Prima NSD Blog Hop and More!

Hello everyone!

So excited to be a part of this special blog hop! 

Today, I have a couple of projects and a video to share with you...

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Recently, I taught a class on Live with Prima, featuring a  Coffee Cup Canvas album (by Donna Downey) and transformed it into a flower pot album, perfect for Mother's Day or a sweet friend of course! I used Gelatos to color and shade the canvas covers.  Then used a variety of flowers, leaves, stems, notecards and Prima's Rosarian collection to make up the pages inside. This was so easy to create and it would make an adorable gift!

The Rosarian papers have fun, easy journal spots to cut out to use for the inside pages! 

Check out the class here to see how it was created! 

Video streaming by Ustream

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Today, we are having an all day marathon of classes on Live with Prima in honor of (inter)National Scrapbook Day! Here is the class I will be teaching: 

“Customize and Create” Journal with Cari Fennell

8:00am PT/ 11:00am ET/ 3:00pm GMT

This Prima journal is a wonderful book to alter and customize to your heart’s content! Cari will go over some simple steps to show how you can achieve a unique look by blending paints, layering papers, stenciling and mix a variety of elements to customize the cover. She will also be using some of Prima’s newest products such as Mechanical embellishments, resist canvas and Sunrise Sunset papers. This book can be used to hold photos, to journal in, record special occasions, etc…

Prima Products:

562656-Au Naturale Flowers

561826-Sarah Flowers

557331-Charlotte Flowers

921910-Canvas Banners

551506-Crystals

551513-Crystals

545499-Alencon Lace

554736-Resist Canvas Flowers

550813-Canvas Tape

541545-Pebbles

960209-Spiral Journal

960414-Mechanicals-Epoxy Stickers

960360-Mechanicals-Metal Tags

960353-Mechanicals-Trinkets with Cogs

960322-Mechanicals-Flowers

960339-Mechanicals-3D Flowers

960346-Mechanicals-Washers

960230-Mechanicals-Roman Numerals

960391-Mechanicals-Caps

960285-Mechanicals-Clock Faces

960394-Mechanicals-Mini Brads

562984-Alphabet

960216-Wood Icons

960070-Sunrise Sunset-White Hot

960063-Sunrise Sunset-Corona

960056-Sunrise Sunset-Aperture

960001-Sunrise Sunset-Del Sol

960018-Sunrise Sunset-Celsius

564100-Resist Canvas Alphabet-Wood Grain

922399-6x6 Stencil-Chevron Grunge

890940-Distressing Tool

891008-Chalk Edger-Dark Bark

Extra Materials:

Molding Paste

Acrylic Paint-Pink, Butterscotch, Aqua, Crimson, Tan

Green Ink Spray-Lettuce or Apple

Brown Ink

Scissors

Palette Knife

Trimmer

Manila Tag

Ribbon

Twine

Join me if you can! This class plus 7 other classes will take place here! And if you can't make it to the "live" class, no worries! It will be recorded and saved on the same channel. The classes are held all day, starting at 9:00am ET until 12:00am ET!

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Here is the blog roll and make sure you stop by all of these fabulous places to see lots of inspiration!

Prima Blog     www.prima.typepad.com

Sharon Laakkonen    www.sharonlaakkonen.blogspot.com

Cari Fennell  www.meandmymaryjanes.blogspot.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<

Jamie Dougherty   www.jaylynnscraps.com/

Frank Garcia  http://www.hausofw.com/

Nic Howard http://www.nichoward.typepad.com/

Janine Koczwara    http://janinekoczwara.typepad.com/

Heidi Kelley  http://seesterk.blogspot.com/

Brit Sviggum  http://britshverdag.blogspot.no/

Trina McClune  http://www.trinamcclune.typepad.com/

Gerry van Gent  http://gerryscrafts.blogspot.com/

Lene Bjornerud   http://nabon.blogspot.no/

Magda Bolinska   http://mumkaa.blogspot.com/

Anna Dabrowska  http://tworzysko.blogspot.com/

Maiko Kosugi     http://maimaipiano.blogspot.jp/

Felicity Wilson   http://www.herhand.blogspot.com.au/

Larissa Albernaz   http://www.lariscrap.typepad.com/

Marie-Nicolas Alliot   http://lescrapdemarie-nicolas.com/

Louise Nelson   http://louise-justloolabelle.blogspot.com/

Juliana Montoya   http://iluvvintagescrap.blogspot.com/

Steph Devlin   http://www.stephdevlindesigns.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Miller   http://withagrin.blogspot.com/

Solange Marques http://www.solangescrap.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by--have great day everyone!! 

Canvas album to share...

Hey Friends!
I have a new album to share and I was pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. It started good, then went horribly wrong and I had to bring it back around again.
Sometimes this happens when a look you are going for, doesn't quite turn out like you thought it would in your head. Actually, that happens more often than not and I am OK with that. It's part of the process-right? I just need to remind myself of that when I create...or else it will suck the fun out of anything you do.

So here it is. I have looked at this album time and time again, loving it but not sure what to do with it or how to make it shine like it deserves. This album has gorgeous art work on the cover already. This is a canvas album designed by Donna Downey for Prima. It is made of canvas and holds 5 canvas pages and 5 clear pocket pages inside.

At first I added molding paste (Golden Light Paste), and then added gesso over it. Then I applied a tan colored acrylic paint over that area, then stenciled some polka dots in the corners using Black Magic mist.

Next-I colored the canvas vines with Apple GM, gessoed the manila tag and used the iron on sentiment over a canvas ATC (also from Donna's Prima collection). I layered book paper, the tag and the ATC. Then pieces of washi tape around the layers (Engraver washi and some pretty teal tape from my stash). The oversized Pom Pom trim was also added during the layering process and one the right side of the album cover too.

The flowers are Prima's Au Naturale collection, Poppy's and Peonies Donna Downey collection and Powder Puffs with Grove Vines. Then I sprinkled some Sculpture flowers (Donna Downey) around my clusters for more color. The inside of the album is white, so I added gesso, then molding paste and finished it with Broken China Distress Stain, to give it the same look as the outside cover.

Then I went to town layering more book paper, stenciling, painting and layering on each page. I also stamped little random background images onto my layers and decorated as I went along....

Here is another page, with a stenciled background. I used the 6x6 Hexagon Grunge mask by Donna, with molding paste and colored over it with Apple GM. The color just pops on this page!! Plus I used the Typo Bulbs from the Junkyard Findings collection by Ingvild Bolme for Prima. They are wonderful embellishments to add to your projects....

This book is still a work in progress and I am really looking forward to finishing it and adding photos. I dont want it to end up in the "need to finish" pile. Hopefully I will get it done this week!!

Products Used:

• 921989-Donna Downey Poppy Album
• 922429-Donna Downey 6x6 Art Stencil-Hexigon Grunge
• 920791-Donna Downey Pom-Pom Trim
• 921224-Donna Downey Iron-On
• 921736-Donna Downey Sculpture Flowers
• 922030-Donna Downey Canvas ATC’s
• 922009-Donna Downey Fabric Poppy Flowers
• 921910-Canvas Banner
• 563851-Wood Clips-Sunrise Sunset
• 564957-Wood Buttons-Sunrise Sunset
• 891527-Junkyard Findings-Typo Bulbs
• 562731-Au Naturale Flowers
• 562670-Au Naturale Flowers
• 562724-Au Naturale Flowers
• 552251-Powder Puffs Flwoers-Cassie
• 553708-Grove Flowers-Grey
• 564933-Washi and Fabric Tape-Engraver
• 950439-Divine Paper-En L Air
• Studio Gesso by Ranger
• Broken China Distress Stain by Ranger
• Light Molding Paste by Golden
• Tan Paint Studio by Ranger
• Apple and Black Magic Glimmer Mist
• Ribbons by May Arts

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Little bit of this and that...

Hey Friends!
Sorry I havent chatted with you in a while. Things have been super busy since Christmas and I finally decided that I need to update this blog of mine. The boys are great! Bryan just turned 11 last week and he is getting ready for Baseball to start...Jack is going on big trip to Colorado with the Younglife group to the Frontier Ranch. He can't wait! And we are planning a much needed vacation in April to Hilton Head. I have never been there so I am really looking forward to it. I just hope the weather is nice for the beach...

So here is where I will be and what I am doing:

I have some classes coming up this Spring  at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking and Beading in Cornwall Ontario!
I will be teaching two layout classes, an Altered Frame and an Album. All four classes will be held April 19th and 20th. This is going to be such a fun weekend and I love seeing all of the girls up there in Canada land...
Here is a photo of the album I will be teaching...

This book is a perfect hybrid of Mixed Media and traditional scrapbooking. There will be loads of techniques and cool ideas with the idea that photos will be added to the pages. This book was a labor of love and has to be one of my very favorite projects to date. And this kit will be loaded....just sayin!

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Next on the list: Art du Scrapbooking in Terrebonne, Quebec! Stephanie and I have been working together like crazy to plan a fun filled Prima weekend in Quebec. I am teaching there on May 18th and 19th and I am teaching four classes all weekend. I will have a translator there for my french speaking attendees!

We will be creating this cute Tag mini album using the new Lyric collection with chipboard, flowers, metals and more! This is great for a series of little photos...

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Then in June: I am teaching at the Sweet Retreat event in Pittsburgh! I am offering two classes for the attendees and also teaching at the event will be the ever talented Eileen Hull from Sizzix! This is the album we will be creating that weekend....

It's a really sweet project (haha-no pun intended) and I am using some unique embellishments and ideas to make this whole project POP!

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So thats what I have planned for now! The other exciting bit of news I have is that I will be returning to Brazil this fall, in November with Craft and Scrap Brasil! Rommel and I are planning this tour as we speak...I have so many ideas in my head for the classes! So be on the lookout for news on that in the future and if you wanted to be included be sure to contact Rommel or myself (I can forward information and inquiries to him directly). Email me cari@primamarketinginc.com

Thanks for visiting--I appreciate it so much! xoxo Cari