June Layout of the Month

All the layouts created with June's Scraps of Darkness Kit - Welcome to the Jungle were amazing! The task of looking through them all and choosing just one is going to be a difficult one, each month, with so many talented ladies posting their fabulous creations! So without further ado.....

June's Layout of the Month is...

 It's A Jungle Out There by viennangel!

This page had such color and sweetness. The flowers add a perfect pop of color against the green background and the ribbon trim adds a soft touch to the layout. The stitched vines are gorgeous accents and the chipboard pieces were painted amazingly! 

Congratulations!!!

July Skeletons in the Closet Challenge Winner!!!!

Christine

aka

CharliesAngel

This is what Christine had to say about her wonderful creation for this challenge.

" This was my take on Lisa's Skeleton's In The Closet Challenge over at Scraps of Darkness (LOVE her SITC Challenge!) Anyway, the challenge was to scrap the emotion and/or feeling you get when you hear the song "iris" by the goo goo dolls WITHOUT using a picture. The first line always bring me back in time when Charles was living 1000 miles away and we only got to see each other every 3 months or so. This layout depicts emotions and challenges that we went though during that time, and even afterwards. Lots of symbolism here. All the music imagery is because that is how we met in the first place. I found his band on myspace.com, and after a long while of being just friends and me being a fan of his music, for whatever reason, he gave me his phone number. I called him, and not long after that I was head over heels. I fell in love before I ever met him in person. I would meet him some 5 months or so after we first began communicating, and his music was often the only way I could really feel close to him. The ipod on my layout shows his band's name, and the name of a song he wrote for me. The state of texas with the red heart right over the dallas area..since that's where my heart was. The broken heart showing how I felt most of the time, even though his love made me feel like my heart was flying most of the time, too. The girl is me, crying black tears and stiched x's across the mouth to represent that which was unspoken. God brought Charles to me. I've learned so much from him and the experience, I have barely scratched the surface of what this layout represents. "

If you haven't already, go check out the latest Skeletons in the Closet Challenge. All are welcome to participate using any products. We would love to have you!

July Reveal Day

Yep, it's that time again, Reveal Day at Scraps of Darkness!

This month we've got beautiful vibrant colors from Christine Adolph's Marrakesh Collection for Creative Imaginations, along with some Basic Grey Oxford papers, and some wonderful embellishments to compliment these lines.  This is our Marrakesh Express kit:

Charlotte Jenkins, aka Suepup, did a beautiful sketch to compliment this month's kit.  If you got this month's kit, be sure to use the sketch and enter it in the sketch challenge on our message board, and check out the other challenges we have this month!  Here's that awesome sketch I was talking about:

This month, we also did a Limited Edition special kit, Over The Rainbow, featuring paper and embellishments from Graphic 45's brand new Magic of OZ line.  I am really looking forward to seeing all the layouts done with this kit.  I love the Wizard of Oz, and was so thrilled when G45 came out with this line, that I couldn't resist doing a special kit for it:

 Thanks for stopping by today, and have a fabulous weekend full of scrapping!

We have a new Designer!

I am tickled pink (yes, I said pink - even tho it is NOT one of my favorite colors, lol) to announce that Jennifer Snyder has joined the SOD Design Team!  You may know Jennifer as jrabs, and you may also recognize her as a Guest Designer for us with the June kit.  Jennifer always wows me with her work, and her work with the June kit was no different.

So without further delay, meet Jennifer:

My name is Jennifer Snyder or JRABS.  I've been scrapping for several years but really started working on technique and detail within the 18 months.  I love to start my day off really really early scrapping - like 4:30am  early.    This helps me prepare for my day-job which is far less creative and probably would bore you to tears.  I work in the field of natural gas and electricity, so yep - I can tell a few of you are already snoring.    Let's play it safe and just talk scrapping.  I am a gal who loves the whole tangible aspect of our beloved craft, from the pretty papers to hoarding ribbons and trims. 

My Husband , of only a few short, sweet years has been a great support for my scrapping passion.  He never says anything when the boxes arrive in the mail, or when I come through the door with a shopping bag.  He does roll his eyes though.

I have found scrapping to be a hobby that can keep your mind active, youthful and refreshed.  

Welcome to Scraps of Darkness, Jennifer, I know we will all enjoy seeing your gorgeous creations!

June Reveal

 It's Reveal Day for our new kit!  Stop by our main site to see the kit:  www.scrapsofdarkness.com.

Along with the new kit comes our June Sketch by the ever-talented Charlotte Jenkins, aka Suepup:

If you use our June kit to create a layout using the sketch, be sure to enter the Sketch Challenge our forum, and even if you use your own supplies, come share your work in the Sketch Challenge thread.

I know you want to see what our amazing Design Team has done with this sketch, so here's a little eye-candy for you to enjoy:

By Jennifer Snyder, June Guest Designer

by Mandy Harrell

by Charlotte Jenkins

by Lisa Novogrodski

by Nancy Hanttula

by Karen Zueger

by Renea Harrison

by Celina Matthews

by Cheryl Casas

To see more of the gorgeous art created by the talented ladies on our Design Team, be sure to stop by our gallery!

June's Guest Designers

This month we have not one, but TWO talented Guest Designers to inspire you!

Jennifer Snyder, aka JRABS, has been inspiring me with her gorgeous layouts for some time now, and if you haven't seen her work before, be sure to stop by our gallery on Reveal Day (tomorrow!), to see some of her work, because I guarantee you won't be disappointed with what she's done with our June kit.

Terra Serrano is fairly new to scrapbooking, but she has been very involved in crafting with stamps, and is, in fact, co-owner of Smeared Ink, a digital and rubber stamp company with a dark side to their designs.  Terra has a very edgy style, and will be sharing inspiration over the next few weeks.

Jennifer Snyder

My name is Jennifer Snyder or JRABS.  I've been scrapping for several years but really started working on technique and detail within the 18 months.  I love to start my day off really really early scrapping - like 4:30am  early.    This helps me prepare for my day-job which is far less creative and probably would bore you to tears.  I work in the field of natural gas and electricity, so yep - I can tell a few of you are already snoring.    Let's play it safe and just talk scrapping.  I am a gal who loves the whole tangible aspect of our beloved craft, from the pretty papers to hoarding ribbons and trims. 

My Husband , of only a few short, sweet years has been a great support for my scrapping passion.  He never says anything when the boxes arrive in the mail, or when I come through the door with a shopping bag.  He does roll his eyes though.

I have found scrapping to be a hobby that can keep your mind active, youthful and refreshed. 

Terra Serrano

I have just recently started scrapbooking, although I have been a rubber stamper for 12+ years now. I am a cardmaker, mixed media artist, and I LOVE to alter items. I am just now trying to incorporate some of the techniques I have learned through my other art into scrapbooking.

My work tends to be somewhat, er, different than most :). My style ranges from Grungy-Vintage to Edgy to Dark, with some cutesy stuff thrown in for good measure. I love using paint and materials that you wouldn't normally associate with paper crafts; I adore metal and found objects, and can sometimes be found in my studio (fancy name for my garage) with a blow torch or dremmel tool in hand to industrialize my art. I LOVE power tools!! I'm looking forward to really embracing scrapbooking in my own way.

I co-own my own rubber stamp company called Smeared Ink, and run an online forum called Smeared and Smudged that is dedicated to the grungier, darker side of papercrafting and rubber stamping.

At home I have a loving husband, four fabulous children, a dog named Zombie, and seven pet rats who are awesome! I am a bellydancer, I love to read and garden, and I adore kids!

 Jennifer and Terra, I'm thrilled you are Guest Designing for us this month, and can't wait to see your work!

May Layout of the Month!

Picking out just one page a month for the Layout of the Month is a difficult task! All the pages posted in the Scraps of Darkness Galleries are amazing and so creative and choosing between them is agony.

For May, I chose Shh by QT. This deceptively simple layout creates such a soft feeling perfect for this baby picture. The misting and stamping create wonderful layers of texture and color and the papers are a beautiful backdrop for the contrasting corrugated cardboard. The colors are cool and vibrant but not overpowering and the painted crane is an awesome addition over the small script of words.

This is such a sweet and enchanting page, QT! Congratulations!