is to create a whimsical layout like below...
"Imagine"

I wanted it to appear dreamy, with all the colors and a touch of pearl like paint. So I used a royal palette of golds and pinks, still keeping it messy and playful with gesso, splashes of color, ripping apart one of the flowers for the sprinkled petals, and her flower balloon that she is holding.

"The Amazing Journey"
 I love how my daughter can get lost in a book, and I wanted this layout to look just that... like she was lost and bursting in and out of the page. I used minimal paint here, just a bit of gesso and Shimmerz, but the rest was fussy cutting details from the kit. LOVE everything that could be re-arranged!

 I also have the great honor of bringing you this month's Anatomy of a Layout! To see the process that led me to the layout below, please don't forget to pop into the Swirlydoos Forum to check it out!

"Fall Ball '13"
I'm not going to shed much light on what I did here, so that you can check out the all the steps at Swirlydoos, but as you can see - lots of paint, cutting, layering, and blinging was involved!
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The Nitty Gritty DETAILS...

You have until midnight, eastern time, on 10/5 to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on Sunday 10/6. 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. Become a follower if you're not already. 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 : IS


The party continues over at Angelica's blog. Have fun!
xx Heidi

50 comments:

  1. Wow wow and WOW.... Amazing projects Heidi!!! You rocked this kit honey!

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  2. Masterpieces! Love how you used the pattern papers and all the pretty embellishments in this kit! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. Just amazing!!! My favorite is your book page. What an incredible idea!

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  4. Amazing pages! Love the one with your daughter reading, the paper are so great to that.

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  5. Oh WOW! You did a Fabulous job with this kit, Heidi! I can't wait to get mine!

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  6. You are amazing with paint and layering!

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  7. Love your pages .. the fall ball 13 is my favorite .. love how you incorporated all of the photos .. its fabulous!

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  8. Awesome layouts Heidi, can't wait to check out your tutorial!

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  9. Wonderful use of bling on your projects. Each and everyone was beautiful.

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  10. Beautiful layouts. Love the designs and beautiful details.

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  11. Beautiful layouts! So much talent. I love how you flowed everything down in the first one and love the paint runs in the second one. So much work! All the best!
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  12. Love your style Heidi! It's pretty and spirited!

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  13. Always such a delight to see your creative and beautiful style!

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  14. What an awesome designs! Gorgeous work! :-)

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  15. Wow... Love the artsy look and fussy cutting. Lovely layouts

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  16. Wow! The amazing journey is - well - amazing. It really looks like you wanted it to, her coming out of the pages of her book. Love it. I will find your Fall Ball in the Forum!!

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  17. Gorgeous layouts. Love the anatomy layout.

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  18. OMG such fun layouts, love the mood you created with pink and gold and the flower petals and paint. The lost in books... so awesome love it (took me a moment to find the photo...nicely done. And Fall Ball love the design element of this layout and the colors; amazing details !

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  19. Heidi - I love your style - especially loved the Amazing Journey". Good job.

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  20. I always get so inspired in mixed media looking at your work, you can put so much technique and layers in a small space and it looks gorgeous. Cant wait to see the fall ball anatomy.

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  21. oh my! Heidy, I LOVE your scrapping style! You definitely rocked this kit! :)

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  22. Beautiful pages...thank you for sharing with us!

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  23. Heidi! These pages are just so stunning! LOVE that sketch page!

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  24. fabulous layouts; love all the fussy cutting (one of my favourite things to do, too!)

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  25. Just stunning. Your work is so inspirational. Can't wait to get my kit

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  26. These pages are FAB-U-LOUS!!!! Great reveal!!!!

    p.s. I am a new follower :-)

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  27. How stunning!! I love the beautiful layers...

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  28. love the detail fussy cutting embellished on your Amazing Journey layout...so awesome!

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  29. Your layout the fall ball is just amazing.. love it..

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  30. I love your layouts. Thanks for this blog hop.

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  31. You've given me great ideas. Wonderful pages!

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  32. Petty pages! I love all the details! Thanks for the close ups!

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  33. I'm so excited that you are hosting anatomy!! That page is my most favorite page of yours of all time! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent Heidi.

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  34. You are so dang creative! I love them all but am especially blown away with that first one...

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  35. Wow! Your work is just jaw-dropping gorgeous! I love your use of all different mediums and paints!

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  36. Beautiful work. I love your creative mind mixed with this gorgeous kit. wonderful art.
    susan s

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