May 15, 2013

May's Guest Designer Is...

Our Guest Designer spot is always a popular feature here on our blog. We look for some of the industry's newest and most creative talent when choosing designers for this feature. Today we want to wish a warm welcome to:

Vibeke Harila

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April 24, 2013

April's Guest Designer is....

Marilyn Rivera!

We did a little interview with Marilyn so that we can ALL get to know her better!

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March 15, 2013

Introducing March's Guest Designer!

We are so excited to introduce a fabulously talented designer to you!

Kasia Krzyminska's work is seen all over the world. She is fun, edgy, and is absolutely a pleasure to work with!

Please welcome Kasia!

My name is Kasia Krzymińska, however in the scrap world I use my nickname Czekoczyna (or Czeko to make it shorter). I’m 23 years old and I live in Warsaw, Poland. When I create I use a lot of fabrics, embellishments, paints and lace. I love mixed-media and balanced colors. I adore adding layers and texture to my layouts.

I would describe my style as delicate, maybe a little vintage, but I also like to learn some new techniques.

Introduce yourself in a few sentences.
I am pharmacist and I really enjoy it. But I am also a bit of an artistic soul – I’m searching for a inspiration everywhere and everyday – in music, nature, old books, bad weather, dreams… I love summer, meadows and beautiful notebooks.

What is your favorite Prima product?

I can certainly say it is the cotton tape. It's so versatile that I'm using it on every page. To create a background, to make some journaling on it - it's just perfect, and I think I'm addicted.

What music/songs do you listen to when you scrapbook?

I love all sorts of music and I find it very inspiring. For now my favorites are Queen, Depeche Mode and Prince. Oh, and I'm sooo in love with Al Green :)

Favorite food to eat?

The simpler, the better. Tomatoes with cream, pasta with cheese, yogurt with kiwi, pancakes. My favorite unhealthy foods are probably fudge brownies and lasagna, but I also love fruits. Yep, as for me everything is just delicious :D

If you could go on a dream vacation where would you go?

I think it doesn't matter where you go, it's important who is your companion. I would love to visit Japan and Iceland, but never alone.

What inspires you the most?

The most? Ok, now this is a hard question. I would love to say "everything", it is true actually, but I'm sure that answer won't satisfy you: so textures, earth tones, smells, sounds, fabric, touch, feelings, paints, abandoned places.

What is your fave subject to scrapbook?

Framing old family photographs - this is my passion. I love to collect them, delight in the details and wondering about the stories. People from old photographs - their thoughts, their emotions, worries, everyday life, their happiness - this is what fascinates me.

How long have you been scrapbooking?
I started scrapbooking in 2010 and loved it from that moment on. Now I am addicted to scrapping and everything that comes with it.

Are you all ready to see a bit of Kasia's beautiful work?

1962

"This photo was taken in 1962. It features my great grandfather with his beehives in his great garden. He loves his bees so much and he was also very special man with warm personality. The artist, the husband, the family guy, gardener, director, writer, photographer. As for me he is very inspiring.

I decided to print this photo on the foil and frame it with some beautiful Prima papers and embellishments.

I used mostly Engraver collection which I found very inspiring. Layered embellishments, painting, vintage flowers - this is what I love." ~Kasia

Prima products used:

Engraver Paper-cartouche #845346
Engraver Paper-black leaf #845339
Printery Paper-Page four #843526
Cotton tape #550813
Stencil #564766
Resist canvas #564049
Engraver caligraphy
Journaling spot stickers #563479
Chipboard pieces #562786
Brads #960384
Wood buttons #564964
Vintage trinkets #960407
Tea thyme collection Timido flowers #562540
Essentials printery #552527
Engraver collection flowers #565619
Say it in crystals #551513 and #551377
Washi tape #561185
Romance Novel clear stamps #559427
Clear stamps #545031
Rosarian alphabet stickers #559151

Smile Big

I love blues and I'm often using this colors on my pages. This layout is no exception :) It's about being kind and how hard sometimes it is. But I believe that the good you do comes back to you.

This page is full of beautiful Prima vintage embellishments. As a base I choose one of the papers from Lifetime collection.

These mixed-media background inspires me. I layered stamping, made the texture with canvas banners and pieces of papers from Songbird collection.

Prima products used:

Lifetime collection Quilter #845483
Songbird A4 paper stack #844264
Cotton tape #550813
Paper clips #564643
Canvas banners #921910
Essentials 11 printery #552527
Chipboard stickers #554828
Charme rose nature garden #555900
Chare rose meadow lark #556129
Parisa - aspen white flowers #557621
Genie stones vintage mix #556655
Vintage trinkets #960407
Clear stamps #544980
Clear stamps #559427
Say it in crystals #551445
Vintage trinkets #960384 Washi tape #564896

Mixed Media Tag

Creating tags is something that I really adore. They are so simple, so easy and gives so much satisfaction.

This one is very mixed-media with a lot of small Prima embellishments. I decided to write some kind words on the back and send to my friend, just as a card. ~ Kasia

Prima products used:

Songbird A4 paper stack #844264
Cotton tape #550813
Resist canvas #564049
Vintage trinkets #960360
Washi tape # 561185
Wood embellishments #554613
Say it in crystals #554613
vintage trinkets #960360
Eminence collection flowers #546182
Charme Rose -Nature garden #555900

Isn't her work refreshing and fun? You can see more of Kasia's designs right here on her blog!

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March 07, 2013

Leeza Gibbons on Live with Prima tonight!

We have a very special show in store for our viewers tonight, on Live with Prima! The one and only, Leeza Gibbons will be joining us to feature her brand new collections: Wishes and Dreams, Wishful Thinking and the Pocket Book Pad!

Each collection includes chipboard albums, card kits, flowers and mini envelope pads, just to name a few. The bright and colorful designs of the papers are sure to make your projects shine!

Join us for this exclusive broadcast and see what inspired all of the products in these amazing collections!

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Next week, we are partnering once again with Craft & Scrap Brasil on Live with Prima!

Jamie Dougherty will create a fabulous Mixed Media style layout using the Londonerry collection with a varity of Prima goodies. Rommel Okuma will be joining us on the chat to help translate for our viewers from Brazil!

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Also starting on March 19th, we are offering Tuesday Tutorials, Live with Prima style! Every Tuesday we will host a show, live from the Prima classroom with Frank Garcia and a variety of guest instructors too. There will be new projects and fabulous features using a variety of Prima products. So tune in every Tuesday at 11:00am PT/ 2:00pm ET/ 7:00pm GMT!

All of our live classes take place right here on our Prima channel at ustream.com. Join in on our live chat that takes place during every show, by creating a free login on ustream.com. Hope to see you there!

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“Wishes and Dreams” and “Wishful Thinking” with Leeza Gibbons

Thursday, March 7^th at 6:30pm PT/ 9:30pm ET

3/8-2:30am GMT/ 1:30pm Sydney

Join us for this special Live with Prima episode with Leeza Gibbons and get a close up look at all of her new collections she has released with Prima! She has lots of great ideas and tons of inspiration to get you motivated to create meaningful projects of your own. And see how her collections make memory keeping simple and fun with all of her new clever products included in each line.

Prima Products:

970222-Pocket Book Pad
970260-Pocket Book Pad Wood Clips
970246-Pocket Book Pad Type and Tabs
970017-Darling Dandelion
970062-Persevere
970338-Hope Blooms
970321-Valiant
970352-Dreams Blossom
970376-Chasing Dreams
970369-Wishful Thinking
970345-Time Will Tell
970390-The Optimist
970079-Dream Come True
970215-Mini Pocket Pad
970093-ATC Cards
970116-Chipboard
970888-Fabric Flowers
970468-Wood Clips
970499-Gems
970147-Glitter Gems
970819-White Flowers
970833-Patterned Flowers
970437-Mini Envelopes

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Special Feature: Mixed Media Layout with Jamie Dougherty for Craft & Scrap Brasil

Tuesday March 12^th at 4:00pm PT/ 7:00pm ET/ 8:00pm Sao Paulo, Brazil/ 11:00pm GMT

3/13-10:00am Sydney Australia

Jamie Dougherty is hosting a special show for Craft and Scrap Brasil! See how she creates a gorgeous mixed media style layout using Prima’s Londonerry collection along with felt, flowers and more! You are going to love all of the details and techniques included in this project!

Prima Products:

547479-Precious Metals Leaves
546908-Fitzgerald Flower
547493-Lovely Leaves
551292-Art Tiles-Londonerry
556525-Allegra-Madonna
812881- Felt Vine
843113-Londonerry-Finick Finack
843762-Londonerry-Sampler
843137-Londonerry-Courier
843144-Londonerry-Manor House
843151-Londonerry-Bradshaw
922092-6x6 Polka Dot Stencil
891718-Pastel Chalk-Brown
890964-Comfort Craft Knife

Extra Materials:

Brown or Copper Glitter
Molding Paste
Pallette Knife
Heat Gun
Adhesive
Gesso

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Hello, Pastel Mixed Media Album with Sharon Laakkonen

Thursday, March 14^th at 6:30pm PT/ 9:30pm PT

3/15-1:30am GMT/ 12:30pm Sydney

You often see dark, distressed effects with the mixed-media rage, but it can be soft and beautiful too! Join Sharon as she shares a new springtime-fresh album created just for us! She will be coloring Prima's canvas resist albums & wood icons with creamy pastel chalk edgers, while showing how she created a precious baby album with the "Hello, Pastel" line. Bonus: Sharon will incorporate a Prima "Friday Freebie" download created just for this class into the page layouts. You won't want to miss this informative and sweet class filled with useful tips and techniques!

Prima Products:

563721 MM Resist Canvas Cover-Small
563752 Mixed Media Page Kit
563875 Wood Embellishments
563868 Wood Embellishments
563899-Wood Embellishments
891749-Pastel Chalk Edgers-Violet
891725 -Pastel Chalk Edgers-Pink
891701- Pastel Chalk Edgers-Green
891695- Pastel Chalk Edgers-Blue
891756- Pastel Chalk Edgers-Peach
891732-Pastel Chalk Edgers -Purple
891718- Pastel Chalk Edgers-Brown
891688- Pastel Chalk Edgers-Yellow

563561 Hello Pastel Trinkets
565442 Hello Pastel Butterflies
563967 Hello Pastel SIIC Swirls
845636 Hello Pastel 6x6 paper pad
845247 Hello Pastel 12x12 paper
845278 Hello Pastel 12x12 paper
563295 Hello Pastel Alphas
562793 Hello Pastel Chipboard
564643 Fairy Rhyme Butterfly Clips
567231 Chantelle Flowers-White
563486 Hello Pastel Stickers
562915 Divine Alphas
562946 Hello Pastel Alphas
563394 Decorative Frames
564940 Wood Buttons
566364 Tatiana Flowers
565787 Frost Flowers
564070 Resist Canvas Shapes
920772 Wish Leaves Pocket Book Collection
565428 Hello Pastel flowers
Friday Freebie Download

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February 19, 2013

Let's Welcome Guest Designer: Keren Tamir

Guest Designer: Keren Tamir

Location: Canada

Keren caught our eye with her design team submission filled with beautiful, feminine projects! She is an avid particpator in our monthly contests and on our social medias. We love to see what Keren comes with as every single project is a total knock-out!

We hope you enjoy getting to know Keren and seeing a bit of her work!

"My name is Keren Tamir and I'm 38 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking art, and a mother of two amazing kids; a 11 year old boy and a 6 year old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 10 years and I mainly scrapbook about my family.

My style is a combination of shabby chic softness and mixed media layering. I use lots of flowers and vines in my projects along with lots pastes and mists. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this art. I've been experimenting with different mediums and techniques over the past couple of years until I found the perfect style for me and it has been very rewarding.

One of the main reasons I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories and photos for my children. However, now I enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet and soul fulfillment that it gives me. I love to create and I’m passionate about what I do.

I was so happy when I was chosen to be a Guest Designer for Prima. I love all the Prima products and I use them in almost all my projects. I'm so excited to showcase my work on the Prima blog this month. It is an honor and a pleasure!!

I hope you enjoy my creations as much as I enjoyed creating them!!
May Love fullfill every moment of your life and may your heart be filled with peace and laughter." ~Keren

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Layout #1

You Inspire Me

Here is a picture of my son at the beach on our last vacation. I loved capturing this peaceful moment with these softly colored papers from the Almanac and Songbird collections.

We love the soft palette Keren chose to portray the peaceful, beachy feel.

Of course we have papers and flowers galore to match this color scheme!

Prima Products:

#844165 Almanac Collection Wordsmith
#844011 Songbird Collection Collage
#554903 Journaling Note cards Songbird Collection
#552817 Le Coque pearl flower
#557317 Charlotte Nectar flowers
#558130 Cherise Sultan flowers
#555658 Camille Sunkiss flowers
#555481 Lucerne Belle flowers
#539139 Calcutta Leaves Oatmeal
#554330 Cardstock alphabet stickers: Fairy Belle
#891534 Junkyard findings typo bulbs 2
#559953 Velvet baubles: Craftsman collection
Prima artist aids leaves
Other products used: Gesso, Stencil, Shells, Diamond shaped chipboard, beads, Martha Stewart textured paste, Shimmerz.

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Layout #2

You

I made a layout about my husband who is often not the subject of my layouts.

I wanted to use romantic colors to express my love for him and I thought the Romance Novel Collection would be perfect for this theme.

This was the perfect month to make a romantic layout as February is the month of Love in North America. ~Keren

Prima Products:

#844974 Romance Novel "Emotions" paper
#844936 Romance Novel "Dear John" paper
#548834 Corine flowers
#561666 Soprano Pink flowers
#561970 Aria Pink flower
#553432 Christmas vine
#561420 Interlude red flowers
#711015 Mulberry paper flowers
#558918 Romance Novel chipboard stickers
#840372 Sticker Alphabet
#891572 Junkyard Findings -industrial lamps
Other products used: Gesso, cheesecloth, beads, stencil, chipboard squares, Shimmerz, red stickles, Martha Stewart textured effect.

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Layout # 3

Believe in New Horizons

This layout is about myself and my new hopes and dreams for this year.

Believing in new horizons, in new adventures is the theme for me this year. This picture was taken this summer while visiting the East Coast of Canada.~Keren

Once again Keren's choice of papers and embellies really sets the mood that she wants to portray! She is very gifted and uses our products beautifully!

Prima Products:

#844431 Zephyr "Tabarette"
#844486 Zephyr "Tempore"
#844448 Zephyr "Zanella"
#548841 Corine flower
#555658 Camille Sun Kiss flower
#562632 Rosarian Bosque
#713461 Orange flowers
#561673 Soprano yellow flowers
#551636 Resist Canvas
#891534 Junkyard Findings Typo Bulbs
#554330 Cardstock alphabet stickers: Fairy Belle
#554347 Cardstock alphabet stickers: Songbird
Other products used: Gesso, cheese cloth, Martha Stewart textured effect, stencil, shimmerz, Cricut cartrige.

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Project #4

Thank You Card

Keren's last project is a sweet "Thank You" card that is simply delightful! Notice how she colored the resist canvas shapes to match her card? That is the beauty of our canvas products! You can customize them to fit ANY color palette you choose.

Prima products used: