July's Guest Designer Is...

 

We thought it'd be nice to shake things up a bit and give a whole post to our amazing Guest Designers this time around! We are so excited to introduce our first incredible guest designer, whose work caught our eye! We know you'll agree with us that her style and techniques are absolutely incredible. Help us welcome Nastya Istorkina from Ukraine!

 

 

 

Hello! My name is Nastya Istorkina and I'm addicted with scrapbooking. This year I'm enjoying the magic of transformation. I like when old and useless things become a piece of art. I give them a second life. And it excites me! I also like to create layouts that tell stories. For me, scrapbooking is not just a hobby, it's a way of life. Every day I create something beautiful. And I think that ideas simply cannot run out!

I'm really happy to become a guest designer for Prima Marketing this year. And my biggest dream is to become a part of such wonderful regular design team. I hope it will happen once. :) Hope you'll like my projects. Thank you! And have a great day! ~Nastya

 

How's this for a first project to show off? Nastya's INCREDIBLE layout (featuring a lovely turquoise background paper from Firefly) is beyond gorgeous, and uses July's BAP sketch as the base. The color palette is soft and soothing, but the whole design is FILLED to the brim with so many fun techniques.

Just peek at all the little items Nastya includes on her project without overwhelming it! Stenciling, stamping, Say It In Crystals, Prima leaf die-cuts, metals, and gels, Art Sugar, and so much more...let's keep looking!

"I made some texture on the paper with paste and stencils. Than I added accents with Color Bloom sprays and some stamps. I love to create multi-layered layouts, so I added many pieces of papers and some elements that I made with Prima's metal dies. Wood, metal, crystal embellishments, some brads, and splashes add details that helped me to reflect a sense of my story. On the layout I told about secrets that have each of us. Huge secrets. "Keep it inside. Don't tell anyone." Not yet the right moment to tell. But, one day, it will no longer be a secret. " ~Nastya

 Prima Products:

1. Paper Firefly - Shadows, Item: 845162

2. Paper Epiphany - At This Moment, Item: 846879

3. Paper Epiphany - Divine Exposure, Item: 846831

4. Paper Cartographer- Montgolfiere, Item: 990015

5. Metal Brads - Engraver, Item: 564698

6. 6x6 Stencil - Checker, Item: 960179

7. 6 X 6 STENCILS- MINI FLORA, Item: 569419

8. Cling Mount Stamps - Hello Pastel, Item: 563004

9. Meadow Lark SIIC, Item: 553999

10. Say It In Crystals, Item: 551551

11. Vintage Mechanicals - Mini Brads, Item: 960384

12. Color Bloom - Sultry Shimmer Summer Sky, Item: 573867

 

Next up is a breathtaking altered Prima metal clock which Nastya transformed into a summer haven using this month's PPP colors!

I'm not sure we can even count the ideas included on this stunning piece. Filled to the brim with the most gorgeous summer garden, Nastya included so many gorgeous touches to totally transform her clock.

Flowers, metals, canvas, vellum butterflies, alphabets, Say It In Crystals, micro-beads, and so much more...they're ALL perfectly displayed. (My favorite part? The super fun sand hour-glass included. Summer can be fleeting and it's a great reminder to soak in the fun and memories while you can!)

"I love to give a second life for useless things. I made the colorful altered clock. It is about summertime. In fact that people are happier in summer. This clock will be a reminder of summer happiness and bliss. I added an hourglass inside the clock and many flowers, seashells, and pieces of wood from the seaside. It is a real flower bloom inside the clock." ~Nastya

Nastya even transformed the back with gesso, texture pastes, Color Bloom sprays, and ink! What a beautiful, beautiful summer keepsake!

Prima Products:

1. 6 X 6 STENCILS- MINI FLORA, Item: 569419

2. Say It In Crystals, Item: 551551

3. Color Bloom - Sultry Shimmer Summer Sky, Item: 573867

4. Cling Mount Stamps - Hello Pastel, Item: 563004

5. Serenade Orange, Item: 561482

6. Color Bloom - Sultry Shimmer Sorbet, Item: 573874

7. Color Bloom - Sultry Shimmer Peony, Item: 573904

8. Millicent Vine Meadow Lark, Item: 556174

9. Clear Acrylic Stamp - Engraver #1, Item: 563042

10. Altered Metal Frame Clock - Item 961434

Is she not A-M-A-Z-I-N-G? You can check out more of Nastya's work right here on her blog! Let's leave her a pat on the back for her wonderful creations made just for us today! (And I just want to give a little shout out to ALL of the wonderfully talented designers from Ukraine. They are beyond amazing. We could have had a whole team just from their wonderful country!)

 

 

Comments

[Estrella Barba]

wonderful projects! both are filled with precious details, besos

[s.kavi tha]

both the projects are gorgeous,loved all the yummy details.

[Ilana Polakiewicz]

Truly amazing projects, colors, techniques. I really enjoyed seeing Nastya's work. Thank you.

[Eila Sandberg]

A truly talented young lady, Nastya! cannot stop looking and looking and looking at her projects, discovering new details everywhere. These are both absolutely STUNNING!! Congratulations on your GDT!! I am sure we are going to see a lot of your art in the future! xoxo

[Keren Tamir]

spectacular projects wow!! congrats Nastya!!!

[Sanderijn de Bruin]

Both gorgeous projects! Love her style, she is an amazing artist, that's for sure!

[barbara macaskill]

WOW! These are absolutely magical!! TFS!

[Di Garling]

You are a true artist Nastya in every sense of the word. I absolutely ADORE your work. These projects are simply STUNNING. TFS.

[luciana w]

Both the projects are amazing!!!

[Jessika Lundman]

Absolutely stunning!! Love all the details!

[Carri L]

so cool!

[Riikka]

Wow! These are gorgeous projects!

[corbin downing]

very nice ~ thank you :) ~

[Milagros C Rivera]

One word: Divine!

[Vera Shelemekh]

Absolutely amazing!!!!!

[Joi@RR]

Totally FABULOUS projects... wow. j.

[song]

wow!! both of are just incredible!

[Mona Pendleton]

Gorgeous projects!

[Mona Pendleton]

Gorgeous projects! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Helen Tilbury]

I couldn't agree with you more! Nastya Istorkina & Tanya Dudkina are 2 of the most talented scrappers I know & both Ukrainian. Definitely something in the water over there!! INCREDIBLE projects from Nastya & my favourite style. Plenty of layers & mixed media details!!