July ... its still July isn't it?

Wow - summer is just flying past me this year.  I can count on one hand the number of hours I have spent scrapbooking or crafting!  Aside from a couple of birthday cards I haven't done any crafting.  I did manage to squeeze out this one layout while at an all day crop at Auntie Em's in Cornwall.  I did this from the Build-A-Page sketch challenge at Prima for July.

 

 

March Build-A-Page challenge from Prima

Whoa - how did I miss posting this?  It was sitting in my Draft box the whole time ... well here you go!

The March sketch for Prima's BAP was very Pocket Scrapbooking inspired.  I used the Engraver collection and followed the sketch closely without taking too many liberties.

 

Here is the sketch....

 

 

 

Leave a comment - it may just win you some RAK when I get to 40,000 page views!

 

Prima's Build A Page sketch Feb 2014

Prima's Build-A-Page sketch for February was one I could really sink my teeth into - it was full of layers and very flirty.  I love putting feathers on my layouts anyway, but this sketch called for feathers and hearts.

I used one of the Bloom Girl stamps that I coloured with my Copics for the photo, since I love these stamps and images so much.  I also used parts of the Bloom Girls album as my patterned papers and chipboard pieces as well as the brads and clips from this collection.  Its so fun and girly.  I used a technique that I saw Limor use on one of the Live With Prima episodes whereby she framed out the photo with black paint and her pallet knife in little hash tags - it worked perfectly on this layout to draw attention to the corners.

Here is the sketch and my take on it.

 

 

Tell me what you think!  You can play along too - check out the Pima blog each month for the BAP and PPP challenges.

 

 

Prima - challenges - Build A Page and Prima Product Picks

So, maybe going to Art Venture Anaheim has given me an advanced opportunity to share with you some of the new Prima products - The BAP is using the Something Blue collection as well as the background is from the Script stack  The PPP is on a canvas board and I used some of the new resins and a tassel from CHA 2014 release.  The last layout is using the Princess collection - and I'll just mention here how much I love the new Say It In Crystals - they are fantastic - they look like moonstones or iron pyrite to me!


Prima Product Picks

Prima Build-A-Page

Princess Collection
 

Prima Build A Page July 2013 entry

Using Lyric collection and the Prima Build-a-Page sketch for July.  I used heavy weight gesso, color shine, stamping, and of course Prima flowers and embellishments.

 I squeaked this under the wire.  Prima has a new way of submitting your BAP entries now, you have to do it right from their blog post, instead of emailing the.  I kinda liked the old way, because it meant that someone was actually looking at the entries and selecting which ones to feature on their blog.  Now, unless you scroll to the bottom of the blog post you won't even know the entries are there.  And they are only thumbnail sized.  So, I have provided you a larger view of my layout.  I also posted it on my Facebook (and tagged Cari LOL) 

 

Photo Bomb, Cari Fennell of Prima.  It was a humorous moment actually.  I was posing for a photo and Cari jumps in behind and makes this teethy grin - I love the spontaneity of this photo, the quality is not really there, but it was cute nonetheless.  I wonder if she will even see it?  What is even funnier is the very next photo was Emma trying to photo bomb Cari photo bombing me ... and all you can see of Emma in that photo is a blurry shot of the back of her head and not much of Cari or I - not scrapworthy, LOL

What's a little challenge amongst friends?

At Auntie Em's Scrapbooking we are all about the challenge.  So when Emma asked me to put together as many projects as I could out of 8 sheets of patterned paper I was all for the challenge.  What's even more challenging is the fact that she gave Sara (fellow Design Team member) 8 sheets of patterned paper too! *rubbing hands together* I love it!

I received the Prima line En Francais - filled with cool grey/blue, rusty brown and taupe ... very boy, but very French as well, and well ... I don't have anything French about me, unless you count the mean French toast that I make periodically on a Sunday for my family LOL!

I also have entered this into the Prima Marketing - Build-A-Page contest, each month they supply a sketch and you build a layout using Prima product based on, or inspired by the sketch.  Email it off to Prima and wait to see if you are featured on their blog or better yet, win a prize package!  I did this last month as well, and was featured on their blog!!

So ... here we go!  The sketch was this:Prima's BAP January 2013

 

And here is my entry!!

 

 

So, tell me what do you think?

 

 

Craftsman Layouts & Little Ray's Reptile Zoo

Prima has long been synonymous with floral and very pretty papers and embellishments with me.  When I saw the Craftsman line by Prima I was very excited to get my hands on it, so different, so grungy, so vintage, so BOY.  I love everything about it!  So, I bought pretty much one of everything that Emma had in stock!

 

This summer we took a trip to the Little Ray's Reptile Zoo with the kids.  My son was in his glory!  All these creepy little things, he just stared at the snakes for 20 minutes without taking his eyes off them!

 

 

This layout remains untitled.  I did this for the Prima BAP (build a page) challenge.  I'm not afraid to put flowers on my boy pages as you can see, I love flowers, and so does he (currently).  I have used some cogs and wheels that I picked up at a scrapbooking store in Kignston - Marchent Stamps, I have had them in my stash for years it seems.  I finally got to use them on a project.  I wanted to give them a rusty patina - so I did several layers of pewter heat embossing over the whole wheel then I took Aged Mahogany Distress powder to them.  The Distress powder is a neat product if you haven't had a chance to play with it; it has what Tim Holtz calls 'release crystals' which is Ranger speak for selective coverage.  It is perfect for this because I wanted the shiny pewter to show through and give a rusty look.  I'm so happy with how they turned out!  The bling I have coloured with Sharpies as I found the clear was just too stark for this layout, I dulled it down with black and blue.

 

 

 

 

If you would like to see these layouts in person, they are on display at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in Cornwall.  Well that is if Laura can ever hang the snakes one ... she hates snakes and by hates, I mean HATES - they gross her right out ... poor thing.