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!



Reveal Day!

It's May 15th, Reveal Day at Scraps of Darkness!

This month we're taking you on a trip to the Orient with beautiful vibrant colors and Asian themed papers and embellishments. 

And some happy news, in addition to our four regular kit add ons- Patterned Paper, Cardstock, Romance, and Color, we are now offering a 5th add-on, the Flora & Fauna add-on.  Check it out on our main site 

We have another lovely sketch by Suepup to accompany this month's kit:

.

And I thought I'd share our Design Team's interpretations of the sketch, a little eye candy is always good!

It's A Girl Thing by Joy Jarvis, our May Guest Designer

Dream by Mandy Harrell

Auntie by Lisa Novogrodski

Little Lady in Waiting by Nancy Hanttula

My Hero by Karen Zueger

Dream by Renea Harrison

Calm by Cheryl Casas

Eva by Celina Matthews

If you'd like to see more of the gorgeous creations by our Design Team, please stop by our gallery and take a look!

I'd also like to add that we've just added lots of beautiful chipboard to our store, so if you're looking for something fun and different for your layouts, stop in and see what we've got!

May's Guest Designer

With the reveal of our May kit approaching quickly, I wanted to introduce you to our talented Guest Designer for May, Joy Jarvis.  Joy subscribes to our kits, and has done some really fabulous work with them, and we just wanted to show off her beautiful work!  Be sure to stop by our gallery tomorrow to see the wonderful layouts she and the Design Team have created with the May kit!

Meet Joy:

First, I’m so blessed to be married to the most amazing man who is so supportive of my scrapbooking obsession.  We live in NE Ohio, and I have a daughter who is 19.  I work full-time for a specialty-chemicals company in their marketing/sales department.  I started scrapbooking 9 years ago and am always looking for innovative, new techniques.  I love dark colors, dramatic contrasts, shabby chic, vintage, and grunge styles.  I'm addicted to inking, distressing, spray mists, cutting, and stamping.  I joined Scraps of Darkness last year after seeing all the talent and beautiful artwork the Design Team does here.  And the kits, well, they speak for themselves!  Melinda does a fabulous job of coordinating items that inspire and challenge.  My creativity definitely stepped up after joining here, and I love being part of the fun forum as well!  I’m honored to be chosen as a guest designer this month, and I hope you enjoy what I’ve done with this kit.  For details on my layouts, please visit my blog:  http://www.myscraptuary.blogspot.com/