Announcing Prima's 2012-2013 Design Team!

The last month has been an absolutely wonderful experience as we pored over entries for our latest Design Team call. Never have we seen so many beautiful projects. The layouts, cards, tags, altered, and mixed media projects simply overwhelmed us. We spent countless hours going through each entry, looking at blogs, re-looking at entries, and blogs, and so on until we finally narrowed down the field.

 

That was the hardest job. Ever. We know we had one of the most talented group of entrants! Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your time, your energy, your creativity, and the love that you invested into your entries. We appreciate each one of you! If we could have the biggest DT in the world we would, but, since we cannot, we have narrowed the field to this amazing group of designers and guest designers.

 

Please join us in welcoming the 2012-2013 Prima Design Team and our Guest Designers!

 

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Anna-Maria Wolniak: Poland

• Anna-Maria's Blog Link

• What music do you listen to when you scrap? Unfortunately I listen to all kinds of music from opera to disco :) really... But lately I like one song the most... Maroon5 "Moves like Jagger". Very inspiring song.

• What's your favorite color? I loooove BLUE colour. I adore every kind of blue: cyan, navy, ultramarine, pale blue. This is the colour of my eyes, of the sky and sea - the special one :)

 

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Anna Dabrowska: Poland

• Anna's Blog Link

What's your favorite color?
• Hah, this is an easy question: black! I use it on every single page together with others of course - colors are a great source of inspiration and main element of any creative project, but I feel that black is special to me: no matter in what way - as embellishment, background, stamping, paint drops, photo - there has to be something black!
  
What is your favorite Prima product ever?
• I've got 3 favorites: trinkets of all kinds - as I love metal findings, background stamps, which I use over and over again and everything made from canvas: resist elements, canvas sheets, album or book covers, flowers, page elements.
  

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Brit Sviggum: Norway

• Brit's Blog Link
  
  
• What is one food you cannot eat? Pickles.......I really hate pickles. The first thing I do when I buy a Quarter Pounder at McDonalds is get rid of the pickles.
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product ever? Oh, this is difficult, but there is something that I just LOVE LOVE LOVE-and that is the wood embellishments !  

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Felicity Wilson: Australia

• Felicity's Blog Link
  
  
• What's your favorite color? My favorite colour is Red... but when it comes to creativity my favorite colour is teal!
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product ever? Oh definitely the vines and flowers!   There are just so many uses, endless possibilities as to how and where you place them on your project.  I am totally in love with all the vines at the moment! 

 

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Gerry van Gent: The Netherlands

• Gerry's Blog Link
  
  
• What is one food you cannot eat? -  Snails 
  
  
• What`s your favorite movie? -  "Schindler`s List"
  

 

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Hege Lundquist: Norway

 

• Hege's Blog Link
  
  
  
• What is your favorite thing about your country? My favorite thing about my country Norway is not nature that everyone is so impressed or how well we do in especially winter sports ... What I'm most proud of is actually the people. We have a reputation for being cool and cold, but just see how our country reacted to the terrorist act- July 22th 2011. No promises of revenge ... we were angry, but mostly sad. Very very sad .. But we stood together and showed our grief by caring for each other. I love my country!
  
   
• What is your favorite movie? My favorite movies are simply  "Hang Over" 1 & 2. Along with "Bridesmaids". They are really my kind of movies where I can just relax and laugh so much that the tears flow and I almost cannot breathe :-D

 

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Heidi Kelley: USA

• Heidi's Blog link

• What is one food you cannot eat? APPLESAUCE. Blech, it is too sweet, and for a fruit, it's too saucy, and the texture, well... I JUST CAN'T eat it, lol.
  
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go? Fiji Islands. Yep, where the water is sooo blue and clear, its warm and you can stay in cabanas without walls or windows. One day I will make it there, I swear!
  
  
  

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Janna Werner: Germany

 

• Janna's Blog Link
  
  
• What is one food you cannot eat? Brussel sprouts - they give me the shivers!
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go? Iceland... or the Caribbean *yarr* :-)

 

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Juliana Montoya: USA

• Juliana's Blog Link
  
  
• What is your favorite color? Is really hard to pick one color, but if I had to choose it would be white. I love how clean and how shabby chic it looks ;) I also love pale pink!!!!
  
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product ever? My favorite Prima products are flowers!!!!!  I have loved flowers ever since I was a little girl and I would pick them up everywhere!! Love all of the different flower styles that Prima carries and I love how they all coordinate with the paper collections.

 

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Larissa Albernaz: Brazil

• Larissa's Blog Link
  
  
• Tell us your favorite thing about living in your country? There are a lot of small things that make Brazil a great place to live. I love its vibrant multi-culturalism; Brazilian food and music; but my favorite thing is the weather.
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product ever? The Pixie Glen paper line!

 

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Lea Lawson: USA

• Lea's Blog Link
  
  
  
• What music do you listen to when you scrap? Right now I am pretty much obsessed with Phillip Phillips who won this season of American Idol.  I cannot WAIT for him to release an album!  Until then, I purchased quite a few of his songs they recorded for the show.  I love singer/songwriter type of music....so that is what you will typically find playing in the background while I am creating.
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go? I want to travel to Australia so bad, I can taste it!!  My husband and I both feel this way, and we have our dream vacation basically planned out!  We want to go to Australia over the Australian Open, take in some good tennis, and just explore the amazing country and all it has to share!!  One day, we will take that dream vacation...I just know it!!

 

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Lene Bjornerud: Norway

• Lene's Blog Link
  
  
  
• Tell us your favorite thing about living in your country? I live in the best country in the whole world! That's a fact and I love it because we have all the best opportunities of education, heath care, and so on! I also love our beautiful and unique nature and animals! I love to travel and do some shopping, almost anywhere is cheaper than Norway!
  
  
  
• What music do you listen to when you scrap? I often see/hear nature and documentaries on web-TV, or else I sit in silence.
  
  

 

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Leslie Ashe: USA

• Leslie's Blog Link
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go?   I’m DYING to go to Italy. And Ireland. Ok, and Switzerland, France & Scotland. Can you tell I need a European vacation? Like...yesterday.
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product ever?  My favorite product from Prima HAS to be the masks. I LOVE using all sorts of mediums to play with these. I also have to say my favorite Prima line is Doodle Deux. I LOVE the fun whimsical colors and designs.
  
  

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Magda Bolinska: UK

• Magda's Blog Link
  
  
• What's your favorite color? I love all color, but recently yellow the most :)
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go?
  Paris !!! it`s my big dream :)
  
  

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Maiko Kosugi: Japan

• Maiko's Blog Link
  
  
  
• Tell us your favorite thing about living in your country? I live in Japan. There is much delicious food in Japan. And I like Kyoto and Kobe. There are rows of houses of a beautiful temple and an ancient city in Kyoto. Kobe is surrounded by a mountain, and the sea, and is a stylish town. Please visit Kyoto and Kobe when you travel Japan.
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go? Austria (Vienna), France, and Australia
  
  

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Marie-Nicolas Alliot: France

• Marie-Nicolas' Blog Link
  
  
• Where do you dream about going on vacation? For vacation, we have a big dream with my husband : going to American Park with our 4 children ! A big big Dream !! We want now to discover another country with our children. I hope this year going to the sun with them ! I dream. lol!
  
  
• What do you love about your country: France. I don't know if you have the same thing in another country ... In France, we adore cooking and eating. And with my family : we love it ^^ And so, we adore going to the market on Saturday to buy all we have need to cooking for the WE. Cheese : lot of cheese ! But vegetables and seafood (we leave at 30min of the sea). And after we come back and cooking all the WE for us or all of us and friends ! I think I can't live in a country where there is no cheese. :-)
  
  

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Solange Marques: Brazil

 

• Solange's Blog Link
  
  
• What's your favorite movie? The Notebook
  
  
• What's your favorite color? Red.
  

 

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Stacey Young: Australia

 

• Stacey's Blog Link
  
  
• What is your favourite Prima product ever?  Summer Carnation Vine (but any vine will do me)!
  
  
• If you could go on vacation anywhere in the world where would you go?  I would love to take my family to Disneyland and America one day:)
  
  

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Steph Devlin: Australia

 

• Steph's blog link

• What's your favorite color? My favourite color is Turquoise Blue, Hot Pink, Lime Green, Rasberry, Violet, Pastel Pink, Baby Blue and Seafoam Green !!!!!!!   How can I pick just one ... I have always had a love affair with colors.
   
• What's your favorite movie? I have a passion with movies. I love the escapism and dissapearing for a couple of hours in another world.  My favourite movie ...... Hmmm "Elizabeth" with Cate Blanchett.  The acting, script, cinematography, and costumes, anything historical I adore.  Oh, and I have to sneak in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Still.
  

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 our Design Team Coordinator:

Sharon Laakkonen: USA

• Sharon's Blog Link
  
  
• What is your favorite thing about the country you live in: Although I love traveling and exploring new cultures, new sites, and meeting new people, I always love coming home! I have yet to explore all 50 of our wonderfully-diverse states, their amazing variety of foods, and their spectacular scenery. And we have Diet Coke. :)
  
  
• What is your favorite Prima product: Oh no. That is like asking me which of my seven children is my favorite! (Okay-I think I just LOVE our flowers the most. They are absolutely the best ones on the market hands-down! And I have a hard time scrapping without sneaking a flower in here and there!)

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This year we decided to pick 12 guest designers! We will be working with one of them each month, so make sure you look for their work coming up!

Norway-Vibeke Harila

Sweden-Camilla Ekman

Australia-Louise Nelson

Australia-Jill Van Iperen

Poland-Olga Heldwein

Poland- Kasia Krzymińska

USA- Frank Garcia

USA-Adrienne Ford

USA-Celine Regnier

Puerto Rico-Marilyn Rivera

Ukraine- Tanya Dudkina

Canada- Keren Tamir

 

Is this the best line-up or what? We are so thankful & excited for the talent each designer is willing to share with us over the next 12 months!

 

Comments

[LindaBrun]

So happy to see so many of my scrap friends on this fantastic list. Congratulation to you ALL <3 <3 <3

[Christina]

Congratulations to all of you! And a big ol' WOOHOOO to Frank!

[Patricia Basson]

Congrats to a wonderful, talented line up of scrappers!!! Enjoy, just as we enjoy you!!!

[Ingvild Bolme]

Wow, congrats every one of you! Lots of lots of talents here, a really GREAT DT! Nice to see so many Norwegian girls up there too ;O)

Wish you all a wonderful year on the DT with Prima, I am sure it will be a great one for all of you, and Prima is lucky to have you all onboard.

[Helen Tilbury]

So many familiar names and friends on this list! How wonderful for you girls :) Congratulations! Viva Prima!!

[Kim Arnold]

YEY to all the wonderful Aussies that have made the team! Congrats girls xxx

[Romy]

Wow, what an amazing line-up of designers! So happy to see many familiar faces. This will be another year full of inspiration! Special congrats to my dear friends Gerry and Steph. I can't wait to see more of this amazing team:)

[Keren Tamir]

OMG I almost fell of my chair!! I can't believe it what a nice surprise to see my name up there OMG, OMG, OMG I'm speechless!! Congratulations to all the new Designers and Guest Designers!!!

[Erin Blegen]

Congrats to everybody!! What a great team- definitely looking forward to a year full of great inspiration!!

[Vereya]

Congratulations to all the Design Team girls and Guest-designers!
I`m so honored to be member of Prima`s family!
Hugs ~Gerry~

[Marie-Nicolas]

I am so happy to be with you for another year !!! thank you so much :-)

[Bry-and-i.blogspot.com]

WOW! I am the only Adrienne Ford from U.S right!?!?! LOL! WOW! I am just honored. Thank you Prima and congrats to the other guest designers.

And a SERIOUSLY BIG congrats to the new ladies on the team. You ladies DESERVE IT. Prima could not have picked a better team!
XOXO!

[CamillaE]

What a wonderful crowd of designers! And WOW, I'm so excited to get to guest design!!! I'm pinching myself!!!!

[Robin Hanning]

WOW! What an international line up of talent! I can't wait to get to see all their beautiful work. So glad to see Stacey Young back again. She does stunning work. Congratulations to all the chosen designers. Prima has some incredible products!

[Patricia Folchert]

Wow! What an amazing team of talent! Congratulations to all of you!

[Louise]

OMGosh I am completely gobsmacked!!!

My heartfelt Thank YOU!!!

Woooooooot to the AWESOME Aussie Girls and my scrappy mate Jill!

Huuuge Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Team and GTeamers - Fabulous!!!

[JRABS - Jennifer Snyder]

That is a team dripping with Talent so that means exciting things for the rest of us to adore. Big Congrats

[Larissa Albernaz]

OMG!!! What an awesome team! Congratulations to all the Design Team girls and Guest-designers!
I`m so honored to be joining the team!

[Mylene]

Thank you!!! I'm so happy) Today is the best day of the month!!

[Denise van Deventer]

Congrats to these amazingly talented ladies! It is really a wonderful line-up of creativity and inspiration! I look forward in anticipation...

[Pam Wendt]

Congratulations to all!
And what a diversity of beautiful talent!

[Paulien van den Bosch]

Oh my goodness.... Huge Congratulations to all the DT girls!!!! and guest DT girls!!!!
I can't wait to see all your creations!!!!!

[Artisant]

CONGRATULATIONS everybody !!!!!!!!!! :)

[Czekoczyna]

WOW! I can not belive it! Thank you so much and congrats to all design team girls :))

[Angela Fehr]

Congratulations to the new DT! I can see there are going to be some amazing, inspiring projects in the year ahead!

[Finnabair]

huge, huge congrats to all the girls, I'm so very happy to be on borad with you again!!!
And my friends on the Guest Designers list, woohooo!!!

[Bev W.]

Big congrats to the new DT and guest:)))

[Tina Connolly]

Congrats to all the team, especially the Aussie girls!

[Kim Faucher]

Congratulations to this amazing team!!! I cannot wait to see what magic you all drum up with these amazing products... always a fave on my bookmark blog stop!!!

[Sarinda Jones]

CONGRATS to the New Design Team.....
Looking forward to seeing your wonderful Creations.
xoxo
Sarinda

[Gloria Stengel]

Congratulations to the new team! I love seeing my scrappy friends listed! Way to go!!

[march]

toutes mes félicitations à toutes ces dames , un travail extraordinaire !
corinne de france

[Vanessa W]

Congratulations all! Looks like a fantastic Design Team! Amazing talent!

~Vanessa W
Prima fan:)

[vicky varvadouka]

Congratulations to a great dream team!!!!

[Vibeke]

Congrats to all of you!! A wonderful and amazing team:):)

Thank you so much for picking me as a guestdesigner:):)

[Ania]

BIG congratulations gals, Prima is such an amazing company to work with!! So very happy to see quite a few names from Norway, WAY TO GO GALS! :)

[Cris Cunningham]

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!!!!!! I am so excited for you all - what a great team. I can't wait to see what you all have in store for us. Yay Prima!!!

[Vicky]

Wow congrats ladies. Is it just my computer but all the images are black???

[Geraldine]

congratulations to everyone, looking forward to seeing everyone's creations.

[Larissa Heskett =)]

CONGRATS to ALL of the Ladies on the Team!! I loo forward to the FUN INSPIRATION ahead of us this year!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

[Janine Koczwara]

Congratulations to all the new DT and those guest DTing! So many fabulous ladies that I know and love their work. Have to give a little whoop whoop to Louise Nelson, who I can image rushing around squealing in an extremely excited manner when she read about her GD spot!!

[kellyjp]

I think you picked a fabulous lot of talented women, their projects are mouth dropping and I smiled as I saw each one and their unique designs. I am so excited to see all the new and interesting projects coming soon! ~Kelly (walkelmol YT)

[steph devlin]

Congratulations to all the new wonderful artists that have been named in the NEW Prima DT ..... girls this will be the highlight of your scrapbooking experience .... hugs to the returning girls, love you all and a huge squeal to the GD's - what an awesome gig guys ... enjoy.

[Trina]

Congratulations ladies! You are in the for the ride of your life! Enjoy!!!

[Anabelle]

Congrats, girls!! So excited to see some of my favorites returning and some new faces joining!!! Prima is so wonderful to work with and I know you'll have an amazing year. Can't wait to be inspired by you all!!

[Marilyn Rivera]

Congratulation to all the new DT and GDT!!! I'm so happy and excited to see my name...WOW!!!!
A Huge Congrats to all of you!!! :)

[yesenia]

Felicidades Marilyn que emoción !!!!

[Migdalia Muñiz]

Congratulation everybody!! Especially a Marilyn Rivera, very talented woman, teacher, designer!! I be glad to be you friend!!

[Stacy Cohen]

Congratulations to all the returning DT members, the new DT members, and the Guest DTs! What an incredibly talented team! Prima is so wonderful to work with. I hope you enjoy every minute of this great ride! I can't wait to see what you all create!

[Dianne H]

Congratulations to the new DT. Looks like an amazing amount of talent. Look forward to seeing your future creations.

[Brit]

Congratulations everybody! I am so excited to be a part of this, and it`s gonna be so much fun to work with all you talented girls. A big congrat to the GDs too. Hugs Brit

[Coloring Pages]

I actually enjoyed read through this posting. Many thanks. Well done, my friend, well done.

[Patricia]

Congratulations ladies!

[Trudi]

Congratulations to the 2012/2013 Design Team!!A fabulous team, so much talent and diversity. Look forward to the year of amazing inspiration ahead. So happy to see some of my 'teamies' from the year before and welcome to the new gals. You are going to have so much fun! xx

[Adriana B]

Congratulations Ladies, fantastic line up of wonderful talented ladies.. congrats to all the ladies in the DT and also to the Guest Designers
woo hoo :)

[nabon]

Thank you all soooo much! I'm just in heaven!!!
Dream come trough!

<3

[Desertrose 1965]

Congratulations to the 2012-2013 design team!!!

I am so very happy for you all! "WOW" me this year, I'm going to need it!

Remember when you are feeling the scrappy blues, find your inspiration from a fresh place! A trip to the art, living history museums, a LONG walk, just relax, keep your eyes open and your heart as well. Your muse may appear from the strangest places. ( while making chicken soup...yes). Hats off to you Pima Design Team and also to the guest Designers!

Maryann

[Frank]

SOOOO Happy and so honored to be on that list!!! Still cannot believe it!!! Congratulations to all the amazing designers and GDT!!! You are all incredibly talented and so amazing!!!

Frank

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Eu estou muito feliz em ver as duas amigas neste Blog como design team.... Larissa e Solange!!! Parabéns!!!!! Amo vocês!!!

I'm so happy.... two friends Larissa e Solange are 2012 20113 designs team....
Congragulations!!! I love you!!!

[Debbi Tehrani]

What a fabulous team you've assembled! Special shout-out to Brit and Maiko!

[Caroline V]

Congrats to the team however it would be nice if there were some new people there and not the ladies who were in the team from 2011. It is a bit discouraging for everyone when you only have the same people in the team all the time and don't give others a go when there are plenty of other talented people out there. A bit of a disappointment.

[Sonia **Sony**]

Hi!~
Congrats to all the GDT but especially to Marilyn Rivera "BORICUA POWER".
-Sony
Sonia-Studio60

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