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Hello again, friends!  Today I have a note card made with Prima papers to share with you.   I bought this beautiful 6x6 paper pad by Prima.  I love the muted colors and choice of designs.  One of the pages has this great collection of embellishment images.  I cut them all out and chose two backgrounds to coordinate with them. Rather than using the pages whole, I tore them into wide strips and inked the edges with a light brown ink.   Then I used a glue stick to glue them to a 4.25 x 6 piece of cardstock.  I left the ragged eges barely hanging over the sides and trimmed down the top and bottom.  I inked the straight edges to frame the background. I sponged two colors of Prima paint onto the panel using a 6x6 brick stencil.  I did the green first and then went over it with the copper.  I wasn't careful about coverage.  I wanted the light and dark areas to match the overall look of the background papers. ...

Hi everyone it's Danie here today.  I think earlier I mentioned that Spring had arrived here in Australia well at least where I am, because a few days later in some parts it snowed and was some of the best falls of the season.  It's a noisy time here with lots of birds flocking in to feast on the not quite ripe mulberries in our neighbours yard.  It's also a time I find myself wanting to be more active, and when it comes to active with art there is nothing like a good play with the Gel Plates as I love creating my own papers for my projects. I grabbed out the paint (3 primary colors and black and white) and the Harlequin 6 x 6 stencil . I don't like to clean in between paint layers and prints, as it adds to the unique randomness of the print which I love, and I don't stress too much most of the time about lining up each layer as I often cut the prints down to use.  I love the colors on plate, brayer and stencils all blending and creating new colo...

Prima has joined with AlteredPages for some great flights of fancy! I am truly enjoying the ride!!  See my video, thanks for watching,  Debi. Dtullier 2017 Supplies used were: Canvas Book  Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Sparks Prima Flowers palette acrylic paints Dixie Belle Chalk Paints - Lemonade and Tea Rose S tippling Sponge Brush (on hand) Stencil (honey comb) German Gold Scrap Butterfly Chipboard ArtAnthology Aleene's Glue Scissors Miscellaneous paint brushes Glass Glitter Assorted trims Thank you, Prima! We are giving away Prima Flowers for those who comment on the Blog!   Random Drawing on August 30, 2017

Hi, it's Jean I am so enjoying our PRIMA month.  It has truly made my creativity spark to life.   Flowers, papers and YES ~ Sandra Evertson's Relics and Artifacts are among my playthings this month.   I started with a white relic and started adding stain and color with my Splash Inks.  The composition of the relics allows the inks to slightly absorb, allowing time to rub and move the ink around. The reverse side before I started adding layers to the front.   Each color added another dimension, I rubbed magenta and then Azure and even mixed some together and rubbed them on.  Then I used the Liquid Delicata for an extra royal touch. I also adore the Delicata gold ink you have seen me use before, it is from Imagine Crafts.   The richness of color is astounding as you layer the inks.  With Splash Inks , you make any color you want.   You can add it to a water brush or place it in a spray bottle or simply a bot...

Yes it is the middle of August!  Summer is not over... and I am seeing Fall and Christmas in the stores.  That got me in the mood to start creating for the upcoming seasons!       I LOVE all the Prima flowers here!   Plan at least a couple of nights to create this pumpkin!   Supplies: Old book Prima Flowers Cutting tools Craft Knife Kai Scissors Tacky Glue Ink  Orange       Choose a paper back to cut... preferably one you have already read!!!  This book is 650 pages and took a lot longer to cut than I expected.   Remove the front and back cover. Use the cover the create a template to use when cutting the book.  Gently with the craft knife cut through a few pages at a time.  Use the Kai Scissors  to snip into the corners when they won't release from the book binding.        Ink the edges of the pages with orange Ink , optional ...

We adore the Jule Nutting Prima Tag Pad. Here are some experiments using Prima products that made me happy.   Using the PRIMA tag pad,    Prima florals,  some Splash Inks, alcohol inks, seam binding that I dyed, pen, gold ink and stamp pads.   I  will carry my Prima Tag Pad with me everywhere, so easy to create when traveling, or in a free moment.    Since watercolor paper absorbs, I tried simply dropping ink onto the paper and watched it flow.  I think it was pretty OK.  The inks absorbed beautifully on the seam binding.  I also dropped some ink onto some of the flower stamens to make them pop. I was 5 years old in this photo.   On this tag, I dropped ink and then used a stamp pad to color the white areas.   I used gold ink (on my finger to edge the paper).  I wrapped some gold thread from my stash too. Truth be told, I used my label maker to create the words. ...