Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Hop.....Hop......Hop!!

Welcome to Swirlydoos' February Blog Hop Block Party!!
Welcome to Swirlydoos February Kit Reveal Blog Hop BLOCK PARTY!!!
If you came here from Angelicas'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
and as a bonus we have 2 manufacturer blogs that are joining in the fun!!
There are 3 prize packs up for grabs so make sure to follow along and have fun!!


I my creation is from this month Technique/Project kit~


3 of the boxes were created very similar. 
I wet a strip of paper and crumpled it up.
When dry I adhered it to my box.


I applied Victorain Velvet and Weathered Wood Distress Stain to the flowers,
to change their appearance.


I first applied gesso to the wooden hinge, then applied Picket Fence Crackle Distress Paint.
(if you don't the Crackle paint will just flick off!) I then wiped on some Weathered Wood Distress Stain and applied Crackle Accents to seal it.
I couldn't find brads that I liked, soooooo I rubbed them in Distress Embossing Ink
then dipped them in Frayed Burlap Distress EP.
When cooled I flattened with a hammer!


The background of 4 of the boxes were made by first painting each box with Gesso.
I applied a layer of Multi Medium then squinshed up a piece of dictionary paper
into the medium. When dry, I lathered on some Weathered Wood Distress Stain.
Next came a layer of Gesso. When dry, I sanded the raised surfaces and swiped on more Weathered Wood DS. To finish off the box, I applied some Sepia Archival Ink.


Another beauty......

Love the vintage lace and faux pearls!


 
You have until midnight, eastern time, on February 10th to complete the hop.
Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on February 11th. 
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 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 AND tell us the sentence that was created
with all of the special words you collected.

My special word is : ONLY

The party continues over at LISA VALENTINE'S blog.  Have fun!

Lynne Forsythe
Back to Swirlydoos!!!

119 comments:

Dee in N.H. said...

OMG Lynne! That is fabulous!!!!! Loving the flowers and all the sweet details!

Unknown said...

Amazing techniques! Love how this came out. Beautiful job.

Paulien van den Bosch said...

Gosh..... I'm speechless Lynne. Your project turned out so super GORGEOUS!!!!! wow!!!!!

Netty said...

wow your project is fabulous shabby chic, loving it. x

Melissa S. said...

Beautiful Boxes. I will have to try your technique with the mushed paper. Very nice.

Manda_K said...

Love your techniques this month! What a great project!

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

Fabulous project :-) Love the tag below too, the flower is fab
Anne x

Unknown said...

Oh my...Your project is stunning...

Michelle said...

I can't wait to get my tech kit and start playing with it!! Gorgeous!!!

Elena Olinevich said...

thank you for a such detailed project. it is really gorgeous. I will try it too.

kantig34 said...

I recently subscribed to your blog from the last Swirlyhop! Wow...love your creations! And the step-by-step instructions are motivationg me to finally start using all my goodies! Thanks for the inspiration!

Beth said...

WOW, love everything! Your flowers are beautiful!

Margie said...

Wow, this is gorgeous!!

Merrihew said...

Oh My! Your chest of drawers is fabulous! Such beautiful some colors and love the techniques you used!

Cheryl

Lori said...

Ooo, this is BOOtiful, Lynne! Love the shabby, vintage chic feel..very cool!

Vicky Alberto said...

REALLY amazing technique project!!!

Cathi ONeill said...

Love your project, sooo beautiful!!

Cathi ONeill said...

Love your project, sooo beautiful!!

Pascale B. Scrap said...

Beautiful project! This is really inspiring!

pala said...

So Pretty

pala said...

So Pretty

Linda M. Cain said...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it girl!!!! Gorgeous work, as always!

~Linda

Nicole Doiron said...

BEAUTIFUL!!! Every single detail is just perfect! Thanks for sharing!

Juliana Montoya - ILuvVintageScrap said...

Amazing details and this paper collection is super gorgeous!!!!! Love how all of your boxes turned out :)
Hugs
Juliana

Lisa said...

Have been loving your work!!! Beautiful!!

Cheryl said...

Omg...what a gorgeous project!

Donna H said...

I love this project! I need to get this one.

VICKI MORRIS said...

What a fab project - and I just love your flowers!!!

Leslie-kbgirlygirl said...

WOW!! Such a beautiful box!! I am a new follower!

Leslie
kbgir00@yahoo.com
ScrapOfArtDesigns.blogspot.com

Jennie Atkinson said...

Absolutely stunning!!!!! I could look at this forever. I just love it!

Tracie said...

Wow! Very beautiful work. I'm a new follower on the blog hop. Thanks for sharing your work and providing great inspiration!

Kim said...

This ia amazing Lynne. Hoping you do a video on this.

Carissa said...

Wow! The colors and textures are beautiful!

scrapmanufaktur said...

...awesome, wish it would be mine...

JJ Meyer said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Loved all the techniques you incorporated. Blessings, JJ

Serene said...

I have to echo everyone's feelings on this project. Wonderful work!

Renee77 said...

Loving all the layers and distress, the velvet ribbon flowers are amazing.
Great job!

Beth said...

Lovely project - it could really organize me.

Kristen C. said...

This is absolutely beautiful and detailed, I love it!

Al Hannah said...

Mmmm mmm deliciousness ... the KC drawers are stunning, love some shabby chic!!

DebiJ said...

Oh my goodness, your beautiful little bunch of boxes are gorgeous, I adore your technique & certainly makes this such an amazing piece of artwork! Thank you for letting me look at your lovely blog.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Darn, I should have picked up a project kit. Love the techniques you've used!

Lisa Fowler Windsor, CO said...

LOVE how your box turned out. Just beautiful!!

Sandra said...

Lynne, your project and technique is beautiful, I love it.

Amy said...

How do you think of these gorgeous creations! I love this!

Unknown said...

the great job, i would like to use scrapbooking technic to decorate not only papers

Sandi Smith said...

wow...awesome work Lynn...would love to have one like that for my scraproom!

Kisha said...

Love it! All the details..just everything. Your creativity is never ending and that's a great thing!

Suz said...

very pretty

annemikaeli said...

This is seriously fun, thank you ladies. Such gorgeous work.

Sherrenae - Sherri said...

Lovely - wish I would have gotten the tech kit.

Peggy said...

Lynne, I've been staring at this project on the Swirly rollout page and now I'm glad to see that it was yours!!! Thanks so much for the how to details, I'm looking forward to getting this in my hands!!!!!

Jackie G said...

What a show stopper! Wish I had picked up the tech kit now...lol! Love it!

Memories by Manda said...

Your creation is gorgeous! I love all the texture you have added to the front of the drawers. Thanks for sharing :)

Kimberly said...

What a fabulous project! It turned out gorgeous!!!

Barb Thompson said...

Absolutly Love your style Lynne!!

scrappygal said...

Totally gorgeous!!! Looks like a lot of work that really paid off!

Sarah-R said...

omgosh - I love this project. Absolutely fabulous!

Unknown said...

truly inspiring

Pam said...

This is absolutely fabulous! I love all the details, the colors, the textures, just everything! Divine!!!

marcia said...

WOW! I love your work! Thanks to this blog hop I am a new follower!

Cindy Lou said...

Beautiful Lynn! I have a box set similar to this that I have been waiting to do, I think you have inspired me to go along these lines :) My others (3) are textures and techniques with different inks and EP's. This is an absolute work of art!

Renee said...

Pretty, pretty, pretty!

Rebecca W said...

Great project- I love all the differnt drawers and how they all still go together so well. rlovew1976@yahoo.com

María Castillo said...

Amazing proyect, love it so much! The colors are so soft and delicate, love it!

Unknown said...

Gorgeous work!!! I'm a new fan of your blog. ;-) Thanks for sharing.

Lynn said...

Your work is stunning! I'm in awe of your project.

Rebecca Evans said...

very pretty flowers

Sue Allen said...

Love it...great colours - beautiful

jcm said...

Stunning, absolutely gorgeous.

Mandie Meier said...

Just love BTP and you have done an amazing peice just love it

swatkins said...

Love the distressed look.

Theresa said...

Great project. Already a follower.

Theresa said...

Great project. Already a follower.

Tracey Gregory said...

Wow! I am amazed by your ability to think "outside of the box"-even showing my DH how cool your blog is-lol!

Rae said...

Lynne, I have learned that I want to try so many techniques by looking at your fabulous creations! Your box is absolutely wonderful!

Leanne4Ever said...

Oh the DETAILS!!!!

eyes2theocean said...

This is so lovely all I can say s I want. lolol Fantastic job!!!
Sar Tann

Angela said...

Beautiful project!

howo34 said...

Love the project!

Jill said...

omg i am now inspired. i have been staring at a 6 drawer box, for days. yours is gorgeous, thank you!!

A Mermaidz Tale said...

How cute! Great job~

michaela said...

brilliant idea. nice work! O like it very much! Michaela

Wendy said...

Nice to learn how others make their projects special.

Sandydee said...

Wow Lynne, just amazing. Love the way you said you did the brads and they look great.

cvanholstein said...

Cool technique and wonderful results!
Kind regards, Corina

Margie said...

That is just fabulous and I bet your daughter has got her eyes on it already!

T Young said...

So many different techniques on one project! It's stunning!

Beth said...

Just thought I would HOP on over and take another look at your wonderful work!

Beth (Rabbit)

Gitte said...

Your project is fabulous. Wow.

Anne Stacy said...

This is GORGEOUS!LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Unknown said...

Wow just love it!

Myrto said...

This is fantastic!

Scrapycandy said...

So lovely! I like your blog too! I want a chest of drawers just like this. Thank you.

mow180 said...

This is a great tutorial, just beautiful. Thanks

LisiB said...

wow. this is simply stunning!!!

Angelica said...

Lynne, your drawers are stunning!!!!!!

Kristin said...

So pretty!!

Oh, this new pack will go lovely with my Dutchess collection.. aka my Wedding book! Used Dutchess from KraiserKraft as my color pallette for my wedding!

Tammy B said...

very pretty!love all the detail you put in it! TFS!

pooky said...

What yumminess!!!

Joelle said...

OMGosh! I am so glad I got the tech kit this month! Looks amazing!!

Bonnie said...

Oh my goodness, this is beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely stunning! My breath was taken away when I saw your project! This one is definitely going on Pinterest!!

detra said...

What amazing work you do.

Kathy said...

I can't wait to make this. I begged Krissy to order it for me and was so excited that it is going to be part of the tech kit.. I think these will be lovely. Your technique stuff is always beautiful. I am so excited because I am using my technique kit now and learning how to do it. I have bought them but never did one but now we learn how. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Drea Slee said...

Wow! What an awesome project!! Fabulous texture and techniques! TFS!!

Nancy S said...

I love the drawers! They coordinate so well together, yet are different too. Beautiful.

Heidi Bound said...

I can't WAIT to get my hands on this kit-so gorgeous!

ddcdragonfly said...

your boxes are awesome!

Anonymous said...

Love this. While I didn't get the technique kit, I have a very similar box that I got for Christmas. I haven't done a thing with it yet, so I think I will be able to use the tutorial to make mine almost as beautiful:)

Maria

Sault said...

Absolutely love all the details in this project. Its just beautiful!

KerryST said...

Your work is gorgeous Lynne. Gorgeous b oxes

Donna in Louisiana said...

OMGoodness, your site is soooo inspiring.

Erica Ortiz said...

You totally out did yourself on this tech kit! I just love the way you made it look so vintage! Gorgeous!

berlykim37 said...

Love the vintage style..tfs

Unknown said...

love your brads...and the whole color scheme and distressed look of this project!

Dil said...

just beautiful

Tina in Texas said...

OMG...I love this. Absolutely gorgeous! Really! Love the technique with the brads...way cool! Your detail is amazing.

Debbie said...

Lynne,Love what you did with your project. WOW WOW