You Will NOT Believe It!

We're here with two brand-new challenges! Trendy and sweet this month's Prima Product Pick envelopes fashion trends beautifully! Navy is the go-to color right now, but pair it with the softest pale pink and you have a color combination that is absolutely gorgeous!

So which Prima products can you use? Besides the ones in the collage, picture flowers in both navy and pink, Color Bloom Sprays, Chalkboard Paint, Art Sugar, Say It In Crystals, Finnabair's new Denim Journal, Glitter and Glass Beads, patterned papers, and all kinds of Prima trims and jute threads! We are sure you'll find plenty to play with for this month's PPP challenge! Our team is here with a few samples to get your creativity sparked! (Photo Credits: wall texture, mood board, leaves, Relics & Artifacts)

Stacey Young is a name a few of you might recognize! She is literally oozing with talent, has the most handsome family ever, and has recently joined our team! We are counting our blessings as she creates the most beautiful projects. We hope you help us give her a very warm welcome after you take a peek at her gorgeous layout!

Prima Products: #584535 Geo Shapes Ombre Dreams, #584337 12 x 12 Collection Kit Salvage District, #963101 Art Alchemy Silver Spoon, #963200 Art Alchemy Vintage Rose, #961473 Texture Paste White Sand, #573768 Color Bloom Storm Cloud, #573737 Color Bloom Cotton Candy, #584269 Watercolor Confections Tropicals, #963705 Art Ingredients Art Stones, #586744 Box Flowers Gold Kiss, #588106 Gypsy Cord Florica, #586416 Salvage District Flowers Galerie D'Orleans, #586478 Salvage District Flowers Marble Court, #586430 Salvage District Flowers Royal Hall, #586485 Salvage District Flowers Trianon, #584788 Salvage District SIIC, #583774 Salvage District Wood Variety

Our next project shows how easy it is to use the PPP for cards! “The colors and photos in the PPP for April are so inspiring…I was inspired to try out a stencil, layering Gesso over color, and then topping the Gesso with Mini Art Stones while it was still wet. What a fun challenge, with so many possibilities!” ~ Melissa Phillips

Prima Products: Color Bloom Spray Mist - Chrome - #582562, Tales of You & Me Stencil - #585044, Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White - #961442, Finnabair Art Ingredients - Mini Art Stone White - #963712, Salvage paper - #847531, Cling Stamps - # 580254, Royal Menagerie Cling Stamps - #582340, Royal Menagerie Cling Stamps - #582548, French Riviera Flowers - #586157, Relics & Artifacts Flowers - #942755, Salvage District Flowers - #586485, Vintage Emporium Ephemera - #583620, Chalk Edger - Farmer Jeans - #890988, Chalk Edger - Tin Can - #891152

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Raise your hand if you like pages with more than one photo! Don't get us wrong...one photo pages are amazing, but sometimes it is quite satisfying to squeeze a few more pics on the page. This month's Build-A-Page sketch has room for at least three photos, a title, and journaling...all necessities for a great layout. BUT, did you check out the background? Riikka gave us so many fantastic elements on her sketch this month! You could use pastes or sprays, watercolor or stencils, or anything else your creative mind can come up with to create that beautiful, artistic backdrop!

Often the BAP is reserved for layouts, but we LOVE when you take it and use it for the project you have in mind! "I was inspired by the beautiful flowers in the "Tales of You and Me" collection to design these cards full of lovely layers. I layered various papers from the collection on the base of the cards. Next, I began to layer wooden flourishes, flowers and art stones to create dimension. I finished the cards by adding white gesso to my embellishments to add highlights." ~ Robin Shakoor

Prima Supplies: 991074 – Tales of You & Me – 8x8 Paper Pad, 583675 – Tales of You & Me – Ephemera, 586263 - Tales of You & Me Flowers - Moi aussi, Je t'aime, 586256 - Tales of You & Me Flowers - Je t'aime, 586348 - Tales of You & Me Flowers – Sweet Little Notes, 582074 - Nikko - Chiko, 963705 – Art Ingredients – Art Stones, 961442 – Art Basics – Heavy Gesso, 961381 – Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel, 963132 – Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint – Metallique Wild Fuchsia, 580278 – Color Bloom Spray – Boysenberry, 890940 – Distressing Tool

We also want to extend a warm Prima welcome to Delaina Burns! She is one of those fabulous designers who will try anything, is seriously talented, and creates projects that are fun and gorgeous! We just had to have her back on our team too. "I love the inspiration that comes from a beautiful sketch. I used layers of paper along with stenciled circles, flowers, and brads to create my take, a sweetheart card, on April's BAP." ~ Delaina

Products: Vintage Emporium Collection..847586- Puccini, 847593- Opera Seria, 586560- Alegra, 583842- Brads, 586577- Intermezzo , 922092- Circle Mesh Stencil, 961404- Light Paste

Did someone say Art Journals? "I really love using Prima's BAP! It's a good exercise when "inspiration" is not here! I chose to use my Art Journal for this challenge and made my background with the set of Rust Pastes. To intensify the rust effect I applied Artisan Powder with a soft paintbrush. I layered papers (from Debutante collection), different trims, and Ephemera from Vintage Emporium collection. I glued three frames, including one with a picture, flowers & embellishments to finish up." ~ Céline Régnier

Prima Products: Mixed Media Essentials 963262 - Rust Paste 963576 - Texture Brushes set 1 963873 - Artisan Powder Parthenay 991197 - Ephemera (vintage) 962890 -Ephemera Vintage Emporium 583620 - Flowers - Coco Bean Corsage 942755 -Decorative Paper Clips 582746 - Cling stamp 962043 - A4 Paper Pad Debutante 847326 - Trim 573454 - Trim Posey 583033 - Oval Frame Resins 892111 - Blush Gold 586843 - Mini Numbers 960254 -

Our last sample is an absolute beauty! And it's filled with gorgeous techniques! "I took this sketch into an 8"x8" form using paper from the "Tales of You and Me" paper pad. Stenciling with chalk paint, and 3D Gel mixed with mica powder, replicates the dot design from the sketch. I added color with Oil Pastels, which I blended with water, and also used them to add bold lines and highlights to the project." ~ Fran Westmoreland

See Fran work her magic with a video tutorial right here! (Psst: her British accent makes it even more enjoyable to listen to!)

Prima Products: 8x8 Paper Pad-Tales of You & Me 991074, A4 Collection Kit-Tales of You & Me 583743, Ephemera - French Riviera 583668, Ephemera - Tales of You & Me 583675, Art Basics: Double-Sided Texture Brushes Set 1 - 3 pcs 963873 , Royal Menagerie - Victoria 583279 , 3x4 Journaling Pad - Royal Menagerie 582593 , Debutante- Lucca 580742 , Debutante- Penelope 580728, Flowers - Quartzite 586775, Art Ingredients-Glass Glitter: Copper 961640 , 7x9 Stencil-Grungy Grid 962319, SIIC - A Victorian Christmas 582333, Art Alchemy-Acrylic Paint-Metallique Ancient Coin 963057, Art Alchemy-Acrylic Paint-Metallique Rusty Red 963156, Color Bloom - Vintage Metal Gold Foil 573805, Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White (17 fl. oz.) 961374, Art Ingredients-Mica Powder: Gold 962524, Artist quality Oil Pastel Crayons 814328, Art Basics - 3D Matte Gel (8 fl. oz.) 961398

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We'd love to see what YOU create! Which challenge gets your creativity going this month? Why not enter both? You can use the sketch for ANY type of project you desire: cards, tags, layouts, planners, etc. And the PPP is just gorgeous. Choose a few Prima products to use, or just use the colors, or both! The deadline is the last day in April, so you have lots of time to play.

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8 Comments

Amazing projects!!!!! I loved!!! xoxo

Posted by: luciana w | Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at 12:31 PM

Wow awesomeness!!

Posted by: Anita Bownds | Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at 03:15 PM

Whoo hoo welcome back Stacey can't wait to see your creations and this one is no exception
Just gorgeous and those colours, your such a talented gal I'm such a fan , congrats on new bubba too xx

Posted by: Allie Marie | Wednesday, April 06, 2016 at 05:50 PM