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!

Swirlydoos 

Angelica Franssen 

Lynne Forsythe

Lisa Valentine 

Kaisercraft

Lisa Gregory

Tiffany Morgan

Petaloo 

Karola Witczak

Rae Moses

Paulien van den Bosch

Vicky Alberto

Back to Swirlydoos!!!