Weekend Inspiration - our July Inspiration Board Challenge

Good morning!

It's Friday which means it is time for the weekend inspiration post!

This month we have a stunning Inspiration board!

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends August 8th at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album in our Facebook group (please don't do it as a comment on the post, we choose a winner from the entries that are in the album) , and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a TRIPLE entry - Use our kits and/or items you have purchased from our store (www.scrapsofdarkness.com), and let us know in the description of your photo when you upload there.

5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about August 10th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $25.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

Weekend Inspiration!

Good morning!

To inspire your weekend scrapping we have a gorgeous mood board this month created by Nicole!

Inspiration Board Challenge: June 2016

Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance Mixed Media Scrapbooking Community

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends July 2nd at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album (please don't do it as a comment on the post, we choose a winner from the entries that are in the album) , and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about July 9th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $25.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

 

Just to inspire you a little bit more is this gorgeous layout from Kathy using the Scraps Of Darkness 'Soulshine' kit and a wonderful photo of her mom and dad!

 

 

She distressed the background Blue Fern Studio "Tranquility" paper included in the Main Kit then lightly sprayed some Lindy's Stamp Gang ink mist in aqua to give it a watercolor feel. 

She used the Prima Euphemia in layers

She used several different papers from the Coordinating Paper Add On and others from her stash for the photo layers.  On one of the pieces of paper she glued some cotton lace which came in a previous SOD kit. 

 

 

Next I cut the beautiful chipboard from Blue Fern Studios in the Elements Add On.  I heat embossed the pieces with embossing power included in this month's Scraps of Elegance kit.  She tucked in some lace from her stash and placed it along the bottom of the photo layers. 

 

 

She glued down the lovely Prima "Salvage Distrist" spray across the bottom and placed several little aqua roses.  Both flower pieces came in the Floral Add On.  She also tucked in some butterflies and pieces of ribbon. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

 

 

There is still time..... our May challenge

These is still time for you to enter this months mood board challenge!

1. The challenge starts today and ends June 2nd at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album, and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about June 9th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $25.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

April Inspiration board

Good morning!

Our new inspiration board is sure to inspire you!

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends May 6 at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album in our Facebook Community (please don't do it as a comment on the post, we choose a winner from the entries that are in the album) , and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about May 9th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $25.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions. 

Have a great day

~Laura

March Inspiration Board

Good morning!

This months mood board is based on the Pantone 2016 color of the year!!!

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends March 31 at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album (please don't do it as a comment on the post, we choose a winner from the entries that are in the album) , and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload it in the album
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about April 4th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $25.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

Can't wait to see your entries

January Inspiration Board!

Good morning!

This months inspiration board is so pretty!

The rules:
1. The challenge starts January 1st and ends January 31 at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album, and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about February 4th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $20.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions

December Mood Board Challenge

Come play along with our December Inspiration Board Challenge!

We've put together what we think is a wonderful group of images to inspire you this month, and we hope you'll join in on this month's challenge.

Here are the rules (there aren't many, we promise):

1. The challenge ends Dec. 31 at midnight.

2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!

3. Upload your project into the challenge album in our Facebook Community Group, and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.

4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to the challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload in our challenge album.

5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about January 4th, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $20.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.  

If you've never tried a mood board challenge, we have a wonderful post that gives you some guidance and tips - you can see it here. 

Hope to see your entry soon!

~Melinda

November Inspiration Board

Good morning!

I wanted to show you the new inspiration board!

It's awesome!

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends Nov. 30 at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album, and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!

A winner will be chosen on or about December 3rd, and will receive an exclusive coupon code for $20.00 in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

Making your Wednesday a bit better!

Good morning!

Today I wanted to update all your lovely people on everything we have going on at Scraps Of Darkness/Elegance

We have this months gorgeous inspiration board!

This wonderful board was created by Lisa Griffith

The rules:
1. The challenge starts today and ends September 30 at midnight.
2. Create a layout, canvas, art journal page, or altered item, taking inspiration from this month's Inspiration Board: You can choose inspiration from just one of the images, or several of them. This inspiration can be the quote, the colors, the overall feel of the board, something in one of the pictures on the board - your imagination is the only restriction you have on this!
3. Upload your project into this album, and tell us in the description what you used from the board as your inspiration.
4. For a double entry - post your project on your blog along with the photo of the board and a link to this challenge, and then add the link of your blog post to the description of your photo when you upload here.
5. That's it!
The ladies on our Design Team will be providing you with their takes on the board as examples throughout the month.
A winner will be chosen on or about October 3rd, and will receive a $20.00 credit in our store (may be used towards anything you like in the store). **Please note the credit is for use in our store, and cannot be applied to existing kit subscriptions.

We also have some wonderful swaps happening - an ATC and Swag Bag hosted by Renea!

Lisa N. is hosting a tag swap

and I am hosting a Design Team Scraplift Round Robin!

And Lisa N. is going to be getting her art journal workshop going again after the summer break!

If you would like to take part in all these fun activities make sure you join our community here

We have a lot of fun and share a lot of inspiration!

Oh So Shabbylicious!!!

I LOVE the look of Shabby Chic....its so beautiful!

I believe the definition is: 

Something that's rather worn out/tattered yet has a touch of understated class and an air of charm. It is  achieved through an elegant balance of the old and worn, with the new and shiny, with textures to achieve a romantic affect.

So today I am going to share a few projects that are just shabbylicious and beautiful!

First up is a gorgeous layout by Mallika using the Scraps Of Elegance 'Lynne's Garden Terrace' kit

The collection was a perfect match for her mothers day layout - as her mother always taught her to be independent like a buttefly and fly high.
She was totally inspired by the mood board.

and the gorgeous details

Next up is the Queen of Shabby Chic - Renea using the Scraps Of Elegance 'Lynne's garden terrace' kit

She created a matching set using some images that she had used before, scaling them down, distressing and inking the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink In Tattered Rose, and sewing them.

 

She tore out pieces of tissue paper, crinkled it up and inked it and layered that along with some of the tickets that were in this month's Embellishment add on, and then topped those pieces with my sewn image.

 

at the bottom she tore the paper into a V, then curled them back and layered ruffled ribbon to "Peek" out, and topped it with a Prima Ingvild Bolme Resin Heart piece. I added stash mulberry paper flowers, and some of the flowers from this month's floral add on.

 

 

 

At the top of the photos, She added another Prima Ingvild Bolme Resin Heart piece and then pulled some Vintage lace through a hole and topped it with a Rhinestone Button.

 

 

 

Her next set of tags is equally beautiful

 

 

She wanted a really soft look so she took some of the Bo Bunny paper and coated it with gesso, then took a  Tim Holtz Doily Stencil and went over it with Ranger Texture Paste, and with the stencil still on I misted it with some Lindy's Mist from a past kit. I then inked the distressed edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.

 

 

Next she punched another layer of paper and stamped it with a Prima brick stamp from a past kit, then added a sewn matte layer and then sewed the images and added them. She made hand dyed seam binding bows, topped them with a rhinestone button, and then pulled some of the small lace from the kit through for a hang tag.

 

 

At the bottom of each photo, she added flowers from the kit and this month's floral add on, and some stash foliage, some wide lace, and topped them off with some of her handcrafted butterflies.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lots Of Layers....

Good Morning!

I personally love the dimension and character that layers give to a project!

Today I want to share a few layer luscious layouts from two Scraps Of Darkness designers!

First up is Tracey

'Time Spent With Family....'

Tracey was inspired by this months mood board and the pic is of her daughter and her niece.

Using a large rubber stamp, she covered the frame with warm brown ink.

Using 4 sheets of patterned papers and the coordinated cardstock, she planned her  layers and glued them only in the middle of each layer to give her space to play and decide which lace/ribbon she wanted where. She is more of a scrunch and hot glue type as she didn't want it to look too "matchy-matchy". 

Once her background was in place she padded the frame with a cardboard backing and hot glued it in the center. All the flowers, butterflies and paper elements are from the kit, The wooden leaves are from a previous SOE kit. 

She love clock faces so she tucked them in her clusters-they also went perfect with her sentiment.
 

Next up is me!

Layers don't specifically mean paper, they can mean elements, die cuts, layers of paint etc

I layered paper, cardboard, chipboard, paint, mist and elements!

This is my amazing hubby and a fun photo from a photo shoot we did a couple of years ago!
I created this one using the Kaiser Craft Antique Bazaar papers that were in the kit

Lots of layers!  I added the Copper Jacquard Lumiere Light Body Acrylic Paint to the altered blue fern chipboard and the corrugated cardboard

When I saw the title pieces I knew exactly what photo I wanted to use!!!  And of course more layers!

 

 more of the altered chipboard and I added a few metal gears from a previous kit

and finally another one from me using  lots of layers - this time with paper and doilies!

  This is a beachy fun layout using the Authentique's Durable Collection!

I did a few clusters using the flowers from the kit and the floral add on and of course added a Prima butterfly!

I also added a few of the Prima crystals - they remind me of fish scales and thought they went perfect with this beach layout! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

~Laura 

First Design Team layouts with our April kits!

Good Wednesday!

I hope that you are all well!

Today I am excited to show you the first projects from the awesome new kits!

Lisa has created an outstanding layout using the 

Scraps Of Darkness 'Laura's Wish' kit (<--- thats me - this is the kit named after me!!!)

 

She created a very grungy mixed media page with lots of detailing. She used Lindys Mists in several colors to achieve the splashed look in the background.

Lots of layers with stamps and elements from the kit tucked in. 

She has flowers and die cuts from Kaisercraft tucked beneath the photo.

 Lots of grungy stamps and paint. She also dissected one of Renea's butterflies. 

Next up is a romantic shabby chic layout by Renea using the 

Scraps Of Elegance 'Lynne's Garden Terrace' Kit.

Renea was inspired by this month's inspiration board!

 She distressed and inked the edges on all the papers which were quite a few different layers from the kit papers.

  She did machine sewing on her photo and on the paper layer underneath. There is also 2 layers of torn and inked book pages, and some lace layered underneath as well.

The Rose Quartz Glitter Glass Butterflies were hand crafted by her, just for this kit!

She cut some pieces from the papers and added some of the sweet lace from the kit to the edging and added that on to her layout.

All the shading was done by inking the paper, and then painting over the inking with Crackle  Paint, letting that dry, then she dry brushed some of the gorgeous Lindy's Magical Powder from the main kit onto it to bring out the cracks and the multi colors from the powder looked so YUMMY!!

She ran the pearls from the kit up the side of the photo layers and around the title she created with with one of the kit pieces, a metal piece from the kit, and a flower from this month's Floral Add On.

She then added some cheese cloth, flowers and leaves from the kit and this months Floral Add On. 

  She added more cheesecloth at the top corner and layered on more Floral Add On Flowers.

She then tore out some sections of her layout to reveal that gorgeous paper underneath and heavily inked the edges.

 

Here you can see all the dimension and layering.

Thanks so much for stopping by!