El Gusto - Donna Salazar Designs

Hello ladies! I can not believe it is almost 14 days of a new year, but I am still planning what I need to do this year. and what about you?

 Would you like to have some more of Donna Salazar Designs yummy stuff? there is a simple way to do it.

 you can join us at a monthly Girly Grunge Sketch - Color Challenge.

  Here is my sample for it:

Доброго времени суток.

Страничка для блога  Donna Salazar Designs

В этом году снова будет выходить скетч и палитра, и приняв участие, вы сможете выиграть замечательные призы.

В работе надо использовать материалы DSD

Все подробности тут

  and here is the skecth and color scheme for an inspiration:

You can find all the rules here

I have chosen Natural Beauty Collection for my layout, as it seems the colors are so rustic and earthtone at the same time.

Такая роскошная палитра. Сразу напомнила мне о ноябрьских вечерах дома и теплой пище в воскресный ужин.

Так что у меня страничка про Вкус такой еды.

А это дерево на фоне--- ох, как же я люблю такие фоны. Причем разного цвета

  I used some paper scraps , made some stamping on the background and added some flowers

  I just love this photo of my son who is enjoying his meal, so it reminds me about some Italian cuisine, so I called it Gusto that means Taste in Italian.

I used Chipboard Alphas from Fun &Style collection, misted them slightlu with Smooch and then inked with different colors.

Остался кусочек ткани от альбома, и что - конечно, в дело.

И ниточки тоже. 

И обрезки туда же.

Чего добру зря пропадать

Покажу страничку в задании
Вдохновляемся детьми

от Киевского Скрап Клуба

I added a fabric strip for more dimension, and some threads over the photo, so it feels cozy and ready for having a warm meal during these cold winter days.

Hope you have enjoyed my project.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Elena

Products used:

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar - Natural Beauty collection, Flying Free B

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar - Natural Beauty collection, Green Burlap A

GCD Studios: Donna Salazar - Natural Beauty collection, Wall Vines A

Want 2Scrap - Corrugated Board

Chipboard Alphas from Fun &Style collection

Clearsnap Donna Salazar Design Smooch Spritz

Prima flowers

fabric strip

Scrap For Help - String Challenge

Are you ready for a new challenge this new year?

we have a very cool challenge at Scrap for Help 

String /yarn/twine challenge. All you need in case to participate is to use this recycled material in your work. And here is my work for your inspiration

Ну как выб отошли от праздников уже? я к вам с новым заданием от блога Scrap for Help

в этом месяце задание - использовать любую нитку в работе. это могут быть остатки от бечевки с новогоднего подарка, либо пряжа, у меня , например, обычная нитка ирис

You can use left over bits, or recycled pieces used to wrap Christmas presents....Just think outside the box and create a page using this material.

You can include it on your work as is, or think of a clever way to incorporate it some how-

You might want to stamp with it.

Emboss paper or card stock with it,

Impress it into wet media...... etc

You are only limited by your creative imagination!!!!

  This time it was my first attempt to cut out the photo silhouettes. So what can I say, now I know what is wrong and what is right. But I have much fun creating this page and was inspired by Heidi Kelley and her gorgeous creativity on embellishing such cut photos

я впервые решила проэкспериментировать с вырезанием фигур из фоток. Теперь я стала в это м кое-что  в этом смыслить, так как вот именно сейчас я вижу все минусы и недоточеты, которых в следующий раз, уже естественно , постараюсь  избежать.

Вдохновение от безупречной Heidi Kelley

this is my DD when she was little and was so difficult to feed her, so she liked eating while sitting on the floor. I like these cute photos and decided to use some of them to show this food 'porridge'

на фото моя дочка, когда она была маленькой и возникли проблемы с ее кормежкой. тут она сидит на полу и уа=плетает кашу.

what is she looking for in her plate?

несколько символов

and some symbols for those sitting on the floor

and a ballerina for those who wants to keep fit

these are fabulous paints from Luminarte. Love the effect

in case you have missed it

Today I want to share with you my new projects for 2 Crafty chipboard  blog.

I made an informative post on the techniques I have used on these fabylous chippie, so I just copied it from the blog post.

Сегодня хочу показать вам странички, которые я делала для блога 2Crafty chipboard. Ноябрь для меня тяжкий месяц, я его , честно говоря, ненавижу за сырость, темноту, тусклость и вообще у меня начинается зимний депрессняк. так что первая страничка это моя борьба с этими серыми красками, вторая страничка , все-таки подверглась влиянию осеннему, так что не судите строго.

все техники расписаны на английском, в двух словах, все просто. все покрыто грунтом или кракле , а затем все чпокалось акриловыми красками. кое-где края затонированы чернилами меловыми.

November is a very hard month for me to bear. It is too dull, too dark, too rainy, too cold in my part of the world. So I am struggling with this awful mood and here is my bright projects but still under November's influence for you.

The first one is called
Mother & Daughter
Yes, you are right , I love to use our photos in my projects

I decided to maintain the color palette used in Prima's papers and flowers, so I have a delightful pleasure to be warmed with this turquoise blue and peach shadows. But I wanted to add some shabby colors too, so I kept  the white accents on the chipboard.



I used the title Mother & Daughter

 I covered it with white Crackle Paint, then dabbed with acrylic paint in blue, turquoise and guava. I used a sponge to make some random spots.  Then I mounted some flowers on it, just wrapping them over the alphas.

 
The same technique I used on a 
Bunch of roses

I just added flowers to it, to add  more texture to create a bouquet.



 

Also I tried to keep a more visible crackle effect on 

ATC Georgian Frame

and just added the ink on the edges.

I used it as a padding for the resin embellishment



I kept the blue colors on the Birdcage 1 too.

For my second layout I used autumn colors. 

  I have started randomly gessoing the chipboard. Then I added some acrylic paint with a sponge and a metallic acrylic paint with my brush

 



Birds on a Wire,

I cut them and the other part I have already used on the other project

Penny Farthing 

 I placed a big flower on it, which was gessoed too 

I wanted to add some rusty look on Old Fence, so I painted it roughly with a dry brush and
 the edges on the Miniature tree were inked with the chalk ink 

I used the same techniques on

Grass Clumps

For this LO I used the sketch from Once Upon a Skecth 

which I flipped over 90 degrees.
My journaling is hidden and written on the rolled piece of a paper under the wheel.
as the theme of this month is Anything goes, I described my hubbie's life and his principles in this LO. He knows what I mean.

TFW

In case you have missed it

     

Few days ago my October DT projects for 2Crafty chipboard were posted on their blog, so I re-post it here with some more info and details

Today I would like to share some  layouts I made for my baby son. He had his Christening ceremony this summer and I have found so many extraordinary photos that I decided to make an album for him.

   This time all my projects are inspired by a story I read recently in a Russian book. The idea is that you have to live your life in a good way, & that while you are being good, your angels can rest, because they can rely on you, that you won't do something bad, and thus they can help someone else who needs their assistance more, at this moment.  Beautiful story, isn't it?

So let's start and keep in my mind, that babies are like angels.

  My first layout  is called

Я сегодня делюсь с вами страничками, которые я делала для 2Crafty chipboard and Manor House Creations

фото очень личные с крестин, долго решалась публиковать ли их. но рискнула. личная история и вспомнила красивую историю из недавно прочитанной мною книги российской писательницы Марины Аромштам, Когда отдыхают ангелы. смысл таков: жить надо так, чтобы ангелы, которые к нам приставлены, могли спокойно от нас отлучиться на некоторое время, будучи спокойны за нас, зная, что мы ничего не натворим, и  могли отдохнуть и помочь в это время тем, кто действительно крайне нуждается в их помощи в этот момент.
извините, по техникам дальше все по- английски, иначе мой пост будет бесконечно долгим.

 "While the Angels  Rest"

I used the sketch from OUAS

 

which I flipped 90 degrees. and the theme is

  My journaling is hidden under the photo padding as you see it is too personal

 I decided to use just very simple techniques this time,  to keep the
 delicate  mood of the layouts..

  So I have used Chandalier 1 

 I covered it with primer, then I added modelling paste, embossed it
 with a heat gun using Starburst embossing powder.
After that I inked the edges with brown chalk ink.

and you can see gorgeous new release flowers from Manor House Creations

 

For the Clock Face Frames I used just the primer and embossing powder,

crackle paint and random dots of modelling paste.
 For the second part. The same technique was applied on Corner Rosie's

My second layout  is called
 "The Main Thing"

  Nothing special again, I just misted the
 Esther Name Plate

with Starburst mists.

Next I have just used the same techniques as I did
 with the  Helena's Corner.

Here I have  just added  some touches of gesso.

For the Iron Fence I covered it with Gesso, then Crackle paint
and embossed with Ruby Black embossing powder.

Here  I have  embossed the chandelier from Vintage elements 1.

  Here I have used a  Mini Fob Watch, which was just inked with Distress ink.

and as you see I used many mixed media techniques there so I decided to take part at the Mixed Media madness from Berry 71 Bleu with this LO, as I had problems with linking my canvas project for their challenge

My last layout  was made for Manor House Creations blog,
& since the photo was taken on this same special day,
I have decided to include it also at this post too.

 This layout is called
 

   Cherished Moments

These flowers add innocent look to the whole picture and they are still rich in strengthening the soft feelings

 I have used the same techniques that I have already shared above.
 Here are some close ups on title Cherished Moments:

 Frames Tiny Henri's
(Great for a spot of journaling which I will do later)

Corner Leafy Twigs

Thanks for calling by today.

Scraps of Darkness Kit reveal

Hello to everyone. You may wonder why do I post every day something new? but I had a busy month, something was made even a month ago, something during this month, but I'm happy that I have so many projects to share with you.

 Приятных выходных, а я к вас снова со своими страничками. Вы возможно, удивляетесь , чего это я вдруг каждый день с новым постом? но предыдущий месяц был очень плодотворный и в течение этго месяца сделано уже немало, так что есть чем поделиться.

  So today I want to show you one more LO for Scraps of Darkness, My Guy Kit reveal. This time I combined 2 collections from Prima and Kaisercraft

Сегодня еще одна страничка с ипользованием набора My Guy  Scraps of Darkness

  This time I used the sketch from Creative Scrappers #229

  I flipped the sketch on 90 degree and used the big blue flowers as the circles

and of course I used many embellishments from the kit, and even tried epoxy on Gears. and I'm in love with these Prima Bulbs

на шестеренках я даже попробовала нанести эпоксид, который был в дополнительном наборе. ну а отэтих стеклянных лампочек Prima я вообще в полном восторге.

banner and masking with modelling paste

  I hope you have enjoyed my Kit reveal and can use these gorgeous collections for you projects. 

happy Crafting

Приятного творчества