Swirlydoos Kit Club June kit, Boys Night Out, reveal.

Hello all you savages out there! I'm so happy to share with you my creations with the June kit, Boys Night Out,  and a video tutorial of a tag I made for our July tag challenge.

Here's my tag that I made with parts from the main kit, tech kit, mediums kit and the flowers kit and  a few things from my stash.  You can see a complete supply list in the video or in the tag challenge.

.  Have a look at my tutorial and make a tag and enter it in our July tag challenge.

 This kit is really versatile, you can go "manly" or feminine and I did both!  This first layout is on the "manly" side with a photo of our grandson.   I added the burlap from my stash and masked on some drips and drabs to sort of mimic the background of the Kaisercraft paper that I used for my base.

 I made the paper rosettes from kit paper and sprayed heavily with Prima's Empress Gold mist from the Mediums Kit and then added some touches of teal paint.

  The Creative Embellishments chipboard birthday banner is from my stash.  I simply misted it with the Prima mist (Empress Gold) that came in the Mediums Kit.  That mist has really intense coverage, love it!

Next I explored the more feminine side of the kit with this layout of my parents. I used a Creative Embellishments chipboard frame and flourishes from my stash and some tiny roses; everything else is from the main kit and Signature Flower Kit.  The frame is heat embossed with Stampendous aged ivory embossing enamel.  I sprayed some Prima Empress Gold mist on my craft mat and painted the edges of the flowers a bit with it.

The vines are misted with Lindy's Mission Bell Brown (from my stash) and then touched with a little Prima Empress Gold that came in the Mediums Kit.

I used the June sketch for this next layout.  Our monthly kits always include a fabulous sketch!

Here I've done a heritage LO of my grandparents using the above sketch.  I don't know how to do minimal so I added lots to the background!  The pretty gold lace is from my stash (Thank you Kathi!) as are the Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces.  The background masking was done with the mask in this month's Mediums Kit and Prima Texture Paste that we got at camp.  I also applied some Prima mist and Bo Bunny Glitter Paste also from the Mediums Kit.

  I used the Thermoweb iCraft Deco Foil from the Technique Kit to cover the Creative Embellishment chipboard pieces from my stash. It really makes a pretty embellishment.   You can see how I used the deco foil in my video above.

The flowers are from the Signature Flower kit and I bought the vine in the Swirlydoos boutique.  I cut the vine apart and layered it under my blooms.  

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It's All About Steampunk! Swirlydoos Kit Club May Tag Challenge

This was a really fun tag to make! I hope you'll join me for this month's Swirlydoos Savagery Tag challenge. The supplies you will need are as follows:

Prima Julie Nutting tag or a tag cut to 3.5 x 8.5"
Aluminum foil
Embossing folder
Double sided tape

Stamp and Archival ink

Clear gesso

2 colors of mist
Black mist, if you don't have black, you could use a dark brown probably
Stencil and masking paste
Chipboard
Washi tape
Embellishments

Step 1:
Get a piece of aluminum foil large enough so that when it is folder in quarters it is slightly larger than your embossing folder.

Run a couple strips of tape on one side of the foil and then fold in half.

Step 2: 

Run a couple more strips of tape down the foil and then fold in quarters. The tape is to hold the layers of foil together. Once it is embossed it will easily stay together. Place the foil inside an embossing folder and emboss.

This is what the foil looks like after it has been embossed.

Step 3:
Cut a tag 3.5 x 8.5" or use a Prima Julie Nutting tag.  Do some stamping at the top with Archival ink.  Use Archival ink so that when you add mist, the ink doesn't run or smear.  I've used Creative Embellishments Distress Corner stamp.

Step 4:

Adhere the foil to the tag.  I used scor-tape on the back and folded the foil around the tag using the scor-tape to secure it.

Tag with foil secured.

Step 5:

Paint the tag with clear gesso.

Step 6:
Select 2 colors of mist and mist the tag.  Be sure to dry one color before adding the 2nd color.

I used Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold and Tibetan Poppy Teal.

Step 7:

Now add some masking.  I used Crafter's Workshop mini time travel stencil and Art C gold embossing paste.

Step 8:

Now let's prepare our chippy.  I've used Creative Embellishments' Mantle Steampunk Gear Timepiece.  Rub over the chippy with black archival ink.  You don't want to cover the chippy, just inking here and there.



Step 9:
Then mist the chippy, I've use Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold.



Step 10:

Mist the tag with black spray and then blot up the mist leaving black ink in the crevices.   Allow to dry before going to the next step.

Step 11:

I wanted to intensify the gold mist in the center so I misted again but I covered up the parts of the tag that I didn't want misted.  

Step 12:

Add a piece of washi tape at the seam between the foil and tag.

Step 13:

Add ribbon or trim at the top and add the chipboard piece.  Now the tag is ready to embellish.

Step 13:

The back of my tag was a mess with dribbles of mist etc so an easy way to cover that is to use washi tape and trim to fit the tag.

The finished tag after I embellishments.  I used an old Making Memories metal piece for the quote.   It was pewter so I used a gold rubz to change the color. Then I added some metal pieces that I got off eBay.  I really love that winged heart in the center of the chippy!

When I received the Swirlydoos Kit Club May kit, I wanted to make a tag with it just to  show you a different look but using the same techniques.  The only thing I didn't do on this tag was spray with black mist.  As often happens,  I ended up covering a large part of the foil but you can see it a bit near the top and on the side.  I used the pink and antique gold mists from the mediums kit on the foil.

I love the Creative Embellishments mini frames that came in the main kit and I used one to frame the cameo.  I used the same technique as I did above on the Steampunk clock but this time I stamped on a little silver Staz-on ink and then misted with Lindy's Winter Jasmine Gold.  The effect doesn't show up great in this photo but it is a mottled antique look.  I flipped one of the silhouette wood icons over and stained it with dark brown stain.  You can see some of the gold masking behind the silhouette and the foil on the right side.

There at the bottom of the tag you can see where I stamped with archival ink and misted over it with pink mist.

Supplies:
From the Main Kit -
Oh so Lovely Specialty Paper Gloss - This is the frame paper and  I fussy cut the flowers from this sheet.
Creative Embellishments Mini Frames
Prima Wood Icons
Bo Bunny Double Dot Jewels

From the Mediums Kit -
Kaisercraft Mists in antique gold and pink
Prima Elementals Weaving stencil

From the Flowers Kit -
Petaloo Mums & Butterflies pink
Petaloo Calla Lilies & Berries pink

From my stash -
Teal seam binding
Petaloo mini Botanicas teal and pink (from an old kit)
Prima Manhattan Times Square flower (from an old kit)
Coffee Archival ink
Silver Staz-on
Lindy's Winter Jasmine Gold
Prima Finnabair small doily stamps (from an old kit)
Clear gesso
aluminum foil
Art C gold molding paste

I hope you'll join my challenge at the Swirlydoos Kit Club Forums.  You do not have to use Swirlydoos kits to participate in the challenge.  And there will be a randomly awarded RAK of some of my favorite tag making supplies to someone.

Thanks for stopping by!

February Savagery Tag!

We're making tags at Swirlydoos Kit Club and every month on the 15th I'll be posting a new tag with a tutorial.  This month we're making a mess with drips, drops, and splats!  Come join in my tag challenge and all the fun at the Swirlydoos forums and make tags with us.  You do not have to use the Swirlydoos kits to participate in our challenges.

I have a video tutorial on the Swirlydoo's Kit Club You Tube channel of how I made this tag.

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you in the Swirlydoos Kit Club forums making tags with me!

January 12 Tags of Savagery!

Join me every mid-month for a tag tutorial and challenge at Swirlydoos Kit Club.  We're going to explore different techniques each month with our tags and hopefully have lots of fun!

This month we're going to think about layers.  When I make tags, I love lots and lots of layers and dimension.  With a tag, you don't have to worry about it being too thick to fit in an album so I say pile on the goodies!

Let's talk about layers on tags for a minute.  I use alot of diecut frames on my tags for layers.  I love to layer different size frames over each other, thereby creating lots of layers.

Ok let's get started on this month's tag.  Below I've listed the supplies I used, most of which, comes from the January Swirlydoos kit.  You can certainly go free style and use whatever you want!

Supplies:

1. Tag - 3.5" x 8.5" cut from Bo Bunny Double Dot Shadow Vintage
2. 3" x 4" card - your choice cut from BFS Calling Cards paper
3. Fussy cut birds - from Blue Fern Studios (BFS) Birdsong paper
4. Green cardstock for leaves
5. Masking paste - Art Anthology Sandstone from the Mediums kit
6. Mask - Art Anthology Cracked from the Mediums kit (I used Prima's crackle mask as I did not get the mediums kit.)
7. Mask - Crafter's Workshop chicken wire (from my stash)
8. White paint or gesso (from my stash)
9. White lace or trim (from my stash)
10. leafy vines - diecut with Die-namites large ivy die from a kit several months ago. You could use a chipboard vine, leaves, or a floral vine in its place.
11. Mist - two colors, I used Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive and Frosty Forest Green (from my stash)
12. ribbon (from my stash)
13. 5" white doily -  diecut with Kaisercraft's doily die, (from my stash) you can use a commercial 6" doily, as I don't think I've seen a 5" doily
14. Cheesecloth - from the embellishment addon
15. Cardboard or sticky foam to pop up layers
16. Flowers - I've used roses from I Am Roses (stash) and Petaloo Chantilly Velvet Hydrangeas (blue) from the main kit. ( I sprayed them with a blue mist to make them a bit darker.)
17. Prima Velvet Baubles - from the main kit
18. Ink - Prima Old Road, I believe this came in an earlier kit, it goes perfectly with these Blue Fern papers.  If you don't have it, black or brown would work fine.
19. Glue

Step 1:

Use the Cracked mask and Sandstone paste to randomly mask on your tag.  Let that dry and then using a chicken wire mask, pounce white paint randomly on the tag. 

Note:  The masking and paint dribbles are almost covered up in the final tag - that happens to me alot!  :-)  It is nearly invisible in the final photo but it shows a bit more IRL.  You can omit these steps if you wish.

Put a little white paint on your craft mat and then add a few drops of water to make it thinner and then flick onto your tag.

Step 2:

Distress the edges of your tag,  I did not ink my edges as I wanted a white edge. Cut a piece of white lace or trim and glue to the bottom of your tag.

Step 3:
Diecut several leafy branches from cardstock and then color with two different mists.  I use two mists because leaves in nature are not a flat single color so using two colors makes the leaves more realistic in appearance.  I use a dabber top on my Lindy's but you can spray on your mist or use a paintbrush to apply.  Be sure to allow the mist to dry before adding the 2nd mist.

After the leaves are dry, give them some shape with a stylus ball.  If you don't have one of these,  I have used the end of a mechanical pencil and I bet the end of a Sharpie pen would work.

Step 4:

Take one of the notecards and give it a good wrinkle as shown and ink the edges. We are going to layer some flowers under the wrinkle so be sure you have room to nestle in some blooms.

Step 5:
Add a doily to the tag, letting it hang off the right side.  Then cut a couple of pieces of cheesecloth and glue over the doily.  Pull the threads and "mess it up" a bit.

Step 6:

Now add the note card.  The only adhesive I used at this point is a foam square on the upper left corner and on the lower right corner.

Step 7:

Fussy cut the birds and ink the edges.  Then add two layers of foam or cardboard so that when you place them on the tag they will fit over the popped up notecard.  (Note, I ended up cutting the leaves off the bottom.)  Place on the left side of your tag so that they cover part of the notecard.

Step 8:

Arrange the leafy vines on the tag, tucking some under the birds so that it appears they are sitting in the flowers.

Step 9:

Now add flowers.  On the right side be sure to tuck some flowers under the notecard such that they are peaking out.  Tuck some hydrangeas under the bird and around the upper right corner of the notecard.    In the lower right rose cluster I've tucked a couple of Prima Velvet Baubles into the cluster.

I tucked a bit more cheesecloth under and around the birds.  And to finish it off, I added a bow that I tied with the Bow-it-all.

If you want to use the tags that came in the main kit, here's a simpler version of the January Savagery tag. 

Here are the two tags together.  Note that I changed the ribbon on the larger tag.

Now I know some of you are wondering what do I do with all these tags?  Well I give them away by including them in my RAKS, attach them to gifts, use them as cards by simply writing a note on the back or cutting a cardstock card large enough that I can attach the tag to the card, voila, instant card, or attach to a layout.  And sometimes I just put them in my treasure box and take them out and admire them now and again!