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