Today Is A Good Day

Hello my lovelies! Warmest welcome to all my new and regular readers! :)

Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L I am sharing this shimmery art tag and you can see my post here. I created a DIY background using gorgeous Pigment Powders - but to find out more, please hop over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog!

Supplies:

Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Pigment Powders - Gold, Pink, Brown, Wine (coming soon!) and Silver (coming soon!); Lace Ribbons; Ash Washi Tape (coming soon!)

Adhesive Sheets 4x6", DODZ™ - Small, DODZ™ - 3D, DODZ™ - XL, Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix Black

Other supplies:

Stampendous: Cling Vintage Letter stamp, Clear Detail Embossing Powder
Donna Salazar Designs MIX'D MEDIA INX - Chiffon
Liquid Pearls, flowers, ornamental berries, manila tag, seam binding ribbon

I really like this colour combo for Spring time projects and the Pigment Powders worked perfectly for me - just like in this Spring Time Art card.

And I just looooove these little Styrofoam berries, they are so cute, don't you think? I bought them in the 'after Christmas sales' a year ago for 50p - a real bargain and I still have loads of them left! I've also used them in this Bird's Nest Artist Trading Block project if you'd like to have another peek. 

I hope you like my first project of the new year! Thank you so much for stopping by today and for your lovely comments!

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Easy DIY Shabby Chic Bauble Ornaments

Re-edited: Yaaay! My baubles are within the top picks for the 'Wish Upon a Star' challenge at Our Creative Corner! - Yippie!!! :-) :-)

Hello my lovelies! How are your Christmas preparations going? This year I am far more organised that I have been for years, yet still plenty to be done - will I ever be happy with the progress of my pre-Christmas prep? :)

Today I am over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog sporting a tutorial for these super cute and super easy Styrofoam bauble ornaments. I made these for my BFF who's just moved into her first very own home :). To see how I made these you'll need to hop over to see my tutorial but I'll secretly mention that there is some glitter, Donna Salazar and DecoArt magic going on there!

Supplies:

E-Z Stars Runner - Refillable Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®; Home and Hobby: Quick and Easy Dual Tip Glue pen.

Other supplies:

Stampendous Crystal Micro Glitter
DecoArt MagiKote medium, Metallic Lustre Radiant Red, Americana Dimensional White Writer

Styrofoam balls, pins, ribbon, bells

Thank you for stopping by today and for all your heart warming comments - I read every one of them and they make me very very happy!

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Also linking to:
Live & Love Crafts #42 - Sparkle
Our Creative Corner - Wish Upon a Star

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On A Bed Of Moss And Berries, There Sleep The Woodland Fairies

Morning everyone! A very happy welcome to my newest followers - thank you so much for joining in! :).

Time for another post for Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L® and my today's offering is still very much in an autumnal mode. I really enjoy driving through roads lined up by old trees displaying their full autumnal glory. And I love watching the leaves flirtatiously dancing in the wind :). And the smell of the wood smoke from nearby fields and gardens... hmmm... I always think it's quite a romantic time of year. Would you agree?

Today I have a mixed media wall art for you to enjoy. This project was quite 'involved' so here you will find out more about the medialicious part of it, whereas over at Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L's blog I am focusing on the adhesive side of things :).

This altered shadow box was so much fun to make. It's full of textures, flowers and vintage flavour - I am really happy with the way it turned out :). Despite the fact that it evolved completely from the original plan - but which creative play doesn't? :)

My woodland fairy started its life as a little resin-plaster mask which I was hoping to decorate in a Venetian style with layers of frilly fabrics and lace. I bought this mask ages ago in a charity shop - it had some flourishes painted in bright colours and covered in glitter. But that wasn't the 'look' I was after so I decided to cover it all up with layers of base paint.

The picture above is to show you what the mask looked like before the big make-over :). Inspired by the autumn season I painted the mask yellow. I tried to add some fancy features to the mask with a stenciled butterfly. I also added some stenciling to the background. Click through to read more about the stenciling process and supplies I used.

At that point I thought the mask looked rather tribal and I couldn't find anything else in my stash to help me with my Venetian theme. So I took a different route altogether and decided to go with a woodland theme :).

The mask was going to become my woodland/tree witch. After painting my mask again the texture of the stenciled butterfly still showed through and it looked like little tree bark wrinkles, which I quite liked.

As I wanted the mask to look more like a face, I needed to find eyes for the empty eye sockets. After a long and unsuccessful hunt I decided to try to create the eye lids with my trusty DODZ™-3D. Let me tell you a secret - I can't live without my DODZ™-3D! This stuff is unbeatable in so many ways, waaaaay beyond its primary function of big glue dots :).

With a little help of texture paste to smooth out some parts, the DODZ worked perfectly! That's how my fairy became a sleeping fairy :).

I painted the face with Enchanted Chalky Finish paint (so appropriate for my enchanting fairy! lol) and then gave it a couple of washes with Quinacridone Gold and Dazzling Metallic paints. I rested the fairy's head on a bed of dry flowers, fruits, berries and faux moss (most have been rescued from old charity shop finds) and secured in place with lots of glue.

For the frame I first added heaps of Texture Crackle, layering it quite thick in places and I let it dry overnight. Next I chipped some chunks off, exposing the raw wood of the frame - I wanted to create an old, rough, chipped paint effect. I painted the frame with Enchanted, Coffee Bean, Country Red and Quinacridone Gold, wiping it off in places with a baby wipe. Then I misted it with White Linen and a DIY Gold Mica spray.

Finally I added some gold highlights with a Rub-N-Buff wax.

Supplies:

DODZ™ – 3D; Dodz™ XL; Quick & Easy Dual Tip Glue Pen; Pigment Powders: Gold, Pink, Brown (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®), DIY Gold pigment powder mist

Media:

Color Wash ink sprays (Ranger) – Red Pepper, Butterscotch, Lettuce; Dylusions White Linen Ink Spray; Vermillion Archival Ink (Ranger)

DecoArt: Dazzling Metallics: Silver Sage, Oyster Pearl; Americana Acrylics: Country Red, Multi-Surface Satin: Muted Gold, Coffee Bean; Chalky Finish: Enchanted; Media Fluid Acrylic Quinacridone Gold; 
DuraClear Ultra Matte Varnish, Texture Crackle, Fabric Stiffener, Vintage Butterfly stencil

Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing Paste; wooden frame, resin-plaster mask, Gold Rub-N-Buff wax

Stampendous – Cling Vintage Letter; The Crafters Workshop Mini Chickenwire Reversed stencil

The cheese cloth head scarf wrapped around the face and the frame was first inked up and then soaked in the Fabric Stiffener.

I would love to know what you think of my Sleeping Fairy :). Please also check the stenciling and adhesive details over at Scrapbook Adhesives' blog - and I would really appreciate it if you had a comment to leave a comment over there as well :).

Thank you all so much for all your kind words - your comments are always so appreciated! Have a fabulous week my friends!

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Challenges for this project:
Country View Challenges #32 - Add some texture
JUG #316 - Hexagons
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Wrap It Up
Rhedd's Creative Spirit Altered Art Challenge October - Anything Goes
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #104 - Changing Seasons
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Throwback (inspired by Autumn is in the Air challenge)
Try It On Tuesdays - Lots of Layers

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Sunflower Love Wedding Layout

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

As promised in my previous post with the Sunflower Wedding Card I'm back today with more happy sunflowers to share. And this time I have a scrapbook page to show you!

Better still! Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I have a lovely tutorial for this Sunflower Wedding Layout - I hope you will have a moment to check it out :).

When I sat at my crafty table I knew I wanted to make a layout to commemorate this beautiful wedding day we were so blessed to be a part of.

But I must confess - at first I was struggling with a big creative block and I couldn't find a way to get out of it. Until I reached out for my trusty Scrapbook Pages Pinterest Board and this immediately kick started my creative mojo. The inspiration & the structure for this layout came from this amazing layout by Camilla featured on Maja Design blog.

Supplies I used:
MyStik® Permanent Strips,
3D Foam Squares - Black, Regular,
Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix Black,
Adhesive Sheets - 4x6'',
DODZ™ - 3D,
DODZ™ - Medium,
DODZ™ - Small,
3D Foam Christmas Shapes,
Lace Ribbons (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®)

Other supplies:

Papers - BoBunny Sweet Life, Graphic45 Place In Time;
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Stampendous - Lemon Yellow Fun Flock, Sea Green Ultra Fine Glitter
Flowersoft;
White Rub-Ons - Craft Consortium;
Acrylic paints -- DecoArt;
Spellbinders - Foliage die set;
punches: Woodware - Daisies; Martha Stewart - Pine Branch
Flowers - Prima Marketing & other;
Ribbon - May Arts;
small wooden frames, word stickers, small gems, letter beads, craft wire

My layout includes a bunch of handmade flowers - be sure to check out my tutorial to find out more :).

And what do you think of my cute little banner? :)

So there you have it - my offering for today :). I hope you like it!

Thank you for stopping by and for letting me know you've been. Sending you lots of warm wishes for a creative week ahead!

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Home Sweet Home Journal Page

Hello my lovelies! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I'm back today to share this cheerful journal page. I've been really busy lately sorting different things for my home. As a result I've kind of lost a bit of mojo and momentum for my normal 'day-to-day' crafting. So I thought I would try some messy paint play in my art journal. And since my home is so much on my mind at the moment I thought I might as well use it as a subject of my page :).

The details on how I made this page are shared today on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog and you can fond my post here.

Supplies:

3D Foam Pennants, 3D Foam Butterflies, Creative Photo Corners - White, Adhesive Sheets 4x6", DODZ™ - 3D,

Also: E-Z Stars® Refillable Dispenser, Blue Pigment Powder, Gold Pigment Powder (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

Other supplies:

Stampendous Family Home Perfectly Clear stamps

Bloom stencil - PaperArtsy

Media: Inktense pencils; DecoArt Americana Acrylics, Prima Marketing Color Bloom sprays, Black Archival ink (Ranger)

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Sunday!

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Cherish Yesterday, Live Today And Dream For Tomorrow

Wheeeee!!! So super excited to say that my card received a Special mention from the talented DT over at Country View Challenges blog - thank you so much ladies! xx

Hello lovely Friends! Again time has somehow flown by and it seems like ages since my last post. I am starting to think, in fact I am certain of it, that the length of my hour is much shorter than the rest of the world lol. Do you ever get a feeling like this?

Today I'm popping in to give you heads up about this Cherish Yesterday card which is being featured today on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog.

Rather than duplicating everything here, I hope you will find a moment to check out my post to find out all the details.

I will mention though that there will be lots of stamping, drawing and flower making involved :).

Cherish Dream - inspirational quote stamp from Stampendous. Powyższa sentencja to stempel firmy Stampendous

I've had rough few weeks so I needed to make something that would lift my spirits and make me smile - and flowers always make me happy! The inspiration for my daisy clusters was drawn from my talented blog friend Joanna who shares her beautiful creations at W Kartkowym Zaciszu.

All flowers used in this card have been hand made. Wszystkie kwiatki na tej kartce wykonałam ręcznie.

Supplies from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:
DODZ™ - 3D, DODZ™ - Medium, 3D Foam Leaves, MyStik® Permanent Strips, Pigment Powders - Brown, Gold (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®)

The flower centres have an embossed enameled finish. Środki kwiatków mają błyszczące wykończenie pudrem do embossingu.

Other supplies:
- Stampendous - Cling Cherish Dream; Mahogany Tinsel Embossing Powder,
- patterned papers; kraft cardstock, green handmade paper, flower punches (Woodware), suede twines and ribbon (May Arts)
- Media: Inktense pencils - Derwent; Spiced Chai StazOn Mini ink, DecoArt Chalky Finish - Lace paint, gold pen

The leaves on my wreath were first stamped then drawn over with Inktense pencils. Liście na wieńcu zostały najpierw odbite a potem obrysowane za pomocą kredek Inktense.

That's all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and for any kind words you'd like to leave behind. Your kindness means so much to me - thank you for being so wonderful!

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Challenges for this card:
Country View Challenges June - Shabby Chic
Our Creative Corner - What Makes You Smile (flowers make me smile)
Mixed Media Place Creative Gym #8 - Drawing/Pencils

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Father's Day Card And Gold Leaf Tutorial

Hello lovely crafters! I hope you are keeping well.

It's time for my regular post over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and today I am sharing a Father's Day Card I made for my FIL. I have a full tutorial for it,  too - I hope you will find a moment to check it out here :).

My Monday's Mother's Day Card must have influenced my early planning for this occasion :). Not only that! Since I already had some Clear Scraps and Stampendous supplies on my desk (see my Monday's post for the blog hop details), I threw them in as well.

The technique used on my card was inspired by this awesome chic treat bag made by my talented teammie Angela Ploegman.

My FIL is a man of many talents and that includes writing novels, playing music and painting. He has a beautiful and a very creative heart :).

Supplies I used:

Adhesive Sheets, MyStik® Permanent Strips, Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2" from Home & Hobby by 3L®, Gold Creative Photo Corners, E-Z Stars® Refillable Runner (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®).

Other supplies used:
Papers - Authentique Song 12x12" (Harmony collection)
Stamps: Stampendous Mixed Media Cling Rubber Musical Motif, Cling Live Creatively
Embossing powder - Stampendous Gold Detail Embossing Powder
Inks: Jet Black StazOn Mini (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger Ink), clear embossing ink
Acrylic sheet - from Clear Scraps Mixable Lovely 5.75 x 7 Album
Ribbon - May Arts
Alpha Stickers - K&Co
Gold leafing

I'd love to know what you think! Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments!

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Above and Beyond for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

Hello lovely Peeps! Apologies for keeping so quiet... I've been under the weather again...:( So, just a quick post today to let you know that today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® I'm sharing a card tutorial for this vintage masculine make.

The card will be going to a keen astronomer and an amateur astro-photographer so I thought the starry background was quite fitting :).

Supplies:

Using E-Z Stars® Refillable Runner, Gold Pigment Powder (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®), Crafty Foam Tape - Black, Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix, Black 3D Foam Squares - Small, 3D Foam Stars

Other supplies:
Paper: Prima Marketing - Cartographer Collection
Stamps: Stampendous Soaring Sentiments Perfectly Clear Stamps Set
Inks: Black Archival and Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger Ink)
Dies: Sizzix BIGZ Tim Holtz Vintage Cabinet
Twine: May Arts

I'd love it if you found a moment to check out my tutorial :).

Thank you so much for popping in and your lovely comments letting me know you've been.

Sending you big crafty hugs...




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I am entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

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