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!

'Fabulous' for Scraps of Elegance with July kit.

Are you ready for another page with the July kit from Scraps of Elegance?
 (If you scroll down two posts you can see the kit and everything in it.)

As always Melinda managed to find the perfect ingredients for making many lovely pages. 

All the supplies are so easily matched.

I am actually quite happy with this page, I am just not happy with how it photographed. 

I tried several times but the gesso will stand out too much and disturb the balance of the layout. 

Well, nothing to be done about that....

This is quite a nice shot of my eldest. 

She recently came home from spending a year at Cornell university  in the US and was actually invited to China for a few days just to sing at an event there. 

No doubt in her mind about going, although it was coinciding with exams. 

She talked to her teachers and the trip was arranged. 

She was very well received and really enjoyed being star for a day!

She was repeatedly told she was the most important person there and had three people 

constantly at her beck and call. This shot was taken around midnight when she arrived back in her room  after a long day that started already at 8 o'clock in the morning.

I just adore thes gorgeous large flowers. Both the teal and the pink one are from Petaloo.

The kit also contains some wooden embellishments from Prima Marketing and some cool word/title stickers from Heidi Swapp. The pink wing is made with one of the new dies from Sizzix/Prima.These dies are part of the Flora Grande collection. You can look up all the Flora Grande dies HERE!

I cut out the heart shape and layered it on a slightly larger heart that I cut with scalloped scissors. 

I backed it with some cheese cloth.

That's all for today! I hope you enjoyed my page and please check out the kits at Scraps of Elegance if you are on the lookout for something really special!

Last pages from Scraps of Elegance Jan kit using Kaisercraft 'Key to my Heart' and Heidi Swapp 'Mixed Company'

 Today I want to share my two last pages made wih the Scraps of Elegance January kit 'Delightful'. The kit is as always jam packed with papers and pretty embellishments and a true 'delight' to work with apart from the suitable name .-)

For the first page I used papers from the  Heidi Swapp collection .......
I cut away paper inside the 'diamonds' to make the design more interesting and individual.
I love how it turned out, and the stitching as well.

I fussy cut flowers from another patterned paper and layered them as an additional embellishment. 

I also added a couple of faux tags to get a more layered look, and as a mat for my title.

 I had some geraniums in my stash, but they were the wrong colour. I used the paint from the colour add on (Silks; Pink Grapefruit) to change the look of the flower so it would go with my design.

Some of the flowers here (mini roses) are from the Norwegian manufacturer Papirdesign.

I added a little gesso here and there for a more shabby 'aged' look.

This second page was done after the monthly sketch at SOE and I used one half of two different Kaisercraft papers and some elements from the sticker sheet.

I used some of the solid papers from the cardstock add on. 

I love the look of my punched holes as part of the sketch design. So simplistic.

I cut off part of the light blue journaling spot as I felt it was too large for me and added the 

border piece back on so it would not show :-)

My page is quite simple, but in real life there are a few more touches to it. For example I used 

pop dots to raise some page elements to make it more interesting. I backed a couple of 

the stickers with cardstock to make them stand out.

The pretty ice blue pearl brads are also in the lovely 'Delightful' January kit at Scraps of Elegance. 

Yesterday the February kit was revealed at the SOE blog, and HERE is the link.

Hurry up if you would like to buy the kit because the kit and add ons are selling out  

REALLY fast!!

Thanks for visiting and for any comments you may leave. 

I so love reading them!!