Welcome To The Scraps of Elegance & Scraps of Darkness Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance Design Team Blog Hop with a special guest –  Donna Salazar!!! Internet Scream!!!
The hop begins  at the Scraps of Elegance blog where we have just revealed our June kit, “Country Charm”, featuring Donna Salazar's gorgeous “Botanique” collection and a ton of Prima flowers, Shabby Chic Treasures and Say it in Studs!!!

If you have landed here at My Glitter Coated Life by the way of   Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com then you are headed in the right direction! Be sure to read all the way through my post to reveal my prize and to be eligible to win!

We are giving away 4 prizes!!!
Scraps of Elegance is giving away a “Swan Song” kit featuring Prima’s Fairy Belle Collection to one lucky winner;

and one set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!

Scraps of Darkness is giving a “Summer Breeze” kit featuring Prima’s Sun Kiss Collection to one winner,

and one set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!

NOTE: This is open to international entries; however, you will be responsible for shipping charges in excess of $10.00.
All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1. Become a follower of my blog and the Scraps of Darkness blog and leave a comment on all of the participating blogs.  Many of the designers are giving away prizes if you become a follower of their blog, as well, so you have lots of chances to win extra prizes!
2. Go back to the Scraps of Elegance Blog when you have finished and let us know you have completed the hop! You will love seeing what our design team has created, and we hope it will inspire you to create something beautiful!
3. You have until midnight June 4th Pacific time to complete the hop and comment. The winner will be announced on the Scraps Of Elegance blog on June 6th.



The hop begins at Scraps of Elegance. I Hope You Have fun!!!


Scraps of Elegance - http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/
Lisa Novogrodski- http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/
Mandy Harrell- http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com/
Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Renea Harrison- http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/
Donna Salazar- http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Michelle Phillips- http://fullmoonscrapping.blogspot.com.au/
Karolina Stopyra- http://drycha.blogspot.com/
Elena Olinevich- http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com/
Helena Johansson- http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com/
Escape Kitty- http://escapekitty.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Jenkins - http://suepup.blogspot.com/
Scraps of Darkness- http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/
Back to Scraps of Elegance  http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/!!!

Blog Hop Order: 

The hop begins at Scraps of Elegance. Have fun!!!
Scraps of Elegance - http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/
Lisa Novogrodski- http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/
Mandy Harrell- http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com/
Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Renea Harrison- http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/
Donna Salazar- http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Michelle Phillips- http://fullmoonscrapping.blogspot.com.au/
Karolina Stopyra- http://drycha.blogspot.com/
Elena Olinevich- http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com/
Helena Johansson- http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com/
Escape Kitty- http://escapekitty.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Jenkins - http://suepup.blogspot.com/
Scraps of Darkness- http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/
Back to Scraps of Elegance  http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/!!!

The following layout was created with the June Scraps Of Elegance Kit-Country Charm and  features a photo of one of my son's friends, and I love the photo, Abby is such a Natural Beauty and the Donna Salazar papers were perfect for her photo. I love Donna Salazar's products the more I work with them the more I am hooked on her high quality, perfect for my style products, and this kit contained her Botanique papers which are just gorgeous, and heavy duty which is perfect for all that distressing I love to do.

Detail closeups:

 This is my second layout created with that gorgeous Scraps of Elegance Kit featuring the oh so wonderful Botanique Papers from Donna Salazar. It features an engagement photo that my son took of my God Daughter, Michelle and her future husband. 

I used lots of layers of the Donna Salazar papers from the kit. I distressed them using the Donna Salazar Zutter and did some punching on some of the layers.

I got the textured designs on the sides by stamping with a Prima clear stamp and Puffies. 

Here you can see all the yummy layering I did with those Donna Salazar papers!

Scraps Of Elegance Items used for details:

Prima- Shabby Chic Treasured Resin (The Wishing Well)
Kaisercraft- Magnolia Grove- Sticker Sheet (The Branch)
Prima Plum Leaves
Prima Coventry Tranquil Flowers

I stamped the title onto the little tag on the paper and then stamped flourishes around it and added pearl for detail. The butterflies are Ice Butterflies from my Etsy shop.


 The following layouts were created with the super gorgeous Swan Song Kit that is being given away for the Scraps Of Elegance Kit Club :

 

The next layout is one that I created using the May Scraps Of Darkness Kit-Summer Breeze (Yes, the same one that is up for grabs!!) and features a photo of my son, Draven when he was about 18 months old hanging out with his Aunt Karen. We got such a kick out of this photo, because as you can see Draven was mocking his Aunt Karen's pose perfectly!

I started with a layers of the Prima SunKissed Paper from the kit and punched some more of the paper and cut it into strip and then added some crochet lace from my stash to create the strips running behind the photo. The paper behind the photo is another piece of the Prima paper that I distressed.

I did some lacing and made a bow with some of the gorgeous, yummy died crepe ribbon from the Romance Add On. I layered up some of the Prima Chipboard Stickers from the Romance add on and added some Prima E-pearls to create my title "Remember".

I fussy cut the sun from the kit Prima paper and Stickled the edges for lots of shine I gave the sun a sparkle background by using a piece of the Prima Flourish from the Kit.

The flower layer consists of a Prima Mountain Lily Sunflower piece, some Prima Sunkissed Flowers,  and a Prima Vignette Sunshine flower, all from the Flora & Fauna A.O. The Prima Banners, the Craftysprinkles pin created just for this kit,  Prima Chipboard Sticker and Kaisercraft Wooden Dollie were from the kit

Here I stamped the first layer with a Prima Brick Clear Stamp, stamped on top of that with a Prima Script stamp then accented the bricks with texture paste.

For the final touch I tucked a Prima Butterfly from my stash into the corner of the paper under the photo.

This is an altered box project that I created using that gorgeous Summer Breeze Kit:

 I distressed and inked a layer of the Prima Sun Kissed paper from the kit, then misted a Dollie and then layered up Prima paper, and a Prima Chipboard Sticker from the Romance Add On and then mounted my Vintage image on top. 

 I created the floral layer using the Prima Mountain Lily piece From the Flora & Fauna Add on and some Prima Roses ,and a Prima Sparrow Nest from a past kit. I then cut a little bird from the Kit paper and attached a Prima crystal and tucked him in.

 I then layered up some more of the Prima Chipboard stickers to form my title work "Family" and added a Prima Vintage Trinket from my stash. I hand died some seam binding and pleated it across the bottom of the box and then layered on some Prima crochet lace on top of it.

 To complete the top of the box I created 2 hand crafted butterflies and added them on and added some stash Prima E-crystals to the top corner.

For the lip of the box. I painted it with gesso, inked it in multiple layers then added on some Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, inking the tape after application.

The sides where painted with gesso then inked in multiple layers for a distress look, then distress stamped with a Prima Clear Stamp. I then added a piece of the Prima CB  and a button to create the sweet look of a drawer pull.

I hope you have enjoyed a glance at my work using the always gorgeous, always versatile Scraps Of Elegance and Scraps Of Darkness Kits. Thanks for hopping by and letting me share them with you!!!

And NOW..........

for my giveaway!! I am pleased to offer up the perfect prize.......

A $20.00 GIFT CARD TO THE SCRAPS OF DARKNESS/SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE STORE!!

Such a perfect prize, because you get to pick out what you want, or you can even apply the amount towards the purchase of one of our amazing kits. In order to qualify for this prize, you must

1. Become a follower of the Scraps Of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance Blogs.

2. Have visited all of my DT sisters blogs.

3. Leave a comment on this post

4. Become a follower of my blog

I will take all the names from the entries, put them on pieces of paper and have my son draw one from the bowl. I will announce the winner here June 6th and you will have 5 days to respond and claim your prize. 

GOOD LUCK!!!

and now you can hop on over to my uber talented Sister Jennifer Snyder's blog http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/ and see what she has created! Something amazing I am sure!! Give her a hug for me!!!