My "13" for 2013

Whoops...sorry I have been away from my blog for so long. So much has taken place since I last checked in but for the most part I was down a computer and only had use of my I-Pad and if you have one of those then you know they are not "blogger friendly". I have since remedied the problem so you will have to bare with me as I try to get back to the business of blogging!

To start off the new year and as with tradition for us scrappy gals, I am going to give you my top 13 for the year 2013. I am so thankful to Mel over at Scraps of Darkness/Elegance for believing in me and my talent and for allowing me to be a part of her fabulous team of designers. I love it over there and all of the beautiful ladies I have had the pleasure of getting to know over this past year. So enough of my dribble....here is my faves from 2013.......................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you and yours have a very Happy New Years!!!! Hugs to all of you!!!

 

~Kim~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scraps of Darkness "The Black Album" Reveal

Here it is folks...."The Black Album" kit for September!!!! Don't you love it?!!!! I know I do!!!!! It is full of so much amazing product, I don't know which one is my fave!!!!!

And here is the sketch provided in the kit designed by the fabulous Charlotte Jenkins aka SuePup. Please be sure and join  in on our sketch challenge in the forum!!! (kit not required) We just want you and your smiling faces!!!!! But, if you want to join our awesome little club go to www.scrapsofdarkness.com and sign up today!!!!! You won't be disappointed.

Here is my layout based on the sketch! I used some Viva Inka Gold on the title and chipboard and for the stencil, I used this new product by Viva called Ferro in a gold stone color. It is a very cool product and I can't wait to use it again.

For my next layout I created a lot of texture on the background. I also used 2 of the new Heidi Swapp Color Shines offered in the color add on.

I have more to share at a later date but I hope you have been inspired and I hope you love this kit as much as I do. Have an awesome Sunday!!!! Hugs to you all!!!!

 

~K~

 

Reveal day for Scraps of Darkness' August kit, "Rustic"

Hello Scrappers!!!! Oh have I missed you!!!!  I have several updates for you today but most importantly.......it is Reveal Day for the August kit "Rustic" by Scraps of Darkness!!!!!! I am so thrilled to share my designs with you today!!!!

Here is the wonderful "Rustic" kit....What do you think??? Impressive Right!!!??!!! I just love this kit!!!

Cool Sketch Right???!!!?
The sketch this month was provided by our brand new addition to our team....the fabulous Laura Gilhuly!!!!! And here is my take on the sketch....

 

The rest of my layouts are a little bit of fun and a little bit of country...all things inspired by this fabulous kit!!!!

 

 

 

So, what do you think???? I have had so much fun creating these layouts. They have been very therapeutic while I recovered from my back surgery. Yes, I am ok, still recooperating. In the meantime, my kids have been making a mad dash towards the first day of school. There have been football practices, games, dance practice, shopping, and then school. Yes, we have officially bumped into the early stages of "Fall" (even though our weather says differently). I know I am not alone and there are many of you in my shoes. So, I hope I have given you a little bit of inspiration today to grab your kit and enjoy a long Labor Day weekend!!!!! Much love to you all!!!!!

***K***

Better Late than Never...

 Good Afternoon my fellow Scrappers!!!! I feel like a broken record when saying this, but I want to apologize again for being a very bad blogger! I do have a good excuse this time....I went on vacation and as soon as I returned I had surgery on my back.  And even though I am pretty much housebound  for now, I have found it very therapeutic to scrap and create while going through the healing process.

Today I am sharing 2 more projects that I created with the "Gypsy Summer" July kit. The beautiful vibrant colors in this kit is so perfect for those summer photos. This is a picture of my baby girl, Abigail, with her cousin, Avery during one of our annual 4th of July family reunions. I truly loved how this page came together so easily!!!!

 

 

This next page is one of my favorite pictures of my son, Caleb. Again, this was taken during one of our 4th of July reunions. My goal for this page was to work primarily with the papers that had lime green and turquoise. A new technique for me was making the "splats" of paint on the background of the paper...I used the Tim Holtz distress stain in Broken China. Loved how that turned out!!!! Lastly, I wanted to use one of the cool stamps provided in the kit so I inked the heart/swirl stamp with versamark then sprinkled a green shade of embossing powder, heated it up, and viola....DONE!!!!!! I am completely in love with how this page turned out!!!!!!! 

 

This is such a fun kit packed full of color and fab accessories!!!!! I will definitely be using this kit again when working on my many summer photos.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Friday!!!!

~K~

Just a Tease!!!!!

Happy Sunday folks!!!! Well after finally settling down I have come to the conclusion that I am a very bad bad blogger!!!! There was a time that I loved blogging. I think it all began when my computer needed repairing. Soon after that my sweetie bought me an I Pad for my birthday and it went all down hill from there. I Pads are a wonderful invention but not very blogger friendly. Anyhoo, my point is, I promise to do better!

On to the show!!!!! And what do I mean by that???? Well, I have a little sneak peek of a tease for ya!!!!! First of all....Scraps of Darkness has revealed their July bomb shell of a summer kit!!!!!! It's name is "Gypsy Summer" and it is so striking, so bold, so Fabulous!!!!!!!!

Next  is just a little Tease of what's to come.....

This layout is based on the sketch provided in the kit. I am so in love with these Graphic 45 papers. They are so perfect for so many different themes...especially "LOVE". On this layout, I started out with a Prima chalk ink and some gel matte medium. I initially used Lime Pie green but the gel medium turned it this pretty shade of yellow which worked out perfectly to match with my yellow flowers. After I border punched the sides and distressed the edges of my papers I used a moonshadow spray by Lindy's Stamp Gang. I so love the multi-dimensional color you achieve with the sprays. Next I just took some turquoise starburst spray and applied some drops of color by taking off the spray nozzle and shaking it onto different areas of my page. The rest is just layering and adding the embellishments. I hope you have enjoyed this little sneak peek and I ask that you stay tuned as I and the rest of the design team will be making the big reveal on July 30th.

Thank you so very much for stopping by and until then go by and get your "Gypsy Summer" kit!!!!!!!!

Scraps of Darkness

~K~

Scraps of Darkness Reveal..."Firecracker"

 

YES!!!!! It is Reveal day and it is full of Sparkling Yumminess!!!!! This kit is named "Firecracker" and you can bet that it Sizzles and Blazes enough to have earned its title! Ok, enough with the corny firecracker analogies, I'm sure you are Bursting at the seams to see what I am talking about. (Ha Ha, had to throw just one more line in there for ya)

 

Here is "Firecracker"

 

 

And here is the sketch provided this month by the lovely Charlotte Jenkins, aka SuePup. Once a month we have a sketch challenge over at our forum. We would love for you to come and play with us and guess what???? you do not have to be a member to play AND you do not have to use our kits to play. This is a fantastic way to come and hang out with us....give us a "test drive" so to speak, see if you like hanging out with us AND if you already like our kits then that just equals a Perfect Fit!!!!! Ok, Ok, again with my corny analogies....on with the show!!!!!! Ha, I just can't stop myself!!!!!!

 

Here is my first layout, "I Kinda Like You A Lot". It is loosely based on the sketch. I say that because it has some of the same elements but then I took it in my own direction which is what sketches are all about right????? I absolutely love to draw inspiration from a sketch and we have such a talent in Charlotte. She offers us such amazing sketches every month.

In this layout of my handsome son, Landon, I did layers and layers of texture. I was so thrilled that this kit offered the Shimmerz Texturz in it!!!!! That stuff is soooo fabulous! Another cool element was the black mesh ribbon. It has endless possibilities especially with mixed media type projects. But what I enjoyed most when it came to the sketch was duplicating those splats, drips and splatters of blue paint. I had this really cool metallic blue paint in my stash and I just went to town having such a blast while I was at it....get it....firecracker....blast!!!!!! HA HA!!!!! I think I am delirious!!!!!!

 

Next up, "Good Times". Can I just say that I absolutely loved the colors in this kit!!!! On top of that, Mel made this so very versatile that anyone would be able to create with it. This was a fun layout to create especially with the cute little bird stamp at the bottom right corner. The cheese cloth was also provided with enough left over for many future projects.

 

 

"Hello My Love"

In this layout I made use of the flower stencil offered in the color add on. The stickers and papers are from one of the new amazing summer lines by Glitz.

Lastly we have, "My Favorite Evening Captured". On here I wanted to do more of a tone on tone project. I grabbed all the Bo Bunny papers that had a red design and began to work my magic. When I found this particular picture I knew exactly what color palette I would be using especially when I picked up on the turquoise in my blouse. I grabbed some yellow ribbon from my stash and sprayed a couple of my flowers with a yellow color of Lindy's Stamp Gang. The butterflies and the chippies are from my own stash as well.

I hope you enjoy my creations with this kit but don't stop here...be sure and go by Scraps of Darkness



to check out the rest of the Design Team's layouts and if you like what you see be sure and grab your kit Today!!!!!! Thank you so much for stopping by. I truly appreciate all of you. Leave me a line or two if you have time....I would love to hear from you!!!!!!

 

Love and Scrappy Hugs,

~K~

 

Scraps of Darkness June Kit....."Firecracker"

Better late than never....Scraps of Darkness has revealed their June kit and you are going to love it!!!!!!

Firecracker Kit

 

 

“Food, Family, Fireworks, Fourth of July.  The four best 'F' words ever!”
                                                                                                                          ~Unknown
                                  Kit Ingredients:

**6 double sided papers from Bo Bunny's Anthem collection
**3 double sided papers from Glitz Design's Sunshine In My Soul collection
**1 double sided paper from Authentique's Pride collection
**Bo Bunny - Anthem Noteworthy Die Cuts
**Petaloo - Color Me Crazy Orchids
**Petaloo - Color Me Crazy Vine Spray
**Kaisercraft - Wood Flourishes - Ornamental Border
**Maya Road - Antique Metal Frames - Ornate
**Glitz Design - Sunshine In My Soul 12 x 12 Alphabets and Words Stickers
**Prima - Ingvild Bolme Chalk Fluid Edger - Farmer Jeans
**Inkadinkado - Clear Stamps - Bird
**Canvas Corp - Black Deco Mesh Ribbon - 4" wide x 1 yard
**Cheesecloth - 18" x 1 yard
**An inspirational new sketch by Suepup, created just for our Firecracker kit

We're sure you will love this beautiful and fun collection as much as we loved assembling it!
for you!

 

The Design Team's reveal will be soon.....Stay tuned!!!!!

But in the mean time grab your kit Today!!!!!!

Scraps of Darkness

 

~K~

Scraps of Darkness Reveal Day

 

 

Good Morning Scrappers!!!! I am so excited to bring to you this morning the May Scraps of Darkness kit "Destinations"!!!!!

 

And with this kit, comes a little inspiration by our one and only Charlotte Jenkins, aka "SuePup".

 

 

Now comes the fun part...I get to show you what I did with this sketch...

 

 

I have been waiting for the perfect time to scrap this picture and this kit was exactly what I was waiting for. I called this layout "Adventure Seekers" because that describes my kids perfectly!!!! Now, look at that beautiful compass piece, made especially for this kit by Gina's Chipboard....absolutely love it!!!!!

And if you subscribed to the color kit then you get not 1 but 3 fabulous sprays by Lindy's Stamp Gang. I used 2 of those colors on my layout above.

 

 

 

I totally created this layout to show you how versatile this kit can be. I took some of my flowers and sprayed them with my LSG from my personal stash and took them from white to a beautiful cotton candy pink and black orchid. The doilies are from the Scraps of Elegance May kit along with the large white flower. It just goes to show how these two great kit clubs can mix together so perfectly. And now, I have stretched my kit to work for just about any theme I choose.

 

Well, that is it for today. Stay tuned, because I will be revealing more tomorrow morning. I hope you will come back and see what I have up my sleeve next!!!!! And go grab the "Destinations" kit today!!!!!

 

~K~ 

 

 

An Encore

Hey all my scrapper friends!!!! How has your weekend been? Oh and how did you celebrate National Scrapbooking Day? I spent my day with Prima...they had fab tutorials all day!!!! And I was able to get a page in with my kit from Scraps of Elegance. But I'll save that one for another day. Today is all about Encores!!!! What do I mean, you ask????? I'm talking about the Scraps of Darkness kit "Remember When"!!!!! So, you've seen reveal day, but now it's time for an Encore!!!!! This kit is so full of amazing product, you should be able to stretch it for many layouts, cards, or tags!!!!! Well, enough of my chatter...on to my latest work with "Remember When"!!!!


"This Day"

This layout was super easy to make. I first applied my molding paste with my stencil. Then, I added my sprays. Once that was done, I decided I wanted a little more texture so then I grabbed one of my stamps. Then I was completely satisfied!!!! All that was left was a few layers and my flowers. Viola!!!!

Here are a few close-ups...

 

 Next is "Love My Daddy"

 

This next layout I used the brand new Texturz paste by Shimmerz ...love that stuff. So this layout is full of texture. I built up my picture on top of some corrugated card board offered in the kit. I wanted to give it some lift. I took an extra tag that I had made with the distress paints and glimmer mist and incorporated it into my page. I just love all the dimension and texture offered on this page!!!!!

 

 

Here are some close-ups...

I hope you have enjoyed and been inspired by all that you have seen. Now, be sure to not miss out on the next kit and get your subscription today with Scraps of Darkness

 

 ~K~

 

Scraps of Darkness Reveal

 

 

It is that time...today is the day. Reveal day for Scraps of Darkness!!!! Are you Ready???? Let's begin shall we??!!

 

First, as you know we have the Spectacular kit....Remember When

 

 

Next, we have a fabulous new sketch to go with this amazing kit. It is designed by the fabulous Charlotte Jenkins otherwise known as "Suepup" in the scrappy world. Now, be sure to join in this month and load your layout in our gallery for the monthly sketch challenge.

 

Here is my first design based on the sketch....

 

 

"Love This Shot"

 

This layout is full of sprays, stamps, and texture. Plus, I used some of the distress paint that was offered in the "Color" add on of the kit. I just love all the orange, browns, and turquoise colors in these Bo Bunny papers.

 

This first close-up shows the yummy flowers offered in the "Flora and Fauna" add on. Also, you can see the awesome texture and dimension with all the layers of media.

 

Look at those cute stickers and buttons offered in the main kit...soooo sweet!!!!!



 

Now on to my next layout....

 

"Snap Shots"

This layout, I added a little bit of modeling paste, along with some stamps, mist, and again I used some of the distress paint. FYI, I used a toilet paper roll, rolled some paint along the edges and voila...instant "cup stain" stamp! I loved how the Kaisercraft polka dot paper completely matched the sweater on Abigail's friend...really made my picture POP!!!! The background of my picture was a huge ad on a wall in between 2 buildings. The girls got a kick out of posing in front of the models.

 



 

 

Ok, my last project.....

 

 

There are a couple of techniques that went into making these tags, but I don't want to overload you too much so I will save that for a later post.

 

I hope you enjoyed my reveal and I hope you will go over to our home page to see what everyone else has done as well. Just follow my link at the top of this post and it will take you right on over there.

There is so much offered in this kit that you could do at least 8-10 pages. I have some more projects brewing so stay tuned!!!!!!

 

~K~