More Than Just Beauty

Hi everyone!  Today I have a layout to share that I made with Donna Salazar's Natural Beauty collection.

These chipboard alpha stickers, also designed by Donna, coordinate with this gorgeous collection.  They are available in three colors - pink, white and blue.

I stamped Donna's chicken wire stamp onto random areas of my layout.

The ivory and pink flowers are made by Green Tara.  The smaller green flowers are handmade from Donna's Bitty Blossoms dies.  The lovely pearl flourish is manufactured by Zva Creative.

To create this brick texture I used Donna's brick stencil by Want2Scrap and a mixture of Natural Sand medium and brown paint.

 The white flower die cuts were cut from mulberry paper from Donna's Mix'd Media Stax 2.  I used her Rose Creations dies to cut the flowers and added a brad to the center.

 Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a lovely day!
Take a peek at the product list below to see which items can be purchased in my store.  :o)

(**Products can be purchased in my shop.)

Paper:

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Natural Beauty - Flying Free

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Natural Beauty - Green Burlap

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Natural Beauty - Wall Vines

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Natural Beauty - Teal Burlap

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Natural Beauty - Soaring

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Mix’d Media Stax 2

Chipboard:

**The Dusty Attic: Cyclone Wire DA0737

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Chipboard Alphas

Flowers:

Green Tara: Sakura 5cm Silk and Pearl Flowers Ivory (XF9221Iv)

Green Tara: Pale Pink Roses 2 cm (FDR006PP)

Green Tara: 2cm Rose Pale Pink (FDR009PP)

Green Tara: Heirloom 4cm Silk and Organza Dusky Pink (XF9317DP)

Green Tara: Organza Pearl Flowers 3cm Ivory (XF5034Iv72)

Lace/Ribbon:

Green Tara: 9mm Twisted Organza Pearl Antique Pink Ivory (RB6715API)                  

Pearls:

Zva Creative: CRB-06CA-124      

Stamps:

Art Gone Wild: Donna Salazar Designs - Chicken Wire

Ink:

**Clearsnap: Mix’d Media Inx - Truffle

Paint:

Folk Art: Mushroom

Adirondack: Salmon

Medium:

Liquitex: Natural Sand

Masks/Stencils:

Want2Scrap: Donna Salazar Designs - Brick Wall

Punches:

EK Success: Swiss Cheese

EK Success: Binding Edge

Dies:

**Spellbinders: Bitty Blossoms

**Spellbinders: Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Spellbinders: Grand Calibur

Adhesive:

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Beacon: 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Helmar: Zap Dots

Sketch:

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Little Miss

Hi everyone!  This is a spring layout I made using Pion Design's Fairytale of Spring collection.  I've used this collection many times already and I never get tired of it!  I love how the different paper collections can be mixed and matched as well.  

The photo is of my baby girl... although she's not much of a baby anymore.  :o(  She is seven now (going on 25) and becoming a beautiful young lady!

Most of the flowers are made by Prima, and the small lime roses are by Zva Creative.  The small grass clusters are chipboard elements by The Dusty Attic.

The Leafy Flourish chippie was painted and then covered with Clear Crackle Varnish by The Dusty Attic.  After the varnish dried, I dabbed white paint to the surface to accent the cracks.  All of the chipboard elements and the Crackle Varnish can be purchased HERE.
The stunning green bling is by Zva Creative.  I altered the background paper using paint and a script stamp by Donna Salazar.

I overlapped my chipboard letters to create the simple title.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful week!

Take a peek at the product list below to see which items can be purchased in my store.  :o)

(**Products can be purchased in my shop.)
Paper:
**Pion Design: Fairytale of Spring - Lily of the Valley
**Pion Design: Fairytale of Spring - Tags
**Pion Design: Fairytale of Spring - Cherry Blossom
**Pion Design: Fairytale of Spring - Tulip Bud
Chipboard:
**The Dusty Attic: Grass Clusters #1 DA0660
**The Dusty Attic: Leafy Flourish #2 DA0874
**The Dusty Attic: Grass Clusters #2 DA0866
**The Dusty Attic: Mini Grass Clusters #2 DA0867
**The Dusty Attic: Typewriter ABC Set DA0143
Flowers:
Prima Marketing: Fairytale Roses - Coral
Prima Marketing: Delightful Day - Starshore
Prima Marketing: Mini Bouquet - Simone
Prima Marketing: Madrigal Blossom Maestro Mauve
Prima Marketing: Calcutta Leaves Forest
Prima Marketing: Cameo Roses - White
Zva Creative: FLBK-03CB-105 12mm Lime Mini Roses
Bling:
Zva Creative: CRB-05CA-106        
Stamps:
Art Gone Wild: Donna Salazar Designs - All My Love
Ink:
**Clearsnap: Mix’d Media Inx - Truffle
Color:
Lindy’s Stamp Gang: Cadbury Milk Chocolate Brown
Paint:
Folk Art: Basil Green
Adirondack: Salmon
Medium:
Liquitex: Natural Sand
**The Dusty Attic: Clear Crackle Varnish
Masks/Stencils:
The Crafter’s Workshop: Mini Art Is
Punches:
Martha Stewart Crafts: Flourish Lace
Fiskars: Apron Lace

Adhesive:

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Beacon: 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Helmar: Zap Dots

Sketch:

Page Drafts

Zva Creative April DT Blog Hop

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our April blog hop! We are excited and happy you are joining us and look forward to sharing our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's Facebook Page! Be sure to head on over to check it out! You will also find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way). 

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

Here is what I created using gorgeous Zva Creative bling in shades of purple!

For this layout, I used papers Alma's Sewing Room collection by Pion Design.  The lovely plum/purple tones worked well with the beautiful bling.

Do you not love these flourishes?!  Both the designs and colors are stunning!

The background was altered sing Natural Sand medium by Liquitex mixed with paint.  I used a stencil to add the elegant, textured script.

The floral clusters are made up of a variety of beautiful Prima flowers in various shades of purple.  

I used two different designs by Zva Creative to create this corner flourish.  I love the versatility of Zva's bling!

The chipboard elements are made by the Dusty Attic.  They were painted, misted and inked to match.

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, April 29^th, and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, April 30^th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 1^st on Zva Creative's Facebook Page. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  

To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already follow us there!

 The blog hop begins at Zva Creative's Facebook Page. 

Your next stop is Lisa Somerville. 

Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on May 27^th for our next Zva blog hop!

Paper:
Pion Design: Alma’s Sewing Room - Purple Wallpaper PD3407

Pion Design: Alma’s Sewing Room - Purple Rose PD3404

Pion Design: Alma’s Sewing Room - Borders PD3410

Pion Design: Alma’s Sewing Room - Purple Room PD3401

Chipboard:

**The Dusty Attic: Elegant Frames DA0869

Flowers:

Prima Marketing: Innoscence Collection

Prima Marketing: Delightful Day - Twilight

Prima Marketing: Cameo Roses - Heather

Prima Marketing: Fairytale Roses- Purple

Prima Marketing: Allure Aurora

Bling:

Zva Creative: CRB-05CB-120

Zva Creative: CRB-06CA-109

Ink:

Clearsnap: Mix’d Media Inx - Stormy

Color:

Lindy’s Stamp Gang: Passionate Plum

Paint:

Folk Art: Light Gray

Medium:

Liquitex: Natural Sand

Masks/Stencils:

The Crafter’s Workshop: Mini Art Is

Punches:

Martha Stewart Crafts: Cherish

Martha Stewart Crafts: Doily Lace

Martha Stewart Crafts: Flourish Lace

Tools/Machines:

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Adhesive:

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Beacon: 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Helmar: Zap Dots

Be Free

Hi everyone!  This is a layout I made using Pion Design's Forget Me Not collection.  It is an earlier collection, but still one of my faves!  You can purchase these papers HERE.
I altered the background of this layout with green & white paint and ink splatters.

The printed title letters were designed by Donna Salazar.  They have adhesive backing and are very easy to alter.

... a gorgeous collection of Prima flowers.  They are earlier designs, but Prima flowers never get old!

All of the hand-stitching was done by hand using embroidery floss.

The chipboard elements on this layout are manufactured by The Dusty Attic and can be purchased HERE.  I altered these pieces with ink and dabs of white paint.

Thanks for visiting me today!

Take a peek at the product list below to see which items can be purchased in my store.  :o)

(**Products can be purchased in my shop.)

Paper:

**Pion Design: Forget Me Not - Year 1939 PD104

**Pion Design: Forget Me Not - Melody of Memories PD106

**Pion Design: Forget Me Not - Precious PD103

**Pion Design: Forget Me Not - Forget Me Not PD101

Chipboard:

**The Dusty Attic: Elegant Flourish Small DA0878

**The Dusty Attic: Scroll #10 DA0762

**GCD Studios: Donna Salazar Designs - Chipboard Alphas

Flowers:

Prima Marketing: Innoscence Collection

Prima Marketing: Delightful Day - Starshore

Prima Marketing: Eminence Collection

Prima Marketing: Fairytale Roses - Buttercup

Ink:

**Clearsnap: Mix’d Media Inx - Truffle

Color:

Lindy’s Stamp Gang: Cadbury Milk Chocolate Brown

Paint:

Adirondack: Willow

Punches:

Martha Stewart Crafts: Cherish

EK Success: Binding Edge

Dies:

Spellbinders: Lacey Squares

Spellbinders: Lacey Ovals

Tools/Machines:

Spellbinders: Grand Calibur

Adhesive:

Art Glitter: Designer Dries Clear Adhesive

Beacon: 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Helmar: Zap Dots