Renea's Scrumptious Recipe book and Timeless layout

Renea created such a delightfully scrumptious recipe book

with this months creativity add on!

she loved an apron card she had seen by Angela  Poole

and knew she wanted to use it on her recipe book! 

look at all the layers and delectable distressing!

and she even did the back of the book!

She tabbed sections in her book for appetizers, main dishes and desserts

and her layout has a timeless beauty about it!

It is rustic and full of character!

 

she created lots of texture with gel medium and misting the background with a stencil, making paper rolls and then wrapping them with Lace, and adding frayed burlap pieces.

Here are some of the enticing details!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Nadia's exquisite layout

I have looked at this layout so many times because there are so

many radiant details!

The background work is sensational!

check out what she did with used Prima's Elementals collection 12x12 Halftone , together with thick Gesso and a mist, I turned it over and applied what was left on the stencil onto the paper. It gave it this colour wash effect 

this is so striking!

look at these details!

for more inspiration make sure you stop by the gallery

Our September Guest Designer

If you are a member of our forum, you already know and love her, if you are not, here's a little introduction... 

Our September Guest Designer is the fabulous Leanne Thompson, aka Violent Kittie!

Hello there!  My name is Lee and I sometimes work under the name “Violent Kittie.”  I am her and she is me.  I am not violent, nor am I a cat.  I really am a stay at home mom that tries to stay in my craft room as much as I can, except when I am forced to emerge for shopping, cooking or cleaning.  I am married to an army pilot and have traveled to many places with him and our two children.  I have been scrapbooking for 13 years, but have taken many long breaks from my beloved hobby due to deployments and moving around the country.  

I have been a subscriber to Scraps Of Darkness kits for almost 2 years, since I stumbled on to them on Scrapbook.com.  I am so excited that they have asked me to be a guest designer.  I hope I can do these beautiful kits justice!

Here's a link to Lee's blog, be sure to check it out and follow, you will love her work!  Violent Kittie.

And I thought I'd share a few of the layouts Lee has done with our kits in the past, to hold you over until she shares her work with the September kit!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you are all having a fabulous, scrappy weekend!

Kim Rocks the 'Rustic' kit!

I am in awe of kims background work with this kit

she has created a lot of texture and dimension without taking

the emphasis away from her fabulous photos!

check out this layout....

the colors and design are magnificent!!!!!

look at the background....

so much outstanding texture!

and of course love this flower cluster

with so many  marvelous elements

this next layout is really phenomenal

 

I love how she incorporated the tag and the envelope!

and the cardboard adds just the right amount of texture and dimension!

her third layout is so sensational!

It was created with this months SOE sketch!

I love how she textured the background paper and distressed the edges!

look at the layers and the journaling peeking out!

thanks for stopping by!

Kathi's superb September creations!

Kim's layout are absolutely delish! 

She used this kit amazingly!

This first layout melted my heart!

What a precious photo!  The layout really does the sweet photo justice!

and look at the flower cluster!

Her next layout is just as sweet!
so soft and pretty!

I just adore the way she folded the photo mat!

and of course the beautiful flower cluster!

Her third layout is so lovely!
Her design really lets the photo take center stage!

her flower cluster really framed the photo!

Thanks for stopping by!

Painting with Watercolor Pencils Tutorial by Vivian Keh

Vivian created a fabulous new video! 

she will show you how to create this beautiful work of art, using Lindy's Mists and Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Watercolor Pencils

And here's Vivian's tutorial

Amazing creation Vivian!

Sarahs gorgeous projects!

I love to create tags?  Don't you?

This incredible tag by Sarah is really magnificent!

She used the stencil from the kit with some texture paste and mist and fussy cut the wonderful images from the paper!

next is an impeccable layout featuring her adorable son!

she started off by doing some masking with a stencil from her stash and some modeling paste. Then she misted the layout with the Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst mist included in the Main Kit and some blue mist she made.  Then she stamped some images!

Once she had finished creating the background, she layered some strips of paper and added the photo, wrapped with twine and added two mini-paper clips to (from the Creativity Add-On).

For the embellishment cluster, she used Petaloo flowers (Flower Add-on), burlap butterflies and Mandy's Signature Stick-Pin (Embellishment Add-On) and some Prima Metal pieces ('Special Screws' from the Main Kit and the key from her stash). She spritzed the butterflies with the Lindy's Starburst Mist and then stamped them with one of the Prima stamps I had used to create the background. The title was created with Authentique 'Natural Elements' stickers (Main Kit).

told you here projects were gorgeous!