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***

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

 

 

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~



Round Robin Challenge

 Have you heard of the Round Robin Challenge? Well, I am participating in this challenge for my first time over at the forum of Scraps of Darkness. Have you joined this kit club yet? I urge you to come over and check us out and we will make you feel right at home!!!!

Here is the layout I made for my team. Now the next person in line has to scraplift my layout. On this page I used lots and lots of Shimmerz, as well as modeling paste and stamping. I wanted lots of layering and lots of texture and dimension. I absolutely love the outcome. The papers I used are from the Divine collection by Prima. They fit perfectly with the beautiful moment I captured of Abigail putting on her tap shoes for her very first class. I'll never forget that day and how far she has come since then. At the bottom I used one of the frames with the word "Goal" centered in it. I wanted Abigail to remember that when she set her goal of learning to dance, and by never giving up, she could achieve it and the skies the limit from that day on.

Here are some close-ups of my layout....I hope you can see bits of all the shimmery goodness as well as the layers I used to build my page.

 

~K~

Good News.....I'm SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!

Hello and Happy Monday to you!!!! I hope your day is going good so far. I had to battle Houston traffic this morning for a doctor's appointment and totally got lost on my way. Thank goodness I planned ahead and left an hour and a half early. Well, you would think that that would bum me out but you would be wrong!!!! Nothing can take away my joy today because I have some fabulous news to share with you. Drum Rolls.......Are you Ready????..........I have been invited to join the DT over at Scraps of Darkness!!!!!!!!!!! I am so freakin' ecstatic!!!!!! Melinda and Lisa totally made my weekend and today they are making the announcement on the blog HERE. If you haven't heard of them, where have you been?????? Well, let me clue you in...Scraps of Darkness/ Scraps of Elegance is a fabulous kit club where you can not only receive awesome kits, but you can join in on the forum, the gallery, and store!!!! It is a one stop shop of scrappy goodness!!!!!!!! I will be featuring my designs beginning in April so I hope you will join me and check them out for yourself. You won't regret it!!!!!! Here is what their March kit looks like......

 

 

Amazing, Right???!!!!!! Like I said, come on over, sign up today, and have some fun with me!!!!!

 

Now, as for something scrappy, here is a layout I did with Prima's Engraver line. I would say 98% of what you see is Prima except for a few little pieces...the dragonfly and bee are from Michael's as well as the title. This was a fairly simple design where I let the papers make the biggest impact. This line is absolutely perfect for guys yet so versatile for other projects.

 



 

 

Well folks, that's all I have for today! I wish you a happy scrappy day!!!!!

xxxooooxoxox

~K~