"Adorable" layout by ~ Tracey Sabella

Hi everyone!! It's Tracey back to share a layout with you today. Donna's papers and products are so versatile. I can easily transition from wedding to masculine to sweet baby pages. I've gone back a couple decades and pulled out one of our son's baby photos to scrap. Isn't he a darling with that adorable grin?

"Adorable"

Tips and Techniques

I've handcrafted these sweet roses with Donna's Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms Dies. My tutorial can be found here. Donna's paper pads include a sheet of these great embossed words and images, perfect to fussy cut for my title. 

The heart is stamped with Donna's Heart Applique stamp using Denim Mix'd Media Inx then heat embossed with Clearsnap clear embossing powder.

My gears are created by cutting and embossing black cardstock with Donna's Sprightly Sprockets dies, then applying metallic paint. Another Bitty Blossom, this time created with mulberry paper from Donna's Mix'd Media Stax 2.

For the background I cut the starburst and applied it to the background paper. I used Donna's Want2Scrap 8 x 10 Arrow Stencil to brush on thinned gesso. I then brushed the wet gesso in the direction of the arrows for the cool striped effect. I misted with Pralines and Cream Smooch Spritz and dyed the white ric rac with this Smooch as well. Finally I splattered with thinned white gesso.

To go along with the baby theme, I used Donna's Want2Scrap Alphabet stencil with light molding paste to add dimension and texture.

I layered one of Donna's Want2Scrap Hand Drawn Swirls with a Twine Flower and mulberry Bitty Blossom. A tutorial for my Twine Flowers can be found here. 

One final shot of this little cluster with more of the mulberry Bitty Blossoms.

~ Blessings ~

Tracey

Donna Salazar Products

GCD Studios ~ Family Jeans Collection

GCD Studios ~ Natural Beauty

GCD Studios ~ Mix'd Media Stax 2

Want2Scrap ~ Hand Drawn Swirls Chipboard, Card Size

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Stormy, Truffle, Denim, Patina, Peridot

Clearsnap ~ Smooch Spritz - Caramel Latte, Ice Rink

Want2Scrap ~ Alphabet Stencil - 8 x 10", 3 1/2 x 5 1/4"

Want2Scrap ~ Small Arrows Stencil - 8 x 10"

Spellbinders ~ Bitty Blossoms Dies

Spellbinders ~ Sprightly Sprockets Dies

Art Gone Wild Stamps ~ Heart Applique

Art Gone Wild Stamps ~ Woodgrain

Art Gone Wild Stamps ~ Crackle

Other Products

Black Cardstock

Idea-ology ~ Remnant Rubs - Life Quotes

Hemptique ~ Baker's Twine, Oyster

Jute Twine

Ric Rac 3/8", white

Prima ~ Say it in Crystals, Rusty Typo Zippers, Wood Buttons, Small Typo Bulbs

Idea-ology ~ Tissue Tape

Bead Landing ~ Found Objects Charms - Watch Keys, Mini Clocks

BBP ~ Vintage Keys

Liquitex ~ Gesso

Golden ~ Light Molding Paste

Lumiere Pearlescent Paint

Clearsnap ~ Metallic Ink - gold, copper

Clearsnap ~ Embossing Powder, clear

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Liquid Scrap Dots, Zap Dots

Spellbinders ~ Artisan X-plorer

Darice ~ Heat Tool