Saturday, September 1, 2012

Welcome To The Scraps Of Elegance Blog Hop!!!!


If you have arrive here from Lisa Novogrodski's blog - http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/ then you are on the right track!!

*** This month we have 3 manufacturers joining us on our hop*** 

PION DESIGN

FLOURISH WITH A BLING

3RD EYE 

~~ We also have a special announcement~~ 

Please welcome our newest designer to the Scraps of Elegance team!!! 

RACHAEL FUNNELL

 
We are thrilled to have Rachael joining our team and are sure we will be inspired by her talent… 

~~And meet our special guest designer this month~~ 

LYNNE WOOLGAR

 

We are so happy to have Lynne joining us this month and can’t wait to see her work with our kit throughout September… 

The hop begins here at the “Scraps of Elegance” blog

Where our September kit “Nostalgia” has just been revealed!
 
 

This kit is featuring Pions “Grandmas Schoolbook”

&

Flourish with a Bling beautiful “Adhesive Pearls”
 

SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE

Is giving away prizes to

TWO

***LUCKY WINNERS***

 

**1**

WINNER

Will receive “Inkadinkadoo  Stamping Gear Deluxe Starter Set

 

AND

**1**

Winner

Will receive the “Inkadinkadoo Stamping Gear Intro Set
 


In addition to this the manufacturers participating in the hop are giving away their own prizes, as well as our designers!!!

Lot’s of chances to win! 

All you have to do is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog AND visit each participating blog, become of follower of those blogs and leave a comment.

When you have visited everyone return to the Scraps of Elegance blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had!

If you post about this blog hop on your own blog you will be entered into the drawing twice for and extra chance to win! 

We are sure you will inspired by our talented design team to

 ~create something beautiful today~ 

This Blog Hop is open to both US and international entries.  

You have until Sunday September 2nd 11:00 pm PST to complete the hop

The Scraps of Elegance winners will be announced on this blog on September 4th.  Our Designers and participating manufacturers will be making their winners on their own blogs.

Be sure to check back on that day to see if you have won… 

Have Fun!


BLOGS TO VISIT

Scraps of Elegance









Karolina Stopyra- http://drycha.blogspot.com/







Here are some of my layouts that I created with this gorgeous kit! Each month, you get a sketch created by Sue Pup to inspire you:


 And this is my take on this month's sketch. I did flip the sketch 90 degrees clock wise and took my inspiration from that perspective;
 

This layout features a photo of my son, Draven with his Grammy. He is such a good hearted, young man and is so good to his Grandparents. He has always enjoyed spending time with his Grammy and drops by to help her out, to take her to eat, or just to keep her company.  The Pion and Anna Griffin papers were perfect for this layout, and the Flourish With A Bling Pearls were perfect accents to my chipboard pieces! All the flowers where from the Flourish add on except the centers on the daisies, those are Shabby Terra Cotta Texture Roses from my Etsy Shop. I have the honor of creating the Butterflies for the Scraps Of Elegance Kits, and the ones on this layout are my Harmony Butterflies that were created especially for the papers in this month's kit.
 

 
 Over in the Scraps Of Elegance and Scraps Of Darkness forums, we host a CUTE Challenge each month, and this is my fun play along with for that challenge. It features a photo of our Jack Russel "Jack" righ after we brought him home for Christmas, he was 5 weeks old and loved to nap in front of the fire place, belly-up, on his sherpa bed. The photo in the frame is one that I took of him with my son, Draven. The soft, sweet blues and creams int he Pion papers were a perfect match for the black and whites of Jack's coloring. I used lots of technique and layering with texture on this one.
 
Here are some close ups of some of the details:
 
 
I used painted corrugated board, Shimmerz paints, and seed beads along with the netting from the kit to create lots of texture behind the photo.
 
 
Here I used layers of torn tissue paper, netting from the kit, Dusty Attic bricks and snow tex to create visual interest.
 
 
I did lots of random stamping, with the Ingvlid Bolme Ink that was included in the embellishment add on to add dimension.
 
 
 
 I love Vintage Images, and this is one that I found on Pintrest and it worked so well with the sweet colors, and "little girl" theme of these Pion Papers. I love that Melinda gives us such unique items in our kits, like the trims from the Embellishment Add On that I twisted together and placed at the top corner and bottom for loads of texture.
 
And now, for the prize that I am giving away!!!! The winner of my blog hop will receive the following:
 
A $10.00 Gift Certificate from the Scraps Of Elegance Store, and a prize pack of the following butterflies that were created by me for the Scraps of Elegance kits!!
 
 
 
To win my prize, you must  **Become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog AND be a follower of my blog.  The winner will be announced here on my blog, September 4th, and you must respond to the announcement in order to claim your prize.
 
Happy Hopping!!
 
Your next stop is my super talented, SOE sister, Jennifer Snyder's blog- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/  Have fun checking out all her amazing work!!!

46 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Gorgeous layouts, Renea! Love the details and the colors and the fab design! I mostly do cards myself, but I get lots of tips from you still. Thank you for the inspiration!
Hugs, Elizabeth

Rachael Funnell said...

W W WOWZERS Renea... These layouts are GORGEOUS!!! All have soooo many DELIGHTFUL Details.... OH! & BTW!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your HM butterflies!!!
x♥x♥

Teresa said...

Such stunning work, I'm happy to be a follower so I can come back here, so much inspiration. Hugs Teresa xx

Lena Katrine said...

OMG! These are georgeous!!!! Thanks for showing, and thanks for the hop!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

Gillian said...

Oh those vintages images are just stunning

Eline said...

wow, stunning work. thanks for sharing. I love to be a follower her.
thanks for the hop

WendyMac said...

Your layouts are absolutely gorgeous. x

Synnøve said...

What an amazing collection you have made of these beautiful papers and embellishments. Your talent is so georgeouss!!! Thanks for the "hopping"!

Unknown said...

Sweet Renae, I always love to come visit you. You provide so much inspiration and lend so much of your talent to those of us with hopes and dreams of maybe being just as great as you are!! Big Hugs!!!!!!

CJ said...

Beautiful layouts and I just LOVE your butterflies!!!

Midnightscrapper said...

Those butterflies are to die for, Amazing! Love your layouts, love your blog, will be coming back for a more relaxed look later as I am sure I will get lost in here for hours. Thank you

Inkypinkydelights said...

What a beautiful Blog this is! And what a lovely Hop. Pion papers are such a treat and so precious, I treat them like gold! Thanks for the chance to win such a super candy. Judy x

Lisa aka Raining said...

Gorgeous work Renea!!!!

Caryn S said...

What wonderful LOs! Every detail is beautiful. Like your butterflies too!

Monique McCoy said...

Beautiful page, Renea. I love the pic you chose to showcase.

Bente Fagerberg said...

Fabulous projects. Love them all. Welcome to Rachael!

sajciastyczna said...

there's layouts are gorgeous ! I love this flowers! :) amazing :) XOXO, Sarah :)

Cathi ONeill said...

Beautiful work as always, this DT is always inspiring...can't wait to create with this kit!!

Unknown said...

Lovely blog! This blog hopping is fun - so much new I find! I subscribed right away :)

Tracie said...

Love what you did with your layouts! And I LOVE your butterflies...so excited for the chance to win more!

Sonia said...

Stunning work! I especially love the Cherish layout - it's absolutely gorgeous!

Anne Lill said...

Love your layouts!!

eline said...

what a greta layouts. love the combination with the flowers. thns for the inspiration.

groetjes eline

lost coast scrapper said...

INCREDIBLE work with the kit Renea, your work is just amazing and I love each project!!!!!!

langeatheart said...

Renea you are so talented! I love your layouts I think Cherish is my favourite! I also love to get all the special embellishments you make each month in our kits! TFS

TeenaBugg38 said...

Ohhhh I just love these! Especially the one with the mini frame..... gorgeousness!

Sandi Smith said...

Wow...such beautiful layout. Just love the colors in your last layout!!

Romy said...

Oh my, how do I love your style:) Your eye for details, your use of colours and all the shabby chic touches that you add...you rocked this kit!

Suepup said...

Love those bricks!

Jenny said...

Oh my Renea, these are so gorgeous sweety!! I had to participate even though I'm a darksider. you girls always inspire me!

Danice said...

Love your layouts, but I love your Jack more!! hes got the same colourings as my Micky!!! awesomest dogs :D

Rockonfire1 said...

Love your layouts! Especially enjoyed Jack and the details you provided on the framing of him.

Unknown said...

so love your shabby romaantic style!thanks for the chance to win !

Kirsten said...

you are an amazing scrapper. so much detail on those layouts. i love them.

fusiafscrapping said...

This is so cute!

Chantal Vandenberg said...

Awesome work! I'm your newest follower now! :D

Lesley said...

LOVE all the details, and the colors. Especially the layout with your cute puppy.

Sherry said...

Renea, Wow you know I love your work, and I gotta say your blog reveal layouts are AWESOME!! That layout of your son and Grammy is SOOOOO pretty, and the picture very touching!! GREAT WORK!!! You may know by seeing some of my layouts.. that I LOVE butterflies, and yours are outstanding!! Would be awesome to win those for layouts. GREAT WORK!
Sherry

Monica said...

I just love those bricks on the dog lo... but the other one had some great colors as well!

Your work transforms us!

Jennifer Snyder said...

Stunning work with this kit. What a joy to see

Kate said...

love all the texture on your work!!

Kristal said...

Absolutley LOVE those butterflies!!!!

Elena Olinevich said...

I love everything what you have done with the kit, but the dog lo left me under impression, so many techniques and tips, and your generosity to share some of your secrets with us is fabulous. thank you

Lynne said...

Gorgeous LOs!! Love the brick work on the LO of Jack!! The clustering and fussy cutting on 'Cherish' is just stunning!

Lynne said...

Gorgeous LOs!! Love the brick work on the LO of Jack!! The clustering and fussy cutting on 'Cherish' is just stunning!

Lynne said...

Gorgeous LOs!! Love the brick work on the LO of Jack!! The clustering and fussy cutting on 'Cherish' is just stunning!