Winter Chill - Scraps Of Darkness

Winter Chill - Scraps Of Darkness

This was a photo I took last Jan, 2011.   I thought I would scrap it with the wonderful Scraps Of Darkness Dec 11- Winter's Eve kit.   Turn the paper into a peaceful chilly scene.

I took some sticks from my yard and painted them with gesso so they resembled the birch trees in the photo.  Then I decorated with pine cones and some leftover embellies from the Nov Scraps Of Darkness kit., some Dusty Attic and cheesecloth. 

The Dusty Attic mini birds were painted with red glimmer glam and then micro beads were added to the belly.

                                              

Please come and check out Scraps Of Darkness.  It's part of what makes the kits so versatile.  The ability to create in your own personal style. 

Thanks so much for looking and may your 2012 be creative, healthy and safe.

Yippee- Featured Artist at The Color Room for Palette #90

Featured Artist at The Color Room for Palette #90 (December 30th)

Thanks a million kind folks at The Color Room!   I am honored and humbled by the incredible talent there.

This is Lexie.  Isn't she cute?    You can read Lexie's story, or rather my story regarding Lexie here at The Color Room.     Lexie's momma, my Aunt, sure is gonna be proud of her lil angel. 

Here is the Palette:  

Thanks a million for looking.  

Angel - The Color Room Palette #90 - Scraps Of Darkness

Angel - The Color Room Palette #90 - Scraps Of Darkness

I am having so much fun with this palette #90 for The Color Room so I created a second layout. 

This is a photo of my niece that I took in October, 2011.  She looks so sweet here.  

I paired it with the wonderful starkness of the Bo Bunny Enchanted paper from the Scraps of Darkness Dec. Kit -Winter's Eve.  The kits are magnificently assembled and can accommodate any style of scrapping, from the romantic to shabby chic, grunge, alternative, or just fun loving.  Check the kit out and see for yourself.  

Here are the close ups.   Below, I used the Bo Bunny chipboard dress shape and added Sizzix wings with the magenta tulle. 

Here is the Color Room Palette #90:

Thanks for looking.  I appreciate your time.

Lexie and The Color Room Palette #90

Lexie - TCR#90 - Scraps Of Darkness 

This is This is Lexie.  And boy do I have a story for you!

In the beginning of December, a friend called and asked if I would accompany his family to a tree farm to cut their Christmas tree.  They wanted me to photograph the event for them.  How fun!

The tree farm was an hour from my house so I decided to make the most of the day and do a little covert photography.  

The tree farm happened to be a mile from my Aunt and Uncle's house so I was hoping my Aunt was gone so I could sneak over there and photograph their 4 month old Yorkshire Terrier puppy as a surprise for my Aunt -she adores her new baby.  

I had my fingers and toes crossed for good luck as I called their house hoping my Aunt would be out of the home. Boy do I know my Aunt - yep she was away for the weekend  and my Uncle said "come right on over". 

I swore both dog and Uncle to secrecy as I snapped my photos and made my exit.  I knew my Uncle was good, he being an ex-military man.  The dog?  Not so sure if the fluff face could keep a secret.

Later that night, I realized I had lost a precious  earring sometime during the day.  Drats and doubledrats!  I hate spending money on a tiny gold earring with the price of gold as it is when I would rather spend the money on scrappy stuff.   Forget it!  I'll be a pirate and wear only one earring. 

(I am super lazy and NEVER change earrings which is the reason losing the earring  was irritating for me).

On Sunday, the next day, my Aunt called and asked if I had lost an earring in her carpet.  WHAT??????  uhhhhhhhhhh - panic!  Quick think think think what to say.  Who spilled?  The dog or the husband.  "yes, I did".  ugh I don't even make a sly Christmas elf.  My Uncle had to spill it lest my Aunt think he was cheating on her.

But I found out on Christmas day that my Uncle never told her I took pictures -he only told her that I had dropped by because I was in the area at the tree farm.   He did say he panicked when she found the earring on her living room carpet and knew it was not hers.  Plus she was away for the weekend so either my Uncle had another woman over for some hanky panky or it was mine.  

Sheeeh - there's always a story, isn't there?  

Anyway, Lexie posed for me like the Diva she is.  Thanks Uncle Jerry!  Nice job.

This was created using the Dec Scraps Of Darkness kit, Winter's Eve and for the Color Room, #90. The kit is packed with such amazing papers and fun embellies. It's very diverse and can fit into any scrapping style preference. Come check out the fun. 

I also used some Dusty Attic at the top corner, painted and stickled.

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Lots and lots of fussy cutting on this layout with the Bo Bunny Enchanted paper.

                             

I used the Prima Mask 6x6 Mix 7 for this and simply sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst in magnolia Magenta Gold.  The colors are magnificent and very bold - the photo above appears to have an orangey look but it's really gold.  Downside to an on-line photo I guess - or perhaps my bad photography but highly unlikely.   (smiles)

Here is the Dusty Attic piece that I painted with Adirondack paint.  I usually paint a white coat so that my next color will bite a bit more.  Then I painted black and a touch of silver.  

Here is the palette I used.  Very cool fun colors.  If you have not checked this site out, please try it.  It's a design "free for all", as long as you stick to ONLY the palette colors for the week.  Palettes come out every Friday so be quick about it!  No time to waste -get scrapping. 

The Color Room, Palette #90

Thanks for looking.  here are a few more photos of Lexie, Queen of hearts.