~Exciting Dusty Attic Announcement~

I am so excited and honored to be working with the talented ladies of this Dusty Dream Team, both new and old. I am in awe of the talent that is around me and am so excited to see all the new projects for the new year! Welcome to all our new DT members!!!

~ Scraps of Darkness White Magic Kit Reveal ~

There is a TON of yumminess in SOD's January kit called White Magic!! This is a misting dream come true!! This kit is filled with gorgeous resist papers from Pink Paislee and also papers from Websters Pages. It's another amazingly versatile kit that just keeps going and going!! I LOVE IT!!

This is my last month as the sketch designer for SOD and I am thrilled to announce that Charlotte Jenkins aka Suepup will be taking over the role of sketch artist!! She is an amazing designer and I can't wait to see her awesome sketches every month!! Here is the sketch for January.

This is my take on the sketch. You know what's funny is this sketch actually gave me a really hard time. I think my problem was that I envisioned one thing and it wasn't coming out the way I have planned. However, in the end I was happy with the result. These are a couple pics of my girls and their friend.

This kit has some awesome textures in it from Tim Holtz. I had a lot of fun with them all.

This is a modified version of my crumpled daisies. There is a tutorial to the right side of my blog for the original version.

Tip: The chippie is a Dusty Attic corner piece that I cut to create a long flourish effect.

This layout is my favorite because of Brooky's sweet little picture. Most of the items used were from the kit and I just added a couple of little things.

Tip: Make your circles pop off the page for added dimension. I use double sided foam strips and I cut them down into smaller pieces.

These little roses are from an older tutorial I got from GabrielleP and they are so easy to do. Gabi is one of my fellow DT's for Dusty Attic. She is also one of my favorite artists!

Working with the Websters papers was a lot of fun. I love their patterns and colors. This one features the stick pin that I made for this months kit.

This is a lot easier than it looks. I just cut strips down towards the center of the page and used the end of a small paint brush to curl the strips up.

I added the string of beads from my own stash. These are really easy to make and add something extra to your pages.

Tip: String the beads on wire so you can bend them the way you would like and it makes it easier to adhere down.

I misted the lacy flower and used Stickles to cover the center to make it super sparkly. The fan is a regular doily that I folded up.

This last one is a pic I photoshopped up, making Brooky a little Christmas Angel. She is checking out the Christmas tree in this photo.

I tied some of the Tim Holtz trim onto the spray. Easy little way to add more to the page.

I cut the Tim Holtz roses trim up to separate the roses and layered them around my other flowers. Check out that super cute little corked bottle. I put some sparkles in mine :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and God Bless!!

~SNR and Challenge Info~

I know, I've been MIA lately. This is busiest time of of year with so many things. My son is a full time advanced wrestler (at the age of 8 lol) and my girls are doing gymastics part time. Then I homeschool every weekday, not to mention all the other little things to do on a daily basis. I need a spa day!!! Anyways, back to the reason for this post.

I wanted to remind all my followers that Scrapbook News and Review magazine has their call lists up HERE and the deadline for submissions is the 20th. After you figure out what you would you like to create just use the call link available at the top right of the SNR website.

Also for all of those who love challenges, but tend to get discouraged from all the rules should check my No Challenge challenge over at scrapbook.com. This is a fun and totally simple challenge to enter and I ALWAYS have a little something for the winner.

Come back on the 15th for the SOD kit club reveal!! This month's kit is another stunner!!

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!!

~Reveal Day for Scraps of Darkness~

Here is girlies!! This is an awesome kit and it's packed full with paper and embellies!! I just wish I had more time to play before the reveal, but I am going to dive in to this one some more when I get some more time. Scraps of Darkness always comes up with a really versatile kit and this one in particular is one of the best so far!! Here is the current months sketch :)

I love the colors of this kit!! This is my take on the sketch and I used a picture that my daughter took while up in the hills near our home. I used the Martha Stewar doily punch for around the edges. These flowers on this layout are some of my favorite Prima flowers ever. I just love them!

This is such a cute pic of Brooklyn! I used all items from the kit, but I added the vine that Katie777 made and sells in her Etsy shop. She makes some gorgeous vines!!

This is a piece of Dusty Attic that SOD included in the kit for this month!! I decided to use half of the chippies and I inked then wiped some gesso over the top here and there. Look at the cute little star that came in the kit :)

I was due for some major distressing, so I decided this would be the layout for that. I tore up some cardboard for the edges and used a lot of water distressing for this one.

The little red roses were from my stash but the gorgeous red leaves and fluffy feathers are in the kit. I made this little bouquet with them.

At our Coast there is rarely snow and this is a pic of an average winter day over there. My kids are bundled but it's really not that bad. It is mostly just windy and rainy. All the goodies on here are from the kit.

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless!!

Check Out This Dusty Giveaway!!

I wanted to be sure and post the details of this giveaway that my friend Jen Burns is doing on her blog. Jen and I are on the DT together for Dusty Attic!! It's really easy to enter and all you have to do is leave her a comment :)

Jen's Dusty Attic Giveaway!!

~New Dusty in my Etsy~

I just received my newest order of Dusty Attic and my Etsy is stocked once again!! I have everything from doilies, to botanic accents, and the newest fancy trims! Check it out!!

My Etsy

~Dusty Attic Advent Calendar~

I have had this calendar for quite some time and I never did anything with it, because I couldn't decide what matching display to put inside of it. Dusty has so many different ones and they are all really cute. Anyhow, Christmas snuck up on me and it became to late to purchase one for this year, so then it occurred to me that I don't need to have one of the matching sets. So with that, I decided to create my own little display and here. I went with a vintage style and I think it turned out pretty cool.

I decided to cover the bare wood with Ranger Walnut Stain. I dropped a small amount of Walnut Stain straight from the bottle onto a blending tool and covered all the bare wood that was still showing. Although I didn't get it pictured, I used a cream satin ribbon about 1 1/2" wide to go around the outside. I cut the letters for Merry Christmas out on my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge. The cute little vintage images were found off the Internet. There are so many royalty free images these days and vintage ones are extremely plentiful.

Thanks for Stopping By!! God Bless and Merry Christmas!!