Wilderness Cards

Earlier this year I created a bunch of projects using Darkroom Door products for their booth at the SIA trade show. As yet, I haven't shown many of the projects here on my blog, and when I saw Rachel's Wilderness Collection cards, it reminded me to show the ones I made using the Wilderness Montage sheet.

So here they are:

The base cards are Bazzill cardstock, and I used patterned paper by Rose Moka. The Wilderness images were cut out, and mounted to the card fronts on top of a mat of hessian. The arrows on each card are Grungeboard which I inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain. Here is an individual pic of each card:

For the background of the "Bon Voyage" card above, I over stamped the patterned paper with the splatter stamp from the DD Artist stamp set using brown ink.

The word were all stamped using the DD Alphabet Medley stamp set - I just LOVE that set! Not only because of the great font,but because you get 2 different sizes of alphas in the one set - great value for money!

The brads were attached to the patterned paper before I adhered it to the card front - this ensures that you don't have the ugly back of the brads visible when you open the card. :)

Thanks for looking! Please leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by today! :)

~Sarah~

We have a winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by and left such lovely comments for the Darkroom Door CT announcement and giveaway! It was great to hear what DD products were your faves!

Rachel has chosen a winner of the 2 gorgeous stamps and the lucky lady is.......

GEERUU!

"Congratulations, how exciting. My favourite stamp is Enjoy Life, no it's Butterflies or perhaps its Harmony or Venetian 1. I saw the new ones at the Paperific Expo and love the Little Door and the Roses. To hard they are all my favourites".

Congratulations Geeruu!

Please email Rachel at info@darkroomdoor.com who will be sending out your prize!

It was great to see so many of you excited about the Darkroom Door ranges! I hope you'll all continue to come back and check out what I've been up to! :)

~Sarah~

I'm Baaaaaaaack!

Oh my gosh I can't believe it's been 7 months since I last posted here! Naughty naughty!

I've been having a bit of a break from blogging here as most of what I've been up to is shown over at Inkurable Stampers (which keeps me very busy!), so I haven't really had much to share here. I have been doing lots of bits and pieces here and there, like ATC's, cards, and some mixed media stuff, but haven't been doing anywhere near as much scrapbooking as I used to. This year I've done only 5 layouts! Only 2 of them were 12x12! My how things change over time.

But that is about to change!

My first big news is that I have gained a teaching position at Erina Scrapbook Store! My classes start in January, and I have lots of exciting and fun things planned! So if you live on or near the Central Coast, keep an eye out for my classes and come along and join in on the fun! They won't be just scrapbooking classes either - I'll be teaching a whole range of projects and techniques! I can't wait!

But the biggest news of all, probably the most exciting news of my whole crafting life, is the announcement today of the new DARKROOM DOOR CREATIVE TEAM!!

Why is this so exciting you ask? Because my little name is on the list!! WAHOOOOOOOOO!

I am very pleased to announce that I have been chosen as one of the members of the new Darkroom Door Creative Team! I am very honoured and excited to have my name up in lights with my ultra-talented team members:

* Jill Geraghty-Groves
* Godelieve Tijskens
* Michelle Loffler
* Melissa Phillips
and of course
* Rachel Greig

To have my name even spoken in the same sentence as these ladies is awesome enough, let alone to be on the same team as them! I am so excited to see what we all have in store for you, and I hope you are to!

To celebrate the new creative team, we're having a giveaway! But first I'd like to share with you some Darkroom Door projects that I did earlier this year that I haven't yet shared online. I did these three simple 8.5"x11" scrapbook layouts for the Darkroom Door stand at the SIA trade show (click to enlarge):

Materials used:

* Alphabet Medley Stamp set
* Photography Stamp set
* Blank Filmstrips
* San Marco Paper

Materials used:

* Alphabet Medley stamp set
* Little Dreams stamp set
* Viva La Flora Vol 2 Filmstrip

Materials used:

* Alphabet Medley stamp set
* Viva La Flora Montage
* Artist stamp set

So now for the giveaway!

My first Creative Team pack included the new Floral Background Stamp and Little Door Photo Stamp which I will be working with, and one lucky commenter will win both for themselves!

So, leave me a comment here, and tell me what your favourite Darkroom Door products is! A winner will be chosen by Rachel sometime Sunday, so you have until then to comment!

But guess what - each creative team member is doing a giveaway on her own blog too! So make sure you pop by each of their blogs or the Darkroom Door Flickr group and enter to win more goodies!

See the official announcement here.

It's great to be back!

~Sarah~

Inkurable Stampers - April 09 Challenge!

Well, I can hardly believe that it has been a year since my baby Inkurable Stampers was launched! To celebrate, this month's challenge theme was inspired by Inkurable's signature colours!

Your task this month is to create something (anything!) using the colour combo of Orange, Black, and White.

Here is what I created as my example:


It's a shadow box frame that I have created using stamps from the new Butterflies stamp set from Darkroom Door. I also used stamps from the Wildflower set.

Here is a close up so you can see how dimensional the butterflies are:


You can't really tell from the photo but they are a bit shimmery too as I spritzed them with Pearl Glimmer Mist. :)

It is now proudly hanging on my lounge room wall. :)

You can check out more photos with details of how I made it, as well as the full challenge details here.

And what would a birthday be without a birthday party? I'm hosting a Cyberstamp this weekend which kicks off tonight with a challenge, some chat, and a game of bingo! Full details here. I hope you'll come along and join in the fun!

~Sarah~

I'm skywatching again!

It's been a while since I've done a Skywatch post, but when I saw this jet stream in the sky the other day I knew it would be a good excuse to join in the fun again!


I've seen a couple of them in that exact spot lately - must have been the perfect conditions for jet streams on those days! LOL!

This is the view from my back deck. I never get sick of it! :)

See more skies from around the world here. Happy Skywatch Friday!

~Sarah~

I've been a bit MIA.....

Hello again! No - I haven't disappeared! I've just been really busy of late doing all sorts of things!

I've been doing some more guest design work for Darkroom Door and have been creating up a storm for the online gallery and to display at the recent SIA Trade Show booth! Unfortunately I can't share any of it with you yet, but as soon as I can I will! :) There's heaps of stuff - cards, layouts, ATC's, and a few cool off the page projects, including a clock!

What I can show you however, are the ATC's I made for the recent Darkroom Door Filmstrips swap:


I used Filmstrips from the Wilderness Collection as well as the wilderness Wordstrips. I cut out the wordstrips and inked them with TH Distress inks before adhering them to the ATC's/

The background paper is by Rose Moka, which I have stamped at the bottom using a splatter stamp from the Darkroom Door "Artist" stamp set and Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain.

Here is a pic of the one I got to keep:


Don't you just love the image in that Filmstrip? It looks like some magical forest inhabited by fairies and pixies. :)

Here's a close up (sorry - the colour is a little dodgy):


I attached brads to the sides of the filmstrips for added interest and to enhance the rustic look of the ATC's.


In other exciting news, it's the 1st birthday of my challenge blog Inkurable Stampers! There will be celebrations all month long, and I will be hosting a Cyberstamp Birthday Party Weekend this weekend (April 3rd - 5th) so make sure you stop by for some fun and games! :)



Thanks for visiting! I'll be back soon! I promise! :)

~Sarah~

Crazy Amigos Challenge - Spin Art!

I was blog surfing the other day and I saw a card on Godelieve's Blog that she had done for the Crazy Amigos challenge using a Spin Art (or Spin and Splash) background. It looked like so much fun so I followed the links to Crazy Amigos, found out what on earth a "Spin and Splash" machine was, and went straight out and got one so I could do the challenge! LOL!! :)

This is the very first time that I have participated in a Crazy Amigos challenge! The challenge is to make a card using a Spin Art background. Here is what I came up with:


I used a page from a foreign book in my Spin Art machine, and a mixture of red pain and red ink for the splashes.

Here is a straighter pic of the card front:


I have used stamps from Stampotique and OBP, and Bazzill cardstock for the mat and card base. Here is a close up:


I also made an ATC:


Don't you just love Marci??! :) Here is a close up:


I had so much fun with this technique! Perfect for my scary little Stampotique girls! :) I'm looking forward to having more time to play and experiment with different papers and mediums to get different effects!

Here they are together:


Thanks for looking! Please leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by! :)

~Sarah~

Inkurable Stampers - March 09 Challenge!

This month, the challenge I have set over at Inkurable Stampers is "Alphabet Stamps"!

Your task this month is to create a project using alphabet stamps!

Now, I don't know about you, but I have at least 10 different sets of alphabet stamps! Clear stamps, foam stamps, red rubber stamps - and all in different fonts and sizes! LOL! So if you're anything like me, it won't take you long to find something to use for this challenge!

My example for this month's challenge is an artwork that I made inside a shadow box frame:


You can hang it on a wall, or stand it on a desk or shelf.

Here is the side view:


I have been having heaps of fun with the new "Alphabet Medley" stamp set from Darkroom Door! It's definitely my new favourite stamp set. Here is a close up of the lettering:


Here is a close up of the little house inside the frame:


Entries need to be in by midnight 31st March 2009 (Sydney Time) and details for how to enter are in the sidebar at Inkurable.

More photos, and full challenge details can be found here.

Thanks for looking!

I hope you'll give the challenge a go!

~Sarah~

The scrap drought has broken!

It's been aaaaaaaaages since I've done a scrapbooking layout! What with work, Christmas, moving house, and my daughter starting school, I just haven't had the time!

Well, I am pleased to say the drought has broken, and I have created my first scrapbook page for 2009!


My cousin (the woman in the picture) asked me to do a layout for her to give as a gift to her god-daughter (the baby in the photo) who has just turned 21! My only instructions were "Purple" and "Butterflies"!

Now, butterflies I have plenty of, but I don't have a lot of purple papers in my whopping stash! LOL! But I eventually found some from the Basic Grey "Oh Baby" range from years ago that suited the layout perfectly.

Here is a close up:


I have used:

* Basic Grey papers
* Kaisercraft rub ons and Rhinestones
* Flowers
* Carolee's Creations tiny letter stickers
* Metal butterfly
* Scenic Route chipboard letters
* Ink

Here is a close up of the metal butterfly:


Thanks for looking! :)

~Sarah~

The Mystery Revealed.....

OK! Enough suspense!! LOL! My mystery visitor was.......

RACHEL GREIG OF DARKROOM DOOR!!

And here's what was inside the box:


Yuuummmmy!!

Darkroom Door have just released 3 new collections and I get to have a play with it before the general public!!! Jealous much??!! LOL!! I will be doing some more guest artist design work for Darkroom Door, so keep an eye out on the DD blog from 1st March! :)

Here's a close up of my stash:


The new collections are "Viva la Flora", "Wilderness", and "Essentials 3".

There's 8 new stamps sets all up, as well as Filmstrips, Wordstrips, Montage sheets, and Photochips! So much yummy stuff!

The brown folder in the back of the photo is from their new range of Ecoboard A4 folders - perfect for storing your ATC sleeves, and is the perfect surface to alter to personalise your folder. I can't wait to get stuck into decorating that one!! In fact, they have a whole new section in the store for ATC supplies - check them out:


Fabulous!

So there you have it! My big secret revealed!!

Starting Thursday 19th February, the Darkroom Door Blog will host Ten Days of Giveaways from each of the new Collections! They'll share projects they have created using the new products and will have a giveaway each day for ten days. Be sure to check the blog each day for your chance to win!

~Sarah~