Scraps Of Elegance and Scraps of Darkness Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance Design Team Blog Hop with special guests Donna Salazar!  If you arrived from Renea Harrison's blog page, then you are at the right place. 

You want  prizes, fun and inspiration?  It's all right here in our blog hop. 

The hop begins here at the Scraps of Elegance blog where we have just revealed our June kit, “Country Charm”, featuring Donna Salazar's gorgeous “Botanique” collection and a ton of Prima flowers, Shabby Chic Treasures and Say it in Studs!!!

SOE and SOD are giving away 4 prizes!!! I am also adding to the excitement by tossing in a $15.00 USD gift certificate to be used at Scraps of Elegance/Darkness on kits or in the store. I know other designers (and Mascot Designers) are offering prizes as well.  Fun times for sure.

So let's talk prizes, shall we? 
Scraps of Elegance is giving away a “Swan Song” kit featuring Prima’s Fairy Belle Collection to one lucky winner, and one set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!
Scraps of Darkness is giving a “Summer Breeze” kit featuring Prima’s Sun Kiss Collection to one winner, as well as a set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!
NOTE: This is open to international entries; however, you will be responsible for shipping charges in excess of $10.00.

 Scraps Of Darkness Kit, Summer Breeze featuring Prima's Sun Kiss Collection. 

Scraps Of Elegance May “Swan Song” kit featuring Prima’s Fairy Belle Collection

I am giving away this prize. For a chance to win, please follow my blog and leave a comment. 

Here is my layout using the wonderful Donna Salazar papers. 

This is the Spruce Girls #2. 

This photo was taken in 1929 and features lovely ladies called the "Spruce Girls".  The photo was taken by Vern C Gorst (1876-1953) ca. 1929 in Hoquaim, Washington State.   

Lumber was the lifeblood of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, and all of Grays Harbor, Washington. Throughout the first quarter of the twentieth century, Grays Harbor County retained its title as the greatest lumber-producing and lumber-shipping region in the world.  To celebrate Wood Week, five young ladies were selected to wear bathing suits made entirely from thin spruce veneer to promote the products of the Washington lumber industry. 

Veneer is very thin sheets of wood. While there are 5 spruce Girls, one is missing from this photo.  Can we assume a splinter problem?  LOL  You have a splinter WHERE?  

Ouch! Sistah, can you help me with a splinter? 

At any rate, these are cool photos I obtained from the University of Washington data files, no copyright. 

Thanks to my friend Helbert for the gift of the cool vintage burlap fabric that I have placed behind the photo.  Thanks Doll! People like YOU make this a wonderful community. 

Thi layout also features the wonderful handmade butterflies by Renea Harrison.  Gorgeous.  Check them out on her site. 

I used the Dusty Attic Corner Flourish #2 DA0629 here.

  

Here are the girls. 

All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1. Become a follower of this blog and the Scraps of Darkness blog and leave a comment on all of the participating blogs.  Many of the designers are giving away prizes if you become a follower of their blog, as well, so you have lots of chances to win extra prizes!
2. After you have finished visiting all the blogs, you should end up back on the Scraps Of Elegance blog. Let us know you have completed the hop! You will love seeing what our design team has created, and we hope it will inspire you to create something beautiful!
3. You have until midnight June 4th Pacific time to complete the hop and comment. The winner will be announced on this blog on June 6th.
4. Continue on with Donna Salazar's Blog. 

The hop begins at Scraps of Elegance. Have fun!!!
Scraps of Elegance
Lisa Novogrodski
Mandy Harrell
Karen Zueger
Renea Harrison
Jennifer Snyder
Donna Salazar
Michelle Phillips
Karolina Stopyra
Elena Olinevich
Helena Johansson
Escape Kitty
Charlotte Jenkins 
Scraps of Darkness
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