Mom's Garden Mixed Media Layout for Donna Salazar

My mom adores spending time in her flower gardens. Their home by the lake is so lovely with the beautiful blossoms she nurtures. Here's one of her gardens by the lake. I hope it warms your heart. I've featured Donna Salazar's products and have created a new blossom from her Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L organza ribbon. 

Here's a sneak peek.

The bottom left Open Organza Rose is my new creation.
Hop on over to Donna's blog for more photos and all the details HERE.

DSD Products

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Pennant Set (Canvas Flags)

Lace Ribbons

Texture Ribbons (Organza)

3D Foam Swirls

Clearsnap

Mix’d Media Inx ~ Storm, Adobe, Vintage

Mix’d Media Inx Embossing Powder ~ Jasmine

Smooch Spritz ~ Caramel Latte, Ice Rink, Sea Breeze

Twinkle Dust Glitter ~ Pralines & Cream

Spellbinders

Bitty Blossoms

Rose Creations

Wonderful Wings

Donna Salazar Designs

Cotton Lace Stamp

Dear Sir Stamp

Partner Products

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ DODZ™ - 3D 1/4”
Spellbinders ~ Artisan X-plorer

Clearsnap ~ Foam Blending Tool

Other Products

GCD Studios by Donna Salazar ~ Natural Beauty 12x13 Pad

GCD Studios by Donna Salazar ~ Family Jeans

Donna Salazar ~ Crafty Chronicles

Mulberry Paper, Ivory ~ Stash

DreamKuts by Donna Salazar ~ Grandma’s Garden - Garden Journal Cards

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ Cosmos Daisy Stem Flowers, purple

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ 10mm Open Roses, white

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ 15mm Open Roses, white

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ 6mm Rosebuds, white

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ 8mm Rosebuds, white

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ Tuscany Rosebuds, white

Wild Orchid Crafts ~ Heather Stem Flowers, white

Petaloo ~ Botanica Collection - Minis, Yellow

Petaloo ~ Textured Elements - Burlap Wild Sunflowers, yellow

Petaloo ~ Tiffany’s Treasures - Jewel Centers, Topaz Gold

Spellbinders ~ Wonderful Wings Shapeabilities

Crystal Flourish ~ Stash

Darice ~ Rhinestones

Bead Landing ~ Filigree Jewelry Findings

Darice ~ Chicken Wire

Darice ~ Sequins

Liquitex ~ Gesso, clear, black

Golden ~ Soft Gel

Martha Stewart ~ Sparkle Texture Effect

Higgins ~ Drawing Ink, white

Ranger ~ Alcohol Ink, butterscotch, caramel

Pan Pastels ~ Rich Gold

Americana Classic ~ Stncil - Jacobean Floral

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesives, Fabric Glue

Liquitex ~ Splatter Brush

Darice Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Bride" Mixed Media Layout for Donna Salazar with Open Lace Rose Flower Tutorial

It is always such a delight to work with Donna Salazar's amazing products. I'm blessed indeed to be part of her team of designers. Today, I'd like to share a wedding page of our daughter, Elizabeth. I've used some fun mixed media techniques which I describe in my Tips and Techniques section. I've also created these new "Open Lace Rose" flowers, and you'll find the tutorial towards the bottom of this post.

I've used the February Girlie Grunge Sketch-n-Color Challenge for inspiration. Pink is the color of love and so perfect for this wedding layout.

"Bride"

February Girlie Grunge Sketch-n-Color Challenge
(I turned the sketch as shown)

Details for our February challenge can be found here.

Tips and Techniques

Here's a close-up of my Open Lace Roses. You can locate the tutorial by scrolling down.

It's easy to create splatter with Donna's inks. I rubbed the ink pad on a craft sheet then added a couple drops of Acrylic Matte Medium and several spritzes of water. This makes a nice mixture that creates wonderful splatter. I used all three colors shown in the February Girlie Grunge Sketch-n-Color Challenge.

I colored white seam binding with Donna's Inks, then splattered with the ink mixtures. 

I spread pearl pen medium on these Want2Scrap Chipboard flourishes and title. 

Another view of the bow and chipboard. 

For my mixed media background, I used Donna's small Heart Stencil with molding paste, then applied Mix'd Media Inx Chiffon Embossing Powder while the molding paste was wet and heat set. The molding paste bubbles and creates gorgeous texture while melting the embossing powder.

The pink was a little brighter than I wanted, so I brushed it lightly with gesso. I splattered with all three colors. When dry, I brushed over the hearts and surrounding area with Soft Gel (Matte) mixed with the punch waste from the border punched edges. If you look carefully you can see the little dots of paper mixed in. Finally, I splattered again with all three colors. 

A close-up of the bottom cluster. You can see I inked and splattered the flowers as well.

I've tucked some Bitty Blossoms in amongst the Open Lace Roses. The tutorial for my Bitty Blossoms Flowers can be located here. 

Open Lace Rose Flower Tutorial

Supplies

• Donna Salazar Designs ~ Spellbinders Grand Peony Dies
• Donna Salazar Designs ~ Spellbinders Rose Creations Dies
• Printed cardstock weight paper. **Note - I've used different papers here than for the flowers on this layout. Both are from Donna's Natural Beauty Collection.
• Lace Scraps (Either lace wide enough to die cut or a lace panel.)
• Paper Scraps
• Decorative brad or button
• Liquid glue such as Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
• Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer
• Large stylus or pen with rounded cap.
• Round Nose Pliers (Or round object like an artist paint brush)

For the purpose of this tutorial, I have numbered the dies in each set from smallest to largest with 1 being assigned to the the smallest die. (Please note, the Grand Peony dies are much larger than Rose Creations, seeming out of proportion. For instance, the #3 Grand Peony die is nearly the same size as the #5 Rose Creations die.)

I've illustrated the process for the largest size flower, you can alter the die sizes in a number of different ways to create a variety of flower sizes to fit your project.

Step 1. Cut 2 each of paper petal layers from Grand Peony dies #3 and #5. (Photo following step 2.)

Step 2. Cut 1 each of lace layers from Rose Creation dies #3 and #5

***Hint*** For lace to cut somewhat cleanly, it helps to layer as follows: place die on cutting surface face up, then lace, then paper scrap. If you try to cut without the paper layer, in my experience it will barely cut. Even with the paper layer, you may still need to do some minor trimming.

Step 3. Lay paper petal layer face down on a foam pad. Use a large stylus or pen with a rounded cap to press and roll each petal to cup.

Another shot to show how the petals curve.

Step 4. Turn petal over and with right side up, roll stylus around the center which will depress the center and push the petals upward. 

Step 5. Curl back the petal edges using round nose pliers or around a small diameter rod like an artist paint brush. 

Step 6. Using round nose pliers or the end of a round rod like an artist brush, give a twist to the center of each petal to crimp.

Step 7. Glue layers together offsetting the petals as you go. Secure the center with a decorative brad.

***Hint ~ For additional color and distressing, you can mist, paint, splatter, gesso, glitter . . . Any girlie grunge technique works beautifully.

I hope you've been inspired to create a project for Donna's

February Girlie Grunge Sketch-n-Color Challenge.

Details for the challenge can be found here. 

Donna Salazar Products

GCD Studio ~ Natural Beauty Collection

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Pomegranate; Berries; Chiffon; Stormy; Truffle

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Chiffon

Spellbinders ~ Grand Peony

Spellbinders ~ Rose Creations

Spellbinders ~ Bitty Blossoms

Want2Scrap ~ Heart Stencil (small)

Other Products

Want2Scrap ~ Chipboard - Style D - Martha; Style C - Kathie; Bride

Want2Scrap ~ Bling - Say It with Pearls - Frilly Flourish Swirl - White Pearls

The Paper Studio Spare Parts ~ Bling Brads; Gemstone Flower Brads

Seam Binding - White (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Spellbinders ~ Fantastic Flourish Two

Martha Stewart - Lace Heart Edge Punch

DecoArt Americana ~ Jacobean Floral Stencil

Golden ~ Soft Gel (Matte), Light Molding Paste

Viva ~ Pearl Pen, Cream

Blick Artists ~ Acrylic Matte Medium

Helmar ~ Craft and Hobby PVA Glue, 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Fabric Glue

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Birthday Wishes for Donna Salazar Designs

Birthdays are special events in our family, and I enjoy making handcrafted cards to celebrate! Here is one I created for Donna Salazar Designs featuring her GCD Studios Natural Beauty and Family Jean's Collections, along with lots of other Donna Salazar goodies!! 

I want to thank Donna for giving me the opportunity to continue designing with her fabulous products. I'm so excited and honored to be part of this amazing team!

Tips and Techniques:

Donna's Spellbinders Wonderful Wings Dies are my favorite butterfly dies. Here I cut a butterfly shadow from Donna's Want2Scrap Canvas and centered the coordinating Want2Scrap Bling onto the die cut canvas. I rubbed Donna's Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx in Chiffon and Honey onto the canvas. Donna's Want2Scrap BYOB was just perfect for the butterfly trail. I added a Bitty Blossoms flower for a girlie touch.  

The doily is cut with Spellbinders Ironwork Accents. I wrapped some white metallic cording through each side. 

Have you tried out Donna's GCD Studio's Mixed Media Stax 2 yet? These flowers and leaves are cut with her bitty blossoms dies from the luscious mulberry paper in the Stax. I colored them with Mix'd Media Inx and topped the leaves with gems from Donna's Want2Scrap Build Your Own Bling set. I just love how Donna thinks through each and every product she creates to coordinate with her other product lines. Finally, I dabbed Clearsnap Glue Gloss on the flowers, leaves and around the edges of the card, then sprinkled with Donna's Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter. 

I created this girlie birthday word art sentiment in Photoshop. The border was cut with Spellbinders Ironwork accents, and snippets of Donna's Want2Scrap Bling to accent the border. I machine stitched the edges, then made quick work of distressing with my handy dandy Zutter Distrezz-It-All by Donna.

Finally, this girlie grunge card needed just a bit of lace, so I stamped this lovely lace piece using Donna's Art Gone Wild Cotton Lace Stamp with Jasmine Inx, then heat embossed using Clearsnap Jasmine Embossing Powder. I fussy cut it out to tuck into the layers. You can see more of the sparkly Fairy Dust Glitter across the top here. 

Thanks for stopping by today to take a look at my card. I hope you have been inspired to pull out your Donna Salazar products and create a girlie grunge card for one of the special people in your life. 

Product List

Paper:

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Natural Beauty - Twiggy

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Family Jeans - Family Eyelet

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Stax 2

Stamps:

Art Gone Wild: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Cotton Lace

Color/Inks:

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Honey, Mossy, Chiffon, Jasmine

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder - Jasmine

Clearsnap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Fairy Dust Glitter - Pralines & Cream

Dies:

Spellbinders: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Wonderful Wings

Spellbinders: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders ~ Ironwork Accents

Embellishments:

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ ATC Canvas

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Build Your Own Bling

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Wonderful Wings Bling

 Really Reasonable Ribbon: White Metallic String by May Arts

White Thread

Adhesives:

Clearsnap ~ Glue Gloss

Beacon ~ 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Fonts:

Jellyka Delicious Cake ~ Internet

Eternal Call ~ Internet

Tools:

Zutter: Donna Salazar Designs ~ Distrezz-It-All

Martha Stewart ~ Mini Score Board

Husquvarna: Designer 1 - sewing machine

EK Success ~ Honey Bee Scissors

Epson Printer

Many of Donna's products can be found at Natasha's Store:

Moments of Tranquility

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Prima Feature and Donna Salazar Sneak Peek

This summer sure is passing by quickly. I hope you enjoying some sweet family time and getting in some paper crafting time as well!! 

I'm so excited to share that the card I submitted to the June Prima Product Picks challenge was selected to be featured:

For close-ups and more details go here.

I also have some very exciting news. My role as Social Media Coordinator with Donna Salazar has been expanded to include designing with her amazing products each month. Here's a sneak peek of my project that will be posted tomorrow:

I hope you'll stop back tomorrow for more photos and all the details!

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~