Summer Vacation

Hello everyone!

We here at S.W.A.T  hope that you are all having a fabulous Summer Vacation!!

I know that my summer has been crazy busy! And shows no sign of slowing down, so S.W.A.T will be taking a brief much needed vacation.

Don't worry we will be back in the fall, refreshed and ready to inspire you to create!

Hopefully we will have time to pop in from time to time to share a bit of crafty inspiration this summer.... BUT officially we are on vacation

We will see you in the Fall!

Better late then never :) We Have a Winner!

Hello everyone this summer had been crazy busy!! So I hope that you will for give the late post..... 

BUT We have a few winner to share!!!


As always before we announce our winner we want to say THANK YOU all so much for playing along this month! 

All of your projects are beautiful and we are truly appreciate that you choose to share your ART with us!!

Without further ado..... On to our May Winner!

Sandy Ross

Sandy please contact us with your information at swatscrappygirl@gmail.com 

By 07/01/2015 to claim your prize.

Paper Bouquet

Special Ops: 

Paper Flowers

This paper flower bouquet is the latest in bright colors and needs no water.

Check out the tutorial below!

To make these flowers you will need a border punch, washi tape, 3.5 X 10 inch strip of paper, 

4 X 6 inch strip of patterned paper, 1.25 inch paper circle, a large gem, and a bamboo kabob stick.

Step 1.

Stretch washi tape on 3.5x10 inch cardstock.

Punch the length of the paper with the border punch.

Cut 3inch lines between the decorative edges of the punched paper, these will be the petals.

Step 2

 Roll the punched, cut, cardstock into a spiral. Begin with just three petals for the flower center. As you roll the paper be sure to off set the petals so that the flower looks full. The bottom of you flower will look something like this:

Step 3

Cut a 1.5inch circle of cardstock. Pierce a hole in the center, snip a single line from the edge of the circle to the center. Glue the cut edge of the circle back together so that it shapes a cone.

 Step 4

Thread the bamboo stick through the center of the cone, add a glob of hot glue, place gem on top. Be very careful with the flower stem until the glue is completely dry. Place adhesive around the under edge of the cone, thread the stem through the center of the flower. Leave to dry till flower and center/stem are stuck fast.

 Step 5

To cover the awkward look of the flower base fold the 4x6inch strip of paper into a cone. Adhere to base of flower, trim excess.

I put this bouquet of flowers together for my daughters latest musical production. How fun it was to give her something out of the ordinary!

Check my blog Scrappin' Chaos for a list of supplies.

Scrap On!

~charity~

May Basic Training-Heat Embossed Resist

Summer is well on its way and in honor of all the May flowers those April showers brought I am sharing a fun resist technique using heat embossing.

Michele here with a super easy background technique.
Here is what you will need:

I used watercolor paper.

Stamp your image with embossing ink and sprinkle with clear embossing powder.  I used Viva Las VegaStamps! high gloss embossing powder.  Now heat it up.

Spray your paper with as many colors as you would like.  I used four Colorations from Art Anthology.

Wipe the color off where is has beaded on the stamped image.  This  one is a VLVS! stamp from a new release,  Wildflower Silhouette

Move the pooling color around and dry with a heat gun.

The Coloration colors used were Waimea Bay, Timeless, Salted Carmel and Guacamole.

You will be able to see the finished card I made with this background over at Viva Las VegaStamps! on May 21.  Visit http://vivalas.blogspot.com/ to check it out.

I hope you are inspired and join us in our challenge drills this month!!  There is a great Spring mood board up right now!!

Drill#55 May Flowers

Drill #55

May Flowers!

Mood Board

Projects can be cards, layouts, art journal pages, canvas's or other altered projects.

**All entries must be new, please no back linking.

** Both May Drills will be entered for the prize.

**We are only able to ship within the US and Canada.


As always we really want you to be motivated so the winner will receive a Scrappy Prize Pack (estimated value $20)!!

Now, before you leave make sure you take a look at the S.W.A.T. Teams fabulous creations they have created to inspire you! 

Charity

Michele

Venetia 

Now its your turn to share your love with us! 

Have fun and link up before the end of the month on the right hand side of the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Remember to like us on Facebook :)

Winners.....

It's that time again!!   We have a few winners to share...

But before we announce the we wanted to say THANK YOU all so much for playing along this month! All of your projects were beautiful and we are truly thankful that you shared your ART with us!!

Now... We have a randomly selected winner from all of the drill entries for the month of April....drumroll please........ 

Karrie

Please contact us by e-mailimng: swatscrappygirl@gmail.com with your name and mailing address by April 15th to claim your prize. 

And just for a bit more  scrappy fun I addded a mini scrappy prize for National Scrapbook Day and that winner is.........

                                 Barb

Please contact us by e-mailimng: swatscrappygirl@gmail.com with your name and mailing address by April 15th to claim your prize. 

Please remember we are only able to ship to the US and Canada. 

Thank you so much and see you soon!

National Scrapbook Day!!!

 

 

I am away celebrating National  Scrapbooking Day!!

As I hope you are too!!

 

I would really love to see  what you are creating this weekend!!

 

So lets have a little fun and share the love!! Just link up your favorite layout you create this weekend.

 

 

*Please only newly created layouts.

** Prizes will only be shipped within the US.

**You have until the end of day Friday May 8th to link up.

 

Just have fun and share your creativity! 

 

For your chance to win a scrappy prize pack from me!

 

And make sure you stop in next Saturday for May's first Drill and our Winners!!

 

 

Have a great weekend!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Drill #54 Stamp Mania!!

Drill #54
Stamp Mania!!

You must create a new Project that features 3 different stamps!


SPRING!!!

Mood Board

Projects can be cards, layouts, art journal pages, canvas's or other altered projects. 

Remember you can also use our Spring Mood board from Drill #53!

**All entries must be new, please no back linking.

** Both February Drills will be entered for the prize.

**We are only able to ship within the US and Canada.


As always we really want you to be motivated so the winner will receive a Scrappy Prize Pack!!(Estimated value of $20)

Now, before you leave make sure you take a look at the S.W.A.T. Teams fabulous creations they have created to inspire you! 

Michele




Venetia


Lanette

Now its your turn to share your love with us! 

Have fun and link up before the end of the month on the right hand side of the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Remember to like us on Facebook :)

April Basic Training - Ink Splats for Backgrounds

April showers bring May flowers and this months basic training... Michele here to share a super quick and fun technique with inks.

I used mostly inks but you can also use high flow acrylic paints or fluid acrylics mixed with water.  You will als need a spray bottle with water and a piece of watercolor paper.

Spray you paper with a generous amount of water.

Splatt your inks randomly arond the page.  For the paints you will have to add more water to get a good spread.

Be careful not to layer too many colors on top of each other, you may get mud pies on your page.  :)

I dried with my heat gun to set the color.

I cut my sheet into 2 tag bases for future use.

Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you are inspired to try this fun background technique. Thanks to Limor Webber for the inspiration.

If you would like to see what these bases ended up as please visit me over at Art Anthology on April 13th.

Drill #53

Drill #53

SPRING!!!

Mood Board

Projects can be cards, layouts, art journal pages, canvas's or other altered projects.

**All entries must be new, please no back linking.

** Both February Drills will be entered for the prize.

**We are only able to ship within the US and Canada.


As always we really want you to be motivated so the winner will receive a Scrappy Prize Pack!!

Picture Coming Soon!!

Now, before you leave make sure you take a look at the S.W.A.T. Teams fabulous creations they have created to inspire you! 

Venetia

 Michele

Charity

Now its your turn to share your love with us! 

Have fun and link up before the end of the month on the right hand side of the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Remember to like us on Facebook :)

Winners!!

It's that time again!!   We have a few winners to share...

But before we announce the we wanted to say THANK YOU all so much for playing along this month! All of your projects were beautiful and we are truly thankful that you shared your ART with us!!sponsors!!!

Now... We have a randomly selected winner from all of the drill entries....drumroll please........ 

Donna

Please contact us by e-mailimng: swatscrappygirl@gmail.com with your name and mailing address by April 15th to claim your prize. 

Please remember we are only able to ship to the US and Canada. 

Thank you so much and see you soon!

An InLinkz Link-up

Technical Difficulties

Morning friends!!

We are experiencing some technical difficulties.  Our winner announcement and April's first drill, #53, will be up on the blog just as soon as possible.

Thanks so much for your patience and we'll be back very soon.

Until then get inky!!

Special Ops: Pirate Ship Bookends

Today's Special Ops is all about books and how to keep them supported in style.

I love the look of old maps and Pirate Ships.
This pair of bookends needed an update and Craft Smith paper and Funfare Stencil were right there to help me out. Stop by my blog Scrappin' Chaos for more details on the paper and stencil.

Step 1:

Trace book end then trim a slight edge from that shape.
The paper adheres better if it isn't flush with the edge.

Step 2.

Use washi tape to mask the stencil.

Step 3.
Ink the exposed portion of the stencil.

Dust with embossing powder, heat to set.

 Step 4.

Repeat masking and setting process with each color of ink.

Step 5.
Sand wood surface of bookend.
Adhere paper using Yes Paste or similar adhesive.
When project is dry add washi tape to frame edges.

Books and classy bookends are a most versatile design element.
Get decorating and be sure to post a photo to our facebook page so we can see your handiwork!
A list of supplies can be seen on my blog Scrappin' Chaos.

Scrap On!

~charity~

Drill #52

Drill #52

We all hate to scrap our self's... we all hate to share our own stories, But we need to! So this week that is our challenge to you! 

Share 5 little facts about yourself, projects can be layouts, Art Journal Pages, Canvas or other Altered Projects as long as you share 5 little things about yourself!


Remember this months winner this month will receive a $25 Gift Card to the Retro Cafe Art Gallery! 

Now before you leave make sure you take a look at what the S.W.A.T. Team has created to inspire you! 

Michele

Journal pages

Charity

 Venetia

Now its your turn to share your word with us! 
Have fun and link up before the end of the month on the right hand side of the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by today!!