SunKissed

This is a photo of Chloe on our last trip to Hawai'i ten years ago. We had just finished a hike and she had gotten into the habbit of putting flowers behind her ear - like a proper Hawaiian girl should - She looked so cute I had to take a picture - sweaty hair and all.

I used the Scraps of Darkness January "escape" kit along with a tutorial from Renea over at SOD for the AWESOME tissue paper background you can check out her tutorial here:

http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/TutorialTexturedTissuePaperBgrnd.html

Here are a couple of close ups, the first is the flower cluster on the bottom - the flowers I colored with the Lindys mists/inks that came with the kit. The second is the chipboard sign that I painted first with white then used the mists and embossing powders on... You can also see the tissue background as well. Thanks for looking!

BLOG HOP - Scraps of Elegance

Good Morning! For anyone who might be interested the Scraps of Darkness kit club now has a sister! Melinda over at Scraps of Darkness as introduced a sister club aptly called Scraps of Elegance. They are holding a blog hop - be sure to check it out!!!

http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/

Scrap Space

No layout to post today... just some thoughts/comments on my scap space. I used to scrap in the dining room. This would drive my husband crazy... because I am not a neat scrapper. So we had made some shelves and a desk area along a wall in our bedroom, and I thought that would be enough space for scrapbooking. Well, maybe at the time with the supplies I had then. It seems as though scrapbooking stuff multiples on its own! Escpecially after Christmas. So I have been experimenting with different storage options and trying to clean our bedroom up - I've been taking photos and when I am complete - hopefully sometime next week - I will be sure to post them! Until then happy scrapping everyone!

Tropical Hawaiian Day

This is a photo of Chinaman's Hat on the winward side of the isalnd of Oahu. I have always thought that my husband really took a great picture of it but I have never scarpped it. As soon as I got my January kit from Scraps of Darkness I knew that I would finally be scrapping it!

Here is the close up on the bottom of the page. I used decorative sand and mod podge then I sprinked lindy's embossing powder for the green tones....

Grins and Giggles

Here is my first completed layout with the January Scraps of Darkness kit! This is a photo of my kids when they were 5 and 1. Were they ever that small? I figured the background and their aloha attire were perfect for this paper. The title I felt was appropriate - that's all they ever did at that age - Grin and Giggle.

Here is a close up of the title. I used sand, sea shells and coconut fiber from an old potpurri (did I spell that right?) set I had. The tiny tiny shells came with the kit.

Finally here are a couple of flowers that I colored with the awesome color option that came with the kit - They are from Lindys stamp gang OMG that is amazing stuff!!!

New Year Resolution!

Okay I know that it is late to start on my resolution but I figured that trying to start one on Jan 1st is just asking for failure. So I picked a random day to start! My resolution? Keep this blog up to date!!! I would really like to get my life a little more organized - my goal is to at least apply for a couple of design teams this year! I know that blogs are a big part of what they look for so that means I need to get this one in tip top shape! So over the next few days I will be adding layouts I have done over the past couple of months and hopefully some other fun and interesting things!! Stay tuned....

** Scraps of Darkness ** September Kit

So I finally finished two layouts using the amazing September Kit "Passages" from Scraps of Darkness. I am SO glad that I joined this kit club!

Here is me and my hubby I have been wanting to do a "green" layout and this is what I came up with....

Here is a close up of the masking and the "Corset"

This next layout is a photograph of my grandpa taken in the 40's during WWII. I have a ton of family heritage photos that I need to scrap and the passages kit is perfect for this!!

Here is a close up of the corner with the cork and buttons - I decided to burn the paper and the edge of the cork  rather than inking it. I also used some of the ash from the paper to distress the folds as well.

Thanks for having a look!