Take Me Deeper Week 1 & TruthScrap

Hello my peeps! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years Eve. This year one of my resolutions is to share my faith more openly and I'm off to a GREAT start. I'm one of 7 instructors teaching during the LIVE online event called "Truth Scrap" which is the only online LIVE virtual art and crafting event focused on celebrating the intersection of faith and art. I'm teaching a class called "Cross-ology" and it is gonna be a blast!

And since you login right from home you can participate while wearing your PJs and bunny slippers. The event takes place on January 31st, 2015 and you can find out more info by clicking on my link HERE I hope you can join me!

I've also agreed to be a moderator for the Mixed Media and Faith Journaling groups on the "His Kingdom Come" website. They have a weekly bible study/art prompt called "Take Me Deeper" that is going to help keep me focused. Every Friday you will see my artistic interpretation for the weekly prompt in both the mixed media and faith journaling categories. I'm creating an 8x10 canvas for mixed media and a page spread in my faith journaling book. I'm really excited because at the end of the year I'm going to have 52 canvases and a full journal that will have documented my faith journey for 2015. 

Below are photos of my week 1 mixed media project. You can see how the other moderators interpreted this week's prompt by clicking HERE.

Below are my photos of my interpretation for the week 1 Faith Art Journal. You can see photos of the other moderator's pages HERE.

Products used:

Clearsnap/Colorbox - Mix'd Media Inx, Mix'd Media Inx CHOX, Smooch Spritz

Zutter - Distrezz-it-All

Spellbinders - Bitty Blossoms & Rose Creations (on the Cross-ology sneak peek)

Thanks for Stopping by!!! Smooches ~D~

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Donna's Art Journal ~ "Butterfly"

Hello my peeps! I'm on a bloggin' roll! It has been hard for me to consistently blog since we moved because I take care of my grand son to some degree on a daily basis. Some days I get him up, feed him, bathe him, and dress him. Then we have a very tight schedule of fort building, walking and leaf gathering, wonderful music time using pots and wooden spoons, playing with cars and singing and dancing... It is very important stuff, this!
A couple days a week I may just help get him ready in the morning so he can go to his other grandma's house. But then, on his mommy or daddy's days off (because I have this uber-soft-mushy-center-filling for this little guy), I end up watching him for their "quick" 2 hour visits to the store or I keep him at home when they are in a hurry to take or pick up someone from work, or if they just need to do another of those "quick" errands... and I always have said "Yes, of course I'll watch him." I mean... who could resist a face like his?

However, lately I'm doing a little better about "trying" to say "No" more often, thus, more regular blog posts and tutorials for you! And yet there has still been plenty of time for fort building, leaf gathering and singing & dancing. It's all about balance I guess.

Anywho... I've got a stepped out tutorial of an art journal page for you that I made when I had a couple hours to myself. The quote is from a Dave Matthew's Band song.

Here are some step outs:
The background was painted with some white gesso and dried then I added some of my original Mix'd Media Inx.

I began with the lightest color (Jasmine) and covered random areas of the background by bending the edges of the squishy pad back and using the rounded center to pat the Inx on, then I blended it in with my fingers.

 I used a stylus blender with Honey MMI around the edges.

I sprayed a light mist of water and the Inx became almost "watercolor-like" so I could blend it with my fingers (you can use an ink blender but I like to get my hands dirty).

I added some Patina in random areas around the edges.

I misted with water and blended the Patina in as well. I LOVE the way that these Inx react when you are using them on a gessoed surface!

I sprayed some Green Olive Smooch Spritz into a bowl and used a watercolor brush to add some vines and leaves.

I added a bit more green on the bottom and added a tiny bit of water splatters to give the leaves water spots and make some of the Spritz run.

I flicked some Ice Rink, Sea Breeze, Evergreen & River Mossy Spritz on the background, added a bit more water and let some of it drip.

I added some MMI in Truffle along the bottom and sides.

I then blended again with a bit of water.

I misted water in a couple spots to get extra drips.

I added a bit more water to the background then added more Honey MMI to the background above the vines using a stylus blender loaded up with Inx.

I blended with my finders and misted with a tiny bit more water to get the Inx to drip into the vines.

I used some Gloss Heavy Gel to decoupage the butterflies onto the background. I had printed the butterflies onto Crafty Chronicle pages a long time ago and finally had a use for them. I "think" I got the images as a free download on Pinterest.

I used a small paintbrush to apply some Truffly MMI around the edges of the butterflies to make them stand out from the background.

I blended the Inx into the background using water on the same brush.

I used my Sparrow CHOX to stamp the quote because I needed the ink to dry faster. I would have used the original Inx if I was going to emboss the quote.

And this is the finished page.

Product used:

Clearsnap/Colorbox 

Mix'd Media Inx (MMI) - Jasmine, Honey, Patina, Truffle

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Sparrow

Smooch Spritz - Ice Rink, Sea Breeze, River Mossy, Evergreen

Liquitex

White Gesso

Gloss Heavy Gel

Zutter

Distrezz-it-All (page edges pre-made)

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Happy Birthday Tag with Tutorial by ~ DeeDee Catron

Hiya folks :) DeeDee back today with a How-To.

I've put together a little Happy Birthday tag using lots of fun Donna Salazar Products to really brighten up the piece.

The how to video:

Some close up shots:

DSD Products used: 

Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Inx {Pewter} | Mix'd Media Inx Chox {Midnight and Denim}

GCD Studios - Mix'd Media Stax 2

Zutter - Distrezz-it-all

Other:

7 Dots Studio

Glitz Designs

Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

May Arts Ribbons

cheesecloth, adhesive, flower layers, pebble, Micron pen

Adventure Awaits Mini Album by ~ DeeDee Catron

Hello Hello friends!! I'm so excited to be here on the Donna Salazar Designs blog today! My first official post and I am SO SUPER ECSTATIC to be here sharing some inspiration with you. I kind of feel like we should JUMP right in. So onto my first project:

A MINI ALBUM!! :) :) My Sister is having a baby very soon, and I wanted to send a little something for her to show some encouragement and just let her know she can rely on me for things. Now.. the inside is a little private, so I'll only really be showing sneak peeks, but they're enough, trust me! :D The entire album is made from 7 Dots Studio's Nature Walk collection mixed with Donna Salazar's Humor Cards for Clearsnap and the awesome Mix'd Media Stax 2 for GCD Studios. 

I took the face of the card and distressed it with bot Mix'd  Media Inx and the Zutter Distrezz-it-all. A bit o' gesso, stamping, ink and layering and the cover was done! 

The background for this page was created with a mask, gesso and Donna's Mix'd Media CHOX ink which has the best pad for scraping across raised surfaces. The wish comes from her Mix'd Media Stax2 paper with dictionary print.

Here is a good photo of the Spellbinders Creative Pages dies in use. I used the smallest one to create a pocket page where It ucked some images of my sister and I. The stamp was stamped in Midnight CHOX and used without a block to create the uneven grungy look.

Thanks for stopping by to visit me today, I hope to see you back here on the 25th for a tutorial :)

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DSD Products used:
Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Inx {Pewter} | Mix'd Media Inx Chox {Midnight} | Humor Cards
GCD Studios - Mix'd Media Stax 2
Spellbinders Dies - Creative Pages | Creative Page tabs
Zutter - Distrezz-it-all

Other:
UmWowStudio chipboard, flair and mask
7 Dots Studio Nature Walk collection
Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

May Arts Ribbons

thread, gesso, staples, epoxy stickers, adhesive, punches