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Simple to Stupendous with Stacy Cohen

  We have something new for you on the blog today! Simple to stupendous shows you ways of how to take your scrapbook pages to the next level. Stacy Cohen has brought this stunning page with her before and after steps on how she made her simple page stupendous.

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Whether your scrapping style is “Clean and Simple”, “Shabby Chic”, or something altogether different, Prima’s beautiful products can be incorporated into any style of scrapbooking.  

Personally, I don’t have a single set-in-stone scrapbooking style. To keep things interesting for myself, I like to play around with different styles. Some of my pages are very simple with minimal embellishments, and others are filled with techniques and lots of lush Prima products. Today I’m going to show you two versions of a layout I created. The first version is very simple.  On the second version I took it up a notch by adding more techniques and embellishments. 

Here is the first version.  Pretty simple, huh?

I created a quick and easy base for the photo by punching squares from the Songbird collection papers. One of these papers is the Songbird “Collage” paper. The beauty of this particular paper is that it has a collage of different patterns on one side, so I was able to get a variety of punched squares using just this one piece of paper. I kept the rest of the page pretty simple as well I used a minimal amount of flowers (just enough to “pretty up” the page a bit), added my title, and then I hand-wrote my journaling on a doily. This is a page that could easily be completed in half an hour and with minimal supplies.

Here is the second version.

 

As you can see, there’s a lot more going on here. I added more embellishments and details. For example, I beefed up my cluster of flowers and embellishments. I added some details, like machine stitching around the page and tiny drops of Liquid Pearls (by Ranger) around the center section. 

Instead of a simple punched square design, I added a more eye-catching patchwork design adorned with pearls.

 

 

You can learn how to do this cool paper quilting technique here:  Davinie’s quilting tutorial

To add a bit of sparkle and pizazz to my embellishment clusters, I coated some of the flowers and the butterfly with translucent white glitter.

 

 

Granted, this second version might still be considered fairly “simple” by some standards, but it’s stepped up just enough to give it that extra floral lushness that Prima is known for.

 

Supplies (not all of these were used on the first version):

• 844059 Songbird “Lineage”
• 844011 Songbird “Collage”
• 844080 Songbird “Title-it”
• 547189 Parfait Collection Blush
• 555306 Songbird Chipboard
• 554828 Songbird Chipboard Stickers
• 550066 Alphabet Stickers
• 555382 Alphabet Stickers
• 555597 Songbird Essential Flowers
• 555597 Lucerne Songbird Flowers
• 555573 Charme Rose Songbird Flowers
• 557157 Tivona Rose
• 557645 Laraine Pearl White
• 556327 Velvet Rainbow Naturals
• 558253 Butterflies
• 300456 E-Line Pearls

 

BONUS:  Are you a 2-page layout kind of gal?  Here’s a 2-pager I did that incorporates the basic design of my 1-page layouts above. 

 

 

 

You can see how easy it is to take a 1-page design and incorporate it into a 2-page layout!

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s post! Now tell us, what’s your usual scrapping style?

 

Designer Feature with Ingvild Bolme

 

Happy Memorial Day...Today we would like to introduce to you, Ingvild Bolme. She is the designer behind Prima's Comfort Craft tools, the ever-handy Chalk Edgers, and Shabby Chic metals and resins. 

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My name is Ingvild Bolme from Norway, mother to little Iselina (5.5 years), who also is my biggest scrapbook inspiration. I discovered scrapbooking in 1996, and, since 1997, have been totally addicted to this amazing craft. My style can vary a bit after the pictures I scrap or the occasion I design for, but there are always lots of details on my works, simply because I love to put on lots of embellish and try out different techniques. I also love the vintage and romantic style and often choose that style if possible. I love photography and design, and I simply love everything within this craft. Prima is my heart brand, and I dare to say that Prima's products has shaped my style in scrapbooking to what it is today.

You can see more of Ingvild's work on her personal site:

  

www.ingvildbolme.com

The Comfort Craft Tools are an ergonomic line that give you the comfort and support you might need for those detailed scrapbook projects. The line includes a craft knife, self-healing craft mats (available in two sizes), and the all-in-one distressing tool. This distressing tool will make all of your other distressing tools obsolete. It has a sanding edge, heavy grate distressing edge (with removable bed), edge distresser, bone fold, wire brush, and rub-on tool. This is a must have in your arsenal of scrapbooking supplies.

Also available are the amazing chalk edgers. These come with a handle already built onto the ink pad for ease in holding. The iron shape reaches well into those tight corners and the broad pad will cover larger areas quickly.

Here are a few of the chalk colors available. 

Along with the handy tools Invild has designed a beautiful line of embellishments done in metal and resin.

The Shabby Chic line is full of wonder and whimsy fit for any design and style. The pieces can be altered to match your color schemes as well! Here are some projects Ingvild designed using some of her products.

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Now here are a few projects, by our design team, showcasing Invild's line of tools and gorgeous embellishments.

This fantastic altered piece was designed by Trudi Harrison. Trudi created this breath-taking frame and embellishes it with a few of the Shabby Chic resin and metal embellishments. 

Supplies

 

• #890735 Resin - Mini Windows
• #890704 Resin – Old Church Window
• #890759 Resin – Gable
• #890674 Resin – Roman Pillars
• #890858 Metal Treasures – Bird Cages
• #556808 Miss Godivas – Celadon
• #553319 Pixie Glen – Coventry Rose
• #843571 Pixie Glen – 6 x 6 Paper Pad
• #552534 Essentials 11 – Pixie Glen
• #551629 Resist Canvas
• SA-002/1 White

 

This next project was designed by Steph Devlin. Steph uses the adorable bird resins on her page, a perfect centerpiece to her beautiful layout. Steph also utilizes the Comfort Craft knife to do all of her intricate fussy cutting.

Supplies

 

• 844134 - Edison
• 844158 - Agenda
• 844141 - Notary
• 844127 - Shaffer
• 556259 - Lucerne
• 554590 - Art Tiles
• 556235 - Charme rose
• 554224 - Trinkets
• 556655 - Vintage Mix
• 557737 - Marcelle
• 890773 - Small Birds Resin
• 557645 - Laraine
• 544232 - White Alphas
• 891169 - chalk fluid edger- shabby tote
• 891015 - chalk fluid edger-  rust
• 890964 - Craft Knife

 

 

Maiko Kosugi brings this soft stunner. Maiko uses the metal gates to frame part of her cheerful photo. She also accents her page by using the Chalk Edgers in Shabby Tote. The chalk ink adds detail to the abundance of layers.

Supplies

• # 844011 Songbird Collection Collage
• # 844035 Songbird Collection Zephyr
• # 844059 Songbird Collection Lineage
• # 555382 8"x10" Alphabet Sheet Songbird
• # 554828 Journaling Chipboard Songbird
• # 555580 Essentials Petals Songbird
• # 555597 Lucerne Songbird
• # 555542 Camille Songbird
• # 555610 Pixie Vine Songbir
• # 555573 Charme Rose Songbird
• # 555559 Vinetta Songbird
• # 891169 Chalk Fluid Edger - Shabby Tote
• # 557171 Tivona Frost Mix Large
• # 890896 Metal Treasures - Hutches
• # 554408 Wood Tickets Nature Garden

 

Exercise Your Creativity and Scraplift

  Today is our last Scraplift feature for the month. We had so much fun using each other for inspiration and we hope you did as well. 

  When scraplifting, there are so many things you can use from a layout as your lift. It could be the colors used, the outline of the page, it can even be as simple as the products used. You can go back through your own work and find projects to scraplift. Using scraplifts is an easy way to get out of that creative rut or give yourself that extra boost. 

 

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Our fist scraplift was inspired by this creative page designed by Trina McClune.

 There are so many gorgeous layouts from Trina I truly could not decide which one to lift.  I scrolled through her gallery (several times) and was mesmerised by this stunning page.  Her work is so incredibly neat and her little details are just delightful.

   Of course having 3 boys the pink just would not work for me, but keeping the same amazing design I opted to change the colour palette.  

  I loved Trina layout so much that I kept a lot of the same elements on my page and just added my own touches and style for example the misting!!  I cut paper circles and distressed the edges and used the end of a paintbrush to dot my way around the page.  
  Thankyou so much Trina for inspiring me, I really did get lost in your layout;) ~Stacey Young

Supplies

• #550080 Alphabet stickers
• #549343 Candy Gems Fruity Tutti
• #546892 Treasure Rae Emerald Sea
• #544294 SIIC
• #549046 Sugar Blooms
• #547424 Precious Metals
• #549015 Sugar Blooms
• #552770 Carlotta Blue Pearl
• #555726 Pixie Vine
• #870317 Pebbles
• #844226 "Kindred Spirit" Sunkiss
• #843885 "Billettes" En Francais
• #843854 "Cheval" En Francais
• #552114 Meredith Dove
• #557089 Lady Godivas Orange Ice
• #557652 Laraine Blue Lagoon
• #557720 Marcelle Curtain Call
• #553463 Medley Midas

 

Anna Marie Mondro thought up this beautiful layout. Her beautiful work inspired Emeline Seet's wonderful project.

 

 I scraplifted Anna Marie's gorgeous mix of warm colors into her layouts.Her use of embellishments and use of recycled elements (i.e.: corrugated board) brings attention to her photos. 

  It is a struggle for me to scrap in darker, warm colors. However, the freedom to scrap lift Anna Marie's layouts made me think it isn't so difficult to work with deep colors after all ! Thank you for inspiring me, Anna Marie :) ~Emeline

Supplies

• Printery Collection "Monogram" #843533
• Printery Collection "Printery Collection" #843519
• Printery Collection "Page Four" #843526
• Printery Collection " Signature" #843519
• Notecards Fairy Belle #554897
• Vintage Knittie Flower #546595
• Melody Love Note Flower #548803
• Manette Maples Flower #557256
• Yellow Flowers #PE-067-D48
• Toggle- Bobbin #550431
• Flutter Bits Songbird #555627

 

This colorful treat was created by Leslie Ashe. She was the inspiration for Janine's scraplift.

 I had the wonderful task of scraplifting one of the layouts of the super talented Leslie Ashe!!  I love the way Leslie has an artistic edge to her pages and a more free-flowing style.  I chose to lift this page as I adored her arty circles and the way it meandered down the page.  I used a lot of elements from the original page as my inspiration, especially the placement, but adapted other aspects to fit my style.  In keeping with the artistic whimsy of the original page, I went to town with glimmer mists to create my own “artsy” background paper, but rather than using Pan Pastels for circles as Leslie did, I used an octagon die and double layered them to add a touch of my style into it as well.

  Finally I finished off the page with flowers, chipboard and some bling.  I replicated the flower placement fairly closely, but chose to add a bit of my style to it by incorporating a bit of bling trailing from the lower floral cluster.  Thank you so much Leslie for creating such an inspiring original design for me to lift. ~Janine Koczwara

Supplies

• 844226  Sun Kissed Collection – Kindred Spirits
• 844202  Sun Kissed Collection – Nectar Fields
• 844196  Sun Kissed Collection – Bliss
• 544842  Sun Kissed Collection – chipboard
• 555696  Sun Kissed Collection – Essential Petals
• 555702  Sun Kissed Collection – Lucerne Flowers
• 555658  Sun Kissed Collection – Camille Flowers
• 555665  Sun Kissed Collection – Vinetta Flowers
• 555634  Sun Kissed Collection – Perle Bebe Flowers
• 554521  Wood Buttons
• 554316  Alphabet Stickers

Emeline Seet created this amazing layout. It's the perfect layout for Anna Dabrowska to scraplift.

 I had the honor of scraplifting a project of the wonderful and talented Emeline. I totally adore her sense of style and multifloral compositions which were a great source of inspiration for me. In fact I discovered we've got a lot of things in common: we both like to work on the customized backgrounds and we both create clusters... maybe a
bit of different kind, but the idea is similar! I loved studying Emeline's multi-layered flower projects, finding new elements in very detailed work and trying to follow her steps in composing a layout based on one, large group of embellishments. I found out that Emeline tends to use one, medium sized or small photo in a company of a large number of clustered flowers, usually situated on the one side or bottom of it - that was a challenge for me as I usually try to surround my photos from all sides! The next observation I made were her delicate, feminine, usually whitewashed color palettes - beautiful sets of colors matching each others perfectly... again, very inspiring!
 My project is based on  her amazing layout "Blessed are the pure in heart" - I loved this artwork from the first sight! Eye-catching photo, masked and painted background, large flower cluster - it all made my creative juices flowing!  I started with the background: the two papers were layered one on another, distressed, and sprayed. Then stamped and painted with a bit of gesso. The photo I used is my interpretation of the composition of the original photo - the person showed on it has got the flower cluster behind her back, just like the children on the beautiful Emeline's picture. Building the group of embellishments I tried to use a similar set of elements, but with a touch of "me" too - and i'm quite happy with the final result:) Scraplifting this project was a pure pleasure for me - Emeline is a very talented artist, so I feel that I not only had great creative fun but also learned a lot about other ways of building composition. Thank you so much for this inspiring challenge! ~Anna

Supplies

• Item# 950156 - Fairy Belle Collection La Ronde
• Item# 950088 - Fairy Belle Collection En Pointe
• Item# 551100 - Reflections - Printery
• Item# 556372 - Laredo Socorro
• Item# 890773 - Resin - Small Birds
• Item# 558468 - Soiree Champagne
• Item# 557669 - Laraine River Rock
• Item# 551704 - Fleur De Lys - Almond
• Item# 556495 - Allegra Adelle
• Item# 551094 - Imagenne Stamp Set - Alla Prima

 

This dimensional work of art was created by Heidi Kelley. Heidi's layout gave Anne Jo Lexander, her ideas for her adorable page.

 When I think of Heidi Kelley...I think of her little scenes, no matter if it's on a layout or a shadowbox, where she hand cut her photos, staging a whole new stage for her protagonists...and then there's paint, lots of paint, and colors, and usually a whole little mix of flowers....While I had her recent layout "Blowing kisses" as a starting point (her two focal points on the layout are the two clusters, I've mimicked them on mine)...I additionally had her whole style in mind when creating my lift, especially the playful side of her creations, it's like she's carefree and happy when creating, exploring the artsier sides of scrapbooking and painting and art journaling, happily bringing them all together. 

 I'll admit..I was terrified...I still am...I like to think I'm handling most styles well, but hers really is one I don't go exploring too often! But once I started...I had fun during the planning stage, thinking....what would Heidi do now....in the end I just had to jump in and get started before I regretted things too much! :D Heidi, I hope you approve! ~Anne Jo

Who wouldn't approve Anne Jo? This is terrific!

Supplies

• Sun Kiss collection – Sun Dried 844233
• Lucerne Sun kiss – 555702
• Charme rose Sun kiss – 555689
• Flutter bits Sun kiss – 555689
• Tweet Vine quail 553722
• Harmonie pastel 556877
• trixie bright 557201
• Miss godivas caramel 556839
• Velvet rainbow spring mix – 556358, brights 556310, 
• Paper tag set – 921880
• Pixie vine fairy belle 555504
• Resist canvas – 554699
• Mask – 545567
• Canvas letters – 550110
• Wooden clock – 554613
• Antique mirror - 551100
• SIIC - 551322

 

Printery Mini Album with Marion tonight on LWP...

Tonight, we have our rescheduled class with Marion Smith, featuring her Printery Mini Album on Live with Prima. And on the schedule for next week, we have guest designer, Jen Matott from Faber-Castell, creating a gorgeous canvas tote using Prima and Faber Castell products. These two shows offer tons of great techniques and inspiration!

See these shows live on our Prima channel at ustream.com or watch the recordings at any time on the same channel. Join our Live with Prima Facebook group to stay up to date on all of the show news. Anyone on Facebook can join! Create a free login on ustream and join our chats that take place during each broadcast. The chat is located on our channel, next to the video screen. Hope to see you at the shows!

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Printery Album with Marion Smith

Thursday, May 24^th at 6:30pm PT/ 7:30pm MT/ 8:30pm CT/ 9:30pm ET

5/25-1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

 

 

 Join Marion as she creates this sweet little book with Prima’s Printery papers, embellishments and more! You will love the color scheme and the vintage look of this project.

 

Prima Products:

• 552091-Meredith-Merlin
• 843557-Printery-Folio
• 843526-Printery-Page 4
• 843489-Printery-Emperor
• 843496-Printery-Pressman
• 843502-Printery-Negative
• 843519-Printery-Signature
• 552671-Breton Vines Chronicle
• 930059-Vintage Trinkets
• 930028-Vintage Trinkets
• 539139-Calcutta Leaves
• 534158-Sprites No. 3
• 551414-Say It In Crystals

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Colorful Canvas Tote with Jen Matott

Thursday, May 31st at 6:30pm PT/ 7:30am MT/ 8:30pm CT/ 9:30pm ET

6/1-1:30am GMT/ 11:30am Sydney

 

This class will explore different mixed media techniques using both Faber-Castell DMC and Prima products.  Jennifer Matott will lead you through techniques with the "yummy" Gelatos, Aquarelle pencils, and Big Brush Markers for a artsy bag that will get you noticed!   This class is messy, fun and FULL of technique.

Prima Products:

• 921538 Donna Downey Canvas Tote
• 555146 Cling Mount Stamps- Almanac
• 554699 Resist Canvas Nature Garden
• 554699 Calcutta Leaves
• 920920 Canvas Flowers Plain
• 547608 Amia Shalimar Buttons
• 558192 Tattered Treasures-wheat
• 551339 Say It In Crystals- Brights
• 558253 Butterflies
• 558253 Wood buttons Doodle Deux
• 921712 Paintable Quilted Words- Journey
• 550028 Mask

Extra Materials:

• US ArtQuest Light 101 Art Cement (light modeling paste)
• Palette knife
• Mini Misters
• Faber-Castell Gelatos
• Faber-Castell Red/Yellow Aquarelles
• Faber-Castell PITT Artist pens (black Small)
• Faber-Castell Big Brush PITT Artist Marker - Black & Red
• Faber-Castell Textural Accents
• Beacon Fabri-Tac
• Brushes
• Acetate or Plastic (to create a template)

 

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Check out Cari's latest class featuring a canvas mini album from our Donna Downey collection and our new mid-release, Doodle Duex! 

 

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We're Mixing it Up With Mixed Media

It's the middle of the week and we thought we would mix things up a bit. At least mix the mediums. Today we have three stunning Mixed Media projects. Each one ready to entice you to break out those art mediums and step out of your comfort zones. 

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For our first project we have this beautiful layout created by Heidi Kelley. She shows us how even with a minimalist design you can still incorporate multiple mediums into your work.

 

Heidi shares with us some insight into her page.

 

 One of the things that delights me most in creating, is being able to minimally use supplies, making the most out of my papers... Really putting them to work. Prima's papers help me to create this way so easily because of the amount of detail within every paper and collection! I adore the Songbird collection because of the color palette, the detailed patterns, and the endless possibilities for embellishment!

 I chose to use pieces of paper cut from this collection as all of my embellishments, using lots of negative space and a backdrop created with a combination of gesso, molding paste, paint, and masking tape. I love how simple, grungy, and beautiful it all looks when put together!

Supplies

• Songbird Collection Paper #844066, 844080, 844073, 844028
• Gesso
• Molding Paste
• Paint Mists

 

Our next project is a beautiful gift box with mixed media flare. Anne Jo Lexander does a magnificent job at creating a one of a kind gem.

 I love dressing up a pretty box! I was looking into the bottom of my distress crackle paint (picket fence), so decided to just pour the last drops (almost) all over the box to add some whimsy the overall look. I love combining different fabrics of embellishments - leather flower, canvas flower, felt leaves combined with regular fabric and paper flowers and not to mention the lovely "glass" embellishments snuck in here and there.

 

Supplies 

• tweet vine quail – 553722
• Charme rose doodle deux – 555795
• Gillian cinder – 553029
• charlotta parrot – 552787
• Laredo nuevo – 556389
• Fabrique Lakeshore - 557881 
• Flocked rub-ons – 550844
• Printery – signature 843519
• Vermont – brown 553630
• Solitaire – jeweltone 552282
• Art tiles – alla prima 551261

 

Our third and final mixed media piece for the day is a design by Stacey Young. Stacey uses many layers and textures in her projects and this canvas is no different. She uses soft colors and subtle design to pull everything together on this lovely work of art.

This was such a fun process creating this piece and I just adore this picture of me and my boys! I wanted to have a neutral colour scheme and to tie in a little bit of blue to match the boys shirts. I always like my artwork to blend in with the colours in my pictures. I mixed some papers from the Almanac and Songbird collections. I started with the mask up the top of the canvas and then added my papers as a base for my photo. When we go to the beach we always collect shells so I love to incorporate these into my beach scenes. I also found sand left in some of the shells so I scattered that along the bottom of the canvas. I added lots of flowers from the new release along with some older ones. I added sticks which I covered in gesso and  I created with alot of misting and painting.  I finished my project off with the cute little Metal seagulls.

Supplies

• #558420 Kennedy Blueberry
• #558406 Kennedy Vintage
• #890889 Shabby Chic Metals
• #542986 Roses of Spain Anais
• #554651 Mask
• #844097 Almanac 'Composition'
• #844127 Almanac 'Shaffer'
• #556204 Camille Almanac
• #844073 Song Bird 'Tag It'
• #844035 Song Bird 'Zepheyr'
• #555504 Pixie Vine
• #557584 Pankita Rose
• #557218 Namazzi Ivory

 

Here are just a few art mediums that work well with Prima Products...They can help alter and enhance your Prima embellishments to match any project.

• Gesso
• Inks & Sprays
• PanPastels
• Faber-Castell Art mediums
• Dimentional Paste

 

A Card For Every Occasion

Last month we introduced the tag feature on our blog and this month we would like to introduce a new theme with you...Cards. Cards are a way to share your feelings, love, and emotions with others. They can convey a happy birthday or a welcome home. Cards have become a lost art with the digital age so why not bring them back. 

Here are a few cards designed by the design team. All of them have created something unique. 

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This stunning card was created by Anne Jo Lexander. Anne Jo uses papers from the Fairy Belle and Pixie Glen collections to bring this beautiful card together. 

Supplies

• Fairy Belle Collection – La Spa 950125, Le Toulle 950118, Marcelle 950132
• Pixie Glen Collection – Dartmoor 843236
• Tweet Vine Quail – 553722
• Firefly Stone 551711
• Fluid chalk – cold ice 891145, Old rose 891213, dry sand 971176
• Pankita Rose – winter mix 557584
• Tivona rose – small 557157
• Resin small birds - 890773

 

Hege Lundquist brought us this gorgeous card. Hege's soft color palette feels so warm and nurturing. 

Supplies

• Item# 843793 Meadow Lark Collection Astor
• Item# 843779 Meadow Lark Collection Audonbon
• Item# 843823 Meadow Lark Collection Bronte
• Item# 555337 8"x10" Alphabet Sheet Meadow Lark
• Item# 556143 Lucerne Meadow Lark
• Item# 556099 Melisse Meadow Lark
• Item# 556075 Perle Bebe Meadow Lark
• Item# 556174 Millicent Vine Meadow Lark

 

Marie-Nicolas Alliot brings us two colorful pieces of work. She uses layers and bright colors to bring her cards to life.

Supplies

• Item# 552411Coiled Pearls - Grace
• Item# 550813Writers Tape - Cotton
• Item# 843335Alla Prima Col. Composition
• Item# 843397Alla Prima Col. Chiaro
• Item# 940997Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Evening Blossom
• Item# 551087Imagenne Stamp Set - Pixie Glen
• Item# 843977Doodle Deux Collection Doodle-Bits
• Item# 891169Chalk Fluid Edger - Shabby Tote
• Item# 890940Distressing Tool
• Item# 843335Alla Prima Col. Composition
• Item# 843397Alla Prima Col. Chiaro
• Item# 940997Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Evening Blossom
• Item# 551087
• Item# 554798Journaling Chipboard Doodle Deux
• Item# 553241Flower Market - North Country
• Item# 551063Imagenne Stamp Set - Romantique
• Item# 551087Imagenne Stamp Set - Pixie Glen
• Item# 891213Chalk Fluid Edger - Old Rose

 

Our next three cards to share were created by Maiko Kosugi. Maiko designs visual delight with her sentimental pieces. She uses an abundance of Prima goodness to embellish her one of a kind pieces.

Supplies

• "Thank you"
• # 844080 Songbird Collection Title-it
• # 554347 12"x12" Cardstock Alphabet Stickers Songbird
• # 555573 Charme Rose Songbird
• # 555528 Perle Bebe Songbird
• # 555559 Vinetta Songbird
• # 554903 Notecards Songbird
• # 557058 Lady Godivas Coconut
• # 557577 Pankita Rose Spring Mix
• # 555306 Chipboard Pieces Songbird
• # 891176 Chalk Fluid Edger - Dry Sand
• "Happy Birthday(Love)"
• # 844134 Almanac Collection Edison
• # 844097 Almanac Collection Composition
• # 555313 Chipboard Pieces
• # 554910 Notecards Almanac
• # 556273 Pixie Vine Almanac
• # 556211 Vinetta Almanac
• # 555399 8"x10" Alphabet Sheet Almanac
• # 556846 Miss Godivas Marshmallow
• # 558406 Kennedy Vintage
• # 556792 Miss Godivas Blush
• # 891176 Chalk Fluid Edger - Dry Sand
• "Love"
• # 844028 Songbird Collection Sunrise
• # 554903 Notecards Songbird
• # 554422 Wood Tickets Songbird
• # 555528 Perle Bebe Songbird
• # 555573 Charme Rose Songbird
• # 558406 Kennedy Vintage
• # 557515 Fabrique Lakeshore
• # 554699 Resist Canvas Nature Garden
• # 557263 Manette Antique
• # 891176 Chalk Fluid Edger - Dry Sand

 

Janine loves the delicate colors of the Songbird Collection and how perfect the labels are for cards.  They look fabulous layered together with the different Songbird papers die cut and decorative punched for this multi-layered card.

Supplies

• 844264  Songbird Collection A4 Pad
• 555580  Essentials Flowers – Songbird
• 555559  Vintta Flowers – Songbird
• 555573  Charm Roses – Songbird
• 555528  Pearle Bebe – Songbird
• 556662  Genie Stones

 

Stacy Cohen's card is full of beautiful elements. She uses the feminine colors of the songbird collection to create this welcoming card.

Supplies

• 844042 Songbird "Mosaic"
• 844059 Songbird "Lineage"
• 844080 Sonbird " Title-it"
• 554828 Songbird Chipboard Stickers
• 554514 Wood Buttons - Almanac
• 557157 Tivona Rose Small
• 557676 Loraine Sorbet
• 556327 Velvet Rainbows Naturals 

 

We are so happy Trina McClune put this card together just because. Trina uses the Prima alphabets on a transparency to add a special touch to her card.

Supplies

• 90118 – Fairy Belle Le Toulle
• 950149 – Fairy Belle Aquarelle
• 843625 – Londonerry A4 Paper Stack
• 555375 – Alphabet Stickers
• 538675 – Cameo Roses Aqua
• 546656 – De Soie Col Suffolk

 

This dimensional stunner was created by Trudi Harrison. Trudi combines The En Francais and Yuki collections and the two come together beautifully. 

Supplies

• #556013 Charme Rose En Francais
• #843922 En Francais Vignette
• #843915 En Francais Province
• #843885 En Francais Billettes
• #941062 Notecards Yuki Collection
• #557607 Parisa Mayfair Mix

 

This enchanting card is by Steph Devlin. Steph uses a unique shape to add design to her romantic card.

Supplies

 

• 950286 - Fairybelle Chipboard
• 555920 - Fairybelle Chipbaord
• 950064 - Midsummer's Eve
• 557096 - Lady Godivas (Rasberry Ice)
• 557645 - Lariane (Pearl White)
• 555528 -Perle Bebe (Songbird)
• 5567129 - Charme Rose (Meadowlark)
• 556815 - Miss Godivas (Lilac)

 

Leslie Ashe had made this wonderful card for Mom! We love the way she uses the Prima flowers to create this outstanding card! Beautiful! 

Supplies

 

• 950286 - Fairybelle Chipboard
• 555920 - Fairybelle Chipbaord
• 950064 - Midsummer's Eve
• 557096 - Lady Godivas (Rasberry Ice)
• 557645 - Lariane (Pearl White)
• 555528 - Perle Bebe (Songbird)
• 556712 - Charme Rose (Meadowlark)
• 556815 - Miss Godivas (Lilac)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designer Feature...Lilla Rogers

Today we have the creative mind behind the fun, eclectic Ruby Violet line--Lilla Rogers! Lilla has brought a vast collection of designs that will bring creativity to every project.

 

 My line, Ruby Violet, is about fun, funky, vintage, color, and mixing them all up to create something you love.  I design things that I think crafters would love to work with on their scrapbooking and jewelry projects. Most everything can be interchanged so you can use them in both craft areas. You don't even need to know how to do jewelry because it only requires glue!  So that leaves you the fun of designing and playing.

  I am an avid collector of odd bits and vintage things.  My ideas of a fun day is to find a new quirky shop to look for treasures.  Pretty much whenever I travel I like to find a bead store or craft store and, if they have a work table there, I like to work on a project in the shop and meet new people.  For me, making things is the best stress reliever.  And doing it with friends is really a guarantee for a great time.

  My big news is that I've just finished writing a book for Quarry/Rockport called, "I Just Like to Make Things", due out February 2013.  It's all about art and success and loaded with photos and artwork.  As an artists' agent for a few decades, I have a LOT to say about the art biz. There's a section where I show how I developed the Ruby Violet line with lots of pictures.  Thank god in my spacey head I remembered to take photos of the process as I went along over the years so the visuals of the making of the line is pretty cool. I truly hope the book is helpful and interesting to everybody who wants to have more fun with their art and maybe even make a living at it.

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The Ruby Violet Collection is a refreshing line of fun embellishments and papers. The line that fits everyone's style.

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Here are a few designs by our design team to show you how you can use this in any project and any theme.

This adorable layout was created by Trudi Harrison. Trudi uses the Yuki collection which is from Lilla's Studios. Trudi bring her page to life with a burst of color and delightful design.

Supplies

 

• #941062 Notecards – Yuki Collection
• #940997 Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Evening Blossom
• #940980 Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Flower Bed
• #940973 Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Apple Seed
• #940942 Yuki Collection by Ruby Violet Lumber Grove
• #555313 Chipboard Pieces Almanac
• #554798 Journaling Chipboard Doodle-Deux
• #554453 Wood Buttons Meadow
• #555499 Resist Canvas Natural
• #555764 Melisse Doodle-Deux
• #557065 Lady Godivas Limeade
• #556334 Velvet Rainbow Summer Mix
• #558376 Primmers Heather
• #551353 Say It In Crystals  
• #543563 Essentials 9 - Annalee

 

This lovely bracelet was designed by Hege Lundquist. She uses Ruby Violet's cuff and embellishments to make this stylish piece.

Supplies

• #940300 Ruby Violet Embellishments
• #940263 Ruby Violet Embellishments
• #940799 Cuffs

 

Hege also thought up this completely amazing layout! Take a look at the bright colors and creative elements. 

Supplies

• #554330 Alphabet
• #558161 Cherise Paris
• #558413 Kennedy rosette
• #921927 canvas mini banners
• #940935 Hall of fame
• #941000 Liquid sunshine
• #941147 cling mounted stamp set
• #940133 Cling mounted stamps
• #940454 Embellishments
• #558000 Hermosa rose

This elegant ATC (Artist Trading Card) was designed by Emeline Seet. Emeline uses Ruby Violet embellishments to help her card pop. 

Supplies

• Ruby Violet Necklace Kit Pendant # 940836
• Notecards Nature Garden #950279
• Genie Stones Black Wrap #556693
• Metalique Iron #558222

 

 

 

 

 

Blog Hop Reminder...

If you haven't done so already, you have until the 30th to join in on the Prima/FaberCastel blog hop. Here is the original post to the hop. Make sure to check out all the amazing projects created by both design teams. WOW, is all we can say.

Your Friday Dose of Scraplifts

We have another installment of scraplifts from our amazing design team for you. We love seeing how each of them interpret the creativity by their fellow artists. 

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Our first lift is by Trudi Harrison. She has used this layout created by Anne Jo Lexander as her inspiration.

Here is a little bit from Trudi about what she find inspiring in Anne Jo's work.

Anne Jo has a fabulous sense for negative space design, arrangement and detail. Her creations are a breath of fresh air and at times can be whimsical. I particularly love how her creations will feature multi-photo combinations which tell a story; often of an everyday occurrence.  Perfectly placed embellishing allows her photos to shine and hand written journaling tells us the story.

I have taken inspiration from Anne Jo's layout ' So this is us you say?'  

 I have incorporated the light and dark toning and adapted the design arrangement by rotating it.  The embellishing was moved to vertically through the photo's rather than the along the photo edge.  I also loved the little rows of the Say It In Crystals hearts across the photo edge and instead of replicating, I have incorporated hearts in my embellishing.

 

Supplies

• #844226 Sun Kiss Col - Kindred Sprits
• #554927 Notecards - Sun Kiss
• #553999 Fimo & Crystals - Meadow Lark 
• #554859 Notecards Meadow Lark
• #556334 Velvet Rainbow Summer Mix
• #556853 Miss Godivas Mermaid
• #890827 Resin - Woodland Animals
• #843748 12" x 12" Ledger

 

Our next scraplift comes to us from Steph Devlin. Steph has used this beautiful layout by Hege Lundquist. 

Steph gives us insight on what she finds creative in Hege's style.

When I was given Hege to scraplift, I was immediately delighted, because I have always adored her use of white space, and I couldn't wait to get started. I chose Heges’s “Summer Feeling” layout because it showcases Hege’s trademark clean vs messy style !!  Here's what I discovered looking closely at Hege's beautiful work:

•  She loves to use white space.  Often its splattered with black or coloured blotches
•  She loves to stamp as an accent on her work.
•  She often mists with masks, and uses resist canvas on her work.
•  Hege loves layers underneath her photograph to showcase her image.
•  She also loves mixing fonts on her pages.

Thanks so much Hege, you really inspired me !!!!!

Supplies

• 555337 - Alphas
• 554699 - Resist Canvas Butterflies
• 921491 - Canvas Word (Love)
• 950248 - Stamps
• 548865 - Corrine 
• 544409 - Arco Iris Flowers
• 551483- SIIC
• 543051 - Mountain Lily Vine - Cotton Candy 
• 552961 - Gillian - Rasberry
• 556822 - Miss Godivas - Pebble
• 556310 - Velvet Rainbow (Brights)
• 557645 - Laraine - Pearl White

 

The next source of inspiration for our feature was designed by Maiko Kosugi. Maiko's piece inspired Karola Witczak to create her scraplift.

Here is what Karola said about using Maiko's work. 

 

I was very happy when we started scraplift idea this month and I had so much pleasure creating my today's projects. Why? Because I scraplifted amazingly talented Maiko! She is absolutely sweet as a person, exactly as her projects are! 

I found some similar points between our styles - we both creating rich, detailed layouts and we love adding tons of flowers, layers and embellies. Personally I love Maiko's style for her very feminine touch, she create stunning projects which are sometimes very soft and dreamy, sometimes bold and very rich, but always it's an amazing effect! Love how Maiko adding to her projects some painting and other mediums and starting my today's projects I was focused on the wall mask motif painted with gesso and I little bit of puffy paint. I wanted create similar composition and photo arrangement as she created on her gorgeous "Time" layout using beautiful felt flowers. It had a huge pleasure creating this project and thank you so much Maiko for this fantastic inspiration!!

Supplies

 

• Fairy Belle - La Spa #950125
• Nature Garden - Midsummer's Eve #950064
• 8 x8 Mask #550011
• Resistant Canvas #551629
• Nature Garden - Button Vine #555948
• Nature Garden - Charme Rose #555900
• Fairy Belle - button Vine #555498
• Kennedy Vintage #558406
• Fabrique Ochre #557911
• Soiree copper #558451
• Mariposa Topaz #556778
• sassy Butter Nut #558574
• Cassie Periwinkle #558758
• Hermosa Teal #557997

 

Our last scraplift for today was inspired by this layout designed by Stacey Young. What a artist piece!

The lovely Leslie Ashe used Stacey's layout as her lift and has created a stunning piece of her own.

 

  I chose Stacey Young’s “Gorgeous Little Man” layout for many reasons. The beautiful design, amazing details & that gorgeous color palette are just a few of many of reasons. 
  Right now the turquoise & cream colors together, splashed with a touch of contrasting color is one of my favorite things to use in scrapbooking.  
I used Stacey’s bracket design as well as the lovely banners, birdhouses & birds. I even used some of the same papers she used, Although I changed a few things up to reflect my style. 

I even used gesso to tone down some of the bright colors and added some other colors.  
  I love Stacey’s use of dimension & tried to incorporate that as well as I created.  I love her son’s precious photo’s with that bright colorful cap. I chose a photo of similar colors & decided instead of three, I’d just use one square photo to match my design.  

Thank you Stacey for ALWAYS inspiring me!

Supplies

• Pixie Glen Garden Gate Paper #843175
• Sweet Fairy Blowing Kisses Paper #843069
• Flocked Rub Ons #550875
• SIIC # 551551
• Resin Small Birds #890773
• Resin Ceiling Ornaments #89742
• Metal Treasures Birdcages  #890858
• Fairy Tale Roses #538620
• Printery Coventry Rose #553296
• Bretton Vines Script #552657
• Coiled Pearls Emily #552442
• Frost Mix Large #557171
• Sunkiss Camille #555658
• Trixie Bright #557201
• Sunkiss Grapevine #555719
• Songbird Venetta #555559
• Powder Puffs Cassie #552251
• Alphabet 544232

 

Products featured in today's post....

Shabby Metals  Cassie      Soiree