Cheer Up & Smile *Donna Salazar*

Hello my scrappy friends! 

Its Lisa once more this month with a easy tutorial on how I get my sentiments on my cards and layouts. 

I really don't like my handwriting that much because it is so BIG and loopy

...so I almost always used Microsoft for Word. It gives you sooo many more options of handwriting's. 

If you never have tried it before here is your chance to start. :)

This is a 5 x 6 inch card using lots of diecuts, stamps and New papers by Donna Salazar.

I chose yellow because it reminds me of the sun and it seems to be a cheerful color when you are down.

The awesome diecuts and stamps from "snapshot" makes you want to smile right???

Here is the inside...I don't do many insides ahead of time....but I just love this quote from the famous

Scarlett O'Hara...one of my favorite classic movies. 

So lets get started!

First, pick out the diecut you are going to use. You can use any diecut but for my card today I used "snapshot's" little quote bubbles. You must first cut out the diecut and measure the size with a ruler so you know how big you can make your fonts.

Next, on the computer, pick out font you want to use and look at the size using the ruler bar on top. 

You can also change your color to match your theme too. I love black for most of my sentiments, but the choice is totally up to you! See what I mean about options? lol

After you are happy with your font and size go ahead and print it up on the computer paper.

 OK....now using REMOVABLE adhesive tape place your diecut on top of your font.

I use the daylight or a lamp to see it through for exact placement. 

*Tip*

If you made you font too large or too small...no worries. 

You simple remove the diecut and print it up again until you are happy :)

Once you are satisfied with your placement place it back through the computer 

and it should come out like this. 

As you can see the ink should not be smeared or come through the other paper. 

Remove the diecuts and place on your card or layout. 

I tend to use pop dots behind mine, but once again it is up to you....

so many options...oh my! lol

Here is a closer view of your sentiments that make you look like a pro! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you try this tutorial out if you haven't tried it yet....

WARNING!!!

It is addicting and you may never use your handwriting again....lol

Hugs

xoxo

Products Used

Arts Gone Wild- Doll Face

Arts Gone Wild- Foto Set

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Chox- Midnight

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Jasmine

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Embossing Powder- Jasmine

GCD Studios- Fun & Funky Collection

Spellbinders- Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders- Snapshot

I Just Adore You *Donna Salazar NEW Natural Beauty Collection*

Hello everyone! I sure hope you had a Happy New Year! 

It's Lisa back with some fabulous new layouts and cards for the upcoming month's ahead.

Today, I am sharing with you a new layout that you might see at the upcoming CHA this month.

I used Donna Salazar's BEAUTIFUL new line of papers called "Natural Beauty" by GCD Studios.

Let me tell you....these papers are really AMAZING!!!

They are so soft and delicate but also have Donna's fabulous touch with denim and wood backgrounds. 

This is a photo of my adorable little niece, Emma. She is such a doll! When I took this photo of her I was visiting my brother's New baby twin sons. Twins run in our family...I have them too :)

So as I was taking photos of the boys, my little Emma jumped in front of the camera and said to me...

"Auntie Lisa, take my picture too"...lol... kids say the cutest things :)

I used Want 2 Scrap corrugated swirls and the chipboard letters from the "natural beauty" collection.

I really like the size of these letters and they fit great right over the top of the swirls.

The birdcage was fussy cut out and it is a stamp called "Free As A Bird". It was stamped on cream cardstock with Donna's NEW Mix'd Media Chox-Driftwood. I also stamped on the cream background making my own paper using "All My Love"

I made lots of flowers using "Rose Creations" As you can see, you can curl them or crimp them to get different looks. Also a little bit closer view of the beautiful letters. 

A 3D view of the flowers and cardboard pieces. It pops off the page just the right amount. :) 

I'm so glad you stopped by and be sure to be looking for lots of new projects using Donna's NEW line of papers, because there are 3 of them!!! Yes 3!!! So exciting!!

Have a great New Year...

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Free As A Bird

Arts Gone Wild- All My Love

Clearsnap- Smooch- Pralines & Cream

GCD Studios- Natural Beauty Collection

Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx- Chox- Driftwood

Want 2 Scrap- Le Cream Pearls

Want 2 Scrap- Hand Drawn Swirls- Corrugated

Spellbinders- Rose Creations

Zutter- Distrezz It All

Christmas Blue Jean Gift Card * Donna Salazar*

Hello my scrappy friends! 

It's Lisa back again with a new tutorial gift card perfect for this holiday season or anytime of the year.

This gift card is great for teenagers and those of us who love blue jeans, 

but also you can write an entire sentiment inside too because it is a regular card. 

So here is the finished card, I love red but you can use your favorite colors 

since blue jeans go with everything. :)

A little closer view of the "jean pocket" and fabulous "bitty blossoms" roses.

So lets get started...should take about 30 minutes...yep that's it!

First, cut a piece of kraft cardstock 5 x 10 inches long then fold in half at 5 inches.

Cut a piece of 4.75 x 4.75 inches "storybook paper" and stamp the "tattered" with "denim mix'd media inx and demin embossing power" dry with embossing tool. *It is 1 inch on the left.*

Diecut 2 smallest "pocket and swirls"

Distress all 3 pieces with your "zutter"

I also doodled with a white signo pen the lines on the smaller "pocket"

You can also sew on it if you like.

Using the NEW "Chox" in driftwood chalk the edges of the card.

Cut a piece of kraft to place behind the pocket, distress with the "zutter" and chalk edges.

Add rustic brads to match the kraft in the corners.

Next choose your ribbon color and wrap around the "storybook paper" before 

you glue it down to your base of the card.

Add small pop dots behind the "pocket"

Make 2 medium and 1 large "bitty blossoms" and glitter using "fairy dust glitter"

pralines and cream and "glue gloss"

Glue down as shown here and add the "hand drawn corrugated swirls"

Make a tag with sentiment in kraft and chalk edges with "chox" driftwood. 

Add a matching bow on the top.

 Don't forget to place a gift card or $$$ in the pocket. :)

Your gift card is ready to go with lots of love.

Hope you were inspired to make yours soon!

Have a great holiday season.

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Tattered

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Chox- Driftwood

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Denim

Colorbox- Mixd Media Inx- Embossing Powder- Denim

GCD Studios- Storybook Collection

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter- Pralines & Cream

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Spellbinders-Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders- Pockets and Swirls

Want 2 Scrap- Hand Drawn Swirls- Card Size Corrugated

Zutter- Distrezz It All

Great Friends *Donna Salazar*

Hello my scrappy friends! 

Its Lisa back with a new 8.6 x 11 inch layout featuring Michelle and her great friend Debbie that she recently visited. Such a great photo to cherish! 

I was in a pink mood today and Im so glad it came together exactly how I imagined it. 

Love when that happens!

I used some of Donna's NEW fabulous chippies and LOVE the new swirl stamp! 

They really compliment each other so well as you can see. :)

I did some fussy cutting of flowers and blended them in the rest of the flowers. 

I also had to use my favorite roses "bitty blossoms" and "rose creations" 

All the chippy swirls and stamped swirls are inked with 

"chiffon" mixd media inx and embossing powder. 

I didnt have layer too much because the papers are really beautiful the grey and pinks work so well together but I did sneak a little bit of "chronicles" behind the photo. 

I hope Michelle likes it and I really had fun with all the pinks today! 

Have a great week

hugs

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Swirls

GCD Botanique Collection

GCD Crafty Chronicles Newspaper

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter- Sugar Shimmer

Clearsnap Mixd Media Inx- Chiffon

Clearsanp Mixd Media Embossing Powder- Chiffon

Spellbinders- Bitty Blossoms

Spellbinders- Rose Creations

Want 2 Scrap Hand Drawn Swirls

Zutter Distrezz It All

Purdy Birdie *Donna Salazar*

Good Morning! 

It's me Lisa again with a new layout making your own background paper 

using Donna's fabulous new stamps. 

I love the bricks and that adorable camera. 

This is a Foto of my little Roxy and she sure is a "Purdy Birdie" :)

So here is how to make your own background paper:

First, take a piece of white cardstock and a piece of Donna's Botanique Paper. 

Next, tear off part of the top and part of the bottom. 

Distress using Zutter. 

In the center use Jasmine Distress Inx and smear, let dry.

Stamp with black Mix'd Media Ink the bricks, then emboss with black embossing powder.

Lastly, spray with smooch in blue "Sea Breeze"

That's it...now embellish.

 Stamp the "foto set" in demin "Mix'd Media Inx" and 

emboss with denim embossing powder to make that adorable camera.

The yellow flowers are made with "Carnation Creations" and

 the white flowers are made with "Rose creations" 

I added a little gala glitz in the centers.

The title is made using another stamp from "foto" and yellow cardstock.

Stamp in black on yellow cardstock for the cool distressed birdie's.

Hope you are inspired to make your own background paper too!

Have a great day!

xoxo

Products Used:

Arts Gone Wild- Foto Set

Arts Gone Wild- Bricks

GCD Studios Botanique Collection

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Black

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Denim

Clearsnap- Mixd Media Inx- Jasmine

Clearsnap- Embossing Powder- Black

Clearsnap- Embossing Powder- Denim

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz- Sea Breeze

Spellbinders- Rose Creations

Spellbinders- Carnation Creations

Zutter Distrezz It All

Ghost Mirror

Welcome back to my blog today. Well, I made a new card inspired by this fabulous photo that I found on online yesterday. It was part of making spooky mirrors and I loved this particular one because it was shabby chic. Isn't it so beautiful! Below is my tutorial on how I made this card. 

So here is my interpretation of this amazing photo. It is a 4.5 x 6 inch card in white cardstock. After the base of the card, I cut a 4.25 x 5.75 inch piece of white cardstock and embossed it through my cuttlebug and then chalked the edges in black. I added kling bandage between the cardstock and the mirror that you can find at your local walgreens store... To make the mirror, I diecut a piece of white cardstock with "floral ovals" and embossed it with "jasmine mix'd media inx and embossing powder" by Donna. I diecut another piece of silver metallic cardstock by Bazzill with "classic ovals" and layered that on top of the "floral oval" The little ghost was made using my cricut "happy hauntings" on vellum paper. I added little grey pearls for his eyes.  

The spiders, bat and title were also cut with my cricut "happy hauntings" and I added pearls to the body of the spiders and more grey pearls for the eyes on the bat. There is also black stickles on the bat and on the title. The candelabra was another new stamp that I found in the dollar section at Joann's recently, it is by K & Company Studio 112. I stamped it on white cardstock in "black mix'd media inx and embossing powder" again by Donna. I then added more tiny little pearls to the top of the candles. 

I used Martha Stewart "web" punch for my shelf in white and used the scoreboard to make it appear like a shelf for the candelabras. 

Last, but not least I added the chains of the bottom. I really didn't have any craft chains, so I dug through my grandmother's old jewelry box that she left me many years ago. I found this necklace in there in silver and I decided that I would give this card to my daughter. Not only as a Halloween card but as a gift with a very special meaning to this simple necklace chain. 

Thanks for stopping by...hope you have a great day!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for my new 2 posts...

xoxo

Timeless *Donna Salazar*

Good Morning my scrappy friends! 

It's Lisa once again sharing with you a shabby chic, fairy tale layout made for one of my amazing DT girls. If you have been following Donna's Salazar's Blog, then you probably know that Donna had this great idea to exchange photos with each other every month for the next 6 months. In the end, we will have our own scrapbook with lots of wonderful artwork from each person...how exciting is that! I cant wait to give and receive some artwork that I will treasure forever!

So my first picture is from Mandy Harrell. It is her little girl and she is such a super doll! She was looking like a princess to me with that adorable smile and wearing a pink tulle skirt. I originally, was going to title it "enchanting" since the design is in a fairy tale type theme....but when I spoke to Mandy for a little input for a title and journaling, she told me that this was a rare photo in time because her daughter was so calm in this photo and usually she is wild with a little dirty face...lol....so that is when I decided to title it "Timeless" :)

Here you can see a closer view of the "Floral Oval" mirror that I made out of corrugated board from Donna. It is really pretty IRL. I ran the floral oval diecut several times through the machine since it has so many intricate details, then I inked it with my favorite white ink "Mix'd Media Inx- Jasmine" and embossed it with "Jasmine Embossing Powder". I diecut an oval with silver cardstock to resemble a mirror and framed it with dusty pink paper. On top of the mirror is a "Fancy Tag 2" cut in white and cream cardstock with the title and journaling. 

I wanted a vintage type flower in lace but I didn't have one.....so I just made one and placed a crystal brad in the center. The little clock for my timeless theme is just a clipart clock ran through the computer. I also made a new kind of rose in pink and added lots on "Fairy Dust Glitter- Sugar Shimmer" I really love how it gives lots of bling to a flower. 

Lots of fun Donna products here! 

The "Bitty Blossoms" are just my favorite thing to make lately...I tell you if you don't have them it sure is a great investment....I can stop making them and neither will you! lol I used more "Mix'd Media Inx" in Jasmine on the flourish chipboard by Want 2 Scrap, but I also used the "Chiffon" Mix'd Media Inx on the light pink flower. It was originally in white. I made my own background paper using "Pralines & Cream" Smooch on the cream cardstock with a swirl mask. The pink cardstock is stamped with "Stanza" music and embossed using more "Mixd Media Inx" Vintage and "Embossing Powder" in Honey. This is also the same colors for the leaves too. All the bling is from Want 2 Scrap, I cut up one of the bling into 3 pieces. 

A 3D view with a reflection of the mirror and even the photo....lol 

The lace skirt under the mirror is a doily, I cut the center out and then I cut it in half with folds. 

So, I hope you enjoyed my project today....but I REALLY hope Mandy likes it! 

Have a Great Day! 

Hugs!!

Products:

Art Gone Wild- Stanza

GCD Studios-Botanique Collection

Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx- Chiffon

Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx- Vintage

Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx- Jasmine

Colorbox Embossing Powder- Jasmine

Colorbox Embossing Powder- Honey

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter- Sugar Shimmer

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz- Pralines & Cream

Want 2 Scrap Swirls Finesse LeCreme Pearls 

Want 2 Scrap LeCreme Pearls

Want 2 Scrap- Chipboard Embellishments- Style A

Spellbinders- Bitty Blossoms

Zutter- 5 x 7 Corrugated Cardboard