Wonderful Beginnings- My Prima PPP for October's ArtZine

This is my layout for this past's month "My Prima Place" ArtZine for Prima.

I created this Autumn layout for the October PPP which was filled with all these beautiful colors.

You still have a couple of days to play in the Prima PPP. here is the link below:

http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2013/10/octobers-ppp.html

This is my daughter posing in front of our neighbourhood's forest last fall. I just love the bright, rich colours that you see on the trees.

I created an intricate background using one of the brick stencils from the new Prima masks. I used lots of Shimmerz sprays and paints to match the colors of the trees in my photo.

I also used many different types of Prima stamps to create texture and interest on the page.

Prima Products

960148- Sunrise Sunset clear stamps

566722- Paloma Paloma flowers

566715- Paloma naturals

890797- Shabby Chic resin bird house

571344- Serenity: the peaches flowers

571832- Abbey flowers: Peach

558956- Romance Novel Chipboard stickers

558925- Welcome to Paris Chipboard stickers

960084- Sunrise Sunset 6x6 paper pad

922306- Donna Downey Studios Poppies & Peonies flowers

559380- Zephyr cling stamps

569433- Stencil

Shimmerz Products

Tuscan sun

Egg Nogging

Carrot Top

Caribbean Sunset 

Terracota

Mandarin Mai Tai

Sunny side up.

 other products: 

Ranger black archival ink

 Golden Gesso

Golden Light Molding Paste

Hope your day is wonderful!!!

Tea Box- Featuring the Delight collection by Jodie-Lee Designs

This was one of my projects for Prima for Summer CHA that I never got to share on my blog.

I found this tea box at the dollar store and decorated it using the beautiful Delight collection which was truly perfect for the theme.

Although I like my coffee when I'm tired and sluggish, I usually prefer tea. I especially love loose leaf tea and I love steeping it myself. I buy many different flavours of tea and drink them depending on my mood.

I cut out images from the Delight papers and glued them with Matte Gel Medium on the sides of the box. I embellished the lid both inside and out with Prima flowers.

I also used the Elemental Doily mask to create more texture on the box.

Well, Its tea time now!! who's coming???

Prima Products

950712-  Delight Decorative

950750-  Delight Discover

950736-  Delight Delicious

950743-  Delight Delightful

950750-  Delight Doilie

950910-  Delight Journaling Spot stickers

960551-  Finnabair Elementals Doily mask

570651-  Wood veneer letters stickers

571504-  Le Mia

571937-  Florella leaves

570972-  Bellas

571443- Layla

891176- Dry Sand fluid chalk edger

890940- Ingvild Bolme Comfort Craft Tool Distressing tool

Other Products

 Tea Box, matte gel medium, Light Molding Paste, tan acrylic paint, Gesso, cheese cloth, Cherry Lynn doily die cut

I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing day!!

xo

Sweetie Pie, Oh So Sweet--Frugal Friday with Prima

So I took upon a challenge to create for the Prima Frugal Friday post. Its not that I shy away from frugal. On the contrary, I wish I would spend less money on a layout. However I have a small addiction to Prima flowers and I believe I share this addiction with many friends on bloggy land!!

So when I signed up for frugal friday, I was sure I wouldn't be able to spend $5 dollars or less unless I made a card or a tag. However I took the challenge seriously and miraculously not only did I spend less than $5 dollars, I also wrote down some tips on how to be more frugal when creating layouts.

This is my layout using the Anna Marie collection. I've added a step by step tutorial so you can see I was truly frugal. I can't believe it myself as this layout looks more expensive than it is. LOL!!

Here are some close-ups and below are the products and their cost.

Supplies:

846336- Anna Marie Collection: Calico

846305- Anna Marie Collection: Anna Marie

846329- Anna Marie Collection: Sewing basket

846299- Anna Marie Collection: Eloise

570033- Anna Marie Collection: Chipboard

563035- Anna Marie Collection: tickets

569921- Wood Icons: Birds and Butterflies

563882- Wood Icons: Leaves and flowers

571528- Le Mia- cotton candy flowers

562984- Sunrise Sunset Canvas Alphabet stickers

960445- Finnabair mask

other products: Golden Light Molding paste, cheese cloth

Cost

1 Sheet of Anna Marie Calico paper= $ 0.80

Scraps of paper from the Anna Marie Collection= $ 0.70 (includes Calico, Anna Marie, Eloise and Sewing basket)

1 Anna Marie ticket= $ 0.10

Chipboard title from Anna Marie collection= $ 0.30

2 Sunrise Sunset Letters= $ 0.02

8 Wood Icons= $1.33

6 Le Mia flowers= $ 1.67

for a total of: $4.92

Frugal Tips:

(How to make a layout look expensive yet be frugal in cost)

1. Save your scraps. As you can see, I used lots of scraps from the Anna Marie Collection to build this layout.

2. Buy reusable items like masks and stamps. I used the circled mask here to create an interesting background.

3. Fussy cut elements from your pages to use as layers on your layouts. I fussy cut some flowers and frames to create more layers and volume on this layout.

4. Buy products that contain numerous items like the wood icons or small flowers, that way you can use them over and over again. I used my wood icons and flowers here and I still have so many to spare for another project.

5. Use your packaging. I often use my Prima packaging to create layers in my layout.

6. Create lots of layers on your project. Use foam tape to raise your layers to create depth.

Well, that's all for today!! thanks for coming and visiting me on my blog as I conquer the Frugal challenge!!

Are you up for the challenge?

Have a wonderful day!!

Happy Days- NEW ****DIMENSIONZ**** BY SHIMMERZ

I'm super excited to have received the newest Shimerz's product called Dimensionz and I was happy to get a chance to play with this product on this layout below.

Here is the layout:

The first thing I did was paint inside a spiral stencil in 3 different Dimensionz colours: Blueberry Hill, Green Thumb and Blue Lagoon. I simply squirted some paint on my craft mat and painted inside the stencil using a brush. Once dry, I squirted raised dimensional dots over some of the areas.

I painted the 2 Crafty frame using the Blueberry hill Dimensionz paint.

The 2 Crafty chipboard title "happy" was covered in Blue Lagoon Dimensionz. I was able to achieve a dimensional raised appearance because I applied the paint thickly on the chipboard.

If you want to purchase these new products you can go to the Shimmerz store HERE. Just make sure you mention my name in the "Instructions to Merchant" box during checkout and you will receive a free sample of either Texturez or Dazzlerz.

 It's a perfect oportunity to get a hold of some new products and even take advantage of the Shimmerz sale as Stacey is retiring some of the old products!!

Shimmerz Products

4 Leaf clover spray

Sea foam

Dimensionz

Blueberry Hill

Green thumb 

Blue lagoon

Other Products

Coordinations white card stock

Flowers: Prima

Resin Flowers: Recollections

Resist canvas: Prima

Golden white gesso

Crafters Workshop spirals stencil

2 Crafty chipboard

alpha: Websters pages

Fine black pen

Have wonderful day and week!!

xo

Simply You- Scraps of Elegance October Kit Part 3

Well, this is my final reveal for the October Kit "Rue de Rosiers"for Scraps of Elegance and I did lots and lots of fussy cutting.

First of all I fell in love with the chevron background from the BoBunny "The Avenues" collection and I started to build my layout from there.

I cut images from both "The Avenues" and "Postcards from Paris" Collections. All images were either dark blue or teal. Then I combine some other embellishments and flowers.

Materials:

Papers: Bo Bunny, Websters Pages

Flowersl Prima

Resin flowers and frame: Maggie Holmes

Stickers: Bo Bunny

Cheese cloth

Golden White gesso

Shimmerz: teal, 4 leaf clover and Rock-a-fella

Pearls: Recollections

Black fine line pen

Treasures of Love- Sketchbook 365 Sketch Challenge

Its time again to reveal the Sketchbook 365 Sketch Challenge for November. Here is a layout I created using Maja Designs papers.

Here is the sketch below:

To begin with, I tore a couple of pages from a book and glued them to the page using gel medium. You can see bits and pieces of them below but most of it was covered by the design.

I used a brick mask to create some texture on the page. I sprayed them Shimmerz 4 Leaf clover and enhanced it with Teal Shimmerz paint. Finally I outlined them in brown marker.

I also used Shimmerz MudPie spray to tint the background layers brown. It gave them a nice vintage feel.

I love this picture of my kids and I couldn't help myself but to decorate it with beautiful Prima flowers and embellishments.

Materials:

Papers: Maja Designs

Flowers: Prima

Chipboard Stickers: K & Company

Light Bulb: Prima

Alpha: Prima

Golden Gesso

Golden Light moulding paste

brown fine pen

Shimmerz paint: Teal

Shimmerz sprays: MudPie, 4 leaf clover

cheesecloth

book pages

pearls: Recollections

Remember to check out the new DIMENSIONZ from Shimmerz and the Special offer on their blog.

and for some Free Shimmerz Product read below:

If you would like to try out some of the Shimmerz products I used today please visit the Shimmerz store here. When you make an order, make sure you mention me at the "Instructions to merchant" box during check out. You will be eligible for a free sample sized products of either dazzler or textures.

Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Have a wonderful day!!

xo

****NEW DIMENSIONZ PRODUCTS FROM SHIMMERZ *****

Shimmerz has some very exciting news!!

Shimmerz is proud to present their brand new product

"DIMENSIONZ"

Well, what's so cool about these products? you ask.

1. They are shimmery
2. They can create dimension,
3. They can be used as a paint
4. They come in 12 fabulous colors

5. They are awesome

Where do I buy them? you ask.

You can buy them right HERE at the Shimmerz shop starting on October 22nd. Just look for the Dimensionz purchase special on the Shimmerz Blog

Tell me more!!!

 Well, since you asked, I will tell you a little secret! 

When you buy Dimensionz at the Shimmerz store (and trust me you'll want to buy them), make sure you mention my name.

Where? do you ask.

You should mention my name at the "Instructions to merchant" box during checkout.

What will you get?

You will get a free sample of Texturez or Dazzlerz of your choice!!

Fantastic don't you think???

now I leave you with a little tease of one of my layouts!!

I hope you have a fabulous day!!!

New Adventure for me---7 Dots DT Coordinator

I'm just so thrilled to announce that I'm the new Design Team Coordinator for 7 Dots Studio.

It is truly a great honor as I love their products so much.

I'm thankful to my friend Tusia for this great opportunity!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

xoxo

The Age of Innocence- 13 Arts DT and a Farewell!!

Hi Everyone!!

I'm here today to show you my last layout as a 13 Arts DT member. 

I've had a wonderful time designing with these amazing papers and mixed media products and I am grateful for the amazing opportunity Aida gave me at the beginning of this year.

Thank you so much Aida for believing in me and in my work!!

As a background, I used the paper "Natural Beauty" from the Faces of Spring collection.

Then I created the leaf vines using 13 Arts Molding paste. I used a leftover chipboard template and smeared the paste impasto around the page. Since the chipboard area was deep, it created a thick 3D looking vine.

Once it was dry, I sprayed 3 different 13 Arts Sprays (listed below) and let them drip down the page. 

Then I framed the photo and decorated it with 13 Arts and Prima flowers. 

Finally I highlighted the leafy vines using a fine tip black pen.

13 Arts Products used:

Ayeeda Molding Paste

Ayeeda Primer

Turquoise Chalk spray

Pearl sky blue spray

Celadon Chalk spray

Mini white flowers

white stems

bunched stems

Other products:

Flowers: Prima

Black Packaging: Prima

Frame: Maggie Holmes

Alpha: Websters Pages

Black fine pen

You & Me- 2 Crafty October Reveal

It feels like its been a while since I've posted on the 2 Crafty blog and yet another month is upon us and I'm really happy to be part of this amazing team!!

This is a bright, colorful page of my daughter and I. I used lots of different mediums and textures to create it!!

I used Glass bead gel, Gesso, White opaque flakes and of course Shimmerz sprays and paints.

I truly love the beautiful deep, rich colors of the Shimmerz paints they compliment the Prima flowers so well.

If you would like to order some Shimmerz for you to use press HERE and...... if you want to get yourself a free product,  just mention my name in the "Instructions to Merchant" box during checkout and you will receive a free sample of either Dazzlers or Texturez. As I said before, it doesn't get better than that!!

As you can see, I used 2 Crafty's Tiny leaf Stems right in between the flowers. I simply inked them in black fluid chalk.

I also used two types of 2 Crafty frames on this layout. However, I didn't use them to frame a picture, rather I used them to create my layered background. I cut the large postage stamp frame and spread it on two opposite ends of the page. I also layered with the small postage stamp frame set. I tried to create different textures on each of the frames and inside of them to add interesting details to the layout.

Materials:

White card stock: Coredinations

Chipboard: 2 Crafty

Flowers: Prima

Golden Gesso

Liquitex White Opaque flakes

Golden glass bead gel

Prima Black coal chalk edger

Thickers black alpha stickers

cheese cloth

Prima checkered stamp

Ranger black archival ink

black pearls: queen & Co

black pencil crayon

arrow: Heidi Swapp

Shimmerz: 

Razzledazzle berry

 Caribbean Sunset

Mandarine mai tai

Cotton Candy

Bed of Roses

Tuscan Sun

Pink Stiletto 

Magenta

Pink

Sunny side up

Carrot top

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

It makes me so happy to read all of your comments, it truly warms my heart.

and I do want to say that even though I don't always leave comments respectively on your blogs, I follow your beautiful designs

Have a wonderful day!!