~~~ Sassy ~~~ Sept 2015 Scraps of Elegance kit

This month (September) the Scraps of Elegance kit is called - Lisa's Sweet September Kit...and it contains papers from the Gilded Lily Collection from Graphic 45 and Autumn Anthology from Blue Fern Studios. 

For this page I used the following  Graphic 45 papers... Gilded Lily, Lavish Lifestyle and Royal Gardens. I kept the mixed media to  minimum on this page and rather played with layers and flowers to add interest.

I did some distressed punching on the edges. I also layered with several cut outs from the paper range and used flowers from the main kit and flower add-ons.

In the creativity add-on we got the Frantage Encrusted Jewel Kit from Stampendous...it consists of 5 tubes of different Embossing Powders and Elements, here I used the Bronze Glass Glitter and Tea Stained Mica Flakes...easy to adhere with soft matt gel.

Layered the Graphic 45 Metal Keyhole and the Melissa Frances Frame...

On the background I used the Rebecca Baer  Moroccan Tile and Vine stencil from the Elements Add-on and the Prima Chalk edger to add interest to the paper, I also used a scoop of the Iced Rose Gelato from the Creative Add-on mixed with some Whipped Spackle through a stencil. I used a crumpled plastic bag to apply the Persimmon Mica Color Mist from Blue Fern Studios and a stamp for the Sky mist. The twine is part of the Main Kit. The title got a sweep of coloured Whipped Spackle and wiped thought the Sky mist on my craft sheet...

Thank you for your visit today ~~~~

'I think a girl who is able to earn her own living

 and pay her own way

 should be as happy as anybody on earth. 

The sense of independence and security

 is very sweet.'

MemoriesJuly 2015 Scraps of Elegance Kit

Good Day my Scrappy friends.

What a wonderful feeling to have one of the Scraps of Elegance kits bearing my name...It is called "Patricia's Memoirs" and is filled with amazing papers from the BoBunny Juliet Collection, Prima's Debutante Collection, and the usual array of beautiful flowers, stamps, a Prima Stencil and various interesting Mixed Media mediums...

Seeing as the paper is so beautiful on it's own, I did not add too much to the background. I did some simple layering under my photo and used the gorgeous Esperanza Querida flower spray from Prima that is part of the Floral Add-on.

I used the Marion Smith Designs Color Lap pigments with some Matt Gel to add a little shine and colour to the Flowers and Butterfly. And are the Iced Enamels German Glitter Glass from Ice Resin not just so sparkly and elegant? These are all part of the Creativity Add-on.

I added a touch of lace to the banners that I cut from the Juliet Nostalgia sheet. The Rose looking embellishments are Prima Debutante Say it in Crystals from the Elements Add-on.

On the chipboard window I used ink and California Stucco Antiquities Embossing Powder from Ranger. I stamped with the different stamps from the kit using the Faber Castell Double Scoop Gelatos Guava and Red Cherry.

Just see how clever Melinda is in co-ordinating colours for her Kits...The big splats on the top and right are part of the paper...as for the rest I used the Gelatos, Embossing Powder and the Lindy's Stampgang Orange Creamsickle Flat Fabio mist to create matching colour and texture to the page...

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A smile

 is the light in your window

 that tells others

 that there is a caring, 

sharing person inside.

~Denis Waitley~

Thank you for taking the time to visit...

Scraps Of Elegance Kit Give-away

Were you excited by yesterday's great give away of the July Scrap of Darkness Kit?

Then feast your eyes...Today I share the news that there is a July Kit from Scraps of Elegance​, bearing my name, to win as well...get those entries rolling girls, these kits are just amazing...

If you saw yesterday's post, you know we are giving away a July Scraps of Darkness Tracey's Artful Adventure Kit.  Well today, it's Scraps of Elegance's turn!

That's right, we are giving away a July Patricia's Memoirs kit to one of our followers!

There are two ways to enter:

1. TWITTER

Step One: Follow us @ScrapsElegance

Step Two: Tweet a photo you'd like to scrap with this kit, with a link to this blog post, and mention us { @ScrapsElegance } AND one of your friends that you think would also like to enter the contest in your tweet.

and/or

2. FACEBOOK

Step One:  Follow us on Facebook:  Scraps of Elegance

Step Two:  Post a photo you'd like to scrap with this kit (on your own timeline), with a link to this blog post, and tag us AND one of your friends that you think would also like to enter this contest.

That's it! You can enter as many times as you'd like, and with as many photos as you like, but each entry must meet all of the above requirements.

The contest ends on August 9th at 11:59 pm EST, and is open to international entries as well as US entries.  We will choose our favorite photo from all entries, and the person who posted/tweeted it will win our July Patricia's Memoirs main kit.  We will ship the kit free to a US winner, or if the winner is outside the United States, we will pay for shipping up to $10.00 and the winner will be responsible for any additional shipping cost.

Good luck, and we can't wait to see your entries!

Scraps Of Darkness Kit Give-away!!!

I have some exciting news...

Our beautiful Boss-lady Melinda Kelly from Scraps Of Darkness/Elegance...is having a give-away were you can win the gorgeous July, Tracey's Artful Adventure Kit...!!!

There are two ways to enter:

1. TWITTER

Step One: Follow us  @scrapsofdarknes

Step Two: Tweet a photo you'd like to scrap with this kit, with a link to this blog post, and mention us { @scrapsofdarknes }, and one of your friends that you think would also like to enter the contest in your tweet.

and/or

2. FACEBOOK

Step One:  Follow us on Facebook:  Scraps of Darkness

Step Two:  Post a photo you'd like to scrap with this kit, with a link to this blog post, and tag us and one of your friends that you think would also like to enter this contest.

That's it! You can enter as many times as you'd like, and with as many photos as you like, but each entry must meet all of the above requirements.

The contest ends on August 8th at 11:59 pm EST, and is open to international entries as well as US entries.  We will choose our favourite photo from all entries, and the person who posted/tweeted it will win our July Tracey's Artful Adventure main kit.  We will ship the kit free to a US winner, or if the winner is outside the United States, we will pay for shipping up to $10.00 and the winner will be responsible for any additional shipping cost.

Good luck, and we can't wait to see your entries!

Heritage RoadApril 2015 Scraps of Elegance KitMay Prima Build-A-Page

7 Hours left....and I am once again making the deadline for the Prima Build a Page sailing in by the skin of my teeth!!!

This month Jennifer had another great sketch incorporating an all time favourite of mine, tearing. I loved the diagonal strips and the lovely words featured on the sketch. I am still using products from our April Scraps of Elegance Kit 'Lynne's Garden Terrace' which was filled with papers from the gorgeous Prima Butterfly Collection. All the Prima flowers, leaves, little resin Ladybug and 'Tag Me' pieces are from the Main and Add-on Kits.

The little Beauty is my youngest daughter Michelle, age 2, way back in 1992...

I used a Prima Mask and white Crackle Paste from Art Extra-vagance for texture. The Prima crochet Doilies are from a previous and the Lamppost and Street sign from Prima are from my own stash.

The beautiful Butterfly is as usual from Renea Bouquets. I made some elements from the beaded string found in the Main Kit. I simply glued them into a circle on my craft-mat and once dry, I coloured them with some alcohol Inks.

I achieved the diagonal strips from the sketch by tearing and punching strips of paper and layering them on the top of the page. 

Textures achieved by using white crackle Texture Paste and spats using the Gelatos mixed with some water.

A cluster using the Tags, flowers, leaves and the cute Lady-bug...

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Our heritage and ideals, 

our codes and standards,

  the things we live by and teach our children

 are preserved or diminished by how freely

 we exchange ideas and feelings.

-Walt Disney-

DreamScraps of Elegance February Kit

In the February kit, 'Lisa's Love Notes' from Scraps of Elegance...we have several sheets of Prima's Epiphany Collection Papers...As well as a gorgeous selection of different Prima flowers!!! I put them all to good use on this page with a photo of Michelle.

I tore and layered two sheets and curled the edges. I wet my background paper with some water and flicked some of the 'Love Struck' glaze from the Colour Add-on onto it resulting in a bleeding effect.  I made a paste using the DeciArt texture paste mixed with some Champagne Gelatos from the Creativity Add-on which I spread through the Crafters Workshop stencil. I also did some stencilling with the Verca Colour, also from the Colour Add-on...

I painted the chipboard with the glaze and added a little of the Stampendous Mica Fragments.

The vellum Hearts are from Jillibean Soup...in the Element Add-on.

To achieve the curled and distressed look of the black Tulle from the Main Kit...I used my Heat-gun to melt the edges...very carefully, otherwise you will burn it! I did mine before I added the photo for the heat will damage the photo. I also did some stamping with the Blue Fern stamps from the Elements Add-on.

I will soon have another project ready for you...in the meantime you can see more gorgeous work from my fellow Design Team friends here at the Scraps of Elegance Blog...

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Look at us,

 said the violets blooming at her feet,

 all last winter we slept in the seeming death

 but at the right time God awakened us, 

and here we are to comfort you.

 ~Edward Payson Rod~

BelieveFebruary 2015 Scraps of Elegance Kit

Good Evening friends...

One of the items in our Creativity Add-on in our February kit, 'Lisa's Love Letters' is this unique round canvas. I have never seen one before...and enjoyed creating on it. Please take the time and see how Lisa herself used this canvas...it's a treat to watch her video and follow her creative steps...

I regret not taking a photo after placing all my elements and before covering it all with Gesso and paint...I have several items from the kit on here...but also some bits and pieces from my nick-knack box.

Incidentally, this is me in the photo, I was 16 at the time and sometimes wish I could go back to that time to change certain things and mainly to tell myself to be stronger and Believe in myself and have more confidence...I battle with a low...very low self esteem that sometimes keeps me from being truly happy with myself...

 I started by adhering several laces, some from last months kit and some of my own. Then I added both clear and white Gesso to it. I also added random thick layers of DecoArt Dimensional Texture Paste from the Main kit mixed with some glass beads. I also used the The Crafters Stencil, also from the Creativity Add-on to stencil the hearts... I left it to dry completely overnight.

Some of the items from the kit can be seen here. From the Flower and Elements Add-on's I used the flowers and the fan. The small black frame from the Main kit I broke in half and used it on two places.

The heart turned out this yummy grungy because I tried to give it some texture by pressing a piece of paper onto the wet paste, when lifting the paper a piece of paste came of as well...This is a good example of a mishap being much loved. I used Lindy's Stampgang Starburst Spray 'Glory of the Seas Gold' from the Color Add-on as well as several others from my own stash. To give depth I used some of the Chocolate Double Scoop Gelato mixed with a drop of water and painted on.

The small key from the Reneabouquets Butterfly's and the half frame. The Alpha Beads from Darice and Stampendous Mica Fragments from the Elements kit.

To highlight the textures I brushed some Gesso onto the beads and elements.

Just a quick anecdote...People who know me might know that I am a real pain when it comes to straightness...I literally spend time with a ruler making sure everything is straight and in line! Can you see how crooked these letters are? See this is what happened...I was painstakingly gluing them down when Hubby...dear Hubby calmly announced downstairs that he has nearly cut his finger of (again) whilst pruning a tree!!! Leaving everything as is, we dashed of to the doctor to have three stitches done...and that dear friends is why my FREE is all skew and crooked.

Thank you for taking the time to visit...please visit the Scraps of Elegance Blog for more inspiration from my fellow Team mates, and the Scraps of Elegance Shop to subscribe to kits and buy items used on my projects.

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People are like stained-glass windows. 

They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

 but when the darkness sets in

 their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. 

~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross~

Scraps of Elegance - Guest Designing for Scrap Around the World

August 2014 Challenge 16 - An Elegant & Textural Mood Board by Marilyn Rivera, http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.gr/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-16-elegant.html

This month we as Scraps of Elegance Design Team were invited as Guests Designers by the ever popular Scrap Around the World  to use their Mood Board as a starting point to design a page. As we are one of the permanent sponsors for them, I am feeling very honoured to join their Team for this challenge...

Authentic Memories

My inspiration came from the top left photo...I just loved the weathered look of the walls, the tall window in the back and knowing I had this photo of Michelle on the stairs sparked my imagination! Using paper by Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party 'Wonderland' from SOE's July kit 'Chasing Rabbits' and Lindy's Stampgang Sprays from the colour Add-on I set to work to create some awesome textures on the frame and paper.

I have had this frame in my stack ever since I stared scrapping and found great use for it now...have another one, might use it in another 5 years time...To achieve the rusted effect I first gesso'd it, then applied a thick layer of textured gel medium. After it dried I sprayed layers of Lindy's Flat Fabio's; Cafe-au- Lait and C'estla vie Cerise...Also dabbed some Rusty Hinge and Black Soot Distress Paint.

A metal ornament, Prima Junkyard findings and an adorable metal door handle received as a gift from Ingrid Gooyer add some interest to the frame.

I layered several of my Petaloo flowers under the frame, something I love doing to add some dimension and interest to my pages.

Absolutely adore these new Textured flowers from Petaloo...so much detail in them...

I wanted to add more feathers because the image of the lady with the hat was also a favourite...but in the end just used a few here. The black spatters are from Imagine Crafts Irresistible Texture Spray from an older kit.

My brick wall is a Prima Stencil with texture paste embossed with Ranger Antiquities Cement and Brushed Corduroy Distress Embossing Powder.

Do take the time to visit both Blogs for amazing inspiration by  both Design Teams!!!

Scraps of Elegance

Scrap Around the World

You are a piece of the puzzle of someone else's life. 
You may never know where you fit,
 but others will fill the holes in their lives 
with pieces of you. 
~Bonnie Arbon~