We Have New Challenges!

Happy March! As we enter a new month we also have a NEW challenge for you! This month's Prima Product Pick is just filled with good luck! Bold emerald green, shown with Finnabair's new Art Alchemy paint and our marbled flowers, is paired with softer tones of pink blush, as seen with our lacy flowers. Marbling is all the rage and is so easy to achieve with watercolors. Here's your personal invitation to join us in this month's challenge! Create any type of project using the color palette or products shown and submit right here on this post by the last day of March. You could be our next PPP winner and be featured all over our social media! Need a little motivation to get you going? (Photo credits: green armchair, pastel pink art)

Soft and sweet, Ania Hababicka chose a clean white backdrop for her project. The backdrop was created with our new Stamp N' Layer floral stamp sets, which Ania loves using for gorgeous effects, then beautiful "sister" pics are added. A floral cluster pulls everything together while metal accents add contrast and weight to the page. A few wood smartphone icons are tucked in to carry the snapshot theme throughout the page. How beautiful is this?

Products: 583613 - Ink N 'Layer - Glorious Flora, 583606 - N 'Layer Cling Fragrant Flora, 961442 - gesso, 576714 - Primary Colours - Crayons watercolor, 576721 - Spring and Autumn - Crayons watercolor, 583712 - Journaling Cards-Salvage District, 847524 - Salvage District Palais-Royal, 586423 - Salvage District - Grand Garden Flowers-Paper, 586430 - Salvage District-Royal Hall-Paper Flowers, 584795 - SIIC-Vintage Emporium, 585891 - Paint brushes in pen, 814656 - 5x7 stamp Acrylic -Texture, 584566 - Mask - Tile, 583781 - French Riviera - Wooden box, 963453 - Metal accessories - Steampunk Gears, 891176 - Chalk Edger - Dry Sand Beige

"I'm in love with the March PPP! It's so fresh and an inspiring moodboard! I was inspired especially by the colors - warm tones of salmon pink (which is my absolutely fav color), and the fresh and calm at the same time with emerald green. The beautiful, subtle pic from the right top corner reminded me of watercolors and color blooms, so I chose these products to create a background for my card and to color the stunning bird and stamped flowers. " ~ Karola Witczak, Educator

Product used: 538927 Fiesta Flowers, 655350582074 Nikko- Chiko Flowers, 538453 Pearl Penache, 655350980528 Bloom Stamps: Birds, 573157 Cartographer- Say it in Crystals, 584092 Prima Dies - Forest Leaves, 655350573782 Color Bloom - Sparkling Pastels Soft Teal, 655350573737 Color Bloom - Sparkling Pastels Cotton Candy, 655350814328 Artist quality Oil Pastel Crayons 24 colors,, 655350576691 Watercolor Pencils - Scenic Route, 655350576721 Watercolor Pencils - Spring & Fall, 655350580421 Watercolor Brush-Pen Set

Robbie created some of her own accents for her stunning layout! "For this page, I used some of my favorite new products. For the first time, I added some of the new IOD Moulds to my page. These are so fabulous and make great embellishments for your pages, as well as for home decor. I also made some embellishments from the foil negatives (instead of throwing them away.) I used some of the techniques that can be found on my Live with Prima mini class right here: Prima LWP Class!" ~ Robbie Herring

Prima Products: Salvage District Palais Royal 847524, Salvage District Ephemera 583637, Salvage District Wood Icons 583774, Salvage District Flowers 586461, Salvage District Flowers 586485, Salvage District SIIC 584788, Prima Flowers Boxed Leaves 586713, Tales of You and Me Flowers 586317, Adhesive Rub-ons 971342, Adhesive Rub-ons 971410, Foils Golden Girl 585631, Melange Art Pebbles 963323, Paper Doilies 584696, Stencil 584580, IOD Moulds Baroque 3 814793, IOD Moulds Baroque 2 814786, Prima Paper Clay 814991, Opal Magic Paint 963620, Magnolia Trim 583026, 3D Matte Gel 961398

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A great sketch will allow you to adapt it to your photos, your style, your choice of embellishments...all while giving you fabulous elements to play with. This month's sketch, by Riikka Kovasin, simply rocked all of those necessities! With a FUN background that could be created with watercolors, stamps, die-cuts, or anything you love to play with. A few flowers embellishments help ground and anchor the layout, while lots of room is left for journaling! Just wait until you see how each of our design team and educators adapted the BAP sketch to fit their style! From a gorgeous pin-up girl, to a sweet, mischievous boy...you can simply use this sketch for any subject.

"I flipped the sketch for my project and used lots of new French Riviera products! Our daughter modeled for "PinUps for Soldiers" and I thought this picture was absolutely perfect for this wonderful collection!!!" ~ Patti Hamil

Prima Products - French Riviera Collection: 990763 Respirer l'air de La paper, 990787 Journees D Reves et paper, 585037 6x6 Stencil, 584405 6x6 Collection Kit, 990909 Chipboard, 586225 Vielle Ville flowers, 586133 Saint Tropez flowers, 586249 Cote d' Azur flowers, 583781 Wood Embellishments, 583866 Brads, 583668 Ephemera, 584801 SIIC Other: 580759 Garden Fable Hergabe flowers, 891060 Chalk Edger Blue Jay, 891145 Chalk Edger Cold Ice

"I made an eight inch layout this time. When I saw this sketch the 1st time I imaged the globe as the circle background. So I used the paintable watercolor paper from the French Riviera collection. I painted it with oil pastels like the globe. And around the edge of the globe, created a 3D effect. I like blue and green; they are the colors of feeling peace. It is simple to paint with oil pastels while adding the texture with the metal embellishments, micro beads, and chipboard. An eight inch layout looks so good decorating your wall. I love it and will try this again!!" ~ Maiko Miwa

Prima Products: 8x8 Paper Pad-French Riviera Item: 655350991067, 6x6 Paintable Pad - French Riviera Item: 655350584177, French Riviera Flowers - Deep Blue Sea Item: 655350586188, SIIC-French Riviera Item: 655350584801, Chipboard - French Riviera Item: 655350990909, Art Ingredients: Mélange Art Pebbles 46pc. Item: 655350963323, Mechanicals: Barn Stars 5pc. Item: 655350963392, Mechanicals: Mini Hardware 20pc.Item: 655350963316, Mechanicals: Steampunk Blades 8pc.Item: 655350963446, Mechanicals: Tin Hearts 10pc.Item: 655350963361, Art Ingredients-Micro Beads: Splash 57g Item: 655350962630, Art Ingredients-Micro Beads: Grass 57g Item: 655350962623, Shabby Chic Resin Treasures Dell'Arte Item: 655350891466, Vintage Mechanicals - Vintage Clock Face Small Item: 655350960278, WIRE THREAD- SKY BLUE Item: 655350572075, Statement Stickers - The Archivist Item: 655350990282

"I decided to use this sketch as the basis to create another page for my son's early years scrapbook. As everyone knows I love minimalist layouts with lots of white space so I minimized all aspects of the sketch and pushed them to the top corner of the page. All aspects of the sketch are there as well as a few extras to make it my own." ~ Joanne Bain

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Prima Materials: 581695 Isabella - Ricarda, 891176 Dry Sand Chalk Edger, 891015 Dark Rust Chalk Edger, 962586 Art Ingredients - Bronze Micro Beads, 990787 Journees De Reves Et Aventures 12x12 Patterned Paper - French Riviera Collection, 990749 Cote D Azur 12x12 Patterned Paper - French Riviera Collection, 583750 French Riviera A4 Collection Kit. Other - Coloured Cotton, Dusty Attic Chipboard Title.

"Made a layout of my youngest son, Finnley, and that we love him unconditional, even though he is a bit of a rascal sometime everyday roaming through my kitchen drawers looking for stuff. On this picture he's gotten hold of some of my vanilla powdered sugar. He has such an innocent look on this face. I kept the sketch quite true to the original, but I switch the title on the other side where the journaling is. Then added loads of mixed-media techniques and yummy Prima embellishments." - Yasmin Tölche, Prima Educator

Products used: 847579 - Vintage Emporium - Maestro 12x12", 961404 - Art Basics - Light Paste, 584566 - Stencil Tile, 961305 - Stencil Harlequin - 584726 - Salvage District Clear Stamp, 585631 - Rub-On Foils - Golden Girl, 576981 - Wire Trim - Ecru, 584252 - Watercolor Confections - The Classics, 573843 - Color Bloom - Antique Gold, 582890 - Color Bloom - Frost, 583989 Dies - Lace Rose, 963392 - Mechanicals - Stars, 847623 - Vintage Emporium - Bordeaux 12x12", 847586 Vintage Emporium - Puccini 12x12", 847609 Vintage Emporium - Florence 12x12", 586492 - Vintage Emporium - Bordeaux Flowers, 586591 - Vintage Emporium - Liberetto Flowers, 962586 - Micro Beads - Bronze, 579401 - Timeless Memories - SIIC. 961428 - Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel.

So which challenge do you think you'll join? The PPP can be used for cards, tags, home decor, and so many other projects, but so can the BAP sketch! Think of it as a blueprint that you change to fit what you want! Make sure you enter on the blue inlinkz buttons and please share with us on our social media. We LOVE seeing what you are creating!