Lisa's mixed media steampunk canvas

Good morning, and happy "halfway through the week" day!

Today we're sharing a fabulously fun project from Lisa (steampunk is always fun!):

Here's what Lisa had to say about this amazing project:

Our Creativity Add On this month contained a 4 x 6 canvas board. I coated the background in gesso first then added Lindys Stamp Gang "Shabby Turbine Teal" found in our Color Add On to my background edges. 

I drew the face and painted it with water soluble crayons. I added some splashes of Lindys "Chesire Cat Cherry" (from a previous kit) to the background also. This is my favorite "pink/red" toned mist!

I used a lot of Lindys Stamp Gang embossing powders. I random stamped in the background with two different style stamps and then embossed with "Midnight Bronze Obsidian"  and "Cleopatra Copper".

The Midnight Bronze was found in the Color Add On and the Copper was from a past kit!

The Prima Mechanicals used on this canvas were in the Main Kit and Elements Add On. 

I used these embossing powders on the metals also but added another color- Desert Moon Turqoise.

Under the propeller piece is a gorgeous mosaic tile found in the Main Kit.

Melinda always includes the most gorgeous and unusual finds in our kits! I just love those tiles and the added interest it lends my project.

The chipboard piece adorning the eye is from Prima Timeless Memories Chipboard. Also found in the Elements Add On. Along with metal pieces I collaged cut outs of clocks found on the Kaisercraft Time Machine papers.

Lisa's mixed media projects are always so amazing!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful and creative day today!

~Melinda

Michelle's steampunk fun!

Good Monday morning!

Today I am going to share some steampunk goodies from our super talented Michelle using the September Scraps Of Darkness kit 'Tanya's Industrial Odyssey'

LOVE all the elements!

An awesome steampunk pocket page!

Don't you love the hints of purple!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lisa's Steampunk Tag & Bag Mini Album

Good morning!  I've got a beautiful project to share with you on this lovely Sunday morning.

Lisa Novogrodski pulled out our September Tanya's Industrial Odyssey kit and sat down to work her magic with it:

Here's what Lisa says about her project, along with some gorgeous close up photos:

This beautiful kit is filled with Marion Smith and Kaisercraft! 

Both favorites of mine. :)

I was inspired by a tutorial Steph Miller did you can find it on youtube.

I used her guide for creating the bags! You can tuck things into the top of the bag and I also created a little pocket at the bottom for more treasures! 

My front and back covers are 4 x 6 chipboard that I coated in black gesso. This is different than my other tag mini's where I usually use a tag for the front and back.

I used both the Marion Smith Time Keeper Collection and Kaisercraft Time Machine Collection for my papers. We also get a gorgeous selection of cardstock to match in our kits and I've used that as my base on some of the pages.  The florals are found in the kit and Floral Add On - Prima Debutante, Archivist and Sunrise/Sunset. I used the Prima Finnabair Mechanicals from the main kit as well, and painted them with the Ranger Vintaj Patinas found in last months kit. I also embossed them with Lindys - Scotch Broom Yellow and Midnight Bronze from the Color Add On.

We received these super fun stamps called 

"Steampunk Selfie" by Brett Weldele. 

You can find the CREATIVITY ADD ON ------- HERE

I USED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN IT THIS MONTH!

This is found in the Creativity Add On of the kit. I used Lindys Midnight Bronze embossing powder found in the Color Add On on the image and painted it with the gelatos found in the Creativity. I used the gold for painting the image and then used both the gold and black gelatos to splatter all my pages.

This is one of the bags. I love how the top folds down. I like to use die cuts on my albums. I'm not a big fan of square pieces. I just can't keep it simple!

I also like to dry emboss my die cuts to make them more interesting and, well, pretty!  I added in some sentiments that were part of the Kaisercraft collection. These can be used for journaling or as photo mats. I leave them without photos because I sell most of my creations in my etsy shop. :)

I've been on a mission to include things from my stash in my projects. My stash is vast! This vintage image is something I had on hand and thought it would lend a nice touch to the album. 

More tags alternating with kraft tags found in the main kit, with my stamped images! I love it!

The possibilities for the Brett Weldele stamps are endless. From vintage to art journaling. I would love to see what you come up with for ideas!

The Prima Timeless Memories chipboard was also in the kit. I used it to frame an image found in the Time Keeper collection. The random stamping was done with the Kaisercraft Flutter stamp found in the main kit.

My back cover is chipboard coated in gesso then embellished with Prima florals and a Dusty Attic Clock.  The gold ribbon peeking out was also in the kit and is May Arts Gold Metallic Crochet Ribbon.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed seeing Lisa's project, and I hope the rest of your day is beautiful...

 

~Melinda

September SOD kit reveal

Good morning and Happy Friday!

Today we're sharing our September Scraps of Darkness kit, Tanya's Industrial Odyssey.

The kit is named after our wonderfully talented Educator, Tanya SonataJoy, and features Marion Smith Designs' Time Keeper and Kaisercraft's Time Machine collections.  We still have a few left, so stop by the store to pick yours up before it sells out!  Here's the link to our Scraps of Darkness kits.

This month's Creativity Add On includes Brett Weldele's gorgeous Steampunk Selfie stamps and Faber Castell / Design Memory Craft's new Masquerade Designer Gelatos:

This month's Color Add On is all Lindy's Stamp Gang goodness:

And the Elements Add On includes one of Rebecca Baer's GORGEOUS stencils (and guess what, we've just added some of her other stencils to the store, and have even more designs arriving next week!):

As always, lots of beautiful flowers in our Floral Add On:

And this month we have FOUR paper add ons!

The Patterned Paper Add On:

The Coordinating Paper Add On:

The Time Keeper Paper add On:

And finally, our Cardstock Add On, with wonderful heavy weight My Colors cardstock:

Thanks so much for stopping by to see our new kit, and I hope you have a beautiful weekend!

~Melinda

Michelle's steampunk art.....

Good morning everyone!

Today I wanted to show off some steampunk creations by Michelle.

Michelle has a great steampunk style and the kit 'Tracey's artful adventure' worked great for her rockin creations!!

check it out....

'True Beauty'

'Perfect'

'Adventure'

'Wonder'

'Express Yourself'

'Why So Serious'

Thanks for stopping by!

Wall Plaque with Prima Flowers with Resin Faces Tutorial and a gorgeous heritage layout!

Good morning!  Today I've got two great things to share with you.  The first is a tutorial Tiffany Solorio did with our July Scraps of Elegance kit, and the second is a beautiful heritage layout Kathy Mosher did with our July Scraps of Darkness kit.

Tiffany used our July Patricia's Memoirs kit,  Floral Add On, and Creativity Add On to create this sweet altered wall plaque.  The Walnut Hollow Monogram Wood Plaque, Ranger Antiquities Embossing Powder, Prima Finnabair Bubbles Clear Stamp, and Prima Babs Flowers with Resin Faces are all in the Creativity Add On. The Prima Esperanza Flowers with leaves are in the Floral Add On, and the BoBunny Juliet paper, Prima Wildflowers Stencil, and Reneabouquets Butterflies are all from the Main Kit.

And here's Tiffany's step-by-step video:

Next up is some vintage goodness from Kathy.  She created this amazing masculine heritage layout with our Tracey's Artful Adventure kit:

This is Kathy's first layout as a Scraps of Darkness Designer (she previously designed with our Scraps of Elegance kits), and she did not disappoint - what a stunning layout!

Kathy says:  "It's a layout of my Dad at age 16, living in Juneau, Alaska, and it was taken just before he joined the US Navy.  When he turned 17 he lied about his age and enlisted.
The kit is filled with the BoBunny "Penny Emporium" collection, which is very steampunkish.  I haven't done that style before so it was a real challenge for me.  The white slats I used for the mat I individually cut out of chipboard, gessoed and then inked to make it look whitewashed.  Talk about work intensive!!! 

Here's a photo of the start of the lo where I used light modeling paste mixed with some Lumiere's "Pewter" paint to get a silvering paste to use with the Tim Holtz "Clockwork Layering" stencil.  I splattered some gesso, Prima's Color Blooms "Tea Stain", as well as Heidi Swapp's Color Shine mist "Tinsel".

I used the new Prima Winged Mechanicals from the Elements Add On, as well as die cuts from BoBunny, which were included in the main kit.  The rest of the goodies are from former Scraps of Elegance and Scraps of Darkness kits, except for the cog which is from Dusty Attic.  I was going to leave it naked, but decided to spray it with Prima's Tea Stain and then dabbed with the Heidi Swapp Tinsel.  I really like the effect.

Another close up of a die cut from the kit, as well as some metal sprocket gears made by Tim Holtz which I got from a previous kit.

That's it for me today.  I'll be sharing more layouts throughout the month, and I hope you will stop by to visit me.  Hope you have a wonderful week!"

That's all for today - thank you for visiting us, and I hope you were inspired by today's projects!
~Melinda

Tracey's Artful Adventure - Our July SOD Kit is here!

Good morning, one more day until the weekend, and one more day until the 4th of July!

We are kicking off the holiday weekend with a bit of steampunk, a bit of grunge, and a nice dose of vintage elegance (in our Darkness kit!):

Tracey's Artful Adventure Kit

 

First we combined two new fabulous collections:  BoBunny's Penny Emporium and Kaisercraft's Scrap Yard.  Then we added some must have elements from BoBunny, Lindy's Stamp Gang, Petaloo, Blue Fern, and more.  I can see this kit going in so many different directions, Vintage, Steampunk, Masculine, Grunge, Girly, and the list goes on...

And if you want to add some sparkle and shine to the main kit, our Creativity Add On is the perfect thing:

And if you'd like an extra set of the papers in the main kit, our Patterned Paper Add On is just that:

Or if you'd like different paper choices to go with the Main kit, the Coordinating Paper is for you:

Need more embellishments?  Check out the Elements Add On:

And who doesn't need more flowers?  Our Floral Add On:

And, of course, our signature Color Add on:

If you'd like to purchase our main kit or add ons, just stop by the store:  Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance and pop into the Available Kits Category.

Video Tutorial: DIY Mixed Media Cards Two Ways

Good morning, happy Wednesday and happy July 1st!

We've got a wonderful video tutorial to share.  Tracey Sabella has made these two gorgeous cards with our June "Stéphanie's Treasure" kit, one feminine and one masculine:

Before I share the video, I thought I show you some close ups, you can see the gorgeous details so much better:

And here's the tutorial I promised:

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed Tracey's gorgeous projects and tutorial, and I hope you have a beautiful day!

~Melinda