Donna Salazar Designs: Spellbinders®

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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Denim Pocket Pillow by Donna Salazar

Hello my peeps! Today I'm sharing a SEWING project! I know, right? Who knew that I could sew. I was inspired to do this project by the Soft Touch pillow insert from Fairfield. I felt that maybe I needed yet another denim pillow because I never seem to have enough denim in my life... LOL!

The pillow insert is 14x14 so I cut two 16x16 pieces of denim. I started by sewing the denim piping along the edge of one side then sewed the Levis® pocket to the center... but offset just a touch because I knew I'd be adding the flower. I pinned the 2 pieces of 16x16 denim together, wrong side out, and sewed around the edge with the foot right on the piping to give it a nice clean edge. I left a hole on the last side that was half the width of the pillow, turned the case inside out, added the pillow insert and sewed the cover shut, again with the foot right on the piping.

I then made the flower pin and bow pin that could be removed (to make washing the pillow easier) and have the step by step instructions for you.

I started by die cutting a whole bunch of roses and leaves from denim and Oly*Fun Rose Gold material using my new Jumbo Rose steel rule die from Spellbinders®. These roses are the next couple sizes up from one of my first dies (and still a very popular die) with Spellbinders® called Rose Creations. I painted the backs of all of the flowers and leaves with my Girlie Grunge Art Medium from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® to stiffen the materials enough to form them.

After the medium was dry I put the Oly*Fun die cuts in my Medallion Em-Bossing folder and ran them through the Platinum machine.

I had some canvas flowers that were perfect for the flower center that I had cut from my Canvas Ribbons from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® using my Rose Creations dies. I painted them with Girlie Grunge Art Medium to stiffen them and keep the edges from fraying. I also cut 3 pieces of my Girlie Grunge Twine to use to string all the die cuts together. This was made easier when I dipped the ends of the Girlie Grunge Twine into my Girlie Grunge Art Medium then twisted them together.

When it dried (after about a minute) the end was stiff like a shoe lace which made it supper easy to thread it through the shank of a vintage button.

I then dipped the ends of both sides of the Girlie Grunge Twine into the Girlie Grunge Art Medium again and twisted to thread through all the flower die cuts.

I started with the canvas flowers...

Then I threaded the smaller denim and Oly*Fun roses with the petals offset then the larger roses.

I trimmed the Girlie Grunge Twine and spread the ends out. I used a Dodz™XL to adhere the ends in place. I used another Dodz™XL on top of 3 leaves that I adhered to the bottom of the rose.

I die cut the larger rose from my Jumbo Rose die with a piece of stiffen2 interlining from Fairfield. I then sewed a pin to the back of it.

I lined up the stiffen2 interlining die cut on the back of the flower and used a heat gun in between the flower and the interlining pressing each petal to the flower as I went to fuse them together.

I tied a bow with my organza ribbon from my Texture Ribbons pack from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and sewed a pin to the back.

I used a heat gun to make the bow look more girlie grunge.

I added both pins to the pillow and called it done!!!

Here is a close up of the denim piping on the side of the pillow.

The whole project only took me about 2 hours total!!! Easy peasy!!!

Product used:

Donna Salazar Designs® with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

NEW - Girlie Grunge Art Medium

NEW - Girlie Grunge Twine

Spellbinders®

Fairfield

Soft Touch pillow insert

Oly*Fun Craft Sheet Rose Gold

stiffen2 Interlining

Thanks for stopping by!!! Smooches ~D~

Where to find Donna:

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Cherish by Donna Salazar

Hello my peeps! Today I have a quick little sumthin sumthin to share with you. I made the frame in the project below quite a while ago and though I absolutely loved it I didn't have a photo in it. So, as I'm slowly but surely working on finishing up my studio, I decided to finally get this on my wall and add a little mini layout inside of it.

I used my new Cascading Circles die from Spellbinders (releasing next month!!!) to die cut the circle frame and all the little circles as well... even the photo. I painted a piece of cardboard and used my new Girlie Grunge Art Medium from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® to decoupage the frame and circles as well as the stamped Journal Words (also from Spellbinders and also releasing next month).

I then painted a thin layer of Girlie Grunge Art Medium around the inside of the frame and used a fluffy paint brush to burnish my Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Pigment Powder in brown over the damp medium.

Product used:

Donna Salazar Designs® with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® product used:

NEW - Girlie Grunge Art Medium

Pigment Powder Brown

Spellbinders®

Cascading Circles

Journal Words stamps

Colorbox®

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Sparrow

I offered to give away a couple of the new Creative Scrapbooker magazines but then had some crazy life stuff happen and didn't follow up with social media sharing so I don't think people actually knew about this giveaway. I've extended the drawing for 2 people to each win one of the new magazines until the 15th and will announce the winners then. You can find the original offer on the blog post here> Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Giveaway

All you need to do is leave a comment on the ORIGINAL blog post.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Smooches ~D~

Where to find Donna:

Donna Salazar Designs Website

Donna Salazar's Personal Instagram

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Nature Boy by Donna Salazar

Hello my peeps! Today I'm sharing a layout that I made of my grandson, Hunter. He LOOOOVES the outdoors and I have so many pictures of him being a typical little boy running around with sticks, in trees and playing in the dirt so I wanted to make sure that I made at least one layout of him in his element... I'm sure there are more in my crafting future.

I used my new Cascading Circles die from Spellbinders® that will be available to purchase in April.

I used my Colorbox® Mix'd Media Inx to add the color to the background then used my Mix'd Media Inx CHOX to ink the photos, the edge of the layout and to stamp the title.

I used my Girlie Grunge Art Medium from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® to adhere the circle layers together and to adhere some of the circles to the layout. This medium works as a craft glue, as decoupage, can be mixed with pigment to make a paint and then the paint diluted with water can be used as a spray. I used it to make the lace bowls that were in my post on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog from the other day too. I'll be doing a lot of videos to share some of the ways that you can use this Girlie Grunge Art Medium... it is one of my favorite new products!

Product used:

Donna Salazar Designs® with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® product used:

NEW - Girlie Grunge Art Medium

Spellbinders®

Cascading Circles

Colorbox®

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Sparrow

Thanks for stopping by!!! Smooches ~D~

Where to find Donna:

Donna Salazar Designs Website

Donna Salazar's Personal Instagram

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Christmas Card & Layout by ~Donna Salazar

Hello my peeps! I've been crazy busy with preparations for CHA so it was nice to be able to take a break and make a layout and card using some of my favorite products from Spellbinders®, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and Clearsnap® with "Dear Santa" papers and stickers from my friends at Photoplay™.

The first project I'm sharing is this 8.5"x11" layout with a photo of me and my bestie with my daughter that was taken TEN YEARS AGO!!! My how time has just flown by!!!

In the close up below you can see some matte splatters and some glittery splatters. I pressed my Mix'd Media Inx pad onto a non stick craft sheet then blended with water and used a fan brush to splatter. I then watered down some white acrylic paint and used the same brush to splatter that. While the paint was still wet I sprinkled my Twinkle Dust Glitter in Sugar Shimmer over it and I got 2 different types of splatters. I also added some of my E-Z Stars with the same glitter.

I added a little Girlie Grunge touch with my denim ribbon on the strip as well as a rolled denim ribbon flower.

I made a couple of Bitty Blossoms out of white card stock and then I spritzed one with Holly Berries Smooch Spritz to create the little sparkly deep red rose and then I added some of my Carnation Creations die cuts to the Bitty Blossom.

I had a ton of fun with all the stickers that came in the "Dear Santa" paper pack.

Making the card was SUPER easy!!! I just cut one of the 12x12 papers down to size, distressed the edges, inked them with Mix'd Media Inx CHOX, then added a bit of white paint to the edges. I then splattered the back ground with a little bit of the same paint watered down a bit then sprinkled with Twinkle Dust Glitter while all the paint was still wet.

I added a piece of burlap from my Texture Ribbons pack and a piece of scalloped denim from my Denim Ribbons pack both from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®. I added 3 Bitty Blossoms and adhered a few stickers and this card was done!

In the close up photo below you can see the inked edges with glittery paint edges and splatters really well. The stickers are also from the "Dear Santa" paper line.