Key West Beach

This photo was taken in Key West last year.  I used the Scraps of Darkness January kit "Escape".  What a gorgeous vacation kit this is!  Some of the papers are from the Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue collection.  I will definitely use up every bit of this kit eventually.  I have so many photos for it!

This was my first time doing some really messy mixed media.  I used bits of masking tape, fiber scraps, bits of tulle, glitter, microbeads, mesh ribbon, anything I could find! I covered it all in glue, let it dry, and then splotched alcohol inks in gold, watermelon, and butterscotch all over it.  The picture doesn't really do it justice.  It looks so good in person!

Remember This

I finally had a chance to do some scrapping!  It seems like forever since I have.  I have so many photos to scrap, and there's just never enough time.

I did this LO as a gift for my sister-in-law.  It is my dear niece, Kim.  This photo was taken when she was out for a walk with the family on our Hidden Valley weekend trip about a month ago.  I've never used this color combo before, and I really like how the teal-blue and purple look together. 

I made this wire bead with this cool metal gadget I bought at Michael's for making jewelry.  Then I attached the star that I had left over from one of my Scraps of Darkness kits.  I really like how it came out, and I think I'll make more of the wire beads.  It was easy and fun!

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Beautiful Simple Moments

This is a layout I did for a dear friend of mine with the August Scraps of Darkness kit called "Envy".  She and her daughter were walking over a bridge, and her husband decided it was a worthy photo opportunity.  I agree, and I couldn't help but scrap it for her.  I will be sending her this as a gift this week.  I cannot say enough about how beautiful this kit is!  It was loaded with beautiful papers from Kaisercraft and flowers from  Petaloo and ZVA Creative.  It has lots of other beautiful embellishments too! 

The paper in the middle of the diecut is a handmade paper from Italy that another friend of mine brought back to me from her vacation there.  It has real pink flower petals embedded in the fibers.  It's such a beautifully textured paper.  I accented some areas on the diecut with Snow-Tech for more texture, and then used spray mists and chalk ink to accent it.

 Here's a closeup of some of the awesome embellishments and trinkets in this kit.

 This kit also had some dragonfly rub-ons from The Robin's Nest.  I applied the rub-on to some transparency, cut it out, and bent the wings up. 

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Happy Friday!

This is another layout for our Maine album.  I've been trying to get the album completed before we return there again in a couple of weeks.  The photo is my husband standing in front of Geddy's (a VERY cool restaurant in Bar Harbor).  Check it out if you're ever there!

Sunset Cruise

This is my interpretation of Suepup's sketch for the monthly challenge for the Scraps of Darkness July kit "Marrakesh Express".  This kit features papers from Creative Imaginations, flowers from Prima, rub-ons from K & Company and so much scrappy goodness!  I just love the vibrancy of this kit!  This photo is of my husband and I in Bar Harbor, Maine on a sunset cruise we took.  I cut the beautiful sun out on my Silhouette and painted it with the Twinkling H2O's that came in the Color Add-on for this kit. 

 

 I cut the ship's helm out with my Silhouette and then embossed it with Tim Holtz's Distressed Embossing Powder in Vintage Photo.  I love the texture it gave it!

 I used one of the Pink Paislee's Artisan Elements circles for the picture of ship.  I painted it with a combination of Twinkling H2O's water color paints and Smooch Ink in Espresso.  This photo doesn't do it justice.  It just glimmers and the colors have so much depth to the naked eye.

 I used a piece of gauze from my stash and inked it with Distress Stains in Wild Honey and Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist in Hot Chocolate.

Def Leppard - Scraps of Darkness Stalker Challenge

I did this LO for the Stalker Challenge hosted by Renea over at Scraps of Darkness.  The June kit is perfect for this one because it's choc full of all the goodies from the Bo Bunny Zoology line. 

Here are some close ups:

 I made the above embellishment with a metal washer, alcohol ink, and some copper wire.  I finally put my Vagabond and Tim Holtz dies to some much needed use with the copper metal sheet under the cardboard.  I love working with metal!

 These music notes are from Dusty Attic (available from the Scraps of Darkness store!) I used Paprika and Black Diamonds Stickles on them for some sparkle.

The Spanish moss was an item from a previous SOD kit as well as the piece of leopard ribbon.  The square stones and bottle cap are from my stash.  The bottle caps are from Maya Road and come plain.  I added the button and some black screening I had in my stash.

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Reveal Day for Scraps of Darkness

The May kit for Scraps of Darkness is just gorgeous!  With an oriental flair, this one has beautiful, bright papers laced with gold, lots of sparkle, and so many options for creativity.  I have been chosen to be the Guest Designer for May, and I'm so appreciative for this opportunity!  Here are my layouts created with this month's kit. 

it's a girl thing

This is my daughter when she was little, and it's one of my favorite pics of her. 

One of the embellies for this kit were the fans in pink and white.  I chose to use a rub-on from my stash and then stamped the edge with a lace clear stamp and black ink.

be happy

This is a photo of my brother and sister-in-law on their wedding day.



This kit had so many choices for fussy cutting, which is what I did on this layout with purple vine.  I dressed it up with some Glimmer Mist and Smooch ink as well.  I used pop dots to adhere them and give some more dimension.  The fern leaves are from my stash.

I love this Dusty Attic crane, and it seemed perfect for this layout.  I inked with white Smooch ink, and though you probably can't see it here, it just shimmers.

Dreamy

This is another pic of my daughter when she was little, and I just love how this layout turned out.



I did a lot of fussy-cutting on this one, matted black cardstock behind it along with some white tulle.  I made the flowers out of silver tissue-paper.

To make the flowers on the printed paper stand out more, I coated them with Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint, and then applied white Smooch ink.  I just love how shimmery the Smooch is!

Time flies when you're having rum

Lastly, this is my husband and me in Key West last month.  Our favorite place there is called "The Rum Barrel", and that's where this was taken. 

The clock was actually from last month's kit, and I used texture paint around the edge, painted, and inked with distress ink to make it more 3-D.  The Dusty Attice wings are from the SOD store.  For the chipboard letters, I used Smooch and distress ink, then coated them in clear embossing powder. 

Thanks for looking and be sure to check out all the great Design Team work in the gallery over at Scraps of Darkness!