~Scraps of Darkness February Kit Reveal~

It's that time again!! It's reveal day for Scraps of Darkness!! This month SOD  is showcasing the beautiful February kit called Victoriana!!  This kit features the beautiful Prima's Printery papers as well as papers from Kaisercraft.  Don't miss out!!  

This first layout is based on the sketch for the month, by Charlotte aka Suepup.  The photo is of my daughter, Tyler, during last summer.  She wanted to dye her hair red for fun, so we did a wash out and it really was a good look for her and her green eyes!!

 Here's the sketch!!

 The cheesecloth was from my own stash, but I did use the mists from the color add on to color it up a bit.

 These flowers are Dusty Attic chippies that I curled up and painted with Lumiere paints.

 This is a scroll from Dusty Attic as well that I treated with Shimmerz paint and some of the black flock, also from the color add on.

 These Prima canvases are fun to work with.  They really come to life when you add color to them.

This is a layout of my daughter, Rylee.  I love how she looks like an ancient Roman Princess in this shot.  However the background is an old arena in our barn lol.  Not quite the Coliseum ;)

 There are so many gorgeous Prima flowers in this kit along with the add ons!! I love me some Prima!!

 This is a close up of my pin for this months Romance add on!!

 I added this little charm from my stash of beads and charms.

One of my favorite new products is this Fun Flock by Stampendous!! I wrote my word in pencil, then went over it with a glue pen, then used this awesome flock and wallah!!  Such a fun product!!

Here is a shot of the main kit!!  This is a gorgeous kit and I love the vintage color tones!!  

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!

~Scraps of Darkness Escape Kit Cards~

I don't make cards very often and it's been a while, so I decided to make a couple of cards from the Scraps of Darkness January Escape kit.  This has been another fun and versatile kit, which SOD is well known for and I have enjoyed every bit of it!!  So here are a couple of cards I have been working on.

 Tip:  A little trail of Stickles along the border is super easy and can take the place of stitching when you are in a hurry.

 Tip:  Distress metal using alcohol ink and a knife tool.  Drop a couple drops of the ink and dry, then scrap it with your knife here and there.

 This is a little card I made for any occasion.  I used the softer colors in the kit for this one.  

 Tip:  Punch a section of your border and then use a chain punch to back it for easy layering.

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!

~Scraps of Elegance Reveal and Blog Hop ~

I am a bit sad I am not able to participate in the Scraps of Elegance 1st Official blog hop, but I did want to be sure and make the announcement here, so no one misses out!! It's just that I am going to be super tied up and won't be around to update for a couple weeks!!  Because of my that I won't officially be DTing for Scraps of Elegance until the April kit reveal, but I still wanted to show off a bit of Scraps of Darkness' sister kit, so I created a layout based on the sketch using the SOE kit!!  This kit is GORGEOUS!!!   Plus scroll down to the bottom for the blog hop list and details on where to start!!

For this layout I used some of the newer chippies from Dusty Attic!!  The photo is a pic I took of my daughter, Rylee.  I threw in the larger flowers and letters from my own stash as well, but the rest are items from the main Scraps of Elegance kit!!

Here is the Sketch by the amazing Charlotte aka Suepup!

 Here is a close up of the new Dusty Fountains, not yet available for purchase yet.  These come in a three piece set with one large and two smaller fountains.  For mine I just did a quick misting with a golden tone mist and used some Jasmine colored chalk ink by Donna Salazar for highlights.

 I did do hand stitching all the way around, but as you can see I made the stitches a half inch so it went faster.  I scrap as fast as possible lol!!

 I wish the camera picked up the sparkly accents in these letters, because they are so pretty!!

 A bit of cut work for the leaves layered upon with both kit ad personal stash flowers!!

 Another chippie by Dusty Attic that I just painted white and sanded a little.   This is a piece of the Corner Flourish #2.  I actually used the larger portion on another layout I did previously.  Always keep those extra pieces of chippies!!

The 1st official Scraps of Elegance kit!!  

Now as for the Scraps of Elegance First Ever Blog Hop!!!  We are super excited to announce Gabrielle Pollacco is guest designing with Scraps of Elegance this month!!  You will want to be sure to take a look at her blog and her amazing work!!

Gabrielle's Blog!!

Here is the list of order for the hop!!  Start at the top and work your way down!!

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Scraps of Elegance Blog -http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/
Gabrielle Pollacco-http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com/
Lisa Novogrodski - http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/
Rachelle Sigurdson-http://rachiebabe56.blogspot.com/
Karen Zueger - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Renea Harrison- http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Casas- http://www.cherylspassion.blogspot.com/
Karolina Stopyra-http://drycha.blogspot.com/
Nancy Hanttula - http://justaboutthedetails.com/
Escape Kitty-http://escapekitty.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Jenkins - http://suepup.blogspot.com/

The rules will be posted on the blogs that are participating and the blog will run from the 1st-4th.  

The grand prize is a...... 

3 month subscription to Scraps of Elegance!!

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!!

~Dusty Attic Old Wood Tutorial~

Recently I created a layout of my son and used one of the new Dusty Attic doors.  I treated so that it had a old wood look and I wanted to share how I did that today.  I will apologize for the dark photos, but I have had almost zero natural light for several days with several more days to come!! That's the fun of living in Oregon!!  Let's get started with the layout, so you can see the true colors of the wood look!!

 Here's what you will need!! I used a round piece of chipboard that came out of the center of the large Filigree Frame from Dusty Attic!! 

1) Dusty Attic Chipboard Item

2) Gesso

3) Paint Brush

4) Sanding Tool

5) Wood Stain (Smooch Spritz) or very dark brown to black Spray

6) Vintage Photo Distress Ink

7) Walnut Stain Distress Ink

8) Black Soot Distress Ink

9) Paper Towel or Rag

 Step 1)  Lots of Gesso to create a thick raised coat of paint

 Make sure you stroke the brush in one direction and let it have raised, chunky areas!  The smaller the brush the smaller the grain, so consider what it is you are treating and the size of the wood look you want to go for.

 Step 2)  After the Gesso dries sand it a little to rough it up, but don't over flatten the Gesso

 Step 3) Now take your lightest ink, or Vintage Photo ink

 Rub the ink lightly back in forth following the grain of the paint, so up and down so to speak.  It should look like the picture below.

 Step 4) Do the same thing with the darker brown ink or Walnut Stain ink

 It should start looking like the picture below.

 Step 5) Spray several sprays of your Wood Stain Smooch Spritz all over your chippie then quickly wipe with the grain back and forth.  Before it dries!!

 Step 6)  After it dries go over it lightly again with your sanding tool.

 Step 7)  Very very lightly go over the front and the edges with your Black Soot ink.  Not too much, just sort of here and there!!

 Final Pic!! Again the pic coloring is terrible, but I think you get the idea of how cool this look is!!

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!