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August 31, 2012

Wrapping up the Month With a Pretty Bow...and Flowers of Course

August has come to an end and we would like to close the month with a collection of fantastic projects by a few of our wonderful designers.

Janna Werner created this fresh, clean layout. We love her use of white-space.

Supplies

Rondell Collection:
Prima Material
558864 wood clips - Rondell
559144 alphabet stickers - Rondell
559007 alphabet stickers - Rondell
559632 vintage trinkets - Rondell
559076 journaling note cards - Rondell
562779 tessitura (flower)
paper
844615 cabriole
844653 quadrille
844608 gavote
844646 sovienne
844622 pavanne
other
black pen, yarn, sewing machine, acrylic paint (white)

This grunge filled beauty was thought up by Anna Dąbrowska. She uses the neutral tones of the Romance Novel line to layer her page.

Supplies

Item# 844912 - ROMANCE NOVEL- Love story
Item# 844936 - ROMANCE NOVEL- Dear John
Item# 844950 - ROMANCE NOVEL - Word Smith
Item# 844967 - ROMANCE NOVEL - Harlequin
Item# 559267 - ROMANCE NOVEL - Wood Buttons
Item# 559687 - ROMANCE NOVEL - Metal Trinkets
Item# 560485 - Say It in Crystals
Item# 561833 - DONNA - paper flowers
Item# 562700 - AU NATURALE - fabric flowers
Item# 891541 - JUNKYARD FINDINGS - Small Lightbulbs
Item# 891565 - JUNKYARD FINDINGS - Rusty Typo Zippers
Item# 891602 - JUNKYARD FINDINGS- Gears

Steph Devlin creates a lovely page using the Romance Novel collection. She gives a unique shape and appeal to her design.

Supplies

844912 - Love Story
844929 - Time Travel
844936 - Dear John
844972 - Emotion
844943 - Bookplate
559120 - Canvas Stickers
558840 - Wood Clips
562304 - Timido Roses
562281 - Romance Novel
561390 - Interlude
561420 - Interlude
562021 - Banda
891411 - Cupid
891596- Clock Faces
891589- Clock Hands

This catchy get well card by Lea Lawson is such an adorable use of the Craftsman collection.

Supplies

Craftsman "Gear Up" 12x12 paper - 844813
Craftsman "Black Box" 12x12 paper - 844806
Craftsman Journaling Notecard set - 559045
Craftsman Decorative Wood Embellishments - 559182
Vintage Trinkets - 559601
Timido Craftsman flower - 562243
Silentium Craftsman flowers - 562229
Plume Craftsman leaves - 562267
Junkyard Findings Clock Gears - 891602
Junkyard Findings Industrial Lamps - 891572
Say It In Crystals Craftsman - 560096
Say It In Crystals - 560515
Romance Novel Alphabet Stickers - 558987

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August 30, 2012

Romance Novel Layout with Marion on Live with Prima

Marion has a beautiful layout to share with our viewers tonight, on Live with Prima! She will be using her new Romance Novel collection to create this project, along with other Prima pretties. Next week, we kick off September with Drew Scott and his lovely layout using Prima's Songbird collection.

All of our classes are FREE and we broadcast LIVE from our Prima channel on ustream.com every Thursday. You can also view our classes from our Youtube channel too! Join our live chats that take place during every broadcast to ask questions and chat with other viewers from all over the world.Hope to see you there!

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Collaged Layout with Marion Smith

Thursday, August 30^th at 6:30pm PT/ 9:30pm ET

9/1-1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

Here's a very fun and easy collage layout using the brand new Romance Novel line by Marion Smith for Prima Marketing. In this workshop you'll learn to use all those bits and pieces to create a collage style layout.

Prima Products:

553890 x 2 -Say it in Crystals
844936 Romance Novel -"Dear John"
844937 Romance Novel -"Harlequin"
844981 Romance Novel -"Messenger"
562144-Bel Canto-Yellow
561666-Sopranos-Pink

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Luscious Layered Layout with Drew Scott

Thursday, September 6^th at 6:30pm/ 9:30pm ET

9/7-1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

Do you enjoy the look of layered pages but can't quite get the layering down? Teen instructor, Drew Scott is here to help!! We will go over many layering techniques, tips and tricks as well as placement and fluidity incorporated into the design of your scrapbook pages. Plus, I will be using Prima’s Comfort Craft tools to distress, ink and accent the layers to help add more dimension to the design. Hope to see you there!

Prima Products:

844011 – Songbird-Collage
844028 – Songbird- Sunrise
544347 - Songbird - Alphabet
554903 - Songbird Note Cards
553944 - Songbird Say it in Crystals
555559 - Songbird Vinetta Flowers
555542 - Songbird Camille Flowers
542412 - Poetic Whispers- Creme

Extra Materials:

Prima Comfort Craft Knife
Prima Distresing Tool
Prima Chalk Edgers
Liquid Adhesive
Glimmer Mist-Brown and Blue
Journaling Pen
Butterfly Punch

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Guest designer, Leslie Rahye created a fabulous album using the Craftsman collection and all kinds of embellishments. Check it out here:

Video streaming by Ustream

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August 29, 2012

Designer Day with Stacey Young

Hello everyone, it's been such a long time since I had my last post here, so I am totally thrilled to share with you some of my Prima creations. The first 3 creations were created for CHAS and haven't been shared here yet and my last creation is a new layout with a short step x step process for you to try. So lets get to it.

First up is a layout featuring the Rondelle collection. I rarely create on a dark background but this piece of paper really helped me create something a little more "boyish" out of this line. I loved the diamond shape paper which I cut up, distressed and added them to my page with foam tape for dimension.

The flowers this release would have to be some of my favourites ever, the colours, the roses!! I tell you, I was in Prima flower heaven creating for CHA this year.

Product list:

#559007 Rondelle Alphabet Stickers
#844615 Rondelle Collection "Cabriole"
#844646 Rondelle Collection "Sovienne"
#844639 Rondelle Collection "Etude"
#844622 Rondelle Collection "Pavanne"
#891480 Fly Away Shabby Chic Resin
#559373 Tea Thyme Cling Stamps
#559687 Romance Novel Vintage Trinkets
#562427 Timido Rondelle
#562441 Plume Rondelle
#561437 Interlude
#561550 Prelude
#561475 Serenade
#561369 Encore
#561352 Encore
#561482 Serenade
#561413 Prelude

Next up is a canvas mixed media piece I created. I used a new Donna Downey mask here in my background along with some new trinkets, flowers and my own personal touch of the seashells. I kept the tone of this layout very natural and whitewashed.

Product list:

#560508 SIIC
#560522 SIIC
#559922 Vintage Trinkets Keys
#5596070 Vintage Trinkets
#891466 Dell 'Arte'
#844967 Romance Novel "Harlequin"
#562649 Au Naturale
#562687 Au Naturale
#561574 Soubrette
#5613252 Encore

If you have got your hands on the new Prima products then you may have noticed in some of the packaging a pennant banner you can cut up. I loved the patterns in this so much I added my own little banner to this trinket box I altered. Add loads of new flowers to the top along with some new resin pieces and there you have a pretty new trinket box.

Product list:

#561994 Aria
#562151 Bel Canto
#561482 Serenade
#561369 Encore
#561406 Interlude
#891480 Fly Away Shabby Chic Resin
#891497 Parlor Shabby Chic Resin

Lastly I have a recent layout to share with you plus a short tutorial on how I created the background. I used a mixture of the new line "Zephyr" and a little bit of Almanac to neutralise the background. I really love the brights of the Zephyr collection but I only took the blues and yellows from the collection to match in with my picture.

First step, using a Donna Downey mask, I applied gesso to it in 2 sections on my background piece of paper. One in the bottom right hand corner and the other halfway up the page on the left hand side bearing in mind that some of the mask effect would be covered.

Next up I applied some mists to the centre of the page and also allowed the mist to run down the page.

I tore a section of the page a short way up on the left hand side with my fingers and curled the edges over. I cut out a square shaped piece of paper and placed it under the torn section.

This is were I begin my layering. I tore paper and distressed the edges allowing all of the sides to curl up. I also tore a piece of calico letting the threads hang off the edges. I then applied a journal note and lastly added a long piece of string made into a lasso for my picture to sit on. At this point you can see the texture this as already made to the creation.

I distressed the whole way around the layout and placed another piece of paper under it. This also helps with a weighty layout and keeping it firm and flat. I tore small pieces of cardboard and placed them in various areas of my layout. These were then whitewashed with Gesso.

I then proceeded to add my photo along with all of the extra embellishments, flowers, buttons and trinkets.

Product List:

#844486 Zephyr "Tempore"

#844509 Zephyr "Parfait"

#844493 Zephyr "Zephyr"

#844127 Almanac "Shaffer"

#559731 Vintage Trinkets Zephyr

#543372 SUmmer Carnation

#560591 SIIC

#559311 Wood Buttons Zephyr

#538668 Fairytale Rose

#891480 Shabby Chic Resin Fly Away

#922139 Donna Downey Mask

#562144 Bel Canto

#561413 Interlude

#561703 Soprano

I hope you enjoyed my post today and can take some kind of inspiration from it.

Have a great day x

Stacey

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August 28, 2012

Rosarian Feature!!!

Roses are red violets are blue, we love this collection and so will you.

We have a delightful collection of projects using the Rosarian line. With it's colorful palette and wonderful kitchy design, you could let your imagination soar.

This beautifully layered page was created by Larissa Albernaz. We just adore how she uses the papers in the collection to bring her page to life.

Supplies

Rosarian Collection Old Garden: 844515
Rosarian Collection Rambler: 844523
Rosarian Collection Bocella: 844554
Rosarian Collection Darby: 844547
Rosarian Collection Constance: 844530
Rosarian Collection Felicity: 844561
Rosarian Collection Alba: 844585
Journaling Notecards Set: 559083
Rosarian Cardstock Stickers: 559014
Trinkets: 559717
Papillon: 562818
Timido Rosarian: 562601
Perles Rosarian: 562588
Wood Buttons: 559298
Say it in Crystals: 560607
Lace and Crystals border Almanac: 553876
De Soie Col Flowers: 546632
Rosarian Alphabet Stickers: 559014

This cheerful burst of color is a creation by Maiko Kosugi. She uses the colors of the paper line and blends them with beautiful Prima flowers.

Supplies

# 844523 ROSARIAN- RAMBLER CDSTCK
# 844530 ROSARIAN- CONSTANCE CDSTCK
# 844516 ROSARIAN- OLD GARDEN CDSTCK
# 844547 ROSARIAN- DARBY CDSTCK
# 844578 ROSARIAN- CHAMBORI CDSTCK
# 559014　TINY ALPHAS CDSTCK- ROSARIAN
# 559083　NOTECARD IN A POUCH- ROSARIAN
# 559298 WOOD BUTTONS- ROSARIAN
# 559717 METAL TRINKETS- ROSARIAN
# 560201 SIIC SWIRL X3 - ROSARIAN
# 562601 TIMIDO - ROSARIAN
# 562588 PERLES - ROSARIAN
# 562632 BOSOUE - ROSARIAN
# 561673 SOPRANO - YELLOW
# 561680 SOPRANO - CORAL
# 562137 BEL CANTO- DARK PINK
# 922177 12 X 12 MASK 1PC PER BAG

These happy little cards were artistically put together by Felicity Wilson. She gives, giving a card a whole new meaning!

Supplies

Alphabet stickers #559014
Wood clips #558871
Wood letters #558802
Velvet trinkets #559991
Rosarian paper #844554
Rosarian paper #844585
Rosarian paper #844578
Rosarian paper #844547
Roasrian paper #844523
Timido flower #558802
Silentium flower #562588

This dark haunting page was designed by the ever talented Anna Dąbrowska. She uses the darker tones of the line to create her beautiful page.

Supplies

844523 - ROSARIAN - Rambler
844554 - ROSARIAN- Bocella
844561 - ROSARIAN- Felicity
844578 - ROSARIAN- Chambori
558871 - ROSARIAN - Canvas Wood Clips
559205 - WOOD CLOCKS & TICKETS- Welcome to Paris Collection
561635 - Soubrette paper flowers

This light and bright layout was created by Hege Lundquist. She uses white space with perfection.

Supplies

#891460 Shabby chic treasures Fly away
#5261574 Soubrette flowers
#560225 Say it in crystals
#559298 Wood buttons Rosarian
#559717 Vintage trinkets Rosarian
#559175 Alphabet stickers Zephyr
#844530 "Constance" Rosarian collection

Our last page for the day is by Solange Marques. She has created a perfect little world on her page!!

Supplies

Papers:
Felicity #844561
Old Garden #3844516
Darby #844547
Stamps:
Clear Stamp #560799
Clear Stamp #551025
Clear Stamp #536305
Embellishments
Chipboard #558949
Vintage Trnkets Industrial Lamps #891572
Alphabets:
Alpha Sticker #559014
Alpha Sticker #559151
Flowers:
Timido #562601
Encore #561338
Silentium #562588
In adction:
Acrylic Gesso
Acrylic Paint
Molding paste
Ceramic Stucco

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August 27, 2012

Cards & Tags Galore

Happy Monday everyone...today we have a lovely collection of cards and tags to share with you by our delightful design team. They share how different the embellishments and paperlines can become with a little imagination.

This first beauty was designed by Maiko Kosugi She uses papers and embellishments from the Rondelle collection to create this soft beautiful card.