Introducing Scraps of Elegance!

You may know Scraps of Darkness already ~ she is on the edgy and daring side and is always the "pushing the envelope" kit of diversity.

Now we would like to introduce you to her new sister --- "Scraps of Elegance" is the alter ego of her sister club. 

Her style is more on the sweet and romantic side... a true classic beauty!

Today is the reveal of our very first "Scraps of Elegance" kit!

VINTAGE ELEGANCE

We've carefully chosen these beautiful papers from Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings, Websters Pages Western Romance and Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Collection. We have also added some wonderful embellishments and unique vintage itemsfor you to create something beautiful to compliment your most treasured photos. 

You can see the full list of kit ingredients on our website: 

Scraps of Elegance

We are proud and honored to introduce one of the most coveted designers in the industry helping us show off our new line of kits.

February Guest Designer

Ms. Gabrielle Pollacco

You won't want to miss the gorgeous work she's done with this kit!

We know how much you look forward to the sketches our ever talented artist Suepup creates each month for Scraps of Darkness.

We are excited to announce she will be designing the sketches for each Scraps of Elegance kit as well!  Now we are sure you don't want to just hear about her sketches, so we are pleased to share this month's inspirational sketch with you.

We would also like to introduce you to some of the most talented designers in the scrapbooking community...

Our 2012 Scraps of Elegance design team:

Lisa Novogrodski - Lead Designer

Charlotte Jenkins - Sketch Artist and Designer

Jennifer Snyder -Designer

Mandy Harrell - Designer

Karen Zueger - Designer

Renea Harrison - Designer

Rachelle Sigurdson - Designer

And we are quite certain Escape Kitty will sometimes make off with some of Jennifer's Scraps of Elegance goodies to create something beautiful!

We are kicking off the reveal of our first kit by way of a blog hop this month. You can enjoy not only the full reveal, but a chance to win an incredible prize!

We will be awarding a THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB on this blog to one lucky winner!!!!

You win not one, not two, but THREE SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KITS!

The subscription will begin with our March kit and end with our May kit. You have until February 4th midnight pacific time to post your comment. A winner will be selected and announced on this blog on Sunday, February 5th!

Many of our designers are giving away their own prizes on their blogs so there are many chances to win.

All you need to do to win is become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog. Then visit each designer and leave a comment on their blogs. When you have completed the hop come back to Scraps of Elegance and leave a comment letting us know you have completed the hop and are a follower. (If you are already a follower, after commenting on the designers' blogs leave a comment here letting us know!)

International entries are welcome to participate. All international entries are responsible for shipping costs in excess of $15.00.

(The designers will address the eligibility of international participants individually on each of their blogs)

Now let's get started! We warmly welcome you to the first SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE BLOG HOP!

Scraps of Elegance Blog

Gabrielle Pollacco

Lisa Novogrodski 

Jennifer Snyder

Karen Zueger 

Renea Harrison

Cheryl Casas

Karolina Stopyra

Nancy Hanttula 

Escape Kitty

Charlotte Jenkins 

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the hop!

Coming Soon...

Tomorrow is the big day...

Set your calenders to stop in tomorrow so you don't miss out on all the fun!

Masking Tape Tutorial

Lisa Novogrodski has done a wonderful video tutorial showing you how to have some fun with masking tape.  See those hinges on this beautiful altered book she made?  Yep, that's masking tape!

And here's how she did it:

Grunged Up Corrugated Board Tutorial

Love the look of those layouts you see with corrugated board, but not sure how to get the look you want?

Our very own Renea Harrison has done a fabulous new video tutorial on exactly that!  See how she created the beautiful look she did on this layout:

You can always stop in to our Tutorials page on our website to see this and other inspiring tutorials by the ladies on our Design Team.

Pandora's Box Tutorial by Drycha

Do you ever look at a gorgeous layout by a Design Team member and wonder "How'd they do that?".
Well we have a wonderful monthly series of tutorials called Pandora's Box.  Each month, at least one of our designers will do a tutorial on exactly how she created one of her layouts.

Drycha has done a fabulous video tutorial on how she created her Tropical Lily layout with our January Escape kit:

Notice that awesome Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag tucked in under the Prima flower?  Drycha tells you exactly how to alter it to get that look in her tutorial!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope we've inspired you to create something beautiful today!

Color 101 Tutorial

Each month we offer a "Color Add On" to go along with our kits.
The Color Add On varies each month, so that our customers can try new techniques and colors each month.  Some months are mostly mists, and others include paints, inks, and other mediums.  And we always include one item for you to use those colors with - such as stamps, masks, or canvas.
Lisa Novogrodski has created a fabulous video tutorial titled "COLOR and TEXTURE 101- A beginners guide," for those who are new to using color in their work and need to get their feet wet!

So what's stopping you, jump right in and start having fun with some color!

Stalker Challenge Winner

The winner for this round (Nov-Jan) for the Stalker Challenge is

Beth aka Rabbit51

for her "Rock-On" lo.

The prompt for this round was bringing back some of the hippie slang from the late 60's and 70's.  Beth used the "Purple Haze" kit to make this totally fun and hippie page.  She scrapped  Janis Joplin which is totally far out!!!  This design is really hip and groovy.  Congrats Beth, thank you for sharing this awesome page with us!