December 31, 2011

FREE Creative Jump Starts!

Come join a HUGE line-up of talented artists as they share how they get their creativity going!

This amazing line-up includes Prima's own: Anna Dabrowska, Birgit Koopsen, Donna Downey, Emeline Seet, Jamie Dougherty, Nathalie Kalbach and Sharon Laakkonen!

Creative Jump Start Summit 2012

January is approaching–a month that is full with promises, resolutions and intentions. A month that for many is following lots of holiday celebrations, family gatherings and other end-of-the-year events.

It’s also time to start creating again. But suddenly there it is for some of us: that lost feeling on how to start. Here is the cure

A group of wonderful, inspiring and creative women from around the globe in the scrapbooking and mixed media fields have joined together for the Creative Jump Start Summit 2012. We are coming together to tell you how we get back into the creative groove and how we get our creative juices flowing. We want to share with you to help you jump start your creativity in 2012.

Let me show you who is participating:

Here’s how it works:

1. Throughout January we will share videos, audio or pictures to inspire you –
2. You sign up for a newsletter HERE and, in January 2012, you will receive a link and the password to unlock the view of the daily materials as soon as they go live
3. You watch the presentations and you will be hopefully inspired to be more creative—all for FREE!

So come on—get inspiration from some of the most creative people in the community!

What are you waiting for? (Did we mention it’s FREE?)

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December 30, 2011

Happy New Year With Heidi Kelley

The year has come to an end but Heidi Kelley's amazing work sure hasn't. She has brought us some amazing mixed media loveliness.

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Aaaaah, the color of winter! Creams, whites, golds, and all that glitters... I find myself drinking in the beauty everywhere I go. The snow sparkles, my children twinkle, and the promises of a New Year has me waiting in anticipation. Today I thought I would show you my take in the winter palette, and this layout featuring my daughter, Sarenna, comes first!

While most of the paper within the Pixie Glen collection is pastel colored, I sought out to find the neutral colors. Fussy cutting lots of little details, I framed out her face, and added layers within her hair. I also added some "earrings" from the paper, for additional whimsy! Using paints, molding paste, and lots of other delicious Prima details like the flocked embellies (snowflakes here), shabby chic treasures, and trinkets, I built lots of layers that you can see up close in these pics.

Of All Nature's Gifts Supply List:

Pixie Glen Paper #843632
Ledger Paper #843748
Cotton Tape #550813
Shabby Chic Treasures #890759
Flocked Rub-ons #550851
Angelica Rose #546366

Also using this palette (with the addition of a few pale hues), I decided to alter a notebook cover, for random thoughts, quotes, and memories of the upcoming new year! Loaded with texture, I built the base of the cover using Resistant Canvas, using pops of color here and there.

Shine This Season Supply List:
Supplies used:

North Country Collection "Snow Fall" #843298
Bretton Vines Parchment #552664
Sherwood Rose Truffle #552688
Coiled Pearls Emily #552442
SIIC Borders Botanical #544478
Cotton Tape #550790
Resistant Canvas #551643
SIIC #551490

And finally, a glammed up jewelry tree made with more of the gold tones.

Bought at a local craft store, she was nearly naked... and we can't have that, now can we? Her gown is created with Prima flowers, bling, stamped cotton tape, and lots of Prima edgings! My heat gun got a work out here, but she finally looks ready to hold some of my treasured jewelry for the New Year!

Jewelry Tree Supply List:

Printery Coventry Rose #553296
Be Charmed Gilden Flower #553371
Avon Rose North Country #552473
Splendor Leaves #553609
Tiny Treasures #550691
Ornamental Edgings #550455
Gold Ornamental Edgings#550462
Twill Black Ornamental Edging #550479
Tassel Gold Ornamental Edging #550493
Writer's Tape #550790
Alla Prima Mounted Stamp Set #551094
Romantique Mounted Stamp Set #551063
Say It In Crystals #541163
splendor Leaves-Winter #553609

Wishing you and yours an exciting, amazing, New Year!!
xx Heidi

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December 29, 2011

Lovely Layouts with Anna-Maria Wolniak

Hello everybody. Today Anna-Maria Wolniak would like to share a few of her beautiful layouts with you. Sharing some of the steps she takes in creating these wonderful pieces.

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Welcome,

It has been a long time since I last blogged here. Since I was presenter as Prima Marketing new designer I have had no time to share with you my inspirations and ideas of how to use PM merchandise. All that time has passed in the blink of an eye and suddenly it is already the end of the year! I would like to show you four of my works inspired by the autumnal weather.

The first layout is perversely called "fall & love"; I decided to frame this wonderful photo into my favourite colours of the season, namely grey and massicot (ochre). In this work, apart from glimmer mists, masks and watercolours, I employed strong and invasive accents in the form of a huge, grey flower adorned with feathers and small shimmering crystals, along with the felt mustard leaves. Both the leaves painted with watercolours and the canvas flowers are the subtler accents of the work.

FALL & LOVE

Supplies Used:

843021- Sweet Fairy Collection- Wind Chimes
843335- Alla Prima Collection- Composition
544836- Alphas
550813- Writers Tape-Cotton
551612- Printery- Resistant Canvas
882150- Edge Masks
550028- 8x8 Masks
553210- Gemini-Twilight
553647- Vermont-Orce

You may be already aqcuainted with my second work as it was included in the September PPP - i.e. the brown colour palette.

I intended to transfer the glimmering lights of the city from the photo onto the base paper. I managed to do this with the help of many crystals of various colours and quality, some accents in the form of golden buttons and a long, meaningful title. As usual, paint is an obligatory part of my work.

WHEN WE FIRST MET, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WOULD BE SO...

Supplies Used:

843458- Romantique Collection-Hedgerow
843410- Romantique Collection-Orchard
843526- Printery Collection-Page 4
843489- Printery Collection- Emperor
544836- Alphas
550066- Alphas
551650- Londonerry-Resistant Canvas
548803- Melody- Love Note Collection
550790- Writers Tape-Khaki
544362- Arco Flowers
551414- Say It In Crystals
551384- Say It In Crystals
and three diffirent buttons

Speaking of paint (I am aware that I am unusually prolific today, but I just want to make the most of this post), I would like to introduce my third layout to you - - where the first fiddle is played precisely by paint. The minimum of papers, restraint in the use of ornaments and, at the same time, colour madness - this is my suggestion for grey, cloudy days of autumn.

Fresh & Easy

(this layout was inspired by Tara's Anderson work)

Supplies Used:

843083- Sweet Fairy Collection-Rosebud
843113- Londonerry Collection-Finick Finack
843151- Londonerry Collection- Bradshaw
551636- Resistant Canvas- Romantique
550035- 8x8 masks
551124- Reflections- Londonerry
553357- Cartier
552374- Miss Kate- Foxy

And the last one, the same recipe: the minimum of papers, restraint in the use of ornaments and colour softness - this is an excellent method for linking feelings binding a mother and daughter.

YOU AUTOCOMPLETE ME

Supplies Used:

843168- Pixie Glen Collection- Window View
843199- Pixie Glen Collection- Chip-a-Twitter
843236- Pixie Glen Collection- Dartmoor
544324- Alphas
550097- Alphas
882150- Border Masks
550875- Flocked Rub-Ons- Londonerry
550837- Flocked Rub-Ons- Alla Prima
551322- Say It In Crystals
551346- Say It In Crystals
551353- Say It In Crystals
546151- Eminence Collection
552534- Essentials 11- Pixie Glen
553319- Coventry Rose- Pixie Glen

Here are a few of my holiday layouts. I hope you enjoy.

Supplies Used:

842277-Meadowlark- Reflections Collection
843274- North Country Collection- Icicles
843311- North Country Collection- Glacier Roads
544249- Alphas
551155- Reflections- North Country
550851- Flocked Rub-Ons- North Country
551254- Chipboard- North Country
551414- Say It In Crystals
551384- Say It In Crystals
551445- Say It In Crystals

Supplies Used:

843281- North Country Collection- Forest Notes
843144- Londonerry Collection- Manor House
551117- Reflections Alla Prima
551605- Resistant Canvas- North Country
551254- North COuntry- Chipboard
544232- Alphas
550851- Flocked Rub-Ons- North Country
544478- Say It In Crystals
551360- Say It In Crystals
544263- Say It In Crystals
551490- Say It In Crystals

Supplies Used:

843311- North Country Collection- Glacier Roads
553836
551605- Resistant Canvas- North COuntry
551254- Chipboard- North Country
544249- Alphas
550127- Alphas

Thank you for the time spent together and see you soon on PM website!

Anna-Maria

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December 28, 2011

It's "How To" Day with Janine Koczwara

Hi it's Janine Koczwara here again, who is currently enjoying the warm sunshine of an Australian Summer!! I am very envious of all of you that got to experience the magic of a white Christmas this year! It is my dream to enjoy that experience one day, but in the meantime I will enjoy the hot sunny days Adelaide has on offer at the moment! I trust that you all had a fabulous Christmas with family and friends.

I am bringing two quite different projects to show you today! I always love layers on my pages, it is how I find I can add interest and detail to my work and I just love the look of it! In this first project I have gone to town with the new Prima Distress Tool (my new best friend) to create a very shabby vintage feel to my layout.

In the creation of this project I also had a lot of fun using Rangers Tim Holtz distress ink and a Prima Mask to create the greyish blue, leafy hand-cut layer. As you can see there are so many layers in this project and they are all distressed and shabby, even the photographs and this level of distressing is so easy to achieve with the new Prima Distress Tool. You can see how this layout was constructed in the video below.

PRODUCTS USED

842765 Botanical Collection
843755 12x12 Ledger Paper
8411402 Shabby Chic Collection - Morning Poetry
545659 Mask
551223 Chipboard Stickers Romantique
551087 Cling Stamps
550066 Alphabet Stickers
544249 Alphabet Stickers
523725 Essentials #4
890841 Shabby Chic Treasures
890858 Shabby Chic Treasures
PE067D101 Limited Edition Roses
PE 06738 Limited Edition Roses
539504 Primrosa Flower
536350 Clear Stamps
890940 Comfort Craft Distress Tool
890964 Comfort Craft Knife

Now onto a step by step for my second project that focuses on the design elements rather than a lot of techniques to create this elegant page. Getting the design of a page right is extremely important to the overal effectiveness of the Layout. The design started around the hand cut sprawling vine paper, it provides movement in the layout and draws your eye around the page.

PRODUCTS USED:

843540 - Printery Collection - Love Ledger
843526 - Printery Collection - Page Four
843557 - Printery Collection - Folio
843519 - Printery Collection - Signature
551247 - Printery Chipboard Pieces
890742 - Shabby Chic Resin Treasures
544225 - Alphabet Chipboard - Black
543761 - Orchard Mix - Dewdrop
538637 - Fairytale Roses
539504 - Primrosa
538675 - Cameo Roses
540456 - Mulberry Rose Leaves
545482 - Alencon Lace
Prima Velvet Ribbon
Special Edition Gypsophillia, Small Roses and White natural flowers

Other Products Needed:

Martha Stewart Around the Page Punch
Tim Holts Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
Ranger Glossy Accents
Distress Ink Tool
Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmermist - Cotton Candy

Step 1 - Carefully cut around the patterned paper and trim it back as shown on the LH side, so that it can sit above other elements on your page. The new Prima Craft Knife is perfect for this step.

Step 2 - Use the Martha Stewart around the page punch to create a decorative edge around your page, Ink edges and stick down onto the black paper.

Step 3 - From the paper that has several distinct areas on it, cut out the long black damask floral part. Punch across the top edge. Ink edges.

Step 4 - Cut a strip from the cream left over part of the paper the first cut out came from and punc across one side, ink edged and stick down as shown below.

Step 5 - Add the two layers of ribbon as shown.

Step 6 - Arrange the handcut edge and the strip across the page and stick down.

Step 7 - Cut another section from the patterned paper, the bordered ledger part. Ink edges and stick down just above the top of the punched edge.

Step 8 - Glimmermist 2 small roses and one fo the white flowers to the delicate pink colour.

Step 9 - Add your photos, chipboard and floral embellishments and finally your title to finish off the page. I have printed part of the title onto transparency, cut around it and stuck down with Ranger Glossy Accents. I used Porcelain font downloaded from the internet.

By placing the emphasis on the large deep pink flower, deep pink velvet ribbon and the deep pink in the colour photograph, a trio of accents has been created to make the whole page pop.

Sizing of flowers is crucial in making a floral cluster work effectively. Always start with your largest flower/s and work downward in size from there, adding small sprays and leaves as the last touch as this is the best way to ensure balance in both design and color compsition to the cluster.

The small cluster provides balance to the larger cluster and also helps in creating part of a visual triangle in the design of the LO.

I hope you have enjoyed these tutorials and projects today while having a wonderful festive season between Christmas and New Years!

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December 27, 2011

3 more classes for December on Live with Prima!

This week, we have 3 classes on the schedule, including an International show with Trisha Ladouceur. Drew is altering a mask using art mediums and Prima products to create a grungy look, for this one of kind project. Trisha is going to show you how to create a custom mini book using canvas refill pages and adorning them with Prima's Printery collection. These pages are filled with great ideas, such as sweet little fold outs, custom tags and more. Then Cari will finish off the week with a custom made crown! This grogeous project can be worn just in time for New Years or to display in your home, to add a touch of whimsy to your decor.

Join us on our Prima channel to see the classes live! And every show is recorded and archived, on the same channel. You can also watch the shows from our Facebook Fan page or our Live with Prima website. If you would like to participate in our live chats that take place during every show, create a free login on ustream.com, go to our channel and start typing in the chat box! You can ask the instructors questions, meet other viewers from all over the world and chat with our moderators.

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Grungy Mask with Drew Scott

Tuesday, December 27^th at 5:00pm PT/ 6:00pm MT/ 7:00pm CT/ 8:00pm ET/ 12-28 1:00am GMT/ 12:00pm Sydney

Masquerade around the town in style! Join teen instructor, Drew Scott, as he creates a one of kind mask using Prima lace and Vintage buttons with a mix of art mediums to achieve a unique look.

Prima Product :

551414-Say It In Crystals
548759-Love Letters Flowers Moulin Rouge
552695-Sherwood Roses
550431-Vintage Buttons
545413-Alencon Lace (1 Yard)

Extra Materials:

Gesso
Assorted Glimmer Mists
Gel Medium-Glass Bead and Regular
Wooden Mask
Wood Dowel
Heat Gun

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International Show with Trisha Ladouceur

Wednesday, December 28^th at 11:00am PT/ 2:00pm ET/ 7:00pm GMT

Using the timeless "Printery" collection of papers and coordinating embellishments, Trisha will guide you through this beautiful mini album designed to showcase your cherished memories from 2011. This album is bursting with flips, flaps and pockets galore perfect for storing additional trinkets and treasures that help to tell your story. Set your tactile senses on fire as you finish it off with a plethora of beautiful Prima flowers, crystals and trim and set it out to be admired and cherished for many years to come.

843489-Printery "Emperor"
843496-Printery "Pressman"
843502-Printery "Negative"
843519-Printery "Signature"
843526-Printery "Page 4"
843533-Printery "Monogram"
843540-Printery "Love Ledger"
843557-Printery "Folio'
551308 -Art Tiles- Printery
544225- Alphabet Stickers OR
531171-Alphabet Stickers- Black
552527-Essentials- Printery
553296-Coventry Rose- Printery
552480-Avon Rose Printery
551414-SIIC
920838-DD 4X6 Canvas Refill Pages
550455-Black and Cream Ric Rac
550479-Printed Twill
550516-Cream Fancy Ric Ric trim
550592-SIIC Swirl

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Paper Crown with Cari Fennell

Thursday, December 29^th at 6:30pm PT/ 7:30pm MT/ 8:30pm CT/ 9:30pm ET/ 12-30 2:30am GMT/ 1:30pm Sydney

Join Cari for this amazing class, to create something unique and beautiful! I will show you how to put together a gorgeous Prima crown fit for a queen. This project can be made for a special friend or to display in your home. We will have so much fun creating this project together!