P!NK

This Scraps Of Darkness layout was created for the Stalker Challenge that I am hosting over at ScrapsofDarkness.com. For more info and rulz just visit the Scraps Of Darkness Challenge Forum. Come play with us and your Stalker layout could win you a $10.00 Gift Card to spend any way you would like in the Scraps Of Darkness store.

  My layout features one of my favorite musical artists Pink. I love her tough girl attitude, and the fact that she doesn't care what people think of her.  She just does what she does at the top of her game!! I started with some of the add on card stock and then took some of the kit pattern paper, cut a frame that I distressed with my Zutter, and then took the leftover piece and cut the back drop for the paper, and distressed that. I would normally have inked the edges, but this time I just left them raw, because the white looked really good against the black.

Next, I took some cardboard stripped it to reveal the corrugated inside then painted it with white acrylic paint. I then painted randomly with black puff paint and puffed it with a heat gun. After that I took some pink paint, mixed it with modeling paste and painted it on thick randomly , and sprinkled some gold mica on top. I then poped Pink's photo on top.

I took the 2 chipboard swans from the kit, water distressed the edges to get a peeled look, inked them with black Staz On then gussied them up with some black stickles and edged them with the paint and modeling past mixture. I then put them together for the cool emblem at the bottom of the pic. I painted some Thickers with white acrylic paint and spelled out the name adding a piece of bling for the dot.

I misted some of the Flora & Fauna add on flowers with Tattered Angels mist and formed my flower clusters. Added in some stash bling.

For the finishing touch, I took some B & W cardstock butterflies and painted the black edges with Stickles, and put a bling butterfly trail coming from the large butterfly.

I hope you enjoyed getting to see my grungy-girl side. Until we meet again-"Be Wrong In All The Righ Ways!!" ~Renea

Chipboard

I have had friends ask me where they can order chipboard from, and I thought that I would let everyone know that Melinda just put some new Dusty Attic, SM , and Scrap FX chipboard in the store. It will go fast so grab your's quick. You can find it in the store at Scrapsofdarkness.com. Some of the New Scrap FX is to die for-very unique and different. Tomorrow is reveal at Scraps Of Darkness and I can't wait!! ~Renea

Glitz Love Games Giveaway

Hi everybody! Just wanted to let you know that one of my scrapbook.com friends Maggi43 is having a blog giveaway. It features a gorgeous collection of papers from Glitz called Love Games. To check it out, just go to her blog at http://scraptravelbark.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-scrappy-giveaway.html?showComment=1305319321549#c5197401929295522596 follow her rules and enter to win! Good Luck!

I have been published in Scrapbook News And Reviews

I am so excited to announce that three of my layouts have been published at Scrapbook News And Reviews (SNR).  They are going to publish "Icon", my tribute to Elizabeth Taylor which was inspired by their sketch challenge, "Imagine" which was inspired by their one word challenge, and "Moments" which was submitted for their wedding themes submission. You can check them out in the May addition of their online magazine here

Scraps Of Darkness Blog Giveaway

Hey sweets! Just wanted to let you know about a Scraps Of Darkness blog giveaway going on! Cheryl Casas one of the newest Design Team members is giving away a $15.00 S.O.D. store gift card, in celebration of her new position. That's right, $15.00 worth of freebies. Just head to her blog, at this link:
http://www.cherylspassion.blogspot.com/  Follow her rules and get yourself in the running for this fabulous prize! While you are at it, pop in the forums, say hi and check out the beautiful kits and creations! You won't be dissappointed!!

Renea

I Am A New Member Of The Scraps Of Darkness Design Team!!

Hey scrapbook sisters,  I have some really exciting news to let you all in on. I am now officially one of the new members of the super talented Scraps Of Darkness Team!!! I am just thrilled that Melinda has given me this wonderful opportunity to design for this fabulous kit club. If you guys have not seen some of the amazing creations that have been coming from these kits, I urge you to check them out through either the site ScrapsOfDarkness.com or through any of the links that are posted on the right hand side of my blog. All of you know how addicted I am to the medium of scrapbooking, and I hope my addiction is contagious and that all of you catch it!! It is my hope that all of you will grab one of these delicious kits, and join me on this exciting journey I am about to embark upon. I can't wait to see what everyone else creates with these gorgeous kits and I hope that you find not only beauty, but a litte inspiration in what I create! 

Thanks for all your support and friendship,
Renea