DT Project #1 by Minxy : Featuring

Prima Almanac Collection

Hiya snazzy folks

As you know we have been working with the very beautiful new collection from Prima, 

And for my first project I decided to make an elegant little canvas purse/bag

I use Prima (Almanac) Collection 12x12 Papers, Prima Wood Buttons, Prima Art Tiles, Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas, Tim Holtz Lavish Trim and some chain from my stash.

 To make the bag I used Claudine's sticky back canvas and her transfer technique which you can view on utube here.

 Once I had transferred the paper to the canvas I cut out a bag shape and assembled using some ultra clear tape, I attached some chain and then made a cardboard insert for the inside to give the piece some rigidity.

I covered the closure flap with lavish trim that I tinted with 'tea die' distress stain to match it in with the colours on the bag and finished with some of the Prima buttons and an art tile.
The perfect springtime accessory.
I'll be back on Wednesday with my next project
Till then Stay Inky

Design Team Project #3 featuring Prima Almanac Collectiion (by Lesley)

Hi Again Everyone,

This is my last post to share with you this month.  I've so enjoyed playing with the stunning Prima Almanac Collection and can't praise them enough.  Today I have a tag and an ATC to show you but before I do, a final reminder from me to click here and leave a comment on Gillian's first post for April to be in the random draw to win the lovely stamps and a set of beautiful embellishments that the DT have had the pleasure of using this month.

Here's my tag

First of all I lightly blended Vintage Photo Distress Ink all over my tag, dried it with my heat gun before stamping the script stamp down the right hand side using Versamark ink which I then clear embossed.  I followed this with a repeat of the Vintage Photo blending to deepen the background colour and then I buffed the  embossing with kitchen towel to take off any excess ink.  

I tore a piece from one of the design papers, inked the edges and adhered it to the left side of the tag and then attached some of the 'ribbon' from the bottom of one of the papers before embellishing with a bit of Ideology and one of the Prima buttons.  I cut three of the circle images using a Nestie die and inked the edges again ............. I do love my inked edges, lol!  I attached one straight to the tag and attached the other two ontop of a couple of the middle sized rosettes from TH/Sizzix which had again didn't escape an inking.

Some fibres tied in the top and there you go!

And finally, my ATC

Now this was really simple.  I cut one of the ATC designs from the sheet, placed a strip of the paper 'ribbon' across and cut the words from another strip.  I inked the edges of the word pieces a little with Tattered Rose Distress Ink and added them to the ATC with 3D foam pads.

Finally I cut out another of the circle images with a Nestie, ............ er, inked the edges and attached it to the ATC with 3D foam pads.  I threaded a bit of chain through one of the wooden buttons and through one of the lovely charms and attached the button with 3D foam pads.  Oh, nearly forgot, before attaching the charm I rubbed some Salmon Adirondack Acrylic Dabber over it and wiped it off with kitchen towel so that it settled in the  indented numerals, etc.

Well, that's it from me for this month.  Thanks for stopping by and on Monday it will be our lovely Minxy's turn.  Can't wait to see what she has in store for us.  Till next month ...........

Hugs

Lesley  Xx

Design Team Project #2 featuring Prima Almanac Collection (by Lesley)

Hello Again Everyone,

Today I'm sharing my second project using this beautiful Almanac collection of papers, embellishments and stamps by Prima.  They really are stunning products and it's well worth leaving a comment HERE to be entered into the Snazzy draw at the end of the month and be in with a chance of winning a set of stamps and a pack of the embellishments.

As you can see my project today is a card for which I cut a section from one of the papers to cover the front of my 21 x 21 cm base card.  I distressed the edges with my TH distressing tool and blended some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges and then added some white highlights using a white pen before adhering to the base card.  I cut another section from one of the paper designs and used a circle punch to cut out the corners before again distressing and inking.  I adhered this to the top right of my card and then added two of the beautiful Prima tiles.

The sentiment comes from a lovely set of Kaisercraft clear stamps which I bought from Snazzys stand at the HSNW show last October (looking forward to going to see them there again in May, Yay!).  It fitted perfectly inside the pretty label stamp from the Almanac collection so I stamped them both onto a scrap from one of the papers before cutting it out with a Nestie label die. 

I ruffled the ribbon across the card onto strong double sided tape leaving it flat where I wanted to place the sentiment and that was my card completed.

I hope to post a final little project before my week's blog posting is over and hope you get chance to check back.  

Hugs

Lesley  Xx

Design Team Project #1 featuring Prima Almanac Collection (by Lesley)

Hello Lovely Visitors,

I hope you all survived the horrible weather last week here in the UK.  Where else do you get a drop of 20 degrees in a couple of days, lol!

Well this week it's my turn to share my projects made with the gorgeous Prima Almanac Collection of goodies.  Now, I have to confess I am definitely not a 'pink' girl and whilst these lovely papers have a lot of pink in them there are lots of other shades which made it easy, with the blending of my favourite Distress Inks, to mute the pink.  DON'T FORGET, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE CHANCE TO WIN SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL EMBELLISHMENTS AND THE GORGEOUS STAMPS GO LEAVE A COMMENT here TO BE ENTERED INTO THE DRAW AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

My first project this month is a concertina tag card.  I came across a template for this which I've had for several years and never used (as you do, lol) and thought it would be the perfect way to showcase this fabulous collection of papers and embellishments.

I used one of the sheets of the paper collection to cut the concertina and part of another to cut the tags, distressed the edges of the tags with my Tim Holtz distresser and then blended Tattered Rose and Forest Moss Distress Inks around all the edges.  The centre tag has the beautiful script stamp from the collection creating a background.

Each sheet of these 12 x 12 papers has a strip along one edge which gives the product details on one side but usefully has a design on the other so that it can be used like ribbon which is what I did with the centre tag.  The image is a download from a workshop I did an age ago as is the butterfly.

One of the sheets has a whole selection of ATC sized designs and I selected two of them for my project, adding a quote to one and leaving the other blank as a place to write a message.  I die cut some flourishes and some flowers from the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.  There are some fabulous wooden buttons in the Almanac collection and the little flowered ones match the Tattered Florals die beautifully.

Of course, such a project needs something suitable to present it in and luckily the template included a 'boxalope' ............ I'm afraid I don't have the patience to work these things out for myself, lol!

I'll be back later in the week with another project to share.  Thanks for your visit today and I hope you get chance to pop back.  Don't forget to enter the draw because the stamps and embellishments are really gorgeous!

Happy Easter

Lesley  Xx

Design Team Project #2 Featuring Prima

Good morning everyone, today I'm back sharing another DT project featuring the wonderful Prima Almanac collection.

I started out by painting a chunky wooden block with Acrylic Paint. I then stamped the script image from the above collection in Archival Ink (Sepia). I then used various scraps of papers to decorate all four sides, inking the edges with Distress Inks (Vintage Photo & Tattered Rose). The Ideaology Trimmings have been inked with Distress Stain (Milled Lavender). I have used various Idealogy metal embellishments and embellishments from the Art Tiles & Wooden Buttons set.

Design Team Project #1 Featuring Prima Almanac Collection

Hello everyone ... Gillian here back with a new collection of products for the month of April and what a beautiful collection it is! This month the Design Team will be featuring the Prima Almanac Collection

Before I go on to show my DT project, I would like to thank everyone who stopped by and left the design Team a comment last month. It is very much appreciated. As promised one lucky person would win the "Chocolate Baroque" stamp set  ...... and the winner is ......

No 5 ... Yorkshire Fox (Mel) ... please email with your details so I can have your prize sent out.

This month we have a fabulous set of Metal Charms & Two Mini Size Stamps from the new Prima Almanac collection to be won.

To be in with a chance of winning the above, please stop by and leave a comment in THIS POST, one lucky winner will be chosen by Random.Org and announced on the 30th April. This month we also have a challenge beginning on April 30th, as always there will be some goodies up for grabs.

For my 1st project I have used the Tando Creative Mini Printer Tray, Prima (Almanac) Collection 12x12 Papers, Prima Wood Buttons, Prima Art Tiles & Prima Cling Stamp Plate #555146 - all available from Snazzy's.

Other supplies available from Snazzy's - Kaisercraft Wooden Shapes, Archival Ink - Sepia, Distress Ink - Vintage Photo & Tattered Rose, Ideaology Hitch Fasteners.

I will be back later in the week with another project ..... TFL x

DT project 3 by Astrid

Hi all, today I am back with my final project for this month. The papers from the 7 Dots Studio "Wonderland Collection" are so versatile and offer so many different possibilities.

This is a card in soft muted tones. I die cut a fancy shaped card from Craft card and mounted a piece of the muted toned Quadrille paper on top. Before mounting it I played around with some gesso and stamps from my stash on the paper and I sponged a bit around the edges with  Weathered Wood and Antique Linen Distress Inks. I created a vocal image with some of the elements from the Chocolate Baroque "The Art of Chess" set stamped in Vintage Photo and coloured again with Antique Linen and Weather Wood.

I embellished with elements from the sticker sheet that comes with the collection, some lace  and one of my home made flowers.

Well, that's it for this month but be sure to be back next week when Gillian will start the new month off with some brilliant new project and marvelous products!!