First Day!!!

After spending almost an entire month away from my scrap room (instead of retreating most weekends as I'm used to), I took the opportunity to dive HEAD FIRST into the Scraps of Darkness June Kit "Sindi's Summer Day".  During our recent two week "Army Summer Camp Adventure With All My Favorite Friends" I was showing this kit off to one of my pilots.  Bear in mind that this kind soul has ABSOLUTELY no interest in Scrapbooking, but just had the misfortune of being in my office when I checked the new stuff out at the online store.  At any rate, it prompted him to send me this sweet photo of his kiddos getting on the bus for the first day of school!  I thought the colors were great.  Although you can't see it too well in this picture, it's even sweeter than it looks since her big bro is already on the bus giving her the "come on for your first day of school"!  :)

I loved the colors in this kit.  I was inspired to add in some Heidi Swapp mists since so many of her vibrant colors looked great with this kit.  I went to town misting my paper and misting some of the wood arrows and hearts in various colors.  Below you can see some of the random misting, a wood veneer, and a sticker from the kit (green camera).  I used some glittery black and white paper trim from my stash to accent the bold colors found on the papers! 

I had planned to leave the sticks exposed on the yellow hearts that came in the Floral Add On, but I got carried away too creative with my flower cluster.  With the exception of the yellow mesh flower near the middle and some of the small rosebuds (from a previous kit) all of the flowers came from the kit and the floral add on!  Check out some more of those wood hearts with the Heidi Swapp spray!!! 

 



Below you can see some of the final touches I gave this LO.  I'd like to point out that the twine (top of the picture) is the pull-cord to a hidden journaling card that tucks in behind the picture.  I wanted to add this in just in case this baby's sweet Momma wants to add some notes from this day.  I also used one of the stencils from the Creativity Add-On to make the butterfly.  I kind of like how the paint bled around the stencil giving it a little bit of a girly feel.  To top off the girly feel I added a wide row of Prills down the center and the buttons on the butterfly antennae.  Spoiler alert!  Before I mailed Rhue her butterflies, I experimented with this type of butterly for her.  However, I went a little more into detail for that one!  ;)

 

 

So there you have it!  Thanks for looking and thanks to "Hank Thunder"s family for sharing precious pictures of your kids with me!!!

 

 

Love,

mel

 

 

Weekend fun!!!

Good morning!!!  Today I'd like to share a layout that I actually did a few weeks ago.  As most of you know, I am in the National Guard as a full time Soldier.  That being said, when this time of year comes around, my Monday through Friday job becomes almost a Monday through Monday job for several weeks!  It's okay though because I love what I do....however, I am a "little" behind with my blog!  So here we go! 

Several months ago I stole borrowed this picture from my buddy Grant's Facebook page.  The little blond haired girl in the middle and the sweet little boy to the far left hand side are his precious kiddos.  The other sweet faced kids are their cousins.  I loved the picture and knew that it would go perfectly with the Scraps of Elegance kit "Renea's Charm" from several months ago.  I actually held on doing the LO for a bit hoping that Grant would eventually get me a higher quality picture, but alas...I got tired of waiting and went ahead with the LO.

I loved all the papers that came with this kit.  I layered several together and used some of the lightweight paper with the script on it to add a little bit of flavor in a few places.  I took a piece of corrugated cardboard to be the "frame" for the picture.  I took the cardboard and coated it in gesso, then layered some Tim Holtz Distress Paint and Distress Stain in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. 

 

 

 

While I was "waiting" to complete this LO I had been tucking several flowers and trinkets away to use with this LO.  Below you can see a close up of some of the flowers and buttons I used.  

Below is a close up of the corrugated cardboard.  You can see some of the stain and paint on it.  I love using cardboard because the texture can be so amazing.  For this piece I actually took off both sides of the cardboard leaving only the corrugated piece.  It made the corrugated part a little more flimsy and continued with the soft whimsical feeling I was going for in this LO.  

So there you have it!  Just a little fun on a weekend before the Army temporarily took over for a bit!  Thanks for looking!!!

Love,
Mel