August kit from Scraps of Elegance 'Raindrops on Roses'.

Alright, are you ready for the new beautiful kit from Scraps of Elegance?
As always so full of beautiful papers and embellishments. ...And did you see the the colour add on,... It's is sooo wonderful! I just finished my first page with this kit and I can see so many more coming from it! But before showing you my page I want to show you the kit contents.

 

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles with warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things"
Maria sang this in The Sound of Music, and we couldn't agree more!  We thought it was the perfect name
for this kit, and we hope it will be one of your favorite things...Included in this month's kit:Patterned Paper

• Authentique: Classique - Pretty Collection:  Diamond, Desire, Lustre, Cute, Neat, Luxe, Cursive
  
• Carta Bella: Moments & Memories Collection: Flourish
  
• Heidi Swapp: Dreamy Collection:  Dots, Life Is Beautiful
  

Embellishments/Other Kit ComponentsAuthentique: Classique Pretty Collection - Life Cards 3x4 Double Sided Journaling cards
(34 per pkg)Blue Fern Chipboard: Shabby Brick BitsPrima: Princess Collection - Flair Buttons with Clear StampReneabouquets: Our signature hand-crafted butterfliesPetaloo: Darjeeling DahliasExpo: Glitter Curves Pink Tulle - 6" x 24"Simplicity: 6mm fused pearls - 30"Prima: Ingvild Bohme Chalk Fluid Edger - Blossom Tree

Click here to purchase our "Raindrops On Roses" Kit and Add Ons

And now to my page and all the close ups:

I wanted to whip out my gesso, mists, stencils etc so I used the very pink B-side of one of the patterned papers. I added gesso, stencilled and coulured to my hearts content with mists and paint.
The flat white diecut flowers with an acetate center are Sizzix 'Tattered Florals' totally unaltered.

I used a Prima Script stamp frm my stash for the background. I added some of the Heidi Swapp die cuts for decorations on top of my layered patterned papers.

 I really love the pink toned  Darjeeling flowers from Petaloo, in two different sizes (main kit and floral add on). I find them so rich in quality!

 As you can see I did QUITE a lot of work on my background. It is so much FUN!!

The cool stencil is one by Finnabair that was give to me by my sweet friend Eila.

It was some tima since I added half pearls and chrystals strewn on my page so I wanted to do that again.

Here is a better shot of the layered elements. 

Gorgeous gorgeous flowers!!

I made the title with the letters from the large sticker sheet in the embellishment add on. I really like that cool font a lot!

Thanks for coming by today!

Scraps of Elegance July kit 'Chasing Rabbits'. First page.

Hi there ! 

I'm so happy you came over to check out the reveal of my first page made with the July kit from Scraps of Elegance. Melinda always gives us such great kits to work with and as you can see this is no exception! :-)

Here is what I made:

I startede by using some of the Marion Smith Design papers in the kit because I have admired 

their design for some time and not been able to get my hands on them. 

I must say they are really gorgeous up close and IRL!!

But lets start at the beginning and not get ahead of ourselves! Here is the main kit:

 The Mad Hatter: "Have I gone mad?"
Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are"
We were certainly mad about Marion Smith Designs' Mad Tea Party collection, and just knew it would be perfect in one of our kits! We hope you will love it as much as we do...

 Included in this month's kit:

Patterned Paper

• Marion Smith Designs: Mad Tea Party Collection:  Tea Party, Rabbit Hole, Wonderland, Roses Are Red, Spot of Tea, Cut n Create Ephemera,
  
• Webster's Pages: Party Time Collection: Sweets Table, This Special Moment
  
• Kaisercraft: Telegraph Road Collection:  Memo, Parcel
  

Embellishments/Other Kit Components
Prima: Something Blue Collection - Save The Date Flowers
Kaisercraft: Storyteller Collection - 12x12 Cardstock Stickers
Heidi Swapp: Buzz Words Epoxy Stickers - Celebrate
Reneabouquets: Our signature hand-crafted butterflies
Heidi Swapp: Color Magic Cardstock Watercolor Tags  - Hearts
Marion Smith Designs: Junque & Gems - Mixed Flowers (resin)
My Mind's Eye: Now and Then Dorothy Journal Stickers
May Arts - Red with polka dots sheer Ribbon - 1 yard
Digital Sketch by Suepup, created for inspiration with our Chasing Rabbits Kit, emailed to you.

There are a large number of add ons too to expand this kit to last you the entire month!

Now for some closeups of my page:

Yup,...I still love me some banners and these were cut from the patterned paper to match exactly. I love the layered effect of the flags and the flowers.

 You will probably recognize these handmade flowers from many of my projects (all?) lately .

I make them with the Sizzix Bigz die Tattered Florals and they are just the best!!

I love this picture of DD we took at the beach a couple of weeks ago. 
A rather chilly day, but the light was gorgeous that evening!

That large velvety flower is by Prima and it's from the flower add on.

Well that was all for now at this  (for me) late hour. It's past midnight and time for bed. 

Who knows;...If I am lucky I will find a friendly comment or two here tomorrow when I wake up... Take care! :-)

You are fabulous! -for Papirdesign

  When I  was first invited to the Papirdesign DT  I received a huge box of paper collections old and new as well as an enormous pile of gorgeous embellishmnt of different kinds. For the page in todays post I decided to dive deep into my box and pick a mixture of all the different papers. All those beautiful designs really deserve to get on a page now and then and not be forgotten!

 I love this light blue girls page with my youngest DD.

I made this page with inspiration from the gorgeous sketch at Life. Paper. Scrapbook.

I really like the look of this paper with the weathered boards. Makes me think of Summer :-)
It actually was produced as part of a Winter-collection ... So versatile!

 I layered several patterned papers with my photos on top. The embellishments are mainly from Papirdesign,...of course,...there is so much to choose from!!

 

 The cute banners were cut from a patterned paper with banners and jeans-pockets.

 I used popdots to lift my stars up from the page.

 I used:

 Vintertid - Iskrystall (woodboards)
Herman og Emilie - Lillebror
Lykke till
Konfirmant, gutt
Chipboard ord rosa,
Chipboard stjerner blå og rosa
Båndpakke, blå
Halvperler, blå/vit
Miniroser, diverse farger

Alfabet, rosa

'The Weekend' for Inkido and Once Upon a...Sketch

Hi it's me, Bente again to share a lo with you this beautiful Sunday morning.

I love my Inkido papers and am always looking forward to using them on my layouts together with plenty of flowers.

Todays layout is no exception. I have used flowers, gesso,. mists, gems, and paints on this one to create this soft feminine, rather shabby look that I like. I have distressed all my papers and stitched them to the page using my sewing machine.

I used the latest sketch from Once Upon a Sketch as a base for my page.

I always LOVE Nadias sketches. But surprisingly enough this is actually the first time I post a page to OUAS since I spent a lovely time on the original DT.
I dont't play along with challenges much but will try to up my game.... :-)
I have journaled about how we have enjoyed this last weekend being a calm one,as we are used to being soo busy always. The journaling also continues on the back of the layout. 

I used a heart shaped doily as a base for my title. Those bling stones by Inkido add such a lovely shine and they do them in all kinds of colours. The cute butterfly was cut from one of the papers.

 
A little closer look at the central part of the layout.


And here's a closie of the stitched banners.

Thanks for dropping by! I hope you take some inspiration from my page and that I will see you here again soon!! Enjoy your Sunday!!