Live with Prima Year in Review-2015

 

Throughout the year, Prima has brought you the very best in innovative products and designs. And our instructors have taken these products and created a variety of amazing projects for our fans! Today, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite shows from 2015, before we set sail with even more inspiration and ingenuity in 2016! 

We also wanted to thank all of our Live with Prima fans for your support and loyalty in 2015-we truly appreciate YOU! 

(Commentary below by Cari Fennell)  

Altered Tray by Miranda Edney 

Miranda joined the Live with Prima team this year and I couldn't be more thrilled! Her altered projects are stunning and I thought-how lucky are we to have her share her talents on Live with Prima!? This was her very first project. When she turned it in-my jaw dropped! And then it occurred to me-how is she going to make this in an hour? And then very soon after-she emailed and said-how am I going to make this in an hour? LOL!  The first show is always the hardest-nerves, time flies and you hope that all of your equipment behaves while you are live. Well-she pulled it off beautifully and the show was a success. You can see it right here!

 

 

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Adorable Gift Tags and Bags by Bona Rivera-Tran

 

Bona is probably one of the sweetest people I know. I have been admiring her work for years on Youtube. When I approached her to do a guest spot on Live with Prima-I had no idea what she would say. She of course said yes and then I pushed the envelope even further and asked her to join the team. I love how she creates her projects from scratch. Everything is measured out precisely to make the project work and it normally starts with just cardstock. I love seeing the transformation take place before my eyes. I also have to make sure I drink coffee before her shows to stay alert for all of her 5/8 and 1/3 measurements, that I have to repeat back to our viewers-LOL! Here are her adorable projects she created for us on the show-she rocks the Julie Nutting dolls like no other! And see the archived class here, for your viewing pleasure!

 

 

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 Fresh Garden Layout by Adrienne Ford

 

This project is one of my all time favorites by Adrienne. She can transform her project into a mixed media masterpiece like no one's business. Her concepts and techniques are wonderful. And after watching-you know exactly what do to to recreate it because she explains everything so well. But most of all-I love how she laughs at herself in every show. Her laugh is seriously contagious-I laugh too- I just can't help it. And I have never had any other instructor cursed with so many technical issues! It never failed-almost every show! But she somehow made it through the technical curse and managed to pull off some fabulous shows. See this beauty created right here! 

 

 

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 Angel Love Layout by Delaina Burns

 

Delaina is a gem! She has been there to help more than I can count and somehow-she is able to read my mind (scary) because she never fails to contact me when I need help, backup or someone to do an extra show. I can throw crazy ideas at her and she makes it work! I love that she is willing to try my crazy ideas and she can do exactly what I had in my brain. Her talents go way beyond paper crafting, from stitching to master sewer. And her accent is just plain adorable. I appreciate her to the moon and back! See how Delaina added her extra special touch to this fabulous layout, right here! 

 

 

 

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 Bird Shadowbox with Jamie Dougherty

 

There is no end to Jamie's talents! I held onto her for as long as I could on Live with Prima, before she got really busy and now has shows in art galleries and her presence is being requested all over the place. And her successful Bloom collection with Prima has hit the craft world by storm. I was fortunate enough to work closely with her for two years. I am lucky to call her one of my dearest friends and we laugh until our cheeks hurt when we are together. And of course-I am always asking her to do a show here and there-can't let her go! Here is one of my favorite projects she made on the show, showcasing her Bird stamps on a shadowbox frame-it is fabulous! See it right here. 

 

 

 

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Mixed Media Tags by Sharon Laakkonen

 

Sharon and I have been with Prima forever. She is to me-a super hero! She has somehow managed to raise and home school 7 children while working full time and still looks like she is 30-what? I love her to pieces and I am grateful that she has agreed to join my crazy ride I call, Live with Prima. I still have no idea how I managed to talk her into it... She somehow manages to pack enough information for 2 shows worth into one and creates beautiful projects in true Sharon style. These tags were a huge hit and I just had to share them here. You can see how she created them right here.

 

 

 

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The Fabulous Julie Nutting

 

Julie Nutting is an amazingly talented artist. She has done several shows for me on Live with Prima and viewers can not get enough of her. She said to me at one point-I am running out of ideas. And I said they don't count if you keep them in your head. We want to see and hear all of your ideas-old or new or anything. I don't think she believed me-but it's true. And I love her dry sense of humor-she is very funny and doesn't even know it. I can't thank her enough for all she has done for me and Live with Prima. Here is one of her shows, where she created the sweetest little wardrobes using her dolls and tags from her collection. 

 

 

 

 

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Coffret Album by Frank Garcia

 

Frank creates the most beautiful albums-period! He never fails to "wow" our viewers with his projects and he takes his time to create his masterpieces for us on the shows. Not only does he create beautiful projects, but he also creates collections for Prima. On this particular album, he told me he used his mom's spoons from home. And I asked him-"doesn't she know some are missing?" Well, she saw the album and recognized the spoons right away-the jig is up! Hope he bought her some for Christmas-LOL! And I am also waiting patiently for him to use something green on one of his projects...still waiting. Here is his Coffret album, one of the most popular shows on Live with Prima to date (you can see why)-thanks Frank for sharing such gorgeous projects with us!

 

 

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 I also want to give a special shout out to Tiffany Solorio, Fran Westmoreland, Keren Tamir, Sandra Evertson and Robbie Herring for being our guests on the shows throughout the year. You have made Live with Prima even better with your amazing creations! Thank you!

 

El Bandito by Fran Westmoreland

 

Altered Dress Form by Robbie Herring

 

 

Mini Canvas Trio by Keren Tamir

 

 

 Destiny's Shrine by Sandra Evertson

 

 

Altered Beach Frame by Tiffany Solorio

 

 

 

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!

 

Join us for these and other great classes twice a week-every Tuesday and Thursday! See our free shows right here on our Prima channel.

And all of our recorded shows are also on Youtube!

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Comments

[Prima Marketing]

Cari-this is such a beautiful tribute to each teacher! Thank you so much for your sweet words! :) Sharon

[barb macaskill]

What beautiful creations! Can't wait to see what 2016 brings! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Delaina Burns]

Thank you so much, Cari! I love being included with this awesome team. And I love our scrappy community too... They are the best!

[Kathy Bradley]

Each and every project is so wonderful and so very beautiful!

[Randi M.]

Wow ( missed you Tuesday Cari! And Sharon I didn't know you homeschooled( I'll have to chat with you sometime!!) )

I love live with Prima! Thanks for the recap Cari!!
(Aka marquezcpa)

[Randi M.]

Beautiful projects and awesome teacher!

[Bona Rivera-Tran]

Thank you Cari for all that you do. You're the best!!! I'm so honored to be apart of Live with Prima. Everyone is so amazing and extremely talented. Looking forward to 2016.

[luciana w]

Thanks Cari!!!! Happy New Year for all!!!!