~Scraps of Darkness~ July Marrakesh Sketch Challenge "U"

Hooray I got my July challenge done! I think the monthly challenges run from like the 15th to the 15th.. for those that are saying hey It's August! LOL

This is another fave pic of my son.. and a rose. The two just go so well together. I'll put my close up first.

 

In this first close up  you see some embellishments that were in the kit.. and I put a little bling on the flowers from Kaiser Rhinestones "Split Pea". The embellishments were from Creative Imaginations  Marrakesh Paper Embellishments.

I used my good ole Tim Holtz Grungeboard Letters and put some Viva Decor Copper on the letter. I also used the  Coloringz Shimmers Paint  "Mama Sings the blues" along with the TH Distress Ink Black Soot to ink up the letter. Also you can see the Vintage embelli up there and I put more bling in the center. The felt looking fuzzy ribbon type also came in this month's kit.

More close ups of the Creative Imaginations Paper Embellishments with some Kaiser blin in the center. You can also see more of the Vintaj item there.

Now these were two different type of gorgeous flowers.. One set is from Prima Flower and the other is Petaloo. Personally the Petaloo adhered better to the page. Also you can see the frames there.. that I used from my new Cricut Cart.. Fancy Frames. I love it.

Focusing on some of the punch work and see the pretty yellow Prima flower.

The final product.  I also used the TH metal tag there .. a gift from Celina for winning a challenge!  The laser cut chipboard made an awesome frame!

Products I used and some were not in the July kit:

Creative Imaginations Marrakesh Paper and Embellishments

Marah Johnson

Laser Chipboard

Zip Dry

Prima Flowers "Dollhouse Collection Windy"

Petaloo - Tiffany's Treasures -- really liked these and want more

K & Company Elegance Rubon and Gems.. yep to the right on D's shoulder is the rub on.

Basic Grey Oxford - Fencing

Basic Grey Oxford - Rowing

Glue dots

Sticky Doos

TH tape.. it's holding down the frames

TH liquid pearls

Kaiser Rhinestones'  "Split Pea"

Viva Decor .. used on the U.. Copper 

and Cricut Cartridge Fancy Frames

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrappn

Hey a super cool Blog Hop going on!

Check this out!

Swirlydoo's Blog Hop

These ladies did a great job.

Enjoy!!

An Interesting Read

I grew up in the 70's with The Bionic Woman and Charlies Angels.  RIP Farrah

I found this news article and wanted to share. Fight Against Cancer

Go have a look.

yahoooooooo!

I won!

My entry over at ScrapsofDarkness.com for the July Challenge titled.. The Darkest Side Challenge: Spice of Life.

My blog post down below shows my LO that I submitted.

I am so honored and humbled. The talent over there is amazing and will blow you away.

It was fun to go there.

Thanks for looking.

A cool photo

This July 3rd we had a family reunion and I got to take a pic with our super duper hostess and one of my favorite cousins Barbara!

Just needed to post this before I lost track of time!

~Scraps of Darkness~ The Darkest Side Challenge-- winner!

Don't look at this post if you are easily offended. Alert!
LOL

ok now that we got that out of the way... So it's called Spice of Life... 

and I ask the question.. What's Your Spice...and the immediate "spices" that came to my mind were.. Sex Drugs and Rock N Roll. .who the heck knows why. So I went with it.. the scene is from True blood.. Bill and some secretary girl.. Not the lawyer.. the one who went undercover into the coven.  and so there ya go. 

I used Tim Holtz grungeboard letters and inked them up with Mists that came in my SoD kit and letters from June kit.. and velvet  and borders and mesh and pins  and the such from SOD.  I 'll put peeks in first.

and the finished product is below:

Thanks for looking... and a parting thought... what is your spice... vice... drug of choice....

Hey cool another giveaway..

Check it out folks.

http://scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/2011/07/thank-you.html

City of Red ~Scraps of Darkness~

Here's the completed project. I had to take several shots, hope you can see the vibrancy. This is from my first Round Robin and I was on Team 3.

Viva Decor
Tim Holtz
Prima
Christine Adolph
just a few of the products that I used. Also the photo is not mine it is courtesy of another.

Sneak Peek time.. Scraps of Darkness Round Robin

Yep I'm trying something new!
I've never participated in a Round Robin before.
I'm having to follow a super fabulous artist.. and put my spin on it. well good luck with that. ha !
It's due Monday and I"m so proud  I finished it up and photographed it in plenty of time! Hooray.
This month's kit over at Scraps of Darkness is the Marrakesh Express Kit.

Yeah Gorgeous colors!

Now this is a sneak peek of what I've done and will post the full pic on Monday. Now that this is done I'm off to do the July Sketch Challenge at Scraps of Darkness. 

I also used the stamp set titled FAITH from Pink by Design.
I also used my Viva Decor pens successfully this time without splattering myself or my page. Hooray!
Thanks for looking. Happy Scrappn!

Another T-shirt Adventure

So my friend Margaret is down in Texas having Sister's week. She thought it would be cool if all 5 sisters had a shirt to commemorate their time. She asked me to help her make shirts. I've made some before but just one or two at a time. This was 5 and it was front and back. Boy did this turn into an Adventure for us both. We laughed a lot and sure prayed a lot. I think Marge worked her fingers to the bone. It was great though to spend time together, a day and a bit. Below is the finished product. I used my Cricut Imagine Best Friends Cart for the dolls and to flood fill the font on Cricut Storybook. I hope the ladies enjoy the shirts.

Doesn't she look marvelous!

Thanks for looking!

Newest Host revealed...

This is her site : http://www.thepaperlife.typepad.com/

She is the newest host to be revealed over at My Craft Channel :

http://mycraftchannelblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/our-tenth-host-revealed-amy-coon-of.html?showComment=1311385429728#c8701666307310167109

So go on over and enter to win at both sites.. both are offering great prizes!

~Scraps of Darkness~ Ellen

Just loving this June Kit.
Sadly  Ellen died this last Tuesday. She was 60 years old and had been at the Little Rock Zoo since 1954. Little did we know she would die so soon after our visit.
Thank you Margaret my Close To My Heart Consultant. I was able to use a little Journaling piece.  The official title is Journaling Spots - Journey.
I was also able to use my new VIVA DECOR PEARL PENS! Love those things. However  I did have an accident. I was trying to squeeze out the blue... and it blew the top off and blue pearl goop flew everywhere sooo.. if you happen to notice some blue spots.. yep its from the explosion.. and it did get on my shorts and ruined them. I put some oxy clean spot remover on my shorts and immediately washed them however they are forever stained. Oh well. LOL. Here are some close ups... so you can see those pearl pens. :-) Ok I did use some Tim Holtz Liquid pearls however Michaels only carries the one set. I played with some tissue tape as well.

I used magenta Viva Decor  Pearl Pen around the punch work design.
Ok finished product below.. RIP Ellen.

I've enjoyed the BoBunny Zoology line, and the Prima flowers and vintage trinkets. The elephant sits on the negative of the frame I used in the last LO which I cute from Cricut Potpourri Basket.
I have a few more pictures I want to work on with the zoo line. Thanks for looking.

Alert Alert this just in

One of my FAVORITE STAMP MAKERS.. is having a giving away....

check out the link below for more details:

http://pinkbydesignstamps.com/2011/07/07/pink-by-design-anniversary-giveaways-and-events/#comments

Scraps of Darkness Information

The forum is open to the community so check out the link here : Scraps of Darkness Forum.

Now the main store is located at this link.  http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/

I just got in my JULY KIT and it's amazing... wow!

Check out those link when ya get a chance and maybe I'll see ya there.

Happy Scrappn!

~Scraps of Darkness~ Another layout from the June Kit

Welcome to the Jungle is the name of the kit. I am sooooooooo loving it! I got some great photos at the zoo that day with my sister Kristina and my nephew -Kai and my son David.  The title of this layout is The Zoo Crew. Here's a few corners to wet your appetite :

I was really wanting a frame and since I can't buy them right now I put on my thinking cap and started going thru my gazillion cricut carts. I found the perfect one right on Potpurri Basket! I love love love this frame. I was praying that the paper would stay stuck during all the cuts and it did! Yipee Now it is a very pretty light brownish color and I inked it up with T H Distress Ink Antique Linen.

 I was bound and determind to use those Irock blings! I took a battery out of one of my remotes cuz the heating tool needed 3 ..NOT TWO BUT THREE! I go thru the AA batteries in this house!
Ok here's the finished product .. I tried to remove the .. color cast but heck if I know what I"m doing just trying to get the best photo out there!

Thank you Margaret Hoffman for the cool bling.. She is my Close to My Heart consultant! I love the square bling. I used the Bo Bunny Zoology papers .. and the combo stickers. I used Tim Holtz Paper Stash Seasonal for the awesome frame.  I used the Crystal Stickles on the teeny tiny butterflies.  I used the Sizzix  folder Diamonds in Diamonds for the green piece in the middle. I used Crackle Paint  - Clear Rock Candy on the middle green piece. I even used some Mustard Seed - Distress Ink on the middle green.
I used the Irock  bling  - copper , silver and bronze. I used TH Tissue Tape - Nostalgic. I tried out the Prima Flowers - Button Blossom Steel. Bo Bunny Trinkets is feature in the bottom right. I used TH Dusty Concord Ink on the corners of the green paper on those stars. I used MS corner punch stars on the green paper. The Tulip Glam it Up Heat Setting Tool worked great. The Glue Glider pro worked great.
Thanks for looking. I wonder what I will do next hmmmmm
Happy Scrappn

Second LO from ~Scraps of Darkness~ June Kit

I'm making sure to use up this kit and not let it sit around like I do with many of my purchases.
I'm still working on photographing it better.. still feels a bit washed out to me.
On to the next LO though I still have supplies left.
Thanks for looking and leaving comments.
Happy Scrappn

I'm gonna keep taking pics...

until I get the lighting right! I hate when not all of the detail comes thru.

I guess  I could phootshop it but I don't feel like it. I want it all natural. So here's another attempt except this time in the setting sun.

Scraps of Darkness ~ Welcome to the Jungle Sketch Challenge

I am happy to say I finished the sketch on time. whew hew. Just barely.
I'm glad the July kit isnt here yet. I want to make sure I get more zoo pics scrapped!
I totally love what I was able to get in this kit.
Next month I'll get even more whew hew.
I used some Sizzix folders Damask and of course my Tim Holtz inks on them and used my blue Copic on the bottom right flower. I stickled my title with Paprika Stickles and its cut from the Zooballoo cricut cart.
Thanks for looking.
Happy Scrappn!

look what blog hop I just found

All American Blog Hop

Now one of the places I visited is here :

Scrapping at the McCalley house

HOWEVER THE BEGINNING OF THE BLOG HOP STARTS HERE: 

crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com

So go check out this cute fun hop!  Happy 4th of July

Here are a few ;-) of my favorite zoo shots

I plan on scrapping these or some or as long as I have the papers. LOL
We had fun time. It was hot.

All pics are copyrighted by Monica Lowrance

Birthday Card for Kim's husband

I had fun making this card for my friend's husband.
I used a lot of Tim Holtz products. I also used my cuttlebug.
I also  used some Papricka stickles on the front.

Thanks for looking.

Thank you Pink By Design

I got my prize from Sarah over at Pink By Design.

Make you sure you check out of the Stamp of the Month Program over there.. They've revamped and slashed prices with lots of other incentives. The twine is pretty cool too!

Here is a link to the stamp set I won.  Hats Off

Very cool thank you!!

Also check out their community board and meet the super talented folks over there : Pink By Design Forum

That's all for now..

Happy Scrappn!

This Just In....

How cool. My little layout below.. not only did it win over at Pink By Design but also in the Red White and Blue challenge over at Pages In Time.

Twice. I'm ecstatic!

Thanks Anna Valentin for suggesting I enter over at PIT!


So I recommend you visit : Pink By Design
and
Pages In Time

and my newest favorite HAUNT IS : SOD......SOD --- DO YOU DARE?

that's all for now.

Red White and Blue Challenge

I decided to participate in the Red White and Blue Challenge over there on the Pink By Design Forum.

I had fun and this took me a couple of days. I just finished it. I'm gonna list this on Scrapbook.com with all the products that I used. Some things I will quickly mention was Tim Holtz Idea-ology items and my Cricut Imagine.. JT Art and Stand And Salute cart.
Thanks for looking.
Happy Memorial Day.
Happy Scrappn.

Time to get back in the saddle

I've slowly been regaining my creative side.
I'll take pics and post soon on my some of my latest stuff.
Just easing back into things.

God's been good.

As always....

Happy Scrappn!

Happy New Year!

Here we are.. a new year!
I hope it goes well for you all.
I'm happy to say I have found work. Now the starting pay will be less than half what I was making before but  I have the opportunity to earn more.
I was to start tomorrow but my background check won't be in til Friday so they called me today and informed of my new start date of Monday.
WORKS FOR ME. !
I love being off. I love NOT WORKING.
I love doing nothing. I love doing something.
So far into this year .. my lesson that I am practicing is just going with the flow AND BEING HAPPY no matter what.
Who cares if something didn't go according to plan.. I'm still good. Who cares if a form needs to be filled out before something else can be completed.. It's all good.
I've seen perfect timing happen already this year. I am thankful for that.
I center myself everyday and project only love.
I answer in love and not fear. I face my day with love and gratitude not fear. Not the what if's.
So I hope you all have a great year. I'm gonna have a great year.

Ps. My I-rock quit on me.. but I've learned I have 2 other options to hot glue my gems down .. hoooooooray... I'll use my michaels coupon and pick one out!

Happy Scrappn!