Scraps Of Darkness Halloween Blog Hop Is On Its Way!!!!!

Scraps of Darkness is getting ready to kick off Halloween with a blog hop starting October 15th, and you will have  until Wednesday 10/17 9:00 am PST to complete the hop. There will be guests, prizes and tons of inspiration, so I hope you can join us!!!! ~Renea

Join The Scraps Of Darkness Team!!

Scraps of Darkness
Educator Design Team Call
Term Date- December 2012- May 2012
Have you heard????? The Scraps of Darkness Kit Club is growing!
We are looking to add an Educator to our Design Team!
Do you enjoy working on the latest techniques, exploring mixed media and sharing your knowledge? Then this call
is for you.
As our Design Team Educator you will be working with our exclusive Color and Creativity Add On’s, as well as our
Main Kit.
Responsibilities Include
- 2 technique based projects utilizing our Color and Creativity Add Ons per month
- 2 video tutorials to accompany the projects and available for viewing on YouTube
- 1 project must be completed along with the tutorial on reveal day (the 15th of the month) and uploaded to
you tube and galleries
- 1 project to be completed any time during the month with accompanied video
- Respond to members requests for tutorials during the month, with tips, how to’s or step out tutorials
- Be an active presence in our forums and check in daily in the design team forum
- Participation in our blog hops
What you will receive in return for your commitment
- The Main Monthly Kit
- Our exclusive Color Add On
- Our exclusive Creativity Add On
- 50% discount on any additional add ons you may want
- 30% discount in our store
- Your bio and headshot on our site and you will be included in all Scraps of Darkness design team related
promotions

This call is open to US and International Applicants
How to Apply

- Please send all applications to lisa@scrapsofdarkness.com
- Include your full name, address, email, phone number
- Include links to your blog, on line galleries, resume if you have one
- Provide a link to two of your tutorials
- Submit 3 projects that demonstrate your style and technique
- Sign up on our forums and start chatting! We want to get to know you better!
- Please list all current design team commitments that you have

Note: Scraps of Darkness designers are exclusive to us. You are permitted to design for manufacturers, local
stores, sketch and challenge sites, but no other kit clubs are to be promoted or advertised in any way, please!
Applications must be received by October 31st, 2012
You will be contacted via email if you are selected for our team. An official announcement will be made on our blog
November 5th.
Good Luck To Everyone!!! ~Renea

Scraps Of Elegance Is Having a Design Team Call!!!!

Design Team Call!

Scraps of Elegance

Design Team Call

Term Date – December 2012- May 2013

Scraps of Elegance Kit Club is expanding our design team!

Do you enjoy working with the latest CHA releases, top of the line products and unique treasures?  Then this call is for you!

As a designer for Scraps of Elegance you will be working with our monthly kit and embellishments and any additional add ons you select.

Responsibilities Include-

-       4 projects completed and ready for reveal day ( the 1^st of the month)

-       A minimum of at least one other project to be uploaded during the month and prior to the next monthly kit reveal

-       1 tutorial during your term

-       Participation in our “Pandora’s Box” tutorial series, which is a step by step tutorial on how you created a layout

-       Provide a question of the week on your assigned week

-       Be an active presence in our forums, participate in at least one of our challenges, chat with our members and have fun!

-       Check in daily with our design team forum

-       All projects must be uploaded to specified galleries on dates established in our design team forum section

-        You must maintain an active blog

What you will receive in return for your commitment

-       You will receive the entire main kit and two additional add ons free of charge

-       50% discount on any additional add ons

-       30% discount in our store

-       Your bio and headshot on our site and you will be included in all Scraps of Elegance design team related promotions

This call is open to Us and International Applicants 

How to apply 

-       Please send all applications to ScrapsofElegance@yahoo.com

-       Include your full name, address, email, phone number

-       Include links to your blog, on line galleries, resume if you have one

-       Submit 3 projects that demonstrate your style and technique

-       Sign up on our forums and start chatting! We want to get to know you better!

-       Please list all current design team commitments that you have

Note: Scraps of Elegance designers are exclusive to us. You are permitted to design for manufacturers, local stores, sketch sites but no other kit clubs are to be promoted or advertised in any way, please!

Applications must be received by October 31^st 2012

You will be contacted via email if you are selected for our team. An official announcement will be made on our blog November 5^th.

 Good luck!!! ~Renea

Scraps of Elegance is teaming up with CSI- Color Stories Inspiration for the month of October as Special Investigators and Sponsors.

Join the fun, play along all month, and create something beautiful today with Scraps of Elegance!

 

Scraps of Elegance Kit Club is the softer, flirty, more romantic "sister club" to Scraps of Darkness - the Kit Club for the alternative Scrapper.  Scraps of Elegance kits feature all that is beautiful, elegant and romantic in scrapping today.  A true classic beauty. Melinda Kelly packs the monthly kits with the highest quality products.  Her unusual treasures and finds make this kit truly a unique and different monthly kit club.
What makes Scraps of Elegance different from all other kit clubs is its diverse design team that spans the globe in talent, but more importantly, the team enjoys sharing ideas and mentoring members. Why wouldn't you make Scraps of Elegance your "kit club home" when the team and members are a caring group of "real people", accessible and approachable?  There is nothing more satisfying than watching artistic growth within our community--- building confidence, experience, and technique.  You are going to be warmly welcomed and feel comfortable about asking "how to" questions.  This is how we all grow and succeed!
Consider subscribing to Scraps of Elegance and never miss out on one of these elegant and beautiful kits again. Create something beautiful today... Be sure to visit the Scraps of Elegance blog for additional inspiration!
Here is the beautiful prize that Scraps of Elegance is offering:

Scraps of Elegance will be providing the prize this month for the winner at CSI.  It's the gorgeous, elegant September kit, Nostalgia.  This kit features the wonderful Pion Design Grandma's Schoolbook Collection and Renea Harrison's handmade butterflies. Scraps Of Elegance is the only club to feature these exquisite butterfly embellishments.


Now, are you ready to solve this week's Case File #40?

 

Here is the color palette-yummy huh??

Just follow this link to get the details and to play along!!!
http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/





I am playing along with Case File #41, and it was my first time to play along, and just let me tell you-it was very challenging, but sooooo much fun!!! I hope you get a chance to come play along, and to  be inspired by our amazing Scraps Of Elegance Design Team!!! I will be looking for you! ~Renea

Scraps of Darkness/Elegance Card Challenge

We have sooooo much fun stuff going on over in the Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance forum right now. We have lots of new challenges springing up in the Challenge Forums and one of them is being hosted by Lisa N. (Raining), and it is a card challenge. The challenge is to create a 6 x 6 card with some type of stamping on it. Lisa even created a gorgeous sketch to go along with the challenge:

Here is my just for fun entry to this FAB challenge:

 

 I used a piece of plain, pink card stock along with  this month's Scraps of Elegance-Dreams of You Kit Paper to create the background. I did some machine sewing to createa border, and then added on a paper Doillie and then one of the My Mind's Eye stickers from the kit.

Next I die cut a shape out and then stamped the sentiment "Friends fill your life with joy, Your soul with sunshine, and your heart with love and attached it to the die cut. I then blinged it up with some crystals, and some Rubber Cafe Teal Jellies.

I misted some Studio 75 Summer & Latte chipboard then stamped wome leaves using The Rubber Cafe's Leaf Set 1, fussy cut them out, and then placed a Prima Rose from my stash on top. To finish out the card I popped a mini set of  Tiny Dancer Butterflies  from my Etsy Shop on for dimension and shine.

Thank you Lisa for hosting this FAB challenge, and thank you for visiting my blog!! I hope you get a chance to play along with a challenge, and a card challenge is always a great way to participate if you are short on time. Hope you have a great weekend!! ~Renea

Scraps Of Elegance Reveals The October Kit-Dreams Of You

 

 

 

Scraps Of Elegance reveals it's October Kit-Dreams of You, and all the gorgeous papers and embellishment will have you dreaming of romantic, frilly, layerlicious layouts!!!

 

 

 

With each kit, you get an amazing sketch done by the lovely Sue Pup, that will get your mojo flowing!

 

The following layout is my take on this month's sketch. It featured a beautiful wedding photo of  my husband Johnny's step daughter, Jen on her wedding day.

 

 

 To replicate the circle shape in the sketch, I misted and layered on a Doillie, then punched a layer of the kit paper. I then misted 2 cloth Doillies that I found buried in my stash, and layered them under the photo.

 I fussy cut out the hot air balloon, and flowers,  from some of the Prima papers and layered it onto the papers with foarm tape for dimenstion. I then gussied the hot air balloon up with some stash roses, die cuts and trims, along with one of the little My Mind's Eye brads from the Embellishment Add On.

 

 I fussy cut out the scallped strip from another piece of paper and then layered the Prima crystal pieces on from the kit, adding one of the Webster's stickers from the E.A.O. onto the top. The butterflies are Sweet Dreams Butterflies from my Etsy Shop-My Glitter Coated Life.

 I created the flower layers using some flourishes that I cut out from card stock with my die cut machine, and then layered on flowers from the Flora & Fauna Add On, and from my stash.


This next layout, is loaded with layers and textures, and features a photo of one of my son's friends, Lauren when she got married this year. I love the sweet perspective of the photo and the colors were perfect for her wedding colors.

 I created lots of distressed layers with the papers from the kit, card stock, cheese cloth, fibers, feathers, trim from my stash and from the kit, and I fussy cut the mat of the photo out from the transparency that was in the Embellishment Add On.

 The green ribbon trim is from the kit and the little buttons are from the Embellishment add on. I fussy cut hydrangea pieces from the papers and then layered flowers from the Flora & Fauna add on, as well as some of my Seaside Blue Glitter Glass Flowers from my Etsy Shop-My Glitter Coated Life.

 The Sugar & Spice Butterflies are also from my Etsy shop, and the little word stickers in the peek a boos are from the kit.

 

 The large flower layer consists of a Petaloo chipboard piece from the kit that I embossed and stickled up then added little crystals for accents to. The flowers are from the Flora & Fauna Add On, and the sweet little lady bug bottle cap is one of the Prima Trinkets that was in the Embellishment Add On.


This next project is a 8 x 10 canvas that I crated using layers modeling paste, stamping, laces, mists, glitters, glitter glass, and seed beads. I love to take Scrapping off the page and canvas gives you so much texture to work with.

 I layered a piece of the kit paper that I distressed and inked on to the mixed media canvas that I created, then took a Vintage image, inked the edges and layered it on. I took 2 Dusty Attic Flourishes and inked them with Mix'd Media Ink, then stamped with a Script stamp onto them, and added some of the My Mind's Eye brads from the Embellisment Add On onto them for detail.

Here you can see the modeling paste, lace layers, stamping, seed beads, and glitter detail of the canvas. I took some more Vintage lace and then some little sentiment stickers that I laid onto the journaling cards that were in the E.A.O. and distressed and glittered them up.

 The right hand corner layer was created using the small frame from the E.A.O. a fussy cut and inked hot air balloon from the journaling cards in the E.A.O. and some flowers from my stash as well as 2 small Dusty Attic Flourishes that I inked and stamped. The Paper Wishes Butterflies are from my Etsy Shop-My Glitter Coated Life.

 The bottom flower layer was created using the Webster's flower from the kit and some more stash flowers.

 Here you can see some more of the details on my canvas.


Oh this kit has me dreaming of so many more layouts, unfortunately reality is pulling me back out off those dreams, but a girl can always dream in her head as the mundane goes by-lol!! I hope you enjoyed your visit! ~Renea

Scraps Of Darkness Taking On Technique Challenge Using Graphic Cat Sketch 16

Over at Scraps of Darkness/ Scraps of Elegance, I have been hosting a challenge called the "Stalker Challenge". I started this challenge when we were just Scraps of Darkness, and now that we have  added, and embraced our sister kit club Scraps Of Elegance, I have decided that it is time for a new approach and challenge, time for a change that is more inclusive of both Kit Clubs. I asked myself, "what does Scraps Of Darkness, and Scraps of Elegance have in common that attracts our members to us?" My answer was simple, our love of the artisitic, more technique side of scrapping. So with that thought in mind, my new challenge was born. It will be called the "Taking On Technique Challenge", and will challenge our members to use a specific technique for that challenge round.

The kick off of this challenge will start October 1st and run until December 1st. I am getting it on a few days early, because Scraps Of Elegance Reveal is October 1st and I didn't want to overlap the two on one day :)

The Rules:

1. You must use at least 75 % Scraps of Darkness or Scraps of Elegance products. Either from the kit or from store purchases.

2. You can make any type of project your heart desires (some examples; layouts, canvas art, cards, ATCs, altered art, etc....)

3. The Technique-Stamping~ Your project must have stamping of some type on it ~

4. The most important rule of all, Have Fun!!!

The challenge will end December 1st, votes will be pm'ed to our Mistress of Mayhem Michelle (Bubbachooka), and the winner will receive a $10.00 Gift Certificate from the SOD/SOE store, and a small RAK from my Etsy Shop!! So come join in on the fun!

I used the September Sketch from Graphic Cat to create a Halloween Card that is based on the Edgar Allan Poe Poem "The Raven". Here is the sketch:

And, here is my example using the sketch and for the Taking On Technique Challenge:

 

I used pieces from multiple Scraps Of Darkness past kits.

Here you can see the close up of the Raven that I stamped onto white card stock and then fussy cut out and accented with a Swarovski crystal.

I hope you get a chance to come play along with us, or to at least take part in one of the many fun challenges that are hosted over in the SOD/SOE forums!!!!!  I love a good challenge, and I also love that you took the time to drop by!! Hugs to you ~Renea