Laura's Final 'Travel Stories' kit layout

Good morning!

I shared a layout the other day of our boys at Canada's Wonderland and today I am going to share my final layout using the April Scraps Of Darkness kit 'Travel Stories' featuring a photo of our family at the amusement park!

 I really love to layer the Graphic 45 papers from the 'travel stories' kit 

I created some flowers clusters using the flowers from the main kit,  and floral add on 

I used one of the Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection Ephemera Cards

from the elements add on and then mounted it on coordinating paper.

Thanks for stopping by! 

~Laura 

Destination layouts with Michelle!

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Today I am sharing a couple of layouts that feature destinations from the talented Michelle, using our Scraps Of Darkness kit

'Travel Stories'

Since Michelle lives in Australia she created a layout about her beautiful  harbor

Her second layout features a steampunk image of the 'city of lights'...Paris

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

Snips and Snails with Kathy and Laura!

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'Snips and snails and puppy dog tails' that's what little boys are made of....

Today Kathy and I have layouts to share that celebrate the young men in our lives and the diversity of the 

Scraps Of Darkness April kit 'Travel Stories'

The background paper is from Kaisercraft found in the Coordinating Paper Add On.   She rolled one of the pieces from an Engineering textbook so it would look like a page of a book turned back then placed a clip to hold it in place In the top right hand corner.

She fussy cut the shelf of books on the left side, along with a ruler from another Kaisercraft paper included in the Coordinating Paper Add On. 

For the center of the lo she sprayed lots of Prima's Color Bloom "Antique Gold" and stamped the around the page with a script stamp to make it look like the page of the book then splattered lots of inks, and used a ledge stencil to make it look more structured.

 Included in the Elements Add On are some G45 "City Scapes" cards which she used to create mats for the back of the photo. 

She made a little book that is located on the left hand side of the photo from the Kaisercraft Collectables.  She rolled the pages of the book and placed little dowels underneath them so they would stay in place.  Then wrapped a piece of twine around the center for the binding.

Next is a layout I did  with a photo from an amusement park

The Graphic 45 Cityscapes papers are perfect for layering!

I had this piece of chipboard and I used the May Arts Jute String from the kit and wrapped it around a few of the letters

I also bought some Faber Castell glass bead gel medium from the SOD store and mixed it with Marion Smith Designs Color Lab Sparkling Pigments from a previous kit then stenciled it on. 

 

LOTS of layers!!!

Thanks for stopping by! 

~Laura

Mixed Media Monday

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Welcome to our Mixed Media Monday post....

 

Today I have a stunning vintage mixed media layout from Anna using the April Scraps Of Elegance kit 'Wonderful' 

 

 

As a background, she used the "Secret Garden Arbor" paper from Bo Bunny "Secret Garden" collection.

 

And her stunning details....

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

Laura's Graphic 45 beach layout

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I love Graphic 45....I love how saturated the fabulous the colors are!

 

 

The G45 papers are from the Cityscapes collection in the April Scraps of Darkness kit 'Travel Stories' and the bright and bold colors I thought were prefect for a beach photo of my guys.

I started by picking out my layers in colors and designs then inked the outside of each one.

 

 

I created a few flowers clusters using the
Prima Vintage Emporium Opera Flowers from the main kit and the Prima Vintage Emporium Flowers Intermezzo from the floral add on.  

 

 

I used one of the Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection Ephemera Cards from the Elements Add On for the place and date and added a few more flowers

 

 

The very cool Tim Holtz metal quote band is also in the

elements add on

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

 

 

 

Lisa's Stunning Mixed Media layout

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I often wonder how our designers are inspired to created their beautiful projects.

Lisa Griffith describes how she was inspired to create this amazing layout using the April Scraps Of Elegance kit 'Wonderful'

One of the things she noticed in creating layouts over the years, is that the pages of hers that she liked the most somehow have taken design clues straight from the papers she used. In this case, even though these gorgeous papers by Fabscraps with the soft blues, pinks and browns screamed shabby chic,  when she saw the black ink markings down the sides and around the edges of this paper,  she decided to create something really pretty but with an edge of darkness to it. Another design tip she followed is repeating the look of the black lines with a stencil and heavy white gesso to add texture and to further emphasize that feature of the paper. Lisa says that creating a harmonious overall look by repeating design elements creates a visual rhythm to your work that's pleasing to the eye.  Of course, so many things happen a long the way while you're creating a page that aren't planned, and that's great too!

  She used the Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder called 'Cosmic Blue Violet' on the Blue Fern Studios chipboard 'Small Spring Iris',the vertical lines played into my design perfectly :)

The 'Bird in Cage' stamp is so adorable. She used both the little saying and the bird cage stamp all around the page. She also used the BoBunny Laser Cut Chipboard Tag: 'Trellis', the BoBunny 'Secret Garden' collection brads from the 'Elements' kit add-on, 

and the pink Prima 'Slate' flowers from the 'Floral' add-on.

Thanks for stopping by!

Laura works with the Kaisercraft in the April kit!

Good morning!

This months Scraps Of Darkness kit 'Travel Stories' is jam packed full of beautiful papers and embellishments from Kaisercraft and Graphic 45!  Both lines area awesome!  I decided to start with the Kaisercraft 'Story Book' papers....

I love sketches....I find them so versatile and a great place to start creating from and this months sketch challenge from Kaisercraft is so fabulous I used it twice!

I started by choosing my layers then trimmed and distressed the edges!

I used a title block from one of the papers than I adhered all the layers together. 

I used the Prima Box Flowers - Penmanship from the floral add on then I misted them with a navy from a previous kit and the Lindy's Stamp Gang, Starburst Mist in Steampunk Sepia from the color add on.  I also added a few flowers from a previous kit and the Kaisercraft iceburg paper blooms from the SOD store

I die cut some branches/leaves from a die from my stash

My next layout I flipped the sketch.... 

I again altered the flowers with the Lindy's mists

and die cut leaves 

I used the Docrafts Papermania Adhesive Crochet Trim from the elements add on, on the sides of the photo

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laura