Halloween in Wonderland ~ Scraps of Darkness

This page was so much fun to make. As soon as I saw the doorknob that came in the March kit, Vintage Revelry, I knew I had to make this Wonderland page. I got the Graphic 45 papers from SOD's shoppe and I was even saving that little message bottle for this page, that came in a previous kit. Those hands on the clock also came in the March kit. So many unique goodies come in SOD's kits...I love it!!! My kids on H-ween in 2009.

The clock and key came from my stash. I put the clock upside down on purpose along with the title being upside down too, since Wonderland is so crazy anyway. I made the green potion in the bottle that says Drink Me with the large tea set. At the bottom of the table, there is a small cake that says Eat Me with a small tea set.

Here is the new Graphic 45 Door Knob. I thought it looks just like the one on the cartoon movie.

Preserving the Past ~ Scraps of Darkness

Here is the new kit for March called Vintage Revelry. I love the muted brown tones, perfect for my old photos. The color-add on this month is flipping amazing!! There were so many mists, I didn't know what to start off with. I will enjoy using each one of them. A package of birdcages came in this kit as well, that are all outstanding. This is my dad, grandma and aunts back in 1949.

I spruced up this birdcage, first misting it with some Moon Shadow mists, then inking it with gold. I used a vine, butterfly, key and lock to finish it off (all from my stash).

I cut out a lot of these flowers from one of the patterned papers. The Petaloo flowers were from an older kit. The rub-on is also from my stash.

School Girls

I made this page for the Cosmo Cricket Challenge at SB.com. I made everything by hand, using tutorials by Shona and Karen. All I had was pp, so I needed to get creative. Everything but the pearls, black alphas and twine were from My Girl Friday's paper pack. My girls on their first day of school. Sep 2006

My first banner!!

The flowers were made from Shona's Moms Flowers tutorial. The scalloped/pleated circle was made from Karen's tutorial.

Us ~ Scraps of Darkness

I wanted to do something totally different, so this is what I came up with. I made this for Celina's Steam Punk challenge at SB.com which the subject is timeless love. I used all sorts of SOD scraps, that I refuse to throw away to make this design. It took me forever to finish this page, with all the little details and trying to line up everything perfectly. And you have to glue every little inch down to make this look right and stay together.

My husband and I, Jan 2011.


The gears move, which is fun to play with. I used crackle paint on the heart, then inked over it with black soot. I used a lot of metal embellies throughout the page. The white lace in the peek a boo, is the backing of a real lace sticker, too good to throw away.

On the crown I used crackle accents on top of gold ink and glimmer glam paint. I tried to stitch here and there, with different colors and patterns. The blue fuse came from my dad's trash. I thought it would work well with Steam Punk.

The Eiffel Tower was misted with an aqua Shimmerz mist and didn't show up well, so I traced over it with a pen. This chain is a broken piece I found laying around and I attached it to the Love charm that broke off a bookmark.

I used my screw brads to connect the wire that was another piece of my dad's garbage.

It is fun to really use up scraps!!! I try to waste nothing!!

Scraps of Darkness *Feb Kit* ~ Hope

Here is page #6 that I created from the Telltale Heart kit which I was honored to Guest Design for. I am so excited on how this page turned out. I spent a lot of time creating this. I hand stitched around the page, which I made a tutorial of that can be found here or over at www.scrapsofdarkness.com This is Gisselle on her B-day Sep 2010.

I cut up the ZVA flourish to show more beads. Love these Prima flowers.

I did a lot of different distressing to the papers. Here are the layers.

Tutorial - Hand stitching around the page

Supplies:
1. paper you want to sew around (already inked and distressed the way you want)
2. tape
3. pencil
4. scissors (cutting the thread)
5. thread
6. needle

Draw a curvy/squiggly line on one edge of the paper.

Draw a slightly more straighter line through the curvy one.

Poke holes through the straighter line, using your needle.

After threading your needle, you can tape the end of the thread to the back of your paper. Start sewing, going in and out each hole, starting from one end of the poked line.

Here is how that straighter line looks when completed. Next, use your needle to poke holes in the curvy line.

Using the same method as before, sew.

If you ever run low on thread, tape the end to the back of the paper, thread your needle again, tape it, and continue.


You can always make another hole if you need to as you go along.

Here is how it should look with both lines finished.

Now repeat these steps for the other 3 sides of your paper.

Finished!!!!!

Scraps of Darkness *Feb Kit* ~ Blood & Sand

This has to be my favorite page I made from this kit the Telltale Heart. I was so honored to guest design again and loved every minute of it. I made this for the new challenge over at SOD called A Dark Love Story. I had a very hard time trying to make a picture work for the papers I wanted to use for this theme. So I was about to use the images of the characters I chose, and my husband said why don't we dress up and I will photo shop the pics so you can use that. WOW!! Brilliant idea! So this is my first real photo shoot with some editing. I love how the pics turned out. I did some majoring distressing to the page...some painting, stamping blood, misting, wet distress work, tearing and inking.
Here is the story of Spartacus and his wife Sura: He is a man from Thrace who goes to war against the Romans, back in ancient times, and he stands up against his enemy and they take his beloved wife. She is sent into slavery and he is sent to Italy to be executed. Well he ends up fighting his way out of execution and becomes a gladiator. He does all of this in hopes of one day getting her back, always hearing her voice "Kill them all". Then out of good standing Spartacus' owner returns her to him, but before they meet, the owner has her killed because he does not want to loose his best gladiator.

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Pictured below are the real characters and us.