Prima 12 days of Christmas Day 10, color bloom sprays.

I waited until the very last minute to make my cards as I was waiting for all my new Prima goodies that I ordered to participate.  They have not arrived and apparently are due on the 18th.  At the last minute I decided I would at least attempt an entry to a few of the data challenges, but ran out of time after just 2 cards. Oh well, there is always next year!

I used color bloom spray in emerald, gold foil and guilder foil, Prima Finnabair Mechanicals, Prima flowers ( including my white lady bird flowers – thank you Cari and fotobella.com), wood icon bird, and   Prima lace flowers and doilies. I tried to use my Finn technique again that I learned in her class!

Prima 12 Days of Christmas Day 10, Prima flowers.

I let my Prima Valentina flowers shine on this card with just a touch of gold foil and cotton candy color bloom spray.  I used  gold  foil to “paint” the sentiment.

12 Days of Christmas Prima Card

My fourth card for the Prima 12 days of Christmas uses the Day 5 Special Delivery Kit.  This Card/tin which will hold a gift card was made with an empty recycled Godiva hot chocolate tin.  I have recycled many bottles and cans to turn into thank you cards for relatives and friends instead of throwing them away.    I used North Country paper to cover the can, the Jubilee Holiday resin wreath on the top with some flowers from the kit,  I added some more of the flowers from the kit and cut out the Day 2 dies, doily die 2 and purple die flowers and squished them into dimensional flowers and added some Day 7 siic from the  special delivery kit.  I then sprayed with Day 9 color bloom sprays in lime wedge, gold foil and antique gold,  I also added Day 4 resist canvas borders around the top of the can.

I used some of the north country paper to emboss the words merry Christmas in white to add to the bottom of my can card.

 

 

12 Days of Christmas – Prima

My third Card is for Day 3 Finnabair (see below).  I had the unbelievable fortune to take a class with Anna, in Maryland a few months ago.  I hope I did justice to the technique I learned from her in class!!  Also used Day 6 Prima Trims the new lace trim in Sand and some older white lace trim, Day 4 resist Canvas -squares, Day 9 color bloom sprays (lime wedge, gilded, gold foil), Day 7 SIIC,  North Country buttons, Day 7 wood icon bird princess collection and say it in crystals brown dots,  I also you used prima resin feather

Products used Finnabair Art Basics Gesso, art ingredients glass beads crystal,  Finnabair Mechanicals – mini brads, vintage trinket roses, sunrise sunset mechanicals, vintage trinket mini flowers, Finnabair art ingredients gold leaf mica flakes.

 

 

Prima 12 Days of Christmas Card

This is my second entry for the Prima 12 days of Christmas challenge at the Prima Blog

This entry is for the Day 2 Prima Metal Die challenge (doilies two, leaves).  I used paper from the  Day 5, Prima special delivery kit (North Country 8×8 pad)   I wanted to use a die in a manner different than its intended use so I thought that 2 of the leaves looked like upside down Christmas Trees if I nipped a little here and there!  I added a little art basics gesso  Day 3, Finnabair products, for a snowy effect and some prima color bloom spray in white for a snow effect  on the paper, Day 9 Color Bloom Sprays, some prima flowers (Lyric and Holiday Jubilee), While the gesso was wet I added art ingredients granite mica flakes – Day 3 – to give some sparkle Day 7 wood icons for the small Christmas tree sprinkled with art sugar Day 1 glitter and 3 Finnabair.  I tried to take some pictures in different light but unfortunately I am definitely not a photographer!

 

Prima 12 Days of Christmas Card

For my first entry I have used the Day 10, Julie Nutting wood mini dolls, Day 9 color bloom sprays (white and worn leather) on the wood dolls, Day 7 SIIC from the Holiday Jubilee Line, Day 5 Special delivery kit, Day 3 Finnabair products art basics modeling paste, Day 4 crackle platinum texture paste (also a Day 3 Finnabair product) which I used on the Day 7 wood icons Joy wood icon then added art ingredients sterling glass glitter Day 1 (also a Day 3 Finnabair product), Day 2 Prima dies prima purple flower dies, Day 6 Prima trims doily- additional prima products stencil, paper from Believe, Firefly, Madeline lines, Ingvild Bolme distress tool, prima flowers from Holiday Jublilee, Ingvild Bolme resin frame.

 

 

 

 

May Prima Product Pick (PPP)

I am entering the May PPP Prima challenge with some cards I made for my Mom and Mother-in-Law. My husband took us all out for a beautiful Sunday Mother’s Day brunch with a harpist playing. I decided to fussy cut one of the princess Atc cards with the angel playing a harp for my first card as a reminder of our special brunch. I used lots of Prima Princess products as this is my Favorite line and I think I bought at least 2 of everything from this line so you can see I used lots of coordinating items here! I also received and used my new Prima color blooms that I purchased from http://www.thescrapbookdiaries.com!! I bought the whole set as it was too hard to pick my favorites (all of them??)

I love the new stencils and the tassels are so pretty too.  Even though I have had them for a while I used my sizzix Prima butterflies for the first time along with the big flourish die (Classique).  I had a lot of fun putting these together and both Mother’s enjoyed their cards immensely.

Here is the inspiration for my cards, beautiful Prima Product picks for May – I love the princess collection!:

 

 

Prima products used:

573737 color bloom spray cotton candy, 951153 12 X 12 princess collection kit,  573119 paperclips princess collection,  95109 6X4 ATC pad princess collection, 573195 say it in crystals princess collection, 573119 princess paper clips, 574383 princess flowers, castle, 574451 princess glass slipper flowers,  951030 6X6 paper pad princess collection,  573454 flower trim,  573393 doily trim, 950989 Lily paper princess collection, 951153 12 X 12 princess collection kit letters,  572716 flare buttons and clear stamp princess collection,  Ingvild Bolme metallic chalk edgers yellow,  Ingvild Bolme fluid chalk turquoise stone, 74345 flowers princess collection ballroom,  892135 shabby chic treasures tassels,  572907 wood embellishments princess collection,  574406 princesse flowers happily ever after,  951115 Brads princess collection, 072894 Prima die – Sixxiz Bigz Mariposa, 072832 Prima Die – Sizzix Bigz Classique, 890940 Prima Ingvild Bolme Distress tool, 572198 Prima designer stencil Floral Rose #1

 

 

 

 

 

UmWowStudio April challenge

My inspiration for my current layout is from UmWowStudios April Challenge.  I love DeeDee Catron’s style, papers, flair buttons, stencils, chipboard, stamps etc.. She is an awesome designer.  I hope I have done justice to her embellies and can’t wait to get some of her new papers!

UmWowStudio’s April Challenge

 

some close ups of UmWowStudios awesome embellishments that you can find here http://umwowstudio.com/

 

Awesome UmWowStudios layered heart chippies and confetti heart chippies that I embellished with Tim Holtz distress stickles in spun sugar and I used the UmWowStudios heart stencil with the new Faber-Castell glitter bead medium.

More UmWowStudios layered heart chippies, heart confetti, stick pin and a princess flair button.

The following UmWowStudio products were used

Princess Flair

Layered Heart Chipboard

Confetti Heart Chipboard

Heart stencil

Tim Holtz distress paint – Antique Linen

Pink Flower (from an UmWowStudios special order kit when they first opened)

Stick pin (from UmWowStudios – when DeeDee had her Etsy shop!)

 

Other products used:

Prima Princess Paper, Maya Road vintage lace, Lyon Brand pink eyelash yarn, Tim Holtz distress stickles spun sugar, Tim Holtz distress stains Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Tumbled glass, recollections ribbon with pearls, fabercastell glitter bead medium, gesso

April Prima’s Build-a-Page Challenge

I decided I wanted incentive to use my new Princess Collection by Jodie Lee so I am entering 2 pages for this month’s challenges at Prima.  The pictures are my twins on Easter Sunday wearing Grandma’s sweaters that she knitted for them. Perfect for a beautiful April day.  I just received notice that my color bloom sprays were shipped today – too late for my project!

The sketch for April is as follows

Decided my layout needed a few more flowers to balance out so I added princess flowers and leaves and some prima glass jar flowers scrunched to fill in the space

 

Here is my take before the extra flowers

close up of the really neat prima topaz heart

close up of the beautiful prima princess flowers

 

Close up of the Prima Princess brads, Prima flower and doily trim, my favorite new stamp from the beautiful stamp from the princess collection, and the say it in crystal dots

Hope you liked it!

Prima Products used:

951153 12 X 12 princess collection kit

951078 cling stamps princess collection
573119 paperclips princess collection
95109 6X4 ATC pad princess collection
573195 say it in crystals princess collection
551957 amore topaz

573119 princess paper clips

574383 princess flowers, castle

951122 chipboard pieces princess collection
951030 6X6 paper pad princess collection
573454 flower trim
573393 doily trim

 

other products

Tim Holtz distress ink Victorian velvet
Jo Sonja’s opal dust (I LOVE this stuff -so pretty and shiny and glittery)
Blush Heidi swapp color shine
Heidi Swapp stamp/die (I used the arrow die from this set)
Glimmer glam tide pool

 

 

April Prima’s Product Pick challenge

I received my box of beautiful Prima Princess Collection by Jodie Lee items just in time to complete the challenge for the month.  This is my first time entering an a page on the Prima Website.  I hope it is Prima worthy! (unfortunately my color bloom sprays were delayed so I used other means to add a little extra color!)  I hope you like.  The picture is one of my adorable twins on Easter Sunday in the sweater that Grandma made for them!

 

 

Some close ups of my page:

 

 

950989 Lily paper princess collection
951153 12 X 12 princess collection kit letters
572716 flare buttons and clear stamp princess collection
951078 cling stamps princess collection
572303. Lace stickers
573119 paperclips princess collection
892012 shabby chic treasure resins
Ingvild Bolme metallic chalk edgers yellow
Ingvild Bolme fluid chalk Black coal
Ingvild Bolme fluid chalk turquoise stone
951139 3×4 ATC pad princess collection
95109 6X4 ATC pad princess collection
574345 flowers princess collection ballroom
892135 shabby chic treasures tassels
572907 wood embellishments princess collection
960926 finnabair clear stamps
574406 princesse flowers happily ever after
573195 say it in crystals princess collection
951115 Brads princess collection
813659 something blue Cling stamps
570514 cling stamps stitches
563035 lyric cling stamps
564452 lyric wire flowers
?#Lyric small wire flowers
Prima pillar wildflowers

Tim Holtz distress paints tumbled glass Victorian velvet antique linen
Glimmer glam tidepool
Faber-Castell glass beads glitter gel