A Painterlady's View

Best Wishes Card by ~ Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

Hi everyone!  Natasha here with a card to share with you.  :o)

 For this card I used Donna Salazar's Antiquities Collection and Artistic Papers.

 I created the rose using Donna's Rose Creations dies by Spellbinders.  The chipboard corner is manufactured by The Dusty Attic.

 The edges of the cover were punched and stitched by hand.  The printed ruler was cut from one of the Antiquities papers.

 I used a stamp and Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx embossing powder to create this splattered effect.  The background Artistic paper was misted with water and Smooch Spritz (Donna's awesome technique).  I love the Artistic papers because of the way it reacts with different mediums.

 This is the backside of the cover.  I applied fiber paste using a template to create the chicken wire pattern.  The chipboard cogs are also made by The Dusty Attic.

 I dry embossed the cogs with an embossing folder and heat embossed the raised pattern using Leather Mix'd Media Inx embossing powder.  

(I had to sneak in an eyelet.  LOL)

 The inside of the card is made up of layers of paper and punched borders.

 The sentiment was stamped and embossed as well.

 

Thank you for visiting!  Wishing you all a wonderful new year!  See you soon!

http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/

 

Products Used:

GCD Studios: Antiquities Collection, Artistic Papers

Clearsnap: Smooch Spritz, Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder

 

Focus Layout by ~ Kim Sonksen

Good morning all, this is Kim S. to post for Donna Salazar Designs with a quick idea how to incorporate Donna's Artistic Papers and the Crafty Chronicle into your projects. I like using parts of the Chronicle to just tuck underneath pictures and layers of paper. Some of the headlines make perfect subtitles, as in the case of this layout. **click on image to enlarge/sharpen the view**

For the last five years I have always chosen a word to live by for the coming year and for 2012 this word is FOCUS. I noticed that I started to forget things a lot this year, because I just had too much going on. The article "Flabby Brain" from the Chronicle was perfect!! I took the headline and the first few lines from the article to add to the layout.

On the left hand side I tucked a strip from the Artistic Calendar underneath the papers, as I thought it would look like a reminder to focus every day of the week.

  

I hope you and your loved ones will enjoy a most wonderful holiday celebration and don't forget to set a little crafty-time aside for yourself. See you all in 2012!

Products used

• Papers: DSD for GCD Studios - In Bloom, Pretty in Purple, Crafty Chronicle, Artistic Papers - Calendar
• Mists: DSD for Clearsnap - Smooch Spritz in  Cashmere, Ginger Ale
• Inks: Clearsnap - DSD Mixed Media Inx in Chiffon, Cat's Eye Chalks in Creamy Brown, Chestnut Roan
• Pearls: Want2Scrap
• Embossing Powder: DSD for Clearsnap Inc in Chiffon
• Corrugated Board: Zutter
• Dies: DSD for Spellbinders - Donna's Alpha

Other products:  Pens: Uniball Signo in black  *  Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives, Helmar  *  Stickers: making memories  *  Other: Eyelets

Merry Christmas!!!

 

'Dreamer' Journal by ~ Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

 Hi everyone!  Natasha here with a journal I created using Donna Salazar's Antiquities Collection.  This is the first journal I have ever created and I had so much fun making it!    

Let me show you all of the yummy products I used!

This flower was created using Donna Salazar's Rose Creations dies.  I will be posting a tutorial soon so keep an eye out!  :o)

I created the holes to bind the book using the Zutter Bind-it-All.  I threaded hemp cord through the holes to bind my journal together.

How awesome is this cluster of sprockets?!  The chipboard Nestaboard Sprightly Sprockets are manufactured by Want2Scrap and they coordinate perfectly with Donna's Sprightly Sprockets Dies.  I then added the Nestabling that also coordinates perfectly!  I layered the sprockets on top of each other using foam squares for added dimension.

The distressed paper around the edges of the corrugated board comes from The Crafty Chronicle.

This gorgeous ornate element is a Design Adhesive by Clearsnap.  You just peel and stick the adhesive and add glitter or embossing powder.  I used Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx embossing powder to create this beautiful texture.

The background is made of Corrugated Board by Zutter.  I added a touch of color using Mix'd Media Inx and embossing powder in the color Chiffon.

The 'dreamer' chippie is manufactured by The Dusty Attic.

 

I created this effect on the inside of both the front and back cover by adhering torn pieces of The Crafty Chronicle and Antiquities papers.

My journal is divided into three sections and each section has its own pocket to store things.

Each pocket is made from Artistic Papers.  These heavy weight papers are amazing!  They are perfect to use with mediums, inks, paints... anything!  I inked them with Smooch Spritz to create this look.  The pockets were then adhered to corrugated board.

The quotes are cut from The Crafty Chronicle.  This newsletter has so many uses and is one of my favorite products!  I punched a border along the top of the pocket and hand-stitched the edges.

 To add a little more texture, I stamped the corner with embossing ink and applied embossing powder.

The inside journal pages are made from cardstock and the edges were punched with a variety of different border punches.

The back of each pocket divider was altered with white opaque flakes and colored with Smooch Spritz.

The remaining dividers were altered and decorated in the same manner as the first.

The corners of the dividers (and the cover) are embellished with Zutter Rivets.  I used Donna's Creative Page Tabs dies to cut tabs for each section.

Hope you enjoyed my journal!  Wishing you all a beautiful holiday!

http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/

Products Used:

GCD Studios:  The Crafty Chronicle, Antiquities Collection, Artistic Papers

Zutter:  Bind-it-All, Corrugated Board, Rivets

Clearsnap:  Design Adhesives, Mix'd Media Inx, Smooch Spritz, Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder

Spellbinders:  Rose Creations, Creative Page Tabs, Sprightly Sprockets Dies

Want2Scrap:  Nestabling Sprightly Sprockets,  Nestaboard Sprightly Sprockets

"Art Saves"

Guess what!?!

I'm going to be a guest curator for Jenny Doh at www.crescendoh.com. Every day for a week there will be links to 2 artists who inspire me on the Crescendoh site. I get to share my "Art Saves" story on the site as well so if you want to read all about it you can check it out on January 2nd.

I created an "Art Saves" project just cuz... see pics below:

btw... there may be a sneak peek of a new product somewhere on this project... hmmmm... what could it be?

I started this project by cutting the Zutter Corrugated Board to frame the Zutter Canvas Board. I punched two holes in the top of the cardboard on both the right and the left where the holes would be covered by the canvas board. I thread string from the back to the front and back again on each side then tied the ends in a knot to create a sturdy hanging string. I distressed the cardboard with the Distrezz-it-All then dry brushed white acrylic paint onto the edges. 

I used a Crop-a-dile to punch two holes on the top right and two holes on the bottom left side of the canvas board. I used the holes as a guide to punch holes in the cardboard as well. I tied the canvas board to the cardboard by threading the string through both from the back to the front and back again then tied the ends together.

I created the denim ruffle by gathering denim strips onto a piece of Crafty Power Tape. The letters were inked with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx and embossed with Jasmine and Denim Mix'd Media Inx powders. I was able to get the Denim Embossing powder on the edges using my new Emboss Gloss. The heart was hand cut from zutter cardboard, distressed with the Distrezz-it-All and decoupaged with The Crafty Chronicle and Fast Finish Decoupage mixed with the Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx refill. I glued the tulle to the back of the heart and lightly inked the edges with Chiffon Mix'd Media Inx.

To make the background on the Canvas Board,I decoupaged The Crafty Chronicle onto it very loosely with multiple chunky layers (over the strings too). I ripped some off, added more, etc... until it was the right chunkiness then painted over it with white acrylic paint. I added a drop of the Mix'd Media Inx refills randomly around the edges in Honey, Peridot and Jasmine (one color at a time) and mixed each color with Fast Finish Decoupage and a paintbrush (just dribbled over the canvas). As I was blending I also covered the cardboard background. I added a tiny bit of Chiffon Mix'd Media Inx refills mixed with Fast Finish Decoupage to the center of the Canvas in the shape of the heart.

While the background was wet I spritzed River Mossy, Mixed Berries and Caramel Latte Smooch Spritz in random areas on the canvas board and added just a touch of water where I really wanted it to drip. Once it dried I added a bead of Fabri-Tac all around the Canvas Board edges and tucked some cotton lace between the Canvas and the Cardboard.

I cut a quote from The Crafty Chronicle and inked the edges with Denim and Leather Mix'd Media Inx.

I glittered the sticky side of 2 Kraft Labels (that were die cut with my Shadow Flowers die) with Fairydust Glitter in Pralines & Cream. I inked the small label die from Creative Book Pages Two with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx then die cut and embossed a scrap of Artistic Paper. I removed the paper from the die and heat embossed with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder then spritzed with River Mossy Smooch Spritz. All that was left was to adhere the rest of the embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Smooches ~D~

Product used:

Zutter: Corrugated Board, 8x10 Canvas Board, Distrezz-it-All

Spellbinders: Donna's Alphas, Wonderful Wings, Creative Book Pages Two, Shadow Flowers

GCD Studios: The Crafty Chronicle Vol2, Artistic Papers

Clearsnap: Mix'd Media Inx - Jasmine, Denim, Leather. Mix'd Media Inx refills - Honey, Peridot, Chiffon. Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder - Jasmine & Denim. Fairydust Glitter - Pralines & Cream. Smooch Spritz - River Mossy, Mixed Berries, Caramel Latte. Emboss Gloss

Beacon Adhesives: Fast Finish Decoupage, Fabri-Tac

3L Scrapbook Adhesives - Foam Squares, Crafty Power Tape

Misc: Denim, string, Kraft labels

Antiquities Card by ~ Lynn Forsythe ~ Guest Designer

I wanted to find a quote that explained how I felt while making this card!

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, "Just watch!" Bill Bradley I have to say I love the texture and weight of Donna Salazar's papers in the Antiquities Pad! I gathered the papers and piece parts I wanted to used. I cut the background paper to the size of the note card. I then spritzed it with water, front and back and squinched the paper. When I had the look I was wanting to achieve, I dried the paper. I did the same with the cut piece of denim and lace. I love this technique as the paper seems to change and be stiffer after it is dry.

For my flower I pulled out my Spellbinders ~ Spiral Blossom 1 die. I sanded the edges and rolled the flowers. I then shaped and smooooshed it!!

I cut the leaves from the left over background paper.....

spritz them with Smooch, formed and stapled them.

I love how my bird came out.......the element to emphasis "SOAR". I applied a bit of ink to him, smothered him in Glue Gloss and sprinkled him with Fairy Dust!! I hope you enjoy this card as much as I did making it!!!

Altered Dressform ~ by Jan Hennings ~ Guest Designer

Hello friends!  I'm one lucky "Grungie Girl" today because I get to be her Guest Designer for Donna Salazar Designs! I got to work with her "Antiquities" Line and there is so much Grungy goodness packed inside these paper packs.  On my "Grungie Girl" Dress Form and Hi-Top Sneakers,  I've used the 12"x12" Antiquities Paper Pad, Green Smooch Spritz, Mixed Media Inx (Peridot), Fairy Dust Glitter and Emboss Gloss.   Ribbon Adhesive and Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks by Glue Arts.  Ribbons are Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Here's how I started:

 

Artistic Tag Tutorial ~ by Kim Sonksen

Good morning all, this is Kim S. with a step-by-step tutorial on how to get the best use out of the Crafty Chronicle and Donna's versatile Artistic Papers. I love creating tags as they are not only a great way to use up those scraps, but they also come in handy when you need a quick card or something to adorn a present and you have no time (or mojo) to get crafty. Whenever I am not in the mood to create a bigger project, I sit down and dabble in tags. They are then all stored in a little basket on my work desk, so I can grab one quickly whenever I need it. Now, the Crafty Chronicle and the Artistic Papers are perfect for tags - especially the Chronicle with its plethora of wonderful quotes. For today's tag I have chosen the following: "If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun" - Katherine Hepburn

** click on any of the images to enlarge/sharpen their view **

My starting point for this tag was actually the layered flower, it kind of evolved from there.

I had so many scraps of paper flying around from my Chronicle,  which were perfect for a selection of various sizes of the Scalloped Circles die from Spellbinders.

I used some Smooch Spritz in Cashmere on all circles to give them a more aged look. After they dried I started folding

and pinching the individual circles

Some circles I pinched, folded and scrunched more than others in order to get different widths

With the help of glue dots placed in each middle section, I started to layer

Can you see the delightful shimmer from the Smooch Spritz on the layers? I love the aged effect the Cashmere colour gives to the Chronicle. But I was not quite done there and wanted to add  bits of interested to a few areas of the layers. With the help of the new Emboss Gloss I was able to get to the exact areas I wanted - it makes life so much easier. The gloss stays wet long enough and allowed me to change my mind about four times as to which colour from Donna's new Embossing Powders I was going to choose. In the end, I opted for Chiffon.

I LOVE how the embossed areas look like I dipped the scallops in some paint. But there was still something missing, because you just can't have a layered flowers without some Fairy Dust Glitter, eh?

A self-adhesive pearl from Want2Scrap placed in the centre gave the flower a lovely finish. As soon as this was completed I knew that I wanted to showcase the flower on a tag, so I took a piece of the Artistic Papers, traced along the outline of an old tag and hand cut my own.

Its colour was too bright for what I had in mind, so I started to distress the background by first blending a generous helping of the new Mixed Media Inx in Honey and Leather over the whole of the tag. A little Smooch Spritz in Wood Stain and Mixed Berries added to the aged look.

The rest was then a matter of fussy cutting and layering. Firstly I hand cut the quote I mentioned at the beginning of my post from the Chronicle and adhered it to some black cardstock. Then I hand cut one of the gorgeous butterflies from another sheet of the Artistic papers and adhered it to the tag with foam dots to add some dimension.

I did not distress or alter the butterfly with any inks or mists as I found the cream and black to work perfectly as a contrast to the layered flower. Had I altered the butterfly I think the tag could have looked a bit wishy-washy.

When I started with my layered flower I had no idea what my project would end up to be and once I finished the tag, I initially thought I would stick it on a card. But writing this post and looking at the tag again, I have decided I want to display this on the wall and will be looking for a fitting shadow box.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and if you like, you can see more of work over on my blog.

Products used

• Papers: Donna Salazar for GCD Studios - Spring Journal Cards -  Spring in Bloom, Crafty Chronicle, Calendar, Spring in Bloom - Artistic Papers
• Mists: Donna Salazar for Clearsnap - Smooch Spritz in  Wood Stain, Holly Berries, Cashmere 
• Inks: Clearsnap Mixed Media Inx - Honey, Leather
• Embossing: Powder and Gloss Donna Salazar for Clearsnap
• Glitter: Donna Salazar for Clearsnap - Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream
• Tools: Zutter - Distrezz-it-All
• Dies: Spellbinders - Scalloped Circles LG, Creative Bookpages Two, 
• Pearls: Want2Scrap

Other products:  Pens: Zig Millenium pen in black Adhesive: Helmar, Scrapbook Adhesives Other: Embroidery Floss, Self-adhesive washer

Mixed Media Background Tutorial ~ by Jessy Christopher

I love to create mixed media background because it is such a "therapy" session for me. Mixed media allows me to create freely. I can just mix and match with all sorts of medium onto a background.

Just a lil insight before I begin. This time round I was inspired by masking tape. My papa is an excellent painter. Well I am referring to painting walls (lol). I remember seeing him using masking tape to get tidy lines. That technique definitely spark an idea! So today I am gonna share with you a step-by-step tutorial on creating a mixed media background...

First, you'll need to trim your background paper to 8.5"x11". Then just do a lil spritzing and stamping. Next you'll need to cover it with masking tape. Position them randomly, just like the example above.

Apply the emboss gloss onto the masking tape.

Then, pour the mix'd media embossing powder onto the masking tape.

Then, get your hot gun out for embossing fun!

Here's the result after the embossing powder is melted.

Get wet wipes and gesso, apply all over the paper. The whole intention is to blend in the masking tape to the paper.

The next fun part is to do masking with doily. Here I use the smooch spritz.

Here's the result after the masking.

Lastly, get a circle template and smooch spritz it another darker color.

Ta daa... here's the completed mixed media background!

Here's the completed layout...

For this layout, I played around with the artistic papers. They are just so pretty without any colors. Love the natural look to it :)

Close-up shots:

Hope you enjoy this step-by-step & do share with us if you play along!

Products list:
DSD Artistic Paper for GCD Studios
DSD Mixed Media Inx Embossing Powder for Clearsnap
DSD Emboss Gloss for Clearsnap
DSD Smooch Spritz for Clearsnap
Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk Queue by Clearsnap
DSD Antiquities Artistic Paper for GCD Studios
Gesso
Masking Tape
Doily
Catslife Press stamp
Basic Grey title sticker



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Christmas Ornaments by ~ Kim Faucher

"Its the Most... Wonderful Time.... of the Year".... okay, enough singing... :)
  Its me Kim and I am here to share some projects I made for Christmas.
I created these two cute little ornaments with some of Donna's fun new Embossing powders. They match the colors of her Mix'd Media Inx... so there are so many fun techniques to try!
Today, I am sharing these ornaments that I created . They are easy to make and adding the touches of embossing gives them some dimension and texture.

The Santa ornament was made with a piece of Nestaboard (die cut chipboard) from Want2Scrap.  I used Mix'd Media Inx in Jasmine. I added the Inx directly from the pad to the surface as shown below... I applied two coats, allowing the Inx to dry in between.

Once the Nestaboard was completely covered with ink and dry, I layered a favorite vintage image right over it. You can use a sheer transparent accent like I did or print one of your favorite vintage clip art graphics onto transparency.

I punched a hole through the top then tied a bow and some twine to create a hanging ornament.

To create the next ornament, I embossed an image from one of my favorite pattern papers.

I really wanted it to pop so I used Donna's new Emboss Gloss from Clearsnap which has a narrow wand that allows you to literally hand paint with the embossing gel.

I added Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx Embossing powder to the Emboss Gloss.

Then I heat set with a heat gun.

The unique thing about the Emboss Gloss is that you can go back over small sections you may have missed or go over the entire image again for a thicker coat. You can also draw images free hand with the wand and get a completely unique image !

Once the image was dried, I cut the paper to create a border and adhered it around an empty ribbon spool. I then punched two small holes along the top to add twine to hang it with.

While taking a break, I  noticed one cute (but naughty) puppy trying to do her own form of "distressing" a piece of chipboard... ;)

Who me?

Okay, back to crafts.... Next up , I added a small paper image to the inside of the spool. I used the embossing powder to add "snow" to a few areas in the image to make it fun.

I then cut one of my favorite quotes from the Crafty Chronicle and added it around the spool.

Then I added a lace bow and a border punched from cardstock to the front of the spool.

All that was left was to hang the ornaments and admire how crafty we can get with ink and embossing powder!

Supplies:

Cardstock, Bazzill

Pattern paper, Antiquities, Donna Salazar Designs, GCD

Edger Punch, Martha Stewart

Lace and satin ribbon, Offray

Paper quote from Crafty Chronicle, Donna Salazar, GCD

Sheer and paper die cuts, K and Co.

Mix'd media Inx, Jasmine, Donna Salazar Designs for Clearsnap

Twine, craft supply

Nestaboard, lacey oval, Want 2 Scrap

Emboss Gloss and Mix'd Media Embossing Powders, Donna Salazar Designs, Clearsnap

Have a very Happy Holiday!

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