April's Build-A-Page is Here!

For April's sketch Anam brings us very cool layout which incorporates lots of white space. A few sweet photos are grounded with fancy strips (think lace, punched paper strips, buttons, flowers, etc) and some gorgeous large embellishment areas, as well as a stunning title space. This layout is perfect for before and after Easter Dress-Up shots, a series of coloring eggs with your kids...or any number of spring-time themes! Are you inspired yet?

Inspired by the sketch this month? Then we invite you to submit your project based on this sketch to our Prima Contest Gallery. All entries must be Prima-based and be submitted by April 30th. A winner will be chosen the first week of May.

There are so many GORGEOUS ways to interpret this sketch. Feel free to sit back and enjoy the pages our talented team has done-all based on this month's versatile BAP!

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Caroline Ikeji uses a gorgeous strip of wedding photos mounted on boldly-colored paper for a stunning effect with this month's BAP! A few select Tea and Winter roses add touches of elegance and sophistication to the lovely design. Notice the 3-d Lenticular black letters by Prima that change design as you turn the layout!

Supplies: Lenticular black Letter Stickers 536657, Jelly Stickers 536565, Winter Roses 537548, Tea Roses 537487, Lilliput White Flower 537685, Pink Fairytale Rose 538637, Pastiche papers 841188, 841201, Raspberry Tea papers 841256, 841249, Watercolor Rainbow paper 841300

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Christiane Muller pops her page by cutting out gorgeous Prima paper designs and framing her sweet photos with them. A few touches of patterned flowers popped up, a bit of burlap and pearled lace add a great variety of texture to the design.

Supplies: Strawberry Kisses patterned paper 841423, 841447, Strawberry Kisses Flowers 539757, Lace 537258

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Jo-Anne te Raa Chater uses a lot of white space to pop her crochet photos on her BAP! Rows of patterned papers are scrunched and stitched for an adorable ruffled effect. Finish off with a cluster of sweet Cameo Roses and hand-written journaling to balance the page. 

Supplies: patterned papers: Strawberry Kisses 841423, Shabby Chic 841119, Watercolor Rainbow 841317, Cameo Roses 538675, letters 537432

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Janine Koczwara flipped the sketch to fit her adorable baby boy photos all centered in the middle while bright-colored Prima blooms and delightful papers add lots of energy to the page. Glittery letter stickers and shapes add that perfect sparkle to this amazing page.

Supplies: 841218  Pastiche Paper – Heartstrings, 841287  Watercolor Rainbow Paper – Tropical Lagoon, 841416  Strawberry Kisses Paper – Cherry Blossom, 536756  Cardstock Stickers – Umbrella, 536817  Pebbles – Umbrella, 539825  Essentials – Umbrella, 539801  Umbrella Flowers, 539856  Watercolor Rainbow Flowers, 538019  Pearl Panache – Yellow, 537944  Pearl Panache, 536954  Devines, 534151  Sprites - Blue

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A gorgeous stamped background (complete with a gate key) and Say It In Pearls swirl add lots of dimension to this gorgeous layout by Ingvild Bolme. Cut patterned papers and beautiful Belle Arte patterned roses add a touch of richness to the lovely design surrounding those stunning photos.

Supplies: Pastiche paper 841171, 841201; Belle Arte roses 539320, 539283; SIIC wildflower 535872

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Spring Fever has hit with this soft and stunning layout by Jaime Warren. Punched paper strips and delicate flowers add the perfect touches to this beautiful page, while a touch of crystal swirls add sparkle, and a page pebble adds dimension.

Supplies: Pebbles - 655350, Melange Flowers - 537579, Shabby Chic Flowers - 539948, Raspberry Tea -Blueberry Pie PP - 841256, Shabby Chic-Apricot Tree PP - 841119, Shabby Chic-My Lovely PP - 841126, SIIC swirl 535827

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Amy Parker adds an extra photo to her main photo area while balancing it all out with a few well-chosen flowers and a delightful punched edge. The flower add lots of fun dimension while the velvet leaves and tiny roses fill in areas to create a garden-like effect.

Supplies: Paradise City Island Beauty paper #840792, Paradise City Fruity Jungle paper #840747, Wink First Love paper #841003, Shabby Chic Morning Poetry sticker #841140 (butterfly), Shabby Chic Majestic Breeze sticker #841157 (moth), Madrigal pink flower 540135, leaves 532130, Parlor petal flower 531447, Fairytale Rose 538668

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Joei Lau features wonderful photos of her son on this texture-filled layout. Felt Voila and a stamped frame add lots of extra dimension. Joei even cut a "butterfly" out of a long strip of felt Devine for an accent. Spray the white felt with coloring sprays to customize them.

Supplies: Shabby Chic Collection, My Lovely #841126, Raspberry Tea Collection, Blueberry pie #841256, DeVines felt (butterfly is cut from it) #655359, Flights of Fancy Collection # 841508, Flowers: Belle Arte Roselle #655350, Madrigal Blossom While Librett #540128

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Comments

[jennifer]

wow it's very very beautiful

[Misty Willis]

Gorgeous sketch and samples from the designers!

[Wendy Kwok]

gorgeous inspiration from the DT. love all your take on the sketches.. I can stare and stare at each masterpiece forever. Love this sketch

[Carole Stirrat]

Oh my Lord, these are amazingly stunning!! Thank you!!

[Lynn]

Great sketch thanks :)
Love all the DT creations that have been inspired by it!

[Bonnie]

WOW, I love the depth and contrasts of Christiane Muller's layout. . . outstanding

[Cris Cunningham]

WOW - these are stunning interpretations of the sketch. Love them all!

[Kelly Massman]

Wow! Great inspiration. I uploaded an entry. How do I know it was received...? First entry here!

[bernadette]

very beautiful layout! thank you!

[Monique Nicole Fox]

Here is my take of the sketch:

http://living-in-the-positive.blogspot.com/2010/04/primas-april-build-page-and-my-layout.html

[janis]

here's mine:

http://thereluctantscrapper.blogspot.com/2010/04/first-time-to-play-along.html

[sonia bortolin]

Very beautiful!!!