Monday, March 26, 2012

Scraps of Darkness Design Team Call

Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kit clubs are looking for designers to add to our talented design teams!!!  Commitment is important, so we want to be straight forward with what we're looking for.  We want to see ambitious, outgoing, computer savvy scrappers who share the same love as we do.

These positions will start with our May 2012 kits and will end with our October 2012 kits.

This call is open to both US and International.  Please note that international members will share in the cost of shipping their kits to them.  Below is a link to the site.

Scraps of Darkness

Scraps of Darkness Reveal Day -- Needful Things


Good Morning,  I'm a day late for the reveal date on our incredible March Kit "Needful Things" featuring Graphic 45's brand new "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" Collection.  This is a beautiful kit full of color and many wonderful add-ons to the kit.  You should go to Scraps of Darkness and grab a kit before they're all sold out!!  So here we go, the following are a few projects I did with this wonderful March kit!!  Below is a photo of the kit and the beautiful sketch by SuePup this month.

"The time has come", the Walrus said, "To talk of many things.  Of shoes, - and ships -, and sealing wax - of cabbage - and kings - and why the sea is boiling hot - and whether pigs have wings"  Lewis Carroll

Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Eyes Have It ~~Scraps of Darkness~~

Hello My Friends,  Here's another layout using our beautiful March Kit "Needful Things" here at Scraps of Darkness, featuring Graphic 45's beautiful new "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" Collection.  I loved layering a lot on this one.  This is my hairdresser's gorgeous eye and I thought it was perfect with this kit!!  The beautiful oval frame is from Imaginarium Designs.  I used some Shimmerz  (Antique Lace) to alter the pieces of chipboard.   Hugs to you all and thanks for dropping by!!

Here's a couple of close-ups of  "The Eyes Have It" showing the film strip chippie from the kit and a beautiful oval frame from Imaginarium Designs that I love!!

1st Year ~~Scraps of Darkness~~

This is my favorite layout using our incredible March Kit "Needful Things" here at Scraps of Darkness, featuring the stunning Graphic 45 "Olde Cursiosity Shoppe Collection!!!  One of my favorite artists is Yuko Hino http://nsnlso.blogspot.com/.  Her work is just beautiful.  This is a LIFT of one of my favorite layouts of hers, she was gracious enough to let me do my take on her work.  I changed it a bit but I LOVE how it's turned out.  Below, you can see what's under the family photo.  These papers are one of my favorite collections that Graphic 45 has come out with, the colors and graphics are just gorgeous!!!  The beautiful chipboard pieces are from Imaginarium Designs which I altered with some Tim Holtz "Black Soot" Distress Ink.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I really hope you enjoy!!



Here's a couple of close-ups of what's under the family photo on the "1st Year" Layout.

JunkYard Blues ~~Scraps of Darkness~~

Hello My Friends,  This is another project using our groovy March Kit "Needful Things" here at Scraps of Darkness  featuring the beautiful Graphic 45 "Olde Curousity Shoppe Collection.  These papers colors and details are incredible!! This is another photo of my dd's friend and her hubby on a photo shoot in a junkyard.  This is my take on SuePup's beautiful sketch this month.  With these incredible papers I just couldn't help but do tons of layering with this kit!!  Thanks for dropping by and taking a peek, hope you enjoy!!!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Here's a little close-up of the small photo on the "JunkYard Blues" layout.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Little Missy ~~Scraps of Darkness~~

Hello My Dear Friends,  Here's another layout using our incredible March kit "Needful Things" here at Scraps of Darkness, featuring the stunning new Graphic 45  "Olde Cursiosity Shoppe" Collection, one of my favorites!!  Mel has done it again with an incredible kit!! This is a photo of my hairdresser's darling little one.  I used the Becky Fleck's March 2012 Sketch from Page Maps for this layout, which I added a bit to making it my own.  This collection has stunning colors and is loaded with goodies to spark your creative muse!!!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I really hope you enjoy!!

Here's a close-up of the "Little Missy" Layout

Friday, March 16, 2012

An Altered Project ~~Graphic 45~~



Good Evening my friends,  This is an altered project that I LIFTED from Jack and Cat Curio, some amazing designers for Graphic 45.  You can click on their link above to see some of their treasures!!!  I used some cardboard that some metal hinges came on from G45.  I used the new "Olde Curiosity Shoppe, amazing papers.  I've only just begun to play with them and I'm sure I'll be using them all weekend!!!  I was so inspired by Jack and Cat Curio that I had to make a similar one for my office.  Hope you enjoy and have a magical weekend!!!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Madison ~~Imaginarium Designs

Hello My Dear Friends,  This is a layout featuring some Design Team work using some of our beautiful chipboard here at Imaginarium Designs.  This is a photo of my niece's dd Madison.  I used the beautiful Prima Ledger Collection along with some Prima Pixie Glen Paper Colletion, Chipboard, and Flowers.  To alter the ID chipboard I first painted them in white gesso.  After that dried I used some embossing ink and then used some Tim Holtz Embossing Powders (Seafoam White and Tattered Rose).  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!!

Imaginarium Designs Chipboard Close Ups For Madison


Monday, March 12, 2012

Father and Son ~~Imaginarium Design~~

Good Morning My Dear Friends,  I'm happy to share a couple of Design Team projects that I did for Imaginarium Designs.  I'm just loving working with the chipboard and all my new team-mates here at ID!!  This layout is a photo of my oldest grandson Kenneth and his Father on a walk down in the grove on their visit last week.  I just love the Graphic 45 "A Proper Gentleman" Collection for this layout.  I did some fussy cutting and popped them up with some foam.  I used my new distress tool from Ingvild Bolme, love it!!!  This is the first layout I've done without ink in a long time.  To alter the chipboard pieces I first painted them with some white Gesso.  After that dried I inked them and embossed them with some Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powders (Aged Mahogany and Weathered Wood).  After that dried I used some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Stain Dabber to add a bit more browns to the pieces.  Thanks for taking a peek and I hope you enjoy!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Scraps of Elegance "Butterfly Dreams" Reveal Day

Good Morning My Friends,  Today is Scraps of Elegance's March Kit "Butterfly Dreams".  It's full of wonderful Bo Bunny's "Country Garden" Collections and My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart" Collection.  The embellies include Petaloo blooms, Zva bling, and some beautiful butteflies made by our talented Renea.  There is some vintage floral conch est. 1960's, hand-dyed habotai satin bias cut silk ribbon (24").  There is even a seed pack of Forget Me Nots!  You can plant the seeds and use the packet on one of your layouts.

Here's a photo of the kit.  You should got to Scraps of Elegance and order a kit before they sell out.

You And Me ~~Scraps of Elegance~~

Good Morning My Friends, this is layout using our beautiful March kit called "Butterfly", featuring Bo Bunny's "Country Garden" Collection, and My Mind's Eye's "Follow Your Heart" Collection.  I had a lot of fun doing this one and combined both paper lines in the kit.  I also used some Prima tiles that I thought went perfect with the colors in the kit!  This is a photo of my friend's dd and her little sweetie!  I used some Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, and Weather Wood) after distressing the papers.  I also did some fussy cutting and used a little punch to put some paper under the tiles.  The lace in this kit is just gorgeous.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!!

Lots of Kisses ~~Scraps of Elegance~~

Hi My Friends,  This is some DT work for Scraps of Elegance using our beautiful March kit called "Butterfly Dreams".  Beautiful kit full of Bo Bunny and My Mind's Eye spring papers and goodies!!  Better hurry over for a kit, the last one sold out in 1 day!!

This is a photo of my niece with her little one and husband.  For this design, I used a beautiful sketch from "Once Upon A Sketch", love her work!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy!!

Pretty In Pink ~~Scraps of Elegance~~


Good Morning My Friends,  Today is reveal day for our March kit "Butterfly Dreams" here at Scraps of Elegance.  The kit features some beautiful papers from the Bo Bunny "Country Garden" Collection along with some papers from My Mind's Eye's "Follow Your Heart" Collection.  Beautiful spring colors in this kit!!  This is my take on the great sketch from our amazing sketch artist SuePup.  The beautiful butterflies are from our wonderful Reneabouquets,  you should stop by her esty store, lots of pretty goodies!!   These are some photos of my friend's dd and her little one.  Thanks so much for taking a peek and I hope you enjoy!!

My Grandsons ~~Scraps of Elegance~~

Here's another layout using our beautiful March kit "Butterfly Dreams" here at Scraps of Elegance.  I wanted to see if I could use this kit with my grandsons and I think it worked out pretty well!!  I just loved the beautiful spring colors in this kit and you can scrap any type of photo with them!!  I did a lot of layering and inking with this one.  I kept the layouts pretty simple this month as our kits were delayed and we only received them yesterday morning, so I've been a busy bee, lol!!  Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you enjoy!!