Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Prima Holiday Card using Prima Natural Bark and Burlap




Prima is celebrating 12 days of Christmas cards by introducing a different theme each day for card crafting inspiration.  Today's challenge is to create with Prima's bark stars and burlap sheets.  

When burlap and natural wood come together in a project,  it makes me think of rustic,  outdoors themes.   This is Christmas in the Country.


I used the  Prima Finnabair Elementals Resist Canvas to create my trees.  I cut the canvas and frayed the edges.  After I frayed the edges, I dipped the edges in Shimmerz Spritz - Olive Branch mist sprayed on a craft mat.

My bark stars have a little gesso painted on the with a dry foam brush to give them a frosty look.


Want to play along with our card challenge? Here's how:
1. Just make a Prima-based card or tag inspired by one of our 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Pick anything you want that inspires you: the product, a technique, layout of card, or a color scheme.
2. Add your project to that day's post found here.
3. After the features are over we will pick 12 lucky winners to get a Prima prize in December!
(Open to all countries. Void where prohibited by law.)
Thank you for stopping by to visit.   I have linked the products below to the Flying Unicorns store for your shopping convenience. 

Prima Supplies:
961169 Prima Finnabair Mechanicals -Star Brads
960728 Prima Finnabair  Vintage Vanity A4 Paper Pad
569303 Prima Natural Bark Shapes - Stars
571115 Prima Flowers La Tela
960681 Prima Finnabair Elementals Resist Canvas
891206 Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink Teal Damask

Other Products:
Shimmerz Spritz - Olive Branch
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Dry Wall Joint Tape
Ribbon
Burlap
gesso






Monday, November 18, 2013

Histories de Pages - Magazine Debut in English


New French Magazine Translated into English

Histoires de Pages, a French scrapbooking magazine and partner of Prima Marketing, has just been translated into English.  It arrives on the market  today.  How exciting!  

What does this magazine offer?  

·        -   A very precise translation has been done by a Franco-British team.
·        -   A number of pages that are of interest only to the French readership have been replaced by some of the best articles published in previous issues, which gives an incredible richness to this issue!
·         Pictures of the layouts were made by a professional photographer. The result in the online version is excellent and allows zooming.
·        -   There is a wide variety of styles - with a design team of 30 people, including 6 well-known European scrappers, today we do not consider Histoires de Pages as a French magazine, but as a European magazine!
·        -   There are many techniques and step-by-steps well explained – more than in any other magazine and much more than in the print version!
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HISTOIRES DE PAGES INTERNATIONAL


Thanks a bunch for stopping here. 

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Escape Kitty's Thanksgiving Preparation

Hello.  Escape Kitty here today along with Jennifer Snyder preparing for Thanksgiving in the US at the Snyder/Kitty household.

It starts with a little "hats off" to the Pilgrims who settled in the US many many moons ago after a long journey from England on the Mayflower.    The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the Autumn of 1621 between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in celebration of the colony's first successful harvest. 

Today, we prepare by dressing Kitty in traditional Pilgrim wear and popping a turkey feathered tail on her - to symbolize the traditional food many of us eat in the US on this holiday.  This day is also one for giving thanks for the bountiful blessings around us.  I remain thankful that Kitty puts up with such shenanigans in letting us dress her up. 


We have also used the Autumn theme here of golds, olives and rich warm colors as well as leaves. 
The gold metal flowers pictured below are the wonderful Metal Adornments  from the Flying Unicorns store.  I simply rubbed them with Rub 'N Buff in golf leaf to give them a nice gold shine.

The butterfly at the top is also Flying Unicorns Metal Adornments -Wings (Butterflies) rubbed with gold Rub N Buff as well.

The leaves and flowers are from Prima Marketing. 


I did a little sewing on the patterned papers.




Those supplies listed with links are available in the Flying Unicorn stare and are linked for your shopping convenience.

Thanks so very much - have a wonderful Sunday
Copyright 2013 Escape Kitty by Jennifer Snyder

Supplies:
Marion Smith -Nirvana Collection - Documented MS101003
Marion Smith -Nirvana Collection - Printworthy MS101006
Shimmerz Spritz Mist - Tuscan Sun
Shimmerz Spritz Mist - Olive Branch
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Mango Mania
Flying Unicorns Metal Adornments - Garden Joy Flowers
Flying Unicorns Metal Adornments -Wings (Butterflies)
Rub N Buff- Gold Leaf
My Mind's Eye - Wicked Garland
Heartfelt Creations -Stamp HCPC3405
Inkadinka Clings Flower Flourish
Prima Marketing Clear Stamps -960834 Triangles
Prima Marketing Clear Stamps -960810
Prima Marketing Cling Stamps -570514
Prima Marketing leaves -Florella 571931
Prima Marketing Flowers - 553241
Prima Marketing Flowers -Avante Spring 566661 
Prima Marketing Flowers -Tea Thyme 562526
Prima Marketing Flowers -Interlude Yellow 561406

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Maja Design Releases it's new Vintage Frost Basics Collection


Maja Design has just released it's newest collection - Vintage Frost Basics. 

They are also giving away a complete set of this glorious collection in a random drawing  for those who leave a comment on the blog - here.  

Tell them what you think.  Hurry - drawing ends soon. 

Here is a little preview: