A Painterlady's View

My Dog ~ Drew Scott

Hi Everyone!

Mr. Drew here to share with you my 3rd EVER layout!! I decided i wanted to challenge myself and create a layout with these wonderful Donna Salazar Products! I am totally in love with the Spring in Bloom paper line because its so realistic looking!! Anyways lets get to it!

The Crafty Process - 1. For the Base 12 x 12 Page i used the Spring in Bloom 12 x 12 Paper Pad 2. I then layered on a couple border strips from the paper pad as well as punched a scallop border with a MS punch, also a strip of crinkled seam binding. 3. Then i layered a piece of the Crafty Chronicle, a paper doily, and a manila tag! 4. I layered a photo on top and added a bunch of sewing for detail. 5. The title says "My Dog" and is from some Kaiser Kraft Paper. 6. I punched out some birds and fussy cut some images from the Crafty Chronicle. 7. The Tim Holtz Mini Heart Die was used to make the little burlap hearts. 8. I then finished it off with some stamped Doilies, Staples, Punched Glassine Butterflies which i crinkled and embossed with Clearsnap White Embossing Powder, and some small Prima resin flowers and aluminum roses. Here are some detailed photos! ENJOY!     Supply List - - Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom 12 x 12 Paper Pad. - Donna Salazar Crafty Chronicle - Clearsnap White Embossing Powder - Colorbok Cats Eye Ink Pads - White Paper Doily - Kaiser Kraft Alphabet Paper - Seam Binding and embroidery floss (for the buttons) - Martha Stewart Punches (bird, butterfly and large scallop) -My Minds Eye Stella and Rose Gertie Doily Stamps - Manila Tag and Tim Holtz Glassine Paper - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher - Stampers Anonymous Script Stamp - Tim Holtz Mini Heart Die and Burlap Fabric Thanks so much for checking out my layout for today and have a happy scrappy time! http://www.scrappyhappiness.com/

Little Moments ~ by Monika Martinson

Hi! This is Monika Martinson doing my first ever blog post for Donna Salazar. I´m so excited and a bit nervous too. I thought I´d share a project I made with the gorgeous Spring In Bloom product line. Don’t you  just love these papers? As they are so beautiful, I made a simple layout, with one big photo and lots of flowers. But I can tell you, it wasn´t easy to chose which papers to use, as I was flipping through the collection, I realized that every single one of them would have been perfect for this photo.

 The words on the photo translate to: “It's the little moments that make life big”. I printed it directly on to the photo.

I used some Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream on the flower, and Smoch Spritz in Pralines and Cream on the big rose.

 Both letters in the title and the edges of the journaling spot had a little Fairy Dust Glitter as well.

This is a rose that I made from Crepe Paper, of course it got a bit of Smooch Spritz on it. I will show you how it is made in my next blog post. 

Items used: Donna Salazars: Spring in Bloom, Aristic pappers, Smooch Spritz Pralines and cream, Smooch Spritz Mixed Berries, Fairy Dust Glitter Pralines and Cream. 

Other products: Flowers, lace, leaves, crepe paper.

http://monma.blogspot.com/

Home Decor ~ by Kim Sonksen

"Hello, this is Kim Sonksen again posting for Donna Salazar Designs with a fun step-by-step tutorial on how to create this spring-inspired home decor.

Today, I am posting for Donna Salazar Designs with a fun step-by-step tutorial on how to create this spring-inspired home decor.

**click on image to enlarge **

In addition to your favourite {{Spring In Bloom}} papers, the {{Crafty Chronicle}} and {{Smooch Spritz}} you will need the following tools and products to re-create this project:

• Paper trimmer/scissors/craft knife
• Double-sided adhesive tape
• Scoring board/scoring tool
• Reinforcement rings
• Journaling pen in black and white
• Trims
• Ink
• Edge distressing tool

First, choose the paper for the main body of your concertina tag stand- it really does not matter what the size is, as it depends on how big/wide/tall you would like the stand to be. As Donna's papers are all double-sided you will need to check carefully which side you want to be the main focus of your stand, as the paper will be folded over at a later stage.

For this example I choose the {{Peachy Dream}} paper and trimmed it to a height of 7.5" and left the width at 12"

Score the paper at 2" intervals and fold into a concertina

I wanted the gorgeous flower/butterfly motif to be on the front of the tag holder, so I scored right underneath the page across the width of my paper to allow a fold over, like so:

Once I was confident that all my scored lines matched up perfectly, I added double sided adhesive tape to the bottom part of the tag holder. Just make sure that you only place the tape along the folded lines to create pockets to hold the tags.

I then took one of my all time favourite chalk inks from {{Clearsnap}} in dune and dark brown to outline the edges, removed the backing form the adhesive tape and folded the paper over:

The next step was to create the tags, which I decided to cut from the {{Spring Blooms}} paper as I adore the burlap texture of it and the embossed glitter swirls add a sweet touch to the tags. Using an edge distresser such as the {{Distrezz-it-All}} will add a worn look, which compliments the overall texture of the tags. I finished the tags by running Cat's Eye Chalk in in dark brown along the distressed edges and stuck some reinforcement rings around the holes

Now I could start to decorate the tag stand to my hearts content, by hand cutting many elements from various papers and adding them with foam adhesives to achieve a slightly raised look.

These little tag stands are so easy to create and it took me a total of an hour to get this project finished. This would make a great gift for any occasion.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed my first step-by-step project for Donna's blog

{{Kim Sonksen}} for {{Donna Salazar}}

 

Products used:

Papers - Donna Salazar for GCD Studios:  Peachy Dream * Crafty Chronicle * Spring Blooms Inks/Paints/Glue - Donna Salazar for Clearsnap:  Pralines and Cream Smooch Spritz * Cat's Eye chalk inks in Dune and Dark Brown Additional products: unknown trims and reinforcement rings, Zig Millenium writer in black, Helmar Zap Dots, KIGloo, Uniball Signo pen in white

May Guest Designer ~ Terre Fry



Hello Everyone, Terre here and today I have two projects to share with you as part of my Guest Designer Spot with Donna Salazar Designs. The first project is a layout of my little cutie Leahandra when she was about 10 months old. I really enjoy creating things using recycled cardboard. I used the Pralines & Cream Smooch Spritz and sprayed it all over the cardboard, set it aside to dry. I hand cut elements from the Donna Salazar Designer Paper line Spring in Bloom by G.C.D. Studios 

and adhered them to my cardboard layout using Beacon Adhesive - Zip Dry. I die cut/embossed the S5-048 Sprightly Sprockets out of recycled cardboard and spritzed them with the Pralines & Cream Smooch Spritz, after they where dry I dusted them with the Glue Gloss and added Fairy Dust Glitter Pralines & Cream to add a shimmer to the die cuts. Using the S5-051 Fanciful Flight die cut templates by Spellbinders, I die cut the butterfly out from the Sprig in Bloom paper and added a few cream color buttons and a pearl stick pin to the butterfly to make it pop off the page.

I die cut the S4-290 Labels Fourteen paper out with the die template and added a little journaling. To finish my cardboard layout off I added some lace and cream button as a bottom border.

My second project is also created using recycled cardboard....told you I love to create using cardboard......this Springtime tag was so quick and simple but very eye catching, don't you think?



I used the same Pralines & Cream Smooch Spritz on this piece of card board, set it aside and let it dry. I hand trimmed the roses, butterflies and Spring tag from the Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom designer paper collection by G.C.D. Studios, added some Glue Gloss to the butterfly wings and sprinkled them with the Fairy Dust Glitter Pralines & Cream

See all that sparkle? I added a paper doily just under the roses and topped it off with a butterfly. Added a stripe of lace with cream buttons and tied some tulle and lace at the top of the tag.....there's my creations!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and make sure to check out all the wonderful designer collections create by Donna Salazar....you will want to add them to your wish list! Have a wonderful Holiday weekend, be safe and God Bless our Military. Terre

Circle Of Love ~ by Jessy Christopher}}

Hey peeps!! I am back to share with you another layout using the beautiful Donna Salazar's Spring Bloom collection. Coming from a country called Malaysia that is only almost summer all year long, I seriously love the idea of Spring. Flowers bloom, butterflies flutter, birds chirp... I can only imagine. Hence I created a layout that resembles Spring for our lil family...

This layout is pretty simple to create. These days I love white space and let me show you how I created my simple layout :)

Scrappy steps:

1. First, I misted the background, somewhere in the middle using Tea Party and followed by masking with Pralines & Cream (use negative of foam dots).

2. Stamp the background with script stamp & adhere only the middle of the photo.

3. Then, layer the roses cut-outs along with punched circle.

4. Continue to slot in circles all around the photo as well as the paper ribbons.

5. Paste & arrange the punched butterflies. Use jute/twine to create the butterflies' "movements".

6. Lastly, create a title. My title was inspired by the circles on my layout :)

Close-up shots:

Supplies:

Spring In Bloom 12x12 Collection Pad by Donna Salazar Designs for GCD Studios

Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar

Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk Queue by Clearsnap

Smooch Spritz in Tea Party and Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar for Clearsnap

Glue Gloss by Clearsnap

Scissors by Cutterbee

Scrip stamp by Hero Arts

3D Foam Adhesive by Stamp-It Australia

Jute by Papertrey Ink

Pearls by Prima

I hope you enjoy this layout of mine. Wishing you an awesome time creating with Donna's Designs! Happy scrapping :)

XOXO

www.teacherjessy.blogspot.com

Canvas & Smooch Flower Tutorial ~ by Wendy Morris

Hello Hello!  Wendy here and I'm excited to share up this fun tutorial to make canvas flowers using Canvas Fabric + Smooch Spritz!  I'm going to demo with you a technique to make these cool flowers + share several bonus techniques too! :) As my base paper for the layout, I used the Spring in Bloom collection which is so timeless & full of beautiful papers & embellishments.  Such a great collection to use as a tribute in honor & gratitude of my mother (aka "moma"), Josie.  She is my icon of strength, love, beauty, faith, and support.  She stood by my dad through thick & thin until his final days of battling cancer and a rock in marriage of 49 years.

Step 1:  So, let's get started with this project!  Grab up some lightweight canvas fabric from your local craft/fabric store.

Step 2:  Cut a strip of canvas 2" x 20" (be generous with the length since you will use a bit to twist & spiral your flower in the steps below).  Place the canvas strip inside your Color Catcher (a great gadget for catching all the Smooch-i-ness) :-)

Step 3:  Now grab some colors of your favorite Smooch Spritz and let's start spritzing.  I used a couple of colors - Mixed Berries, Majestic.  However, you can choose more colors & feel free to layer them up.

Note:  If you flip over the canvas strip, you will see the different effect of the spritz on the opposite side.  This will be a neat effect when you start twisting & spiraling your flower.

Step 4:  Feel free to use a heat tool to speed up the drying process.

Note:  You can also use Smooch Spritz on your favorite lace.  I have some antique lace in my stash and the Spritz does a beautiful effect.  You can also make your flower out of lace instead of canvas fabric or combine the two types on your project.

Step 5:  My new "best friend in crafting" is Cosmo Cricket Glubers.  What are Glubers?  Well, basically, a huge glue dot PERFECT for making these lovely fabric flowers.  You can also use the tried & true heat gun but Glubers avoid burnt fingers :) Cut out the Gluber of choice from the sheet.

Step 6:  Now we are ready to start twisting & spiraling our flower.  Tie a knot at one end of canvas strip and anchor to center of Gluber.

Step 7:  Twist & spiral, repeat, repeat...until you are at the end of the strip/desired size of flower.  Trim off excess of flower not used.  Anchor final end of strip to Gluber.

Step 8:  Voila!  Now you have your finished flower!  Use non-sticky scissors to trim away excess of Gluber not used.  

Step 9:  Carefully peel off Gluber backing to expose stickiness & attach to project as desired.

BONUS Technique:  Cut out a calendar section from GCD Donna Salazar Designs Artistic Papers Calendar.  I used my favorite masking tools + Smooch Spritz for the following.  Tear & curl edges of the calendar & add a bit of stamping (if desired).

BONUS Technique:  Grab up a stash of chipboard flower pieces and use Colorbox Fluid Chalks & Colorbox Archival Dye Ink, Clearsnap Smooch Paint, spray paint, etc. to "color" your chipboard.  Fast & cool way to alter up chipboard!  I used colors that coordinate with the Spring Bloom collection.

Once dry (dries quite instantly), I layered the chipboard flowers & adhered to layout, as shown.

BONUS Technique:  I used distress crackle paint to apply to angel wings.  Allow to dry completely.

You will see the paint start to crack on its own in the drying process.  I prefer to not use a heat tool to speed up the drying.  I seem to get better results in "not watching the pot boil" :) and letting it dry on its own.

I sanded the edges a bit with a sanding tool/sandpaper & inked with a bit of Colorbox Fluid Chalks.  Some of the crackle paint flaked away in the sanding and I loved the instant aging effect.  I added a touch of my favorite crystal laquer to seal the paint from flaking more.  

BONUS Technique:  While the crystal lacquer was still wet, I sprinkled a little of Fairy Dust.  Allow to dry completely.  Then, attach to project as shown.

BONUS Technique:  Cut out some from the Spring in Bloom collection.  I used these flowers mounted on pop dots to cluster & layer along with the chipboard flowers.

Voila!

the finished project where I added some additional stamping, a quote from Crafty Chronicles, & embellishments!

Supplies Used

• Spring in Bloom 12x12 Collection Pad by Donna Salazar Designs for GCD Studios 
•  Color Catcher by Clearsnap 
•  Smooch Spritz in Mixed Berries, Majestic, Mossy Mist by Donna Salazar for Clearsnap 
•  Fairy Dust by Donna Salazar for Clearsnap 
• Crafty Chronicle by Donna Salazar Designs 
• Colorbox Fluid Chalks (Cocoa)
• Colorbox Archival Dye Ink (Deep Grape, Wicked Black)
• Clearsnap Smooch Paint (Cherry Chocolate)
• Spray paint - Krylon Gold Leaf
• Rubons - Creative Imaginations, Basic Grey
• Chipboard Flowers - Maya Road
• Glitter Alphabet, Text Leaves - Recollections
• Punch - Fiskars - Apron Lace
• Watch Face - vintage
• Pearls & Bling - Martha Stewart, Basic Grey
• Clear Dewdrops - The Robin's Nest
• Paper - Doodlebug - Lily White Chenile
• Cork Flower - Prima
• Stamps - Limited Edition, Hampton Arts, Creative Imaginations, 7 Gypdies, Technique Tuesday

 

Hope you like!

Posted by Wendy Morris

www.scrapnspire.blogspot.com

 

Welcome Spring Card ~ by Sarah Mullanix

Hello everyone, Sarah here to share with you a card that I

created using the Donna Salazar "Spring In Bloom" line.

I absolutely love the colors and patterns of these papers!

Flowers, rustic wood, blue jeans, and lace...I'm mean how much better does it get?!! I also added a little sparkle and shine to some of the elements of this card by using my Glue Gloss on the tips of the butterfly wings to add the Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines & Cream. I also spritzed all ofthe cut out paper flowers with lots of Pralines & Cream Smooch Spritz to add some gorgeous shimmer to all of the

flowers. I absolutely love the shimmer when it catches the light! And to highlight the edges of the paper and cut outs, I inked the edges with my Color Q Cat's Eye Stackers in Dark Brown & Chesnut Roan.

Supplies:

-Spring In Bloom 12x12 Paper Pad, -Smooch Spritz in Pralines & Cream,

-Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines & Cream, - Glue Gloss liquid adhesive,

-Color Q Cat's Eye Ink Stackers in Dark Brown and Chesnut Roan,

-tape runner from Helmar, -marker from EK Success, -vintage lace

Have a wonderful day! -Sarah

http://sarahmmullanix.blogspot.com

Nerdy Looking ~ by Donna Salazar

Hi All! Donna Here... How is everyone enjoying all the projects from my new DT? I'm pretty darn impressed with some of their work. I have a quick layout to share with ya. I made this with my Antiquities line. I ran across some silly pictures that my son had taken with his webcam. He had popped the lenses out of the 3-D glasses you get at the movies and was trying to look nerdy. I just had to do a layout with these goofy shots!

I die cut the ovals with the Spellbinders Lacey Ovals die set. The title plaque was die cut from my Artistic Paper Journal Cards using Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three set. The Woodgrain Letters (and stars) are from GCD Studios Great Outdoors paper line.

Okay... it is back to the grind for me. I've got a TON of die cutting and kitting to do for the Art-Full Horizons event this weekend. In just 3 days I'm packing up my car and taking the boxes and boxes (and more boxes) of kits, goodie bags, prizes and decorations down. It's a good thing my sister is coming to the event with her Denali so that we can pack it all up!!! (I don't think it would all fit in my Mini... LOL) This event is going to be AH-MAZING!!!

You can still get a ticket using the local rate (no room but everything else) for $369. I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

Smile ~ by Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

Hello again!  Natasha here to share a Spring card with you made with the gorgeous Spring in Bloom Collection by Donna Salazar.  I have to admit... I'm not much of a card girl; I mostly create layouts.  But after seeing Audrey's card, I was inspired to create one.  (Thanks Audrey!)  This is my second attempt ever at making a card.  I hope you all like it! 

Let me show you how I created this easel card.  I learned how to make it by browsing tutorials on the web, but I changed the dimensions of my own card.

 Supplies needed:

* Scoring Board (or a ruler and a stylus)

* 6"x12" sheet of cardstock

* 6"x6" sheet of cardstock

* Adhesive

 STEP 1:  Place the 6"x12" sheet of cardstock on the scoring board and score at the 6-inch mark and the 9-inch mark.

 STEP 2:  Fold the cardstock as shown above.  Flip the card over so that the largest section is facing down.

 STEP 3:  Take the 6"x6" sheet and adhere to the section shown above.

 This is what your card will look like from the front.

 Here is a side view of the easel card.

 STEP 4:  Adhere Spring Sky paper to the cardstock and voilà!  Your card is ready to be decorated!

First I cut out this corner cluster of flowers from Donna's 'One Sheet Wonderful' paper and adhered it to the upper corner of my card.

I added a cluster of mulberry and chipboard flowers in the other corner as well as some shiny, blingy leaves.  :o)  The lavender chipboard flowers were misted with Mixed Berries Smooch Spritz and highlighted with coordinating Fairy Dust Glitter.  The edges were inked with Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk Queue in Misty Meadow. 

This chipboard element made by The Dusty Attic was painted with white acrylic paint, inked with Colorbox Cat's Eye Pigment Ink in Chestnut and spritzed with Smooch Spritz in Pralines and Cream.  I topped it off with a sprinkle of Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream.   I always use Glue Gloss to adhere the glitter.  It has become my new best friend.  :o)

 I added two layers of punch work and hand-stitching to complete the cover of my card.

For the inside of the card, I added several punched borders, stitching, lace and a border from the 'Tags, Ribbons & Mosaics' sheet from the Spring in Bloom Collection.  The sentiment was printed onto cardstock, inked with Colorbox Cat's Eye Pigment Ink in Chestnut and spritzed with Smooch Spritz in Pralines and Cream.

 The title of my card is hand-stitched using a template I created.   

Below are a few tips on how to create your own stitching template.

 STEP 1:  Print out your title on a sturdy sheet of vellum.  A bolder font with minimal detail works best for this technique.

 STEP 2:  Using a craft pick or a needle, punch evenly spaced holes along each letter.  The closer the holes, the more defined each letter will be, but be careful not to poke holes too close together.  Doing so will cause your paper to tear when stitching.

 STEP 3:  Position the guide on your project and poke all of the holes. 

STEP 4:  Once you have completed your title... stitch away!

You can use this technique to create your own stitched flourishes, shapes, simple images etc.  Have fun with it!

Thank you for stopping by to take a peek at my card.  Have a beautiful day! Supplies Used:

• Spring in Bloom Collection by Donna Salazar for GCD Studios
• Zutter Distrezz-It-All
• Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk Queue in Misty Meadow
• Colorbox Cat's Eye Pigment Ink in Chestnut
• Clearsnap Glue Gloss
• Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream and Mixed Berries
• Clearsnap Smooch Spritz in Pralines and Cream and Mixed Berries
• Martha Stewart Scoring Board
• The Dusty Attic Chipboard

http://mymomentsoftranquility.blogspot.com/

 

Thinking of You ~ by Kim Faucher

Hello, Kim here with a tongue- in- cheek post sharing a layout I did about  Spring.  In New England, we have unpredictable weather. Sometimes we are even "lucky" enough  to get a Spring snowfall... yes, you read that right... snowfall. What is a girl to do about Mother Natures miracles? Well, document it, of course, with a pretty Spring scrapbook page!

I love how Donna Salazars Spring In Bloom collection puts me in a spring mood despite the heaping mound of wet white stuff on my poor little rose plant outside.

From her Spring In Bloom line, I used the Ribbons paper to create layered border strips which I accented with lace.

I handcut  the flowers from the In Bloom page and spritzed them with Smooch Spritz and a touch of Fairy Dust Glitter

I cut the word Spring for the title out of the patterned paper collection pack and added some rub- on's to finish off the title.

A few paper doilies, a handcut butterfly and some lace add the perfect finish for the page. I can almost feel the snow melting away.. okay, maybe not.  Until June then, I will be' Thinking of You Spring'.

Peace,  Kim

My blog:

Inside My Head

Supplies:

Patterned papers: Donna Salazar Designs for GCD Studios

Inks, Spritzes, Glitter:  Smooch Spritz and Fairy Dust Glitter , Donna Salazar Clearsnap

Other, Paper Doilies, Lace, and Rub-on lettering.