~Scraps of Darkness April Kit DT Reveal~

It's time for the April Scraps of Darkness DT reveal!!  This months kit is called Remember When!!  Let's jump right in!!

This is my 12 year old and I based this layout on the kit sketch by Suepup!  She took this photo of herself!! In fact all three of these layouts are of my girls taking pics of themselves!!

Here is my 15 year old taking a pic of herself lol!! 

And finally...  this is my 19 year old in a photo she took of herself when she was 16.

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!



~Grandbaby Layout - Donna Salazar Designs~

Hi Everyone!! Mandy here and it's my turn again!! This time I am posting a layout that I did of my grandbaby!! I ADORE him!!  Also, I'm on a stitching kick again and I used a whole deal of tan colored floss for this layout!!  I love the look of it, but I'm not always up for the time involved to do it, especially sitting at my craft desk.  So this time I prepped what I wanted to stitch and sat in the living room with my hubby and watched a movie!!

 Just a quick THANK YOU to Donna!! She made this GORGEOUS flower pin for me and I think it went perfectly on this page!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Below you will find a list of products that I used for this layout!!

 

Paper:

GCD Studios Family Jeans

GCD Studios Fun & Funky

GCD Studios Mix'd Media  Stax 2

 

Alphas:

GCD Studios Fun & Funky

 

Ink:

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Sparrow, Driftwood

 

Stencil:

Want 2 Scrap - Love

 

Tools:

Clearsnap Colorbox Stylus Handles and Tips

Zutter Distrezz it All

 

Miscellaneous:

Flowers

Stick Pin

Cheesecloth

Lace

Beads

Ribbon

Eyelets

 

 



~Scraps of Darkness April Kit Reveal~

It's time for the latest reveal from Scraps of Darkness!!  This month's kit is called Remember When!!  Please come back on the 27th to see the DT's reveal of this awesome kit!!  In the meantime, don't wait to get your hands on this one!!

Sketch by Charlotte aka Suepup!!

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!



~Donna Salazar Stax 2 Paper Tutorial~

Hi Friends!! It's Mandy again!!  I would like to show you a little technique I picked up a long time ago!!  I will show you how to do the torn circle with the brown bricks as shown in this layout below.  I love this photo.  I took this last summer of my daughter and two of her little friends.  They were checking out some sort of little creature in a creek.

For this tutorial you will need:

 

1) The Mix'd Media Stax 2 (Mulberry Paper)

2) Mix'd Media Inx CHOX in Sparrow

3) Q-Tip (Paint Brush Works Too)

4) Want 2 Scrap Brick Stencil

5) Clearsnap Color Box Blending Tool

6) Pencil (not pictured)

 Use a pencil to trace a 6 inch circle (I used a pen so you could see better, but don't use a pen, because it will show through to the other side)

 Take the Q-Tip and dip it in water to saturate the line all the way around.  Does not have to be perfect.

 

Use your fingers to begin to pull apart the paper along the line.  Again this does not have to be perfect, but just go along the line as best as you can.  It actually tears really easy.

You will have a sort of furry edge to the circle.  

Lay your stencil down onto the circle and use your blender tool to repeatedly go over the area you want stenciled.  The more you add the darker it will get. 

 

 

 Some More Close Ups!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!!  You will find a product list below!!

Paper:

GCD Studios Natural Beauty

GCD Studios Mix'd Media  Stax 2

 

Ink:

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Sparrow 

 

Chipboard:

Want 2 Scrap Swirls

 

Stencil:

Want 2 Scrap Bricks

 

Tools:

Clearsnap Colorbox Stylus Handles and Tips

Zutter Distrezz it All

 

Miscellaneous:

Flowers

Bling

Doily

Glass Glitter

 

 

~BloG HoP Winners!!~

Be sure to check out to see if you won at Scraps of Darkness and also we had some secret prizes along the way, so be sure to check each designer who was in the hop!! The post before this one has all the links to make it easy!!

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