"Beautiful" for C'est Magnifique and November Kit Reveal ~ Time After Time

It's time for the release of the "Time After Time" November C'est Magnifique Kit.

Here's another project I've created with this gorgeous kit. Be sure to scroll down for photos and kit information following my project details.

The beautiful woman in this photo is our sweet daughter-in-law's great grandmother.

"Beautiful"

Tips and Techniques

I cut the Blue Fern Leafy Bough (Magnifique Mixed Media Kit) into two pieces to span across the page.

I've stenciled and misted the background along with ink splatter. These coloring products are from my stash.

I've used several pieces in this cluster from the Flower Add-On. The Prima crocheted doily had the vintage feel I was looking for, but not the pink, so I layered on another flower letting the crocheted portion extend out.

From the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, I've used the Prima ribbon stamp, and the small black rose from is edged with Prima Art Sugar. I've also tucked in one of the Prima stick pins from the Main Kit.

This gorgeous Blue Fern Leafy Bough Chipboard is painted it with green chalkboard paint, (Mixed Media Kit) then when dry painted with Viva Transparent Crackle Paint (stash). Once dry, I dabbed glue and sprinkled with microbeads from my stash. 

I've layered Prima Ephemera (Main Kit) and cards cut from the Blue Fern Montage Bouquet paper behind and around the photo. This sentiment is also cut from the sheet and the butterfly is from the Prima Ephemera pack. 

This sweet little cluster contains flowers and a Prima 3-D Sticker from the Main Kit, Flower Add On, and Magnifique Mixed Media Kit. This sticker was light and shiny - more of a contrast from the vintage background than I wanted, So I spritzed it lightly with some of the same mist used on the background. You can get a variety of looks and feels from your embellishments by using mixed media products like mists, so don't set aside an element that could be perfect with a little spritz of mist, or brush stroke of gesso. . .

Product List

Main Kit

Blue Fern Studio ~ Montage – Society

Blue Fern Studio ~ Montage – Boquet

Prima ~ Ephemera - Epiphany #575885

Prima ~ Vintage Trinkets – Metal Pins, Rosarian - #560065

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Humidor #578596

Flower Add On

Prima ~ Pensacola Collection – Blush #578350

Petaloo ~ Botanica Collection – Sugared Minis, Green

Prima ~ Manhattan Collection – Broadway #577643

Mixed Media Kit 

Prima ~3D Stickers - Epiphany #576257 

Crate Paper ~ Notes & Things – Journaling Cards #683542

Blue Fern Studios ~ Leafy Bough 

Manorhouse ~ Black Tea Roses

Plaid ~ Chalkboard Paint ~ Green

Prima~  Clear Stamps – Epiphany Collection, One #575823 

Stash

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Liquitex ~ Gesso – Clear, Black

Viva ~ Croco Crackling Colour – Transparent

Ranger ~ Distress Ink – Pumice Stone

BoBunny ~ DoubleDot Ink Licorice 

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Cork 

Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine – Gold 

Higgins ~ Drawing Ink – Brown, White

Beadies ~ Microbeads, Silver

BoBunny ~ Stickable Stencils – Brocade 

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive; Zapdots – White ½ in Square

Tombow ~ Multi Mono Liquid Glue

November Main Kit ~ Time After Time

Blue Fern Studios: Ironwork Arch

Prima: Ephemera Die Cuts: Epiphany

Prima: Cigar Box Secrets Collection Flower Embellishments: Humidor

Prima: Vintage Metal Pins: Rosarian

Petaloo: Jeweled Flowers: Teal

American Crafts: Pebbles: Homemade Phrase Tags

American Crafts: Amy Tan Plus One Thickers Alpha Stickers: Black

C’est Magnifique: Paint: Cotton Candy

Offray: Bold Check Ribbon: Black

Paper Add-On

We are featuring our only USA paper manufacturer, Blue Fern Studios.

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Invitation

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Fairyland

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Society

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Wisdom

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Mercantile

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Now and Then

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Bouquet

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Calling Card

Magnifique Mixed Media Kit

Shimmerz: Inklingz: Me and Blue

Clearsnap: Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink: Taffy

C'est Magnfique: Gesso: Mint

Plaid: Chalkboard Paint: Green**

Prima: Yellow Flower**

Crate Paper: Notes and Things: Mixed Tags

Prima: Art Ingredients Art Sugar: Charcoal

Blue Fern Studios: Leafy Bough

Ranger: Liquid Pearls: Buttercup

Touch of Nature: Feathers: Black

Expo: Beaded Eyelash Trim: Black

Walnut Hollow: Clock Hands: Black

Prima: Clear Stamp: Epiphany

Prima: 3D Stickers: Epiphany

Prima: Cigar Box Secrets Collection Flowers: Londsdale

Brass Clock Charm

Brass Rose Charm

Stencil: Fleur de Lis

Black Tea Roses

**Some items may be partial packages

Flower Add-on

We create a Flower Add On each month for those of you who like extra flowers.   We have selected six additional packages of flowers that compliment the kit and put them together as an add-on.

Petaloo: Botanica Sugared Mini Blooms: Pine Green

Prima: Cigar Box Secrets Collection: Ligero

Prima: Manhattan Collection: Times Square

Prima: Winthrop Flowers: Pearl

Prima: Pensacola Collection: Blush

Petaloo: Textured Elements Burlap Wild Sunflowers: Yellow

Embellishment Add-on 

Lastly, we have an Embellishment Add On so you can stretch your kit even further.

Petaloo: Mini Butterflies: Darjeeling Tea Stained Yellow

Blue Fern Studios: Elegant Chandelier

American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: Polka Dot Party Adhesive Layered Resin Flowers

Prima: Clear Stamp: Cigar Box Secrets

Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes Signature: Ephemera Cardstock Die Cuts

Prima: 12"X 12" Cardstock Alphabet Stickers: Sun Kiss

Manor House Flowers: Felt Doilies: Beautiful You

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Hidden Staircase" for C'est Magnifique

I'm back to share my second layout with the gorgeous November C'est Magnifique kit featuring the Blue Fern Montage papers. 

We recently took a vacation to Iowa and while there, toured the capitol building. The architecture and attention to detail was amazing. Every inch of the building was covered with carved marble, gilding, and hand painted surfaces. There are five domes atop the building and this ornate hidden staircase rises to the top of one of these domes.

"Hidden Staircase"

Tips and Techniques

This Main Kit Ironwork Arch is gorgeous, and I placed it above the photo to continue the feel of the dome where the photo ends. I painted with white crackle, and when dry, dry brushed with bronze metallic paint, then a bit of white gesso to highlight the cracked texture. You can see the Mixed Media Kit clock hands peeking out from the top of this cluster. I brushed them with adhesive and Prima Art Sugar to distress.

The Mixed Media Kit includes the new Prima Art Sugar in Charcoal. I brushed glue across the flowers, then sprinkled with glitter. I found that this glitter appears dark against a light surface, and lightens a black surface. I wanted to lighten up the feathers just a little, so used a small paint brush to place spots of glue in the direction of the vanes to adhere more glitter. 

Here's another view. Below the feathers, I spread extra heavy gesso with a grain striping comb for texture, then when dry painted. I mixed grey into the mint green gesso until it was the color of the background behind the vintage woman ephemera piece, then used it with the Mixed Media Kit Fleur de Lis stencil. I tucked some sisal from my stash around the flowers for texture. 

I layered lots of pieces from the Main Kit Ephemera pack and Mixed Media Kit journaling cards around and under the photo. The background paper is altered with Twinkling H20's, then splattered with drawing ink, mist, and more of the Twinkling H20's. I printed the title onto ink jet transparency paper. 

Product List

Main Kit

Blue Fern Studios ~ Montage - Now and Then

Blue Fern Studios ~ Montage – Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios ~ Ironwork Arch

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Humidor #578596

Prima ~ Ephemera ~ Epiphany #575885

Mixed Media Kit 

Walnut Hollow ~ Clock Hands, Black #23086

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Londsdale #578626

Crate Paper ~ Notes & Things – Journaling Cards #683542

C’est Magnifique ~ Gesso - Mint Green

Plaid ~ Chalkboard Paint, Green

Touch of Nature ~ Feathers - Black

Momenta ~ Stencil (Fleur de Lis) BL-341

Prima ~ Art Ingredients Art Sugar – Charcoal

Manorhouse ~ Black Tea Roses

Brass Clock Charm

Stash

Ink Jet Transparency Paper

Brown Sisal 

Viva ~ Crackle Paint – White

Ranger ~ Distress Ink – Antique Linen, Pumice Stone

Liquitex ~ Extra Thick Gesso

Jacquard ~ Lumiere – Pewter; Metallic Bronze

LuminArt ~ Twinkling H20’s – Autumn Butternut; Mandarine Citrine; Cedarwood

Daler-Rowney Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic Ink

Higgins ~ Drawing Ink, White

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Woven Burlap; Graphite

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Zapdots White ½ in. Round

Helmar ~ Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar ~ Craft & Hobby PVA Glue

Art Institute Glitter ~ Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Tombow ~ Multi Mono Liquid Glue 

Martha Stewart ~ Grain Striping Comb

Ranger ~ Heat It 

Font ~ Before the Rain

Thanks for stopping by today! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Mixed Media Birthday Card for Donna Salazar

I enjoy creating handcrafted cards for family members. This is for our daughter-in-law, Rachel, who likes purple. I've featured lots of Donna Salazar products including her Spellbinder Dies, Zutter Distrezz-it-All and Clearsnap ink, smooch, and glitter.

Tips and Techniques

I just adore creating with Donna's Spellbinders dies. Here I've used the large and medium Bitty Blossoms dies and The lavender flower is cut from white cardstock using the number 3 die from her Rose Creations set. (I number the dies from smallest to largest.) I misted the layers with Mixed Berries Smooch Spritz and crinkled. When dry, I offset the petals, adhered and added stamen from my stash. I found the berry sprigs on clearance. Of course they were the wrong color, so I painted them with white gesso, and when dry, rubbed them with Wisteria Mix'd Media Ink.

Here's a side view of the bottom corner. I also added some tiny pre-made roses, which I brushed with Smooch Spritz. The flourishes are cut on my Cameo Silhouette. 

Donna's Spellbinders Wonderful Wings die set has gorgeous butterflies with coordinating backgrounds for each including this beauty. I cut the background from white canvas, fraying the edges. The delicate butterfly is cut from white cardstock, spritzed with Mixed Berries Smooch Spritz and edged with her Mixed Berries Twinkle Dust Glitter. The antennae are created with white wrapped wire.

The center of course is another Bitty Blossom flower. I've added chunky glass glitter to the center. Donna has just posted a fabulous video tutorial showing how easy it is to create her Bitty Blossoms. You can view it HERE.

The background is created with a small brick stencil using light molding paste. While the molding paste is still wet, I sprinkled lightly with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder and heat set. I then stenciled the doily in the top corner with more molding paste. I spritzed with Mixed Berries Smooch Spritz, focusing around the butterfly, clusters, and doily. The edges are distressed with Donna's Zutter Distrezz-it-All.

The birthday sentiment is simply printed on velum and adhered with a decorative brad. The vellum edges are dry brushed with gesso.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~ Blessings ~

Tracey

DSD Card Products

GCD Studio ~ Natural Beauty 12” Pad

GCD Studio ~ Family Jeans 12” Pad

Clearsnap ~ Mix’d Media Inx –Wisteria

Clearsnap ~ Mix’d Media Inx Embossing Enamel – Jasmine

Clearsnap ~ Twinkle Dust Glitter – Mixed Berries

Clearsnap ~ Smooch Spritz – Mixed Berries

Spellbinders ~ Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders ~ Wonderful Wings

Spellbinders ~ Rose Creations

Zutter ~ Distrezz-it-All

Other Products

Cardstock ~ White

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ Open Roses – White 15mm, 10mm; Sweetheart Blossoms - White 

Creative Charms ~ Vintage Brads – VP-8210

Darice ~ Cover Spool Wire – White

Canvas, White

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Liquitex ~ Gesso – Clear, White

Stampendous ~ Fran-tage - Glass Glitter, Lavender

Prima ~ Elementals 6” Stencil- Doily 3 #960575

Small Brick Stencil 

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Art Gltter ~ Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Tombow ~ Multi Mono Liquid Glue

Spellbinders ~ Artisan X-plorer

Silhouette ~ Cameo

Silhouette Design Store ~ Elegant Flourish

Font ~ Jellyka Delicious Cake, from the internet

"Joyful Heart" Mixed Media Layout for C'est Magnifique

I'm excited to share my first design team layout from the gorgeous C'est Magnifique November Kit featuring the Blue Fern Montage paper collection. 

My niece has such a joyful spirit and captivating smile. When I saw the "Joyful Heart" sentiment on the Bouquet paper along with the "Smile" Phrase Tags, I knew they were a perfect match for this photo. 

"Joyful Heart"

Tips and Techniques

There are so many beautiful elements in this kit! I've accented with black using the ribbon, Pebbles Phrase Tags, and Thickers Asterics from the Main Kit and a snippet of Eyelash Ribbon from the Mixed Media Kit. I've also scattered sequins from the Prima Ephemera pack in the Main Kit.

I've used a mix of flowers from the Main Kit, Flower Add On, and Mixed Media Kits. For the background, I've spritzed with mists from my stash and stamped lightly around this cluster. I've used the Main Kit cotton candy paint to create the rings and splatter along with black splatter with drawing ink from my stash. You can see just a bit of the stenciled flourish in the bottom corner. I used the Fleur de Lis Stencil from the Mixed Media Kit with light molding paste covered with Fran-tage Embossing Enamel. I adore how heating embossing powder on molding paste adds lovely texture. I've dry brushed white gesso from my stash across the dimensional elements and around the edge of my photo. 

More gorgeous flowers along with a Prima Stick Pin and one of the Prima die cuts from the Main Kit.

I pulled apart one of the Prima 3-D stickers to add a flower and let the sentiment extend out. To add a touch a bling and black, I added a single beaded dangle from the eyelash trim in the Mixed Media Kit. 

Product List

Main Kit

Blue Fern Studio ~ Montage – Wisdom, Bouquet

American Crafts ~ Amy Tan Plus One Thickers Alpha Stickers, Black

American Crafts ~ Pebbles ~ Home-made, Phrase Tags

Petaloo ~ Textured Elements – Jeweled Flowers, Teal 

Prima ~ Ephemera - Epiphany #575885

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Humidor #578596

Prima ~ Vintage Trinkets – Metal Pins, Rosarian - #560065

C’est Magnifique ~ Paint – Cotton Candy 

Offray ~ Bold Check Ribbon, Black & White 

Flower Add-on Kit

Petaloo ~ Textured Elements – Burlap Wild Sunflowers, Yellow

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Ligero #578619

Petaloo ~ Botanica Collection – Sugared Minis, Green

Mixed Media Kit

Manorhouse ~ Black Tea Roses

Prima ~ Cigar Box Secrets - Londsdale #578626

Prima ~3D Stickers - Epiphany #576257 

Momenta ~ Stencil (Fleur de Lis) BL-341

Prima ~ Art Ingredients Art Sugar – Charcoal

Expo ~ Beaded Eyelash Trim - Black

Brass Rose Charm

Stash

Dymo Label Maker with Black Tape

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Liquetex ~ Gesso – Clear, White

Stampendous ~ Fran-tage - Embossing Enamel, Shabby White

Heidi swap ~ Color Shine – Primrose, Gold

Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Mix’d Media Inx - Midnight

Higgins ~ Waterproof Drawing Ink – Black 

Americana ~ Classic Stencil – Brocade & Berry Borders

Stampendous ~ Cling Rubber – Cling Dragonfly 

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~ Zapdots White ½ in. Round

Art Institute Glitter ~ Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Darice Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Girlie Grunge Birthday Card for Leaky Shed Studio

Hi everyone, I'm back to share a girlie grunge birthday card featuring Leaky Shed Studio chipboard. 

I just have express how much I appreciate the quality of Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard. This chipboard comes ready to use. The chipboard is beautiful, thick, and the laser cuts are crisp, going all the way through so no little pieces to painstakingly pick out of the intricate designs. I hope you'll give this wonderful product a try! 

Our daughter, Maria's, favorite color is purple, but she's not a girlie girl, so I had fun including grunged up gears from the Watch Parts collection.

Birthday Card

Tips and Techniques

These Watch Parts are painted black, then dry brushed with metallic berry paint. I also used a small Watch Part in the center of my focal flower.

Here's another view. I mixed plum and gold Glimmer Mist to brush over the flowers to add some shimmer.

This is half of a Flower Corner. I started by brushing the flourish with clear gesso and flowers with white gesso. I then layered on different colors of mist. Mist is a form of water color and will reactivate when rewetted, so to keep the colors clear, I misted with Helmar Clear Kote Matte Varnish between layers.

I colored this sweet Spring Dragonfly with Perfect Pearls, then added Sugar Shimmer Twinkle Dust Glitter to the wings. 

The background was misted in plum then splattered with grey and black. Again, I misted with clear varnish between colors.

LSS Products

Watch Parts

Flower Corner

Spring Dragonfly (3 in package – smallest used)

Other products

Pink Paislee ~ Hope Chest – Documents; Records

Basic Grey ~ Serenade – Chemise

Pebbles ~ Phrase Tags #732639

Petaloo ~ Floral Embellishments – Darjeeling Collection, Eggplant

Petaloo ~ Penny Lane – Ruffled Roses, Plum

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ Cottage Rose 25mm – Mixed Purple/Lilac

Liquitex ~ Gesso – Clear, White

Golden ~ Soft Get, Matte

Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Twinkle Dust Glitter – Sugar Shimmer 

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Sugar Plum Fairy; Almost Black; Graphite

Ranger ~ Perfect Pearls – Pewter; Forever Violet

DecoArt ~ Dazzling Metallics – Berry 

DecoArt ~ Crafter’s Acrylic – Black 

Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine – Gold

Helmar ~ Crystal Kote – Matte Varnish

 Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Tool

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

November C'est Magnifique November Kit Details

Here we are at the middle of the month and that means it's time to reveal the C'est Magnifique November Kit, the Magnifique Mixed Media Kit, and our two add-ons.

First up is the patterned paper for November. We are featuring our only USA paper manufacturer, Blue Fern Studios.

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Invitation

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Fairyland

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Society

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Wisdom

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Mercantile

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Now and Then

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Bouquet

Blue Fern Studios: Montage: Calling Card

Magnifique Mixed Media Kit

Our November Magnifique Mixed Media Kit is now available in our Store.  We will have a video tutorial on our blog soon with our Guest Designer Riikka Kovasin.  You won't want to miss it!   

Shimmerz: Inklingz: Me and Blue

Clearsnap: Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink: Taffy

C'est Magnfique: Gesso: Mint

Plaid: Chalkboard Paint: Green**

Prima: Yellow Flower**

Crate Paper: Notes and Things: Mixed Tags

Prima: Art Ingredients Art Sugar: Charcoal

Blue Fern Studios: Leafy Bough

Ranger: Liquid Pearls: Buttercup

Touch of Nature: Feathers: Black

Expo: Beaded Eyelash Trim: Black

Walnut Hollow: Clock Hands: Black

Prima: Clear Stamp: Epiphany

Prima: 3D Stickers: Epiphany

Prima: Cigar Box Secrets Collection Flowers: Londsdale

Brass Clock Charm

Brass Rose Charm

Stencil: Fleur de Lis

Black Tea Roses

**Some items may be partial packages

Flower Add-on

We create a Flower Add On each month for those of you who like extra flowers.   We have selected six additional packages of flowers that compliment the kit and put them together as an add-on.

Petaloo: Botanica Sugared Mini Blooms: Pine Green

Prima: Cigar Box Secrets Collection: Ligero

Prima: Manhattan Collection: Times Square

Prima: Winthrop Flowers: Pearl

Prima: Pensacola Collection: Blush

Petaloo: Textured Elements Burlap Wild Sunflowers: Yellow

Embellishment Add-on 

Lastly, we have an Embellishment Add On so you can stretch your kit even further.

Petaloo: Mini Butterflies: Darjeeling Tea Stained Yellow

Blue Fern Studios: Elegant Chandelier

American Crafts: Dear Lizzy: Polka Dot Party Adhesive Layered Resin Flowers

Prima: Clear Stamp: Cigar Box Secrets

Crate Paper: Maggie Holmes Signature: Ephemera Cardstock Die Cuts

Prima: 12"X 12" Cardstock Alphabet Stickers: Sun Kiss

Manor House Flowers: Felt Doilies: Beautiful You

Doesn't the November Kit look just gorgeous?

Paper add-ons, the MMM Kit, and both embellishment add-ons are available now for purchase in the C'est Magnifique Store.

Exciting News!

I'm so delighted and honored to share that I've been asked to join the C'est Magnifique design team!! I just adore the fabulous European papers that are such a challenge to purchase here in the states and the gorgeous embellishments so beautifully coordinated in these kits.

Be sure to stop back by on October 17 for my first C'est Magnifique kit project reveal.

~ Bessings ~

Tracey

"Best Day Ever" by Tracey Sabella for Donna Salazar

I'm have a Donna Salazar Design Team project to share with you today. I just adore Mistra's October Sketch-n-Color using some of Donna's signature colors. I thought they would be perfect for a guy page. This a wedding photo of our son-in-law, Andrew, with his groomsmen. I printed the photo in sepia to tie into the honey background. 

This layout has a bit more "white space" than usual for me, but I adore the way it turned out. Below I share the details on my happy accident that created the crackled drips. In addition to Donna's Mix'd Media Inx, I've featured her Spellbinder's Sprightly Sprockets dies and Zutter Distrezz-it-All. Sketch details can be found HERE.

"The Best Day Ever"

October Girlie Grunge Sketch-n-Color

Tips and Techniques

I cut/embossed these gears from grey cardstock using Donna's Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets dies. I rubbed them with her Clearsnap Stormy and Patina Mix'd Media Inx, then rubbed very lightly with metallic patina paint. 

Here's another view of the gears. I distressed the paper strips behind the photo and gears with Donna's Zutter Distrezz-it-All. 

I use a lot of mixed media these days, so I have been brushing all of my background paper with clear gesso. Donna does some cool misting techniques using Beacon Fast Finish Decoupage medium, and I adore the way the color moves on it. So once the gesso was dry I brushed on two coats of Fast Finish Decoupage. When it was nearly dry, I put small dabs of reinker in the three featured colors across the page just above where the top paper strip would cover them. I spritzed the color dabs with water and tapped the page lightly to achieve the drips. To my surprise, where it was the wettest, the decoupage medium raised up to form this amazing crackle texture. It was quite soft, so I was careful not to touch it (and ruin the crackle effect) until I had heat set it to dry. You could also set it aside to air dry, but I'm too impatient for that!! :-) 

I created grey molding paste by rubbing my Stormy Mixed Media Inx pad onto my craft mat several times, then I put a palette knife full of molding paste onto the colored spot on my mat and mixed the inx into the molding paste. I stenciled this fab light bulb (from fellow design team member DeeDee's Um Wow Store). After the molding paste had dried, I dry brushed metallic paint across at an angle. 

I hope you've been inspired to get inky with Donna's Mix'd Media Inx on your next project!

Donna Salazar Products

GCD Studio  ~ Natural Beauty 12x12” pad

Clearsnap ~ Mix’d Media Inx Reinker – Stormy, Patina, Honey

Clearsnap ~ Mix’d Media Inx – Stormy, Patina

Spellbinders ~ Sprightly Sprockets Dies

Zutter Distrezz-it-All

Other Products

Grey Cardstock ~ Stash

Um Wow Studio ~ Circle Confetti

Um Wow Studio ~ Light Bulb Mask

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Liquitex ~ Gesso – Clear

Beacon ~ Fast Finish Decoupage

Jacquard ~ Lumiere – Halo Blue Gold

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar ~Liquid Scrap Dots

Ranger ~ Heat It

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Guest Designing for Berry71Bleu with a Mixed Media Layout ~ Summer Kind of Girl

I am so delighted and honored to be guest designing for Berry71Bleu. The October Mood Board is absolutely gorgeous!! I enjoyed designing with these amazing colors and hope that you will join in for their October Challenge found HERE. 

This is a photo of my sweet niece taken a couple summers ago at one of our family outings at my mom and dad's place at Westville Lake. I was given some lovely Jellypark Digital Stamps and a printable sheet of Marivic's gorgeous journaling tags to work with. My focal flower and title are created with the stamps, and I've framed the photo with the journaling tags.

"I'm Just a Summer Kind of Girl"

October Mood Board

Tips and Techniques

This title and focal flower are created with the Jellypark Digital Stamps. I cut out 5 each of two different trees minus the trunks then misted, scrunched and rubbed with gold and copper liquid pearls. I adhered the "tree" leaves to a small cardstock circle and centered with a decorative brad. I cut apart the summer girl sentiment in Photoshop, printed on white cardstock, then colored with Pan Pastels. 

The wood veneer flowers are heat embossed with Fran-tage embossing enamel. I've dry brushed the flowers with gesso and rubbed with copper Pan Pastels.

I applied mist around the cluster and across the page in yellow, gold, and copper, then splattered with copper mist then blue and white drawing ink. I also scattered small blue beads around the cluster. An easy way to securely adhere beads to your layout is to hold the bead with fine tip tweezers and dip into a strong clear glue like Helmar 450. Tap off any excess glue and lay onto the page. I squeeze out a dollop of glue onto my craft mat to dip into.

A side view.

Here's a shot of the top cluster. I've layered Marivic's gorgeous Journaling Tags around my photo. I rubbed gold metallic paint onto the edges, then adhered to the page before splattering the background.

The page edges are colored with Pan Pastels, stamped, then edged with gold and blue metallic paints.

One final shot.

I hope you've been inspired to create a layout of your own with the Berry71Bleu October Mood Board.

Play along this month for your chance to win one of these fantastic prize packages!

Check out the fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

First Prize: 2 Digital Images from the Jellypark Store

Second Prize: Creative Embellishments Gift Certificate 

Random Prize: Maja Design Walking in the Forest Collection

Sponsors:

Jellypark Digital Craft Stamps
Website: http://www.jellypark.co.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalstamps
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jellypark_Team
Blog: http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Jellypark is a digital crafting website with lots of whimsical images drawn by children's illustrator Claire Keay. The images can be used on all your papercraft projects whether digital, hybrid or physical. 

Creative Embellishments
Website: http://creativeembellishments.com/
Blog: http://creativeembellishments.com/blog
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEchipboard

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. They are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, rubber stamps, flair and wood veneer products. It is their mission to offer fun and inspiring products that can be creativity added to any project. In the near future, they will be expanding into other mediums such as stencils!

www.majadesign.nu 

Maja Design Corp is based in Uddevalla, Sweden. We are dedicated to create unique and high quality vintage inspired patterned paper for scrapbooking and crafts. Maja Design was founded in November 2007, and since then, have grown to supply over 70 retailers in Sweden and 90 all over the world. Founder Marie Jansson says: "In the fall of 2004, a dear friend asked me to join her to a scrapbooking course. From that moment, I became totally amazed and thrilled by all the beautiful papers and decorations in the art of scrapbooking. After some time as a captivated scrapper, I got curious to create my own patterns. I have always had a devotion for color and form. I had access to great printing facility, as I worked at a printers office. Since 2007, I have been blessed to be able to work with my great passion - to design and create colored coordinated paper.

Product List

7 Dots Studio ~Nature Walk - Musical Blooms
7 Dots Studio ~Nature Walk - Tags
Journal Cards by Marivic Clifton
Creative Charms ~ Vintage Brads
Prima ~ Lyric – Wood Buttons
Prima ~ Engraver – Brads
Prima ~ Soubrette – Blue/Green
Prima ~ Cottage Blossoms – Canary
Prima ~ Pebbles
Prima ~ Wood Embellishments #563882
Prima ~ Labelle Harbor
Prima ~  Caboodles A
Prima ~ Vintage Trinkets #549749
Prima ~ Say It In Crystals #551452
Glass Beads ~ Stash
Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Mix’d Media Inx CHOX – Midnight
Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Mix’d Media Inx - Denim
Liquitex – Gesso, Clear
Pan Pastels ~ Ultramarine Blue, Ultramarine Blue Extra Dark; Copper; Yellow Ochre; Phthalo Blue
BoBunny ~ DoubleDot – Glimmer Spray - Gold
Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine – Mustard
Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist – Tuscan Sun; Copper
Higgins ~ Drawing Ink – Blue, White
Tulip ~ Beads in a Bottle – Metal, Copper
Stampendous ~ Fran-tage -mEmbossing Enamel, Aged Marine
Ranger ~ Perfect Medium
Jacquard Lumiere – Pearlexcent Blue; Bright Gold
Jellypark ~ Digi Stamps – Four Trees; Summer Girl Sentiment; Typewriter
Art Gone Wild By Donna Salazar ~ Dear Sir Stamp
Glitz ~ Clear Distressing Stamps D2343
Ranger ~ Glossy Accents
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive; Crystal Kote Fixative Workable Matte 
EK Success ~ Honey Bee Scissors

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