Romantic Mixed-Media Tags & Simon Says Stamp!

I'm a nerd, but I get so excited when I see an email from someone I LOVE hearing from! Simon Says Stamp recently emailed and asked me if I'd like to create a NEW project featuring fresh-from-CHA products. That's like asking me if I want a bowl of ice cream!

So I mixed a few of my favorite NEW Prima products together (Finnabair, Bloom Girl, Julie Nutting, Gold Foil Icons, etc!) to see how they would look and was so excited with the results! These tags could be PERFECT for Valentine's Day!!! Hop on over to see the three tags right here on SSS's blog! Pssstt: here's a peek of one of them.

Products:

• 911195 Julie Nutting Armoire Tag Pad
• 580070 Mixed-Media Cling Stamp
• 580124 Mixed-Media Cling Stamp
• 980399 Bloom Collection 6x6 Stencil- Spark
• 980429 Bloom Collection 6x12 Circles Stencil
• 980405 Bloom Collection 6x12 Ricket Stencil
• 990473Memory Hardware - Parisian Ruffle Trim
• 579746 Wood Icons with Foil
• 578930 Bella Rouge Journaling Card
• 961800 Finnabair Art Ingredients-Art Sugar- White
• 962593 Finnabair Art Ingredients-Micro Beads - Blush
• 961381 Finnabair Art Basics-3D Gloss Gel
• 580304 Farfalla Vellum Butterflies
• 582647 Aquarelle Watercolor Flowers
• 580667 Butterfly Flowers- Bette
• 580636 Butterfly Flowers- Pupa
• 581701 Isabella Roses-Dani
• 581954 Valentina Flowers & Hearts-Roma
• 577032 Lace Trim-Frosted
• 547424 Precious Metals Leaves-Gilded
• Archival Ink-Jet Black, Coffee Brown
• Other: tulle, ribbon

Prima & Echo Park Hop!

Echo Park and Prima decided to pair up and do a little blog hop together! Our products work so well together! You can see Prima's give-aways here and Echo Park here!


(And a cool tidbit: Jen and I lived in Savannah at the same time and taught at our LSS! Now we have both moved away and are coordinators for design teams with these two fab companies! It's a small world after all!)

 So it was extra sweet to work on this switcheroo together!

Here is my guest spot featured on EP's blog! I loved working with their lines!
 





Sweet Girl Mini Album
Echo Park's collection, Sweet Girl, is filled with fabulous colors and delightful patterns! Prima is known for their romantic products, but they work perfectly for bright, cheery lines as well. I had so much fun adding flowers, wood icons, washi tape, pearls and clips to the Little Girl mini featuring my two granddaughters. This brag book is surprise gift for Amariah, 3, who just gained a little sister. She can carry it around with her and show it off to everyone! Don't we all need a brag book to carry with us?

Echo Park:
Sweet Girl papers, stickers

Prima:

Lady Bird Vintage Trinkets-563578

Wood Icons-563875

Pearls-300456

Songbird Pearl-553937

Zephyr Leaves-562502

Sun Kiss Flowers-555658

Zephyr Alphas- 559175
Serenade Roses-561451

Cabaletta Pink Flowers- 561758

Lyrique Felt Flowers-562069

Washi Tapes: 561178 (Welcome to Paris); 561185 (Rondelle)

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Love This Little Face Layout

This layout was absolutely wonderful to put together (in no time at all). Add the beautiful papers from the "Sweet Girl" collection. Then add flowers, pearls, leaves, washi tape, and a bit of Prima Packaging (black banners). Prima works very hard on their packaging so you get a FREE product and less waste.

 

Echo Park:

Sweet Girl papers, stickers

Prima:

Wood Icons - 563875

Pearls - 300456

Zephyr Leaves - 562502

Sun Kiss Flowers - 555658

Serenade Roses - 561451

Washi Tapes: 561178 (Welcome to Paris), 561185 (Rondelle)

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Family Layout

Beautiful Life is appropriately named! The papers and sticker accents work wonderfully with any family photo. I chose my favorite family photo (yes, we are a big family now that we have older girls with significant others, and a few granddaughters.) Add a few of the fun paper/sticker accents to create a colorful layout base...then top with Prima flowers, leaves, crystals and wood buttons for stunning results.

Echo Park Collection: Beautiful Life

Prima Products:
Tivona White Flowers- 557164
Welcome to Paris Leaves- 562380
Clear Crystal Sheets- 565053
Sunrise Sunset Wood Button- 564957
Welcome to Paris Roses- 562359

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Hope you enjoyed these projects! 

TFL!

:) Sharon

(inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

 

Today is National Scrapbooking Day in the states and Prima is having an AMAZING blog hop! So if you are working your way down their list, welcome! You are at the right place! (Make sure you scroll all the way down for the blog list and a GIVE-AWAY!)

Prima also has a wonderful line-up of LIVE classes, including my layout class shown here at 9 AM eastern time!

Here is a direct link to the Prima ustream channel. Hop on over and watch a class or two today. The classes go ALL day long. There will be prizes and lots of fun to be had on the chats.

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The layouts shown above don't have a lot of my normal feminine touches. And that's cool. Since I have a few older boys I thought I would play around with some of our newest metals, stencils, gesso, stamps, and so on. (My boys REALLY appreciate me NOT adding flowers to their layouts. Imagine that!)

I love the cleaner graphic & bright effect on this layout of Billy using Lady Bird.  It totally fits his personality and his photo!

You can achieve this bright look with PanPastels and a stencil! (Use a neutral backdrop paper like this one in the Lady Bird line so your attention is on the photo and techniques.)

Just set the stencil on the paper (I use washi tape on the sides to help secure it to the paper. When you are done coloring you can pull it up easily and it will not tear your paper.)

Start with the lightest color of PanPastel first, then work your way through to the darkest color.

(Just make sure you seal it once you are happy with the colors. I use SpectraFix which is safe to spray inside and has no nasty fumes.)

Next add a photo mat with foam squares, chipboard shapes, stickers and crystals. Add the photo with foam adhesive to pop it up off the page a bit.


Staple some twine to the page with a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to mimic the chevron pattern for a nice GUY touch.

Create a banner flag with our stickers (and a toothpick!) and tuck it under the photo.

Stamp all your important dates and sayings on the stickers with these cool roller stamps by Smash and Dear Lizzy! I use them ALL the time.

 That's it!


My other layout is about my 16 year old,  Brayden. It definitely has a different look than the first layout.  You can see the whole layout created in my class so check it out! (All shows are recorded in case you cannot catch them live.)

Prima Supplies

• 922375, 922351 DD Art Stencil
• 891671, 891633 Tiny Junkyard Findings
• 562861, 562908 Alphas
• 890995, 891003, 891015 Comfort Craft Chalk Fluid Edgers
• 960353, 960261 Mechanicals by Finnabair
• 960124 Clear Stamp- Sunrise, Sunset
• 564377 Washi Tape Stamp
• 563042 Clear Stamp-Engraver
• 564896 Lifetime Washi Tape

Other:

• Fiskars Star Punch
• Ranger Studio Gesso
• Ranger Archival Black & Brown Ink
• shipping tag
• orange twine
• Color Shine: BlackVelvet
• Glimmer Mist: Dark Denim
• Fabri-Tac by Beacon

Here's the video!



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So what do you think? Ready to try a few of these techniques on your next project? Leave me a comment and I will pick one person to win this fabulous prize on May 13th. Open to all countries.

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Here is the list for the blog hop!

Prima Blog
Sharon Laakkonen (You are here!)

Cari Fennell
Jamie Dougherty 
Frank Garcia 
Nic Howard
Janine Koczwara  
Heidi Kelley 
Brit Sviggum
Trina McClune 
Gerry van Gent
Lene Bjornerud 
Magda Bolinska  
Anna Dabrowska
Maiko Kosugi  
Felicity Wilson  
Larissa Albernaz 
Marie-Nicolas Alliot 
Louise Nelson  
Juliana Montoya  
Steph Devlin
Stephanie Miller
Solange Marques
Lea Lawson

It's a Cakewalk Kind of Birthday!

Sheesh! My poor neglected blog! I do have GOOD excuses though! haha.

I've been traveling a bit - to Paris and London.
My daughter got engaged!
And I've been running to and fro with the kids...
And I've been fighting a bacterial infection for weeks. Oy.



So...until I get the pics edited from Paris and London how about a quick little post with a project I made for my adorable granddaughter's birthday back in February?

Amariah at her 3rd birthday party with her princess friends! (She's the short one!)

Amariah in her Cinderella dress we got for her!

So on to the book! I LOVED this paper line by October Afternoon the first time I saw it. In fact when I pulled my supplies to make the album I found out that I bought the SAME paper line & embellies.  TWICE. Haha!

Now who does that? Fess up! I cannot be the only one who has done that. Right?

This line is so stinking cute though! I am sure I will use it all up scrapbooking my little Sweet Pea!

Is this not a FUN vintage-luscious birthday line? The little vintage boy and girl are a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!

Pages 1 & 2

Page 1 has a list of party games played!

Page 2 is ready for a picture of the birthday girl!

Page 2--Don't you LOVE flair buttons?

Pages 3 & 4

Page 3 has a pocket with three cute cards inside!

Page 4-Is this not the cutest paper ever?

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Pages 5 & 6

Page 5 flips up to show off this vintage sheet!

Isn't the chipboard banner perfect for a birthday celebration?

Just grab the little pin and open up the page!

I popped those cute little gifts up on foam for a ton of dimension!

Pages 7 & 8:

Page 7- I made a mini-book inside the mini-album!

There are 3 extra pages to tuck lots of photos inside.

Page 7 opened up

Page 8 has another pocket. 

(They are so easy to make and you NEED a place to pop things in, right?)

 The Back Cover

So there it is! This was one of the most fun albums I have ever made...maybe because it was for my little granddaughter. I could not WAIT for her to open it up at her party!