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The Last Day!

Thursday, Dec 23rd, 2010

Welcome to the

Donna Salazar Designs

Twelve Days of Christmas

Blog Hop!!

This is DAY 12 of the Hop.

Each day from now until Christmas, the Donna Salazar Designs Design Team will be sharing holiday ideas using products from Donna Salazar Designs and our partners, Zutter, Clearsnap, GCD, and Spellbinders. We'll also be announcing and sharing some of Donna Salazar Designs' newest products, set to release at the Winter Craft & Hobby Association Show in Los Angeles in January 2011.

Each day, visit the Design Team Members' Blogs listed below to see what inspiring holiday ideas they are sharing. Leave a comment on their blog post to be entered to win a prize!!! On December 24th, Mrs. Claus (aka Donna) will be announcing the winners. It's certainly going to be a crafty Christmas this year!

Dec 23rd – Day 12
Jennifer Priest — http://hydrangeahippo.blogspot.com
Tammy Inman — http://tammyi.com

Today Tammy and I are sharing how to use Colorbox inkpads with Donna Salazar Designs products.I created this tag using several ColorBox and Clearsnap products: Smooch, ColorBox Chalk Ink, Embossing Powder, and ColorBox Pigment Ink.

Supplies:

Stamp – Donna Salazar Designs

Paper – Donna Salazar Designs, Pink Paislee, Sassafras Lass

Punches – Martha Stewart, EK Success

Ink – ColorBox and Clearsnap

Embossing Powder – Clearsnap

Ribbon, Twine – hydrangeahippo.etsy.com

Stamp the Partidge In A Pear Tree stamp on the Donna Salazar Artistic Paper using ColorBox Silver Pigment Ink.

Sprinkle the image with embossing powder–the nice thing about pigment inks is that they have a nice, opaque color but are tacky so embossing powders stick well to them.

Heat emboss the image of the tree using a Heat Gun.

Using a ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink Cat's Eye in Lime Pastel, dab “leaves” onto the tree. The shape of the ink pad is leaf-like so it is a nice touch.

Paint the leaves with a light color of Smooch.

Dab on a dot of a darker green Smooch on a few of the leaves and then paint over it with the light Smooch again. This will blend the two colors for a more organic feeling leaf.

Paint the tree trunk and branches with Smooch as well. And paint the Partridge with Smooch in Gold Lame.

Cut a tag from Donna's Weathered Winter paper and add a border along the bottom as well as a string and bow. Cut out the tree and mount with foam adhesive. Add bling, “Merry” sentiment, and punched snowflakes.

Thank you for visiting my blog during the Donna Salazar Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Hop. Don't forget to visit the other blogs on the hop and leave comments to be entered to win.

Happy Holidays!

Author: Jennifer Priest

It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.