i *heart* darkroom door! for the past fifteen years i have loved stamping, and nothing
compares to the awesomeness of good old red rubber with a totally brilliant and original design on it! so started my love affair with darkroom door stamps, images, printed matter and the totally awesome and generous Rachel Greig (a master when it comes to looking through a lens). so the time has arrived when i am honored to be featured as a guest designer on their blog this week! i am truly blessed in my creative journey as i struggle for my little ray of sunshine amongst the clouds that is the creative world. so please head on over to the darkroom door blog and check out what i have done using the awesome designs and truly amazing quote stamps! send Rachel some love and let her know if you are a fan!

thank you to Rachel for this awesome opportunity and for the wonderful products, her true and unconditional generosity and her creative spirit in general - you rock!

**PS i also used those same wonderful stamps in the little house projects below! so check it out and see if you can spot those awesome little stamped images!

house 1 above and 2 below in a set of four home decor houses. grouped together they make for an awesome little wall hanging filled with homely goodness.

way back when i started working on a set of four houses. i used some of the awesome resist paper by pink paislee for the backgrounds that i colored using distress inks and mists. i worked on 1 inch thick pieces of wood. love that lately** they were just fun to make and put together the four just makes an awesome room decor project. i used an awesome stamp set from darkroom door with various quotes and house images. i heart that set! the best stamp of them all reads
"i would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything,
than live in a castle and wonder at nothing"
have you wondered at something today ? or is your castle just so important and bigger than life! a castle can crumble at any time, but cottages are almost always filled with love only.

happy fathers day to all the dads out there!

we have 3 class kits available from Saturdays class - so if you missed out and want to have some awesome fun playing with your alcohol inks, learn some new techniques and applications then this is for you. you will be able to make the canvas and add your own personality into it as well. below is Janet's version of her class kit to show you just how versatile the kit really is. full class notes as well as other sample included in the notes.

e-mail me on jowilna at scrapcouture dot co dot za to order your exclusive kit today.
this kit teaches you all the basics of alcohol inks, application methods tips and tricks.

another week means another sketch (258) over at scrapbook challenges. for this layout i used some of the new pink paislee papers. i love how the colour scheme turned out so bright and funky! the black and white photos really pop out from the background colours used.

these funky little flowers were coloured using the new distress stains. the flowers were cut using my Slice Elite in plain card stock. the center of the flower is a 7gypsies sticker.

these little tags are some left-overs from a kit. the beautiful rub-on (orange plat like thingy) is by Hambly. you gotta love those rub-ons - such awesome quality!

the word 'wonder' was also cut out with my Slice machine in a pale blue bazzill card stock. i then used my distress stains and added some more colour to match my flower. i love these little bottles of ink - so versatile and handy! there's a design call out over at Scrapbook Challenges - so head on over if you are interested!

this class kit now for sale!
Limited stock available.
R150.00 ex p&p
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Class kits includes notes, layout sketch and technique ideas to create your own masterpiece in the convenience of your home.