Canvas by ~ Michelle Grant

This canvas combines two of my Faves, Donna Salazar Designs & Dusty Attic!

I had fun creating this canvas, it was nice to just experiment and play, I am soo happy with the results too!! I have more of Mistra's Flowers made from the Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die.

You can see Mistra's tutorial on how to make these flowers here: Wild Rose Tutorial. They are sooo yummy! I also have some of the new Dusty releases on here too! I love anything that is nature and earthy, these pieces were right up my alley!

I also have another new love on here and that is modelling paste and stenciling. I love this damask stencil, it is the Damask Stencil by My Art-C.

The New Dusty Gum Leaves and Birds a field were perfect for this piece! I love the new mini Chicken Wire too!!

You can see how yummy the damask stencil is here, I love the effect you get when you spray the smooch spritz over them too!

I love Mistra's flowers! They really are divine!

Materials:

Donna Salazar Designs:

Clearsnap

Mix’d Media Inx - Truffle, Leather, Black & Mossy

Smooch Spritz - River Mossy, Sea Breaze, Mossy Mist, Tea Partyt, Sea Kiss

Spellbinders - Rose Creations

GCD Studios

Botanique Collection

Dusty Attic

Birds a field DA0749
Gum Leave (New Release 2013)
Paints - Oceania DA0912 (Coming Soon)

Other Products:

Modelling Paste
My Art-C - Damask template
Collections Tissue Paper
Lace & String
Rusty Hinge
23x34cm canvas

Adhesives
Helmar Tiger Grip
Double Sided Tape

Thanks for dropping by!

Have a great day!

Cheers

Michelle xx

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Mix'd Media Inx CHOX Launch Party ~ Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Launch Party for my new Mix’d Media Inx CHOX!

There are 8 colors in this product release: Driftwood (tan), Sparrow (brown), Butternut (gold), Petals (pink), Sage (green),Bluejay (blue), Pomegranate (burgundy), & Midnight (black). And just like the Mix'd Media Inx, the containers have a flexible base (for a comfygrip) and a clear lid with a lip that lets you stack the pads.

You can also get the re-inkers in all 8 colors.

These new CHOX are fast drying, have LOADS of vibrant color, are great for stamping, edge distressing, coloring, and can be used in layers for blending colors (watch the technique video for day 1). To give you an idea of how much pigment is in these inks, you can actually mix the re-inkers with a matte acrylic medium to use instead of or with acrylic paint!

Come back each day from Nov 27th - Nov 29th for projects, ideas, technique videos and PRIZES!

Today, Clearsnap has more projects from their DT on their blog

I've got the pics of the prizes that we are giving away on this blog each day of the party below:

Each day of our party we will have TWO winners! Each prize will be a Mix'd Media Inx Chox pad and the matching re-inker. To be entered into our random drawings, leave a comment and add your name to the inlinkz on the post for each day of our party! The winners will be announced during the first week of December.

And here is my project:

This is the layout I made for the DTs circle scrapbook and this one is for Mandy. The picture of her hubby and daughter made me want to get all pink and frilly with this layout.

I stamped the cardboard background with Petals CHOX and the watercolor paper with Driftwood CHOX using the same stamp, called Bouquet.

This is another view of the stamped background and a close up of the journaling.

I made the paper flowers using Carnation Creation and Rose Creation dies. I inked the flowers as well as the cardboard swirls with Driftwood and Petals (I'm finding that I use these two colors of CHOX together a LOT) then I inked the leaves with Sage. You can also see a little bit of the Pralines & Cream Smooch Spritz that I added to the cardboard background in this picture. The Cardboard swirls are one of my new products from Want2Scrap.

The pennants are die cut from various Botanique papers using Spellbinders dies. The cardboard polaroid frame and the banner were also created using Spellbinder dies.

This is a nice side view to show you all the chunky layers.

Below is a video excerpt from my live Tuesday Tutorials show:

Supplies for Layout:

Clearsnap/Colorbox

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX (Petals, Sage, Sparrow,Driftwood)

Spellbinders

Donna Salazar Designs (Carnation Creations, Rose Creations, Snapshot, Mix'd Media Elements) - Nested Pennants, Nested Lacey Pennants

GCD Studios

Mix'd Media Stax & Botanique

Want2Scrap

Cardboard Swirls

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Mix'd Media Inx CHOX Launch Party ~ Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Launch Party for my new Mix’d Media Inx CHOX!

There are 8 colors in this product release: Driftwood (tan), Sparrow (brown), Butternut (gold), Petals (pink), Sage (green),Bluejay (blue), Pomegranate (burgundy), & Midnight (black). And just like the Mix'd Media Inx, the containers have a flexible base (for a comfygrip) and a clear lid with a lip that lets you stack the pads.

You can also get the re-inkers in all 8 colors.

These new CHOX are fast drying, have LOADS of vibrant color, are great for stamping, edge distressing, coloring, and can be used in layers for blending colors (watch the technique video for day 1). To give you an idea of how much pigment is in these inks, you can actually mix the re-inkers with a matte acrylic medium to use instead of or with acrylic paint!

Come back each day from Nov 27th - Nov 29th for projects, ideas, technique videos and PRIZES!

Today, Clearsnap has more projects from their DT on their blog

I've got the pics of the prizes that we are giving away on this blog each day of the party below:

Each day of our party we will have TWO winners! Each prize will be a Mix'd Media Inx Chox pad and the matching re-inker. To be entered into our random drawings, leave a comment and add your name to the inlinkz on the post for each day of our party! The winners will be announced during the first week of December.

And here is my project:

This is a layout that I made for the scrapbook circle with my DT. This layout is for Michelle, she and one of my other DT members, Mistra, were at a scrappy event together and had time to shoot this adorable photo.

I stamped the watercolor paper background (from my Mix'd Media Stax) with various stamps using the new CHOX. I then spritzed over the background with Smooch Spritz. If I had used my original Mix'd Media Inx, the images would have run (which I actually love doing but I was going for a different look this time). I love how the colors stayed vibrant even after spritzing!

I used Emboss Gloss around the letters then sprinkled and heat clear emboss. I was then able to stamp each letter with a different color of CHOX (in order LtoR: Bluejay, Petals, Sage, Butternut, Pomegranate, Bluejay). I distressed the edges of the background and the individual embellishments with the Distrezz-it-All and used Driftwood to ink around the edges.

I die cut pennants flowers and photo booth strip using Spellbinder dies, distressed the edges and inked with various colors of CHOX. I also inked the edges of the paper doily with various colors of CHOX as well.

The title is something that I printed on my computer... I've got a link to the file so that you can try the same technique with the multi-colored letters (it is 4x6). View file

Supplies:

Clearsnap

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX (Bluejay, Petals, Sage, Butternut, Pomegranate, Sparrow, Midnight, Driftwood) - Smooch Spritz (Sea Breeze, Mixed Berries, Caramel Latte) - Emboss Gloss

Spellbinders

Donna Salazar Designs (Bitty Blossoms, Rose Creations, Snapshot) - Nested Pennants, Nested Lacey Pennants

GCD Studios

Mix'd Media Stax & Botanique

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Mix'd Media Inx CHOX Launch Party ~ Day 1

Welcome to the Launch Party for my new Mix’d Media Inx CHOX!

There are 8 colors in this product release: Driftwood (tan), Sparrow (brown), Butternut (gold), Petals (pink), Sage (green), Bluejay (blue), Pomegranate (burgundy), & Midnight (black). And just like the Mix'd Media Inx, the containers have a flexible base (for a comfy grip) and a clear lid with a lip that lets you stack the pads.

You can also get the re-inkers in all 8 colors.

These new CHOX are fast drying, have LOADS of vibrant color, are great for stamping, edge distressing, coloring, and can be used in layers for blending colors (watch the technique video for day 1). To give you an idea of how much pigment is in these inks, you can actually mix the re-inkers with a matte acrylic medium to use instead of or with acrylic paint!

Come back each day from Nov 27th - Nov 29th for projects, ideas, technique videos and PRIZES!

Today’s Bloggers:

Donna Salazar ~ you are here

Clearsnap

Natasha Naranjo-Aguirre - DSD DT Coordinator

Mandy Harrell - DSD DT Member

Lisa Blastick - DSD DT Member

I've got the pics of the prizes we are giving away each day below:

Each day of our party we will have TWO winners! Each prize will be a Mix'd Media Inx Chox pad and the matching re-inker. To be entered into our random drawings, leave a comment and add your name to the inlinkz for each day of our party! The winners will be announced during the first week of December.

And here is my project:

Close ups:

I've got a technique video that shows how inking in layers lets you blend colors on the flower and leaves:

Here is the video:

This project is also a $10 Girlie Grunge e-Class.

Signing up for the e-Class will give you 6 months access to all class materials: Instructional pdf, narrated slide presentation, project video, and classroom Q&A. Class materials will be available November 29th.

e-Class Info - Texturey Frame e-Class sign up

You can purchase a base kit or you can die cut the pieces, the list of supplies is on the class info page. The kit comes with a cardboard die cut scallop oval (approx 9.75x7.25"), cardboard die cut frame (approx 5.25x6.75), 6 Crafty Chronicle die cut Grand Peonies flowers and 2 leaves, 2 Antiquities paper die cut Shadow Flowers, 1 Antiquities paper die cut Wonderful Wings background butterfly, 1 watercolor paper die cut Wonderful Wings lacey butterfly, 6" repurposed denim hem, 1 frame back so you can have the option of making this a standing frame. The chipboard swirls are NOT included but you can find them HERE

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You're Beautiful by ~ Jessy Christopher

Hello creative peeps!! Today I am going to show you another way of how I used modeling paste to enhance Donna Salazar's beautiful paper called 'Elegant'.

First, you will need to slice the rose partially so can we do some layering.

Next, what you need is modeling paste to do some masking.

Just spread the paste across the stencil mask and here's the beautiful effect. The more you spread, the thicker it will get.

Once the paste is dried, you can do spritzing and also enhancing using the Smooch Glitz.

Next, what I did was the distress my papers using the Distrezz-It-All. That piece of machine is fab!!

Here's how I layered my papers.

Here's the final touches of my layout...

For this layout, I created for the Scrapbook Circle that is still going on between the DTs. This is for DT Michelle Grant. That lovely lady is her beautiful niece, Chloe! Love her blue eyes!

Close-up shots:

Thanks again for coming by and I hope you enjoy viewing the step-by-step. Have a lovely day!

Xoxo Jessy

Product List:

GCD Studios : 12x12 Botanique Paper Pad

Clearsnap : Smooch Spritz

Clearsnap: Smooch Glitz (Starlight)

Want2Scrap: B.Y.O.B 2

Zutter: Distrezz-it-all

Others:

Doily, Sillhouette Cameo, Modeling Paste, Crafter's Workshop stencil

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Posers by ~ Michelle Grant

Hi I am back again, today I am sharing this layout that I created at the Hyden Retreat in WA.
I think I was channeling my friend Debbie in the picture here as this layout reminds me of her style too. We had a table challenge at the retreat to use the dusty decorative frame #1.
I was also spoilt by Mistra who gave me a bunch of her ready made Donna Salazar Flowers made from the rose creation die! They are just sooo yummy, she is such a clever chickie!
The Sprightly Sprockets white coordinates fit perfectly over the decorative frame. I have also used the Family Portrait - Botanique paper here.

The circle design was created with an Orchid (The Crafters Workshop) Template. The center was inked with the Black Mix'd Media Inx. The blue Sea Kiss Smooch Spritz was wiped on with a baby wipe then I have used a card to wipe a thin layer of modelling paste over this to soften the whole effect. The blue dots around the border were created by sewing french knots on each dot.

Materials:

Donna Salazar Designs:

Clearsnap

Mix’d Media Inx - Peridot, Black, School House

Smooch Spritz - Sea Kiss

Spellbinders - Rose Creations

Want2Scrap

Sprightly Sprockets - White Coordinates with die

Art Gone Wild Stamps
Dear Sir

GCD Studios

Botanique Collection

Other Products:

Embroidery Thread
Modelling Paste
Prima Bling
Basic Grey Alphas
Kaisercraft Rub Ons
Cardstock
Martha Stewart Punches
Doilies
The Crafters Workshop Template - Orchid

Dusty Attic

Decorative Frame #1 - DA0207

Adhesives
Helmar Tiger Grip
Double Sided Tape

Thanks for dropping by!

Have a great day!

Cheers

Michelle xx

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'You're Invited' by ~ Mandy Harrell

Hi There!! It's Mandy again!! I am back with a beaded border tutorial that I did for an invitation!! This is easy and it makes for a gorgeous border on any of your paper projects!!

~Here is my Tea Time Invitation~

To make this border you will need!!

1. Mini Beads (Make sure the holes are large enough for your needle)

2. Needle and Floss (I usually use 3 out of 6 strands of the floss)

Thanks for stopping by!! Below is a list of products I used!!

Storybook Collection

Spellbinders - Pockets and Swirls

Want 2 Scrap - LaCreme Pearls

Mixed Media Inx - Denim, Honey, Truffle

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Jeans by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

Hi everyone! Today I have a fun layout I created about my jeans! I LOVE these jeans, I bought them when holidaying in the US, while Nancy and I were shopping with Natasha... so not only are they cool {because they have rips and tears, and wear marks AND bling}, they have lasting memories with them as well.

I made some flowers with Donna's Rose Creations Die and used the watercolour paper and kraft labels from the Mix'd Media Stax. Once cut out the watercolour papers were inked with Patina or Denim Mix'd Media Inx on the edges and the kraft labels sprinkled with Fairy Dust. I was worried how the Fairy Dust would hold up on the labels after I wet the layers, squished them and then used the heat gun, but they kept their sparkle!!

How cute is this pocket? It's one of Donna's new Dies - Pockets and Swirls Set - and the stitch marks are pressed into it, sew it's easy to sew! I inked the die with Denim Mix'd Media Inx and used the embossing mat and plate on the Grand Calibur to 'print' the pocket outline. Afterwards I then lightly brushed over some Patina Mix's Media Inx, hand sewed the detail and added some bling.

This pic shows one of the Swirls from the die set, it's a sweet one, just perfect for tucking in behind a flower cluster. I've also popped in some sweet roses, cherry blossoms and heirloom flowers from Green Tara to accent my handmade flowers.

And I was so excited to actually use Donna's Alpha's Dies, with the printed Botanique Alphas and the GCD Compatibles chipboard Alphas... LOL yeah I know, it's not a new thing but I've not used the 3 together yet and it was so easy! I also used some of the words from Donna's Snapshot Die set to add to the title line.

I really had fun with this layout... I always do playing with Donna's designs, I think perhaps because she uses so many wonderful visual textures in her papers - like the denim print I have used from the Story Book Collection.

Thanks for visiting, until next time take care and be true to you.

Products Used:

Patterned Paper:

GCD Studios Botanique Collection - Family Portraits, Grandmas Pearls, Alphas

GCD Studios Story Book Collection - Fido

Flowers:

Green Tara Cherry Blossoms, Roses, Heirloom Flowers

Ink:

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Patina, Denim

Dies:

Spellbinders Donna's Alphas, Rose Creations, Pockets & Swirls

Tools/Machines:

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Zutter Distrezz-it-All

Other:

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Mixed Berries

ZVA Rhinestone Lines

Delish Rhinestones, Jute String

White Paper Doily, Invoice Sheet, White Tag

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Treat Bags by ~ Lisa Blastick

Hello my scrappy friends!

Its Lisa back with a new tutorial making these cute little treat bags for the holiday season.

I guess they are great for any time of the year too.

I was thinking about Thanksgiving in a few days and how I'm so Thankful for my "family"!

I was recently at a card convention when I seen some adorable little candy bags and I thought I don't need to buy the pre-made ones? I can just make them out of cardstock easily. :)

I was also thinking they would be great for name place cards on the table too.

Here are 2 different colors and using Donna's fabulous new "pockets and swirls" diecuts.

Here is the one we will make today, for the thanksgiving holiday.

First, you need a piece of white cardstock 3 x 9 inches and score it at 4 & 5 inches.

Next use a punch on each edge.

Tip

*I centered it using the lines of the punch then went out both ways.*

Then fold on score lines and using a hole punch

make 2 holes up on the top through both sides at once.

Using Donna's blue jean paper from "storybook"

diecut the 2 smallest pockets from "pockets and swirls"

Next distress the edges with your "zutter" for a cool jean look!

I also doodled on the lines of the smaller pocket with a white pen.

Stamp on white cardstock with "mixd media inx"-black the word "family"

from the "banner and words" stamp collection.

I fussy cut if out and used pop dots.

Glue down the pocket and add small punches of leaves.

In the inside add a tiny bag *jewelry size*

punch again through the bag...dont forget your goodies!

Place ribbon through holes and give yourself some length for a bow.

Place ribbon through the front and add a bit of white lace to the top.

Your "treat bag" is ready for this holiday season!

Hope you will give them a try soon!

They are really great as gifts, treats for school or just because!

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with friends, family and loved ones!

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Banner and Words

GCD Studios- Storybook

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Black

Spellbinders- Pockets and Swirls

Zutter- Distrezz It All

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Handmade Holidays Blog Hop ~ Day 3

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!

Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop (Nov. 16-Nov.18) includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all of the thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could create for the holidays, all in one place, during our second annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop.

To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors! Use the Rafflecopter widget on the Clearsnap blog to gain extra entries each day:http://cleasnap.blogspot.com

The prize from Donna Salazar Designs is shown below...

Visit the list of blogs below and leave a comment on each by Nov 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST. Each day of the hop we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Clearsnap – http://clearsnap.blogspot.com
Hampton Art - http://blog.hamptonart.com
Graphic45 – http://g45papers.typepad.com
Fiskateers - www.fiskateers.com/blog
Donna Salazar Designs – You Are Here
Tombow USA – http://blog.tombowusa.com
Authentique Paper - http://authentiquepaper.blogspot.com
The Twinery - http://www.thetwineryblog.com
Eileen Hull for Sizzix - http://eileenhull.blogspot.com
Globecraft Memories – http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com
Dana Warren - Hampton Art - http://kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com
Steph Ackerman – Globecraft Memories - www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com
Arlene Cuevas – Graphic 45 - http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com
Susan Lui – Graphic 45 - http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com
Ashley Bores – The Twinery - http://www.heartmadelife.com
Mistra Hoolahan – Donna Salazar Designs - http://mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com
Nina Yang - Hampton Art - http://waffleflower.com
Angie Blom – Authentique Paper - http://angieblomdesigns.blogspot.com
Denise Hahn – Clearsnap – http://inmyblueroom.blogspot.com
Stephenie Hamen – Fiskateers - www.mycraftyadventures.com
Guiseppa Gubler – Authentique Paper - http://guiseppagubler.blogspot.com
Jessica Fick – The Twinery - http://iembellish.blogspot.com

Here is my project for today

I've also created a pdf file for you to download and print the title.

It is a full sheet of them so you can use them for other projects as well. Download Holiday titles

You will need:

Foam squares, Chipboard & Bling Sprightly Sprockets from Want2Scrap, die cut cardboard Sprightly Sprocket, The Crafty Chronicle die cut using Carnation Creations, hybrid image dowload, Mix'd Media Elements chipboard banner from Want2Scrap, Mix'd Media Elements Banner die, Fairydust Glitter & Smooch Spritz. Also needed (not shown) Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx & Embossing Powder & craft glue.

Here is the Hyperspeed video:

Don't forget to come back by for the Launch Party for my new product from Clearsnap... it begins on November 27th! Let us know you'll be attending on the Facebook page HERE