Black With 2 July Moodboard And Layout

Hello friends!  Today is reveal day at Black With 2 and I would like to share my layout that I created with the Black With 2 Moodboard for July.  In November 2012, I was very fortunate to go on a scrapbooking/photography cruise to Hawaii.  It was my first time travelling to Hawaii and the first time on a cruise.  I captured this sunset on a black sand beach on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Here are a few closeups of my layout….

Here is the mood board that I used to create my layout.  For the photo, I cut the photo into thirds and matted it onto some black corrugated paper.  I used black, grey and orange papers and embellishments and also some orange sequins to embellish the sun that I stencilled with some orange paint as well as strung some sequins on a black string to create a border below the photo.

I hope you are inspired to create from the Black With 2 July Moodboard.  Come see what the design team came up with for the mood board and link up your entry for a chance to win a prize here.  Thanks for stopping by.

Black With 2 June Mood Board And Layout

Happy Sunday everyone!  It's a beautiful day where I live and I am so excited to start a new month.  June is my favourite month of the year. I think why I love the month of June so much is because everything is so green and fresh here and the trees are blooming and the flowers are being planted. It's also a new month of scrapbooking and that is always exciting.  Today at Black With 2, we are revealing our new challenge and mood board.  Take a look at this pretty palette.  For June, here is the new mood board

The sketch to create with

Also, the word "sweetness" has to be on the layout either as a title or in the journaling.  This is what I came up with.  It's a little mixed media and a little of traditional scrapbooking.  I made this Royal Raspberry Cake that is a perfect cake for the summer.  

I hope you are inspired to create and link up your creation over at Black With 2 and while your there, check out what my fellow team members created.   Also, if you want the recipe for Royal Raspberry Cake, please leave a comment below.  I will assure you that you will make it again and again and it's so easy to make.  Have a wonderful day!

Design Team Announcement At Black With 2 and May 1 Reveal!

Hello friends!  Today I finally get to share some exciting news and to tell my secret that I have been keeping to myself for about two months.  I am now a design team member at Black With 2! 

If you are not familiar with this scrapbook challenge blog, the challenge is to create a layout from the monthly mood board provided and always have black cardstock as the background, the monthly sketch, only the two colours stated, the image for inspiration and the monthly word in your title or journaling.  Please note that only 5% of the layout can have the colour white.  Below is the mood board for May.  The colours for May are soft grey and dark slate.

Here is the layout I created for the May Mood Board.  I used a black card stock background, the word living in the title or journaling, as well as several shades of grey and black.  

First I matted the photo of my son with corrugated paper and then I painted some chipboard from Creative Embellishments a light grey,

used some black and grey acrylic paint to make some splatters, 

added a flair button by A Flair For Buttons

and cut some borders and tabs with my Silhouette Cameo.  Finally I added a strip of Prima washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you are inspired and join the challenge.  To see the design team announcement and the other design team member's layouts, and the sponsors for May's prize, please check it all out here.  

 Have a creative day!