Revisting the Wayfarer kit - Monica's fabulous vintage layout

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope this finds you doing well. I using the July "Wayfarer" Kit from Scraps of Darkness. What a treat this is!

I'm back again with a look back at older Hot Springs. I found this picture on Pinterest. This was a grand grand hotel back in the day. It sat in a state of disrepair for a long time. Then this was this horrendous fire. They have only just recently demolished it. Now where once this statement of grandeur stood... is now a lovely lawn and they hold movies in the park during the summers.

I am so enjoying using these Blue Fern Studio papers.. I love love love how thick they are. I'm not afraid to product on them!! I hardly have to put product on them because they are designed so beautifully.

Here is The Majestic.....

Here are a few close ups. I still think these chippies from Blue Fern Studios that came in the kit are adorable. I've tried to use them sparingly.

Here you can see I used some more of the 49 and Market gorgeous embellishments!! I'll hate to use up the last of these. 

 Here you can see I used some German Glitter Glass Ice Resin that can be found in our store.

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Two Fabulous layouts - July Wayfarer kit

Hello my Crafty Friends!!
Monica here today to show you a project using the July Scraps of Darkness Kit: Wayfarer.
I love taking pictures of the flowers that get delivered to my work each Friday. They are used for our Sunday Services.  I am in love with the 49 and Market Floral pieces. They are so vibrant.

I loved the cute little stamps that were in this month's kit. I played around with various colors. I also used some washi tape that was from my stash. Any chance to use butterflies and I'm all over it.

I loved used the Blue Fern chipboard pieces that came in the Kit. I used various distress inks to color them up and brighten a bit.

There were some gorgeous flowers that came in the kit and I wanted to choose some that were close to the colors of the papers and photo and embellishments.

I adore the little birdy that came in the kit. I used gel medium to glue him down. Sometimes I don't know how to get these things down but gel medium seems to do the trick.

I have a included a few more close ups continuing to go around the page. I loved the stamps. There were so many wonderful pieces in this kit.

 I pleasantly surprised when I looked closer at this paper.

Blue Fern Studios .... thank you for including historical places around the country.  I squealed in delight when I saw.... Hot Springs Arkansas. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to showcase a few historical items of interest for my little town. yay. I will definitely have to buy more of this paper.

For my project today.... MOB IN THE SPA.... yes those little ole' gangsters loving coming to Hot Springs... it was a hot bed.... of crime, with alcohol running free, gambling and legalized prostitution. Of course let's not forget the corruption that was probably running rampant back then as well.

We have a neat museum about it all and a few books have been written as well. I am featuring a photo of a bookcover which talks about Al Capone and a few others. I had a lot of fun with this project. I really connected with it.

Below I will show some close ups..

I love working with stencils and the brick one is my all time favorite. I used some old texturez and mixed in some alcohol inks... and I think I've seen in movies.. beware of the black rose... ooooooo... I also used some Nuvo drops in Antique Rose underneath the car.. and a little Anna Griffin Flourish in the corner. I also dropped a few ... prills (which can be found in the Scraps of Darkness Store) onto the bricks..

This card was my absolute favorite... HOT SPRINGS!!! yay. with some beautiful flowers.. a little burlap paper that was included in the kit.. I really like this version because it didn't start fraying and coming apart. and those wonderful 49 and Market flowers... I really want to use them all on one project but I can't. I have to leave some for the other projects... do you ever get that happy with your goodies.??

I loved this adhesive piece for the Great Getaway .. whenever I can find something it is pre-glued for me I make a mental note of it! I also tried a little technique with my die and gilding flakes....from my stash.. I just love it.

I loved the traveler emphemera that was included in the kit. It was so hard to choose just one or two or 4 of them....

Why yes I did a little splattering here and there.... a little 49 and Market dragonfly had to pop in... and more little elements...

Here's the other side and that clothes pin... ya'll you know back in the day they hung their clothes up... and I did too when I was growing up... then we discovered laundromats... mom didn't drive so we carried our clothes thru town ... and we hated it when the dryers weren't working...thank goodness later in life we were able to get a washer and dryer.. but I surely remember the early years...and I think I prefer clothes on the line as opposed to over drying and shrinking my clothes LOL.

Here are some more elements I was able to add.. and look at that.. .9 -15... well I just had to use it.. cuz that my birth month and day. tee hee

Here I have another piece of 49 and Market's greenery and some more Nuvo drops (which can be found in the Scraps of Darkness Store).

That concludes the tour and I hope you enjoyed the show.

I hope you enjoy this kit as much as I do. 

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I hope you find as much joy today in your crafting as I have in the making of this one.

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Revisiting April: 4 more projects with Blue Skies & Sunshine

It's me again (Kathy) with my final layout using the Scraps of Darkness April kit "Blue Skies & Sunshine".

This layout features my oldest grandson Chase, in his 2nd Grade school picture.  I think he is such a cutie.

For those of you who don't know me, I am a really slow scrapper.  I have to take time to think through my layouts and how I want themto turn out.  For me, it's the process of creating that I enjoy the most.  By the time I am halfway finished with a layout, I have already created it,

and want to move on to the next layout lol!!!  This month is always a very busy one for me, with my birthday and Mother's Day, I have 2 weekends takenup spending time with my family, and not much scrapping.....I hope you enjoy my sharing with you how I created this layout.

I used 3 different papers for the foundation, 2 from Kaisercraft and 1 from Bo Bunny from the Main Kit.  I applied a little watered down gesso around where I wanted my photo and embellishments to be.  I also splattered some black ink to add a little dimension.  I used the Gabi stamp that came in last month's kit and stamped around the border of the page.  Not sure if you notice, but most of the edges of the papers and photo have rounded edges to coordinate with the chipboard.

I layered the mats (black and blue) under the photo.  Some of the sentiment phrases were on the sticker sheet included in the Main Kit, and other were die cuts, and some I even fussy cut from on the papers with sentiment phrases.  (Elements and Main Kit)

I used the Blue Fern Studios interlocking squares chipboard from my stash.  I simply used Ranger's Archival Ink  to blend with the layout.  I had planned on adding some micro beads, but decided to leave them plain.  

The denim stars and brass buttons in the middle came in last month's kit as well.  I also added some little gems from a previous kit to add more dimension in several places around the layout.  I also used the Tim Holtz clips that were included in Main Kit on the main phrase next to the photo.  

And, finally I used a selvage edge of one of the papers on each of the diagonal corners with several inspiring sentiments.  

That's it for me.  Please stop by again to see all the fabulous works of art created by our super talented Design Time.  Till next time......

Kathy

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Hello Friends...

I'm back again with another project from the Scraps of Darkness' Blue Skies & Sunshine Kit.

I decided to make a set of tags. I fell in love with those scrabble tiles and couldn't want to use them.

Here are the tags.

I loved using the chippies that came in the kit and the yellow doily.

Below are some close ups of both tags.

Here you can see how I started the background. I mixed some blue paint in with some modeling paste and then stenciled it on.

Here below you can see a few different angles.

 I loved adding cheesecloth and that yellow doily.

 A butterfly along with the glitter glass.

 Another few angles and a few flowers.

 I painted the Blue Fern chipboard. It was so pretty.

 I went crazy with the splatters... I did white, yellow, and black.

 Wasn't that neat, the metal piece.

Today I'm bringing another yummy page created with the Blue Skies and Sunshine from Scraps of Darkness. Here is my layout... from my brother's wedding. I love this photo.

I feel like all these awesome sentiments are so appropriate..

The blue fern chippies are fabulous.

 Here you can see some prills and some glitter glass

She's forever in my heart... I can totally hear him thinking this.

 I feel the sentiments in this kit really resonated with the day.

I had fun using the black paint. Can you tell?

Love the butterfly.  I also used some stencils from my stash.

This last sentiment says it all..... This is What Happy Looks Like.

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Here's my 4th project with my Scraps of Darkness' Blue Skies & Sunshine Kit - it just is perfect when working with these wedding photos.

I really loved this picture of my brother with his daughter... don't you?  I think I'll call this layout ... Strength..

I loved her silver sequined dress...


Here are a few close ups of my layout.... I love clocks so I was so happy to see a couple of clocks ready to be used.  You can also see a little punchwork I did on the side.

 In this close up of the flowers... you can see where I did a little paint splatter and a little pink rose for her.

Here just above the flowers you can see a little silver trim.  really wanted to bring out her dress.

 Had to make sure I got the buds in here.... wanted my layout to reflect soft and romantic..

 Here you can see some paint effects...

 Here you can see my latest chipboard alterations. I used the gun metal grey embossing powder for the chipboard.

 Here you can see the row of flowers and the silver peeking out from behind.

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