A Painterlady's View

A Favorite Photo by ~ Jessy Christopher

Hi again! I am back with another series of Scrapbook Circle I created for Mandy Harrell. She provided me this beautiful photo of her daughters and I begin to draw inspirations from it especially the colors at the stairs and their attires too. For this, I wanted to challenge myself to create a layout without using any flowers. A more of a clean & simple approach just to show you the versatility of Donna's papers. Oh yeah, threw in a popular trend these days too - triangles!! 

This layout is pretty easy to put together. A lil punching, stamping, sewing and spritzing and you are good to go! 

Close-up shots: 

Hope you are inspire to create something clean & simple. Challenge yourself and you'll be surprised to see the outcome! Thanks for stopping by!

Xoxo Jessy

Product List: 

GCD Studios : Storybook collection (12x12 paper pad)

GCD Studios : Spring in Bloom collection (8x8 paper pad)

Clearsnap : Smooch Spritz (Green Olive)

Clearnsnap : Mix'd Media Inx (Vintage)

Clearnsnap : ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk  

Art Gone Wild Stamps: Dear Sir & Bubble Wrap

Others:

Silhouette Cameo Machine

Doily

Martha Stewart punch

She's All Aglow by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

 Hi everyone, today I have a layout I created for my team-mate Jessy to share with you all.  I was so excited to be given this photo from her, she's so adorable with her baby belly.

I have used layers and layers of papers here all either distressed, punched or both.  Botanique, Spring in Bloom and Antiquities all mixed in with each other, and they mix so well - another delight of Donna's paper ranges, they are easily mixed and matched!

I created a couple of roses to match the tones, using Donna's Rose Creations Die set from Spellbinders.  Then popped in some sweet paper and fabric flowers from Green Tara.

Some lovely lace... one was adhered to the page and then spritzed with CandleGlow and Tea Party Smooch Spritz to add texture while blending into the page and the other was left as is to add some contrast.

This bling flourish from Want to Scrap was the perfect colour for this layout.  I had to add a butterfly cut from a Spring in Bloom paper, I love butterflies!

The title was first painted white and then spritzed with CandleGlow and Tea Party Smooch Spritz and dried with a heat gun.  It was then coated with glue gloss and sprinkled with Sugar Shimmer Fairy Dust.  The glue gloss stick makes adding glue to just the right spot so easy!

I hope you like this Jessy, I really had the best fun creating it... it was one of those layouts that pretty much created itself, love those ones!

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Here's a list of all the yummies I used:

Patterned Paper:
GCD Studios Botanique, Spring in Bloom, Antiquities

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Typewriter ABC Set

Flowers:
Green Tara Roses
Green Tara Heirloom 4cm Fabric Flowers

Bling:
Want 2 Scrap Swirls Finesse - Brown Rhinestone

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle

Colour:
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Candle Glow, Tea Party

Medium:
Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Glitter:
Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Flourish Lace, Embroidery

Dies:
Spellbinders Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other:
Green Tara Satin Edged Organza Ribbon
Green Tara Lace
Zutter Corrugated Board
DMC Thread
Dymo Label Maker

All the better... by ~ Michelle Grant

Hellooooo, How is everyone today?? I this post finds you all well. I am back again with another DT Swap layout, this month I had to do Donn's photo. This was such a fun photo to scrap! I hope you like it Donna!

 Lots of stitching on this one, I have even machine stitched over the chipboard  letters.
The drips in the background were created by mixing embossing powder with the Mix'd Media Re-Inkers then adding dots of the mixture to the top of the page. Then hold the page up vertically and water spritz over these to create drippage. Once you are happy with the drips you can then heat set the remaining embossing powder. It gives it a nice grainy look like sand particles.

I hope you like it Donna!
Cheers Michelle x

Materials:

Clearsnap

Mix’d Media Inx - Honey, Denim, Indigo
Mix'd Media Re-INkers - Honey & Denim
Smooch Spritz -Tea Party
Glue Gloss
Fairy Dust Glitter - Pralines & Cream

SpellbindersBitty Blossoms & Grand Peony Creations

Want2Scrap

BYOB


Art Gone Wild Stamps
Crackle
Bubble Wrap Woodgrain
Dear Sir
Stanza
All My Love

GCD Studios

Botanique Collectio
Spring In Bloom
Donna's Compatibility Alphas

Other Products:

Denim
Fabric
Ribbon
Buttons
Basic Grey Micro mono stickers


Adhesives
Helmar Tiger Grip 

Tools
Heat Gun

 

Thanks for dropping by!

Have a great day!

Cheers

Michelle xx

Friends by ~ Michelle Grant

Hi again, good to see you back here! Against all odds I have this post ready for you today. And I mean all odds, it has been a long road to get this post happening. My new computer of 12 months crashed, so I got my old computer reformatted to use and it too crashed yesterday, it kept freezing and was super slow and  playing up which reminded me why I upgraded in the first place. Anyway it has been a trial as I am now using the laptop. But it hasn't been easy as the programs and printer are hooked up to the desktop. It's always the way when you have a heavy workload with umpteen deadlines looming! But I made it! Maybe with a few extra grey hairs but I am here! Phew! OK Back to normal programing, I am back with another Donna Salazar Design for you today with 3 tutorials for the price of one. 

This layout is on a group of Leonii's childhood friends from primary school. Its great that they keep in contact and and catch up when they can, even though they have left school.

Lots of yummy Donna products on this layout. Here is a tutorial on how I created the background:

I have used the Kaisercraft TigerLily Butterflies and the Want2Scrap Butterfly Bling to create these cute little butterflies. Here is the Tutorial on how I created these:

Last but not least here is a tutorial on making Paper Towel Flowers. I love the colours you can get when you clean up your spray ink with a paper towel. The best part is that you always have flowers that match your project perfectly.

The Chipboard flourishes were inked with the black MMI and embossed with the Black & Indigo Embossing powders.

 Materials Used:

Clearsnap

 Mix’d Media Inx - Chiffon, Peach, Indigo, Black
Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powders - Black, Indigo, Chiffon

  Smooch Spritz - Tea Party, Pralines and Cream

Spellbinders
Bitty Blossoms, Grand Peony Creations

Want2Scrap

  BYOB, Butterflies, Chipboard Flourish

Art Gone Wild Stamps
Dear Sir

GCD Studios

Botanique Collection
Mix'd Media Stax

Other Products:

Paper Towel
Tags, Doiley, Brads
Embroidery Thread

Friends Tag - Unknown.

Adhesives
Helmar Tiger Grip
3D Foam Tape
Double Sided Tape 

 

Tools
Heat Gun

Thanks for dropping by!
Have a great day!
Cheers
Michelle xx

True Friends by ~ Mandy Harrell

Hi Friends!! Back again to show you a layout with a quick and easy tutorial to fancy up your edges.  So funny little story....  I am a home school mom and recently had to learn how to use Power Point to help my daughter make a presentation.  Well I had fun with it and decided to use it for my tutorial as well.  Hope you like it!!

 

This layout was made for Lisa Blastick and it features one of her lovely daughters with her two buddies!!  Aren't they cute!!

 

 Here are some close ups shots!

Below is a list of products and links used for this layout!

 

Botanique Collection

Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle

Mix'd Media Embossing Powder - Chiffon

Clearsnap Emboss Gloss

Stampers Anonymous - Bricks

Smooch Spritz - Evergreen

Want 2 Scrap - Corrugated Swirls

Want 2 Scrap - Cream Swirls

 

 

Purdy Birdie by ~ Lisa Blastick

Good Morning! 

It's me Lisa again with a new layout making your own background paper 

using Donna's fabulous new stamps. 

I love the bricks and that adorable camera. 

This is a Foto of my little Roxy and she sure is a "Purdy Birdie" :)

So here is how to make your own background paper:

First, take a piece of white cardstock and a piece of Donna's Botanique Paper. 

Next, tear off part of the top and part of the bottom. 

Distress using Zutter. 

In the center use Jasmine Distress Inx and smear, let dry.

Stamp with black Mix'd Media Ink the bricks, then emboss with black embossing powder.

Lastly, spray with smooch in blue "Sea Breeze"

That's it...now embellish.

 Stamp the "foto set" in demin "Mix'd Media Inx" and 

emboss with denim embossing powder to make that adorable camera.

The yellow flowers are made with "Carnation Creations" and

 the white flowers are made with "Rose creations" 

I added a little gala glitz in the centers.

The title is made using another stamp from "foto" and yellow cardstock.

Stamp in black on yellow cardstock for the cool distressed birdie's.

Hope you are inspired to make your own background paper too!

Have a great day!

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Foto Set

Arts Gone Wild- Bricks

GCD Studios Botanique Collection

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Black

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Denim

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Jasmine

Clearsnap- Embossing Powder- Black

Clearsnap- Embossing Powder- Denim

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz- Sea Breeze

Spellbinders- Rose Creations

Spellbinders- Carnation Creations

Zutter Distrezz It All

Such a Little Cutie by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

Hi everyone!  I have another layout to share using Donna's StoryBook papers... and I got to play with a baby photo!  This is my son Kel when he was just 9 months old, he was the cutest, cuddliest, happiest little boy... such a joy {then he grew up}!  Nah, joking... he still gives us such happiness!!

 

Okay... so the Story Book papers I have to admit were quite daunting for me when I first got my hands on them.  But I realised I am reaching for them every time I want to create a new layout and it's because of the fabulous texture images, cut outs, colours, hues that are perfectly 'Kel toned'... I LOVE them!!   This time I couldn't wait to cut out the "cotton ball" clouds, how CUTE are they.  I adore how Donna's playful style comes through so much in this range, you can't help but have fun creating with them.

I love {lotsa loving happening here today LOL}, Donna's Denim & Canvas Squares.  I know, 'go cut up a pair of jeans' you say... but these are thin enough to get through the Spellbinders dies with a few passes, some of my old jeans just won't cut through no matter how many times I put them through. 

Donna's Alpha's are super cute... perfect for the funky fun of the StoryBook range.  I have the Dies as well, but I like to alter the chipboard with Mix'd Media Inx.  For these ones I used Denim and Honey, randomly dabbed on and then lightly misted with water.  Then I dried them with the heat gun, forcing the water and ink to pool and create this marbled effect!

My very favourite fabric right now is loose weave gauze... it ties into the cutest little bows!

I have had this flower for a while... just waiting for the right layout to use it on.  It's cut with Donna's Rose Creations Die from Denim and Canvas.  I coated the fabric while flat with Strano Ribbon Stiff, added a little Caramel Latte Smooch Spritz, formed the flower shape and patiently waited for it to dry.

That's all I have to share today... until next time, take care and be true to you!

Mis xo

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Products used:

Patterned Paper:
GCD Studios Storybook - Fairies, Argh, Fido

Chipboard:
GCD Studios Compatibles Chipboard Alphabet
Dusty Attic Picket Fence, Small

Flowers:
Dusty in Bloom - Grassy Knoll, Smokey Blue
Paper Roses

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Honey, Denim

Medium:
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
White Acrylic Paint

Dies:
Spellbinders - Rose Creations, Wonderful Wings

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other:
Crochet Trim, Gauze, DMC Perle Embroidery Thread
Want2Scrap - 7x7 Denim, 7x7 Canvas
Kaiser Polaroid Frame

Adhesive:
Scrapbook Adhesives - Crafty Power Tape, Crafty Foam Tape

 

Ombre Tutorial by ~ Jessy Christopher

Hi ladies! It's my time again at Donna Salazar's blog. Hope your week has been good. I am back with another simple tutorial featuring ombre. It has been a scrapbooking & a fashion trend lately. I thought it would be interesting to create it on my background layout. 

Here I used the Mix'd Media Inx refill. 

Squeeze some of the ink onto a craft sheet. The inks are thick so you might want to water it down.

Use a wet tissue to work with the colors. I started with dark blue, medium blue and lastly a very light blue. Just keep stroking it up and down to get the gradient. If the colors in between does not blend, just spray some water, add the color and keep stroking it to blend.

Here is how it will look like.

Here's my completed layout...

Hope you enjoy this very simple tutorial to create an ombre effect on your creation! Thanks for swinging by :)

Xoxo Jessy

Product List:

GCD Studios: Mix'd Media Stax (Manilla)

GCD Studios: 12x12 paper (Scribbles)

GCD Studios : Crafty Chronicle

Spellbinders: Bitty Blossoms

Zutter: Corrugated Board

Clearsnap : Mix'd Media Inx refill

Clearnsnap - Mix'd Media Inx (Chiffon)

Want2Scrap: Finesse Swirls - Le Creme

Others: Lace & Silhouette Cameo Machine

Antiquities Layout by ~ Mandy Harrell

Hey Everyone!! It's Mandy again :)!!  I am back to show a layout using some of the Antiquities papers as well as several of Donna's amazing products.  This layout is of my daughter.  She took this photo on her phone and I stole it from Facebook!!

 Here are some close up shots!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Below is a list of products that I used on this layout!!

 

GCD Studios Antiquities Collection

Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle

Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder - Leather

Stampers Anonymous - Stanza

Smooch Spritz - Mixed Berries, Holly Berries, Carmel Latte, Green Olive

Crafty Chronicle - Younique

Want 2 Scrap - La Creme Finesse Swirls and 72 Pearl Pack

Want 2 Scrap - Chipboard

Want 2 Scrap - Denim



Beach Day by ~ Donna

We've been trying out lots of different stuff during Tuesday Tutorials. Sometimes I make tags or flowers and give them away as the prizes, sometimes I make a project and Tasha gives away product, and sometimes we do a mix of the two. This last Tuesday I "tried" to make an 8x10 layout in 30 minutes... HAH! Of course I didn't actually finish but I did get more of it finished than I thought I would. Below are the pictures of the layout that I finished off camera.

If you want to see the video of my creative process you can check it out HERE.

And here are the close ups:

Polaroid frames made with my Spellbinders "Snapshot" die set & Classic Squares Large

Title made with my Spellbinders "Donna's Alphas" die set

Cardboard "Hand Drawn Swirls" from Want2Scrap

Flowers made with my Spellbinders "Bitty Blossoms" die set

On a side note... I used to make 12x12 layouts but I've found it so much easier to work in a smaller format so I've started making my layouts in 8x10. I mentioned that this layout was 8x10 on the show and people were asking why (because it isn't a standard size). I make them this size so that my SUPER CHUNKY layouts will fit into the 8.5x11 page protectors without squishing them. 

Here is what I used:

GCD Studios: "Elegant" from Botanique, The Crafty Chronicle, Mix'd Media Stax (Manilla paper for flowers) & Cabochons

Spellbinders: "Bitty Blossoms", "Donna's Alphas", "Snapshot", "Carnation Creations"

Clearsnap/Colorbox: "Mix'd Media Inx", "Smooch Spritz", "Fairydust Glitter", Glue Gloss

Zutter: "Distrezz-it-All", "Corrugated Board" (top layer of cardboard used for Polaroid frames)

Want2Scrap: Cardboard "Hand Drawn Swirls", "BYOB", ribbon rose

Miscellaneous: white acrylic paint, lace, vintage Dymo labeler

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