my gorgeous daughter-for Scraps of Elegance

hi! After an online preview, I absolutely couldn't wait to get my March DT kit in the mail from Scraps of Elegance! This kit, "Anna's Daydream" has the most fabulous collection of papers and other goodies, and the colours are perfect for my style. I scooped the photo of my daughter from Facebook when I saw how beautifully it was going to coordinate with the papers, and I love the way they look together!

In addition to the kit items, I used cheesecloth, ink and chipboard from past kits-Melinda is so generous with the items she packs!

 I painted the resin feathers black and dry-brushed them with the same pink that I used to tint the texture paste, and painted the chipboard lattice pieces black as well. The foliage is a Memory Box die and the punches are Martha Stewart-flowers by Recollections from Michael's crafts. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Vintage Wedding layout for Gina's Designs

hello there, crafty friends! Lynne here with a heritage page featuring some beautiful doilies and chipboard from Gina's as well as a wonderful old wedding photo from 1915 of my grandmother's cousin.

I inked the doilies to make them stand out a  little more, and I heat-embossed the flourishes with Stampendous Aged Ivory, then gently rubbed on a little of the same maroon ink with my finger. The papers used were from the February Scraps of Elegance kit, as were the gilded flakes, and the beautiful butterflies are made by Reneabouqets.

      

Gina's Items Used

Cardstock Doily Set-Intricates

Feathery Flourishes set

Other Items Used

Prima Cigar Box Secrets papers

Stampendous Aged ivory embossing powder

Prima stencil

Reneabouquets butterflies

New Scraps of Elegance kit-so beautiful!

Look at this absolutely gorgeous new kit from Scraps of Elegance; mine will be arriving in the mail any day now and I can't wait! Pop over to the Scraps of Darkness/Elegance store and get your order in as soon as you can if you don;t want to miss out!

My Friendship Bus-for Gina's Designs

Hi there-Lynne here with a layout that's dear to my heart: I found this picture on Facebook and it is so very ME that I just had to use it for a page:

I'm pretty introverted and have a very small circle of friends who mean the world to me, so this layout sums it all up:

                               

I used Stampendous Aged Copper embossing powder on the chain and the gears, dry-embossed the little car, then painted it and rubbed it with black ink, and I painted the hearts and title letters, then embossed them with UTEE:

                                         

Thanks so much for stopping by; whether your circle of friends would fit on a "short bus" like this one or you'd need a Greyhound bus, cherish every one of them for they're one of the greatest blessings in life! Hugs!

Gina's Items Used

Texture Sheet gears

Chain Borders
Miniatures Shape Set-Guy Thing
Steampunk Hearts
Build a Layout-Love Birds

Other Items Used

Stampendous Embossing powder-Aged Copper
BoBunny Somewhere In Time papers
Memory Box stencil-harlequins
Prima Stencil-static
UTEE

"Magical" Art Journal page-for Scraps of Elegance

I recently joined an art journalling group here in my town hoping I'd be inspired to create projects involving more journalling and so far I've been enjoying the challenge; our inspiration word for this month is "magical" and I found this wonderful quote and a fun image, and the paper with the playing cards on it made me think of "Alice in Wonderland" so it was perfect to use on this project:

I did some zentangle-style doodles and some hand-printed journalling, both scary stuff for someone used to making "pretty" layouts...but I think it's great for me to step out of my comfort zone and try different things-it definitely makes life more interesting!
                                       

sharing a fellow SOE/SOD DT member's blog giveaway

Sindi Jeffers is a lovely and talented designer for Scraps of darkness, and I love her unique and creative style; she's hosting an awesome blog giveaway right now and wanted to share it with as many crafty peeps as possible-have a super day!

http://www.sindiscraps.blogspot.ca/2015/02/a-giveaway.html

ATC shrine and ATC for Gina's Designs

  hi there; Lynne here with a fun project -I decorated one of Gina's adorable little ATC shrines and made a coordinating ATC (although I'm thinking the shrine would also make a wonderful little gift box!)
               The design of the shrine put me in mind of a window, so I added little tulle "curtains", and the                                                     background paper inside has a soft cloud pattern.

I added several fussy-cut images from the paper, which I popped up with foam tape, and also used several pieces from Gina's Mini Flourishes Bella, which I painted, stamped and heat-embossed.

                                                                                                                    

                                                                            

         

                                                                 

Thanks so much for stopping by; check out the great selection of these adorable ATC shrines in Gina's store-they're so much fun to decorate and can be used for so many things! Have a super-happy, colourful and creative week!

Gina's Items Used

Mini Flourishes Bella
ATC Shrine Window 1

Other Items Used
Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder
DCWV Vintage Collector mat Stack