Spetmeber SOD kit - The black Album!!!

Have you seen this months kit?

It totally rocks!

full of great paper from Teresa Collins Memorabilia

and My Minds Eye Chalk Studio!  Gorgeous

embellishments from Prima, Heidi Swapp and more!

check it out

and the add ons will defiantly help your creativity shine through!

Creativity Add on 

 Color add on

Coordinating Paper Add On

Embellishment Add On

Cardstock Add On

Patterned Paper Add On

Kit Floral Add

and this months sketch is amazing!

And check out what Karen Zueger-Brownell did with this months sketch!

an amazingly beautiful layout of her friend and her family!

check out the details!

the inky circles, the layers, the fabulous branches all make this creations outstanding!

And then there is Renea's genuinely beautiful layout that just blew me away!

She used three different layers of the kit papers that I punched,accented with Puff Paints and stenciled with gel medium

 

 

she used a white Doilie to break up the black background, and stamped it with a script stamp and then puff embossed it. 

 

 

 

 

 

She used the silk bias ribbon from the Embellishment Add On to form a banner, and added the buttons from the kit, flowers from the Flora & Fauna Add On, and some cheesecloth for softness. she added more cheesecloth and flowers to the top banner on the paper. 

 

Check back tomorrow for more inspiration from the dt using this months sketch! 

A few more inspirational pieces!

First up on the blog today is Marianne! 

WOW!  check out all the background work!

Just amazing!

The photo is a tower of bells, placed in lake Mjøsa. Each hour the bells start playing different melodies. You can hear it from a long distance.

 

I love how she highlighted some of the words in her title!

and next to inspire you is Kim!

I love how she misted the  background, added gesso and really made the papers look more rustic!

And check out all the details and hidden gems!

I love how she put the title right on the photo - bringing even more emphasis to the picture!

adding the cardboard and gesso was the perfect touch!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah's Fabulous mini!

Sarah created a marvellous vintage mini

using Tim Holtz Idea-ology Cabinet Cards (included in the Scraps of Darkness August Embellishment Add-on) 

She used instant coffee (an a bit of mist) to dye her flowers and the lace - too cool!

She also did plenty of distressing of the Cabinet Cards by splashing them with brewed instant coffee and adding coffee rings. In keeping with the Vintage theme of the album, she printed all the photos for the album in sepia-tones.

Here are her praiseworthy inside pages

and the back

Thanks for stopping by!

Mandys gorgeous Baroque Mini Album Heat/Dry Embossing/Aging

This Mini album that Mandy created is beyond words!

It is abounding with gloriously beautiful techniques!

The mini album is a "Special Edition Add On" to the "Simply Shabby Chic September Kit"

The details of this dazzling mini are astounding

The touches of red ribbon

The dry embossing

With the gate open!

She even created showing how to create an antiqued/weathered finish on the gate and dry embossing.

thanks for stopping by!

Renea's Scrumptious Recipe book and Timeless layout

Renea created such a delightfully scrumptious recipe book

with this months creativity add on!

she loved an apron card she had seen by Angela  Poole

and knew she wanted to use it on her recipe book! 

look at all the layers and delectable distressing!

and she even did the back of the book!

She tabbed sections in her book for appetizers, main dishes and desserts

and her layout has a timeless beauty about it!

It is rustic and full of character!

 

she created lots of texture with gel medium and misting the background with a stencil, making paper rolls and then wrapping them with Lace, and adding frayed burlap pieces.

Here are some of the enticing details!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Nadia's exquisite layout

I have looked at this layout so many times because there are so

many radiant details!

The background work is sensational!

check out what she did with used Prima's Elementals collection 12x12 Halftone , together with thick Gesso and a mist, I turned it over and applied what was left on the stencil onto the paper. It gave it this colour wash effect 

this is so striking!

look at these details!

for more inspiration make sure you stop by the gallery

Our September Guest Designer

If you are a member of our forum, you already know and love her, if you are not, here's a little introduction... 

Our September Guest Designer is the fabulous Leanne Thompson, aka Violent Kittie!

Hello there!  My name is Lee and I sometimes work under the name “Violent Kittie.”  I am her and she is me.  I am not violent, nor am I a cat.  I really am a stay at home mom that tries to stay in my craft room as much as I can, except when I am forced to emerge for shopping, cooking or cleaning.  I am married to an army pilot and have traveled to many places with him and our two children.  I have been scrapbooking for 13 years, but have taken many long breaks from my beloved hobby due to deployments and moving around the country.  

I have been a subscriber to Scraps Of Darkness kits for almost 2 years, since I stumbled on to them on Scrapbook.com.  I am so excited that they have asked me to be a guest designer.  I hope I can do these beautiful kits justice!

Here's a link to Lee's blog, be sure to check it out and follow, you will love her work!  Violent Kittie.

And I thought I'd share a few of the layouts Lee has done with our kits in the past, to hold you over until she shares her work with the September kit!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you are all having a fabulous, scrappy weekend!