February's BAP & PPP

This month's sketch by Marie-Nicolas Alliot is simply divine! There are so many amazing elements to play around with:

the doily,

large title,

wavy pieces on the top & bottom,

along with the floral accents on each side.

We want YOU to join in the fun! Send your Prima-based project (based on this BAP) to [email protected] by February 28th for a chance to win a Prima Prize! Please put "February BAP" in your subject line. GOOD LUCK! Open to all countries.

You know our teams had a blast with this sketch! (And we have a special giest designer this month who will be joining in!)

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by February's Guest Designer, Keren Tamir

Keren used our Firefly range to create this stunning beauty! Even with all of the layers Keren added she still left lots of "white space", just like the BAP displayed.

Amazing and simply gorgeous, Keren! Thank you for joining in on our contests this month!

Prima Supplies:

#845209 Firefly “Journey” paper
#845148 Firefly “Magique” paper
#561987 Soprano Purple flower
#561987 Aria Purple flower
#561475 Serenade Aqua flower
#552633 Bretton vines Purity
#548834 Corine flowers
#891541 Junkyard Findings Small Typo Bulbs
#891480 Shabby Chic Resin Treasures Fly Away
#891565 Junkyard Findings Rusty Typo Zippers
#554330 Cardstock Alphabet Stickers: Fairy Belle

Other products used: Shells, Martha Stewart Textured effect, Cricut Cartrige, Shimmerz paints, Purple Acrylic dabber, Cheese cloth, Gesso

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Key to My Heart

by Designer Stacey Young

Stacey used one of our new ranges, Lifetime, to create this beautiful layout! If you follow Stacey you know she adds so many delicious shabby chic layers to her projects...with artsy touches through-out.

The Lifetime Collection is absolutely perfect for mixing with ANY color. The neutral palette is like a canvas waiting to be customized.

Prima Supplies:

#845506 Lifetime Collection "Familia"
#845537 Lifetime Collection "Love Tags"
#845483 Lifetime Collection "Quilter"
#562816 12 x12 Chipboard
#563301 12 x 12 Cardstock Stickers
#563172 Clear Stamps
#564728 Brads
#565572 Lifetime Collection Vine
#565541 Lifetime Collection Flowers
#567088 Joulee "Quartz"
#566616 Avante "Berry"
#565985 Mini Sachet "Surf"
#566289 Ascot Park "Golden Rod"
#564230 6 x 6 Stencil

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Like You

by Designer Solange Marques

Sigh. Solange can use any color palette and any Prima product to create a visual masterpiece! Her use of blue, mixed with the Lifetime collection, is just amazing!

Solange also added the perfect embellishments to complete her beach-y page! Just look at the wood button and seashells!

Prima Products:

845476 Lifetime Collection Blue Bayou paper
845469 Lifetime Collection Dolce paper
845520 Lifetime Collection Fasola paper
562816 Lifetime Collection Chipboard
564186 Sunrise Sunset Trim
559991 Velvet Trinkets
565985 MiniSachet flowers
566937 Liberty flowers
567064 Akran flowers
Modeling Paste
Acrylic Gesso
Acrylic paints
Crackle Medium
Shells
Gauze

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Memories

by Designer Gerry van Gent

Want to see pure beauty? Look at Gerry's pages. She loves to fussy-cut and layer to make her pages all frame-worthy! And Prima's papers and embellies are the natural choice!

A beautiful cluster of Prima flowers really gets your attention! Try clustering a mix of flower sizes: large, medium and small for the best results.

Prima Supplies:

950392 Flower Song
950323 Sweet Briar
950330 Violet
950378 Papillon
950521 Chipboard
950620 Clear Stamp
950552 Cling Stamp
564124 Trim Lyric
563929 Wood Embellishments
563875 Wood Embellishments
891541 Metal Trinkets Typo Bulbs
890940 Comfort Craft Distressing Tool
890964 Comfort Craft Craft Knife
565367 Vine
565343 Flowers
566661 Avante Spring
566722 Paloma
566739 Paloma Blue Moon

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Remembering

by Designer Juliana Montoya

Juliana and shabby chic go hand-in-hand! The Lyric Collection is one of Juliana's favorite collections making it a natural choice for creating this lovely piece.

The roses and musical pieces are made for cutting and layering, while the words can be cut and popped off the page like she did on this close-up! So sweet!

Products used:

Lyric Overture -845544
Lyric Prelude - 845582
Lyric Box Office - 845551
Lyric Recital - 845599
Lyric Premier - 845605
Butterflies - 565305
Art Stencil - 922412
Wood Embellishments - 563875
Gypsy Roses - 565770
Tatiana Icicle - 566340
Odette Cherry Frost - 566579
Frost Eason - 565800
Fairy Rhymes - 565329

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Friends

by Designer Lene Bjornerud

Bright, clean, fun! Those words all describe Lene's page! Even with lots of white space, Lene really made her papers, embellies and photo pop.

Once again we see a few wood clips used to add dimension and interest on a layout! Lene really made this whole page extra special with her embellishment choices.

Prima Products:

Chipboard pieces #562809
Metal Trinklets #563578
Wood Chip Embellishments #563813
Mini Sachet Pearl #566036
Giselle #566395
Encore #561369
12x12 Stencils #922207

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Cherished

by Designer Steph Devlin

Steph also used the Lifetime collection; with her own beautiful spin on it! Flowers and swirls and layered papers all add up to a page that is soft and sweet and so gorgeous to look at!

We love how Steph uses paper as an embellishment. Not only is it ready-to-cut-out on our Lifetime papers, but it is a very economical embellishment too. Top with just a few flowers for a gorgeous finished look.

Prima Supplies:

845537 - Lifetime Papers-Love Tags
845513 - Lifetime Papers-Grazia
845469 - Lifetim Papers-Dolce
563837 - Wood Clip Embellishments
565572 - Vines
565534 - Lifetime Flowers
565749 - Frost Dense Roses
565992 - Winter Mini Sachet

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Memories

by Brit Sviggum

Brit always brings a smile to our faces with her fun and whimsical creations! This one is no exception. Keeping everything centered, Brit added a gesso backdrop to pull everything together.

Prima papers and chipboard ground everything and allowing the photo to really shine!

Prima Supplies:

Paper-Flower song #950392
Paper-Fairy collage #950385
Paper-Sweet Briar #950323
Paper-Secret Garden #950361
Chipboard pieces – #950521
Cling stamps – #950552
Cling stamps – Sunrise sunset #960100
Wood embellishment #563868

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Isn't this the sweetest PPP ever? Not only are the products luscious, the palette itself is wonderful! You could pick out just the softer tones for a feminine palette...or mix the richer tones in for a more masculine look.

We know some of these products just shipped out so use whatever Prima you have on hand to create your PPP project this month and submit to us by February 28th! Please put "February PPP" in your subject line. GOOD LUCK! Open to all countries.

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Altered Love Letters

by Guest Designer, Keren Tamir

Keren altered letters to create this love-filled centerpiece! Adding cut-out photos of her family really make this a one-of-a-kind project and extra special!

Prima Supplies:

#549046 Sugar Blooms Reflections flowers
#555900 Charme Rose Nature garden flower
#713508 Fuchsia flowers
#548834 Corine flowers
#561970 Aria Pink flower
#561420 Interlude Pink flower
#539078 Valentine vine
#561666 Soprano pink flowers
#891541 Junkyard findings small typo bulbs
#891503 Shabby Chic Resin Treasures Fairies
#890742 Shabby Chic Resin Treasures Ceiling Ornaments
#890841 Shabby Chic Treasures metal lamps

Other products used Gesso, Cheese cloth, white tissue paper, Shimmerz, Script stamp, Colorbox white ink

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Smile

by Designer Marie-Nicolas Alliot

Marie-Nicolas always delights us with her techniques! Just look at the fun way she added pattern and color to her page with our new DD stencils and some pink chalk ink!

A wooden clip will pull it all together (and hold it well) on any project! Try clipping one on next time for some extra holding power.

Prima Supplies:

Wood Clip Embellishments #563820
Washi & fabric tape #564889
Flower Lyric collection #565664
Chipboard Hello Pastel collection #562793
Paper Divine collection Canzone #950415
Sunrise Sunset collection Mechanicals vintage trinkets #960308
Art stencil Poppies&Peonies 12*12" #922337
Alphabet Canvas stickers Lyric collection #562977
Paper Lyric Collection Box office #845551
Paper Lyric Collection Pacato #845575
Paper Lyric Collection Overture #845544
Chalk Ink: Rasberry #891063

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Love

by Designer Larissa Albernaz

Larissa's bold, rich colors are situated perfectly on this gorgeous layout. The deep hues are accented with softer cream and beige for a beautiful mix of new Prima products!

To top it all off Larissa used a new metal piece by Prima to frame her sentiment. So precious!

Prima Supplies:

Annalee collection "Ashton" cardstock paper: 841799
Lyric collection “Prelude” cardstock paper: 845582
Lyric collection “Overture” cardstock paper: 845544
Lyric collection “Recital” cardstock paper: 845599
Wishes & Dreams collection “Chasing Dreams” cardstock paper: 970376
Hello Pastel collection “Sugar Cube” cardstock papr: 845261
Moulin Rouge collection “Moulin Rouge” cardstock paper: 842017
Rosarian collection “Darby” cardstock paper: 844547
Fairy Rhymes Decorative Frames: 563462
Borders Moulin Rouge: 544447
Divine chipboard pieces: 950538
Lyric chipboard pieces: 562823
Mini Sachet: 565954; 565961
Joulee: 567101
Paquita Azaléia: 566425
Amore Violet: 551940
Labelle Pink Marble: 565817
Essentials Fairy Flora: 543556

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Joy

by Designer Maiko Kosugi

Maiko's soft color choices let her photo shine amongst all of the white space and delicate elements! Just look at her sweet use of washi tape too.

Prima Supplies:

#845544 Overture -Lyric Paper collection
#845612 Tempo -Lyric Paper collection
#845605 Premier -Lyric Paper collection
#845582 Prelude -Lyric Paper collection
#564889 Washi & Fabric Tape -Lyric collection
#562823 12x12 Chipboard Stickers -Lyric collection
#564070 Resist Canvas Stickers -Lyric collection
#563288 Tiny Alphabet Stickers -Lyric collection
#566029 Mini Sachet
#566609 Avante
#566333 Tatiana - White
#567132 Pageant - White
#562106 Bel Canto Cream
#555504 Pixie Vine Fairy Belle
#561604 Soubrette Pink and Purple
#561574 Soubrette White
#561338 Encore White
#561345 Encore Pink
#960216 Wood Icons in a Box - Xoxo
#891565 Junkyard Findings -Rusty Typo Zippers
#891428 Shabby Chic Resin Treasures -Eros

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Love Makes Life

by Designer Stacey Young

And ending our samples today is this beauty by the talented Stacey Young! Stacey layers luscious layer upon luscious layer to create a gorgeous masterpiece.

Stacey chose a wonderful selection of soft and rich tones, with her paper and flower choices, ending in such a beautiful piece!

Prima Supplies:

#845261 Hello Pastel "SugarCube"
#845551 Lyric "Box Office"
#950415 Divine "Canzone"
#845193 Firefly "Magique"
#559151 Alphabet stickers
#559014 Alphabet Sticker sheet
#561550 Prelude
#548605 Whisper Collection
#549077 Flowered Tendrils
#561970 Aria Pink
#561451 Serenade Pink
#561666 Soprano Pink
#561550 Prelude
#561390 Interlude Pink
#566036 Mini Sachet Sunrise
#566876 Troika Plum
#565817 Labelle Pink Marble
#565541 Lifetime Collection Flowers
#890872 Shabby Chic Treasures metal Bike

So join us this month with one, or both, of our contests!!!

14 Comments

Oh my oh my how much gorgeousness in one single post!! you ladies leave me totally breathless! woot woot to Keren, my beautiful friend of many talents!! Congrats on your February GD spot, soooo well deserved!! so much loving thought poured into both of your projects, they are amazing!! WTG girl!! xoxox

Posted by: Eila Sandberg | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 12:55 PM

'memories' and 'remeber' are very beautiful layouts!

Posted by: alex | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 01:13 PM

Beautiful layouts and such amazing inspiration! Woot woot to Keren...your projects are just fabulous my dear! Awesome work!
Thanks to all the ladies for such wonderful eye candy!!!! ;-)

Posted by: Denise van Deventer | Monday, February 11, 2013 at 01:22 PM