Scraps of Darkness Design Team Reveal!!!!
Introducing "Winters Eve" our December Kit!

"Winter came down to our home for one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again" ~ Bill Morgan Jr.

Melinda has assembled another stunning kit! How she does it month after month is beyond me but I am so happy I get to design with them! This months kit features Bo Bunny, Creative Imaginations and Glitz!

In addition to the main kit, Scraps of Darkness has several add ons to enhance your creativity with these kits. Two must have's are the exclusive Color Add On and the beautiful coordinating paper add on! I love both of them. This months color features 6 Lindys Mist and Prima Canvas!!!! 

My first layout this month was inspired by our sketch created by Charlotte!

I like to use new punches each month to go with my new kit and when I saw this new Martha Stewart Blooming Vines you know I had to have it! 

I used  Lindys Bougainvillea Fuchsia (one of the colors in the add on) and colored the Bo Bunny Enchanted paper design with it. 

We always get a wonderful selection of the newest and most beautiful flowers in our kits from Petaloo and Prima. I like to make a lot of my flowers, especially now that I am designing for Heartfelt Creations. This month I really wanted to show how to use those flowers in the kit and get the most out of them.

I took my large Prima  flower apart which was organza and satin and used just the organza petals on this layout. I used the Petaloo Color Me Crazy flowers in the center which I inked for a hint of color.

This layout is of my hubby and I about 25 years ago at my Sister in Laws wedding! Another item I wanted to show this month is how to mix the beautiful papers in the kit. I colored my Bo Bunny again to add the pink and mixed the Enchanted paper with the Glitz. 

Again, I took apart my Prima flowers and created three flowers from the one. I added the Petaloo in the centers again with inked edges. I added the Dusty Attic frame around the photo from my stash. The chandelier was one of the beautiful goodies in this months kit.

I love this gorgeous Christine Adolph paper! Purple is one of my favorite colors and I love the wintery feel to this collection. I did a little photoshopping, adding some sparklies and purple tint to the photo.

I combined the gorgeous black glittery Prima vine with more flowers that I took apart and added centers to. This got me a ton of the same color flower to cluster on this page.

I added some diamond dust, Glimmer Mist in Pearl and used my new Martha Stewart Skyland Snowflake punch and of course...some butterflies.

I really love the tiny alpha Mel selected this month. They work beautifully with Tim Holt's Tattered Banner Die. I fussy cut the Bo Bunny Enchanted paper and painted on Lindys Frosted Forget Me Nots. I also inked the paper in walnut to give it a vintage look. 

The leaves are a spellbinders die and I sprayed them in Lindys Black Orchid. The photo doesn't do it justice. The color is stunning. A very silvery shimmery color. Gorgeous!!!!

Thank you all for stopping by to see the reveal today! Please hop over to Scraps of Darkness and check out the kit in it's entirety. Don't forget to stop by Design Team sistas blog to see their stunning creations!

xo

BIG HONKING TOOT TOOT TOOT!!!!

Scraps of Darkness and the designers are being featured for 3 days on the Creative Imaginations Blog!!!!
Over the course of several days the design team will be sharing their creations with the May and July kits which featured  Creative Imaginations collections! How cool is that? We are all very excited and honored that Creative Imaginations gave us this opportunity!

Check out todays introduction and posts here.

Invisible Me

Hmmm...where to begin. I like to scrap sunshine and rainbows just as much as the next gal. However as much I like the original purpose of scrapbooking (to catalog memories for our families) I view scrapbooking more as an art. At least for me it is. I'm interested in growing, expanding and pushing my creativity. I'm interested in expressing myself through photographs, photo editing, paper, paint, and lots of product! With that being said, I have started a "book of me." Not your "here is me at 5 and here is me at my graduation" type book of me. This book is "ME." My thoughts, my likes and dislike, it is for me, about me, the triumphs and struggles. It is for my kids, someday, if they want to get to know the woman behind the mask. It's to share with you. Because I think our struggles are what people can most relate to, it's what connects us and makes us human.
So enough with my random rambling and on with the show.  There are times when I like to be thought provoking with my work. This is one of those times.

The journal reads: Forgotten daughter, discarded friend, unheard voice, unnoticed talent...
You would never know if you met me that I have spent a great deal of my life for various reasons, feeling invisible, discarded and ignored. There were times in my life when I wanted to be invisible and blend right into the woodwork. There are times when I wanted to scream "notice me"  "notice my talent" yet took a back seat and let others take the spotlight instead...   I will leave you with just that small bit to ponder. The rest is for me. :)
I was inspired to do this lo for a challenge over at MCS hosted by Gabi P! Thanks Gabi!

I used a template and cut out the Artisan shape from the CI Paper. I cut the clock on my Silhouette (it would have been fabulous to have gotten a DA one but alas all the vultures at Swirlydoos bought them out from under me!) I took this photo of myself really quickly. Amazed it came out that cool. Then I used pse to create a mirror image and I then placed it on my b & w photo. I used a lot of smooch on this to give it pop. I also used a punch to make the flowers out of vellum and some of the Websters for the rose center.

The Queen of Everything!!!!

Here is another layout using the GORGEOUS LAVENDER ESCAPE  **Swirlydoos** kit!!!!

This months kit had some GORGEOUS smooch spritz inks in it. I have been having a blast playing with them. I am usually not a mister but am working on doing more of that! I also colored my peacock with smooch. I used some liquid pearls to make little dots on the background paper. I added a Fantastic crystal flourish from ZVA CREATIVE to set the photo off. I'm loving the crown that I cut out of some Creative Imaginations paper that came with the Hollywood Websters papers in this months kit!