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October ushers in a new season filled with chilly nights, gorgeous falling leaves, and crisp apple harvest! (Unless you live in the southern hemisphere, then you have the exact opposite!) Either way our fresh palette will bring a twist of warm richness to your projects. Look for deep navy, cozy browns, aged copper metals, and a touch of time-proven leather! Once you get creating just enter your Prima-based projects using the blue inlinkz buttons under each challenge! Here are a few samples to get you in the creative mood!

(Photo Creds: A Good Deed Brightens a Dark World, Color Swatch, Rock Formations, Leather Notebook, Enjoy Every Moment Brush Lettering)

 

 

"The first things that got my attention on the color mood board were the weathered wood underneath the La Rochelle Antique Trinkets...and the leather on the left. The feeling of the board also turned my thoughts to times long gone. So, I rummaged through the Finnabair Ephemera pouch for inspiration and decided to use one of the pictures from there as the focal point. I used Chalk Edgers, together with the Oil Pastels, to turn the pale wood into weathered one, and also included the wonderful leather-like paper from the Memory Hardware collection into my piece." ~ Riikka Kovasin

Prima Products: 962883 – Finnabair Ephamera pack, 572938 – Wooden ATC Not Too Shabby, 990404 – Leather Paper, 583651 – Paper Doilies, 960582 – Resist Canvas 12x12 Checkered, 990725 – La Rochelle Antique Trinkets, 582746 – Paper clips, 961107 – Mechanicals Pendants, 569617 – School Memories Wooden Buttons, 961992 – Cling Stamp Set Dream On, 961367 – 3D Gloss Gel, 814328 – Oil Pastel Crayons, 890995 – Chalk Edger Black Coal, 891077 – Chalk Edger Old Road, 962760 – Brush Set

 

 

"For this PPP, I wanted to play with all the beautiful mixed-media products that Prima makes.  I stuck to the colors in the PPP, and I alternated micro-beads, art sugar, and glitters to decorate the sections of the pumpkin.  I loved the way the different products added various textures and color-filled shine for an interesting overall look."  ~ Robbie Herring

"For the floral clusters, I added some of those same elements to the flowers and used mica powder (mixed in with soft gel) to add to the leaves.  The mica powder mixes perfectly with the soft gel and made my leaves shine!"

 

 

Prima Products: Color Bloom Tea Stain 573836, Color Bloom Cobalt 573898, Color Bloom Precious Stone 573812, 3D Gloss Gel 961381, Soft Gloss Gel 961435, Art Ingredients Glass Glitter Sterling 961626, Art Ingredients Art Sugar Black 961770, Art Ingredients Micro Beads Pollen 962609, Art Ingredients Micro Beads Bronze 962586, Art Ingredients MicaPowder Gold 962524, Art Ingredients Mica Powder Rust 962548, Chalk Edger Pastel Brown 891718, Coy Hellane 581152, Allure Defina 581213, Resist Alphabet 564094, Metal Die -Cuts  572839. Other:  Paper Mache Pumpkins, Chalkboard, Raffia, 7/8" Sheer Black Ribbon

 

 

 

"The gorgeous textures shown in the palette this month inspired me to create a vintage layout of my beautiful Aunt Ruby.  I started with an 11x14 Paintable as my base.  Rough Artisan Parisian leather paper added texture to my page.  I then added an 8x10 Paintable to the center of the leather paper, alogn with 2.4 x 4" Paintable tags to the side of my photo.  Color was added to my page using a chalk edger in Blue Jay." ~ Robin Shakoor

 

 

"Layered ephemera cards and leather paper are looped and adhered to the page. As a finishing touch, I added beautiful crystals, pearls, and a sweet circle of cording to the top of my page."

 

Prima Supplies: 891060 – Chalk Edger – Blue Jay, 535834 – SIIP & SIIC, 990725 – La Rochelle Antique Trinkets, 990404 – Artisan Parisian Leather Paper  - Smooth, 990411 – Artisan Parisian Leather Paper – Rough, 814267 – Enchanted Aviaries 11x14 Paintable, 814250 – Belle Fleur 8x10 Paintable, 814205 – Parisian 2.4 x 4 Paintable, 962883 – Ephemera Melange, 580254 - Cling Stamp, 576059 – Epiphany Wood Icons, 576769 – Wax Cord – Blue Moon, 581275 – Evita – Eloisa Flowers, 582746 – Metal Embellishment – Paperclip - Floral, Ingvild Bolme Distressing Tool. Other Supplies: Flourish Die, Grand Calibur,“Remember” Stamp, Pearl Pen

 

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October's sketch, by the one and only Riikka Kovasin, is completely amazing with a triple photo spot, condensed journaling lines, a wonderfully lowered title, and a fantastic media-filled backdrop! Our designers on both teams: Design Team and Educators LOVED it so much! here are a few samples for you to get your mojo going!

 

"I used ink and paper to separate work areas. I like the combination of black and coral...as it is bright and gentle at the same time. This work of love is time. Today, tomorrow, always! Today I show a lyrical mood in my artwork!  ~Irina Angold

Prima Products: Epiphany - Striking Appearance - 846824, 4x6" Journaling Notecards- Epiphany - 575724, Wood Icons- Epiphany - 576059, Art Extravagance- Texture Paste - White Sand (8.5 fl. oz.) - 961473, Art Ingredients-Iridescent Mica Powder Green - 963521, Art Basics - Heavy Gesso White - 961442, Mariposa - 580384, Color Bloom - Carmine Red - 582579, Something Blue- Typewriter Keys - 573058, Something Blue- Tags and Tickets - 573287, Something Blue- Brads - 572761, SIIC - A Victorian Christmas - 582333, Art Ingredients - Glitter Set - Ebony & Ivory - 961602, Stencil - Bubbles - 961299, Esperanza- Trella - 581916

 

 

 

 

"For my layout I used just one large photo, but still used up the space as if I used 3 photos. I kept the title in the same area. Stenciling and stamping were used to mimic the circles and lines that are around the photo." ~Tiffany Solorio

 

 

Prima Products:  847210 - 12x12 Garden Fable paper Lover Momentos , 580247 - Cling stamps coffee stain , 570491 - Cling stamps stitched circles , 962005 - Cling stamps Don't forget to fly , 560652 - Say it in crystals , 582500 - Royal Menagerie wood embellishments , 583330 - Royal menagerie - Helena , 579494 - Debutante tag me, 565879 - Labelle Cerise , 579067 - Debutante chipboards and more , 577773 - Rondathe - whitecap , 577513 - Flowers , 892128 - Resin frames , 579562 - Garden Fable wood embellishments , 582883 - 6x6 stencil , 814328 - Oil Pastels , 961374 - Heavy gesso , 961398 - 3D matte gel , 961404 - Light paste , 962593 - micro beads - blush , 892425 - Door locks , 580278 - Color bloom - Boysenberry

 

 

"I couldn't resist playing with the amazing sketch this month. The Royal Menagerie paper was begging me to use it. I have to admit layouts are definitely not my "thing." I get very uneasy staring at this flat piece of paper! LOL. But using a sketch helps me so much!!!! There are so many ways to interpret it! It just gives a great jumping off point, which I needed!" ~ Miranda Edney

Prima Products: Royal Menagerie 12x12 Queen for the day-847395, Royal Menagerie SIIC-582326, Royal Menagerie Beatrix Flower-583332, Royal Menagerie Diana Flower-583354, Royal Menagerie Matilde Flower-583385, Royal Menagerie Anne Flower-583316, Metal Plaue-583088, Magnolia Trim-583002, Debutante Wood Icons-579555, Pixie Vine-555931, Art Basics White Gesso-961442, Art Basics Clear Gesso-961466, Art Basics 3D Matte Gel-961398, Art Basics Light Paste-961404, Silver Microbeads-962562, Cold Pink Mica Powder-962869, Color Bloom Soft TEal-573782, Color Bloom Worn Leather-573829

 

 

“I admire Rikka and I was happy to see that the sketch was proposed by her. I like to work with several photos and create a scene. I took this sketch and used the photos of the son of a great friend scrapbooker,  Livia. I followed her history and I'm happy to do this tribute to her. Thank you, Livia! I worked with stencils, light paste, and stamps. I found the result simply incredible.” Luciana Warnowski 

Prima products: paper tropics collection #840938, stencil elementals alpha # 962296, prima flowers coy-adele #581121, mechanicals finnabair #961060, cling stamp finnabair net&wire #555399, chalkboard paint #577186, heavy gesso white #961442, ephemera coffe break collection #575878. Other-archival ink pad- jet black, penci-l uni posca, twine- black and white, washi tape, black glitter, and black emerald primary elements

 

Marilyn Rivera also used just one photo of her and a Prima friend, Jennifer! How fun that two amazingly talented ladies connected through scrapbooking. Marilyn's page follows the basic elements of the BAP sketch, but added a variation of personal style...which is exactly what a great sketch sets a creative mind to do!

Prima Products: #990220- Archivist collection-, #579951-anemone stencil, #559168-Tea-Thyme, #579739-Wood Icons, #578480-Coffee Break, #581381-Flower, #578275-vine, #581176-Flower, #961404-light paste, #961381- 3D Gloss Gel, #573836- Color Bloom-Tea Stain, #573751-Color Bloom- White, #962586-Micro Beads-Bronze, #962579-Micro Beads-Cooper, #961961-stamp

 

 

'I was inspired by the palette of the oil pastel cover for my project based on this sketch. Prima's Oil Pastels have vivid color &  top quality results.' ~HeeSun Kim

Prima Products: #961626 Prima - Finnabair - Art Ingredients - Glass Glitter - Sterling, #576059 Prima - Epiphany Collection - Wood Icons in a Box , #892104 Prima - Shabby Chic Treasures Collection - Ingvild Bolme - Resin Embellishments - Victorian Frame , #565923 Prima - Mini Sachet Collection - Flower Embellishments - Plum , #578251 Prima - Providence Collection - Flower Embellishments - Bay, #575762 Prima - Epiphany Collection - Cling Mounted Stamps, #814328 Prima - Colour A La Cremes - Water Soluble Oil Pastels - 24 Colors, #961381 Prima - Finnabair - Art Basics - 3D Gloss Gel - 8 Ounces

We would LOVE to see what you create with this month's PPP or BAP! You have until October 31st to enter your Prima project! There are only three rules:

1. The project must be Prima-based. 2. The deadline is October 31st at 23:55 ET. 3. You must have FUN creating it! Ready! Set! Go!

 

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Comments

[Ilana Polakiewicz]

I love october's challenge color palette! And all the projects are simply stunning!

[luciana w]

Thanks Ilana, and congrats for all my firneds! Amazing projects!!!

[Kathy Bradley]

All pages and projects are so beautiful - so much inspiration!

[Di Garling]

Love the sketch love the PPP too. Will definitely be joining in the fun again this month :)

[Milagros C Rivera]

Awesome projects, fantastic sketch and wonderful inspiration!!!

[Hee Sun Kim]

Amazing~~! Love the sketch!

[Denise Sullivan]

Where can I find your Oil Pastels?

[Prima Marketing]

Hey Denise! They should be shipping out to retailers right now! If you do not have a local store let us know and you should be able to find them at some of the larger online scrapbook stores! :) Sharon

[Jacqueline Moore]

Love this months BAP and PPP! I hope I can find the time to play along!!

[Jennifer Snyder]

as always - stunning spectacular projects!! what inspiration.
As for meeting Marilyn, Rivera - EVERYONE should be as lucky as I was! You have no idea the kindness you are missing with this true and genuine gem of a friend and artist

[Mona Pendleton]

Beautiful samples ladies! Thanks for the inspiration!