Scraps of Darkness Blue Skies and Sunshine Layout

Hello there crafty friends. Here you will find my layout I created using the 

Scraps of Darkness Blue Skies and Sunshine Kit

As soon as I saw the colors I was like this will be perfect for my brother's upcoming nuptials. They had such a beautiful wedding. It was outdoors and just a perfect day. I've waited patiently for the pictures to come in. Her colors were grey, white and yellow!! You can bet I will be doing several projects with these fabulous photos from such a spectacular wedding filled with love. 

My brother Robert and his new bride Samantha his high school sweetheart.

Now lets take a closer look.
Here I used the the circle chipboard from Blue Fern Studios. The flower was also included in the kit.
I painted the chipboard white. The other chipboard was from my stash and I heat embossed it in gunmetal grey.

On this next photo you can see I used some grey splatters to help accent the page. There is a spatter of some yellow as well. I chose to use a stencil from my stash to make this cool graphic. I also used the stamp that came with the kit. You will also find the blue Ice Resin sparkles. I love those things.:

Next up is a section of the layout where I used more chipboard from my stash that I painted with white gesso. I edged the chipboard with the blue ink that came in the kit. I layered the picture on top of some burlap looking ribbon. Underneath the chipboard you can see more splatters and some of the blue Ice Resin sparkles.

Next up is another chippie from my stash that I heat embossed with gunmetal grey. I also placed some beads with modeling paste. I also once again put some blue Ice Resin sparkles. I just loved sprinkling those all over the page. I also made a small tear at the bottom of the page and tucked in a little lace. 

Next up is the flowers that were included in the kit. I wanted to tuck them in the corner to bring out the white and green as seen in the photo. 

Make sure to check out the store because we DO have some of the add on's still available.
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I have to say I was inspired by Gabrielle Pollacco's layout I discovered on Youtube. Here is her video.

Happy Scrappn!

ATC using the January Kit Botanique

Hello again... Here I've created an ATC using the January Kit Botanique.



Don't forget to check out our Scraps of Darkness store for all your scrappn needs.

Here are some close ups.... I chose to keep it simple and clean..

Thanks for looking at my little ATC.

Have a great day and as always........

Happy Scrappn!

September Kit from Scraps of Darkness

Hello my crafty friends... have you SEEN the September Kit from Scraps of Darkness called the "Blush Kit"?? 

This beautiful kit has gorgeous Prima Rossibelle!

You can find our kit's and all the add ons here

wow.. Full of Prima goodies... I love me some Prima.. How about you? It was joy to work with this kit.

Here are some close ups:

I painted some chipboard from Creative Embellishments.I pained the chipboard with Prima's Art Alchemy acrylic paint: Opal Magic Green Gold. You can find it in the store here. I put Prima Flowers on each side and put some gesso on the flowers. 

 

Here I layered some Prima Ephemera on the top of the photo. I sprayed the flowers here with Gesso. I also did various ink splatters on the paper.

This Bird Charm was in the kit.  It so cute I paired it with a little bloom. You can see more paint splatters around on the page. 

Here I laid a few more Prima pieces... bits of splatter..

Here is another wonderful piece from Creative Embellishments. I painted with some vintage looking paint. 

Another angle of this corner. 

  

 Here you can see the Prima stamps I used.. the bird is pictured here in pink.

 

Here I used more Prima stamps around the hanging decoration.

Here is the final project......This is Jamie with one of her dogs. I think its a precious moment captured of this two.

Thanks for stopping by!!! 

Happy Scrappn!!

Zeus and Zoe Design Team Work - Life at Sea

Happy New Years Crafters!

I decided to enter 2 challenges that I haven't played in before. I got out my Zeus and Zoe kit and it was a perfect fit to make this layout.
Here is the layout:

In the above I wanted to show the StencilGirl stencil (Seashells) along the bottom border before adding to the rest of the layout. In first picture the light blue is using my Shimmerz: Texturez in Patina. The Sandy color shell is a mixture of modeling paste and Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Color Shot : Opal Sea Oats, the one following is from the same maker but a different color of Frosty Forest Green. The last seashell is done in Gelatos of a coral color.

The photo to the left here shows a flower from my ZZ DT pack and a flower from Tresors De Luxe in a pretty green.

This picture shows the other creamy flower from Tresors de Luxe, a badge from 3rd Eye, some Prima goodies. From ReneaBouquets Etsy shop you can see her butterfly and frosty seafoamy green flower.







Some more close ups from Renea's flower and butterfly and the creamy flower from Tresors.

Below you can see my Dusty Attic Chipobard that I altered using my White Pearlescent Smooch. Beside that is another 3rd Eye Badge.

The first challenge that I designed this layout for to enter is at Scrap Around The World .
Here is the gorgeous mood board. I love these colors. My kit had many goodies that complimented this board. I used a doily whose edge looked like netting. I also tried to capture some of the soft colors presented below.

This is the link to that challenge: SATW JANUARY 2014 CHALLENGE 9.  

The second challenge that I am entering my layout is over at Once Upon A Sketch. I thought to combine these great colors with this fun sketch!  Here is the sketch:

Lesson Learnt: I have a tag to the left under the photo...journaling about my brother at sea while serving the US Navy.. the freedoms we have and so on. I know he learned alot while serving as did I when I served. I really wanted to leave a heartfelt thought behind the picture.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. I hope you check out Zeus and Zoe's Shop for any of your embellishment needs.
Also feel free to participate in either or both of the challenges: Scrap Around The World and Once Upon A Sketch.

Happy Scrappn 2!

Products Used:
Zeus and Zoe papers and embellishments
3rd Eye Badge
StencilGirl Stencil : Seashells
Renea Bouquet's White and Sea Foam frosted tip flowers and Butterfly
Tresor's de Luxe flowers
Dusty Attic Chipboard: Chicken Wire DA0457
Shimmerz: Texturez: Patina
Modeling Paste
Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Color Shot: Opal Sea Oats and Frosty Forest Green
Gelatos: Tropical : Coral
Prima: Cinderella Collection : Crown 549206, Romance Novel Letters
Petaloo: Canterbury Vine Spray: Fuschia

Guest Designing at Berry71bleu

What an honor it is to guest design for Berry71bleu!!!
Have you seen the November Berry71bleu Mood Board? I hope you enter. There's still time!!

Here's the tag that Ms Marivic sent me. It's gorgeous!!! I was inspired by Agnieszka Bellaidea .
 I had so much fun designing around these colors with my 7Dots Studio papers -Wonderland.

I love the colors on this tag!

Here are a few closeups:

I used some Vintage Trinkets from Prima. My friend Cathi O'Neill sent me some pretty flowers. I colored one of the white ones with Lindy Stamp Gang -Industrial Chic - Steel Shimmerz

In the above photo I used my Stencil Girl Butterfly Stencil newly designed by Maria McGuire. I used my ShimmerZ -TextureZ in Gritty Graphite. 

I loved the expression of the woman in the photo (found on Flickr - not mine) reminded me of the cameo.

In this picture you can see the tag again and Gina's Design's Chipboard that I heat embossed. 

Here's the finished layout:

I love the vintage direction I was able to go with these papers and that awesome tag! Thank you Marivic for such an inspirational tag!

Products used:
Fabulous Tag by Marivic from Berry71Bleu
Stencil Girl Stencil - Butterfly Stencil and Butterfly Duo Stencil
Gina Designs Chipboard - Flourish set.
7 Dots Studio - Wonderland
Quick Quotes - Pink Cheeks
Zutter - Distress It All
Teresa Collins - Mega Runner
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough, Ice Spruce, Broken China,
Lindy's Stamp Gang -Industrial Chic Sprays- Steampunk Sepia, Steel Shimmerz, Time Travel Teal,
Ruby Lantern, Lime, Shabby Turbine Teal,
LSG - IC - Embossing powder - Bzyantine Bronze
Shimmerz - Texturez - These are so my favorite - Patina, Brick Wall, Gritty Graphite

Thanks for stopping by!! Be sure to check out Berry71Bleu for amazing inspiration and a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Happy Scrappn!

Paper Temptress ~ FAMILY~ a card...

Hello Crafters!

Hope this finds you doing well.

I was inspired by Contadina K's card. I wanted to make a simple but meaningful card. Thank you CONTADINA for the inspiration!!!

I used the Cryogen White as a base for this A2 card. I inked the bottom piece with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Then I chose from my Brown Bag Kraft Package #2. I used the Brown Bag paper for the inset.  I stamped some leaves(3rd Eye) on the background and then embossed the image using my Anna Griffin "Aviary" folder. I stamped the leaves onto Heavenly White 80#.

Below is my card titled Family:

Here are a couple of close ups:

I used several Distress Inks to color the leaves. 

Hopefully as we enter into the Thanksgiving season we can all find things to be grateful for.

Remember Paper Temptress has a wide variety of awesome specialty papers.  Be sure to check out our specials.

We are also still undergoing OPERATION WRITE HOME. Might you consider joining us in making a card for our troops. More information can be found on our blog here.

Supplies used:

Paper Temptress: Copic Sampler Pack, Brown Bag Kraft package #2 -Brown Bag, Heavenly White 80#

Distress Ink:Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs.

Anna Griffin "Aviary" Embossing folder

3rd Eye Small Leaf - TES-026S, Large Leaf TES-026,

Authentique "Natural" Element Stickers

Prima- Vintage Trinkets - Special Screws -891626

Seam binding

Fabric Tac

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrappn!

Round Robin Time over at Scraps of Darkness!

Round Robin time!
This time I'm playing  over at Scraps of Darkness. I followed the fabulous Sarah! Her layout is here.

Here are some closeups. In this photo I was trying to get close to show you the pink netting underneath the layers. I had some wonderful Prima Metal Vintage Trinkets.. from the Sunrise To Sunset Collection.

Tim Holtz piece on top of the Prima flowers

a little twine

Brought out my Cricut for these badboys!

The final product.

Now the picture was an accident.. I accidentally loaded the paper wrong... that's what I get for being in a hurry! However I thought the pic came out kind of cool so I went with it and cut into .. a loose 3rds.
I hadn't used my Cricut in a while so it was nice to just pop in the cart and cut!

Supplies used:
Glitz Design Sunshine in my soul birds -SS0717
"         "        Sunshine in my soul ledger - SS0731
Bo Bunny -Anthem Celebration (fabulous collection this year!)
Authentique - Dignity
Bo Bunny Weekend Market Study
7 Dots Wonderland Spades and Clubs
CRICUT -BASE CAMP
Prima:
Mask - 560911; Flowers-Metalique Iron; Vintage Trinkets -Sunrise Sunset; Decorative Wood Embellishments - Clocks ; Lightbulbs
Tim Holtz Accoutrements
Art Anthology -Cinammon Toast Spray
Golden Gesso, Beacon Fabric-Tac, TH Scissors, Scotch ATG

Thank you for your visit and comments.
Happy Scrappn!

Paper Temptress ~ Tag

Here is a Design Team project for Paper Temptress. I thought I might do a bright cheerful tag.
On this tag I was able to use lots of Paper Temptress products such as the ribbon, vellum, cardstock, flowers and the overlay.

Pretty Paper Temptress Ribbon with some Prima parts

shimmery Cryogen White #89 cardstock

Overlay on top of more awesome PT cardstock

I used 3rd Eye Stamps for the honeycomb background and the roses are from 3rd Eye.
I stamped the flowers using my Prima stamp and a little piece from Gina's Chipboard.
Have you taken advantage of the Paper Temptress 4th of July Sale? There's still time!! 
Head on over now to take advantage.  

Thank you for looking.