Scrap Escape

Dec 2012 edition

I am so thrilled to be the guest Designer for Dusty Attic for Feb. 2012. I was sent this really cool door design to use. It's a soon-to-be-released piece so hang tight - you too can have it soon enough.

I know that the holidays are just a memory know but the Scraps of Darkness Jan kit was a perfect fit for what I wanted to create.The Jan Kit, Escape is packed with wonderful warm papers.

Please check us out.

OK - this is a photo I took of a pine wreath in December hanging on a ratty old wooed barn. I love the ratty worn weathered look so I tried to replicate this on my Dusty Attic door.

First I painted the door with streaks of Tim Holtz stains -picket fence, vintage photo and a little black soot in the corners. Then I used the Tim Holtz Distressed embossing powders in vintage photo, tea dye and black soot to accent the doors aged appearance.

Thanks for looking.

I am thrilled to celebrate two big events......Scraps Of Elegance Inaugural Reveal and being selected as Guest Designer for Feb. at Dusty Attic. Two great products to pair up and showcase. Oh, you know I had me some fun!

If you have come here from Lisa Novogrodski's blog. Welcome!

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 sweet and romantic ... 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 items for you to create something beautiful to compliment your most treasured photos.

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

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

February Guest Designer - 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 months inspirational sketch with you.

We would also like to introduce you to some of the most talented designers in the scrap booking 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

Trust that me, the great Mascot Designer, Escape Kitty, will sneak off with some of my 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.

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

Here are the easy steps to win:

1 Become a follower of the Scraps of Elegance blog.

2. Visit each designer and leave a comment on their blogs.

3. You must become a member of my blog to win my prize of a $15 gift card to Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance.

4. 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.

5. CHECK back here on Feb. 5th to see if you are a winner. If you win, please leave me an email!

Deadline

You have until Feb 4th midnight pacific time to post a comment. Winner will be announced Feb 5th on the Scraps of Elegance blog and here on my blog as well.

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

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

Now let's get started!

Blog Hop Starts Here!

We warmly welcome you to the first SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE BLOG HOP!

Start here: Scraps of Elegance Blog

If you have arrived here from Lisa Novogrodski's blog.,welcome. After leaving your comments and signing up to follow me, then your next stop is here, to Karen Zueger's blog.

Now for my reveals - Some amazing sneak peaks of Dusty Attic paired with Scraps of Elegance.

This is an image I obtained from Magical Moonlight Free Images. So cute. The Dusty Attic name plates in the upper corner along with the Leafy Stem #3, DA0580 .

This was created using the wonderful sketch from Suepup, Charlotte Jenkins. Thanks, Charlotte, for your monthly inspiration.

The Dusty Attic name plate and Leafy Stem has been rubbed with some white Tim Holtz Picket Fence distressing stain and then a little Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distressing ink.

The butterflies are punches from Martha Stewart.

Vintage Style and Elegance

This was created using an image from Magical Moonlight Free Images.

The base layer is a piece of fabric adhered to some 12x12 cardboard with spray adhesive, then inked with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink.

I chose a wonderful new Dusty Attic water fountain piece to use as art deco. These pieces will be released soon with proper names and product numbers so you can order them.

Waiting:

This is Escape Kitty's cat brother, StayBehindCat as he waits by the door eagerly waiting for Escape Kitty to return home from her Australian adventure. I actually think he is interested in any souvenirs that she may bring back for him , but he denies that; some exotic catnip mouse or maybe a new scratch post.

This was created using the wonderful sketch by Michelle Grant, at Dusty Attic. She has such a talent for design - thanks Michelle. The sketch features the soon-to-be released door frame, keyholes and mail box.

Shabby Winter Forrest

This is was a photo I took with my nieces a few weeks ago. The little darlings were sleeping over at my house and agreed to play dress up with me for some photos in our freshly fallen snow. I have wonderful vintage sled that was needed to be used as well.

I do not own the Tim Holtz pine tree die so I have to improvise. When ever I need a tree, I kick myself for being cheap and not just ordering one. I am left to haul out the cardboard and start a ripping. I have created a tree tutorial just in case there are others of you out there holding off on the Timmy tree die.

Here is a sneak peak of the Dusty Attic flower vine. Very pretty used here as a snow flower, chunked up with molding paste and then painted white and sprinkled with glitter

Vintage Shabby Shrubs Video

Wedding Day Butterflies

This is a photo of my step daughter at her wedding. She was a gorgeous bride, as all are. I was taken with her backside. The elegance of her dress and the shape of the dress line was so pretty so I followed her

for quite a while to get that shot. I do fear that I was very irritating to her since I did not tell her why I was stalking her backside. But I could sense in her eyes that she really wanted to yell, "enough with my bum already!"

I picked the new more intricate Dusty Attic Dress form design to go with this layout and added my wedding veil tulle and some lace. I also took my craft knife and cut the chandelier to make it more dimensional on the page.

The butterflies were cut from the patterned paper and coated with Crackle Glossy Accents.