Guest Designer ~ Sandi Smith

Hello everyone....I can't express how thrilled and honored I am to be Guest Designing for Donna Salazar Designs. I got to work with the beautiful Antiquities papers, Donna's Smooch Spritz, Mixed Media Inx and the awesome Emboss Gloss and Glue Gloss. Just before Christmas, my daughter made a request for an art journal so I started out with this sketch book I bought at Walmart.

 I first covered the front and back covers with cardboard and then used Donna's beautiful Antiquities collection. I dyed the seam binding and Prima Lace with Smooch in colors Evergreen and Candle Glow and did some fussy cutting from the papers. and then embellished like crazy. I added lots of Prima Goodies and then inked everything with Mixed Media Ink in Jasmine to give it a worn look...love that stuff. Here are the different views:

 

The tag was a little message to my daughter and the quotes were cut from the Crafty Chronicle. I am pleased to say Claudine loved her art journal!

I also altered a wooden box I bought at the Dollar store and this is the end result:

 

 

 I made the brown flowers from the papers. The butterfly was lightly painted in gesso and I then spritzed it with Candle glow. Using Glue Gloss, I applied glue to the edges of the butterfly and used Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream. Speaking of Fairy Dust, I also applied it to these two Christmas Centerpieces I made and the shimmer in real life is just BEAUTIFUL!!

Thanks so much for having me Donna...it has definitely been an honor!

Comments

[Kirsten Alicia]

Wow, gorgeous projects, I love the journal & the box.

[Kathy Wittlock]

Great Projects - love the journal!