SOE WIN!!!

I am so stoked about this I just had to share it with you all...

I posted last week about Scraps Of Darkness's new sister kit club "Scraps Of Elegance" and their blog hop to kick off their first kit....

VINTAGE ELEGANCE

Well guess what...

I was the lucky winner of a 3 month subscription to this amazing kit! I cannot wait until March to recieve my first kit.

If you love what you see here, stay tuned to the SOE blog because Melinda and her Designer's will be having another give away later this month!

http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/

My Minds Eye Sketch Challenge

Okay although I'm a little irritated at myself for this, I still love this layout I'm going to share with you today.....

Have you ever created something for a challenge or some sort of call and missed the deadline??? I HATE when that happens, lol! I did this with My Minds Eye Sketch Challenge last month....I was really bummed because I love the way my page turned out...POO

LOL anyway, the sketch was pretty easy to work with and I really enjopyed it quite a bit

Here is my take on this challenge:

This is a layout of my Father and my Aunt whom is also my God Mother....I'm not sure what the date is on this photo but I know my Granma had it taken while my Grandpa was in Vietnam so she could send him a recent photo of his children. Would you believe that my Aunt is 16 and my Father is 13 in this photo? He is crazy tiny, lol......

I used almost all My Minds Eye for this page since it was for a MME challenge, lol...I did some faux stitching and scissor distressing around the edges. I also did a little misting in th top right corner!

I used old coffee to stain my doiles and give it that vintage look so it would look more dated like the photo. Over the doily I added some coordinating MME paper circle that also have faux stitching on them.

The flowers are actually just a mixture of silk blooms......I just added a button in the center of the big one and some gold stickles in the centers of the smaller ones.

I hope you have enjoyed my page,  any comments would be appreciated, lol....it might ease the sting that I blew the deadline on the challenge....haha...

C'est Magnific Sketch Challenge

Hi scrappy friends!!!

I have another layout to share with you today!

Nadia Canizo has been generous enough to provide C'est Magnific with one of her wonderful sketches for their monthly sketch challenge, which I love by the way!



Here is my take on this sketch:

This is a layout of my girls and I from August 2010, I am usually not very fond of photo's of myself, but I really really like this one quite a bit!

I used a mixture of Prima and Simple Stories papers on this layout. I did some simple border stitching and scissor distressing around the edges to give it that grungy tattered look that I am so fond of!

I am still not sure how I feel about those bright red floral pics....they look a little outta sorts and I am really considering yanking them....

The flowers are all handmade from a sewing pattern, some organza as well as a piece of lace. I topped each off with a pretty cordinating button.

I used old coffee to stain the doily to give it an antiquaited vintage look. I placed the clock sticker in the center of that doily from the Simple Stories collection.

A close up of the title, journal spot and floral stickers also feom the Simple Stories collection.

Here is a close up of the many layers I added for depth, I used border punches, lace and as well as faux lace punched stickers also from the Simple Stories collection. You may also notice my cream border stitching at the top.

I hope you have enjoyed my page, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Scrapping!!

My Creative Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

I am loving this sketch from the girls over at My Creative Sketches, Pam and her team gave a wonder sketch this month with some beautiful examples, I was super inspired to create my own as soon as I saw what the DT had done!

Isn't it great! I had alot of fun with this one!!

Here is my take on this beautiful sketch:

This is a layout of my youngest daughter's preschool photo. She is my lil darling, that girl has me and everyone in this house just completely wrapped and mesmerized by her spell......lol, I love her so very much!

I used a mixture of collection for this page, the paper is some super duper old MME paired with more current K&CO as well as Prima's Fairy Flora collection. I did some simple border stitching and scissor distressing around the edges.

I love the look of this flower cluster, the colors just play off of one another so well and just seem to pop!

The roses are from Prima's Angelica collection and the teal organza bloom is handmade and topped off with a pearl brad from Melissa Frances.

Haha here's a close up of my lil dumpling, gosh I can feel my heart going pitty patty! No really I just wanted to show you a close up of my title as well as the delicate doily on the left side of the photo....guess I got a lil sidetracked. I also did some machine stitching around the edge of the mauve paper to tie it in a bit.

Close up of the left flower cluster!

Hope you have enjoyed my page, thanks for taking a looksie!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Once Upon A Sketch

I have been having so much fun participating in Once Upon A Sketch bi-monthly sketch challenges!! Nadia produces the most awesome sketches to work with!



Here is my take onthis week's sketch:

CHANGES IN 2012

This is a photo of me from about 2 weeks ago, that my 5 year old daughter took with my cel phone while killing time in the car waiting for my oldest daughetr to get out of school. What a budding photographer I've got on my hands, lol I usually hate photo's of me.....

The paper is all super old DCWV and MME collections that I thought I should use up, paired with the die cut clock paper from Bo Bunny's Timepiece collection. I simply cut the decorative ornate border off to slim it down in size. I used my usual scissor distres technique to achieve the rough tattered look around the edges

Before I go any further I must give credit to Romy Veul (Dutchy Romy) with the sharpie and faux stitch technique, this is her signature special touch and I borrowed it for a this page as well as a few others I have coming soon!

I paired Prima flowers with a few silk hydrangia's in this cluster. The darker brown blooms were actually lighter colored before I altered them with a little acrylic paint so they would fit in with my color scheme.

I used old coffee to alter the color of the doily to give it a more victorian antiqaited look. It may be hard to see but if you look real close you can see the liquid pearl dots I placed around the edge of the doily. The clock is just a piece of left over Prima packaging.  

Here's is a close up of the top flower cluster and key that stands for my future. You can also see the close up details of the sharpie and faux stitch technique.

Title and journal close up. Again I coffee stained the doily and added some liquid pearl dots.

The journaling reads:

I want to make changes in my life.

(That's one of the best parts of the new year is you can do away with the old and start fresh, I am ready for a clean slate and fresh start....not major life changes just minor details I'd like to improve here and there, lol just to clarify things, lol....I love my life, but there is always room for self improvement)

Well thats about it, hope you enjoyed my page, thanks fro stopping by and taking a peek!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!



You may know Scraps of Darkness already ~ she is on the edgy and daring side and is always the "pushing the envelope" kit of diversity.

Now we would like to introduce you to her new sister --- "Scraps of Elegance" is the alter ego of her sister club. 

Her style is more on the sweet and romantic side... a true classic beauty!

Today is the reveal of their very first "Scraps of Elegance" kit!

VINTAGE ELEGANCE

 

 

 

BEAUTIFUL ISN'T IT!!!!

 

 

THEY ARE KICKING OFF THEIR GRAND REVEAL WITH A BLOG HOP

Here's the details

 

 Scraps Of Elegance is kicking off the reveal of our first kit by way of a blog hop this month. You can enjoy not only the full reveal, but a chance to win an incredible prize!

We will be awarding a THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB on this blog to one lucky winner!!!!

You win not one, not two, but THREE SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KITS!

The subscription will begin with our March kit and end with our May kit. You have until February 4th midnight pacific time to post your comment. A winner will be selected and announced on this blog on Sunday, February 5th!

Many of our designers are giving away their own prizes on their blogs so there are many chances to win.

All you need to do to win is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog. Then visit each designer and leave a comment on their blogs. When you have completed the hop come back to Scraps of Elegance and leave a comment letting us know you have completed the hop and are a follower. (If you are already a follower, after commenting on the designers' blogs leave a comment here letting us know!)

International entries are welcome to participate. All international entries are responsible for shipping costs in excess of $15.00.

(The designers will address the eligibility of international participants individually on each of their blogs)

Now let's get started! We warmly welcome you to the first SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE BLOG HOP!

Scraps of Elegance Blog - this is where you are

Gabrielle Pollacco

Lisa Novogrodski 

Jennifer Snyder

Karen Zueger 

Renea Harrison

Cheryl Casas

Karolina Stopyra

Nancy Hanttula 

Escape Kitty

Charlotte Jenkins 

The Paper Variety Reveal

YAY!! It's reveal day again over at
The Paper Variety



This week we have a Sketch Challenge for you!
Yay, who doesn't love a sketch?!?!

So I must admit I pondered a bit when I saw this sketch and wondered what in the world I wanted to create....Then while browsing Pinterest.com I came across this yummy sitting area.....It became the inspiration foundation for my whole layout. Isn't it inviting, I'm ready to just jump right in there and curl up with a good book and some cozy slippers!

So without further adieu here is my take on this week's sketch challenge!

This is a layout of my oldest daughter from like 5 years ago.....OMG I am getting old, lol....she has recently added insult to injury and is now wearing make up.....boy talk about tearing up for a dumb reason, lol imagine having to explain that tear fest to the husband....

Anyway I used some older MME paper and some kraft colored paper from Cordinations for this page paired with Crate Paper. I used scissor distressing to achieve that grungy tattered look as well as some border stitching around the edges in a cordinating teal color.

The flowers are a mix of Prima's and handmade. I also handcrafted the banner and added some hemp rope at each end to give a finishing touch.

I really really love how the ttitle came out.....It was originally kraft colored and I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink....but I felt like the title blended in to much and was ost on the page..... So I used Patina Glimmer Mist and a fine tipped paintbrush to give the title a more prominate makeover. I gently touched the title here and there and let it get darker in various spots to give it that antiquited look.....The ink come through just right, it turned out brilliant if I do say so so myself and I will definately be trying this again in the near future!

I left a little slot when adhereing my photo so I could slide this tag in and out which I used for journaling.

I hope you have enjoyed my page, thanks for stopping by!

Don't forget to stop by The Paper Variety to see how the other Designer's used this sketch and don't forget to link up you own page for a chance to win this RAK below sponsored by

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