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Fantabulous Flower Feature

Today is the last day of April and we thought we would end it with a bang. We have a few projects that will blow you away,flowers that will entice you, and designs that will encourage you to create.

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This precious layout was created by Maiko Kosugi. Her layers support her stunning photo. Maiko uses soft color tones so that her photo isn't over powered by the pages.

Supplies

• # 844219 Sun Kiss Collection Shady Nook
• # 844196 Sun Kiss Collection Bliss
• # 844240 Sun Kiss Collection Lemon Ginger
• # 555603 Button Vine Songbird
• # 554927 Notecards Sun Kiss
• # 554446 Wood Tickets Sun Kiss
• # 554255 Trinkets Songbird
• # 557317 Charlotte Nectar
• # 557034 Lady Godivas Nougat
• # 557577 Pankita Rose Spring Mix
• # 557157 Tivona Rose Small
• # 558642 Merelle Apricot
• # 556952 Tasha Caramel
• # 844424 Ledger 12"x12" Paper Pad
• # 551629 Resistant Canvas - Alla Prima
• # 890858 Metal Treasures - Bird Cages
• # 554347 12"x12" Cardstock Alphabet Stickers Songbird
• # PE-003-87 Cream Green 24 PCS
• # 555221 Trinkets

Emeline Seet has created this awe inspiring scrapbook page. Emiline nestles her lovely black and white photo in a bed of prima flowers. Here is just a bit about Emiline's colors: 

 

I was inclined to use trendy Mint color as the focus and yellow and peach as secondary colors on my page.

I selected similar color flowers, grouped them, and layered them onto paper buntings.

 

Supplies

 

• Cling Mount Stamps  #551087
• Printery Collections Pressman #843496
• Sun Kiss Collection #844240
• Lucerne Flowers # 555818
• Vinetta Fairy Belle #555443
• Corine Collection #548834
• Gallery Rose #533281

This burst of color was dreamt up by Steph Devlin. She brings this rainbow full of Prima on a soft white background. Here is what Steph said about her outstanding project.

For me, color is such an integral part of my creative psyche, what better way of featuring Prima's beautiful blooms than through a high intensity color spectrum. I love rainbows and this presented me with the perfect excuse to dive into my plentiful stash and play with color. I wanted the color of the flowers to seep into the paper somehow, so I just used high pigmented paint and overlapped the core hues. By doing this, secondary color revealed itself, giving even more dimension to the project. (And an excuse for me to use MORE flowers).I used a clean neutral white base as a frame for the spectrum of flowers and added a lot of punching as texture to play off of the different surfaces and textures of the blooms. The trinkets extended the heart's line and hopefully balanced the heaviness of the design at the top of the layout with the bottom title.

Supplies

• 554118 - Pearls & Crystals - Fairy Belle
• 557294 - Charlotte - Lilac
• 557300 - Charlotte - Melon
• 557201  - Trixie - Bright
• 556872  - Trixie - Pastel
• 557034 - Lady Godivas - Nougat
• 557069 - Lady Godivas - Orange Ice
• 557096 - Lady Godivas - Rasberry Ice
• 557072 - Lady Godivas - Grape Ice
• 557065 - Lady Godivas - Limeade
• 556334 - Velvet Rainbow - Summer Mix
• 556358 - Velvet Rainbow - Spring Mix
• 556310 - 556334 - Velvet Rainbow - Brights
• 557652 - Laraine - Blue Lagoon
• 557676 - Laraine - Sorbet
• 557652 - Laraine -  Pearl White
• 542986 - Roses of Spain - Anais
• 555689 - Charme Rose - SunKiss
• 555795 - Charme Rose  - Doodle-Deux
• 555764 - Melisse - Doodle-Deux
• 556891 - Tasha - Gold
• 556921 - Tasha - Teal
• 557997 - Hermosa - Teal
• 554217 - Trinkets - Meadow Lark
• 556662 - Genie Stones - Bright Mix
• 930059 - Vintage Trinkets
• 930004 - Vintage Trinkets
• 930011 - Vintage Trinkets
• 930035 - Vintage Trinkets

The icing on the end of the month is this topiary created by Anne Jo Lexander. She uses a variety of Charme roses to design this bundle of color. Here is info from Anne Jo about her beautiful center piece. 

I love how this center table piece turned out! The mix between the larger roses in the Coventry Garden and the smaller roses in the Charme rose and Avon rose-lines yields the perfect rose tree! Big plus that the colors and patterns in Nature Garden, Almanac, Pixie Glen and Printery mixes well together. And notice the "ground" - it is covered with gillian-flowers.

Supplies

• Charme rose – nature garden 555900, almanac 556235
• Coventry garden – pixie glen 553319, 
• Avon rose – pixie glen 552466, printery 552480
• Gillian – cinder 553029
• Lace

 

Flowers featured in today's post.

  

Merelle       Lucerne        Trixie

Flower Feature Friday

Happy Friday everyone! We have some wonderful layouts to share with you today, as well as some of our gorgeous flowers. We love seeing the variety of styles in our Design Team's work and we hope that they inspire each one of you. 

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This enchanting page was artistically assembled by Stacey Young. She uses a variety of Prima embellishments to design her layers. Here is what she said about creating her page...

"I love working with flowers, layering them, altering them. My layout started out with the metal fence. I wanted it to look like the fence was open and you were stepping into my garden. I wrapped and twisted a vine around the fence and layered the flowers underneath and up my page. I choose flowers in coordinating colours to match the Pixie Glen line I used. The new flowers worked perfectly with this range. That is what I love about Prima, you can mix and match everything from all different collections and releases!"

 

Supplies

• #843632 Pixie Glen A4 paper stack
• #843229 "Cornwall"
• #890858 Shabby Chic Metal Birdcage
• #890773 Shabby Chic Resin Bird
• #890865 Shabby Chic Metal Baroque
• #555610 Pixie Vine Songbird
• #558420 Kennedy Blueberry
• #890766 Shabby Chic Resin Mushrooms
• #557096 Lady Godivas Rasberry ICe
• #556235 Charme Rose
• #556822 Miss Godivas Pebble
• #556303 Velvet Rainbow Dove Grey
• #558147 Cherise Grape Vine
• #558680 Encore Tartan

 

Trina McClune created this fresh crisp design. Her scrapbook page is full of flowers that trail across the page creating the perfect nest for her photos. Here are a few tip from Trina on how she created her page...

Tips:

• Like Karola, I created a base of flat flowers for my LO. I used some of an ‘Essentials’ packets and still have a ton left over!!!!
• Cut your vines up to spread through your LO more.
• Cut the stems off the Charme Roses and then twirl them on an awl to make ‘tendrils’ to put in spaces that need filling.
• The tiny Flutter Bits butterflies are perfect to add further dimension and interest to a LO.

 

Supplies

• 555931  Pixie Vine Nature Garden
• 557031  Lady Godivas Nougat
• 555917  Essential Petals Nature Garden
• 557577  Pankita Rose Spring Mix
• 555467  Charme Rose Fairy Belle
• 556952  Tasha Caramel
• 556327  Velvet Rainbow Naturals
• 921910  Canvas Banners
• 554613  Wooden Clocks
• 550066  Alphabet Stickers
• 555955  Flutter Bits Nature Garden

 

Janine Koczwara has created this eye-catching masterpiece, using the Nature Garden collection and Showcases the Cherise flowers. 

Here is a video by Janine with her how to on building this page.

Supplies

• 950040 Natures Garden Collection Blackthorn 
• 950064 Natures Garden Collection Midsummers Eve
• 950019 Natures Garden Collection  Candelas
• 950002 Natures Garden Collection  Espitit
• 843755 Ledger Paper Pad
• 602406 Paintables
• 950279 Natures Garden Collection Notecards
• 554705 Resist Canvas Fairy Belle
• 554743 Resist Canvas Heart Flowers
• 557331 Charlotte Snow
• 558123 Cherise White
• 558215 Metalique Silver
• 550103 Alphabet Stickers Black
• 544225 Alphabet Stickers Black
• 890933 Comfort Craft Cutting Mat
• 890940 Comfort Craft Distressing Tool
• 890964 Comfort Craft Craft Knife
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• Other Products Used:
• Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
• Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Chalkboard Apricot
• Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Marshmallow
• Windsor Newton Watercolor Irridescent Medium
• Helmar 450 Glue
• Foam Mount tape

 

Flowers used in todays Flower Feature.

  

Pixie Vine      Tasha           Cherise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funky Layout Time on Live with Prima!

We have one more show on the schedule for April with teen instructor, Drew Scott. He has a really fun layout to share with our viewers tonight, using Ruby Violet papers, felt flowers and more! 

Next week, Jamie Dougherty is hosting our Thursday night show, sharing two layouts she created using the brand new Yuki Collection. She is pulling out her Cricut to create custom accents, to add to the whimsical charm of her layout designs.

Go to our website, livewithprima.com to see a complete schedule of classes and all that our program has to offer. And this is the direct link to our Prima channel on ustream: www.ustream.tv/channel/primaflower. We also have a Live with Prima Facebook group, that is open to everyone! It is a great place to ask questions, share projects and stay updated on all of the classes.

We hope you will join us every Thursday night, for our fun and interactive shows!

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 Funky Felt Layout with Drew Scott

Thursday, April 26^th at 6:30pm PT/ 9:30pm PT

4/27 -1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

In this class, teen instructor Drew Scott will teach how to create a funky- fun layout with the new prima felt flowers and ruby violet papers. This will be the perfect project to hang in your teen’s room or recreate with your kids!

 

Prima Products:

• 558505 - Cascade Flowers in Currant
• 557751 - Marcelle Flowers in Overature
• 552923 - Melody Flowers in White
• 940089 - Ruby Violet 6x6 Paper Pad
• 921927 - Canvas Banners
• 891398 - Fluid Chalk Edger in Ladybug

Extra materials:

• Kraft Cardstock-12 x 12
• Black Pen
• Washi Tapes (optional)
• Alphabet
• Glimmer Mist-Coordinating Colors
• Small Paint Brush

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 Whimsical Layouts with Jamie Dougherty

Thursday, May 3rd at 6:30pm PT/ 9:30pm ET

5/4-1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

Looking for some fresh ideas to highlight your spring photos? Join Jamie as she creates two layouts, loaded with whimsical details and fun design elements using the new Yuki collection. 

Prima Products:

• 940942- 2-Yuki Lumber Grove
• 940959- Yuki Peter Cottontail
• 940966- Yuki Classy Felines
• 940973- Yuki Apple Seed
• 940997- Yuki Evening Blossom
• 941000 Liquid Sunshine
• 941086 Yuki Alphas
• 941079 Yuki Chipboard
• 941017- Decorative Frame set
• 941130 Yuki Cling stamps
• 554743 Reist Canvas Heart flowers
• 556310 velvet rainbow brights
• 557201 Trixie Bright
• 557676 laraine Sorbet
• 551414 SIIC
• 550851 North Country Rub-ons
• 550325 Prima Press

Extra Materials:

• Cricut Machine with basic shapes
• Black embroidery thread
• Ranger white enamel or liquid pears
• White Encaustic Wax or white crayon
• Heat gun
• PanPastel (color used Phthalo Green) Other PanPastels for resist canvas
• Shimmerz Paints (color used Jilted Jade & Aqua Marine)
• 3D foam squares
• Embossing ink (Tim Holtz Distressing Ink)
• small paintbrush 
• Prima Mask for Background

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Doodle Doodle-Deux

We can't get enough of this cheerful collection. The Doodle-Deux paper line is full of bold color and original design. This line can be used for a wide variety of themes.

 

We hope you enjoy this line as much as our design team has. Take a look at what our talented designers have brought us.

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Anna Dabrowska created this fun, joyful layout. Here is what she has to say about how she finds the Doodle-Deux collection inspiring. 

The Doodle Deux collection is full of good emotions, color, and fun! I loved this optimistic collection from first sight - bold design, interesting color palette - it made my want to play and try something light and energetic. To create the background for this layout I used my set of PanPastels and a mask with pattern of simple circles and some paint, which was splashed randomly on the plain white background. Wonderful Doodle Deux chipboards helped me to build dimension and stamps - to add some "extra touch" to this scrapbook page. I was also positively surprised how nicely these colors go with  the color of natural canvas banners - cute little embellishments from Donna Downey
collection!

Supplies

• Item# 843991 - Doodle Deux Collection Alpha-Bytes
• Item# 843939 - Doodle Deux Collection Two-By-Two
• Item# 554798 - Journaling Chipboard Doodle Deux
• Item# 555184 - Cling Mount Stamps Doodle Deux
• Item# 921927 - Canvas Banner

Trudi Harrison has brought us this die-cut masterpiece. she uses the chipboard pieces to help accent her page. 

I had lots of fun with die cutting and circles. Chipboard pieces and some hand cut flowers from a note card highlight the photos. The hand cut elements and photos were attached with foam tape to add dimension.

Prima Products:

• #843939 Doodle-Deux Col. Two-By-Two
• #843946 Doodle-Deux Col. One-Up  
• #843977 Doodle-Deux Col. Doodle-Bits
• #844004 Doodle-Deux Col. Button- Up
• #55276 Chipboard – Doodle-Deux
• #554798 Chipboard Stickers – Doodle-Deux
• #554873 Journaling Notecards – Doodle-Deux
• #555368 Alphabet Stickers 

 

Janine Koczwara brings us this delightful cheeky page full of Doodle-Deux. She uses the papers designs to add layers upon layers to her wonderful page. 

Supplies

• 843939  Doodle Deux Collection – Two by two
• 843977  Doodle Deux Collection – Doodle Bits
• 843946  Doodle Deux Collection – One Up
• 843984  Doodle Deux Collection – All Overs
• 843953  Doodle Deux Collection – Lucky Charms
• 843960  Doodle Deux Collection – Doodle Ups
• 555351  Alphabet Stickers
• 554316  Alphabet Stickers
• 544225  Alphabet Stickers
• 551438  SIIC
• 555801  Flowers
• 554392  Wood Tickets

 

Yay for Yuki!!!

One of the mid-release collection we have released this month is the Yuki Collection. This joyful, girlie line is just waiting to be designed with. It's happy little girls and perfect pets want to grace your scrapbook pages.

 

Here are a few pages that show how fun this line truly is! 

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Stacy Cohen has designed this beautiful layout using the new Yuki collection. She uses the patterned papers to draw your attention across the page. Her cluster of flowers in the center of the page draws your eye to her wonderful garden photos. Here is a little bit from Stacy on working with yuki collection.

I just adore the bright, happy colors and patterns of the new Yuki collection. I thought these cheerful papers would be perfect for a layout showcasing photos of my daughter planting flowers in the spring. I added one of Prima’s lovely mid-release butterflies.   

 Supplies:

• 940980 Yuki “Flower Bed”
• 940935 Yuki “Hall of Fame”
• 940959 Yuki “Peter Cottontail”
• 940966 Yuki “Classy Felines”
• 554767 Resist Canvas Flowers
• 890797 Resin Birdhouse
• 546175 Eminence Flower
• 557676 Laraine Sorbet
• 556129 Meadow Lark Roses
• 558284 Butterflies

 

Anne Jo Lexander combines two of our mid-releases to create this charming page. She combines the colors of the Doodle-Deux and Yuki collections with ease. Here is how Anne Jo felt about using the inspiring collection.

I love how both the Yuki and the Doodle Deux collection can be mixed with great results! Here I used the Doodle Deux collection as an contrasting accent, and let the Yuki papers take main stage.  And spot that little flower stamp on the little tag-pennant? Comes from my favorite Yuki stamp set!

Supplies

 

• Yuki collection – flower bed – 940980, peter cottontail – 940959
• Doodle Deux collection – doodle up - 843960
• essentials – 555917
• Marcelle starlette 557737
• SIIC – 551599
• Resist canvas – 554750
• Vine - 555504
• Lucerne almanac – 556259
• Doodle deux wooden buttons – 554477
• Doodle deux journaling notecards - 554873
• Yuki cling stamp – 941147
• Chalk Ink Fluid – Old Rose - 891213

 

This bright joyful page was created by Steph Devlin. She uses an abundance of color to highlight her black and white photo. Steph makes the perfect girl page using the enchanting Yuki papers. 

Supplies

• 940935 - Hall of Fame
• 940942 - Lumber Grove
• 941000 - Liquid Sunshine
• 554293 - Typeset
• 558512 - Cascade
• 558499 - Cascade
• 558758 - Cassie
• 558741 - Cassie
• 941185 - Yuki Crystals
• 890674 - Roman Pillars Resin
• 556761 - Mariposa
• 558000 - Hermosa