Welcome To The Scraps of Elegance Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Scraps of Elegance December Blog Hop

And

Design Team Reveal

We are unveiling our December Kit

“Winter Wishes”

And is it ever an answer to my Winter Wishes!!!

Scraps of Elegance 

Is giving away our fabulous

December Kit

To one lucky winner!

Our Scraps of Darkness Designers

Are sharing their work with the November

“Karma kit”

We would also like you to meet our newest design team members!

Sara Onneby

Vivian Keh

Kristie Taylor

Agnieszka Bellaidea

Sarah Bargo

Evgenia Petzer

Welcome ladies!! So glad to have you talented women on the team!!

All you have to do is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog and “like us” on Facebook. You must visit each participating blog and leave a comment on each blog in order to be eligible for the prize.

When you have visited and commented on all the blogs return to the Scraps of Elegance blog and leave us 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 an extra chance to win!

We are sure you will be inspired by our talented design team.

The December kit is stunning and you won’t want to miss out on grabbing one for yourself!

**Open to international entries**

You have until

Monday December 3rd 1:00 AM PST to complete the hop.

The winner will be announced on the Scraps of Elegance blog on Tuesday December 4th.

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

Have fun!

Blogs to visit:

Scraps of Darkness- http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com
Scraps of Elegance-http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com
Mandy Harrell- http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com
Renea Harrison- http://myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com
Karen Zueger-  http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com
Lisa Novogrodski-  http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com
Elena Olinevich- http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com
Michelle Phillips-  http://fullmoonscrapping.blogspot.com
Karolina Stopyra-  http://drycha.blogspot.com
Escapekitty-  http://escapekitty.blogspot.com
Rachael Funnell-http://awindowtoomyworld.blogspot.com
Helena Johansson-http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com
Agnieszka Bellaidea-http://bellaideascrapology.blogspot.ca
Sarah Bargo-http://www.sarah-bargo.blogspot.com
Evgenia Petzer-http://evgeniapetzer.blogspot.com
Sara Onneby-http://www.pyssligasara.blogspot.com
Vivian Keh-http://contadinak.wordpress.com
Kristie Taylor-http://kristietaylor.blogspot.com

Charlotte Jenkins-http://www.suepup.blogspot.com

I would like to take this month's kit and add on's and show you how you can get lots of wonderful Christmas gifts from it. I know that sometimes you think, wow can I really afford a kit and all the add ons? Well, this month I say go for it, because where else can you spend less than $100.00, add a few stash pieces along with it,  and get more than 8 to 10 gifts out of it (maybe more if you don't scrap as "chunky" as me-lol).

Not only do you get a gorgeous kit in the mail each month, but along with it, you get a so inspiring sketch created just for the sketch. The sketch is created by our very own Charlotte Jenkins (Suepup), and is always inspiring. Here is this month's skecth:

And here is my take on the sketch:

A layout makes a perfect gift for anyone special in your life. You can give it as is, put it in a shadow box, or mount it onto canvas, and you have a personal, amazing gift to give to that someone special.

This layout  features a photo of my son, Draven, when he was 5 years old. We were getting ready to board the Polar Express here in Chattanooga, and my husband, David snapped this sweet closeup of him. He was so excited, but boy was it cold outside, so he was all bundled up for the Winter. I just love  Winter, and this kit is so perfect for capturing that Winter feel. I used lots of technique on this one. There is lots of inking, fussy cutting, tearing, painting with Snow Tex, paints, inks and stickles.
Scraps Of Elegance Items Used:
Main-Bo Bunny Powder Mountain Papers, Bo Bunny Chipboard, Bo Bunny Jewels,  Ingvild Bolme Ink,
Paper Add On- Bo Bunny Powder Mountain paper

The large snowflakes are Tin Snowflakes that I found when I was unpacking Christmas, and inked up with the Brick Wall ink from the kit, they created a yummy rustic feel, and then I topped them with Dusty Attic Snowflakes that I had gotten from Mandy's (Craftysprinkles) Etsy.

Do you have someone on your list that loves Vintage themed or totally girly girl items? Then here is  an example of a gift that will leave them oooohing and aaahing, and will be something they will treasure, because it was created with your own two hands.

This is an altered memory box project and it includes a sweet Vintage desk set tucked inside. I created all the little treasures for the tuck in from the kit and add ons. They include a January-December Calander, 3 Vintage tags, two postcard Notecards, a Doily tag and a Baby Renea Size set of Sweet Memories Butterflies from my Etsy Shop.

Items From this Month's Kit and Add Ons:
Main Kit-Kaisercraft Turtle Dove Papers, Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, White Frothy Trim
Paper Add On-Graphic 45 Place In Time Papers, and January Cut Aparts,
Embellishment Add On-Pink Paislee City Sidewalks Snowflakes, Prima shabby Chic Resin, Prima Rondelle Say It In Crystals

Here is a close up of the Box Top.

And here you can see the sides and all the inking distressing, and stamping that I did to create, texture, dimension, and layers of colors.

Do you have a total Diva on your Christmas Gift list? Then they would be utterly thrilled to receive a Winter Glam Gift like this one.

This is an Acrylic Mini Album, and matching storage box.   I used lots of froth and frill to create a beautiful place for someone to store their Winter memories.

Item used from this month's kit:

Main Kit-Bo Bunny Powder Mountain Papers, Bo Bunny Chipboard, Bo Bunny Jewels, Graphic 45 Cut Aparts, Prima Rosarian Beads, Reneabouets Baby's Got the Blues Butterflies, Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, Frothy White Trim

Paper Add On-Bo Bunny Powder Mountain Papers

Embellishment Add On- Pink Paislee Snowflakes

The Acrylic Mini Album was from the Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance store

Here some close ups of the Mini Album and pages. The acrylic pieces have been two tone Alcohol Inked and then I edged each page out in German Glitter Glass and Stickles.

Cover

Page 1 with pull out tag

Page 2 with Acrylic tag

Page 2 photo pull out

Page 3

Page 3 with Photo Pull Out

Page 4

Page 5 With Pull Out Tag

Hang Tag

Page 6

Page 6 With Photo Pull Out

Page 7 With Photo Pull Out

Page 8 With Journaling Spot

Back

  

Matching Mini Album Storage Box Top

Mini Album Storage Box Side

And last but not least,  I have a set of Rustic meets Vintage Snowflake tags:

Guess what?? This gift will  be for one of you!!!!   The winner of my blog hop prize will get this wonderful set of tags, plus a collection of Winter Butterflies from my Reneabouquets Etsy Shop.

~All you have to do to be entered into the drawing for the Winter Prize Pack is to be or  become a follower of my blog, and to follow the Scraps Of Elegance Blog~

Your next stop is my Scraps of Darkness sister's blog- Karen Zueger-  http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com

Have fun hoping and don't forget to check back on Tuesday, December 4th to see if you won!! Happy Hopping!! ~Renea