Donna-Marie's Designs

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Hi Folks

I thought I would share my play time today.

I spent the last three days with my head stuffed in books and journals and desperately needed to do something creative today.

 
I got a new die from Sizzix and was totally inspired by my recent trip to a Haute Couture Flower Shop in Paris.  They make flowers for all the top designers!!  Gorgeous stuff...their newest flowers they showed us were made from plastic...well I got to thinking that maybe I could play around and make something pretty :-)

Here is the die I used

 
The great thing about Sizzix is that it cuts plastic.  I cut the flowers pieces from clear plastic and colored them with my alcohol inks...remember those?

I then used my heating tool and warmed the plastic pieces then used my foam pad and hammer head to shape the plastic while it was warm...it cools and hardens pretty quickly so work fast.

 
The curved hammer end was perfect for the center of the flower!!

 
They kind of look like stained glass, they would make great sun catchers...so many colors so little time.

I cut four flower shapes and layered them on top of each other.  I used my Cropadile to punch holes in the center for my brads to hold them all together.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to have some fun today!!

All the products I use can be purchased at

Wholly Scrap!

Here are some pics from my Parisian Trip to Legeron (flower making shop).

 
The man to the left is Bruno the owner, he is the fourth generation to continue the company!  He told us that he does not have any heirs...hello I raise my hand and offered right away, he laughed but I was very serious...we shall see??

 
Beautiful, all leather made for Dior!

 
The was the plastic one that inspired me, I know mine does not even come close, but it is nice to dream...

 
They showed us something in the works for Tom Ford!!  Tom Ford for those of you who do not know is the head designer for Gucci and recently YSL...yikes!!

DREAM........

 

Peace Out

 

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Guess who decided to blogtoday LOL

I have been so busy with Grad School and teaching that I have not had time to sleep.

However, I just returned from a two week stay in Paris.  My colleague and I took 15 students to Paris to study the culture and fashion...what a trip!!!

Of course I had to create a little sumpin sumpin to commemorate my journey!

I have two, yes I said two, projects to show

The first is a book I made during one of the snow storm days.  I was inspired and all I had (yeah right) was paper, chipboard,glue and some flowers (Prima of course) LOL

This book was totally made, from paper, chipboard and glue...

 
 
I made the binding quite large to accommodate my 3D images inside the book.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I will be teaching at

Wholly Scrap!

how to make this book on March 26.  This will be an all day class with lunch included.  The class will include how to make the book from scratch and some of the embellishments...like the flowers and pockets.  I will be using the same paper, Graphic 45!

My next project...

 
I had a ton of extra photos left over from my book and needed a fun way to display the whole lot of them...and then this 7 Gypsies Tray was my inspiration.

It is a library tray, new to the 7 Gypsies Line.  I added Tim Holtz feet, paper, stickers, flowers and embellishments from my stash!

 
What a great way to store/display all those extra photos you can not scrap or maybe they are waiting to be scrapped!!

The extra space at the front allows room for small souvenirs
awesome!!!

Here are a few more photos...

 

This card was made using chipboard, paint, and a Tim Holtz edge die for the decorative top edge.
 
I added some fun pockets out of glassine bags.

 
This tray holds 4x6 photos perfectly!!  I have loads of photos in this tray and it is not even close to being full!

I will also be teaching this as a class on March 13th. at Wholly Scrap!  It will include the tray, cards, and embellishments, pretty close to what you see here (except for my personal souvenirs)!

I hope these items inspire you to make something beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Peace