Me & You - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi all!!   I'm loving this little 8x10 I've done of Kel and myself.  He's a great kid and keeps me laughing with his antics.  This one I thought we'd have a nice photo together... yeah, perhaps not!  But it's him, that's us... and so this one has become a favourite photo.

I've kept the colours very simple for this one, just the browns and denim patterns from Donna Salazar's Family Jeans collection {Denim Swirl, Denim Stripe and; Family Notebook B}.  The clouds and title are from the Fun and Funky Cutout Sheet which comes with the Paper Pads.  The edges were distressed with Zutter's Distrezz-it-All, I love the fabulous torn, feathered distressing it gives.

The cut-outs really make for quick and simple, yet perfectly matched embellishements.

Thanks for stopping by, remember to take care of you!

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Unique You - Donna Salazar Design

Well I've been a bit slack it seems yeah?  I had some posts ready, and didn't schedule them... what a doofus!  I put it down to being a very busy single mum, who got sick, and overworked, and stressed... that'll cover it right?   So after a little blog hiatus I'll get to sharing again.  And soon I should be back on track creatively and sharingly as well... for now here is one that's been on the DSD blog already.

This one features yellow and grey!  I love this colour combination, the different patterns in yellow are so effective, and fun!

I have used papers from Donna Salazar's Fun & Funky collection {Yellow Polkas. Recycle B} as well as her Family Jeans collection {Family Dots B} and the grey in the background uses Chalkboard from the Storybook Collection.  I love that it's so easy to combine different papers from different collections!

The GCD chipboard alphas were inked with Stormy Mix'd Media Inx, given a quick glaze of glossy accents and then touched with Fairy Dust Glitter.

I've kept the embellishments simple here today, keeping the focus on the fabulous paper patterns.  A simple flower, a touch of yellow in a paper rose, some sparklets to mirror the rhinestone flower centre, crocheted trim, simple black and white tickets tucked in and a cute little spool top!

Until next time, take care of you xoxo

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Kaisercraft Design Team 2014 Entry

Hi everyone... I thought I'd give applying for the 2014 Kaisercraft Design Team a go this year.  I love their products, I use them all the time and they are my go to products for my classes at Tomorrow's Memories, so I thought I'd be crazy not to give it a whirl.  Each year the releases just get better and better, so I can't wait to see what else is coming up!

First I'd love to share with you some storage items I created.  I made the drawers last year and it sits on my desk side table and holds my favourite laces, ribbons, gauze and all those wonderful haberdashery items I like to use on my pages.  But since then I've created a money tin to save up pennies for scrap retreats and also decorated a simple beetroot tin which holds my coffee jar, which I use to clean my brushes, perfectly!   So now I have this fabulous matching set in my one of my all time favourite ranges - 75 Cents.

I can't quite bring myself to use the money box... to get the money out I'd have to destroy it, and it's too pretty to do that!  So it sits as a reminder to save save save! {Yeah, haven't mastered that either LOL}.

The water jar however gets used every time I scrap... it's even survived being accidentally washed!

Here's a simple card I created.  Usually my cards are about 3 inches thick and need to be wrapped like a gift.  This time I wanted to create something simpler so I could use some of the cute new sticker sheets Kaiser have produced for their pocket page scrapping.  The little sentiments on them are perfect not only for pocket page scrapping, but for cards too!

I used some Basecoat as the background, added some gesso and then stamped with one of Kaiser's very handy clear stamps.  Next I added some IceRink colour spray and let it dry.  Then I added some more gesso over the top in a very thin layer, just to add some subtle design and texture to the background.

And finally I have a layout to share with you, of my lovely god-daughter.  I have to admit I fell in love with this range the moment I saw it.  The stunning colours and patterns of the Kaleidoscope Collection truly has soooo much possibility! And the sticker sheets that match... perfection!

I love the butterflies sticker sheet... they are so happy, and a perfect size! 

I've created little bouquets of flowers and a ruffle from some paper offcuts, added some stickers and cute little sparklets.  With so much colour and pattern, this is all that was needed to showcase this sweet whimsical photo of my girl.

Thanks for stopping by, wish me luck!  Until next time...

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Project Life 2014 - Week 9

Here's Week 9, not so many photos but I had lots to say for a change!

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Accents this week include Snap Labels, Bakers Twine, Freckled Fawn Epoxy Dots, Studio Calico Wood Veneers and some little alpha stickers from LilyBee.

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Project Life 2014 - Week 8

Back to a double for Week 8... lot's happened this week!  this week was my first time using Orange, again from the Slate Core Kit.  It's not a colour I use often, but was perfect here with so many pics of my sweet little Sugar playing with an orange ribbon.

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This week I have used Snap Labels again, Baker's Twine and some cute wood veneer shapes from Studio Calico.

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Free to be Me... Reverse Canvas - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi lovelies!

Today I have a mixed media canvas to share with you, using one of my favourite of Donna Salazar Designs chippy pieces, Bonnie's Birdcage. 

I used the reverse of a deep frame art canvas to create my background and simple scrunched up some printed tissue paper and adhered it with glue'n'seal.  Then I popped it into a spray box and hit it with Smooch Spritz in Green Olive, Caramel Latte and Spun Sugar.  The lace in the background was hand dyed using Smooch Spritz Caramel Latte... these colours are so very versatile!

I made a couple of Worn Roses using Spellbinders Rose Creations Die, the metallic sheen was simply some metallic rub swept over the flower once it was dried.  You can download a tutorial for these roses HERE.

The cage itself was first painted with white spray paint and then inked with Mossy, Honey and Stormy Mix'd Media Inx.  These were blended as I worked to create a soft worn effect.
The chipboard alphas from GCD Studios were simply sprayed with Smooch Spritz to match the background colours.

Then all it needed was a cute little bird popping out from the cage!  It needed something to perch on so I went outside and picked up some twigs and dried grasses that the hot summer weather left for me.

Thanks for popping by today!

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Project Life 2014 - Week 7

Week 7... almost caught up!!  I've chosen Red this week, because it was Valentine's Day!  I actually had lots of photos, but really only needed to keep these ones to tell the story.  This is the week that Schapelle was released on parole, I have photos in a foldout under the journalling.

I've used lots of little bits on this one.  My staple Snap Label Stickers {I need to find more of these!}, Black Bakers Twine, little epoxy dots by Teresa Collins, a polka dot button and a chevron flair from Finding Nana.

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Project Life 2014 - Week 6

Week 6 and the Slate Core Kit and I are getting along a lot better now!  Just the one page again - mostly food related!

I had to use the 'no joke' card for this one... I baked.  I don't bake, I used to but I haven't for years.  Most people thought I was joking when I said I had baked a cake!

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This week I've added some little epoxy dots from Typo, an iddy Tim Holtz Chatter sticker and the "hello" sticker is from Jillibean Soup.

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Project Life 2014 - Week 5

Week 5 today... catching up!  This time I've used the Lime Green cards from the Slate Core Kit, loving this fresh bold colour.   Again just the one page this week.

I had a big spring clean {in summer} of the kitchen this week... got it from a cluttered mess to the least amount of things on the counter top as I could.  Ahhhhh, nice!  It's still the same now, 5 weeks on.  Loving having order back in the house.

For this week I have used the Snap Stickers again, Bakers Twine again to hand stitch and accented with a Heidi Swapp epoxy butterfly and a little wood veneer butterfly from Studio Calico.

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Little Things - Australian Scrapbook Ideas #25

This is such a sweet layout... I decided to scrap about all the little things around me that make those little differences!

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I really do love scrapping with girly papers and flowers, and colours... and photos, but then, don't we all!

I fell in love with these ultra delish "Messy Head" papers from 7 Dots - you can still get them at Natasha's "Moments of Tranquility" store online HERE.

The little heart here was made from UTEE... I really did like making my own lightweight embies from UTEE, will be doing more again I'm sure!

Full Step by Step Instructions for this, and many other fabulous layouts, can be found in Australian Scrapbook Ideas #25.

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